Chapter 63: Where Do You Plan On Taking Me?

  "Uh-huh, have someone keep an eye on them. Alright, you guys send this to Sixth Elder and tell him I'm very satisfied with his performance." The head of the Wu family took a silver card out of his ring and handed it to one of his subordinates.

  "Yes." A subordinate took the silver card and immediately left the room.

  "When the second housekeeper returns, you immediately let him take the snake flower to Dan Shigonghui." The master of the Wu family ordered another subordinate.

  "Yes!" Another subordinate replied, then bowed and also left the room.

  After the servant withdrew from the room, the master of the Wu family gazed at his daughter lying unconscious on the bed, and a surge of anger rose in his heart. Hmph! He would never let those people off scot-free. According to his investigation, that Cold-as-Snow and the man known as the "Evil Genius" were the top two winners of the recent Xuan Shi General Assembly competition. But they were merely low-level Xuan Shi masters, yet they dared to oppose the Wu family? Truly, they didn't know the meaning of death!

  Qian'er is his most outstanding daughter, and he also hopes that this daughter can become the young lady of the Guan Yue family. However, looking at Qian'er's current state, how can she still attend the Flower Appreciation Conference? No way, he must cure his daughter's injury before the Flower Appreciation Conference. Humph! If Qian'er can get the first place in the Flower Appreciation Conference, let's see if Guan Yue Long that old thing has anything to say!

  At this moment, in a humble room of Fragrant Village, someone was also feeling depressed.

  Luo Fei sat in a corner, watching his friend who was deep in thought, and couldn't help but feel a sense of emotion. Eh! It's just a woman he had only met once, why did she have to end up like this? In fact, he had never seen Leng Ruoxue before, so naturally, he wouldn't think that a woman was anything special.

  "You don't understand, it's my fault that hurt her." Guan Yue Xi said with extreme self-blame, sigh... That pastry was specially made by the boss for Leng Ruo Xue, but unexpectedly, it brought them trouble instead. Thinking of this, he felt extremely depressed!

  "What's it got to do with you? It's obviously Wu Qianer looking for trouble." Luo Fei said, somewhat disapprovingly.

  "That's also related to me!" Kagami Hiiro was still blaming herself.

  "Alright, even if it's related to you, they've already been driven out of the Guan Yue Lou. What do you plan to do?" Luo Fei asked curiously.

  "I've already sent someone to find them. I have a separate courtyard in the suburbs, and I plan to temporarily let them stay there." Guan Yuexi said to her good friend.

  "It's just that I don't know if they'll take it to heart, I reckon they must be hating the Guan Yue family to death by now." Luo Fei said matter-of-factly. Alas! If he were kicked out of an inn himself, he would also hate the innkeeper to death.

  "Alas! These were the orders given by the Sixth Elder, which I only found out later." Guan Yue Xi said with some helplessness. By the time he knew about this matter, Leng Ruo Xue and others had already left the inn. Afterwards, he hastily arranged for people to go find them, but it was unknown whether they could be found or not.

  "The six elders are quite bold! They actually dared to drive the guest out of the store, don't they know that this will have a bad influence on the Guan Yue family?" Luo Fei said with some puzzlement.

  "It's said that Wu Qian'er was injured at the guest house, so the Council of Elders ordered Sixth Elder to handle this matter. That's why he gave such an order." Guan Yue Xi briefly told his friend what he knew.

  "But isn't it a bit inappropriate to drive guests away?" Luo Fei couldn't help but say.

  "Yes, but since the matter involves the Wu family, even if some of the elders have different opinions, they won't strongly oppose how the Sixth Elder handled it." Guan Yue Xi explained, he was very clear about what those old foxes in the family were thinking. Didn't they think that Wu Qian Er becoming the young mistress of the Guan Yue family was a great hope? That's why they tacitly approved of the Sixth Elder's actions, sigh!

