Chapter Sixty-Four: Another Encounter with Jie Yu

  As people walked into Qianming Mountain, they only discovered how steep and majestic it was after entering the mountain. The peaks were stacked, one after another, undulating continuously, and what could be seen from outside was just a corner of the iceberg of Qianming Mountain. Moreover, being among the high mountains and deep valleys made people seem so small.

  Leng Ruo Xue and others walked for almost a day before they crossed over a mountain ridge.

  "Brother, why don't you go inside the 'Dry Universe Ring' and stay there?" said Leng Ruoxue in a low voice, fearing that her brother might not be able to withstand it physically.

  "Xue Er, you look down on me? It's just a mountain!" Leng Ruo Han said somewhat displeased.

  "Xue Er, we need to find a place to set up camp." Ye Chen said, looking at the sky.

  "Let's camp here!" said Leng Ruoxue, seeing that the place was spacious and flat, she knew everyone was tired.

  "Why don't we take a good road, how long do we have to walk on this road?" At this time, a somewhat sharp female voice suddenly rang out, attracting everyone's attention.

  "Do you have an opinion?" Cold as snow, Mei's beautiful eyes calmly looked at Cong Min, the only other girl in the team besides her.

  "Of course I have an opinion!" Cong Min said with a hint of jealousy, she was a naturally talented instrument master, born to be respected by all, but in front of these people, she didn't receive any special treatment, on this journey, she was being ignored, and now having to live on a desolate mountain, it finally made the usually proud her burst out.

  "Are you not going to live here anymore?" Leng Ruo Xue said coldly. Apart from the people of the Holy Temple, each of the other three branches had sent a representative to accompany them, and Cong Min was the representative sent by the Instrumental Academy. She had always thought herself superior to others, and hadn't hesitated to complain along the way. However, in consideration of Autumn Elder's face, she didn't bother to respond. Now, this Tian Zhi Nu girl probably couldn't bear it anymore.

  "No one wants to live in a place like this." Cong Min shouted.

  "Oh, and who else doesn't want to stay here, now can speak out, I'll send you down the mountain." Leng Ruo Xue said calmly, her team didn't need spoiled rich girls or young masters.

  "Cong Min, stop causing trouble. The Dean has said that everything on the road must be arranged by Ruoxue." Autumn Elder shouted angrily.

  "What's wrong? I'm a master of instruments." Cong Min said discontentedly.

  "What's so great about being a small-time instrument master?" Feng Da sneered.

  "It's just a mere instrument master, look at how proud you are!" Lin Yuan chimed in, his family's young lady was also an instrument master!

  "You... you!" Cong Min was so angry that her whole body was shaking. These coarse people actually dared to humiliate the noble instrument master, hmph, she wouldn't let them off.

  "Cong Min, shut up for me and don't make any more trouble!" Autumn old man roared again. How can Cong Min be so careless? It's really too disappointing!

  "Autumn elder, don't persuade me anymore, I'll send her down the mountain." Leng Ruoxue said impatiently.

  "Are you two going down the mountain together?" Leng Ruoxue looked at the two students from Dan Shifu Division and Xun Shou Division.

  "We won't!" The two of them said in unison, although at the beginning when they set out with Leng Ruoxue and others, they were also full of complaints. However, after these days of getting along, they really admired her, and they gradually began to worship Leng Ruoxue like those spiritual masters did.

  "Very good." Leng Ruoxue was very satisfied with their answer.

  "Feathers, take her to Moon Capital!" Cold-as-Snow summoned Feathers' path.

  "Yes, master." Yu somewhat roughly directly threw Cong Min onto its back, then flew towards the direction of Yue Du.

  "Miss, don't be angry with that kind of person," Feng Da comforted, "You are a goddess in the hearts of all those people. That woman dares to compare herself to you, truly overestimating her own abilities."

  "How did you know I was angry?" asked Leng Ruo Xue.

  "Uh... Miss isn't angry!" Feng Da hastily corrected himself.

  "Xu'er, once we get over this mountain, there will be a city," said Leng Tian, as the great general of a country, he was very familiar with the geography of various countries. Although the Thousand Birds Mountain was not easy to walk on, it meant that where there were dangers, there were also opportunities.

  "Grandpa, why don't you and brother go rest in the 'Qian Kun Chui' tonight?" Leng Ruoxue said considerately. The mountain was very cold and she was worried about her brother's body.

