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Chapter 577
Chapter 577
“Who is that? Was there a person like that in the Moon Lily faction?”
“If there was, we would have heard about them, he doesn’t look that old... where was this genius hiding?”
“Could it be a hidden disciple of the Moon Lily Elder?”
People started whispering among each other after seeing an unknown man slapping away a half nascent soul master like it was nothing. They tussled for a moment but the person from the Sun Lily faction was promptly disposed of. It looked like a little tap but he was sent flying in the same direction the other guard was and joined him for a swim.
‘Shit, it became harder to control my strength after the recent advancements, I just wanted to push that guy away...’
Zhang Dong was wallowing in self-pity after showing off his might. His intent was to remain hidden away and watch people without them becoming guarded against him. If they knew that he was the Golden Dragon or some hidden master they would quickly change the way they treated him. Already at this moment the people from the Sun Lily side were backing away and lowering their heads. They all knew that this amount of power wasn’t normal and that only a nascent soul master would be able to contend with it.
“Hey Sun Ling, do something about this, we have to go... figure out an excuse and lets go!”
He sent a hidden message to the granddaughter that was supposed to lead him through the city. The young lady was just standing there with her mouth open and was quick to jump back after hearing his voice. It was a bit funny to see the girl panicking and not knowing what to do but finally she raised her voice.
“I just remembered something, we were supposed to meet up with my friend at the Tea Palace, we should depart promptly...”
“T-that’s right, it’s my fault for not reminding the young miss about it!”
“It’s fine, that happens, we should go...”
The guards that were with them got the intent rather quickly and everyone started to back away. Zhang Dong was quick to turn around and follow after the departing group he was with. Luckily the people from the Sun Lily faction were smart enough to not call out to them. They did lose a bit of face but they clearly didn’t want to lose even more.
...
“Please appease your anger senior, if it’s enough you can have this Sun Ling’s head...”
“What the hell are you talking about? Just stand there for a moment... here this should be enough...”
His brain was already filled with all possible herb combinations that there were in this world. Just by the faint smell and spirit qi fluctuations, he was somewhat able to tell what would be the result of drinking the tea. The woman was already showing early signs, she was becoming less guarded and laughing. Probably after twenty minutes or so she would be ready for whatever they were planning here.
‘So this is the young generation of the Heavenly Crane Sect?’
First was the young master that was trying to pick a fight with them after seeing their Moon Lily insignia. Now it was another one attempting to drug an unsuspecting junior. It was clear that the leader of the group was interested in the lady but probably didn’t have the patience to pursue her in a regular fashion. It was quite strange to see, the man clearly had it all, looks, status, and a nice smile. Still with all of that he decided to hasten the process through underhanded means and probably had already walked over others to get to this spot.
‘Another psychopath that thinks that they are above others...’
“Sun Ling, who is that person?”
“That person?”
Zhang Dong motioned with his nose toward the group that was sitting in the middle of this tea park. They were quite easy to spot as they were sitting at exactly the center stage of this place that was up on a little hill.
“That’s... the Sage Lily Faction and that person is the grandson of their leader, Elder Jia Yong, his name is Jia Yang, is there a problem senior?”
‘There is something, do you know any of those girls that are with them?’
“Not in particular, they seem to be part of their faction.”
It would have been easy for him to just go over there and yank the girl away but then he would be giving himself away as always. Sun Ling was the better option but if it was possible for her to intervene was up for debate.
‘The young lordling there seemed to have mixed something into the tea, would it be possible for you to do something about it without rousing suspicion?”
“Senior Jia Yang did?”
“So he is a senior to you? That complicates things.”
This was troubling, if Sun Ling was lower on the totem pole than this young man then it would be hard for her to do anything about the situation. Even if she had his word it would be unbecoming of her to just go there and accuse Jia Yang of drugging the junior. The people around them would probably sweep it under the rug and no one would say a thing due to the difference in status.
‘Think I might have become a little disconnected with how things worked around this world.’
With how Zhang Dong was at the apex of his sect he forgot how the people below him usually operated. Status and power were still supreme and even when he informed Sun Ling about a potential rape scenario she couldn’t just act. Normally he would expect everyone to make a scene but instead, they buried their heads as if this was not something worth getting involved in.
‘Even if they help the girl, the young master will probably inform the elder backing him about this disgrace... they could lose a lot of status or even their lives depending on the mood of that elder.’
He pondered, there were many ways of taking care of this situation but what would be the best? Just giving the young man a slap on the wrist for something as dastardly as this just felt wrong but time was of the essence as the group was probably going to leave soon...