"It's been a while, fellow Daoists." Long Yijun greeted the guests with a friendly smile on his face while the three elders stood behind him with vigilant looks on their faces.
Even though these guests all had friendly-looking expressions on their faces, one can never be too careful in the cultivation world where anything can happen, especially when they are competitors.
"Sect Master Long and sect elders, it's been ten long years since our last meeting."
"You arrived almost at the last minute this time, Sect Master Long. Did something happen? The Dragon Essence Temple is usually always the first ones to arrive."
"Don't tell me you almost forgot about the Mystic Realm?"
These guests were all Sect Masters and high-ranking elders from the other sects, their intentions unclear.
"I guess you can say something like that." Long Yijun responded in a calm voice.
"By the way, I heard the Dragon Essence Temple managed to win a major bet recently that earned them a few Divine-grade treasures. Congratulations." One of them suddenly spoke, mentioning the gamble Long Yijun made with the other sects.
"Hahaha! Thank you! Indeed, my Dragon Essence Temple managed to amass a small fortune due to some minor luck! However, my sect doesn't really need these treasures, so if you would like to buy them, give the Dragon Essence Temple a visit after the Mystic Realm! I will even give you a discount!" Long Yijun said, still with an innocent-looking smile on his face.
The Sect Masters there stared at Long Yijun with dumbfounded looks on their faces, as they didn't expect him to suddenly start selling the Divine-grade treasures he'd obviously tricked from the others! What a shameless fellow, they all thought!
"A-Anyways, I have been wondering for a while now but I only saw two disciples from your group. I thought the Dragon Essence Temple obtained 3 slots from the last Mystic Realm?" The Spirit Grandmaster there suddenly asked.
The two disciples he was referring to were Xue Jiye and Gao Dongya. As for Meixiu, there was no way they'd let a mortal who hasn't even begun to cultivate enter the Mystic Realm. Meanwhile, in his eyes, Yuan, who was emitting the aura of a Spirit Master— it was impossible for someone like that to be a mere disciple.
In fact, everybody there thought the same and mistook Yuan as another sect elder from the Dragon Essence Temple.
Long Yijun realized this fact and took advantage of their misunderstanding and said with an arrogant-looking smug face, "The Dragon Essence Temple is so confident this year that we'd decided to only use two out of our three slots."
"What?! Are you insane?!"
The Sect Masters there were shocked speechless by Long Yijun's claims.
So confident in his two disciples that they'd be willing to give up an entire spot?! Not even the number one sect would do such a foolish thing! After all, every additional spot in the Mystic Realm could be the difference between rank one and rank 10!
Furthermore, they have already done their research on Xue Jiye and Gao Dongya even before they became Core Disciples! While they are, without doubt, among the top geniuses in the Lower Heavens, they don't show any heaven-defying talents that would shake the entire world, and the other sects also have similar talents, hence why the Sect Masters couldn't understand where Long Yijun's confidence was coming from.
After talking with each other for a few more minutes, the people from the other sects left Long Yijun and the others alone, yet they felt as though something was amiss.
"Let's go inside as well." Long Yijun said to the sect elders afterward.
Once they were inside the building, Long Yijun burst out laughing, "Hahahaha! These idiots really believed me! They really thought I would give up such a valuable spot over arrogance!"
Yuan and the other disciples watched him laugh with raised eyebrows.
After laughing for some time, Long Yijun said, "Anyways, you guys can relax until the Mystic Realm starts in two days. There are plenty of rooms in this building so pick whichever one you want. The sect elders and I will keep watch until then."
Sometime later, Meixiu said to Yuan, "It's getting late so I'll log off first to prepare dinner."
Yuan nodded, "I'll also log off in a bit. I want to practice Qi Manifestation for a little longer."
After logging off the game, Meixiu went to prepare dinner.
While dinner was cooking, Meixiu went to check on the Frozen Jade Zither's auction.
[Time until auction ends: 6 days 10 hours]
[Current Bid: 410,000,000]
"400 million already, huh? At this rate, it will definitely reach half a billion."
Although the auction has slowed down, Meixiu had no doubt that it would reach at least 500 million.
A few minutes later, Meixiu could hear her phone ringing, and to her surprise, it was from her mother.
"Hello," Meixiu answered the phone after taking a deep breath.
"Meixiu, I have spoken with the Yu Family and notified them of your leave." Meifeng's voice resounded a few seconds later.
And she continued, "They were definitely not happy about it, especially since you're my daughter and the Young Lady's personal maid. However, there was nothing they could do about it since you're not bound to a contract like I am since you're still not old enough to legally sign any contracts. If you had been even a few months late, you would've been stuck with the Yu Family for essentially the rest of your life, so consider yourself lucky."
"I see… Thank you… mother…" Meixiu said to her after hearing this news.
"Don't thank me, Meixiu. I didn't do this for you. Everything is for the Young Master." Meifeng said.
After a moment of silence, Meifeng suddenly said, "Meixiu... To tell you the truth, I am very envious of you, who can stay by the Young Master's side, whilst I can only watch him from a distance. Therefore, if you don't treat the Young Master properly, I won't forgive you. Do you hear me?"
"I hear you..." Meixiu responded in a somewhat dazed voice.