Chapter 428 Is There Something On Me? (1/2)

After receiving permission, Zhu Yuying turned to look at Yuan and said with a smile on her face, ”Master just gave me the permission to go to the fourth floor to get the cultivation technique, so if you don't mind, give me a couple of minutes to get it for you since you cannot go there.”

Yuan nodded, ”Thank you very much. Your Master is Senior Bai, right? Please thank him for me as well.”

”I will. You can wait for me in the guest area over there.” Zhu Yuying pointed in a certain direction before leaving the scene.

However, to everyone's surprise, Zhu Yuying returned a few moments later and said, ”Yuan, my Master said he'd like to speak with you again if you don't mind.”

”I don't mind.” Yuan nodded.

”Great. Do you still remember the way to the third floor? I cannot go with you since I will be going a different way this time.”

”I remember.”

”Alright. My Master is currently busy, but he will finish things up as soon as possible before coming to you. You can wait for him at the door in the meantime.”

After saying that, Zhu Yuying left for good this time.

”I will be right back,” Yuan said to the ladies before going to the third floor whilst the others went to the guest area to sit around.

Once he reached the staircase to the third floor, the guards there turned to look at him.

”Only authorized individuals may go up.” One of them said to him.

Since they were not the same guard as previously and they weren't told by Zhu Yuying about Yuan, they had no idea that Yuan was authorized by Senior Bai to go upstairs.

”Senior Bai said he'd like to speak with me,” Yuan said to them.

”What? Master Bai?”

The two guards exchanged glances, both filled with shock. They have worked here for hundreds of years yet this is the first time someone was given permission to speak with Senior Bai.

”Do you have any proof?” One of them asked a moment later.

”Uhh… I don't think so…” Yuan shook his head.

”As much as I want to let you go up, I don't want to risk it. What if you're lying to me? Our job— No, our lives are on the line here.” The guard then said.

Yuan was also wearing a mask, which made the guards naturally wary of him.

”How problematic…” Yuan mumbled.

Without Zhu Yuying, he didn't know how to speak with Senior Bai.

”Guess I will just have to wait here until Senior Bai realizes that I am not showing up and let him speak with you two,” Yuan said to the guards, and he began standing there.

”Uhh…”

The two guards began sweating. If what Yuan had told them was true and they made Senior Bai wait, that would be as bad as listening to Yuan if he lied.

”Shit… What should we do? Should we play it safe and make him wait or let him go?” One of the guards whispered to the other.

”Why the heck are you asking me? You're the senior one! You decide!”

”Don't pull that bullshit on me! I was here only 3 days earlier than you!”