After Zhao Feng and Fang Han entered the third floor, several gazes turned toward them, lingered briefly, then moved away.
Clearly, no one recognized them.
The atmosphere on the third floor was subtle. The people at each table kept their guard up while looking through the windows at the street below and Crouching Tiger Mountain.
From the third floor, they could look out over Crouching Tiger Mountain beyond the town. Only one mountain path led down from the ridge to Mulberry-Hemp Town, with sheer cliffs on either side.
Mulberry-Hemp Town had only two streets, and both its northern and southern entrances were visible from here. Thus, as long as Xiang Wentian passed through this way, they were almost certain to spot him.
The atmosphere had briefly frozen when Fang Han and Zhao Feng entered, but soon the hum of conversation resumed on the third floor.
Perhaps because everyone knew why the others were here, they no longer bothered to conceal it.
"Do you think Xiang Wentian will come this way?"
"Of course. Haven't you heard? I just received word that Yan Yunkun of Golden Wind Valley intercepted him on Crouching Tiger Mountain."
"What? Golden Wind Valley intercepted him, and it was Yan Yunkun? Then what chance do we have? Yan Yunkun is a young pill embracement expert from Golden Wind Valley with a shot at making the Dragon-Tiger Ranking."
"Right. I heard that a couple of months ago, he wanted to challenge an expert from Ever-Peace Prefecture who had just entered the Tiger Ranking, but the man demanded fifty thousand taels of silver before accepting."
"That really happened? Sounds to me like the fellow was scared!"
The conversations at the surrounding tables reached Fang Han and Zhao Feng.
Fang Han's expression turned slightly odd as he glanced at Zhao Feng,