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I merely stared at the man who seemed to like indulging in the fact of being an all important figure. A trait which seems not uncommon for this world. He was seething at my nonchalant behavior and probably wanted to vent that anger towards me when he didn't get what he wanted.

"Listen here you, I–"

'Should I intimidate him? No, if I flash a weapon they could easily use it as a chance to pin me as an aggressor. I would practically be giving them the ability to formally take me down. They've also seen my face so this is probably the worst option, to both make and set an enemy free at the same time.

Should I just kill them then? I haven't had the chance to test out that black flame on anybody yet. That probably isn't a good idea either though. The man had two personal bodyguards, anyone that has bodyguards in the first place probably has some amount of importance. If I were to kill them then the people behind him would probably send somebody after me.

He doesn't seem to be the type to listen to reason either, typical of these arrogant and self-important people. If I were to try I would probably just egg him on as to engage with this person would mean he might feel like he's succeeding.

So that leaves simply leaving without another word, or just making excuses to leave. The former would probably be more effective though'

I was simply blankly staring at him as he rambled while I was in thought. Though I seemed to refocus as he was finishing up.

"Hey! Hey! Did you hear a single word I said? Tch! There must be something wrong with you woman, probably because of all those hideous scars! Something must have messed with your brain when you got those scars of yours, huh?"

The corner of my eyelids were twitching as I heard his comment about the scars, but I chose to ignore it for now.

'How dare you? My soon to be partner believes they add to my beauty! I'm lucky, lucky I could find someone with such a unique taste. Unlike you who probably won't ever find a woman who'll truly love you, you absolute scum!

I think I know who I'll test this flame on. Hmm, his bodyguards are both within the intermediate stages of Essence Gathering. They aren't difficult to beat with my experience, both their lifetimes probably aren't much in comparison to it. But, I'll have to kill him in a more secluded location. His own home might be secluded enough, but I'll have to think about whether they'll have Foundation Establishments around at home or not.

Fine, you won't be the first test, but in the future when I'm stronger I'll be back to remind you of your mistake here in a more agonizing way. The world would probably be better off without you anyway.'

I wanted to say that first part to him, but I held back as a person who could see the future prospects. Angering him further isn't wise, but in a few year's time my revenge will be set in stone.

I turned away from him and started walking away, but a hand grabbed onto my wrist. I looked down and saw it connected back to that young master character.

"Where do you think you're going? I'm not down with you yet! You should be honored that you have the chance to talk to me!"

I ripped my wrist out of the man's grasp with a force he was completely unprepared for. The man was pulled forward just enough by my force that he lost his balance and fell face first onto the dirt path.

An entire dust cloud formed from his impact as I held back the urge to laugh at his pathetic state. He was only in the low stages of Meridian Opening after all and my current abilities could kill this man in an instant.

I was also a dual-cultivator in my previous life, Qi and Body. Although I don't have my body cultivation realm I still remember and understand all the intricacies of the body, along with efficient ways to utilize my strength.

Unfortunately, or fortunately since I could see this laughable side of his, the man disregarded the fact that I was in the Foundation Establishment Realm. Either that or he didn't bother to check in the first place.

"Young Master!" The shouts of the two men echoed in the streets attracting the attention of the locals.

They both ran up to the young man on the ground to check up on him.

'Wait, did he just implicate me? They're exaggerating this too much, aren't they? All he did was fall.'

I had a feeling I knew what would happen the next moment.

'Is it better to just leave right now or should I stay to clear it up? Damn, I should have just ran that first time instead of even giving him the chance to do this to me!

If I run they might automatically consider me a criminal, and if I stay I'll have to deal with their awful reasoning. Damn, well I'll just say a few words then. If they become too unreasonable I'll just leave.'

One of the guards stepped forward and pointed their finger at me. At least they haven't resorted to instantly using force, if they had I probably would have just left without another word.

"How dare you hurt our young master?! Do you know the consequences of this? You'll go to jail for assault, but our young master is quite generous. If you accept his demands he'll probably let you go, especially b-beauties like you."

'Beauty? Didn't he just call me ugly moments ago? Is this some sort of script or something? He's following it a little too closely isn't he?'

