'Young Master'

With the same hand that pulverized her shoulder I sent waves of gentle and warm Qi. The feeling should be akin to some sort of pleasurable comfort, though only to the affected area. The effect was already a little visible since her body had stopped trembling a few moments afterward.

I transfused some of my QI into her body to increase her own body's metabolism to an exorbitant degree while also using my QI to directly mend her shoulder. You could see the progress with your own naked eyes.

The jutting bones went back into their rightful place, reforming into their larger variation. Once that was in place the flesh reorganized itself back into its original shape and a smooth shoulder was once again there like the previous damage had never occurred.

This entire process took place over the span of a few minutes which would usually take weeks for a mortal. In fact the reason it healed so quickly was the fact that she was a mortal or due to the fact she hasn't been on the road of cultivation long. The bodies of cultivators differ to mortals and as such require more extensive treatments. Treatments which this basic implementation of Qi would become less and less effective for. It's why at times mortals treat cultivators as gods, because of these almost miraculous feats.

When I finally released my hold on her shoulder she immediately started looking at it. Her eyes were wide and mouth was slightly agape. She moved her right arm and hand almost like it was a new extension of her body. With her left hand she touched and rubbed her shoulder making sure that everything was exactly as it was before.

As she was feeling herself I took a glance at the small drops of blood around the area. A small flash occurred as a cloth appeared in my hand.

"Here, clean up the mess while I go buy a larger moxiong." I took the moxiong she wore before tossing her a cloth and left.

Back at the rack before, I took another moxiong which was a couple sizes larger and returned the other. After buying the article of clothing I waited outside with the bag in hand.

Groups of people passed by me in droves. The streets were quite crowded at this time and a variety of people walked by, from patrolling soldiers, young ladies and men, to 'Young Masters' even from time to time.

Only moments after I began watching I grew bored and closed my eyes. Yet, randomly someone was approaching me, in fact it was a small group of people. Since I stood next to the door of the shop I thought nothing of it, they could easily just be customers of the store.

"Why hello there, beautiful! What are you doing all by yourself here?"

"..."

I was giving him the benefit of the doubt that it wasn't actually me, or that he would simply give up since I wasn't responding.

"Hey! Do you hear me?"

He was approaching once more, but I wouldn't let that happen. He raised his hand out to touch me, but before he could I opened my eyes. My set of indifferent eyes with remnants of a chilling cold resided within gazed upon the young man who dared to come near me. Currently it might only be a fraction of the immensity that that girl must have felt earlier. Paired with my current indifferent expression, it easily frightened the man to a halt.

"A-ah! *Ahem* Is this Big Sister currently waiting for someone?"

"..."

I ignored his question, only continuing to gaze at him with the same indifference.

"Hey! Do you know who this person is?! He's Young Master Hao! Have you not heard of the Hao family? This very city is under control of the Hao family! Do you know the immensity of your ignorance now?!"

One of the guards who had been keeping quiet by his side stepped forward and chimed in before stepping back again. Glancing at that guard he had a stupid smirk with slightly furrowed brows. He clearly enjoyed his current position of 'power' over others, but as he saw that nothing about my expression changed he slowly lost his smirk.

'The Hao family? Hmm, I remember darling once spoke to me about them, but I never personally dealt with them before. He seemed to have quite a harmonious relationship with them, but I haven't had much. I remember I once went to meet them with darling, but I don't quite remember this person being there. But it was only a meeting with the main family, perhaps this one is someone from their auxiliary families. "Occasionally" I went over to their parties every once in a while though.'

"Please excuse my bodyguard, sometimes he has a habit of blurting things out. So is this sister free tonight? If you want to I could show you the whole city and even places you would probably never be able to dream of visiting!"

'Clearly he was using his bodyguard to show off. I wonder how many women have fallen into his trap. Well hopefully there won't be much of a scene, though from the persistence of the man there is a good chance it will happen.'

"I won't accept your proposal, I have matters to attend to."

"H-huh? What matters could be more important than me?" There was a slight tone of anger in his voice when he spoke.

Finally at this moment that girl exited the store wearing our sect's robes and she headed straight to me.

"I brought the cloth back for you." Before she could come too close a couple of the bodyguards behind that Young Master Hao blocked her path.

"Who dares to interrupt my fun!? Yo- Ah, are you with this Big Sister here? Quickly move out of the way for that Sister."

That Young Master Hao was immediately irritated at the intrusion, but when he finally got a look at the intruder his tone turned around instantly.

"A-ah? Yes, I'm with her, but who are you?"