  "No need, Grandpa is not that useless!" Leng Qingtian said, back in his day when he led troops into battle it was much more bitter than this.

  "Feng Da, roast this and share it with everyone." Leng Ruo Xue took out the python meat she had killed in the Misty Forest.

  "Follow the young lady and we'll have meat to eat!" Feng Da said happily, it's been a long time since they've had python meat, they're all a bit hungry.

  About an hour later, Yu returned.

  "Brother Wei, you've had a tough journey, come on, have some meat." Feng Da handed over a piece of roasted meat with a somewhat flattering tone.

  "Thank you!" After transforming into a small bird-like creature, he took the meat without hesitation and started eating it in big mouthfuls.

  "Ruoxue, what level is this eagle saint beast? It's so fast!" Autumn old man said with a face full of envy. He didn't rush on the road precisely because he knew Ruoxue had such an eagle.

  "Autumn is old, and feathers are not sacred beasts." Leng Ruo Xue gently stroked the soft feathers of Yu.

  "Isn't it a sacred beast? What is it then? It can't be a divine beast, right?" Autumn Elder chuckled and teased.

  "The feather is the divine beast." Leng Ruo Xue said calmly.

  “……”

  The old man's food fell to the ground, his eyes wide with wonder, he dared not believe it and circled around Yu without stopping, a suspicious drool at the corner of his mouth.

  "It's actually a divine beast!" Autumn Elder muttered to himself, his eyes shining brightly as he stared at Yu Mang, no wonder he couldn't see the level of this eagle, it turned out that the strength of this eagle was above him, wow...he suddenly felt very inferior.

  "Hey Lao Qiu, don't be too sad!" Leng Qing comforted, "Good fortune is not something that can be envied into existence."

  Just as everyone was eating and chatting, a rustling sound came from afar.

  "What sound?" Ye Chen said with some vigilance.

  "Master, it's the Fire Ants!" Mai listened carefully.

  "What?"

  "Fire Ant?"

  "How can there be fire ants?" Although everyone was puzzled, no one was afraid, all thanks to Leng Ruo Xue's torment of them over this period of time.

  "The adorable master, fire ants are disgusting to death." The baby's face was full of disgust as she said.

  Whether it's humans or spiritual beasts, they all detest fire ants. Fire ants are also a type of spiritual beast, but they're extremely troublesome and destructive. If you encounter a group of fire ants, the best thing to do is to quickly escape, otherwise, once you're surrounded, you'll become their food. The entire colony of fire ants is led by a single fire ant king. Except for the fire ant king, all the other fire ants in the colony are only low- or mid-level spiritual beasts with unopened spiritual intelligence, and they only know how to eat. Moreover, anything can become their food.

  "Who among you wants to contract with the Fire Ant King?" asked Leng Ruoxue, gently stroking the soft fur of her pet.

  Everyone present heard what Leng Ruoxue said and had a black line on their forehead.

  "Miss, who would think of making a contract with such a disgusting thing?!" Lin Yuan's hair stood on end in disgust.

  "You'd better think carefully, having a contract with the Fire Ant King is equivalent to owning an entire army of fire ants!" Leng Ruoxue reminded kindly.

  "Can...can I make a contract?" asked Liu Yan, a student of the Dan Shi Academy, in a low voice. Although he was a Dan Shi, his level as a Ling Shi was very low, and having a Huo Yi group would greatly increase his ability to protect himself.

  "Alright." Leng Ruo Xue looked at Liu Yan's handsome face, she had a pretty good impression of this student.

  Just as they were discussing, a large swarm of fire ants had already surrounded them.

  "Crack, crack."

  The cold-as-snow gaze swept over these tall, red ants with sharp teeth and a raised pincer, each half the height of a person. The scalp felt somewhat numb. No wonder even ninth-grade sacred beasts didn't want to provoke these guys - they were indeed quite detestable. But where was the Fire Ant King?

  "Fall back, all of you." Reminded Cold-as-Snow.

  "Come onto my back!" Yu Fei said as he flew into mid-air and suddenly grew larger.

  Everyone heard Yu's words and climbed onto his back so as not to distract Leng Ruoxue.

  "Xue Er, be careful!" Leng Ruo Han shouted with concern.

  "Xue'er, Grandpa's here to help you!" Leng Qingtian stood beside his granddaughter, how could he let his precious granddaughter fight alone?!

