Chapter 125: Want a Tip?

Chapter 125: Want a Tip?

At my interjecting words, the young masters eyes, while still full of anger, quickly dim to a cold fire. Hes regaining control of his emotions, unlike the stereotype of a young master.

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A dangerous combination.

Who, may I ask, does this Long Shui have the honor of speaking to?

His words belay the cautiousness in his voice. That I may have backing.

That Mei Lin may have secret backing.

Besides that, I have now hit the attention trigger for the cultivator escort. Bringing loud attention to the fact that Mei Lin is looking to join the sect. Making this now his problem.

At the very least now, he cant ignore the situation. His eyes are scrutinizing us.

Everything from this point reflects on him and the sect. Young Master Shui realizes this as well, which also probably adds to his cautiousness.

Theres no way in hell I can give him my name.

I do that and Im not sure that even Big Sis Crane could cover me from the shit storm.

From here, I should de-escalate and appease. Get him to the point where he is not satisfied, but lets him keep face and diffuses his anger.

Whats something I can do that could be an acceptable resolution for him? Something that will give him pause. Making him research more into who I am, but also try not to offend me.

Before I can think of an idea, his voice gets even sharper, though it still holds a measure of cautious respect.

Sir? Did you hear me? I was hoping to catch your name. I do not recall there being a male son in the Mei family.

Hes smart, not letting his anger get ahold of him, just in case, that I have significant backing or be someone strong myself. Even though he had suspicions, he resorts to diplomacy first.

His pride must be overwhelming his common sense.

An idea comes to mind from this. Something that would allow me to quickly deal with this situation. Its a stupid gamble.

Especially since its a young master.

Activating my scan, I take a deeper look at him. Looking for deficiencies in his body cultivation.

One of the grey areas for scanning is body cultivation.

That is an area that anyone can start on the journey for, but also may require the help of a master to hone. If you use certain methods, it is likely to be secret to the point, where it would be suspicious and trigger a protection.

From what it appears, Young Master Shui follows a specific method, but his body cultivation is off because of generic issues. Giving me the ability to easily defeat him and trade tips.

Before I accept his offer, I notice a peculiarity from my scan. One of his young master allies seems to be watching me intently. While in this scenario that wouldnt be uncommon, I feel that he is interpreting the things I do.

Its possible he may have a discernment ability. One that gives him an idea of what I do or could do.

Looks like I have to be careful on what I reveal. That will mean no martial arts, only brute force and speed. I also will have to abandon the trading tips idea and settle this quickly through the battle. I dont want anything like what happened with the old man to happen again.

Luckily for me, brute force is all Ill need against this level of the opponent. Compared to fighting against cultivators, or running through tight, twisting tunnels at extremely high speeds its almost like hes not moving at all.

Since someone has already outed my reaction speed, when this inevitably gets to the information traders and gets attached to my actual identity it will still be information they already know.

Time to get this show on the road, though.

That sounds like a great idea. It is great learning from our peers, dont you think?

His face tightens in slight irritation at my casual tone as the group moves to give us a wide berth.