  "Xi, I really sympathize with you." Luo Fei's clear eyes were filled with sympathetic words. Alas! People like them, young masters of aristocratic families, often have no choice but to follow their fate! In fact, if he could, he wouldn't want to be a young master at all; what he yearned for was a life of freedom and adventure.

  "Master!" Just as the two were chatting, a cold voice rang out from outside the door.

  "Zero, come in!" Yuelan Xi said softly.

  As Guan Yue Xi's words fell, a black-clad figure wrapped from head to toe pushed open the door and entered.

  "Zero, have you found them?" Kagami Hii asked somewhat anxiously. Alas! He didn't know if those people would accept his good intentions.

  "Found it." Zero replied briefly.

  "Have you made all the arrangements?" asked Inori no Hime in a hurry.

  "Master, I didn't have a chance to get close to them, they moved into Dan Shigong's guild." Zero explained.

  "Master Dan's gathering? Oh, you must be tired, Zero. Why don't you go rest first?" Yuexing said to Zero, looking stunned for a moment.

  "Yes, there's something else I need to report. The Guan Yue Lou has collapsed." After Zero finished speaking, he exited the room, but this news was like a bomb that left the two men in the room stunned...

  "What did you just say?" asked Guan Yuexi, somewhat foolishly, after a while.

  "Huh? I think he just said that Guan Yue Lou collapsed." Luo Fei also said uncertainly.

  "How is this possible?" Guan Yue Xi said with some disbelief.

  "Zero shouldn't deceive us." Luo Fei said frankly.

  "I knew it." Guan Yue Xi sighed again, alas! Leng Ruo Xue and others actually moved into the Dan Shifu Association, and the Guan Yue Building collapsed... how could this be?

  "Xī, that woman called Lěng Ruò Xuě is quite capable, she can actually live in the Dan Shī Guild. Could it be that she's a Dan Shī?" Luò Fēi guessed, you know, the Dan Shī Guild isn't somewhere just anyone can live in.

  "I don't know either, I'll go home and take a look at the situation." Guan Yue Xi stood up and said. Since Leng Ruo Xue and others had already found a place to settle down, he didn't need to worry about them anymore.

  "I'll go back with you!" Luo Fei said, and also stood up.

  "Uh-huh!" Guan Yue Xi nodded and then the two of them left the room together...

  In the Dan Shi Gong Hui.

  In the president's office, Ning De silently stared at the second housekeeper of the Wu family who stood respectfully in front of him, thinking to himself how he could get rid of this person. Since he already knew about Miss Leng and the Wu family's grudge, if Cold Yuxue didn't speak up, he wouldn't dare let them refine the Snake Deception Pill!

  "Two surnamed Jia, to be honest with you, the alchemists who can refine the Snake Coiling Dan are not around anymore, so I'm afraid you've made a trip in vain." Ning De said with a warm smile, his sharp eyes filled with apology.

  "Director Ning, how could this be? Those few masters weren't here just a few hours ago, were they?" The second housekeeper thought he had misheard and said with some disbelief. Although the Snake Coiling Elixir was only an earthly-level elixir, its difficulty in refinement was not one bit inferior to that of heavenly-level elixirs. Therefore, it must be a Dan Master at the level of Dan Refining Sect or above who would have the opportunity to successfully refine it. And yet, those few Dan Masters from the Dan Master Public House of Guan Yue City, who were clearly here just a short while ago, how could they all not be here in such a short period of time? This was truly unthinkable.

  "Second Master, it's been several hours already, they can't possibly be waiting for you here all this time. Who knows if you'll even find the Snake Ascending Flower today? Moreover, you don't understand the properties of the Snake Coiling Elixir. Although our guild has a few Dan-making masters, even they aren't very confident in refining the Snake Coiling Elixir. If you want a high success rate, it's best to find a Dan-making grandmaster, otherwise, all your efforts to find the Snake Ascending Flower will be wasted!" Ning De reminded him with great understanding of human nature.