  "And what about me?" Ye Chen also stood on the other side of Leng Ruo Xue and said.

  "Get out for a moment, Fire Ant King is coming!" Leng Ruo Xue said to Ye Chen.

  "Alright, I'll take care of that big ant then."

  "Grandpa, let's get started!"

  "Good, it's been a long time since this old bone has had a good workout." Leng Qingtian said with a cold tone, rubbing his fists and palms.

  Cold as snow, she charged into the anthill with a sharp sword in hand. The Flowing Star Sword Technique combined with 'Fire Tree Silver Flower' was used, and countless sparks shot towards the fire ants like twinkling stars, instantly killing one-third of them and injuring countless others.

  Leng Qingtian, unwilling to show weakness, unleashed his strongest fire-type heavenly spirit technique 'Fire Dance Illuminating the World'. Suddenly, flames filled the sky and charged towards the fire ant swarm, killing another third of them.

  "How formidable!" The crowd on the back of the bird stared in awe at the one-sided battle below. Except for the last college selection match, many people saw Lang Ruoxue's true strength for the first time. Adding to that was the invincible and renowned General Lang, the grandfather-grandson duo fighting together, it was imaginable how shocking this scene was for them.

  "How dare you, you have the nerve to kill my child!"

  After killing nearly half of the fire ants, the Fire Ant King finally appeared.

  "It's finally out." Cold-as-Snow stopped attacking, her beautiful eyes sizing up the Fire Ant King. Why do these kings all like to be turtles? Can't they just come out big and bold? What's there to be shy about?!

  The Fire Ant King's height is more than twice that of an ordinary fire ant, its entire body is as bright as a burning flame, with two large pincers raised high, and it is also a 5th-level Sacred Beast. If you add its ability to control the fire ants, its strength can absolutely rival that of a 9th-level Sacred Beast.

  What great help! Not bad, she's very satisfied.

  Leng Qingtian saw Huo Yichun come out and also stopped, the two of them tacitly stepped aside, leaving the battlefield to Ye Chen.

  "Big ant, come here." Ye Chen said softly, just like the wolf grandma who lured Little Red Riding Hood.

  "You damned humans, I won't let you off!" The Fire Ant King roared in anger and charged towards Ye Chen.

  Ye Chen clenched his fist and punched towards the Fire Ant King's head.

  All of a sudden, there was a loud "bang" sound. The Fire Ant King fell to the ground with its four legs in the air. Due to its large size, it tried to flip over but couldn't manage to do so, and could only keep kicking its own legs nonstop.

  "Humans, you are too despicable! I won't let you off!" The Fire Ant King roared in grief and indignation. This is too much bullying of ants... damn humans."

  "This...this is okay too?" Beads of cold sweat dripped down everyone's forehead.

  Leng Ruo Xue looked at the frightened fire ants, who were so scared that they wanted to find a crack in the ground to hide in. She walked up to the Fire Ant King and tapped on its fiery red body.

  "Not bad, quite sturdy!" Cold Snow praised.

  "Huangfeng Wang, let's discuss something?" said Leng Ruo Xue in a very kind manner.

  "What's going on?! You humans are too despicable!" The Fire Ant King roared in frustration.

  "Aren't you ashamed? There are just a few of us, look at how many ants you have!" said Leng Ruoxue, pointing to the remaining ants that hadn't died.

  "Th...th..." The Fire Ant King was speechless, as if...as if they had more people.

  "Fire Ant King, if you agree to be his spiritual beast, I will spare your lives. What do you say?" Leng Ruoxue said, pointing at Liu Yanzhi with a mixture of soft and hard tactics.

  "I'd rather not be the spirit beast of a weak human." The Fire Ant King said with some disdain, although it was just an ant, but it also had its own pride.

  "Then die!" Leng Ruoxue said calmly, releasing a massive amount of fire attribute spiritual energy from her fingertips that struck the Fire Ant King's body. It was just an ant, nothing to be afraid of.

  "No, no, I don't want to die, I'll be a spirit beast!" The Fire Ant King said in a very unmanly manner, Oww... it hurts so much! How can this human just kill and kill? It's too terrifying!

  "It's better if you knew your place!" Cold-as-Snow said discontentedly, and casually tamed the Fire Ant King.

  "Yongbo, come down and make a contract!" Leng Ruoxue said to Yongbo.

  "Thank you." Liu Yan said gratefully to Leng Ruo Xue after signing the master-servant contract with Huo Yi Wang.

