Chapter 39: The Next Unlucky Guy!

  The next morning, when Leng Qingtian and others came out of the room, they saw that the whole yard was full of people lying down in a mess, some still holding wine jars, while Old Man Zou had run to the only tree in the yard and was hugging the trunk, sleeping soundly.

  "Haha, does this old man think he's a monkey or something? He actually climbed up the tree to sleep." The old man couldn't help but burst out laughing at the sight of Lao Lao's sleeping posture.

  "Wake him up!" Leng Qingtian shook his head, somewhat helplessly, and sighed. How much wine did he drink yesterday to get drunk like this?

  "Hey, old fart, wake up!" The old man lifted one leg and took the opportunity to kick the old fart's butt several times...

  "No, I haven't slept enough yet!" The old man mumbled, then buried his head in his arms and curled up into a ball.

  "The sun has already risen high in the sky, hurry up and get to work!" The old man yelled loudly next to Lao Lao's ear.

  "What's wrong? What happened?" The old man jumped up immediately with a loud noise, and then asked in a somewhat frightened tone.

  "What's wrong? I just called you to get up!" The old man said with a sly smile, and Lao Lao's face was full of complacency.

  "Damn you, you old thing, how dare you scare me!" The old man roared with anger, having drunk too much wine yesterday, his head was already aching, now it hurt even more and he felt dizzy!

  "Who made you sleep like a dead pig and can't wake up no matter what!" The old man said innocently.

  "This old man is really infuriating!"

  "Damn it, old man! Didn't I tell you to drink less?! How did you guys end up drinking so much?" Leng Qingtian said with a hint of dissatisfaction as he looked at the empty wine jars.

  "Huh? We didn't drink that much, did we? How come it's all gone?" Old Zhao said with some embarrassment, heh heh, he really hadn't felt like they'd drunk a lot!

  "Hmph! You still have the nerve to say that!" The old man said with a hint of sarcasm.

  "It's supposed to be!" The old man shouted immediately.

  "Alright, stop arguing! Hurry up and wake them up!" Ling Tian ordered.

  "Oh." Several old men responded, then dispersed to wake up those men who were sleeping like dead pigs.

  After a while, all the people who were hungover woke up, but the aftereffects of their intoxication also caught up with them mercilessly...

  "Ow, it hurts so much!" Cheng Wu covered his head with one hand and said.

  "Hmph! Now you know how it feels, huh? I told you to drink less, but none of you listened!" Cold Jing Tian said with a hum, his face full of displeasure.

  "Uh! Sorry, we didn't mean to. Cheng Wu said with some embarrassment, yesterday was too exciting, so accidentally drank a bit too much."

  "You all go back to your rooms and rest! There's nothing going on for now." Leng Qingtian said.

  "Yes." The crowd helped each other up and left the backyard of Hou Shan's residence.

  Three days later.

  In the bangle.

  Leng Qingtian and others were sitting in space chatting, when they suddenly felt a strong spiritual power fluctuation. In an instant, all the spiritual energy in space surged towards the Purple Bamboo House...

  "Xu?r zhè shì yào tūpò le ma?" Lěng Qíng Tiān kāi xīn de dào.

  Translation:

  "Is Xue'er going to break through?" Leng Qing Tian said with a smile.

  "Maybe it's Xiao Chenchen!" Old Man Jiao was also somewhat excited, anyway, no matter who among them broke through, it would be a good thing!

  At this time, in the training room of Zizhu House, Leng Ruo Xue and Yao Nie had simultaneously opened their eyes. The two shared a tacit understanding as they gazed at each other and smiled, then hand in hand, they left Zizhu House.

  "Grandfather!" As soon as she came out of the Purple Bamboo House, Leng Ruo Xue saw her grandfather and others gathered in front of her door, eagerly waiting with their eyes fixed on her room!

  "Xu?r, have you broken through?" Lěng Qíngtiān asked somewhat uncertainly, because it was impossible to advance in rank within the space, and on top of that, Lěng Ruò Xu? had intentionally suppressed her own aura, so he couldn't determine whether Xu?r had successfully advanced at all.