  "Director Ning, where did those few masters go?" asked the second housekeeper with some persistence. Humph! Doesn't he know that finding Master Lian Dan to refine it would have a higher success rate? However, Master Lian Dan isn't someone you can easily find, and even if you do, they might not be willing to refine a low-grade elixir for you! Later on, he'll probably still need to find Master Lian Zong to refine it, and more importantly, their young lady can't wait any longer!

  "They'll go to the General Assembly." Ning De thought for a moment, heh, he didn't believe that the Wu family would dare to go to the General Assembly to find someone, besides, the General Assembly was far from here. By the time they found someone and came back, Wu Qian'er might have already died from pain.

  "Director... Director Zhang? How did he go to the General Assembly?" The second housekeeper couldn't help but shout, "Nima! The General Assembly is at least half a month away from Guan Yue City, and it takes more than a month to make a round trip. If he went to the General Assembly to find someone, Master will surely skin him alive."

  "They're going, there must be something important!" Ning De said with a suddenly somewhat cold tone.

  "What could be more important than our young lady's affairs?" The second housekeeper was so anxious that she inadvertently spoke out loud the words in her heart.

  "Hmph! Second steward, who do you think your family's young lady is? Even if it were one of the three great super families, they probably wouldn't dare to speak of Dan Shifu's affairs without someone important from their own family present!" Ning De let out a cold snort, severely reprimanding him. This Wu family actually didn't even put Dan Shifu's association in their eyes, truly preposterous! It seems he'll have to report the second steward's words to the association after all!

  On the continent of Haotian, although Xuan Shi's status is very noble, Dan Shi is someone who no one dares to offend. This is because even Xuan Shi can get injured, and once injured, they must use medicinal pellets. If you were to offend a well-respected Dan Shi, then you should prepare for your funeral early! Therefore, the various aristocratic families on the continent treat Dan Shi with great courtesy!

  "I apologize, Master Ning, I misspoke, that's not what I meant. Please don't take it to heart!" As soon as Ning De spoke, the second steward's back broke out in cold sweat, and his heart was trembling with fear... How could he have forgotten? In the vast land of Hua Tian, there is a widely circulated saying: "It's better to offend Yan Wang than to offend Dan Shifu!" ...How did those words just slip out?! He's done for, this time he's definitely dead. If the master finds out that he offended Dan Shifu, he will not let him off."

  "I won't bother with a dog, but as for the others, I make no guarantees." Ning De said coldly, his heart filled with disgust towards the Wu family. Hum! Previously, he hadn't found the Wu family so detestable, but now they were like flies that made him want to vomit at the mere sight of them.

  "Master Ning, I'm just a dog, you can beat me or scold me, but please don't be angry with me!" The second housekeeper begged with a sorrowful face, wailing... If he couldn't coax Ning De well, then he would have no way out! He was very clear about the master's ruthless and cruel heart!

  "I won't waste my breath on a dog like you, you can leave." Ning De said calmly, then stood up and left the office without even looking at Er Guan Jia.

  Ning De left the office and rushed to the courtyard he had prepared for Leng Ruo Xue and others. As soon as he arrived at the door, he saw through the railing that it was full of tents, and two black lines slipped down his forehead. It seemed they really planned to camp in the yard!

  He lightly knocked on the door and Ning De respectfully waited at the entrance.

  "Director Ning, how did you get here?" Feng Da walked out of the room, opened the courtyard door and looked at Ning De with some curiosity.

  "Hmm! I was thinking of asking you guys, what do you want to eat for dinner?" Ning De walked into the yard and said.

  "Haha, Ning Hui Chang, don't worry about it, we've already eaten." Feng Da said with a smile, then pulled Ning De to sit down on the stone bench in the courtyard.

  "Have you eaten? How come so fast?" Ning De couldn't help but ask curiously, and in his heart, he couldn't help but wonder if they had gone out to eat. But he hadn't heard the people from the guild mention that they had gone out before!

