173 Steps of Underlying Shadow 1 (1/2)
As she carefully waded in the dense current of people in the Harmony Road, An Fei rubbed her chin in thought.
She didn't remember the exact contents of the besides the foundations of the passive evasive maneuvers that had been forcibly ingrained into her body during her experience of the Wu Ji Forest, but the young girl did recall a significant portion of a single statement.
It was declared impossible to inflict injury or harm onto an object or person who did not possess a respective field of influence.
”That sentence clearly didn't end with just that, but I've forgotten…”
The young girl nibbled at her bottom lip in annoyance, reminding herself to review the technique the moment she returned to the Sanctum.
As she mused in her thoughts, An Fei was brusquely interrupted by a rude and harsh voice.
”Excuse me, are you the one with the seven-tailed fox mentioned at the Eight Immortals Pavilion today?”
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”Huh?” the young girl reacted a few moments afterwards, her eyebrows raised in confusion as she glared at the intruder.
A round-bellied middle-aged man with a rather unsightly complexion but dressed in elegant, luxurious clothes stood before her, the fingers of his right hand rubbing together as though to express his greed.
Noticing that the young girl before him had reacted to his question, the man revealed a grimace of a smile, his unpleasant countenance rippling with a grotesque resonance.
”Aiyo, you don't have to look at me like that, Young Lady,” the middle-aged man waved his hands in an attempt to sue for peace.
”H-here! I'll introduce myself first, I am Shen Haoren of the Shen Family that oversees the Yuan Ming district.”
”Shen Family? Yuan Ming district?” An Fei echoed with a tinge of distrust and scrutiny evident in her voice.
”Don't look at me as though I were a molester, ah!” the middle-aged man revealed a trace of cold sweat at his brow.
”If I really dared to do such an act, my wife back home would flog me until midnight. So please, Young Lady… can you calm your raven down…?”
The young girl glanced towards her left shoulder to discover that the little raven had spread its wings to their maximum length, a clear malevolent and vicious aura erupting from its body to wash over the vicinity.
The passerby merely shivered and scowled to themselves in a low voice, but the clear target of the glare of malice desperately wished to flee home.
”Xiao Hei?”
Caw!
An Fei murmured in a low inquisitive voice, the scarlet irises undulating with a curious flicker.
The little raven huffed as it directed another glare towards the flustered and frightened Shen Haoren, before returning to its prideful stance.
The young girl redirected her glance towards the middle-aged man, nearly causing him to jump in fear.
This lass, though her expression was completely neutral, why does it feel as though her aura is not unlike that of that accursed demon of a bird, ah!?
Shen Haoren pumped at his brow with a tiny square of a cloth, gesturing towards the young girl with a sweaty palm.
”Young Lady, I… this Haoren wanted to invite you to my Shen Manor for a brief chat,” the middle-aged man spoke with a squeaky voice, waving both hands before An Fei could even speak.
”Ah-ah-ah-ah! Don't give me that look; it's not me who wants to look for you, but my elder sister! Right, the manor elder, my Second Elder Sister, wanted me to fetch you for a quick chat at the Shen Manor in Bone Spirit Town.”
When did she become so extraordinary, that an unknown person would instantly know her from first glance?
An Fei blinked as she narrowed her eyes towards Shen Haoren, watching the round-bellied man squirm in discomfort and anxiousness.
The young girl stroked the smooth feathers of the little raven, directing an inquisitive but cold glance towards the flustered envoy of the Shen Family.