"Why are we stopping in the market?" Ye Jiao asked curiously.
Lu Wan took out two cloaks and handed one of them to Ye Jiao. "We're going to visit the black market for a while. I want to check whether they're adding more precious herbs to this city since there's a hunt going on."
Putting on the cloak, Ye Jiao followed after Lu Wan closely. He traveled across the labyrinth like alleyway until they reached a wide area. There were several intersections that headed to several directions.
"Wait for me here, I'll be back."
"Ok."
Ye Jiao moved back and leaned to the wall. Her eyes were scanning the surroundings curiously as it was the first time Lu Wan brought her along to buy herbs. In the first place, Lu Wan rarely came here because it was inconvenient for a young master of Lu Family to stroll the street.
Suddenly, Ye Jiao could feel a presence coming to her direction. She quickly stepped back and looked in the direction of the presence. Her eyes immediately got attracted to the silver hair the young man has.
"Oh, you're that girl near Lu Wan before," the young man, Qi Huan, said in a relaxed tone. He looked around. "It seems that brat is not here."
"This servant greets Prince Qi Huan."
"Servant?" Qi Huan looked at Ye Jiao up and down. "For a 10-year-old Eon Energy Master rank 1 to become a servant, it seems Chen Kingdom is truly peculiar."
The moment Ye Jiao heard that, her body stiffened and she looked at the young man before her with wariness. Her instinct told her that this man was not to be underestimated. She still wore the necklace that her father gave her, but he immediately found out that she is Eon Energy Master.
How?
Qi Huan smiled brightly. "Very interesting. Now that I know your secret, what are you going to do, little girl?"
Ye Jiao didn't reply. Her eyes were locked onto Qi Huan as her mind spun harder. This man knew that she was Eon Energy Master, but he came from another kingdom. Would he try to take her into his side or eliminate her?
"Since you don't want to answer, let me force the answer straight from you."
As soon as Qi Huan finished talking, he had summoned his sword out of his storage bracelet. Dark bluish long sword came into the view, sending off large pressure outwards as if saying that every other weapon should bow down in front of him. It was suffocating to stay in front of the sword.
Swish! Clang!
Qi Huan swung the sword to Ye Jiao's direction and the girl immediately took out her dagger to block the attack. As Eon Energy Master rank 1, she was still unable to infuse her Eon Energy to her weapon, making it impossible to use a lower ranked weapon against such a powerful sword.
"Oh, it's a powerful dagger," Qi Huan retreated as he remarked. His kind expression and amiable smile he had in the meeting had long gone. Replacing it was the eerie kind of smile filled with bloodlust.
Ye Jiao gripped her dagger tighter. This was the first time she encountered someone who has so much bloodlust. The pressure that came from the man was suffocating, but she maintained her stance.
The two of them stared at one another for a second before they dashed off their position and locked their weapons for clash again.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Sound of metal clashing filled the area. The two of them moved forward and retreated back over and over again. Qi Huan tried to push Ye Jiao to the back using his power, but the girl didn't back down so easily.
Twisting her dagger, Ye Jiao made a horizontal movement against Qi Huan. Her dagger didn't connect as Qi Huan jumped backwards with a wide grin on his face. It was clear that he enjoyed the fight he had with Ye Jiao.
"Come on, let's go faster!"
'He's insane!'
Ye Jiao truly wanted to curse in her mind as she raised her tempo to block the sudden barrage of attack from Qi Huan. The way the boy fought was simply madness. He didn't care for the so called defense and went on all out frontal fight. His barrage of attacks would be able to kill anyone who was not prepared.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Using the last attack, Ye Jiao pushed her own dagger to it. She positioned her body right behind it and managed to create a distance between her and the young prince. Her breathing had started to become rough because of the intense fight they had just now.
Qi Huan smiled as he looked at Ye Jiao curiously. "Normally, anyone would die when they face my attack just now."
"Apparently, your attack is not completely effective against me," Ye Jiao replied.
Most people would be helpless and had to defend themselves under the barrage of attacks. They wouldn't have the time to think for countermeasure. However, it was different with Ye Jiao as she still managed to get away from the attack by shifting her body's position.
"You're not bad at all."
"Many thanks for your compliment."
Ye Jiao was still wary of Qi Huan. As she had expected, the young man sprinted from his position with his sword ready to hack her down. She swiftly moved to the side, evading the surprise attack.
Tak!
The sword landed on the ground, piercing the hard surface and made a crack. Slowly, Qi Huan pulled it back up.
"You can even evade a surprise attack."
Ye Jiao didn't reply back. She had been attacked by surprise attacks from Master Zhan Jing countless times in the past. Thanks to him, she had to stay vigilant at all times and nearly unable to sleep. Her eyes followed after Qi Huan's movements warily, wondering what he would do after this.
To her surprise, Qi Huan sheathed his sword back. He looked at her with an amiable smile on his handsome face. "I should have expected that Master would only recruit monsters as his disciples."
"Huh?" Ye Jiao's eyes widened when she heard the young man's word. Did he just say 'Master?' She had heard from Lu Wan that they have a senior brother from another kingdom, but wasn't Qi Huan a year younger compared to Lu Wan?
Seeing Ye Jiao's confused expression, Qi Huan seemed to understand. "That brat Lu Wan must have not told you before. Anyway, let me reintroduce myself again. My name is Qi Huan but I'm known as Shan Dian in Bao Fu Organization. Lu Wan is my junior brother, so you should be my junior sister."