22 Huo Yan

The idea of being an alchemist provided much allure to him.

Of course, this was if he had the ability and potential to refine pills.

He had to check it out someday.

Xiao Wan Wan's lips were already dry from all the talking, and she waved her short little hand, catching the attention of one of the waiters as she ordered a few drinks, along with extra food.

From her expression, it didn't seem like she had enough.

Her small body was really like a glutinous black hole.

While waiting for the next order of food to be prepared, Long Chen could only scrap off the leftovers from his plate, slowly munching them in his mouth, out of boredom.

A few minutes passed of this repeated, monotonous action, until he caught sight of a youth walking in direction of their table.

He wore white robes, his features suave and attractive, and his figure tall and steady. He was brimming with elegance as he slowly strode towards them, with his gaze fixated on Murong Xuan from beginning to end.

Long Chen clucked his tongue involuntarily at his, his expression unchanging, other than the faint hint of interest within his eyes. It was evident that this youth did not know of Murong Xuan from the Murong family. This will be quite amusing then.

"This lady, may I have the honours of knowing your name?" The suave youth lips rose into a gentle-man like smile, radiating of warmth.

This youth was named Huo Yan. He was from a middle-tier family, and was a typical young master kind of character, always indulging in debauchery, and getting his parents to clean up his mess.

He was having lunch with a group of guests, when he caught a glimpse of Murong Xuan from the corner of his eyes.

Snow-white and tender skin, sharp and dainty nose, and eyes that were as sparkly as gems. Coupled with her cold and indifferent expression, it gave her an especially alluring demeanour.

Her features caught his interest the moment he saw her, and decided to approach her.

He was confident that Murong Xuan would reply to him in zest. After all, with his handsome looks, they were naturally irresistible to most girls.

However, the next scene he saw completely overturned his views, as he saw her still slightly lowering her head and eating silently, completely disregarding him and treating him like air.

He was momentarily put in a daze for a few moments, unable to adapt with this unexpected occurrence.

As he suppressed the discomfort in his heart, he repeated his words with a warm smile, "May I know your name?"

Murong Xuan ignored him once again, her face not showing any change in expression.

This time, the discomfort he felt slowly turned into embarrassment, as he gave an awkward smile, "It seems like you are not quite the talker. You won't mind if I took a seat down with you, right?"

After saying that, he simply snatched a chair from nearby and sat himself in beside Murong Xuan, his eyes persistent when they looked towards her.

Huo Yan tried conversing with her, but just couldn't get her to open her mouth.

He decided to adopt another method instead, and turned towards the other people on the table, Xiao Wan Wan and Long Chen.

"Where Sect or family may all you be from?" Huo Yan raised his eyebrows.

Xiao Wan Wan, who was at the side, was about to say the Xiao family, when Long Chen interrupted her, "Moonlight Sect"

"Oh? The Moonlight Sect? You guys look quite young, you must be the new disciples from the Sect. I know some inner court disciples in the Moonlight Sect, do you need me to help introduce them to you." Huo Yan said in a rather lofty tone, trying to make his superiority to be known to them.

Since he couldn't work on Murong Xuan, he might as well work on the people around her, declaring his authority and status, so that she could be impressed, and maybe even jump into his arms in eagerness.

As for whether he offended someone he couldn't afford to offend, some people were naturally haughty and arrogant, and are blind to such things. Not to mention, his guests for today were the inner court disciples of the Moonlight Sect, so that gave him more assurance.

Even if they did not step forward to help him, just with their face alone was a good enough deterrent force.

"No need." Long Chen replied in a languid manner.

Inner court disciples? Before long, he will also be promoted to the inner court. Why would he even need to establish connections with them for? \

Huo Yan's face darkened when he heard Long Chen careless remark, as he abruptly turned over and hissed in a small voice that only he could hear, "Friend, you better not be too cocky. I can completely destroy you with a single flick of my wrist. So you better obediently hand over your friend beside me. If not…you wouldn't want your life in the Moonlight Sect to be as horrible as hell, wouldn't you?"

The snake was finally showing its tail. Huo Yan had already lost his patience after so many attempts, and anger was starting to boil within him.

As far as he saw, Long Chen and Murong Xuan were probably related to each other, and from Long Chen's face that was even more handsome than his, he felt a sort of anger that stemmed from his intense jealously, thus he started to threaten.

Long Chen had not opened his mouth yet, when Murong Xuan who was quietly eating at the side, said in a chilling tone, "Get out."

"What?" Huo Yan's face immediately turned ugly.

Murong Xuan didn't repeat herself another time, as a ball of Qi energy accumulated within her hands, and with a flick of her sleeve, the ball flew towards Huo Yan and exploded in his chest, sending him flying a few meters, and crashed into a nearby table.

The sudden noise attracted many customer's interests, as they all turned their heads to see what the commotion was, and saw Huo Yan lying among a debris of broken wood, looking battered and miserable.

"Isn't that Huo Yan, the well-known useless young master from the Huo Clan?"

"Doesn't he come to the restaurant frequently, and snatches away young girls and woman?"

"Looks like he has encountered trouble!'

Most of the customers all gloated at his misfortune, laughing silently among themselves.

Sensing the uncomfortable gazes on his body, Huo Yan abruptly stood up, with one hand clutching his bloodied chest as he furiously roared, "How dare you try to beat me up! I will make sure that you will live a life worse than death!"

At this point, Huo Yan was acting rather maniacal. He was always regarded as the precious treasure of the Huo Clan, and had never ever been beaten up before. How could he simply swallow his anger after suffering such a humiliation?

In a separate room, within the Glory Maple restaurant.

A few youths were gathered around the table, casually chatting when they heard a loud roaring sound.

"Isn't that the brat Huo Yan? The person who was attending to us just now?"

"Tsk tsk. What a useless troublemaker. Let see what trouble he had incurred this time." A handsome youth calmly stood up and strode out, while the other youths behind also subsequently followed behind.

This handsome youth was Mu Rang, a well-known disciple even within the inner court.

He merely wanted to find out what the matter was. After all, even though he did not like Huo Yan, he had still personally hosted them in this restaurant, so by right, he should provide him some help. Of course, if Huo Yan was far too ridiculous, and was truly in the wrong, he would then not blindly step in. He isn't such an overbearing and unreasonable character.

As Mu Rang and the bunch of youths approached the scene, Huo Yan's eyes immediately brightened up as he quickly approached them, and put on a miserable expression, "Young Master Mu, those people there are simply too unreasonable! I only wanted to just talk with them, and yet they started to beat me up without any rhyme or reason!"

How experienced was Mu Rang? Naturally, he could easily see through Huo Yan's blatant lies.

His frowned, as he averted his gaze and looked towards the table.