“Cha Cha, be good, that’s your spirit stone. You can lend it to whoever you want.” Shao Yumiao comforted Song Cha, “Long Aotian wants to borrow your spirit stone, you shouldn’t lend it to him in the first place.” “
“But… but I was afraid that if I didn’t lend him the spirit stone, he would hate me. So, I did something I shouldn’t have.” Tears flowed from Song Cha’s eyes, “I told Long Aotian that I couldn’t lend him the spirit stone because I had given it to you.”
“Pretty sister, I lied, is that too bad?”
“Cha Cha is not bad.” Seeing Song Cha cry, Shao Yumiao became even more flustered, “Cha Cha, don’t cry, you lied because you had no choice. Besides, Cha Cha is so good, even if you lied, you’re still the best Cha Cha.”
“But…” Song Cha wanted to say something, but a tear fell to the corner of her lips, stopping her from speaking further.
“Cha Cha, be good, don’t think about this anymore.” Shao Yumiao took a handkerchief and began to wipe away Song Cha’s tears.
After wiping away Song Cha’s tears, Shao Yumiao let Song Cha bury herself in her embrace, “Cha Cha, don’t be sad.”
Song Cha sobbed, finally nodding her head.
Feeling Song Cha nod in her embrace, Shao Yumiao finally breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.
It was already afternoon.
Under other circumstances, if Song Cha came to her like this, Shao Yumiao would likely send Song Cha back.
But now, seeing Song Cha cry like this, feeling both sad and guilty, Shao Yumiao didn’t dare to send Song Cha back directly.
She simply picked up Song Cha and walked towards the yard.
There was an empty room in her yard, she simply let Song Cha sleep next door for a while.
Shao Yumiao carried Song Cha to the next room, placing Song Cha on the bed: “Cha Cha, you sleep first, everything will be over when you wake up.”
“I… I can’t sleep.” Song Cha, lying on the bed, looked at Shao Yumiao with red eyes.
Seeing Song Cha like this, Shao Yumiao’s heart softened.
“Be good, Cha Cha, go to sleep.” Shao Yumiao gently patted Song Cha’s back.
Perhaps it was Shao Yumiao’s patting that was too comforting, or maybe her voice was exceptionally gentle, under her patting, Song Cha fell into a deep sleep.
Seeing Song Cha asleep, Shao Yumiao let out a sigh of relief.
Finally, Shao Yumiao could leave with peace of mind.
Now, she had to deal with Long Aotian’s issue.
Song Cha was already crying out of self-blame, all of this was Long Aotian’s fault.
Thinking this, Shao Yumiao headed towards the door.
But just as Shao Yumiao stepped out of Song Cha’s room, the courtyard’s main gate was already being knocked on.
Hearing the knock, Shao Yumiao’s brows furrowed instantly.
Such loud knocking, what if it wakes Song Cha up?
Thinking this, Shao Yumiao glanced back at Song Cha’s room, and only after making sure Song Cha wasn’t woken up, did she let out a sigh of relief in her heart.
To prevent further knocking from waking Song Cha, Shao Yumiao quickly went to the gate and opened it.
Standing outside was a man, broad-shouldered and with a handsome face.
The moment she opened the gate, Shao Yumiao recognized the man as Long Aotian, the one who made Song Cha cry.
Shao Yumiao stepped out of the courtyard and closed the gate behind her.
“Long Aotian?” This wasn’t a question but a statement.
Shao Yumiao was truly beautiful, with delicate features and a cold, distinguished aura.
Most women in the cultivation world were delicate, charming, fiery, or graceful. But very few had an aura as cold and distinguished as ice and snow.
Such a rare aura, Long Aotian had never seen before. Coupled with Shao Yumiao’s frost-like demeanor, it made Long Aotian’s heart stir slightly upon seeing her.
“Immortal Shao Yumiao.” Having seen the Golden Core stage competition, Long Aotian was now familiar with Shao Yumiao’s name.
Long Aotian tried to appear as polite as possible, “I have some matters to discuss with you.”
Shao Yumiao frowned, she hadn’t even started trouble with Long Aotian, and now Long Aotian had come to her first.
She had never encountered such a situation before.
If it were anyone else, Shao Yumiao wouldn’t listen to a word. But because Long Aotian had some connection with Song Cha, Shao Yumiao wanted to know what Long Aotian intended to do after making Song Cha cry, so she nodded, signaling Long Aotian to speak first.
If he said something unpleasant, she could teach him a harsher lesson later.
“Immortal Shao Yumiao, I’ve come for the top-grade spirit stones,” Long Aotian looked at Shao Yumiao, “It was Immortal Song Cha who asked me to fetch them. Although Immortal Song Cha won the victory because you let her, the one who ultimately won and received the prize was Immortal Song Cha, wasn’t it?”
Shao Yumiao: “……”
Hearing Long Aotian’s words, Shao Yumiao couldn’t help but frown.
And seeing Shao Yumiao frown, Long Aotian started to feel a bit anxious.
Previously, when Long Aotian asked Song Cha for the spirit stones, and Song Cha said they were given to Shao Yumiao, Long Aotian didn’t pursue the matter further. He even felt a bit of pity for Song Cha’s beautiful and pitiful appearance.
