"Don't address me as master when we're in Twilight City. It's easy for others to see through your disguise. You have to address me as young master!"
Standing on the back of the aerial divine beast, Zhang Xuan instructed. "You're a Phosphor Armored Beast, so you don't have a surname. You'll follow my surname, Zhang Jia!"
"Yes!" Zhang Jia nodded.
"Also, I like to keep a low profile. Make sure to keep a low profile in the city and not cause any trouble!"
"Don't worry, Young Master. I like to keep a low profile too!" Zhang Jia replied resolutely.
Despite being the strongest Divine Beast in Twilight City, the fact that it had chosen to remain in its own territory was more than enough to show its temperament.
"That's good. Right, who were the people who ambushed you previously?" Zhang Xuan asked.
The first time he met this fellow, it was two powerful cultivators who had ambushed him.
"They should be from the City Lord Manor. Wu Fangqing has been wanting to tame me for a long time now. It's just that he hasn't succeeded yet, "Zhang Jia replied.
Zhang Xuan frowned. "Since the City Lord wants to tame you, shouldn't he have done so openly and abided by the rules? Why did he have to resort to ambushing you? "
Taming such a powerful divine beast would raise the prestige of the City Lord significantly, so it was only natural that Wu Fangqing would covet it. Just that … wasn't it a little too demeaning?
After all, everyone in the city had to abide by the rules that he had set. As the City Lord, if he were to take the lead in breaking the rules, wouldn't he be afraid of being criticized?
"Demeaning? He's just a hypocrite! " Zhang Jia sneered. "Not only did he try to ambush me, he even tried to poison me multiple times. If not for my powerful defense and antidote, I would have long been dead by now!"
"Poison?" Zhang Xuan was taken aback.
If that was the case, he would have to tread carefully around the City Lord.
He had thought that the City Lord would really abide by the rules, but from the looks of it, rules were left behind by the strong. Someone like him could trample on them as he pleased.
Well, that was true as well. The person who had set the rules had never thought that they would be of any use to him. After all, he was already above the rules … This was the truth.
The two of them chatted as they rode on the aerial divine beast, swiftly making their way to Twilight City.
At the same time, a name scroll arrived at Zhang Xuan's residence.
"Response fee?" Looking at the name, Sun Qiang was puzzled.
The Young Master was not at home, and everyone else was cultivating. Naturally, he was the only one who was busy.
"According to the other party's statement, he's a merchant from the outer city. He's here to visit the Young Master!" The servant who handed over the invitation said.
Although they had to settle down in a hurry, Sun Qiang had also hired some servants to provide everyone with meals. Otherwise, they couldn't possibly cultivate on an empty stomach.
"Let him in!" Sun Qiang nodded.
Soon, a middle-aged man walked in. It was the man who had left the City Lord's Mansion earlier.
"Butler Sun …" Ying Fei had already asked around beforehand, and a smile appeared on his face.
"What brings Mister Ying here?"
As the host and guest sat down, Sun Qiang looked over in confusion.
"It's like this. The popular Beauty Pill in the city was refined by Young Master Zhang Xuan, right?" Ying Fei went straight to the point.
"Beauty Pill?" Sun Qiang was dumbfounded.
What did Young Master do this time?
Why haven't I heard of it before …
"There's no need to put on an act with me!" Ying Fei frowned. "Since I dared to come here, it's only natural that I've already done a thorough investigation of the matter."
"This …" Sun Qiang fell silent. Instead, he turned to look at Ying Fei and asked, "Then … what is your motive?"
The Young Master had too many tricks up his sleeves. Furthermore, he usually did whatever he wanted without any prior notice. Given the current situation, he could only wait and see what the other party was up to.
"Butler Sun is a straightforward person. Since you've asked, I won't beat around the bush. My motive is simple. I hope that you can sell the pill forging method to me. The price is negotiable."
Ying Fei said.
"Pill forging method? You wish to buy the pill forging method? "Sun Qiang frowned.
"That's right!" Ying Fei replied.
Sun Qiang shook his head. "I'm sorry, but the pill forging method is something that my Young Master painstakingly came up with. It's impossible for us to sell it! Men, send the guest out! "
He had no idea what the other party was talking about, but since the pill forging method was created by their Young Master, there was no way he could sell it.
"Butler Sun, I think that you should give it some thought. There's no need for you to be in such a hurry to answer my question. While Twilight City abides by the rules, you have just arrived here, and you have offended Streak of Ash.
Ying Fei's lips crept up as he flicked his finger, and a surge of mist flew toward the plump man.
The City Lord had already given his orders. It was one thing for the other party to sell the pill forging method, but if the other party refused to sell it, he wouldn't mind using force.
In any case, the other party was the one who had captured Streak of Ash, so he could make use of the name of a bandit.
Sometimes, it wasn't that the bandits were weak, but that they needed to be alive so that they could lend their name to others.
"Are you threatening me?" Narrowing his eyes, Sun Qiang stood up and took a step forward. Carrying a frightening aura, he said, "I have been following the Young Master for many years now, and I have seen countless storms along the way. Do you think that I would be afraid of threats?"
"You'll know soon enough whether you're afraid or not …" Ying Fei said with a smile as he calculated the effects of the poison aura that he had released earlier. He stood up and placed his hands behind his back. "Are you feeling uncomfortable in your chest?"
Pah!
But before he could finish his words, he suddenly felt a searing pain on his face. A slap had landed on his face.
