Ning Wan didn’t know how to describe the feeling she had just experienced. She only knew that when her tongue was wrapped in warmth and moisture, it felt like being in the clouds, as if she had merged with her precious disciple, causing her to become completely intoxicated and unable to pull away.
And in the midst of that lingering, inseparable filial piety, Deng Tianyu deeply recognized the importance of reciprocity and successfully harvested quite a few drops of Filial Piety Water.
“Tianyu, from now on, remember to give me a good morning kiss every day!”
It wasn’t until their tongues went numb that their lips parted. Ning Wan’s breath was still slightly rushed, her flawless, beautiful face flushed crimson as she gazed dazedly at her precious disciple.
Deng Tianyu nodded. “Understood, Shizun!”
On the path of filial piety, he firmly believed that no one was more filial than him.
“Tianyu is truly a filial child!” Seeing him agree, Ning Wan’s expression softened, and a charming, alluring smile curved on her lips.
“Squeak!”
After they washed up and straightened their clothes, they walked out of the room.
As soon as they reached the courtyard, they saw a large figure and a small figure sprawled on the stone table, sleeping soundly with a faint scent of alcohol drifting in the air.
o(__)ozzZZ… This was Big Loli Li Shishi’s sleeping posture.
(￣^￣)zzZZ… This was the expression of the little white fox Yingying, who was being used as a body pillow, looking thoroughly miserable.
Deng Tianyu and Ning Wan exchanged a glance, both not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
It was obvious that last night, the Big Loli and the little white fox had not only drunk alcohol but had also completely blacked out.
“Shizun, I’ll carry them back to their rooms first.” Deng Tianyu smiled helplessly. He first picked up the little fox Yingying and returned to his room, placing her in her little nest.
When he came back and lifted the Big Loli Li Shishi, she was still sleeping soundly but waving her arms and legs wildly, mumbling:
“Ning Xiaowan… from today onwards… I am your Shizun!”
“I tell you to go east… you can’t go west… I tell you to chase chickens… you can’t chase dogs.”
“Now, go to the Rear Cliff and face the wall for a year… hehe!”
Ning Xiaowan?
Deng Tianyu’s mouth twitched, and his expression turned odd.
In his previous impression, his junior sister Li Shishi, this Big Loli, only had one label: [Dumb and Cute]. Now, she had another: [Rebellious Disciple].
Last night, she’d butted heads with Shizun Ning Wan, and now, even in her dreams, she was plotting to deceive her master and destroy the ancestors—it was outright treason!
Sure enough, in the next instant, Deng Tianyu saw Ning Wan’s face darken.
“Tianyu, let me send her back!” She pointed a finger, and True Essence condensed into a spherical shape, wrapping around the Big Loli before hurtling directly towards the Rear Cliff.
“Buzz!”
Then, Ning Wan tapped her slender, fair finger again, and a screen of light enveloped the entire Rear Cliff. She was clearly planning to grant Li Shishi’s wish and make her face the wall.
Deng Tianyu sighed. “Well, looks like I won’t be seeing her for a while.”
“Let’s go!” After doing this, Ning Wan took an ancient-looking small boat from her Storage Ring and tossed it into the air.
Instantly, the small boat swelled in the wind, and in less than a breath, it had grown into a Dharma Boat dozens of meters long.
Today was the day ‘Unyielding Devotion’ would be sold at the Moonlit Pavilions in various cities of Youzhou. However, Deng Tianyu and Ning Wan were not going to see the sales in person. Instead, they flew towards Xuan City, the very center of Youzhou.
In Xuan City, there was a power that sold all kinds of rare treasures—the Spirit Treasure Pavilion.
The Spirit Treasure Pavilion was an industry of the Spirit Treasure Sect, and the Spirit Treasure Sect was the most top-tier existence among second-rate powers, rumored to already possess the strength of a first-rate power.
The reason Deng Tianyu and Ning Wan came here was to cooperate with the Spirit Treasure Pavilion.
Standing at the end of the bustling, crowded street, Deng Tianyu looked up at the resplendent palaces and pavilions before him and couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration:
“Truly worthy of a major power. How majestic and imposing.”
