Xiao Fan and Yun Yun had only just opened the door when the middle-aged man waiting outside bowed to them and said, "Please wait, you two. Our proprietor would like to see you."
Xiao Fan sized up the man before him. He looked about fifty, with a streak of white at each temple neatly combed behind his ears. He forced a smile onto his icy face, but it looked extremely strange, as though he had not smiled in years. He wore entirely black clothing, without so much as a trace of any other color. If he were dropped into a crowd, you might lose sight of him the moment you turned around.
A Dou Wang?
Xiao Fan studied the middle-aged man. Although the man concealed his strength extremely well, he had nowhere to hide before Xiao Fan's eyes.
"In that case, sorry for the trouble. Please lead the way."
Although Xiao Fan had his suspicions about the person behind the Heavenly Fragrance House, he still wanted to meet him. After agreeing with a nod, he and Yun Yun followed the middle-aged man upstairs.
As they followed him, the staff of the Heavenly Fragrance House stopped what they were doing and bowed slightly to the middle-aged man, then discreetly sized up Xiao Fan and Yun Yun behind him.
The middle-aged man led them upstairs without stopping even on the Sixth Floor. Only when they reached the stairs leading to the seventh floor did he turn and gesture for Xiao Fan to proceed.
"This way, please."
Xiao Fan glanced at the stairs leading to the seventh floor, then looked curiously at the middle-aged man. "The seventh floor?"
*Wasn't it said that the seventh, eighth, and ninth floors of the Heavenly Fragrance House were shrouded in mystery? Why would this man send me