"Uncomfortable? You're the one who's uncomfortable! Your entire family is uncomfortable! " Sun Qiang raised his eyebrows and said angrily, "Don't put on an act here. When I was acting tough, you were still playing with mud somewhere! You're not welcome here! Scram! "
"You …" Ying Fei had thought that the other party had already been poisoned, so he didn't expect the other party to make a move and end up getting slapped instead. His body trembled in rage. He was just about to slap the other party to death when he suppressed the urge to do so.
Another surge of poison aura flew toward the other party.
Pah!
As soon as the poison aura reached the other party's face, another searing pain shot up his face. Sun Qiang bellowed furiously, "Are my words useless?"
"You … Why are you fine?"
Ying Fei was horrified.
It was understandable that he had failed the first time he used poison, but the second time, he saw the other party sucking the poison aura into his mouth, and yet, he still looked as energetic as ever. Just what in the world was going on?
The poison aura might not have been effective against the Phosphor Armored Beast, but most high-tier Gods wouldn't have been able to withstand it.
From the looks of it, the other party wasn't even a God yet. To be able to withstand two surges of poison aura without batting an eyelid … Could it be that the other party was faking his strength?
"I don't believe it …" Ying Fei gritted his teeth and sprayed the poison aura that he had hidden all over his body onto the other party's body.
Pah!
Sun Qiang sent yet another slap toward Ying Fei's face. "If you don't want to die, you'd better scram! Otherwise, don't blame me for getting nasty!"
Didn't I already give you face?
Why are you throwing layers of poison aura at me?
It's not like I'm barbecuing you, so why are you throwing these things over me?
The three consecutive slaps weren't too heavy, but it was still a huge humiliation to Ying Fei. If not for the fact that he was worried that the other party might be hiding his strength, he would have already made a move.
"You're courting death!"
Ying Fei's face twitched. He was just about to slap Sun Qiang when his ears suddenly twitched. He seemed to have heard some kind of telepathic message.
Hu!
Without any hesitation, Ying Fei dashed out of the room.
As soon as he arrived at the entrance, he saw two figures standing before him.
They were the two figures who had ambushed the Phosphor Armored Beast earlier.
"What's wrong?" Ying Fei asked with a frown.
"Lord Ying Fei, someone interrupted our attempt to capture the Phosphor Armored Beast … and we failed!" one of the two figures said with an embarrassed look on his face.
"Failed?" Ying Fei was stunned.
"Zhang Xuan appeared out of nowhere and saved the Phosphor Armored Beast. Furthermore, it seems like he has already tamed it!" one of the figures replied.
"Zhang Xuan managed to tame the Phosphor Armored Beast?" Ying Fei couldn't believe his ears.
Others might not know how proud the Phosphor Armored Beast was, but he did. As a low-tier Celestial God, he had gone to great lengths to capture it, but to no avail. Yet, not only did a low-tier God save the Phosphor Armored Beast, he even managed to tame it!
"There's no doubt about it! I suspect that the other party is concealing his strength, "the other party replied.
"…" Ying Fei's body swayed uncontrollably.
Previously, he had already found it strange that Zhang Xuan was able to capture the high-tier God Streak of Grey so easily. Yet, the other party had actually managed to tame the Phosphor Armored Beast that even City Lords had trouble defeating …
Could the other party be concealing his strength as well?
Was he the same as Sun Qiang's butler?
Even though he had never come into contact with Zhang Xuan before, Sun Qiang's butler had just witnessed the other party's strength for himself!
Without strength, how could the other party be so confident? To think that the other party dared to slap an expert of his caliber so mercilessly!
If the other party wasn't strong enough, why were all his poisons ineffective against him?
If the other party wasn't even a god yet, he would have died countless times over already!
Not to mention, the other party had said that he would follow the young master to conquer the world … It wasn't that easy to conquer the Nine Skies!
"It's fortunate that I didn't make a move earlier …"
Cold sweat trickled down Ying Fei's back as he felt his head spinning.
It was fortunate that he had managed to hold himself back from falling out with Sun Qiang. Otherwise, if he had forced the other party to use his full strength, he would have surely died on the spot.
Realizing this, Ying Fei discreetly turned around to look at the courtyard. The door was still open, and he happened to see the plump man standing in the middle of the courtyard with his hands behind his back.
The other party's head was tilted slightly to the side as he looked at the sky. It was as if no matter how grave the situation was, it wouldn't be able to cause him to frown.
"It seems like the other party isn't a god yet, but his strength is actually unfathomable!" Ying Fei widened his eyes in realization.
Despite slapping a high-tier God several times consecutively, the other party didn't show the slightest sign of fear. Even after suffering so many poisons, the other party's complexion didn't change at all. Who told him that the other party was just an ordinary human?
How could a Semi-Divinity realm cultivator possibly possess such composure?
How could a Semi-Divinity realm cultivator possibly absorb poison that even high-tier Gods couldn't withstand without sustaining any injuries?
Without a doubt, the other party was an unfathomable expert!
Otherwise, there was no way he could be so composed!
"Lord Ying Fei, what should we do now?" the other party asked anxiously.
"Let's wait a little longer. Perhaps, we can wait until Zhang Xuan arrives …"
Ying Fei pondered for a moment before replying.
Even though he had already guessed that the other party was an expert, he still couldn't help but feel a little uneasy. He wanted to check on the other party to see what was going on.
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