บท 26: A UNDERGROUND MEETING..

Lorin doesn't know any other information about the other party aside the fact that he's from the Imperial Grounds but still,.. that's enough.

Only true Nobility, powerhouses and figures are reserved a spot in the Imperial Grounds hence meaning that any random young master from with those powerful and imposing walls could possibly change his life in the future if he forges a connection strong enough.

Although the person sitting in front of Young Master Lorin has never revealed his identity and might just be a random person from the Imperial grounds, it didn't stop a genuine opportunity chaser like Lorin from flattering him and even going as far as shamelessly calling him older brother despite not knowing his age or status.

"Big brother Fei Lin, I haven't seen you in a while, I was beginning to get worried but seeing your face now washes off all my worries..", Lorin says while casually refilling the 'big brother's' ceramic shot cup with the jade alcohol kettle.

The big brother he's flattering didn't give any response for a while as his eyes were glued unto the board game of checkers he has been playing with himself.

"I was busy..", Fei Lin calmly says before taking the filled shot cup and drowning it down his guts in one elegant motion that involves him tilting his head to the side while supporting the almost weightless cup with both his hands.

Lorin nods his head in understanding. However fake it may be, Lorin seems genuinely concerned and submissive as he once again refills 'Fei Lin's' shot club before casually pulling out another shot cup for himself.

In silence, both men drink elegantly with one of them playing a board game of checkers with himself and the other refilling their cups. This comfortable silence goes on for a while until 'Fei Lin's' Face suddenly grimaces in slight shock as he looks towards the underground stairs entrance in an almost unnoticeable manner.

Lorin notices the change in the composure of his 'big brother' and manages to stop himself from instinctively looking in the same direction as he notices how subtle the other party was being.

A veiled woman has just walked into the underground carvern while dressed in a sapphire blue and brown Araba robe that hides her nose, mouth and most of her hair thus leaving nothing open but a pair of beautiful lime coloured hunters eyes. She was wearing a veil but it was made out of beads thus making people able to look at her face.

She was beautiful,.. Captivating infact.

Despite her face almost completely covered, any man and even women would find their attention swallowed up by her. Her figure couldn't be hidden by her waist tight attire showing a perfect hourglass figure that invokes different types of 'curiosities'.

With a fan in her hand, the beautiful woman slowly walks to an empty seat while capturing the attention of most present as she gets served a warm kettle of tea.

About to pick up the kettle, the woman seems to just have noticed the gazes from everyone as she coldly sweeps a piercing stare filled with mana across the room thus forcing the stares to forcefully retreat from the weight of whatever oppressing rank level she had just displayed.

Fei Lin who has been silently observing the woman could only curse his luck as he recognises who she is or rather where she's from.

She carries the unduplicatable aura of the Imperial Palace! And the only reason he knows this is because he's also from the Imperial Palace!.

He is the 13th son of the Emperor, an Imperial Prince!. Although he doesn't have the title of True Imperial Prince, his name still pulls enough weight and power as far as this Continent and its citizens are concerned.

Far from being a mediocre, Fei Lin who's the son of the Emperor's third Consort can be considered a genius amongst geniuses to the world but he knows very darn well that to the true generation monsters of the Imperial family and Court, he can at-most be considered a little above average. Knowing his own strenghts and weaknesses, he has already given up on trying to be a possible heir.

Being the Emperor's son he has no reason to worry about his already settled future. As long as he holds up the family's name in a sector or another he could slowly build up his name and become a pillar in the family. He can weird enough sway to be someone not to be messed with and probably someone with his own territory.

That's his goal and aspirations and as far as he's concerned, he has an already insane cheat-level starting point to this goal.

Fei Lin gives a small sigh as he silently rubs his Singet ring beneath the table he's sitting at. Judging by the fact that the other party doesn't own an artifact to cleanse herself of the Imperial aura then it means one of four things.

First, the person might be an Imperial noble but the chances of this is very low simply because of one question,.. what Imperial noble is dumb enough to let out his Imperial aura while coming to a bar!.

Immediately cancelling out this probability, Fei Lin considers the rest. It's either the person isn't a noble but instead a servant on leave. Another possibility is that the person doesn't even know she's tainted by Imperial aura,.. OR

The person is out on an Imperial mission but if this is the case then the aura would be much more hidden and he wouldn't be able to casually point it out..

The last reason would be that this person,.. whoever she is wants to be recognised by someone in here as a representative of an Imperial noble!.

The last option is the most likely as Nobles like him carry out a lot of shady businesses and deals with the help of their pawns. The reason for Fei Lin's discomfort comes from the fact that if he's now observing such deals in real-time. This can lead to consequences and entanglements he is definitely not interested in dealing with.

Shifting his gaze away, Fei Lin knows well enough that it's going to be suspicious if he suddenly goes out of the room and so he keeps his attention to his game as he continuesplayingin silence.

Soon, a man comes into the room just as he had predicted and then this mystery man pushes out a barely noticeable shockwave of mana to survey the entire room. Lorin's Singet ring glows a bit to shield him hence making the man discover nothing out of the ordinary as the mana shockwave inspects the surrounding.

*PANG!*.

Moving a red piece on his board to block a black piece, Fei Lin's mental wheels spun as he immediately makes small calculations in his head.

The new entry was definitely a Mage, either that or he's a high ranked warrior. Mages were rare, making up only the one percent of the pathways of cultivation but they were also known for extreme control of mana both within and outside the body.

The man that just made his entry must also have access to high level Arts as the Shock wave of mana he just put out is way too efficient and undetectable to be a casual move.

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AUTHORS NOTE: RANK ONE IS CALLED THE *BEGINER RANK*, RANK 2 TO THREE ARE CALLED THE *INTERMIDIATE RANKS*, RANK FOUR TO SIX ARE CALLED *HIGH RANKS*, RANK SEVEN TO NINE ARE CALLED *SAINT RANKS* AND RANK TEN IS CALLED THE *ZENITH RANK* OR THE *FORBIDDEN RANK*.

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Fei Lin moves a black piece to wipe a red piece off the board as he continues thinking with his attention still on his game.

Diligent as ever, Lorin fills Fei Lin's ceramic shot cup with Alcohol as he casually drowns another shot.

The new entry soon moves over to the veiled woman with a calm smile and nod as if they were meeting up for an appointment.

The two exchanged simple pleasantries that manages to fool the rest present out of th suspicion if they had any but this stupid act is definitely not effective to him nor to his hidden High rank guard!.