  "Ah, Grandfather, we've all broken through." Cold Snow nodded and said, her 'Reversal of Heaven' fourth layer had finally broken through, and she could also advance to become a Great Mystic Master.

  "Haha! Alright, this is just too good!" Leng Qingtian laughed heartily.

  "Sister, congratulations." Qing Jue appeared in front of Leng Ruo Xue and said with a smile, he could now unseal another layer of his seal, and just thinking about the additional land he would get made him so happy that he couldn't close his mouth!

  "Qing Jue, sister will now unseal your other layer of seal." Leng Ruo Xue also didn't beat around the bush and directly said after seeing Qing Jue.

  "Mmm." Qing Jue happily patted his chubby hand, while the little black dog that had been following him also jumped up and down excitedly.

  Leng Ruo Xue shook her head slightly, then, with a wave of her hands, she cast the seal-breaking spell, and the fourth layer of the 'Qian Kun Chui' was immediately opened...

  After the fourth layer of seal was lifted, the area of space unexpectedly increased by more than three times, and the spiritual energy in the air became increasingly dense and pure. The land that Qing Jue and Xiao Hei Gou loved the most suddenly increased by ten pieces...

  "Hehe, it's mine!" The little black dog drooled and said happily.

  "Qing Jue, quickly tell sister, what new abilities have you gained?" Leng Ruo Xue pulled Qing Jue back as he was about to leave and look at his new land.

  "Sister, Qing Jue's abilities are all very practical, and this time he has added the ability to monitor." Qing Jue said with a proud expression on his face.

  "What's the range of surveillance?" Leng Ruoxue asked curiously, eh! This ability wouldn't be what she thought it was, would it?

  "With her current strength, Sister can monitor the entire Wan Mountain City without any problem." Qing Jue said proudly.

  "What's the use of having a castle in the mountains? It can't be helped!" The old man said somewhat discontentedly.

  "I am the vessel spirit of my sister, and my abilities are naturally related to my sister's strength. The stronger my sister is, the stronger my abilities will be. As for you, can you monitor everything like I do all the time?" Qing Jue immediately retorted that for a strong person, it is possible to use one's divine sense to search for some situations around oneself. However, using divine sense is not unlimited, and slightly sensing something is okay, but wanting to monitor everything all day and night without stopping, no strong person can withstand that!

  "Hmm, Qing Jue's ability is quite good, very practical." Leng Ruo Xue hurriedly praised, to prevent the old and young from quarreling!

  "Hehe, as long as sister is satisfied, that's all that matters. Sister, Qing Jue's abilities will only get better and better, so you must work hard to cultivate!" Qing Jue said cautiously.

  "Mm-hmm, I'll work hard." Leng Ruoxue guaranteed, and casually pinched Qing Jue's soft little face, eating some tender tofu!

  "Sister, you always bully me... Waaah..." Qing Jue pouted her small mouth, her bright eyes welling up with tears, pretending to be dissatisfied, and then ran off.

  "Sister, I'll take care of things in Wanshan City. If anything happens, I'll let you know." Qing Jue's voice came from afar.

  "Haha, Xue'er, this is great! From now on, nothing that happens in Wanshan City can escape our notice." Leng Qingtian said with a delighted smile.

  "Hmm." Cold as snow nodded and said.

  "Grandfather, I'll go with Yao Jiao to find a place to advance our cultivation. We'll come back and discuss the next step of the plan later." Leng Ruo Xue continued, Qing Jue's new ability was truly timely for her plans!

  "Alright, you guys go ahead!" Leng Qingtian said somewhat impatiently.

  "En, then we're going." Leng Ruoxue was just about to take the demon king and leave the ring when Qing Jue's voice came over again...

  "Sister, the deep valley below the mountain is very safe, you can go there to advance." Qing Jue said.

  "Alright, let's go there." Leng Ruo Xue replied, and immediately brought the demon out of the ring.

  After leaving the valley, Leng Ruo Xue and Yao Jiao arrived at the edge of the cliff in the back mountain. They looked down below, but found that the deep ravine was endless, and the entire mountain gorge was shrouded in thick fog...

