Urban Extraordinary Immortal Doctor
Chapter 638: Chinatown

Chapter 638: Chapter 638: Chinatown

Fang Bai had also discussed this issue with Long Jingtian, except Long Jingtian had worried that once he loosened the reins on the "Dragon Guard" members, they would run wild like untamed horses, difficult to control.

Although Long Jingtian didn’t immediately adopt Fang Bai’s suggestion of "free-range" management, he did make some changes and announced that members of the "Dragon Guard" would have one day off per week, during which they could move about freely without any restrictions.

This time, as Fang Bai led the team to America, Long Jingtian also instructed Dragon Maiden and the others to follow Fang Bai’s arrangements in all things. Even if Fang Bai took them through America to eat, drink, play, and gamble, making a ruckus, as long as they didn’t delay important matters, he would let them be. After all, Long Jingtian was in Huaxia, out of sight and out of mind.

Fang Bai actually didn’t like staying in his room either. Even when it came to cultivation, he preferred to be in nature, to find a place with mountains and water, where Essence Energy was abundant — the effect was much better that way.

Now being in a foreign land, everything felt novel to him. Fang Bai actually had the desire to go out and have a look around. So, just now when Long Da and the others wanted to go out, Fang Bai readily waved his hand and let them go without a second word.

However, to prevent any trouble, before Long Da and the others left, Fang Bai made each of them memorize his cell phone number, telling them to contact him with their phones if they encountered any issues they couldn’t resolve.

"Dragon Maiden, you’re not going out?"

Seeing Long Da and others leaving the hotel in small groups, Dragon Maiden remained by his side. Fang Bai asked her with a smile.

Dragon Maiden blinked and said, "Grandfather told me to follow you all the way! He said Las Vegas is a city with hidden dragons and crouching tigers, teeming with both the good and the bad; only by your side can I be safest. I’ve decided, if you go out, I’ll go too; if you don’t leave the hotel, then neither will I!"

Fang Bai nodded, showing he understood.

In fact, Long Jingtian’s concerns were reasonable. The "International Meta-Human Elite Competition" was approaching, and powerful figures from all over the world were gathering in Las Vegas. Although Dragon Maiden was a Profound Level Martial Artist, she could handle ordinary martial artists, but she wouldn’t be able to protect herself against real powerful opponents.

Especially since Dragon Maiden was also a young and beautiful woman. Letting her go out alone indeed worried people.

"Let’s go, we should also take a look around! It’d be a shame not to enjoy ourselves while we’re here."

Fang Bai said with a smile.

"Okay!"

Dragon Maiden replied, with a hint of excitement in her voice.

Dragon Maiden, after all, was just a woman in her twenties, not the introverted quiet type. Plus, she couldn’t sleep this early; she was happy to go out and have fun with Fang Bai.

Las Vegas, leading the world’s four great gambling cities, is a world-famous vacation city centered around the gambling industry, celebrated as the "Entertainment Capital of the World."

In recent years, Las Vegas has become the most selected honeymoon destination for newlywed couples around the globe, earning it the lovely moniker of "Marriage Capital of the World."

Although known as the "Gambling Capital of the World," of the nearly forty million visitors that come to Las Vegas each year, the majority are here for shopping and enjoying the cuisine, with only a minority coming specifically to gamble. However, this minority is enough to make this city of gambling thrive.

Las Vegas is a place filled with wonder. If you’re down and out, a vagrant with only a few US dollars to your name, you too might have the chance to turn your luck around and become rich here; if you’re a billionaire, you might just end up a penniless wanderer.

That’s Las Vegas for you — one side heaven, the other hell.

And this was exactly why it was so captivating.

Walking on the main streets of the city, one could see luxurious hotels and casinos everywhere, and among the crowds, there were tourists of many nationalities and skin colors.

Fang Bai and the Dragon Maiden were both in Las Vegas for the first time, feeling a sense of strangeness and curiosity about everything here.

"I heard that there’s a ’Chinatown’ in Las Vegas where immigrants from Huaxia live. Instructor Fang, shall we go there and take a look?"

They strolled slowly, appreciating the city’s night view, when a group of Huaxian people passed by them, the Dragon Maiden got the idea and said to Fang Bai.

"Sure!"

Fang Bai smiled and nodded. For him, being out was just about wandering and seeing, it didn’t matter where.

The Dragon Maiden stopped a Huaxian passerby and politely asked for the exact location of "Chinatown," then she and Fang Bai went there excitedly.

The architecture in "Chinatown" was mainly of the classical Huaxia style, interspersed with some Western buildings, creating a unique fusion and a distinctive sight within the city.

"Chinatown" was home to tens of thousands of Huaxian people, some of whom had been immigrants for decades, through generations, yet many families preserved the traditional Huaxia customs, and some of them even spoke pure Huaxia language.

Walking in "Chinatown," seeing the Huaxian people with black eyes and yellow skin passing by, and hearing their Huaxia language, Fang Bai and the Dragon Maiden felt an extra sense of closeness.

"You little brat, stealing my family’s steamed buns again... I let you off because I felt sorry for you last time, and here you are stealing again... I’ll beat you to death..."

"Uncle, please don’t hit me... ah... don’t hit me... I won’t steal anymore... no more stealing... ah..."

Ahead, about ten meters away, suddenly came the crying and screaming of a little girl, along with the cursing of an adult man.

Fang Bai and the Dragon Maiden looked up and saw a small, skinny figure staggering towards them, chased by a burly middle-aged man who was cursing while waving a broom in his hand.

Under the streetlights, the Dragon Maiden looked closely and realized that the small, skinny figure was just a seven or eight-year-old girl.

The little girl’s hair was messy, and her face and body were covered in dirt as if she were a little beggar. She was filled with terror, and tears kept spilling from her big eyes that were clearly distinguished by black and white.

In her hands, the little girl was holding onto two snow-white steamed buns as if they were of utmost importance to her, clutching them close to her chest.

The middle-aged man chasing her was cursing non-stop, his broom occasionally hitting the small and frail body of the little girl. Each hit made her tremble, and then she would scream in pain and cry louder.

When the little girl got close to Fang Bai and the Dragon Maiden, she tripped over something and fell forward, the two snow-white steamed buns rolling out of her hands and getting covered in a layer of dirt.

The little girl watched the steamed buns roll away, unable to get up for a moment, looking extremely heartbroken. Her big eyes blinked, and her tears flowed faster.