“Here, this is what you wanted.”
Behind the curtain, the girl finished listing all the materials on the commission list. She stopped swinging her jade foot under her skirt and casually tossed an exquisite and noble storage ring on the ground. This storage ring was engraved with the pattern of the Jianlan Sect. It was the holy ring personally given by the sect master when Zi Chen was promoted to Holy Son.
But now…
The ring he was most proud of was just carelessly thrown on the ground by the other party?!
Moreover, judging by her high and mighty attitude, she clearly wanted Zi Chen to crawl over and pick up the ring from beside her foot!
“Holy Son Zi Chen, you don’t want this anymore?”
Behind the curtain, the girl lazily reclined on the long chair.
She rested her chin on one hand, her beautiful golden eyes under the red mask looking down with some disdain, as if watching a dirty stray dog kneeling at her feet licking up the leftovers she tossed.
“Damn it…”
Zi Chen clenched his fists, glaring fiercely at the girl in red behind the curtain.
—
A week ago when visiting the Hundred Spirits Pavilion Master, Zi Chen had been warned by the sect elder who introduced him. He knew this Pavilion Master was arrogant by nature, had connections in both legal and illegal circles, and had a nasty habit when receiving guests.
Whether it was respected elders from immortal sects or various evil cult leaders, anyone coming to see her at the Hundred Spirits Pavilion had to kneel at her feet, otherwise she wouldn’t receive them.
Zi Chen had thought the elder was exaggerating. How could there be a merchant in this world who would humiliate their customers like this? Especially a petite and delicate young girl?
Unexpectedly, now that Zi Chen was personally kneeling before the Pavilion Master’s curtain, he deeply understood the constipated expression of embarrassment on that elder’s face when recalling the experience.
“Yes, of course I want this medicine…”
Zi Chen gritted his teeth. Faced with this one-of-a-kind seller, even the most arrogant genius ultimately put aside the pride of his position as Holy Son. He leaned forward, knelt on both knees behind that curtain, and bent down to pick up the storage ring and put it on. After a quick check, he confirmed the medicines in the ring were correct.
Immediately throwing aside the humiliation from earlier, he became extremely excited:
“Thank you very much, Pavilion Master!”
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Zi Chen swallowed, unable to hide the smile at the corners of his lips.
“Get lost.”
“I didn’t expect the noble Holy Son of Jianlan Sect to have such a filthy gaze, just as disgusting as that elder who brought you here.”
Behind the curtain, the girl in red spoke with disgust. She shook her leg under her skirt, as if shooing away a dirty stray dog from the street.
With the treasure in hand, Zi Chen didn’t bother to argue with her. He nodded repeatedly and backed up three steps to keep his distance.
He was about to stand up and leave when he raised an eyebrow, realizing one eagerly anticipated medicine was missing from the storage ring-
“Pavilion Master, what about the Western Region specialty Buddha’s Incense Essence and Fallen Immortal Powder?”
“…?”
As the words fell, an awkward silence descended on the lavishly decorated hall.
Behind the curtain, the girl in red opened her golden phoenix eyes. Compared to her previous pure disgust, now the girl’s eyes were filled with exasperation, disgust, and contempt for this useless trash.
Seeing that he was still expectant, she could only take a deep breath and say flatly:
“Hundred Spirits Pavilion doesn’t deal in that kind of low-grade aphrodisiac. Turn left when you go out and find Madam Yue at Pleasure Demon Tower next door to buy it.”
She waved her hand, no longer willing to deal with this un-Holy Son for even a second.
So young, and already the respected Holy Son of Jianlan Sect, yet he had already ruined his lower half. He even came all the way to the Western Region to seek medicine…
“I… I understand.”
Zi Chen wasn’t stupid. He could naturally see the mockery in the girl’s eyes, stemming from her innate genetic disdain for inferior males.
The corners of his lips twitched. He was almost at the point of exploding with anger and humiliation. But after a long silence, Zi Chen ultimately lowered his head and forced a smile: “Thank you, Pavilion Master.”
With a crude slam of the door, it only took a few minutes before another furious curse rang out from the top floor of Phoenix Pavilion.
“Useless trash! Can’t you watch where you’re going?!”
At the entrance of the spiral staircase on the top floor, Yino was suddenly scolded, leaving him feeling a bit baffled as he stood there dumbfounded.
Just a few minutes ago, he had been laboriously climbing the stairs, his legs aching as he cursed this garbage cultivation world. They could make immortal boats but couldn’t bother to install an elevator! This spiral staircase was all for show and completely useless.
This Phoenix Pavilion was a full twenty-seven stories high!
Yino climbed all the way up, feeling like he was reliving his ascent of Ranmo Peak. He almost passed out from panting.
But fortunately, ever since Yino climbed Ranmo Peak and underwent Yuyan’s ruthless daily training, his physical fitness had noticeably improved. Even the not-so-defined abs on his belly had become much firmer. After going through security checks by the butler on each floor, Yino finally made it to the top floor with Yunjin.
As a result, before he could even find a place to rest, he was suddenly bumped in the shoulder by a man in a black robe. Then, before Yino could even react, he was subjected to a scolding.
“Damn–”
Yino gasped. He wanted to retort, but the words were barely on his lips when his gaze met the cold knife-like glare under the youth’s black robe. Yino’s originally clenched fists instantly relaxed as he squeezed out a fawning smile:
“My apologize…”
“Be more careful next time. Now scram!”
Zi Chen sneered. At least from this nobody’s servile apologetic attitude, he regained some of his imposing aura as the Holy Son of Jianlan Sect!
Yino secretly rolled his eyes as he watched the arrogant youth’s receding figure.
-Keep pretending…-
-The Jianlan Sect version of Gu Wanglan. He won’t live for a few more years before becoming cannon fodder to drop gold coins for the protagonist-
For an antagonist who would be killed off in the middle of the game, Yino naturally had nothing to hold against him. Moreover, he was still in the early stages of the main storyline and hadn’t even reached the Core Formation stage. Zi Chen was about to perfect his Nascent Soul stage and could sit at the same table as Yuyan.
Why would Yino provoke him into prematurely triggering a mid to late-game subplot?
“Yino…?”
At some point, Yunjin, who was following behind, poked Yino’s arm.
Her voice was very soft. Worried that Yino was angry, she wanted to comfort him. But unexpectedly, when Yino turned around, his eyes were clear. Even though he had been wronged, there wasn’t a trace of anger, but rather exceptional rationality.
“I thought you definitely wouldn’t take this lying down…”
“When out and about, it’s better to avoid trouble. Moreover, Senior Yuyan is still in Northern Snow Village and can’t protect us here in Western Province City.”
Yino shrugged, not bothering to dwell on it, and continued walking towards that chamber in the depths of the top floor.
Yunjin observed Yino’s expression with great curiosity and couldn’t help but nod repeatedly. She always felt that Yino had a rationality far beyond his peers.
If it were Chen Jianxin’s personality, he would have definitely gotten into a fight with that man by now…
No, forget about peers. Even many senior martial brothers were often arrogant and might not be able to guard against arrogance and impetuousness like Yino.
“Yunjin, don’t say anything later. Just listen to me.”