an."......"This Miss Mohist is indeed as rumored...Nangong, the Lady of South Palace, frowned and recalled the rumors in the city about the Young Miss of the Blacksmith Family.Xiaoyao nodded and said,...Chapter 237 Re-meeting the Pancake Seller 2

"It's my problem to keep it up! If you want to give me everything, do you want to try However, I won't pay!" Free-and-Easy said.

"What is your name" The pancake seller suddenly asked.

"Free-and-Easy!" Free-and-Easy replied casually. At that moment, he did not mind why one would ask for a name when buying pancakes. It was just a name and there was nothing secretive about it; so what if he told him

"What do you do Do you have any relatives Why are you here" The pancake seller continued to ask.

"I am a house servant, I don't have any relatives. I only passed through this place and want to venture into the martial world!" Free-and-Easy replied,

"Venture into the martial world" The pancake seller was puzzled. A house servant venturing into the martial world What did that mean

"Yeah, I'm going to venture into the martial world!" Free-and-Easy nodded.

"Didn't you just say you are a house servant House servants should serve their masters instead of venturing into the martial world" The pancake seller asked in confusion.

"My boss and I were abandoned by our family, my boss doesn't need me anymore so I'm going to venture into the martial world to gain some experience." Free-and-Easy said nonchalantly.

What Free-and-Easy said was misinterpreted; others thought that he had been expelled by his family and then abandoned by his master. They believed "doesn't need" meant exactly what it implied, rather than thinking about how Star Alone could take care of herself so she did not need him always around.

For this reason, Free-and-Easy became an unwanted house servant who would be disregarded even if he died. This was precisely the kind of person the pancake seller wanted to find!

The pancake seller also verified another condition in passing.

"Have you ever trained before What is your level"

"I've been training since I was young. My level is at the beginning rank of Scholar! Boss, what are you doing Are you checking my identity for buying pancakes" Free-and-Easy looked at the pancake seller and questioned his motives.

"Nothing, nothing, just casually asking!" The pancake seller immediately replied but was secretly pleased. It seemed that Free-and-Easy fit even better now.

At this time, the pancake seller did not ask about Free-and-Easy's training progress; otherwise he would definitely be surprised!

He just felt that starting to train from childhood and reaching the rank of Scholar at his current age was still quite decent progress. Although it wasn't a genius, it could be considered good.

This condition completely met the requirements. This time, he had really hit the jackpot; he never expected to find someone with such conditions!

"Then come in with me. There are more pancakes inside." The pancake seller said smilingly, but there seemed to be a hint of sinister in his smile.

"You don't want payment" Free-and-Easy did not notice that and just asked.

"As long as you can eat it all, anything is fine!" The pancake seller said smilingly.

"Then your business will go bankrupt!" Free-and-Easy said smilingly.

"It's okay. Just a little bit of pancakes..." The pancake seller said smilingly, thinking that no matter how much Free-and-Easy ate, he would soon make it back in profits.

But the pancake seller seemed to feel like he might have thought wrongly. All the pancakes prepared for today were eaten up by him. Even though this was an unknown town and there weren't many people passing through, most people still liked to buy pancakes as food, so sales volume was still quite large. The pancake seller had prepared enough for over a hundred people.

In the short period of time, these pancakes were eaten up by him, he felt that his business might really go bankrupt. This loss was indeed heavy.

Free-and-Easy hadn't given Eat plenty to eat in recent days, so this amount of food for over a hundred people only filled her stomach completely and would not be enough if she continued eating more.

"Eat...eat..."

Look at it. Now Eat was asking the boss whether there were any pancakes left.

"..." The pancake seller fell silent, fortunately this person could bring him great benefits; otherwise he would really lose all his investments. But after doing so, he wouldn't make much profit either.

"Boss, thank you for the treat, we're leaving now!" Seeing that they had finished eating, Free-and-Easy wanted to leave.

"Want to leave It's too late for that!" the baozi (steamed bun) shop owner冷哼一聲說道。

"What's wrong, boss Are you going back on your word This was supposed to be free of charge!!" Xiaoyao immediately adopted a defensive posture and spoke to the boss. The implication was clear: he was a martial artist with skills.

"Don't act like that. You're just an Initial Rank Warrior; it would be too simple for me to take you!" the baozi shop owner said. Although he didn't achieve this level when Xiaoyao's age, now in his old age, he was already at Late Rank Warrior and expected to stay there for life.

