Meanwhile, Yone was walking toward Sara and the two men, lost in his thoughts. He had noticed that the spiritual Qi density in the city was about twice as high as it was outside, which was significant enough for him to take note of.
He felt his pores open and welcomed the inflow of Qi.
Looking around, Yone noticed the finely built buildings, some from stone while some from wood, there were mostly one-story buildings or a bungalow-like building.
He noticed that, unlike his past world cities, the place didn't look like a poverty-stricken city full of dangerous people or events that might take your life away at any given moment.
Don't get him wrong, the dangerous people with frightening auras radiating from them still roamed the city, it's just that they appeared like tamed beasts, not harmful in the slightest.
The people were neatly dressed, the merchant stalls were lined up in an orderly manner, and Yone even saw cultivators clad in black armor patrolling the streets.
This was something his past world cities could never dream of, mainly because strength decided everything and no one strong enough would abide by the rules.
However, despite the orderly appearance of the city and the presence of cultivators patrolling the streets, Yone felt a growing sense of suffocation.
The city's rules and regulations, the ID card he had just received, and the patrolling soldiers all reminded him that his every move was being watched and controlled.
This was not the life he desired!
Heck, he couldn't even make a scene in this city since those patrolling soldiers would surely jump in and try to see where the problem was.
Yone began to feel like a trapped animal the moment he entered the city.
'These god-like entities who suppressed everyone should be gone!' Yone thought as he took a deep breath, calming his chaotic heart.
Yone knew that those god-like entities would have to die if he wanted to break this cage.
He was convinced that cultivators here lacked true courage, as fear had been deeply ingrained in their souls due to the oppressive rule of those powerful individuals.
Subsequently, as he stood in the middle of the street, deep in thought, he failed to notice a man approaching him with an entourage of three others, all radiating an intense pressure that caused the people around them to part ways. The three men were fully unleashing their early Qi Condensation realm auras, creating a discernible tension in the air.
In the next second, the young man in the lead suddenly bumped into Yone snapping him out of his thoughts.
"Open your eyes and watch where you are going next time," Yone was annoyed after he was interrupted but didn't take it to heart and headed towards Sara.
Gasp!
The crowd gasped hearing the kid's arrogant tone toward the young man.
After all, that man belonged to one of the royal family's subordinate clans, the 'Deadly Fangs,' responsible for collecting all monthly rents and debts in Snow Lake Nation.
Even first-ranked sects, on par with Sword Cliff and the other three ruling sects, try to avoid unnecessary conflict with them due to their significant status.
Yet, this young man disregarded all these factors and bluntly told one of its young masters to open his eyes and watch where he was going.
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"Didn't he notice the aura those guards were radiating and the emblem on their shoulders?" one of the bystanders who had just stepped aside to avoid obstructing the young man's path exclaimed in shock.
"He was probably lost in thought, standing right in the middle of the road. Didn't you see the dazed expression on his face just a moment ago?" one of the bystanders, who had noticed Yone due to his distinctive clothing and young age, explained.
However, another person couldn't help but add sympathetically, "Then he probably didn't mean to stand in the way. Given his age, the tattered clothes stained with blood, and his disheveled appearance, he might not even know what the emblem represents."
Meanwhile, hearing the chattering of the onlookers who didn't even try to lower their voices, Yone couldn't help but curse his luck,' Sigh, how can I be so unlucky?'
Yone really wanted to avoid making enemies before he grew in strength a bit more.
He was way too weak and his body hadn't fully developed yet, he needed time to grow and surely couldn't afford to offend anyone for the time being.
He was clear on his limitations, even if he had a 2nd layer foundation establishment cultivation at such a young age, this little achievement couldn't deal with the simplest martial skill. He had no power to retaliate if he met an expert.
As such, being prudent took first priority. After all, he wasn't the all-powerful Master Amber right now.
'Let's hope they don't take it to heart,' Yone thought as he kept heading towards Sara and the rest.
Following Yone's words, one of the three guards surrounding the seventeen-year-old young man was about to suppress the kid and ask him to apologize when a hand stopped him from moving further.
"Young master?" The guard was dumbfounded seeing his young master's reaction.
It should be known that this specific situation wasn't foreign to any of the guards ordered to protect their young master Ron here. However, in each scenario, Ron would ask them to teach the offender a lesson and force him to apologize.
In some cases when the unlucky individual stumbled upon his young master in a bad mood, he might even lose his life if he was a mortal. As for cultivators, he would cripple their cultivation and banish them out of Lake City.
Ron looked at his guard with a lazy expression as he uttered, "It was me who was at fault and bumped into him, why act so pitifully James, since when do we bully the weak with the strong?"
Ron lectured his guard James with a serious tone, his eyes even looking at him with a hint of disgust.
James repeatedly nodded his head, inwardly however, his mind was chaotic with different kinds of thoughts,' Did young master hit his head this morning?'
James couldn't help but have this thought as he watched the departing figure of Yone, heading toward a group of three people in front of a store.
In the next moment, his eyes widened in shock as realization finally dawned upon him, his body unconsciously trembling.
'No wonder young master didn't make a fuss or create a scene out of this situation as his usual arrogant behavior,' James looked at the figure of the old and middle-aged men sitting in front of the store with a fearful gaze.
Seeing that his guard finally understood his actions, Ron took a last look at the back of the kid and then at the two men before leaving, heading towards the identification branch to collect the debt.
'I'll be seeing you soon,' Ron muttered inwardly.