  "I, Liu Yan, am willing to acknowledge Leng Ruoxue as my master, and be eternally loyal, never betraying her." As soon as Liu Yan finished speaking, the contract array descended, and the contract was formed.

  "You're not bad, following our young lady will definitely have a future" Feng Da patted Liu Yan's shoulder and said, this kid is very promising, he likes.

  "You don't have to do this." Lan Xue said calmly, she always did things based on her mood, never expecting anything in return.

  "I'm willing to," said Liu Yan, who had been with them for a short time, but he liked the atmosphere between them and didn't know when he started having the idea of wanting to be one of them.

  "Everyone should get some rest early, we still have to continue climbing tomorrow." Leng Ruoxue said somewhat helplessly.

  "Xue Er, let's just mind our own business from now on. Otherwise, the more we get involved, the more people will be after you." Ye Chen said somewhat discontentedly. This Liu Yan was like this, and those students were also like this, all of them wanting to follow Xue Er. Although they didn't pose any threat to him, he still felt very annoyed.

  "I'm going to sleep." Lan Ruoxue gave him a cold glance, men who are jealous are unreasonable.

  Five days later, Leng Ruoxue and the others walked out of Qianming Mountain safely, each with a bountiful harvest. Everyone's face was filled with happy smiles. Due to Qianming Mountain's notorious reputation, few people dared to come here, so Leng Ruoxue had picked quite a few herbs and edible mountain delicacies in this mountain, while the others also gained their own respective harvests.

  "Xue'er, we're approaching Yun City up ahead. Let's find an inn and get cleaned up!" Leng Qingtian said, those kids were all dirty like beggars.

  "Hmm." Leng Ruoxue nodded slightly.

  After entering Yun City, they found an inn and stayed for only one night before setting off again the next day.

  After leaving Yun City, they walked for about two more days and arrived at a small town closest to the Moon Capital, Wushan Town.

  Leng Ruoxue and others casually found an inn, settled down after settling in, and went downstairs to the restaurant to eat.

  "If we pass through this Wushan Town, we'll reach Yuedu." said Autumn Elder, it was also his first time to participate in the college competition for so long.

  "Old Qiu, how many days are left until the Academy's trial?" asked Leng Ruoxue.

  "In 5 days, we'll probably arrive at Moon City in 2 days," said Autumn Elder.

  "Like snow."

  Leng Ruo Xue suddenly heard someone calling her name, turned around and saw Ju Yi standing not far away from them waving at her.

  "Brother Ju, have you guys accepted a new mission again?" asked Leng Ruo Xue with some confusion.

  "We haven't even reached the capital yet!" Ji Ruo said with some helplessness, the princess they were protecting was truly not ordinary trouble.

  "Brother Gu, isn't there a flying spirit beast? Why are you still using a carriage?" Leng Ruoxue asked in puzzlement. If they had used the flying spirit beast, they should have arrived at Moon City long ago.

  "That princess is afraid of heights, so she can only use the carriage." He said somewhat gloomily. He had already told his father not to take on this task, but his father refused to listen to him. As a result, all along the way, that noble princess kept causing trouble, and his mercenaries were also full of complaints.

  "Let's head back to our room and rest for now, we still have a long journey ahead of us tomorrow." Leng Ruoxue said sympathetically as she glanced at Gu Ri.

  "Come on, old man, let's go upstairs!"

  "Good." Old Qiu looked at Juzi with a hint of resentment, why did they run into each other again, how annoying.

  The next morning, Leng Ruo Xue and others set off early.

  "Xue Er, let's hurry up!" On the way, Feng Mo suddenly said, "Why are there so few people in Wushan Town?"

  "Hey, brother, are you tired?" Ling Ruo Xue asked with a hint of sympathy, looking at her brother. Her brother didn't have any spiritual energy, and walking such a long distance would be very exhausting, but he refused to take a ride.

  "Silly girl, I'm fine." Xue Er's concern made Leng Ruo Han feel extremely pleased.

  "Let's camp here for tonight!" said Ye Chen after walking for almost a day and seeing that the sky was getting dark.

  "Good."

  Everyone quickly set up their tents, finished dinner, left someone on night watch and then went to sleep.

  "What's going on?" Cold-as-Snow heard a noise in the middle of the night and walked out of her tent, somewhat displeased.