  "Hehe, we eat our own prepared food. We've gotten used to eating what we prepare ourselves after being out on the road for so long." Feng Da explained.

  "Oh, why didn't I see Miss Leng and the others?" Ning De couldn't help but ask when he saw that only Feng Da had come out.

  "Miss, they're all asleep, only I haven't slept yet. Ah, yes, Miss asked me to give this to you." Feng Da handed Ning De a white porcelain bottle.

  "What is this?" Ning De took the porcelain bottle, asked with a hint of puzzlement. However, when he opened the stopper and the fragrance of the medicine wafted out, he couldn't help but widen his eyes in shock, too excited to speak!

  "Snow Spirit Dan!" After a while, Ning De excitedly said, "Wow... it's really Snow Spirit Dan, the legendary top-grade Snow Spirit Dan!"

  "Director Ning, it's just a pill, why are you so excited?" Feng Da teased in a soft voice.

  "You don't understand, you just don't! The Snow Spirit Pill is a legendary top-grade pill, the main ingredient is extremely precious, it must be the Thousand Year Snow Lotus, but now, there's no more Thousand Year Snow Lotus in this world, so I've never had the chance to get it!" Ning De's excitement was overflowing, he sighed... A few years ago when he was refining pills, he suffered a severe backlash injury, unless he could find the Thousand Year Snow Lotus or the Snow Spirit Pill, otherwise, he would have no hope of becoming a pill master for his entire life! Alas! If it weren't for his own injuries, he might still be under the guidance of the Pill Master Association's president now! Who would have thought he'd end up as this association's president!"

  Like the Alchemist Association, the Mystic Association is very different. In the Mystic Association, the president represents the rights and status of being a mystic, but in the Alchemist Association, the president is equivalent to an odd jobber. The alchemists who are dedicated to refining the best elixirs have real status in the Alchemist Association, while the president serves them. Of course, he refers to each branch of the Alchemist Association, and the situation of the general association is naturally different!

  "How come I don't understand? This Snow Spirit Pill can enhance the spiritual energy of ice and water attributes, right? Our miss's beast often eats this." Feng Da said with great disdain.

  "Huh? What do beasts usually eat?" Ning De asked with a skeptical expression, half-believing and half-doubting. Feng Da was right, the Snow Spirit Pill could not only cure fire-attribute cultivators who were injured by backlash, but also increase spiritual energy for ice and water-based cultivators. However, the Snow Spirit Pill was just too precious, no one would use it to enhance their spiritual energy.

  "Yeah, like the Meizi beast and others, they all snack on it." Feng Da said matter-of-factly, not thinking that his words would have any impact on Ning De. In fact, those miss's spirit-enhancing pills, they hadn't eaten a few less of either.

  "Huh? Does Miss Leng still need a beast?" Ning De asked somewhat foolishly, wooo... after hearing Feng Da's words, he even wanted to go be a beast for Leng Ruoxue.

  "What? You also want to be a beast for my family's young lady? Hehe, the young lady doesn't accept humanoid beasts, our Night Commander will be jealous." Feng Da said with a smile.

  "No, I just envy the treatment of those beasts." Ning De said awkwardly, wooo... Although he had that idea, but, after all, he wasn't a beast! How could Miss Leng accept him?!

  "In fact, being a servant to the young lady is not bad at all! The young lady's medicinal pills, like the Snow Spirit Pill you mentioned, we've had our fair share of them too!" Feng Da said with a proud face, his expression was one of great satisfaction.

  "Really?" Ning De asked with a surprised face, his heart filled with envy towards Feng Da and the others.

  "Of course it's true, hurry back and take the Snow Spirit Pill! I'm going to sleep too." Feng Da urged, he still had to go back and eat the Silver Snow Fish, Miss said she would leave some for him, but he really couldn't trust those foodies Lin Yuan and the others.

  "You guys sleep so early!" Ning De said in a somewhat incredulous tone.