For a Late Rank Warrior, dealing with an Early Rank one is effortless, same goes for Middle Rank Warriors. Generally speaking, the gap between these ranks is significant enough to be considered different realms.

Of course, this only applies under normal circumstances; there are some who surpass their level. But such individuals usually come from major sects and clans. The baozi shop owner didn't think Xiaoyao was one of them; he was just a nobody house servant.

"What do you want I'll tell you, I'm broke!" Xiaoyao declared his poor status first to discourage the idea of robbery.

"I don't need your money right now. What good would that be to me I want your person!" said the baozi shop owner.

The moment these words were out, Xiaoyao's skin crawled with goosebumps. He jumped far from the baozi shop owner and weakly said: "I'm not what you're thinking of; I don't sell my body for artistry, and I don't like men…" The baozi shop owner stared at Xiaoyao in disbelief, wondering if this boy was crazy. But soon he understood Xiaoyao's intent, his face turning red with anger.

"You little brat! What nonsense are you spouting Don't think I'm that kind of person!! I'll tell you, right now I need your person to contribute to the Azure Dragon Sect’s Lord Feng Hai and earn some reward!" said the baozi shop owner with a shrewd expression.

The Azure Dragon Sect was something Xiaoyao had heard about; it wasn't exactly big or small, its mountain gate's whereabouts were unknown, probably due to lack of fame. It was certain that this was so now.

However, as a sect, the Azure Dragon Sect did possess some power and could act without restraint in such a small country. Even slightly larger countries would give it respect because it had been around for many years. Moreover, its current leader seemed to have considerable strength.

Also, Lord Feng Hai's name was something like Feng Chi; this Feng Hai must be his son or something similar. Yeah, that should be right!

The only problem was, his taste was particularly unique—preferring men…

This was what Xiaoyao speculated at the moment. From the baozi shop owner's words, this wasn't just a one-off event and not something he alone did. This meant that many boys like him had been contributed to Feng Hai before.

Shit, I've seen plenty of forced marriages but never forced male abduction!

"Ugh…" Xiaoyao hugged his arms with a shiver, "Just thinking about it makes me sick. Better to leave now!!"

"Leave You can't go anywhere right now!!"

At this moment, a group of people came in and surrounded Xiaoyao, followed by a fair and handsome young master who looked at Xiaoyao with fiery eyes.

Crap, big trouble this time!

Baozi, it's all baozi’s fault! No more buying baozi!

Unknown kingdom, unknown mountains, an unremarkable little lake…

This series of unknowns left Xiaoyao unsure of his location. This place wasn't on the map; map makers wouldn’t go everywhere, especially not places that aren’t their own country and are in conflict.

Such places were common across the continent unless brave or idealistic cartographers or adventurers came through.

However, some of these places couldn't be entered even if people wanted to. Besides natural barriers, there were artificial ones!

Sometimes a place would remain blank on maps, hidden behind mountains or forests, because strong forces controlled them and didn’t want outsiders knowing about it.

The area Xiaoyao was in was one such artificially kept secret spot; it was under the control of sects like the Azure Dragon Sect. Although these weren't major sects, their combined might deterred larger ones from invading, keeping outsiders at bay unless they got permission.

Xiaoyao was brought here by Lord Feng Hai of the Azure Dragon Sect due to his special interest. But he wasn’t alone in this; many young men shared this same peculiar preference.

When Xiaoyao saw their heated gazes, he felt it would be the biggest crisis of his life. Compared to his current predicament, though, Xiaoyao thought that what was happening now wasn't as bad—he didn’t see it as serious at least.

Now, however, Xiaoyao realized his earlier thoughts were wrong. The reason these people looked at him wasn't due to their preferences, even if those were twisted; it was something else entirely from what he had imagined.

Their act of forcibly taking young men and women wasn't for physical needs but for a deeply perverse psychological craving. They used various pretexts and methods to gather individuals in this unknown mountain range, keeping their actions secret as they feared being found out.

As such, it was an extremely secretive affair requiring a hidden location… (To be continued)n was somewhat hesitant. If it were in the past, she wouldn't have hesitated at all and would follow Xin'er's arrangement. To her, Xin'er was more important.Now, although Xin'er remains crucial, Xiang...