Chapter 595: Misunderstanding, Frustration

"The East City?" City Lord Ming Long blinked in surprise, then nodded and said, "What a coincidence, we also live in the East City. Let's head back together."

Xiao Fan was stunned for a moment. He really wanted to ask, "What do you mean?"

"Do you take me, Xiao Fan, for an idiot?"

"I say I live in the East City, and then you say you live in the East City?"

Xiao Fan felt that City Lord Ming Long was doing this on purpose; he was likely trying to follow him with ill intentions.

Even Zhangsun Ning could see it; City Lord Ming Long was planning to find an excuse to follow her and Xiao Fan. She stared at City Lord Ming Long with an unfriendly expression.

City Lord Du Ling and Chu Fan felt awkward seeing this, knowing that the other two must have misunderstood.

They really did live in the East City.

"Um, we really do live in the East City," City Lord Du Ling stepped forward to explain.

Beside him, City Lord Ming Long breathed a slight sigh of relief. He had felt extremely uncomfortable being stared at by the hostile-looking Zhangsun Ning, feeling as though she could attack at any moment.

Xiao Fan glanced at the two of them, then cast a look at the bewildered Chu Fan. After thinking for a moment, he nodded and said, "Fine, let's go."

City Lord Ming Long breathed a sigh of relief. He did want to follow Xiao Fan, but he truly hadn't expected that both parties would live in the East City, and it had almost caused a misunderstanding with Xiao Fan and Zhangsun Ning.

The group left the Auction House and headed toward the East City.

On the way, City Lord Ming Long felt a bit awkward. Although he was at the Peak of the Pi Hai Realm, with Zhangsun Ning present, he was still very reserved when speaking. Furthermore, he understood that Xiao Fan was likely a young Prodigy from another major province, so he dared not offend him even more.

Yihuang Province was one of the more backward provinces among the Nine Provinces. In his impression, apart from the Waste Province, Yihuang Province was among the weakest!

Wuhuang Province was very barren. After becoming a Waste Province for many years, it didn't even have a teleportation array. Outsiders had no interest in it, so for thousands of years, very few people had gone to Wuhuang Province.

The group headed toward the East City. During this time, Xiao Fan would look at City Lord Ming Long and the others every so often.

Because these people showed no intention of leaving and were consistently heading in the same direction.

"Where do you live?" Xiao Fan asked. "If you want to follow me, just say so. If you have something to say, just say it. What's the meaning of following me like this? I'm almost at the inn!"

Zhangsun Ning, standing to the side, remained silent, but her gloomy expression clearly showed she shared the same thought as Xiao Fan.

"It's a misunderstanding, truly a misunderstanding!" City Lord Ming Long hurriedly spoke up. "We really do live in this direction!"

"That's right, it's true!" City Lord Du Ling hurriedly chimed in.

This time, the two weren't acting; it was genuine. They really did live in this direction.

Chu Fan remained silent, watching quietly, but he was muttering to himself, they really did live here…

Xiao Fan let out a breath and didn't continue speaking, though in his heart, he wanted to see how far City Lord Ming Long, City Lord Du Ling, and the others would follow him.

Another quarter of an hour passed.

The group arrived at Quanling Tower.

Xiao Fan and Zhangsun Ning walked in front, with City Lord Ming Long, City Lord Du Ling, and Chu Fan following behind.

"Don't tell me you live here too?" Xiao Fan's tone was unfriendly. This Imperial City was so large with so many inns; could it really be such a coincidence that they were staying at the same one?

Zhangsun Ning naturally didn't believe it either. Such a probability was impossible; she believed the two were lying.

"This… we also live here!" City Lord Ming Long said, his face turning ashen. If he didn't actually live here, he would have thought he was lying too.

"That's right, we really live here!" City Lord Du Ling also spoke up.

Xiao Fan glanced at City Lord Du Ling with an expression that said, "I really didn't expect you to be this kind of person!"

This left City Lord Du Ling speechless. Where was the trust between people?

Was it completely gone?

Xiao Fan couldn't be bothered to pay attention to the two of them, believing they were colluding together. He looked at Chu Fan and asked, "Chu Fan, do you live here?"

Chu Fan was taken aback. He glanced at the dark-faced City Lord Du Ling and City Lord Ming Long, then looked at Xiao Fan and nodded, saying, "Yes, we live here!"

City Lord Ming Long and City Lord Du Ling were almost crying from anger. Couldn't you just answer directly?

Why did you have to look at them?

What was the meaning of looking at their expressions?

Wasn't this just asking to be misunderstood?

Sure enough, Xiao Fan's face darkened again, and Zhangsun Ning's face darkened even more. Both of them had the feeling of being played for fools.

"Do you take me for an idiot?" Zhangsun Ning said coldly. The aura of the Yuding Realm surged forth, and a terrifying killing intent enveloped City Lord Ming Long and City Lord Du Ling.

"Gulp"…

City Lord Ming Long's body trembled, and City Lord Du Ling felt as if he were being stared at by a prehistoric beast, his hair standing on end.

Seeing that the situation was not right, Chu Fan immediately added, "We really do live here…"

"This has nothing to do with you, be quiet!" Xiao Fan waved his hand, interrupting Chu Fan, thinking that he was a good kid who must have been coerced!

"I, I!" Chu Fan was choked up and couldn't speak.

At this moment, he also felt something was wrong. Had he screwed over City Lord Ming Long and City Lord Du Ling?

"You two, speak the truth. What is your intention in following us?" Zhangsun Ning said coldly. She and Xiao Fan were people from another major province; being followed by City Lord Ming Long and City Lord Du Ling made her worry that their secrets might be leaked.

"We really don't have any!" City Lord Ming Long was almost crying. "We really live here. If you don't believe us, I can take you to my Immortal Cave!"

Zhangsun Ning glanced at Xiao Fan, sending a voice transmission to ask for his opinion.

Xiao Fan thought for a moment and nodded, signaling to go and see if what City Lord Ming Long said was true.