Chapter 400: Adepts in the Dark (2/2)
The few followers, somehow sensed Ye Chong's gaze, moved their sight onto Ye Chong.
Those were sharp eyes!
Ye Chong's pupils shrunk drastically! His right foot hit the front, putting himself in a battle stance.
All was part of Ye Chong's self-defense mechanism upon his survival instinct.
It had been quite some time since he felt such intensity off someone, not even Ye Luo could make him this alert.
5. There were 5 of them, 5 adepts in the dark. Ye Chong squinted his eyes, his heart raced, upon realizing how there were 5 hidden beasts waiting to devour humanity through the threatening gazes of theirs.
Right when Ye Chong went into his stance, the 5 followers also moved and positioned themselves!
Their eyes focused upon Ye Chong. The one at the front overreacted slightly as his body was fully straightened towards Ye Chong, almost sending fists.
There was one middle-aged man standing right next to the 5 adepts. He was wearing a green apparel, having a goatee, and was apparently astonished by the sudden change in atmosphere.
The actions were taken at microlevel, soundlessly, that no one had noticed the brewing storm.
Ye Chong's mind ran wild but he took no hostile action at the moment.
Who were these five adepts? Ye Chong could sense their hostility that was almost as close as those from the Sanctuary. They would be pure horror at a place without mech like this. And Ye Chong could recognize the goatee man being an alchemist, an adept too.
Ye Chong stood still, and he did not want to stir up anything. Ye Chong could already imagine himself deploying Moon King if he were to fight these 5 men at once. There would be no way this would turn out to be a mere street fight - it would be a war.
Ye Chong's decision was fair, as the followers withdrew their hostility, though their eyes remained sharp.
It was a quick fight in the dark, through gazes.
”Hah! Yu, my old pal, your business seems well!” said the lord on top of his lungs, as he gave a friendly chuckle.
”It is all thanks to your brilliant leadership, my lord,” caravan Leader Yu was shocked by the sudden compliment as he spoke, ”As you can see, the place is very organized, if it was not your generosity, little merchants like us wouldn't be able to survive.”
If there would be a perfect time to butter up the authority, it would be now.
”You're so modest, pal,” the lord laughed, ”Your business has expanded great enough, I've already heard of it before this.” And his tone changed, ”Brother, I'm here for a request this time.”
”Look at what you've said. Keep those courtesy, how would I ever reject your request my lord? If you want anything, just send men to inform us, you don't even have to take the trouble to come all the way by yourself. All merchants would give their fullest to help the lord!” His smile was twitching however...
Dang please don't tell me he's here for money...
”It's simple really. These few friends of mine would like to pay Line Shaft City a visit and I just so happened to know that your merchant group is heading to the city as well, so I thought of bringing them here, see if you could make some arrangement.”
”Hah! My lord, again, it's only a small request, you don't have to be so formal. As long as you made the order, we would achieve it by hook or by crook. In this case, yes, certainly yes, no problem!” Leader Yu was probably thanking god that it was a simple request, as he quickly nodded at it. His eyes wandered upon the few followers and his experience told him that these were some figures that he should try fawning on, especially when they came under the accompaniment of the lord himself.
The lord gave few nods satisfyingly and whispered the followers.
Then he left under the escort of his guardsmen.
Yup, those 6 persons whom Ye Chong took alert of remained.
The leader welcomed the 6 new members with great hospitality. They were cold towards his passion however, that Leader Yu assumed they must be some great figures who had experienced worldliness.
Before Ye Chong noticed, he got assigned to the same team as the 6 new rascals.