Extortion

Meanwhile, Yuan Ming suddenly stopped as he walked down the street and looked around.

For an instant just now, he had felt as though someone were watching him in secret.

"Someone's monitoring me?" Yuan Ming immediately spread out his Spiritual Sense, covering a radius of three hundred meters, yet found nothing.

Yuan Ming did not continue searching. Instead, he quickened his pace and soon arrived at the inn where Nan Shangfeng was staying.

He did not enter, but came to a deserted alley nearby and stopped.

"Your Excellency has followed me for so long. It is time to show yourself, isn't it?" Yuan Ming turned to look behind him.

"Fellow Daoist, your abilities are remarkable. Even Dharma Aspect Stage cultivators might not be able to see through my earth-escape concealment." A figure emerged from the ground at the entrance to the alley. It was the woman in green.

"Who are you? You have followed Wan for so long—do you not know that tracking someone without cause is deeply offensive?" Yuan Ming examined her a few times and confirmed that he had never seen her before. A flicker of Killing Intent flashed through his eyes as he spoke.

"Hehe, Fellow Daoist, there is no need to look so fierce and menacing. This little woman means no harm. I came today only to make a deal with you." The woman in green smiled as before, utterly unconcerned by Yuan Ming's killing intent.

"Wan has no interest in making deals with people of unknown origins. I can pretend I never noticed your tracking just now. Leave." Yuan Ming refused outright and turned to depart.

"Fellow Daoist Yuan, you should not refuse so lightly. That would be better for both of us." The woman in green smiled faintly.

For an instant, the air in