  "Yes, Miss said it, early to bed and early to rise is good for the body! If we fall behind, the consequences will be severe!" Feng Da said pitifully, waa...Miss's special training was really too scary, he didn't want to experience it again. This was also one of the main reasons they were working so hard now. After all, Miss had provided them with such good conditions, if they didn't work hard, how could they face Miss?

  "Oh, then you rest, I'll take my leave." Ning De held the porcelain bottle in his hand, stood up and said, then turned around and hastily left the yard.

  "Miss!" Feng Da had just returned to the room when Leng Ruo Xue, who was paying attention to the situation outside, suddenly turned her mind and brought him into the circle.

  "Ah! My Silver Snowfish!" Feng Da shouted as soon as he returned to the space, joining the scramble for food.

  "Ah, Lian'er, I didn't expect you to have Snow Spirit Dan! Alas, the thousand-year-old Snow Lotus can't be found now!" The old man sighed, feeling a little envious of Cold Snow's good fortune, just a tiny bit!

  "Haha, the thousand-year-old snow lotus I used to refine the Silver Snow Pill were all treasures collected by Wang." Cold-as-Snow said with a light smile.

  "What's mine is my master's." Lying on Leng Ruoxue's leg, eating the Silver Snow Fish with great elegance, Huo opened his mouth and said.

  "Ah, I've figured it out, your beasts are all very powerful and you have a lot of treasures." The old man said with a face full of envy, implying that Snow's beasts were all wealthy.

  "Master, are you looking down on us?" A snow leopard lying at the old man's feet and eating delicious silver snow fish said with a hint of resentment.

  "Ah! No, no!" The old man hastily comforted, wooo... How could he have forgotten that his own beast was right beside him?!

  "Alas! Brother Leopard, the master obviously dislikes us. Who made us poor?" A golden lion spoke up again, its golden eyes filled with disappointment. Alas! It also acknowledged that compared to other beasts, they were indeed poor. They used to be a dominant force, so why didn't they have any impressive collectibles? How frustrating!"

  "Huh!" The old man was speechless, he really didn't mean to dislike them! He only had these two beasts, if he really disliked them, he would have contracted other beasts long ago. After all, in so many years, he wasn't unfamiliar with beasts stronger than them, but those weren't his cup of tea!

  "Haha!" Seeing the old man's wronged expression, Leng Ruo Xue couldn't help but laugh out loud. Then, she stretched out her slender jade-like hand and gently stroked Xue Bao and Jin Shi. These two beasts were quite cute too!

  "Ah, you're still smiling, huh..." The old man's expression became even more pitiful, and his heart felt increasingly stifled. That naughty girl was actually laughing at him.

  "Haha, Master Du, I'm done eating, you guys take your time!" Leng Ruoxue said with a light smile, then pulled the demon beside her to stand up and headed straight for the Purple Bamboo House...

  "I've finished eating too, you guys take your time!" Wu said as he stood up and left.

  After a long time, everyone had eaten enough, and Feng Da and others were very self-conscious about cleaning up the things, so they all went back to their rooms.

  The next morning.

  Leng Ruo Xue and others finished their breakfast and left the dining hall, returning to their rooms.

  "Miss, what are we doing today?" In the courtyard, Feng Da looked at Leng Ruoxue sitting on a stone bench and couldn't help but ask. Now that they were living in Dan Shigong's residence, there were many inconveniences, so they couldn't stay in their space all day.

  "Daydreaming!" said Leng Ruoxue calmly.

  "Huh? Spacing out, why are you spacing out?" Feng Da asked somewhat perplexed. They hadn't gotten bored to the point of needing to space out yet, had they?

  "What else?" asked Leng Ruoxue with a light smile. The Wu family is currently busy searching for Dan Master to refine the Snake Sealing Dan, so they can't spare any manpower to deal with them.

  "Miss, let's go out for a stroll and ask about the Wu family's situation while we're at it." Feng Da suggested.