  "It's nothing, don't worry, Xue Er, go to sleep!" Ye Chen said considerately, but his gaze shot towards Ju Ri and the others with ill intent.

  "What's wrong?" Leng Qingtian also walked out of the tent after hearing the sound.

  "I'm really sorry, I've caused you all trouble." Ji Rui said with great embarrassment, this whole time he had been tormented by this arrogant princess.

  "Big brother Yu, what's going on that you woke us up in the middle of the night?" Leng Ruo Xue asked with a slightly unpleasant tone.

  "If it's snow, I'm really sorry to trouble you." Juren explained the situation to them with some helplessness. Originally, they were staying in a good inn, but for some reason, this princess suddenly became possessed and insisted on rushing out at midnight. You say rush then rush, but halfway through, she saw someone camping and this princess also wanted to camp there. They didn't have that many tents! So he had no choice but to come and borrow.

  "Sorry, Big Brother, but we don't have any extra tents to lend you. I think it's best if you hurry on your way!" Leng Ruoxue suggested, she had never had a good impression of this arrogant noble princess and didn't want to get entangled with them.

  "Fortunately, we didn't prepare too many tents when we came out either. However, I can let you have one of our tents." Leng Qing Tian said politely, while giving his granddaughter a sideways glance - this girl was really too direct, it wasn't Gu Ri's fault after all.

  "Thank you, General Leng, one is enough." Ju Ruo said with some embarrassment.

  "Since there are few of you, use that tent!" Leng Qingtian said, pointing at his own tent.

  "Alright, thank you." After saying thanks, he also felt embarrassed to stay any longer.

  "You little girl, why are you so direct with your words?" Leng Qingtian said.

  "I just want them to leave quickly." said Leng Ruoxue, she really didn't like the royal family.

  "Ah, it's so dirty here, what's that smell, it stinks!" A not very pleasant female voice came out of the tent.

  "Grandfather, did you hear that?" Leng Ruoxue said calmly, she knew not to interfere too much, how could this delicate and precious princess possibly live in a worn-out tent.

  "Grandfather, it's not worth getting angry with this kind of woman." Ye Chen saw that Leng Dajiang's temper was about to flare up and hastily comforted him.

  "I'm not angry, I'll just go to sleep." Leng Qingtian said coldly. Humph! Out of sight, out of mind.

  "Princess, if you have a hotel of your own and don't want to stay in it, then you can stay outside with my brothers and feed the mosquitoes. If you're going to be so picky, that's what you can do." Jiusi said coldly, turning around and leaving the tent, he was really fed up with this trip.

  "How dare you speak to me like this, you scoundrel?" The spoiled princess shouted angrily.

  "Princess, calm down, calm down." The maid hastily comforted her.

  "Look at his attitude, I'm a princess and he dares to treat me like this! Father still wants me to marry him? Humph! Not even in my dreams!" The spoiled princess got angrier the more she thought about it.

  "Princess, it's late, don't be angry anymore, rest now, we still have a long way to go tomorrow. The princess is really angry and can't help it, let's wait until we return to the palace and let His Majesty deal with him." Another maid suggested.

  "Fine, I'll go back and let Father Emperor vent his anger for me!" The spoiled princess said somewhat unreasonably.

  "Have this delivered to them!" Leng Ruoxue handed Ye Chen a few bottles of wine and turned back to her own tent.

  "My Xue'er is sharp-tongued but soft-hearted." Ye Chen said with some jealousy, but still walked over with the wine bottle.

  "Here, have a drink to warm up!" Ye Chen said as he handed out wine to the members of the Whirlwind Mercenary Group.

  "Thanks, brother." Ji Rui said gratefully, because they had left in such a hurry that they hadn't brought anything for camping outdoors.

  "Be careful when taking on tasks in the future, there are clients like this who can't be accepted no matter how much money they offer." Ye Chen said with a sigh.

  "There are some things that can't be helped, and you Flame Mercenaries will also encounter such clients in the future." Ji Rui reminded.

  "You're wrong then. The Blazing Mercenaries won't take on a client like that. If you want to hire us, you'll have to follow our rules." Ye Chen said calmly.

  "Is this possible?" he asked somewhat uncertainly.

  "It's up to the individual, mainly depending on whether you want to be a rule-maker or a rule-follower." Ye Chen said, he believed that Juri was an intelligent person and would understand his meaning.

  "Go squeeze into the tent with our people!" Yè Chén said to the Storm Mercenaries before leaving.