  "Xue Er, shall we go down?" the demon asked.

  "Hmm, little peacock, take us down!" Leng Ruoxue released the miserable peacock and instructed.

  "Yes." The peacock replied respectfully, then bowed its head and waited for Leng Ruoxue and Yougui to sit on its back. After they were seated, it flew down towards the deep gorge below.

  At the bottom of the deep valley, Cold-as-Snow and the demon were astonished to find that it was incredibly beautiful down here. The azure sky, warm sunshine, and thick fog above formed a striking contrast. Moreover, the air down here was exceptionally fresh. Besides various flowers and grasses, there were many adorable small animals frolicking about. However, there was no sign of human habitation in this place!

  "Heh heh, sister, this place isn't bad, right!" Qing Jue's voice echoed in Leng Ruo Xue's heart.

  "Hmm, not bad. Except for being no match for our space, this place can be considered a paradise on earth." Leng Ruoxue responded in her heart and couldn't help but admire the scenery here.

  "Xue Er, we should also go and take a look." The people in the ring, including Leng Qingtian, who had been observing the scenery outside, were also eager to explore and transmitted their voices.

  "Alright." Cold as Snow's mind turned for a moment, and she moved Cold Jing Tian and the others, along with all the beasts, out of there.

  "This place is really nice. It's not easy to find such a pure place on the continent of Haotian now!" Wu said, looking at the beautiful scenery in front of him.

  "Hmm, kiddo, it wouldn't be bad if we temporarily stayed here!" The old man also said.

  "Living here? Don't tell me you're planning to go into hiding!" Leng Ruoxue raised an eyebrow and asked with a faint smile.

  "Of course not! I just think the environment here is pretty good and the air is also quite good, hehe!" The old man hastily explained.

  "Sister, Ballball found a great treasure!" At this time, Ballball, who had been playing around after leaving the ring, flew over and rubbed its round body against Leng Ruoxue's face with a milky voice.

  "What treasure?" Leng Ruo Xue was very curious. It seemed that since arriving at the Great Heaven Continent, Qiu Qiu's opportunities to search for treasures had decreased a lot.

  "Over there." The ball pointed to a corner not far away.

  "Oh, go, take a look." Everyone curiously followed Ball to the place it was pointing at, and then they all froze. This... is a treasure?

  "Ball, ball! That... haven't you gone treasure hunting for too long?" Old Man Zuo asked with great subtlety, lest he hurt the little thing's self-esteem. Alas, what kind of treasure is this? This is clearly just the most common weed found on the Vast Heaven Continent!

  "Treasure hunting is a natural instinct for me, I won't make mistakes." Qiuqiu said somewhat annoyed, being questioned about its own abilities made it very displeased.

  "Hmm, I also believe that Ball won't make a mistake." Leng Ruoxue hastily coaxed and squatted down to carefully pull out the small grass along with its roots. However, unexpectedly, the root of this grass was golden yellow in color and transparent like crystal...

  "Hmm! It seems it's not ordinary wild grass after all?" Old Man Jiao said with some surprise, he had never seen a grass with roots that looked like golden crystals before!

  "If I'm not mistaken, it should be the legendary Huang Jing Gen." He gazed at the small grass with a thoughtful expression, and after a long while, he spoke with a hint of excitement.

  "What's Huang Jing Gen?" Cold as Snow carefully searched through her memory of herbal medicine, but couldn't find any records related to Huang Jing Gen!

  "Xu'er, Huang Jinggen has been extinct for millions of years, I only saw it in an ancient book, you don't know is normal!" Wu said.

  "Oh." Snow replied calmly, but in fact, she was a bit puzzled. Since it wasn't in the ancient books, it shouldn't be possible that there were no records of it in the prescription left by her master! The only explanation is that Huang Jinggen doesn't belong to the realm of Huatian Continent, so she hasn't seen it.

  "What's the use of Huang Jing Gen?" The old man asked curiously, wow, it's been extinct for a million years, so isn't this little grass ancient?

