The Four Unlike Beast blinked innocently, its tail sweeping lightly, releasing a ball of fire that melted the ice pop.
Zeng Zifang circulated her spiritual Qi, drying the water from her body.
She no longer wanted to compete with the Four Unlike Beast, and her cultivation aura dropped from the Nascent Soul Initial Stage back to the Golden Core Middle Stage.
Seeing the Four Unlike Beast's calm and lazy demeanor, Zeng Zifang couldn't help but ask again, "Are you really a Puppet?"
The Four Unlike Beast nodded.
Seeing it staring intently at Qian Duoduo, Zeng Zifang replaced the resentment on her face with warmth, leaning her head close to the Four Unlike Beast and whispering,
"What future is there in following a Foundation Establishment Cultivator? From today onwards, follow me. My grandfather is the Old Ancestor of the Ba Ling Sect; he also has a Puppet, which is a High-Grade Profound Artifact. If you follow me, you can also become a High-Grade Profound Artifact."
The Four Unlike Beast closed its eyes, appearing unwilling to bother.
After a while, Zeng Zifang remembered that the Four Unlike Beast was a Puppet, not a Spirit Beast, and that using methods to lure Spirit Beasts would have no effect on it.
Zeng Zifang's eyes darted around, and she made up her mind.
She backhanded a touch on Qian Duoduo, waking him from his slumber.
Qian Duoduo opened his eyes and saw that he was still lying in the Qian Manor, which greatly relieved him. "No matter what, this time the wicked girl didn't do anything evil."
He saw the Four Unlike Beast lying comfortably on the ground and knew that Zeng Zifang had gained no advantage in her encounter with it.
"Awake?" Zeng Zifang said softly to Qian Duoduo, "Do you still remember what you promised me when I sent you into Zongshi Ridge?"
Qian Duoduo immediately became wary: the wicked girl was up to something.
Yet, he replied, "Of course I remember. The Grand Elder brought me into the sect and then sent me to Zongshi Ridge to comprehend the Refining Saint Wall. If the Grand Elder summons me for anything, I will certainly agree and certainly comply."
Zeng Zifang smiled brightly, her seductive charm assailing him.
However, the more she acted this way, the more frightened Qian Duoduo became, and the clearer his mind grew.
"One month from now, Nose Peak will initiate the Zongshi War. Zhao Yanran and I will each lead twenty Foundation Establishment Cultivators as our respective guard teams into Zongshi Ridge to contend for the position of Sect Knight. I would like to ask Little Qian to help me and become one of these twenty guard Cultivators."
Zeng Zifang's eyes, like autumn water, gazed at Qian Duoduo with such deep affection.
Qian Duoduo shivered, thinking, "So this wicked girl was laying a trap for me here. Last time, I promised her, and this time she's holding such a big handle over me, about attracting the Ethereal Weapon Tribulation, yet she brings this up again. This matter is certainly very important to her, but her repeated emphasis is very strange. Could this matter be very dangerous?"
From Zeng Zifang's fiery attitude, he read a chilling sense of crisis.
Last time, when Zeng Zifang sent him into Zongshi Ridge and forced him to promise to help her, it was merely on a whim, to gain more benefits from him.
But after her encounter with the Four Unlike Beast, Zeng Zifang was now determined.
If he didn't agree, Zeng Zifang might tell the Ba Ling Sect that he was the one who attracted the Ethereal Weapon Tribulation.
"In the entire Ba Ling Sect, the Grand Elder is the kindest to me. If it weren't for the Grand Elder's noble support, how could I have had the chance to come to the Ba Ling Sect? If I hadn't come to the Ba Ling Sect, how could I Cultivate so quickly? If I hadn't come to the Ba Ling Sect, how could I have successfully Foundation Establishment? If I hadn't come to the Ba Ling Sect, how could I have gone to the Refining Saint Wall to comprehend? If I hadn't gone to the Refining Saint Wall to comprehend, how could I have refined this Four Unlike Beast?"
"That cold woman, Zhao Yanran, isn't even qualified to scrub the Grand Elder's back. I've long disliked her; if I couldn't beat her, I would have taught her a good lesson long ago."
"If I can participate in the Zongshi War this time, it will both repay the Grand Elder's kindness and give me a chance to get revenge on that cold woman. It's truly killing two birds with one stone, achieving two goals with one effort!"