Ling was surprised when his attack was parried, his blade was stopped mere inches from reaching Bai's chin.Bai's face was unreadable, his grip was holding Ling's hand firmly. "Boy, do you think I wouldn't know your intention the moment you walked in here? Remember I was the one who taught you how to mask your intentions."Ling tried to break free but Bai's grip was to firm, too glued to him. For a brief moment he considered cutting off his hand to free himself, only that he lacked another blade for such action.He gnashed his teeth and stared at Bai's unpredictable face, "Only one person in this damned place knows my routes, you sold me off didn't you? Don't even try to deny it."Bai's response shocked him, "Oh I won't. I was paid well to give up that information."Ling felt betrayed, he tried to hide his emotions as well as he could before Bai but bits of it still slipped through. "Why? Was it because you needed the money, you rotten bastard."There was a slight flinch in Bai's eyes

Li Yuan welcomed Sky Ling into one of the privacy rooms where there was a circular table in the middle, a bottle of wine and two cups.Sky Ling took his seat comfortably on the seat, and waited for her to seat opposite him."I expected you to come rather earlier, the moon is out." Li Yuan said as she set a huge box on the table. "The earnings."Ling looked at it for a while, then back at her. "I trust it went well."She nodded. "It was a string of luck that I was able to send out some whispers at a seconds notice to gather some wealthy pockets. The money here is a total sum of one million gold coins, a more impressive amount than I hoped you expected to make."Ling reached down and opened the box lid, he could see the gold coins shining back at him. He had never seen so much money or thought he could ever make so much.He pushed the box back to the young mistress, she could not hide the look of confusion that appeared on her face."What are you doing young lord fifth?" Li Yuan asked.

Li Yuan gulped down the pill, her body felt rejuvenated almost immediately. She looked up and locked eyes with him, "You made this, on your first try? Not one but give of this."Sky Ling gave her a light almost unnoticeable nod.She paused, her eyes staring back down at the small box with the three remaining pills. A small smile curled up at the side of her face."The quality is not high, barely average but on your first try. It's remarkable." She looked up at him and noticed how confident he looked, she noticed his skin looking clean, his eyes strong. Despite working through the night he did not show any sign of weariness, such a thing looked impossible to her. "The former known bastard son of the sky family, a former cripple becomes able to manipulate chi and all of a sudden he's shaping up to be a rare gem."Ling gave an exasperated sigh, he still felt a bit drowsy but the strange constitution of the dragon was reworking his body in ways he did not thing were possible. "As you migh

Ling explained his proposal to her, with each word he sounded like a crazed lunatic than a business man. "I want the weeping shallows to align with me in future, I feel our dreams align in a way. You want to become number one and it will be beneficial to have you by my side." Li Yuan felt the urge to laugh but she barely suppressed it, his words were outlandish. "You want me to align with you, that is humourous as it is insulting. To think you had the chutzpah to make such a statement. Firstly the weeping shallows does not work under any external figure, and secondly I mean no offence but you are not someone anyone would want to align with." Ling felt a challenge biting at him. "What if I can change your mind?" The mistress of the auction house tapped her index finger on the fan, clearly not falling for his childish games. She had been a fool to expect something promising from him, he had yet to have gotten his money and yet he was already displaying all the needed arrogance.

Ling explained his proposal to her, with each word he sounded like a crazed lunatic than a business man. "I want the weeping shallows to align with me in future, I feel our dreams align in a way. You want to become number one and it will be beneficial to have you by my side." Li Yuan felt the urge to laugh but she barely suppressed it, his words were outlandish. "You want me to align with you, that is humourous as it is insulting. To think you had the chutzpah to make such a statement. Firstly the weeping shallows does not work under any external figure, and secondly I mean no offence but you are not someone anyone would want to align with." Ling felt a challenge biting at him. "What if I can change your mind?" The mistress of the auction house tapped her index finger on the fan, clearly not falling for his childish games. She had been a fool to expect something promising from him, he had yet to have gotten his money and yet he was already displaying all the needed arrogance.