  "With Huang Jinggen combined with a few other rare herbs, you can refine the Huang Jingdan. The Huang Jingdan can cure any internal or external injury, as long as you still have a breath of air in you, you won't die."

  "Wow, a healing holy item! Girl, let's take a look and see if there are any more." The old man said excitedly, and then he really started searching all around...

  "Hmm! You guys go ahead, I'll upgrade first." Cold-as-snow said with two drops of cold sweat on her forehead. After speaking, she put the yellow crystal root into the ring, then pulled the demon to a spacious place and sat down to prepare for the upgrade.

  And others including Wu Zetian all lowered their heads and began searching seriously...

  In an instant, the heavenly rules of Jinjie descended upon the entire valley, followed by a dazzling flash of light that flickered rapidly, and then, wave after wave of Jinjie's tides...

  Goodbye.

  When Leng Ruoxue and all the beasts had finished their promotions, Old Man Zuo and others were still searching seriously, not even the magnificent promotion scene just now could attract their attention...

  After finishing her cold-as-snow-like breathing exercise and standing up, she looked in the direction of her grandfather and others with some helplessness, speechless!

  "Xue Er, it seems we're being ignored." The demoness chuckled and teased.

  "Here, demon, eat this." Leng Ruoxue took out two medicinal pills and handed one to the demon, then ate one herself.

  "Xue Er, what is this?" The demon asked curiously after eating the pill. Hmm! It doesn't seem like a disguise pill? They had been disguising themselves all this time, and Xue Er had given them each two more pills after the last one's effect expired, but it seemed like it wasn't time yet!

  "This is the antidote to Yi Rong Dan." Leng Ruoxue said with a cold smile, hum! Who made her be ignored by them? Then she would take the antidote and not give it to them, hehe!

  "Hmm, Xue Er, will we get into trouble if we restore our appearance now?" The demon asked with some concern, he still didn't want others to see Xue Er's beauty.

  "It's okay, but for now, we're just recovering at home and still disguise ourselves when going out, so don't worry." Lan Ruoxue comforted, sighing that their current strength was too low, if they didn't disguise themselves, troubles would never end.

  "Oh, that's good." The demon felt relieved and thought to himself, "Hehe, this way no one else will have the chance to see Xue Er's beauty!"

  "Master, I've already reached the 9th level of divine beast! Just a little bit more and I can advance to super divine beast!" At this time, Feng Zhan flew over with an excited face and landed on Leng Ruo Xue's shoulder, heh heh, Master has recovered his appearance, it's still more pleasing to the eye in this state!

  "Feng Zhan, congratulations! You must work hard and become a Super Divine Beast as soon as possible!" Leng Ruo Xue encouraged.

  "Heh heh, Master, as long as you work hard, that's all! You've been promoted and I'll also benefit from it." Feng Zhan said with a sly smile. This time, the master was promoted, and it rose two levels at once, which was much faster than its own cultivation.

  "You lazy egg!" Cold as snow, with a forehead full of black lines, scolded with a smile. Alas! It seems that her own beast has been spoiled by her, and she even had such thoughts!

  "Your beloved pet has also leveled up!" The pet jumped into Leng Ruo Xue's arms, acting coquettishly.

  "Wow, baby is so powerful, already a sixth-level divine beast." Cold Snow praised.

  "Master!" Mei also jumped into Leng Ruo Xue's arms and snuggled up.

  "Meidu has reached level 8, it's really good." Leng Ruo Xue said happily, and then she carefully examined her other beasts again. After taking a look, she was quite satisfied, because almost all of her beasts had advanced one to two levels, even the little Silver Wolf and Little Fire Lion that she had always treated as children had advanced to become divine beasts. However, Baobao...

  "Sister!" Yin Feng and Yan excitedly surrounded Leng Ruo Xue, coquettishly saying, wu... They finally became divine beasts. Now they can be considered adults in their sister's eyes!

  "Not bad." Cold-as-snow nodded in satisfaction, she had high expectations for these two little guys, so they were always quite depressed and worked hard to cultivate in space!

