"What happened to them?"
The members of the Zuo Family remained where they were, equally stunned.
"What was that about? They actually ran away!"
"Even people of the Demonic Path are that cowardly?"
Several hot-blooded young masters and ladies voiced their scorn, but the seasoned retainers and guards had picked up on a few clues. They kept watch nearby, somewhat tense, and only relaxed once they were certain the two had truly left and would not return.
The Second Young Master of the Zuo Family also looked thoughtful. He turned to Wen Qingfei. "Immortal Maiden Wen, they seemed very afraid of you."
Wen Qingfei was still too close to the matter to see it clearly. "What would they be afraid of me for?"
The Second Young Master of the Zuo Family smiled faintly without spelling it out, though bitterness stirred in his heart.
He, too, was a young master of an aristocratic clan renowned throughout the region. He had some standing among Human Rank cultivators and deserved to be called a talented young man.
Yet before a woman as ethereal as Wen Qingfei, he could not help feeling inferior. Even after spending days with her and discovering that she was kind rather than arrogant, the faint affection budding in his heart could only be held down by reason, never openly expressed.
He came from a local aristocratic clan and was already betrothed. He would never dare reach so far above his station as to court an Earth Rank immortal maiden like Wen Qingfei.
What he had not expected was that even such an immortal maiden had a towering titan behind her, someone mighty enough to serve as her backing. Before him, she would likely become a delicate bird nestling against her protector.
*So this is a titan? This is what