At the entrance of the Spirit Treasure Pavilion, dozens of Cultivators in uniform silently swept their hawk-like, sharp gazes over the people entering and leaving. Judging by the faintly discernible auras emanating from these Cultivators, they were at least experts who had stepped into the Five Viscera Stage.
Ning Wan, wearing a veil, merely glanced briefly before leading Deng Tianyu into the Pavilion.
“Welcome to the Spirit Treasure Pavilion!”
“Are the two of you looking to buy or sell items, or would you like to go to the auction house?”
As soon as they entered, a beautiful female attendant stepped forward with a smile.
Ning Wan didn’t say much, merely producing a purple Jade Plaque. “This Seat wishes to see your Madam.”
“Please wait a moment, both of you!”
The female attendant took the jade plaque and looked at it. She immediately bowed respectfully and turned to go inside.
The Jade Plaques of the Spirit Treasure Pavilion represented the customer’s identity, categorized by color. A purple jade plaque signified the most esteemed type of guest—either backed by a powerful force, extremely wealthy, or a Cultivator of immense personal strength.
Whichever the case, it was a level she could only aspire to but never reach.
“Honored guests, the Madam will see you now!”
In a short while, the beautiful female attendant returned and guided them towards the innermost part of the Spirit Treasure Pavilion.
The crowd was varied, but as they went deeper, there were undoubtedly fewer people.
After Deng Tianyu and Ning Wan passed through an invisible barrier of light, they entered an extremely luxurious room.
Inside sat a mature noblewoman dressed in a deep black dress. Her figure was ripe and fiery, with full bosoms, a plump bottom, a slender waist, and her three thousand strands of black hair pinned up, revealing a gorgeously delicate face.
Two strands of hair beside her cheeks gently brushed her face in the breeze, adding a touch of alluring charm. She was the kind of noblewoman who rivaled natural disasters in beauty.
Deng Tianyu had already learned from his Shizun that this noblewoman, ripe as a peach, was the Sect Master’s Wife of the Spirit Treasure Sect—Qu Qirong!
The former Spirit Treasure Sect wasn’t called the Spirit Treasure Sect. It was the result of a merger between two powerful forces: the Tongbao Merchant Guild and the Mysterious Spirit Sect.
Through a strong alliance, the Spirit Treasure Sect was formed.
To maintain the relationship between the two forces, Qu Qirong, belonging to the Tongbao Merchant Guild faction, became a sacrificial pawn and was betrothed to the Sect Master of the Spirit Treasure Sect, who belonged to the Mysterious Spirit Sect faction.
Yet, shockingly, before she could marry into the family, that Sect Master had already died in an ancient Secret Realm. Even so, Qu Qirong was still labeled the “Sect Master’s Wife.” This, perhaps, was the tragedy of being born into such a large family.
At this moment, the mature noblewoman Qu Qirong waved her hand at the attendants on both sides.
“Yes!” The attendants bowed respectfully and withdrew with bowed heads.
“And this is?” Qu Qirong’s gaze lingered on Ning Wan for a moment before falling on Deng Tianyu.
Ning Wan said flatly, “This Seat’s disciple, Deng Tianyu!”
Qu Qirong nodded and withdrew her gaze, asking, “May I ask what brings Sect Master Ning to the Spirit Treasure Pavilion today?”
Ning Wan didn’t beat around the bush and went straight to the point. “The Purple Cloud Sect introduced a new style of Dharma Robe yesterday. This Seat wishes to discuss cooperation.”
“Is it the ‘Unyielding Devotion’ set?” Qu Qirong asked with interest.
The fashion wave caused by the Dharma Robes in An City yesterday had already spread like wildfire, so she naturally knew about it.
“Precisely.”
“How does Sect Master Ning wish to cooperate?”
Ning Wan parted her red lips and said, “This Seat will provide the design to you. You will refine and sell it yourselves, and my Purple Cloud Sect will take a corresponding share of the profits.”
“Then why should I not simply imitate ‘Unyielding Devotion’ and take all the profits entirely for the Spirit Treasure Pavilion?” Qu Qirong countered.
Deng Tianyu smiled slightly. “With the Spirit Treasure Pavilion’s financial power, you could indeed do that. But that would be nothing more than petty profit.”
“How so?” Qu Qirong’s eyes fell on him again.
He was an exceptionally good-looking youth. In her memory, no man had ever possessed such striking features as him.