  "Oh!" Leng Ruo Xue said with a smile that was not quite a smile, "Heh heh, don't think she doesn't know, going out to take a stroll is probably their main purpose!"

  "Miss, we can't practice during the day now!" Feng Da couldn't help but explain, uh... Miss's gaze made him feel guilty!

  "Hmm, okay, then let's go for a stroll on the street!" Leng Ruo Xue smiled lightly and agreed, without exposing Feng Da's little thoughts.

  Just as Leng Ruo Xue and the others were about to leave, a knock at the door rang out. Everyone looked out along the fence and saw Ning De standing outside the gate with an excited expression on his face.

  "Feng Da, go open the door!" Leng Ruoxue ordered.

  "Yes." Feng Da responded and immediately walked over to open the courtyard gate.

  "Miss Leng, thank you for the Snow Spirit Dan. My injuries have all healed." Following Feng Da into the courtyard, Ning De saw Leng Ruoxue sitting in the middle of the courtyard and bowed respectfully, his face filled with gratitude... He could finally become a dan master again.

  "Director Ning, it's just a trivial Snow Spirit Pill, for me it's just a matter of lifting my hand. However, not everyone is qualified to receive my favor." Cold-as-Snow's absolutely beautiful face wore a faint smile, with a somewhat disdainful tone, her implication being that she also looked at people before showing kindness.

  "I understand." Ning Hui Chang said with great respect, and also took the initiative to consider himself as a subordinate.

  "Ning President, we plan to go out and take a walk." Leng Ruo Xue said lightly, ignoring Ning De's previous sentence.

  "Miss, just call me Ning De, I'll accompany you, in the Moon Watching City, no one dares to not give me face, with me around, you'll have less trouble!" Ning De hastily said, he must behave well to try and become Miss's subordinate.

  "Good!" Leng Ruo Xue nodded slightly and said, since Ning De wanted to show off, she would give him the opportunity, after all, her impression of Ning De was still not bad.

  "Miss, please." Ning De slightly bowed and made a gesture of invitation.

  "Ningde, you should lead the way in front!" Qing Ruo Xue reminded with a light smile.

  "Yes, miss." Ning De said with some embarrassment, heh heh, he was so excited that he forgot the miss wasn't familiar with Guan Yue City!

  Leng Ruo Xue and others walked alongside Ning De, while Feng Da and the others followed closely behind them. Everyone left the Dan Shigong Association together.

  "Ningde, take us to some less crowded and more representative places, okay? We can skip the busy and lively areas." Leng Ruo Xue instructed as soon as they stepped out of the Dan Shifu Guild.

  "Yes!" Ning De said with a glance at Leng Ruo Xue and others' stunning beauty.

  "Miss, there are only a few days left until the flower appreciation meeting in Guanyue City. I have received an invitation, I don't know if Miss and others are interested?" Ning De asked while walking, according to his idea, if Cold Snow and others wanted to go see the excitement, then he would accompany them together, if they didn't want to watch, then he wouldn't go either!

  "What's so attractive about the flower viewing festival? My subordinate wants to go take a look." Leng Ruo Xue said calmly.

  "Miss, Wu Qianer was originally going to participate in the flower appreciation meeting too, but now she's seriously injured and probably won't be able to make it. It's said that this year's champion might become the young mistress of the Guan Yue family." Ning De explained.

  "Oh, then didn't we ruin the Wu family's plan?" Leng Ruoxue laughed and said. No wonder Wu Qianer was so arrogant, it seems she is very confident in winning the championship!

  "Yes, so we and the Wu family's Liangzi are set." Ning De said very affirmatively.

  "What a stunning beauty! Someone, take this beauty away for me." Suddenly, an uninvited voice inserted itself into the conversation between Leng Ruo Xue and Ning De.

  Leng Ruo Xue raised her head, her beautiful eyes sizing up the slightly frivolous-looking man in front of her, and said with a hint of a smile: "Where do you plan to take me?"

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