Just as they arrived downstairs at the hotel, the figure of Time appeared before Ye Xi.
"Pavilion Master."
Time bowed respectfully, his voice filled with deference.
"I am already aware of the matter."
"We are going to stroll around Suotuo City; you should come along as well."
Ye Xi waved her hand gently, signaling Time to rise before she walked out of the hotel.
Ling Yuan and Time followed quietly behind Ye Xi.
Walking along the somewhat noisy street, Ye Xi kept her gaze fixed on the stalls lining both sides.
From Time to Time, she would stop in front of a stall to browse the goods.
The three of them worked together with great tacit understanding: Ye Xi selected the goods, Ling Yuan handled the payments, and Time was responsible for carrying the items.
Just as Time picked up the items and prepared to catch up with Ye Xi and Ling Yuan, his footsteps faltered, and his somewhat sinister eyes glanced toward the street behind them.
If his perception was correct, there were two people following them since they were on the other street.
However, Time quickly retracted his gaze, glanced at Ling Yuan beside Ye Xi, and without intending to speak, hurried to catch up with them.
After all, if even he, a Spirit Saint, could detect someone following them, there was no reason why Ling Yuan, a Titled Douluo, would fail to notice.
In fact, not only had Ling Yuan noticed, but even Ye Xi was aware of it.
It was just that neither Ye Xi nor Ling Yuan cared.
At the corner of the street behind them, a sleazy-looking middle-aged man dressed in black poked his head out, looking toward the direction where Ye Xi, Ling Yuan, and the others were.
"A young girl, no threat at all."
"A tall beauty, cannot detect any spirit power fluctuations."
"An old man carrying things behind them, doesn't look like an expert either."
The middle-aged man stroked his chin, thinking very seriously.
Behind the middle-aged man, from behind a stall, the somewhat bloated Ma Hongjun carefully poked his head out, his gaze fixed on the middle-aged man at the corner.
"This guy looks sleazy; he's clearly not a good person."
"But that silver-haired one, why does she look so familiar? I can't quite place her for the moment."
Ma Hongjun scratched his hair, his eyes filled with deep thought.
He was almost certain that he had seen the silver-haired young girl before, but he just couldn't recall where.
There was not much Time to think; just as the middle-aged man walked out from the corner of the street, Ma Hongjun also stepped out from in front of the stall and hurried to follow.
In front of a stall, Ye Xi toyed with a hairpin in her hand, her azure eyes glancing backward without changing her expression.
"Are they still following?"
Ye Xi turned the hairpin and suddenly asked.
"Yes."
"Young Miss, do you need me to take action?"
Ling Yuan stood beside Ye Xi, answering in a calm voice.
"No need. I am in a good mood today, so I will give them a chance."
Ye Xi's voice carried a hint of indifference.
After saying this, Ye Xi left the stall with the hairpin, while Ling Yuan took out gold coins to pay.
Ye Xi led Ling Yuan and Time toward the end of the street.
Passing through the busier streets, Ye Xi and the others arrived at a relatively secluded restaurant.
Perhaps because it was a bit remote, or perhaps because it was not mealtime, there were very few people in the restaurant, only a sparse few.
Ye Xi, Ling Yuan, and Time took their seats in the restaurant.
Ye Xi picked up the menu first, casually ordered a few dishes she liked, and then handed the menu to Ling Yuan.
Ling Yuan ordered a few dishes, then looked at Time, shaking the menu in her hand: "Would you like to eat something?"
Ling Yuan's voice was very casual, and her beautiful eyes held a question.
"No need, no need."
"This subordinate is not picky at all."
Time hurriedly waved his hands, indicating he did not need anything.
Seeing this, Ling Yuan said nothing more and handed the menu to the restaurant waiter, asking the waiter to bring some drinks that Ye Xi liked.
After everything was settled, Ye Xi waited quietly.
Outside the restaurant, the sleazy-looking middle-aged man stepped out from the shadows of the corner and walked toward the restaurant where Ye Xi and the others were.
"I've followed them the whole way, and even exposed myself a few Times, yet they didn't notice anything. It's clear that there are no experts among the three of them."
The middle-aged man muttered to himself, involuntarily revealing a sleazy smile.
After the middle-aged man walked out, Ma Hongjun poked his head out from the shadows, quietly observing the direction of the restaurant.
"If I take action now, they won't even see it."
"Better to wait a little longer; when the Time comes, I can play the hero saving the beauty, and I might even be able to build some favorability."
Ma Hongjun thought secretly in his heart, and not knowing what he had thought of, a smile gradually appeared on his face.
Inside the restaurant, Ye Xi watched the middle-aged man walking slowly toward them. A flash of cold light crossed her azure eyes, and she tapped her fingers unhurriedly on the table in front of her, making a tap-tap-tap sound.
Ling Yuan and Time glanced at the middle-aged man from the corners of their eyes, then continued to wait as if nothing had happened.
"My name is Bu Le, and I have a small reputation in Suotuo City."
"I wonder if I could share a table with you all?"
While speaking, Bu Le kept his gaze fixed on Ye Xi and Ling Yuan, looking them over repeatedly.
As for Time, who was to the side, he was completely ignored by him.
Watching Bu Le approach slowly, Ye Xi had no intention of speaking at all. After casting a glance at Time, she picked up a drink and tasted it with elegant movements.
Receiving Ye Xi's signal, Time was just about to stand up when he heard a somewhat immature voice ring out from behind Bu Le.
"In broad daylight, you are actually harassing innocent women."
Hearing the voice, Bu Le turned his gaze toward the back.
Ye Xi pressed her hand down, signaling Time to sit back down, and watched the situation in front of her with great interest.
Under Bu Le's gaze, Ma Hongjun's figure walked out from the shadows.
Ma Hongjun's Spirit, the Evil Fire Phoenix, appeared behind him, and two yellow, hundred-year spirit rings flashed beneath his feet.
"A two-ring Spirit Grandmaster?"
"Damn, you scared the hell out of me. I thought you were some kind of expert."
Bu Le looked at the Ma Hongjun who had walked out, his expression involuntarily turning gloomy.
With that shout just now, he had thought that the people in the restaurant had someone protecting them in the dark, but it turned out to be just a two-ring Spirit Grandmaster.
Bu Le's Spirit appeared from behind him, and at the same Time, one white, one yellow, and two purple spirit rings flashed beneath his feet.
Bu Le looked at the Ma Hongjun who had walked out with unkind eyes, having no intention of wasting words with him, and charged straight at him.