Bai Li Wenyue’s face showed a flicker of panic. “Seventh Junior Brother? Them?”
“They are very safe.” Mo Jinghong flicked his sleeve, placing Bai Li Wenyue inside a protective barrier.
“Sixth Senior Brother, watch carefully now. See what a Nascent Soul cultivator’s battle is like.” Mo Jinghong’s phoenix eyes were majestic, every move and gesture exuding nobility and grace.
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Meanwhile
In the Tianxue Private Room.
Servants stood in two rows, holding trays. On the trays were neatly folded, exquisite, and incredibly beautiful dresses.
Ning Shiyue sat leisurely and content, browsing through the items.
“Little Junior Sister, this time, Sixth Junior Brother will definitely advance!” Ning Shiyue picked up a finished garment and held it up against Feng Qingran.
“Fifth Senior Sister, I was so scared I almost died! That was a Nascent Soul cultivator, you almost got killed!” Feng Qingran shuddered just thinking about it.
Fifth Senior Sister really went all out just so Sixth Senior Brother could advance!
The whole point of this training trip was to find an opportunity for Sixth Senior Brother to break through his bottleneck.
But Sixth Senior Brother remained unmoved, showing no sense of urgency whatsoever.
In the end, Fifth Senior Sister came up with a plan, but they couldn’t find a suitable person to help execute it for the longest time.
Then, Uncle Zhong just walked right into their hands.
Fifth Senior Sister acted on a whim and had her cooperate in putting on an act.
Within that Nascent Soul cultivator’s domain, if it weren’t for their ample supply of life-saving magical artifacts, they would have died several times over!
Ning Shiyue waved her hand dismissively, unconcerned. “Just now, I almost couldn’t hold back my laughter. Good thing Sixth Junior Brother was too distraught and didn’t notice.”
“Little Junior Sister, you don’t need to feel guilty about this at all. Sixth Junior Brother really needed a wake-up call.”
“All he does every day is play around, completely lacking any sense of crisis. If he keeps on like this, there’ll come a day when he’ll be the one crying.”
“An enemy won’t go easy on him just because he’s weak.” Ning Shiyue’s eyes turned slightly more serious as she picked up a hairpin and examined it carefully.
A gleam of insight flashed in Feng Qingran’s almond-shaped eyes. As a villainess, she definitely had to cultivate like her life depended on it.
The person she sent to monitor Su Yanran told her that Su Yanran had inexplicably vanished from the Heavenly Sword Sect.
With the female lead now hiding in the shadows, they needed to be even more cautious and careful.
But she had already guessed where the female lead had gone…
She figured they would run into Su Yanran again during the Spirit Beast Contest.
“We’ll take all of these. Send another batch over.” Ning Shiyue’s voice rang out, clear as a silver bell.
Servants: !!!
“Miss, the items you’ve picked are all Grade Seven or higher magical artifacts. The total comes to one hundred million low-grade spirit stones.”
Ning Shiyue didn’t care in the slightest. “Send over another batch, even better ones. This time, make sure they’re all defensive artifacts.”
The servant immediately nodded. “Please wait a moment, Miss.”
Feng Qingran: …
Fifth Senior Sister really is a shopaholic!
“Fifth Senior Sister, we really don’t need to buy this many.” Feng Qingran tried to offer some gentle advice.
“These are all similar to the ones I usually use. Since I have the time, I might as well stock up. The owner of this Qinghe Pavilion must be a true beauty; everything she sells is exactly to my liking.”
Ning Shiyue rested her chin on her hand as she spoke. “Little Junior Sister, do you think I might have a chance to meet the owner of Qinghe Pavilion?”
Feng Qingran’s gaze flickered slightly. “Definitely, there’s a chance.”
Servant: The owner is sitting right across from you!
Ning Shiyue called out to the servant who was about to leave. “How many spirit stones does it cost to meet your pavilion owner?”
The servant was startled for a moment, then quickly recovered. “Our owner doesn’t lack spirit stones. However, our shop manager is quite greedy…”
The shop manager?
Ning Shiyue took out a communication token, found an image on it, and held it up in front of the servant. “Is this your shop manager?”
“Yes.” The servant nodded, his eyes fixed intently on the palm-sized communication token in Ning Shiyue’s hand.
This communication token seemed different from the ones they sold.
The image quality was clearer.
“Then never mind.” Ning Shiyue lost interest.
Feng Qingran sat further away, pretending to calmly sip her tea.
She had to keep her little disguise tightly under wraps!
“Huh?” Ning Shiyue seemed to be drawn to something on the communication token. “Hurry up and bring the rest of the items. Here’s one hundred million spirit stones.”
Ning Shiyue walked over to Feng Qingran, holding the communication token.
“Little Junior Sister, look! The Nine Provinces Newsfeed says a strange beast has suddenly appeared at Xiong Hu Ling, attracting people from the four great sects to go there.”
“Something tells me, this strange beast is definitely not ordinary. Little Junior Sister, let’s go check it out too! If we’re lucky, maybe we can even find a contract beast for you.”
Ning Shiyue’s eyes sparkled like brilliant stars, lively and pretty.
Feng Qingran thought of the two unreliable beasts in her spatial realm and shook her head. “Fifth Senior Sister, how about we find a contract beast for you instead? I don’t really want one right now.”
“Let’s just go join the fun first. We can worry about the rest later.” Ning Shiyue said, unconcerned.
Just then, Feng Qingran sensed fluctuations in the surrounding spiritual energy.
“Fifth Senior Sister, lie down quickly! Seventh Senior Brother and the others are about to come out.”
In an instant, the two of them, who had been sitting on chairs, were lying on the floor.
Servant: ???
Should he lie down too?
But what if someone misunderstands?
Ning Shiyue squinted slightly, winking at the servant to signal him to improvise.
The servant stood stiffly.
Were the pavilion owner and her friend… a bit unusual?
Shop manager, save me quickly!
Just then —
Two extraordinarily handsome men appeared before the servant.
One of them, dressed in sapphire blue brocade, rushed over to Ning Shiyue’s side and knelt down. “Fifth Senior Sister, wake up quickly!”
The other, a noble-looking man in dark clothes, walked over to him.
He handed him a pouch of spirit stones and dismissed him.
