Chapter 21: Leaving the City

As dawn approached, the streets of RockFire City quickly

filled with the hustle and bustle of city life as the city’s residents start

going about their daily business and the streets filled with the shouts of

merchants trying to hawk their wares.

At the Black Wing Merchant Guild, Guo Huo had already woken

up. He had gone back to the room he had met Jia Yuan in, and was staring at a

talisman. This was the talisman connected with the magical locator on Jia

Yuan’s gold Currency Card. He then looked around the room. For the last 20

years, this sparsely decorated room had served as his office.

He took one last look, and headed out. Earlier that morning,

he had already told his granddaughter, Guo Shi, of his plans. Truth be told,

Guo Huo actually didn’t handle too much of the business side for the Guild. He

was only serving as head of the RockFire branch because of his strength. As for

the actual business, he let other people handle that.

As he exited the Guild Hall, Guo Huo was truly a sight to

behold. He was a two meter tall old man, with flowing white hair held back in a

ponytail. He even had a long white beard to match. As for his clothes, He was

wearing a long red robe that was embroidered with fiery patterns outlined with

gold. To put it simply, he looked like a fiery god of war.

Finally, on his back, was a giant axe more than 1.5 meters

long and proportionally wide.

He walked down the steps of the Guild Hall, and took out the

talisman once again, verifying the direction he needed to go.

He quickly walked toward the secondary city gate and

promptly exited to the outer parts of the city. Using the talisman, he quickly

arrived at the tavern Jia Yuan was in. Entering the tavern, he demanded a room.

Unfortunately, the host told Guo Huo that all of the rooms

were taken.

Upon hearing this, Guo Huo turned to the side and frowned.

After a few seconds of this, the host was growing very nervous. After all, he

could see that this person in front of him was very rich and probably had

powerful backing. Even more than that, the man himself had an overpowering demeanor.

The host felt that this really was a man he did not want to irritate. Just as

the host was about to try to kick one of the guests from their room to make

space for this new customer, Guo Huo turned back to him.

“That’s alright, kid. Do you have a place where I can change

clothes in private?”

“Uh.. of course! Right this way!”

The tavern had a backroom where they kept food and liquor.

But for now, this backroom would serve as a place for Guo Huo to disguise

himself.

In past times, when Jia Yuan’s ring was being made, it truly

was a priceless treasure. However, in recent times, some highly skilled

craftsmen were able to create similar items. However, they only had very small

spaces, usually no more than 125 cubic feet of space.

The necklace that Guo Huo wore was exactly one of these

items. He tapped the necklace and withdrew some tattered and dirty clothes. He changed

out his outfit into these clothes, transferring his fiery outfit as well as the

giant axe into the necklace in the process. Afterwards, he took a box out of

the necklace, and put it on the floor.

Opening it, it was a box of dirt. With the dirt in the box,

he dirtied his face, hair, beard, and the rest of his body.

Now he truly looked like a decrepit old man.

After finishing his disguise, he transferred the box back

into the necklace, and took off the necklace.

He then tied the necklace around his wrist, covered by his

shirt.

He walked out of the room and saw that the host was staring

at him with his mouth wide open.

The host had seen a fiery god walk into the backroom, and

saw an old beggar walk out.

Huo Guo tapped his wrist and drew a medium fire shard and

handed it to the host. “Don’t tell anyone what you saw here, and give me a

barrel of beer. I’ll be sitting in the corner.”

Huo Guo had decided to pass the time waiting for Jia Yuan to

leave by drinking in the tavern.

After a few hours of drinking, Guo Huo finally saw Jia Yuan

descend the stairs of the tavern and exit. Seeing this, Guo Huo finished his

last barrel of beer, put a small fire shard on the table, and left.