"Oh, you're asking about me too?" He glanced at the same guard who spoke earlier and he stepped forward.

"He's Young Master Hao! Have you not heard of the Hao family? This very city is under control of the Hao family! Do you know the immensity of your ignorance now?!"

It was the exact same script as earlier with the only difference being that he left out the do you not know part.

"A-ah, I didn't know."

Jinzi seemed like was almost part of the script for a second as she looked a little fearful at the name, of course nowhere near the fear from earlier.

'Hmm, this unexpected event could be her first little test. How convenient that it was here just as she walked out. I'll just sit back and see how she does during this encounter.'

***

(Xue Jinzi POV)

"Well since you know now how do you plan to apologize?"

"That's alright, there's no need for this Sister to apologize. Does this Sister have a moment to spare for this Brother?"

"Can you stop calling me that? I'm not your Sister and you're not my Brother!"

"Ah, I'm sorry, do you prefer Miss?"

"I want to know what you're all doing here, is something wrong?"

"I would just like to ask both of these Sisters to accompany me for the evening."

"No, now can we leave?

"..."

"I'll take your silence as a confirmation!"

"Wait…"

"Yes?"

"You two must have just come out of this store here and since I just happen to be around this area I'm going to have to make sure that you didn't steal anything from there. I'll need you two to follow after me."

"What? No, we didn't steal anything!" I raised my voice in objection causing the nearby passersby to slow down and watch our commotion.

"I see that you're wearing a set of Outer Sect Disciple robes from the Azure Sky Sect."

"Yeah, what about it?"

"I'll have you know that I have a Big Brother and Cousin who's one of the Inner Sect Disciples along with an uncle who's an Outer Sect Elder. Do you know how easy it is for me to get rid of a mere Outer Sect Disciple like yourself?"

Hearing his words for a moment I became scared, but then realized that considering my position they probably would have never even heard of me and that Big Brother had my back. Just for reassurance I looked back at Big Brother's wife, but all she did was look at me with indifference.

"Hah, you're scared now aren't you? As long as you both follow me I'll consider letting you two off, hahaha."

He hooked onto the fact that I trembled for a moment to say that. By now there were quite a few onlookers from the sidelines. Their whispers replaced the constant pitter-patters of the crowd's steps.

'Why isn't she making a move? Is this her betrayal against him? No it can't be, if she was she would have at least said something by now right?'

I took another glance at her, but the same indifferent eyes looked back at me. No, it seems they only looked at me, almost like It was the only thing that mattered here.

'Is this a test? How come this test appeared so soon? But what kind of test could it be? Is she just wondering how I would handle this kind of situation? It's almost certain that this is a test, if not then considering what happened just a little while ago she can easily handle these people. In fact all she has to do is show a bit of her power, or she could present something which could identify her as the sect master's wife.

But how can I handle this? I can barely even be considered a cultivator at this point and haven't even learned any martial skills to defend myself with. She must want me to handle it with words of some kind, I guess I'll just have to do my best.'

Looking directly into the eyes of this laughing 'Young Master' I steeled myself for a bit of conflict.

"Young Master Hao, I'm afraid that won't be possible."

"Hah? You two dare to refuse me and my generous offer?! Do you believe that this Young Lord won't wipe out your families and ancestry? In fact you two should be begging me to take you back!"

"Oh? And do you "YoUnG lOrD" believe that you will still be unharmed if you continue to act like this?"

That sentence was backed by nothing, but the sole belief I had in the woman behind me. I was hoping that if a fight does occur that she would protect me. Putting everything I had on the thought that this test is based on being an unbendable person. I would stand my ground, yet I knew that if they acted I would most probably be beaten or worse.

The only technique I knew was a movement one, but can these guards possibly be just mortals? This city was massive after all and the quality of items here wasn't low.

The 'Young Lord's' face twisted into one of anger with a hint of fear. Seeing his fear empowered me a little. I had never been the one to make others fear me, it was always the other way around so it was a new feeling.

Peeking behind me at the woman who stood quietly, at a corner of her lips I could see a tiny curve, but perhaps I only imagined it. I could already imagine her thoughts: This girl really believes that she can escape danger if I'm here, huh?

"Is that a threat?! I was just threatened by this woman! Guards capture these two women for interrogation! They are clearly here committing nefarious deeds! We need them alive!"

"Yes, Young Master!"

The 'Young Master' had four guards who immediately surrounded us.

Suddenly an unexpected voice appeared from the crowd on the sidelines.

"Little Sister, is that you?! Don't worry, I'll save you!"