  "Making rules, following rules..." he muttered to himself day and night, until finally he was the only one left by the fire.

  The next morning, Leng Ruo Xue walked out of the tent and saw Ju Ri sitting alone beside the extinguished bonfire, lost in thought.

  "Still haven't figured it out, Brother Gu?" asked Leng Ruoxue calmly, knowing that Ye Chen had spoken with him for a while yesterday.

  "I understand now," said Jia Dai.

  "Like snow, I'm really sorry about yesterday, it was a bother for you all." Jūn said with some embarrassment.

  "I just don't like people from the royal family." Leng Ruoxue explained, her tone also somewhat unpleasant yesterday.

  "I don't like it either," Jiaru agreed, the royal family was indeed quite annoying.

  "Brother Ge, if you want to be unrestrained by others, then you can only become a strong person above the crowd." Leng Ruoxue reminded.

  "Uh, I'll try my best." But how could he have known what Ruo Xue was thinking? After all, becoming a true strongman wasn't that easy.

  "Brother Gu, what about that dan medicine I sent you?" asked Leng Ruoxue.

  "It's still here, I've been keeping it all along!" Jia Ri said, the spiritual energy on that dan medicine was extremely rich, just one look and you could tell it was no ordinary item.

  "Brother Jù, after you become the Spirit Emperor, that dan medicine can help you break through to the Spirit Venerable realm." Lěng Ruò Xuě said, then turned and left, leaving behind a stunned Jù Rì.

  When everyone woke up, they began to prepare breakfast separately.

  "Hey, go call that cheap woman to serve me!" The overbearing princess ordered Jusang with a domineering tone. That damned woman, how dare she be prettier than her and have so many handsome men surrounding her? Humph! Just looking at her was annoying.

  "Princess, stop making a fuss and finish your breakfast quickly. We have to hurry on our journey." Ji Ri said impatiently.

  "How dare you shout at me? Are you tired of living?" The princess, who always got what she wanted, shouted angrily.

  He gave the princess a cold glance and turned away.

  "How dare you! Jiaojiao, go and pass on my orders, tell that lowly person to come and serve me." Seeing Jiday turn around and leave, the princess became even angrier, and directly gave a domineering order to her maid.

  "Yes." The maid named Xiao Juan had no choice but to steel herself and walk towards the group of people with Leng Ruo Xue.

  "Miss, the princess is calling you over." Xiaojuan said in a low voice with some trepidation. These people looked like they weren't easy to get along with, why did the princess have to look at her with such disapproval?

  "Are you talking to me?" asked Leng Ruoxue, holding a roasted rabbit leg in one hand and asking faintly.

  "Yes." Xiaojuan said timidly, oh dear, why did she think this young lady was more like a princess than their own princess?

  "It seems like your princess isn't inviting me over!" Leng Ruo Xue said lightly, that princess spoke so loudly, they must be trying to pretend they didn't hear even if they wanted to.

  "Th-th-this..." Looking at those malicious glances, Xiaojuan only felt her legs go weak.

  "Get out." Ye Chen said coldly.

  Ah! Xiao Juan was so scared that she quickly ran back, heavens! The expression of that man just now was really too frightening.

  "Princess, I'm your maid..." Xiao Juan knelt in front of the princess, her face full of fear.

  "Useless thing!" The princess slapped Xiaojuan's face and scolded.

  "You lowly subject, it's an honor for you to serve me, how dare you not show gratitude?" The princess directly walked in front of Leng Ruo Xue and scolded her.

  "Who are you referring to as a lowly person?" Cold Snow narrowed her beautiful eyes, the killing intent in them flashing by.

  "Of course it's you! Humph! Wouldn't a commoner be penniless and unable to stay at an inn?" The princess said matter-of-factly.

  "So you're saying you're not even as good as a humble commoner? Don't forget, your tent was borrowed from someone else!" Cold Snow reminded her.

  "It's true! Without our tent, the princess would have to sleep in the open wilderness." Feng Da sneered, humph, a princess dared to be rude to their young mistress, she was really getting on his nerves!

  "You insolent people, how dare you! I am a princess!" The princess shouted angrily at the mocking and malicious glances.

  "Captain, why don't you go take a look? Those people are not to be trifled with!" A mercenary couldn't bear it anymore and whispered to Gu Ri, if those people killed the princess in a fit of rage, it would implicate their entire mercenary group.