  "Baby, what's wrong?" Leng Ruo Xue walked to Baby's side, bent down and picked it up, asking with some concern. Baby was her first beast, but later on, she had more and more beasts, so she paid less attention to Baby. However, she always noticed Baby's emotions!

  "Sister, I didn't level up." Baby said with some sadness, sob... Ever since it slept for a long time and leveled up last time, it hasn't been able to level up again. Watching other beasts level up like they're riding rockets, it feels so envious and sad!

  "Hehe, what's the big deal? Baby didn't get promoted, probably because it needs too much spiritual power. So, baby don't worry!" Leng Ruoxue comforted, and took a glance at another little thing that hadn't changed either. Fortunately, Qiuqiu wasn't as worried as Baby!

  After feeling the cold gaze of Xue, Qiuqiu quickly flew over, her fluffy and chubby little body rubbing enthusiastically on Xue's stunning face a few times. Then, she snuggled into Xue's neck and said in a soft voice: "Sister, there's so much energy inside Ballball now, but Ballball can't use it yet!"

  "It doesn't matter! Anyway, all that energy is inside Qiuqiu's body? It's all Qiuqiu's sooner or later." Leng Ruxue comforted, Qiuqiu was an optimistic person who didn't worry about anything, so she wasn't worried that Qiuqiu would become melancholic because of this!

  "Uh-huh." Ball-ball nodded enthusiastically with her round little head, happily responding.

  "Xue Er, have you all been promoted?" Leng Qing Tian and the others also walked over, asking with some surprise. They had searched for several rounds but found nothing.

  "It's over." Leng Ruo Xue was somewhat speechless. Had all these people gone mad? Such a huge commotion just now and yet none of them had heard it?

  "What's going on? How come we didn't see it?" Lin Liang asked foolishly, and at this moment, he was still thinking about Huang Jinggen.

  "Your attention is elsewhere!" Cold as snow, with a few black lines slipping down her forehead, she said somewhat helplessly.

  "Xuě ér, is this your true appearance?" he asked with some astonishment. He knew that Xuě ér and the others had always been taking the Easy Change Pill, so he had never seen their real faces before.

  "Huh? Xue Er, how did you recover your appearance?" Leng Qing Tian asked with some confusion, eh! If it wasn't for Wu mentioning it, he wouldn't have even noticed!

  "Hmm, I and Yaoniang have decided that when we're at home, we won't be polite." Leng Ruoxue said with a sly smile.

  "Girl! I don't want to disguise myself anymore, can you give me an antidote?" The old man asked with a flattering face, he had seen this ugly appearance for several months and was already tired of it.

  "No way." Leng Ruoxue directly refused without even thinking about it.

  "Huh? Why?" The old man asked with a bitter face.

  "Because your strength is too low, you are still a mystic." said Leng Ruoxue with a faint smile.

  "Ugh... I don't have a stunning appearance, no one would be interested in an old man like me." This old man is really regretful! If he hadn't been curious at that time, where would he have gotten the Easy Change Pill? Although his previous appearance was also ordinary, but at least it's much better than this one!

  "You old fool, unless you can promote me to Xuan Wang, otherwise, I won't give you the antidote!" Leng Ruoxue sneered, humph! Who made you ignore me?!

  "Haha, little girl! You're not foolish, the effect of the Easy Change Pill only lasts for three months, right? Once this batch's effect wears off, I'll just stop taking it and that's it! So, you can't threaten me because I still have a long way to go before I become the Dark King!" The old man said with a hint of complacency.

  "Oh, really? I forgot to tell you that the last time I gave you the Easy Face Change Pill, it was unlimited, so unless you take an antidote, you'll have to live with this face for the rest of your life!" Leng Ruoxue said calmly, seeing Old Man Jiao's embarrassed expression, her heart had already laughed out loud, haha, this time Old Man Jiao has nothing to say!

  "This...this is impossible!" The old man didn't believe Leng Ruoxue's words at all, his sixth sense told him that the little girl was teasing him!

  "There's nothing impossible, I find it too troublesome to eat every three months, so I increased the dosage and re-refined some, and these are all without an expiration date, so you don't have to worry about not being able to take the medicine in time and exposing your true self." Cold Snow said with a light smile.

