Urban Extraordinary Immortal Doctor
Chapter 661: Huo Niao

Chapter 661: Chapter 661: Huo Niao

After Fang Bai and the others checked back into the hotel, they took half a day to rest and recuperate. When night fell, they went out together to have dinner in Chinatown.

All along the way, Fang Bai could sense countless pairs of eyes watching him and his companions.

Fang Bai spread out his Divine Sense and discovered that most of the people shadowing them were of relatively low strength. Based on the fluctuations of their auras, some were Martial Artists from Dongfang, while others were Meta-Humans from the West.

Fang Bai knew that the ruckus they had caused previously at the "Caesar Casino" and "King’s Boxing Ring" must have drawn the attention of some local organizations or forces. Those shadowing them were likely their subordinates.

When they left a restaurant in Chinatown after their meal, Fang Bai’s Divine Sense caught a middle-aged red-haired man who was shadowing them from an alley several hundred meters away.

To Fang Bai’s surprise, the red-haired man was American, yet he had an aura similar to that of a Fire Spirit Root Martial Artist, and judging from that aura, his strength was at least equivalent to a High Rank Earth Level Martial Artist from the Ancient Martial World of Huaxia.

However, upon closer inspection, the fluctuations of Fire Primordial Qi in the red-haired man were slightly different from those usually emitted by Fire Spirit Root Martial Artists.

Fire Spirit Root Martial Artists need to practice Acquired Fire-based Techniques to absorb Fire Primordial Qi from the natural world. They then store this Fire Primordial Qi in their Qi Sea, ready to be called upon at any time.

But this red-haired man seemed to have a natural ability to absorb and gather Fire Primordial Qi. The Qi didn’t store inside his body; instead, it circled around him, ready to be used at any moment.

Both Fire Spirit Root Martial Artists and the red-haired man could manipulate Fire Primordial Qi for attack or defense, each with their own strengths and weaknesses.

A Fire Spirit Root Martial Artist, when engaged in combat, can quickly exhaust the True Yuan in their Qi Sea, and it’s difficult to replenish it rapidly, unless they reach a realm where the True Yuan flows ceaselessly.

While the red-haired man could continually draw in Fire Primordial Qi from the environment, if he encountered wet weather or fought in a sealed space, his strength would be greatly reduced, and he would be easily defeated.

"That red-haired man must be what they call a Meta-Human, right? I really underestimated the people of this world before!"

The more Fang Bai interacted with this world, the more excited he became, realizing there were many things he needed to re-understand and explore.

"That red-haired man can gather Fire Primordial Qi from nature, he’s virtually a walking Fire Elemental Stone! If I capture him and cultivate near him, wouldn’t the effect be very beneficial?"

Thinking this, Fang Bai was greatly moved and said to the Dragon Maiden and the others, "If you wish to go out and have fun, that’s fine, or you may go back to the hotel. Arrange things as you see fit! I have some personal matters to attend to and will take my leave. Remember to contact me if anything comes up!"

With that, Fang Bai left swiftly, disappearing into the crowd under the astonished gazes of the Dragon Maiden and her companions.

"Personal matters? Isn’t this his first time in America? What personal matters could he have to attend to? Besides, we’re all from the same side, what could he possibly have to hide? Acting all mysterious... Humph!"

Seeing Fang Bai leave without even bringing her along as a translator, the Dragon Maiden couldn’t help but feel a bit aggrieved and huffed unhappily.

"Big sister, are you mad at big brother?"

Xiao Yu, who was holding the Dragon Maiden’s hand, asked as she looked up at her.

"Yes!"

The Dragon Maiden squatted down and said to Xiao Yu, "Your big brother has something he won’t share with me; it clearly shows he doesn’t trust me, so I’m very angry! Xiao Yu, tell me, isn’t your big brother really bad?"

Xiao Yu, remembering the kindness that Fang Bai had shown her and how he had also healed her father’s injury, shook her head and said, "Big brother is not bad! Big brother is a good person!"

The Dragon Maiden lightly scraped Xiao Yu’s nose bridge and coaxed, "Say big brother is a baddie, and I’ll take you to the amusement park to play!"

The words "amusement park" were clearly very attractive to Xiao Yu. She had been firmly convinced that big brother was a good person, but now she hesitated, struggling internally.

"Big brother is... is... is..."

Xiao Yu was visibly conflicted, trying for a long time to say "baddie," but she couldn’t get the words out. Finally, after glancing at her dad and seeing him give her a stern look, she hurriedly said, "Big brother is a good person... Big sister, I’m sorry, Xiao Yu can’t lie just to go to the amusement park, or else no one will like Xiao Yu anymore!"

"You little girl... I don’t know what sort of love potion Fang Bai has given you... alright, big sister was just joking, big brother is actually a good person! Let’s go, big sister will take you to the amusement park!"

The Dragon Maiden patted Xiao Yu’s little head and said with a smile.

Xiao Yu cheered, puckered her lips, and planted a kiss on the Dragon Maiden’s fair and smooth cheek, sweetly saying, "Thank you, big sister! Big sister is also a good person!"

......

Ever since Fang Bai and the others left the hotel they were staying at, Huo Niao had been following them.

Huo Niao’s goal was to ascertain Fang Bai’s true strength and then report back to the leader, Isabella, to help the members of the "Statue of Liberty" participating in this year’s "World Meta-Human Organization Elite Competition" devise strategies.

Seeing Fang Bai suddenly part ways with the Dragon Maiden and others and walk towards the crowd ahead, Huo Niao left the alley and followed at a distance.

Fang Bai walked faster and faster, and Huo Niao followed suit. Unbeknownst to him, they had already reached the sparsely populated outskirts of the city.

It was then that Huo Niao felt something was amiss. He thought that he had likely been discovered by the other party a long time ago, and that the other party had intentionally led him here.

Huo Niao immediately turned around, intending to leave, but suddenly a clear voice of a young man came from behind.

"Friend, you’ve followed me all this way, just to leave like this?"

The young man was actually speaking American English, and although it was a bit broken, Huo Niao still understood him.

Huo Niao sighed, turned back, and looked at the young man approaching step by step, with flames seemingly rising in his eyes as the air around him began to heat up.

He was gathering Fire Primordial Qi, preparing for a fight that might break out at any moment.

The young man, of course, was Fang Bai.

Huo Niao could infer that since Fang Bai had realized he was being followed a long time ago, his strength must be no less than his own.

When Fang Bai was in Zhongzhou studying at the Medical College, his curriculum included American English. However, his major was medicine, and he spent most of his time on medical studies, so his English was a bit broken. Nonetheless, he could manage ordinary conversational communication, so even without the Dragon Maiden as an interpreter, he wasn’t worried.

Fang Bai stopped five meters away from Huo Niao. At this distance, he could already feel the violent fluctuations of Fire Primordial Qi around Huo Niao and the rising temperature, even catching a whiff of the scent of fire.

(PS: Sigh, my neck aches and my back sore whenever it’s gloomy and raining... occupational disease, sitting too much, lacking exercise... I need to rest, only three updates today! Should be able to do four updates tomorrow! Sorry!)