Chapter 41: Drinking Night

After a few turns and twists, we arrived at a large establishment where people went in and out at a constant pace. Once the attendants at the entrance saw Fen Zei, they welcomed him with open arms.

"Please follow us," the attendant said as he walked inside.

The first floor had many tables full and bustling with people enjoying their food. They feasted on boar meat, fish, and other strange-looking dishes while enjoying wine and drinks of all sorts. The place seemed to be reserved for the wealthy, especially since the decoration was marvelous. Not to mention the servants who were all pretty young girls that didn't seem to find any shame in flirting with the customers for an extra tip.

The man led us to the second floor, and once we arrived, a beautiful girl led us to a private room where we went inside and sat on comfortable chairs.

"Get us the usual," Fen Zei said, and the girl nodded.

Then she closed the room and immediately I felt my ears popping, it was as if the room was locked airtight.

"Silent room?" I mumbled.

"Right, anything you say here will stay here. These rooms are designed to counter eavesdropping." Fen Zei said.

"Right, then what do you want to talk about?" I asked.

"Right then, well, I just wish to know more about you. See, the fact that you came into the Imperial city flying where it is well known to be a flight prohibited area means that you're not from around here. Also, you didn't seem too worried about me, nor my senior disciple Xue Liu. Meaning that you clearly have a good background. I wish to make friends with such people, you never know when they come in handy." Fen Zei explained his reasons.

Though they seemed clear and innocent, I wasn't too dumb to believe them.

"My origin will remain mine to speak off, it's a good strategy to keep it secret as it will deter many off of my back if I were to get into trouble. Secondly, I'm here for training."

"Oh, I understand, I wouldn't want to pry further," the man said, and he clearly didn't mean what he just said. he still had questions and I know how he wants to extract the