  "Xue Er, are you teasing Grandpa? I'm your real grandfather!" Hearing Leng Ruo Xue's words, Leng Qing Tian also asked with some disbelief, "Huh... is our precious granddaughter playing a trick on us?" Actually, he had originally planned to stop taking the Easy Face Change Pill after its effects wore off this time, but unexpectedly, he heard this terrible news!

  "Grandpa, I'm doing this for your own good! I was afraid Xu Qian would recognize you, but don't worry, as long as you reach the level of Xuan Wang, I'll immediately give you the antidote. I keep my promises!" Leng Ruo Xue guaranteed very seriously.

  "Girl, you and Xiao Chenchen haven't reached the Mystic King's realm yet! Now that you've recovered your true form, aren't you in even greater danger than us?" Old Man Gou said stubbornly, ugh... Bad girl bullying an old man!

  "We can only recover at home! If we go outside, we'll also disguise ourselves." said Leng Ruoxue with a smile.

  "Ah, Lass! Let's just be our usual selves at home and put on a good face when we go out, eh?" Old Man Zhang suggested.

  "What a waste of elixir! Alas, it's not easy to cultivate herbs for Qing Jue and Xiao Hei! How can they not know the importance of thriftiness?" Leng Ruo Xue said with feigned dissatisfaction, but in reality, she was already laughing secretly, haha, looks like you guys won't be able to get away with this one!

  “……”

  Leng Qingtian and others were depressed, thinking to themselves, Xue Er, you're really too much... They didn't know that it was all because they had just been searching for herbs and neglected Leng Ruoxue's presence, so Leng Ruoxue wanted to play a small trick on them.

  "Haha! You demon, let's go back!" Leng Ruoxue said with a light smile. Immediately, she turned her mind and put all the people and beasts into the ring, while she and the demon sat on the back of the small peacock again, carrying them out of the deep valley...

  After entering the circle, Leng Qingtian and others were still comforting themselves: "It's okay, we're all old men, it doesn't matter what we look like."

  "Yes, it's been several months now, and I've gotten used to seeing it."

  "You'd better hurry up and cultivate, then you can recover your original appearance soon!" Wu said directly, having been listening to their self-pity for a long time and couldn't bear it anymore.

  Everyone was silent for a moment, but each of them secretly vowed to cultivate to the Mystic King as soon as possible. From then on, everyone paid more attention to their cultivation, and this was something that Leng Ruoxue had not anticipated at first. Hmm! This is probably what they mean by "accidentally achieving success"!

  After Leng Ruoxue and Yao Jiao flew into the deep valley, they found two stewards standing in the courtyard waiting for them...

  The two housekeepers felt the sound behind them, immediately turned their heads, but found a pair of unfamiliar stunning men and women, plus a somewhat familiar peacock standing in front of them. The two were stunned, and for a long time they didn't speak!

  "Master of the house, are you looking for me?" Leng Ruoxue asked with a hint of amusement.

  "Huh? Who are...?" The housekeeper rubbed his eyes, somewhat uncertain, and said, "Who is this woman? Why does her voice sound exactly like the young lady of our household?"

  "I am Leng Ruoxue." Leng Ruoxue said calmly and composedly.

  "Ah! You... you're a lady? Good heavens! What kind of divine medicine have you taken? How did you suddenly become such a stunning beauty!" The second housekeeper exclaimed in shock, this... this is just too stimulating!

  "Are you Miss?" The butler also said with some doubt, and looked up and down at Leng Ruoxue, huh! The voice is similar, the temperament is also similar, but, the figure and face can't find any similarities!

  "Hmm, I took Easy Face Pill earlier, now this is my true appearance!" Leng Ruoxue explained.

  "Ah!" The two of them understood, no wonder the young lady wanted to take the Easy Change Pill! With her stunning looks, if she didn't change her appearance, who knows how many people would be after her?! And the young lady's abilities aren't that high either... uh, that would mean endless trouble!