  "Don't mind her." Jù Rì said coldly, he believed that Yuè Xue would know what to do.

  "Feng Da, throw her back!" Leng Ruo Xue ordered, after all, this was the territory of Nan Xi country, and even if she wanted to kill the princess, she wouldn't take action now.

  "Yes, miss." Feng Da picked up the princess like a chicken and threw her back into her own carriage. He then wiped his hand on the curtain of the carriage with a look of distaste before turning around and walking away.

  "Ah! You... I won't let you off, you're dead for sure!" The princess shouted in a shrill voice, but unfortunately was completely ignored.

  "Xu'er, let's pack up and get going!" Leng Qingtian said. If they hurry, they should be able to reach Yuè Dū by tomorrow morning.

  "Hmm, let Yu take us there for now!" said Leng Ruo Xue.

  "Captain, shall we depart?" a mercenary asked.

  "Let's depart!" Jūsai ordered as he watched Kōri no Yuki and the others ride off on their flying spirit beasts.

  An hour later, Yu landed at the gate of the Moon Capital.

  "This is Yue Du! It's almost the same as our Feng Du!" Some students who had never been to Yue Du before couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, looking at the tall city walls of Yue Du. As one of the five major countries, Nan Xi was supposed to be the richest among them, but it looked like there wasn't much difference from their own Feng Du after all!

  "This is what they mean by seeing is believing." Leng Qing Tian said, the reason why Nan Xi country was considered to be the richest among the five countries was mainly because the head of the Huo family, one of the top five families, was in Yue Du city. However, having a lot of money also belonged to the Huo family, and had nothing to do with Nan Xi country at all.

  "Grandfather, Autumn Elder, let's go in!" said Leng Ruoxue.

  "Okay."

  Crowds of people walked quickly into the Moon Capital, and as soon as they entered the city gate, someone came forward to greet them.

  "It's Autumn Elder, I am Yu Elder of the Moon Shadow Academy, specifically in charge of receiving all the university elders this time." A tall and thin old man introduced himself.

  "Hello, Elder Yu." Autumn Elder said politely. He knew many of the elders in this Moon Shadow Academy, but as for this Elder Yu, it was his first time seeing him.

  "I have already arranged for your accommodations at Feng Tian Academy, please follow me." said Elder Yu with great sincerity.

  The crowd followed Yu Zhanglao for a while and saw him suddenly stop, so they also stopped in their tracks.

  "Autumn elders, you will be residing in this 'Ya Lan Pavilion', the entire fifth floor belongs to your college." Elder Yu said, pointing at a six-story luxurious building.

  "Yalan Pavilion" is the top wine house in Yue Du City, where you can dine and stay. The first and second floors are for dining, while the third to sixth floors are for accommodation. The entire building, whether exterior or interior decoration, is considered the most luxurious, and this "Yalan Pavilion" belongs to the Huo family's property.

  "Thank you, Elder Yu, for your trouble in arranging this." Autumn Elder said with a grateful face.

  The crowd immediately walked into 'Ya Lan Pavilion'.

  "Old autumn, how much does it cost to stay here for a day?" A student couldn't help but ask curiously after arriving at the fifth floor of 'Ya Lan Ge', this place is really too luxurious!

  "It's enough for an ordinary family to live for several years, we live here for free, but meals are at our own expense." Elder Qiu explained that although they had mentally prepared themselves, the accommodation arranged by Moon Shadow Academy would not be bad, but they did not expect it to be 'Ya Lan Pavilion'. Their academy was already considered wealthy, but if they were to eat here continuously for a month, it would also be somewhat unbearable. He also didn't bring that much money! Alas, what can be done? Can't live here and eat outside, or their Feng Tian Academy's face will be lost!

  "Feng Da, go and arrange a room for them." Leng Ruo Xue instructed.

  "Yes, miss, follow me." Feng Da said to everyone.

  "What's wrong, Elder Qiu?" asked Leng Ruo Xue, seeing that Elder Qiu seemed to be struggling with something.

  "Money is probably not enough..." said Qiu Lao with some embarrassment, Moon Shadow Academy was really despicable, actually arranging for them to stay here. In fact, no matter which academy was the host, they would generally not arrange for other academies to stay in such a top-class hotel. This was clearly Moon Shadow Academy's ill intentions, wanting to see Feng Tian Academy make fools of themselves.