Only a moment or two after he said that the young master slowly got up off the ground and looked at me with some anger. After quietly patting himself down from all the dust that he accumulated he finally spoke.

"I'll let this incident slide as long as you fulfill one condition of mine."

"What might that be?" I spoke in that same monotone voice.

"I want you to be my maid for three days and 3 nights."

My eyes darkened and narrowed onto his.

'The audacity of this man is incredible. Well, it seems my best option went out the window long ago. I'll just run, my reputation here doesn't matter anyway. There could be wanted posters for all I care.'

He trembled as he then put up a facade of strength.

"Wh-what are you looking at?! Tch, Well hurry up! Are you going to accept or not?"

I raised my head up just a slight bit making those three tense up a little.

"I won't."

Then I quickly turned and ran through and disappeared in the crowd of people who had formed to watch us. There was no way they could actually catch me, but I did a few turns here and there to send them away in different directions before heading into the middle district.

Once I was inside I put on a hooded cloak and veil to hide my identity within a more secluded spot. I had no doubt that they would sooner or later appear here to search for me. Even though I stood out more compared to those majority who didn't wear a hood at the very least I wouldn't be spotted instantly with my description.

I don't exactly know where to go since I was never that familiar with this city, but from Sister Daji's information it seems that what I'm looking for should be in those red light districts or night districts. So that means I just have to find a part of the city that isn't as crowded and bustling as it is here. They aren't usually known for their day time activities after all.

I wandered the area on the lookout for places where less numerous people were for a while. When I first entered the second layer of the city the sun was high up in the sky, now there was about one quarter of the sky that the sun had left to claim. Only by then did I manage to reach an area which was more destitute in comparison to the others.

'Finally! I found it, or well the general location that it should be in. Now I just have to find the door.'

The second part was to find a door hidden deep in the alleys of this nightly city. As time went on it was slowly starting to populate and the streets were becoming just as crowded as when I was on the main street during the day. It was becoming a little difficult to move about with all the bodies around.

After another long length of time I finally found a long winding alley which had the door at the end. Now for the final part, I just had to input a certain series of knocks.

'Wait, damn, what were they again? I know for a fact that there were a total of nine knocks and I can think of 3 combinations which sound similar. I guess I'll just try them all.'

I tried the first series of knocks on the door and waited for a minute.

'No? Next one it is then.'

The next combination was tested out on the door and once again there was no response.

'It's got to be the last one then!'

With the final try complete I waited once again, but there was nothing. At that moment I started to panic internally since I had already tried the 3 I thought it could have been.

But while I was having a panic attack on the inside the eye slit of the door opened and a pair of indifferent eyes looked at me before a deep voice echoed out.

"Did you finally remember what it was?"

Several clicks were soon heard on the other side as the door slowly swung open inwards. The man stood with a similar hooded cloak holding the door wide open. Behind him led a long and deep set of steps only lit up by torches on the side every 6 or so meters.

At the very end I could see the destination I had been trying to get to the entire time, the Underground city. It was a place where criminals and those trying to hide out go to stay. This was also the most probable place I would come across something that could help me come in direct contact with my future partner.

Thus I went in and took my first step down the stairwell. The door behind me slammed shut and the sounds of locks started to click back into their original places.

When I inevitably reached the bottom I saw the wide expanse of the city in question. At the beginning there was a small plaza where people could probably regroup and from there several shoddy signs of all qualities were hung up around the area pointing to different places of interest.

None of the signs particularly caught my eye so in the end I went to a place where equipment was sold and began to look in the gloves section. There several displays were on shelves no doubt to increase the security of the shop even though it already had a couple guards around.

I looked at the names of each and their descriptions one by one before moving onto the next one.

While I wasn't paying attention a man came up near me.

"Hey, are you here to buy anything or are you just here to loiter around in my shop?"

"Ah, I'm here looking for some equipment that's able to erase my scent, preferably gloves."

"Scent erasing equipment? How specific, already well I'll go take a look and see if I have anything for you then."

'Oh? For someone from the underground he's surprisingly helpful.'