  "Miss, when did you come out?" The butler asked curiously after regaining his composure. They had come to find Leng Qingtian and the others, but there was no reaction in the room, and they didn't dare to barge in randomly, so they waited in the courtyard for a while. Unexpectedly, they actually waited for their own miss.

  "Just now, right, what important matter did you all come for?" asked Leng Ruo Xue.

  "It's like this, we've come to tell Old Master Leng that, uh, everyone has already woken up." The steward said cautiously, sighing, not knowing whether Miss would be angry when she found out about this.

  "Oh, then let them all come! I'll meet them." Leng Ruoxue said after some thought, and then pulled the demon child to a place in the courtyard to sit down.

  "Yes." The chief steward turned around to call someone, while the second steward carefully stayed by Leng Ruoxue's side to attend to her.

  "Are you afraid of me, Ergoujia?" Leng Ruxue looked at Ergoujia who was tense like a small white rabbit and couldn't help but tease.

  "No... nothing!" The second housekeeper stammered, wailing inwardly about how the pressure from Miss was getting bigger and bigger. Now he didn't even dare to look directly at Cold-as-Snow!

  "Second Butler, you wait on the side for now! If there's anything we need, we'll call you." The demon coldly spoke out, and Second Butler's bashful reaction made him even more displeased, so he knocked over a vinegar jar again!

  "Pffft!" The demon's reaction made Leng Ruo Xue unable to help but let out a light laugh, heh heh, why was the demon's expression so adorable?!

  "Hmph! You're still smiling!" The demoness rolled her eyes coldly, her voice tinged with displeasure. "Ugh... Snowy is also a big troublemaker!"

  "Hehe!" Leng Ruo Xue laughed even more happily and took advantage of the demon's inattention to steal a kiss on his lips!

  "Xu?r!" The demon's eyes, like black onyx, shone brightly, with a hint of tenderness, burning with high intensity, deeply gazing at Xu?r!

  And Leng Ruo Xue also looked back at Yao Jiao with deep affection...

  "Cough, cough!" The butler returned after a while, gave two awkward light coughs, then hastily lowered his head, not daring to look at Cold Snow and the demon.

  And the people behind him also tacitly turned their heads, trying to minimize their presence...

  "You've arrived, find your own seats!" Leng Ruoxue ended her deep, emotional gaze with the demon, and said to the crowd with a hint of embarrassment.

  "Yes, miss." The crowd responded in unison. Among them, some had seen Leng Ruoxue once before, while others were seeing her for the first time. However, on their way here, the steward had already told them about Miss's situation and asked them to be mentally prepared. But when they saw Leng Ruoxue and Yaoji's stunning beauty, they were still stunned because these two were not ordinary beauties! They were simply ancient demons!

  "Cheng Wu, tell me about the situation in Wanshan City!" Leng Ruo Xue's beautiful eyes lightly swept across the crowd as she spoke, she had already heard from the butler, now she wanted to hear how others viewed Wanshan City.

  "Miss, look, this is the map of Wanshan City!" Cheng Wu calmed himself down, then stood up and pulled out a somewhat yellowed animal skin scroll from his ring, placing it on the stone table in front of Leng Ruo Xue and Yao Nu.

  "Oh!" Cold-as-snow gazed at the map and responded faintly.

  "Miss, Wanshan City is actually divided into the inner city and outer city. The relatively safe place we just entered is called the inner city, which has always been occupied by the five major forces. At the same time, it is also the most prosperous commercial area in Wanshan City. If people like us want to trade, they must enter the inner city. Moreover, the prices of selling things to the five major forces are all very low."

  "And the area we are in now is called the outer city, where not only resources are scarce, but also the population is several times that of the inner city, so life is relatively more difficult. Therefore, many forces have no choice but to rely on the five major forces due to living pressure."

  "But I've heard that many powerful Xuanzun experts also live in the outer city, right?" asked Leng Ruoxue seemingly casually.

  "Yes, miss. The Xuanzun's strength is formidable, and the five major forces wouldn't dare to provoke them unless they have absolute certainty. Moreover, most Xuanzuns are lone wanderers, rarely forming factions. Plus, all Xuanzuns are extremely wealthy, so naturally, they don't have any burdens. However, we're different. Many people bring their families and come to Wanshan City to make a living, making life more difficult. Hmm... The situation is slightly better for smaller forces." said Cheng Wudao.