  "Autumn elder, is it worth your worry? We're not the only college living here, we'll have such situations, other colleges will too." Lan Ruo Xue lightly laughed and comforted.

  "Yes, here besides our college, there are Longsheng College, Luming College and Feiniao College. Except for Longsheng College, the other two colleges also can't have meals here every day." Feng Mo Ran also comforted, when he just came up, he had already inquired that there were four colleges living here.

  "How can their college compare to ours, our college is one of the three universities on the Liangfeng continent. If we live here and go out to eat, it would be very embarrassing." said Qiu Lao, Fengtian College cannot afford to lose face.

  "You old man, why are you so concerned about saving face? It's all the same no matter where we eat." Leng Qingtian said.

  "This is not about saving my face, it's about the reputation of the Academy." Elder Qiu emphasized.

  "Grandfather, Old Man Qiu, stop arguing. I'll pay the money." Leng Ruoxue said somewhat impatiently, these two old men hadn't stopped bickering all along the way.

  "Do you have money?" asked Old Qiu in surprise.

  "Where did you get the money from?" Leng Qingtian also asked. He knew that his granddaughter had a lot of good things, but it seemed like she didn't have much money.

  "I sold the Ling crystal before we left." Leng Ruoxue explained that before they set off, she had specifically asked Feng Da to sell some of the Ling crystals they obtained in the Mystic Forest, just in case of an emergency.

  "Has that earthworm been sold too?" Leng Qingtian asked anxiously. That one can't be sold, it's something that can't be bought even with money.

  "No."

  "That's good."

  "Are you sure we can eat here for a month without any problems, Snow?" asked Autumn Elder with some uncertainty. If they wanted to enter the top three, they would have to stay for at least a month.

  "Autumn is long, what's a month, staying for a year is no problem." Feng Da chimed in after arranging the room and coming back.

  "That's a relief," said Autumn Old Man, who did not expect Yuesnow to be a rich woman.

  "Relieved now? Then hurry back to your room and freshen up, we'll go taste the dishes at 'Ya Lan Ge' later." suggested Leng Ruo Xue.

  "Good, good." Everyone was very interested in this idea.

  After returning to her own room, Leng Ruoxue directly entered the 'Dry Universe Ring', took a warm spring bath, played with several little guys for a while, and then left.

  "Ah, Ruo Xue, you're coming out just in time! I was just about to call you for dinner!" said Qiu Lao with a face full of expectation as he saw Leng Ruo Xue come out of the room.

  "Let's go!"

  "Old Qiu, would you like to have some food?" The shopkeeper said hastily as he saw Old Qiu and the others coming downstairs.

  "Book three private rooms for me." Autumn old man said generously, having money to spend is reassuring.

  "Yes, just a moment." The shopkeeper hastily said, and turned around to make arrangements.

  Leng Ruoxue and others entered the private room, had just ordered food, were about to eat, when the door suddenly opened, a man and woman walked in.

  "Who allowed you to enter?" Leng Ruoxue asked coldly, she hated being disturbed while eating the most, and unexpectedly didn't even knock on the door, just directly pushed it open.

  "Xue Er, he is passionate." Leng Ruo Han said in a low voice, presumably aimed at him.

  "Sorry to disturb you." Huo Qing said politely.

  "Do you know you're disturbing me and still came in?" Leng Ruo Xue said, completely disregarding his identity, for she didn't care who he was, disturbing her meal was just not right.

  He forced a bitter smile, he had grown up like this, and never had anyone ever so blatantly disrespected him!

  "How can you be so ungrateful? Brother Qing comes to visit an old friend with good intentions, and you have the nerve to have this attitude." Huo Qing hadn't spoken up yet, but instead it was the stunningly beautiful girl beside him who rebuked with dissatisfaction, a flash of jealousy in her eyes.

  "What a joke, did I invite him to come?" Leng Ruo Xue sneered, slightly raising her eyes to size up the man and woman in front of her. This passionate and handsome man had a strong and masculine appearance, with a tall and sturdy build, and was a mid-level Spirit Emperor in terms of strength. Although his looks were not as good as those of her brothers, he was still the type of man that women liked.

  As for this woman, she has a face that is as pure and innocent as can be, looking very simple, but she knows that this kind of woman is typically hypocritical, and the kind of woman who looks so beautiful on the surface that all men want to cherish her, often turns out to be the most difficult to deal with. Moreover, this woman is also the most beautiful one she has ever seen.

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