"Congratulations on becoming a C Rank mercenary!!"
Li Rong's voice was louder than her usual tone which she had done on purpose.
Her motive was clear, she wanted everyone to know that the person they were so scared of was only at Qi Condensation Realm. That too at the second level of the said realm.
And It worked!
"..."
Dead silence dawned in the hall once again and this time for a different reason.
Noah did not mind the woman's actions even though she had acted like that with him. His eyes that were locked on the woman just became a little colder, which once again made her tremble.
"Hmph"
Seeing the sight Noah snorted out loud, placing the token inside his storage ring he turned to look back at Xin Yan.
Li Rong stood there frozen in her place. For a moment she saw it, an emotion in the eyes of the boy in front of her, an emotion other than indifference.
It was Disdain!
That was all he had towards her!
She clenched her hands in a fist and silently glared at his back in anger and frustration. No one has ever treated her with disgust, even when everyone knows that she belonged to a normal background.
Xin Yan saw Noah turned back towards her and his eyes contained a hint of warmth inside of them which brought a gentle smile on her own face.
"Let's go back."
She nodded and walked out of the hall along with him, this time they left from the front gate.
Everyone who still did not dare to move while Noah was here rushed to the counter.
"Hey! Ice bucket is it true that he is just a Qi Condensation realm Cultivator."
"Did you really not make a mistake?!"
"I think that this washboard is trying to take her anger and embarrassment out on the boy."
Hearing someone calling her Washboard Li Rong flared Qi making them fall on the ground on their face.
She hated when someone mentioned her weakness, her small twin peak. No they were not peaks, they were like a slight bumpy plane. Which itself was because of the pads she had used.
She looked at everyone with her cold and imposing eyes unlike the previous scared and trembling look.
"As I said before, please maintain the decorum of the guild and don't think that guild makes the wrong decision. If I said that he is a C ranked mercenary, he is one."
Saying those words, Li Rong raised the stone slab in her hand, the words written on it clearly showed that the boy who just left the room after scaring the souls out of them was a mere qi condensation Realm Cultivator.
They could not believe their eyes but after thinking about it they decided to trust their instincts and not trouble the boy anymore.
Li Rong walked back to the place where other staff members were handling the paperwork. She approached a middle-aged woman and asked.
"Aunty Wu, can you take over my post for a while? I have to report something to the guild manager."
Aunty Wu looked up from the pile of papers and nodded with a warm smile on her face. All of them knew that she was a powerful Cultivator with good talent, so she rarely had any troubles with fellow staff members.
Nodding, the woman agreed to her request.
"Of course, Dear! Go ahead, I will look over it."
After showing a smile, Li Rong walked out of the room and made her way towards the second floor..
*Knock*
Inside the room, Ma Ning was pacing across the room thinking about what the demonic woman might do to him. Due to his fear he did not sense someone approaching his room and the knock startled him a little.
Taking a deep breath he calmed himself, sensing the familiar aura outside the room he already knew who was there. He instantly moved towards his seat and put on a serious and dignified appearance.
"Come In"
Unlike his previous meek self he ordered with authority and watched as Li Rong strolled inside the room. He could sense a hint of displeasure inside her eyes.
"What happened?"
Not being able to resist the temptation of gossip, he could not help but ask.
To Li Rong it looked like he was inquiring about the reason for her visit, so immediately pulled out the same stone tablet and placed it in front of the old man.
"Today a young man around the age of 18 visited the mercenary hall to register. I thought that those fools would go with the same newbie bullying.
Yet to my surprise not only did they not bully him but they were so scared that they did not dare to move or even breathe."
Hearing the description, Ma Ning could not help but say.
"So we got ourselves a capable Mercenary. What is wrong with that?"
"The problem is that he was just a Qi Condensation Realm Cultivator that too at the second realm and the one present today there were several Cultivators who were above fifth level of Qi Condensation Realm.
No matter how capable a person is, being capable of threatening all of these mercenaries at the same time with just a single glance is not ordinary."
Hearing those words as if something clicked inside Ma Ning's minds and he thought of the boy he had just met a few moments ago.
He could not help but think that it was merely a coincidence but to be sure he asked Li Rong about him.
"What did he look like?"
Li Rong was a little stunned hearing the question, she remembered the cold but handsome face of the boy.
His sharp jawline and facial features complemented the mature look in his eyes. As she immersed herself in the memories of the boy she could help but feel her cheeks burning and she blurted.
"He was handsome!"
Seeing the red face of the usually strict and cold girl, Ma Ning was a little surprised but he did not think too much.
It was only natural for her to find that boy handsome, because he truly was. This also confirmed his theory that she met the same boy he was talking about.
"I know the boy you are talking about. No need to worry so much about it. He was visiting here to talk to Young Miss."