  "Why can't Outer City trade?" asked Leng Ruo Xue with some confusion.

  Because the five major forces do not allow it, they want to firmly grasp the commerce of Wànshān City in their hands. So, as soon as they discover someone trading outside the city, they will immediately and mercilessly annihilate them! After a long time, no one dares to trade outside the city anymore!

  Chéng Wǔ said patiently, among all the forces, his situation is relatively better. This is mainly because he doesn't have many subordinates. If he were like Wáng Lóng, taking in anyone he sees, he would probably be starving by now!

  "Oh, is there anyone else who wants to add something?" asked Leng Ruoxue, glancing at everyone.

  "Miss, in Wanshan City, beautiful women are not safe." a young man added.

  "Is that all?" Leng Ruoxue continued to ask, alas! A woman with low strength but absolute beauty, I'm afraid she won't be safe anywhere!

  "Miss, there are many rules in Wanshancheng, and many of them were set by the five major powers. We have no choice but to follow their orders!" Another person spoke up.

  "What are the rules? Give me an example, I want to hear!" Leng Ruo Xue asked curiously. She had heard Wu Shuang mention it before, but the rules of Wànshān City seemed to have been passed down for many years, rather than being set by a particular power.

  "For example, we are required to pay taxes for each person every year, which is a huge burden for those with many people! The man continued, it's precisely because of this that later on, many forces didn't dare to casually recruit people, unless they were truly strong!"

  "What does this have to do with them? Wan Mountain City isn't owned by anyone!" Leng Ruoxue furrowed her brow, somewhat speechless. Did these five major powers think they were the masters of a city? And still had to pay them head tax!

  "In Wan Mountain City, the strong are revered, whoever has the bigger fist gets to call the shots!" The man said, this was a phrase often repeated by the five major powers.

  "Oh!" replied Leng Ruoxue faintly, and slightly lowered her head in contemplation.

  "Miss, what's next?" Cheng Wu couldn't help but ask somewhat urgently as everyone was chattering on and saying almost the same thing.

  "You tell me, how determined are you to change this situation?" After a moment, Leng Ruoxue raised her head and asked the crowd.

  "As long as Miss leads us, we will definitely be able to defeat the Five Great Powers and build a new Wànshān City!" Cheng Wu said with a fierce fighting spirit.

  Actually, over the years, there have been people who wanted to replace the five major forces and change the status quo of Wanshan City. However, none of them succeeded, mainly because no one had Leng Ruoxue's grand vision and courage. Otherwise, if they had united early on instead of going their separate ways, Wanshan City would probably not be in its current state. Unfortunately, they didn't have a unified heart before, nor did anyone have Leng Ruoxue's ability to unite and make decisions.

  But now that they have such an opportunity, Cheng Wu is absolutely unwilling to let it go! Moreover, it can be said that all of them have never been so united before!

  "You must remember, I am just a passerby in Wanshan City and will not stay here forever. So, what you are doing is not for me, but for yourselves, even for your future generations!" Leng Ruoxue's beautiful eyes swept around the crowd, reminding them.

  "Yes, miss, we know." Cheng Wu and the others hastily said, these words the steward had already told them before, and they also knew that this was a rare opportunity to change their fate!

  "Alright, which one of you will introduce me to the Five Great Powers?" asked Leng Ruoxue.

  "Miss, the five major forces are mainly composed of the Yue family, Ni family, Zhao family, Fang family, and Yu family. Among them, the Yue family is the strongest and the leader of the five major forces. The Yu family is the weakest, while the other three families have similar strengths."

  "What's the relationship between these five families?" continued Leng Ruoxue.

  "On the surface, the relationship between the five major powers may not be very good, but once something happens, the five families will immediately form an alliance and unite against a common enemy."

  "Oh!" Cold as snow nodded thoughtfully and after a brief moment of contemplation, she decided on her first target, the Yue family!

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