Chapter 7- Mysterious Young Man

Bai Bao thought he sensed someone and quickly looked up at the trees. When he suddenly heard a voice calling for him.

"Bai Bao hurry up or I won't give you dinner today."

Huh? No food? Bai Bao quickly ran up to his mistress, completely forgetting the presence he sensed earlier.

Yan Liqin and Bai Bao continued to walk aimlessly until nightfall when Liqin began hearing the faint sound of banging drums and gongs. As she continued walking, the sounds got louder and joyous laughter could be heard.

Immediately, Liqin's interest was peaked. She gathered the now small Bai Bao into her arms and used her qinggong to quickly head towards the sound.

She approached the city gates that was covered with red and lit up with lanterns for celebration. Seeing this, Liqin's eyes lit up and she rushed towards the entrance of the gate. However, just as she was about to enter, two guards blocked her path.

"Miss do you have a city token?"

Liqin looked at the guards confused, 'a city what now?' she thought.

The two guards looked at the clear confusion on her face and told her, "Miss, you need a city token to enter these gates, if you don't have one then leave."

Liqin's eyebrows furrowed and her tone became unpleasant, "What do you mean I can't go in?"

"You can't go in means you can't go in, now scram and stop wasting our time!"

Liqin stood in place pouting while looking at the two guards. 'Hmph, you guys are the ones wasting my time! Fine if I can't go in then I'll just go elsewhere!" With that thought, Liqin spun around in a fiery temper. Normally, Liqin would be calm and collected at all times, however, her lack of sleep and fatigue over several days caused her to snap.

Just as she was about to stomp away a group of people on horses approached the gate. There were three people in total, two of them were dressed as servants on the side and the third was a young man that looked about 19 years old. He was rather handsome, with a chiseled jaw, straight tall nose, and phoenix eyes.

Seeing the group the two guards immediately kneeled down to greet the young man, "Welcome, young lord", they said in unison.

After being told to rise by the mysterious young man, the guards immediately cleared the way to the gates to allow him to enter.

Seeing this, Liqin's fiery anger began to rise even more and she yelled at the guards, "How come he doesn't need a city pass?!"

The guards looked at her and then at the young man in fear. One of them said, "Miss, even if you don't know the rules of this city, you should at least know the powerful young lord."

Liqin stayed quiet at that statement but in her head, she thought, 'Huh? Why should I know this fellow? What's so special about him? Even if he is powerful, he's still a human, he couldn't possibly be more powerful than demons from the demon realm."

She looked at the young man in curiosity and began to secretly use her internal energy to gauge his power.

Boom! Her internal energy was sent back into her body as she felt blood rise to her throat.