Gifted
And that one sentence was enough to tell Hao Xuan everything he needed to know. This man was on the run from his creditors and was out here at the very edge where no one would find him.
Unfortunately, that's exactly how one runs into even more unsavory characters- those who might be running away after committing far worse crimes than just borrowing money.
Hao Xuan looked around but couldn't find traces of anyone else, but then again he couldn't even sense this guy just a few moments ago. Deciding this was the best place to take refuge from the billowing onslaught of Yin energy, he did not stand on ceremony.
Hao Xuan placed Nae Shin down and moved some rubble to block the exit, finally putting a stop to the incessant howling of the ice-cold wind.
Then he turned his attention towards the debtor who was scared shitless by now. He looked to be in his late twenties or early thirties at most, a pretty frail-looking guy with a story to tell.