But after going back, the more Long Aotian thought about it, the more unwilling he felt.
He wanted to quickly improve his cultivation and become a strong person.
And even though it was Song Cha who won the victory, even if it was because Shao Yumiao let her win. But a win is a win, why should Shao Yumiao take the prize after letting Song Cha win!
Shao Yumiao won second place and had already taken one prize, and now she took two prizes, isn’t it that she took both prizes?
Or is it because she wanted to take an extra prize, that Shao Yumiao did such a thing?
Long Aotian felt disgusted.
This person named Shao Yumiao, her greed was too ugly.
“Immortal Shao Yumiao, why aren’t you speaking?” Seeing Shao Yumiao silent, Long Aotian felt even more that Shao Yumiao had a bad character.
No matter how beautiful, she was greedy for money and materialistic.
“Is this what you came to me for?” Shao Yumiao confirmed.
Long Aotian frowned: “What do you mean is this what I came for, this is a serious matter.”
Shao Yumiao: “……”
Alright, it seems there are no other matters then.
“Decisive battle.” Shao Yumiao drew her sword, “As long as you can defeat me, I will give you the top-grade spirit stone.”
“Defeat you?” Long Aotian looked at Shao Yumiao incredulously, “You are at the peak of the Golden Core stage, and I’m just at the Qi training stage, how could I possibly defeat you? Are you deliberately not wanting to give me the top-grade spirit stone, is that why you’re saying this?”
Shao Yumiao: “……”
Shao Yumiao had seen shameless people before, but this was the first time she encountered someone shameless to this extent.
But that didn’t matter anymore.
Since Long Aotian made Song Cha cry and even came to her under Song Cha’s name to ask for the top-grade spirit stone, he had to pay the price.
Dozens of sharp sword intents directly attacked Long Aotian.
The moment the sword intent hit Long Aotian, blood immediately began to flow.
“Ah!” Long Aotian couldn’t help but let out a scream.
But that was all he could do – scream.
As he screamed, those sword intents continued to attack Long Aotian.
However, Shao Yumiao did not use her full strength in these attacks, instead opting for a slower method that caused pain.
Shao Yumiao stood there for half an hour, and Long Aotian screamed for half an hour.
When Shao Yumiao left, only Long Aotian remained, covered in wounds.
Shao Yumiao took another look at Long Aotian, feeling that these wounds were far from enough to avenge the tears of Song Cha.
But the current Long Aotian could no longer withstand any attacks, otherwise, it might endanger his life.
If it were outside the Qingfeng Sect, killing an outer sect disciple would not be a concern. But now, inside the Qingfeng Sect, injuring a disciple of the Qingfeng Sect was enough. Killing an outer sect disciple would be akin to slapping the face of the Qingfeng Sect.
Although Shao Yumiao had nothing to fear, after all, Song Cha was still in the Qingfeng Sect, and she did not want to sour relations with the Qingfeng Sect too severely.
After defeating Long Aotian, Shao Yumiao returned to the courtyard. She approached Song Cha’s room and, sensing no movement inside and assuming Song Cha had not yet awakened, finally let out a sigh of relief in her heart. To prevent any further trouble from Long Aotian outside, Shao Yumiao simply stood at Song Cha’s door, guarding it. She guarded the door all night long.
The next day, as dawn broke, Song Cha finally woke up from her sleep. Perhaps because Shao Yumiao had comforted her the day before, Song Cha had a very good night’s sleep.
Pushing the door open, Song Cha saw Shao Yumiao standing at the doorway. “Beautiful sister,” Song Cha called out.
“Cha Cha,” seeing Song Cha, Shao Yumiao’s eyes warmed, “You’re awake.”
“Yes. Thank you, beautiful sister, I slept very well last night,” Song Cha said, somewhat shyly looking at Shao Yumiao.
“It’s good that you slept well,” seeing that Song Cha seemed not to be sad anymore, Shao Yumiao let out a sigh of relief in her heart. “Cha Cha, do you want breakfast?” Shao Yumiao asked.
As soon as Shao Yumiao mentioned breakfast, Song Cha remembered the bland vegetarian dishes Shao Yumiao had given her. She immediately shook her head, “Beautiful sister, I don’t want to eat this morning.”
Hearing Song Cha’s words, Shao Yumiao did not bring up breakfast again. Now that Song Cha had reached the Golden Core stage, she could absorb nutrients without eating. Most importantly, Song Cha was in a bad mood yesterday, and Shao Yumiao did not want to force her, making her mood turn bad again.
Seeing that Shao Yumiao did not insist on her eating breakfast, Song Cha felt a slight relief in her heart. “Cha Cha, you’ve broken through to the Golden Core stage, let me guide you in your cultivation,” Shao Yumiao found a new topic to start on. “Okay.” Hearing it was about guiding Golden Core stage cultivation, Song Cha immediately agreed. She was very interested in cultivation.
Other things are external, in the cultivation world, becoming stronger through cultivation is the foundation of everything.
Shao Yumiao began to teach Song Cha.
Shao Yumiao’s lectures were rich in content and correctly guided, from which Song Cha benefited a lot.
Soon, it became dark again.
And the darkness meant that Song Cha had to go back.
“Beautiful sister, I have to go back to my cave dwelling,” Song Cha said.
Shao Yumiao wanted to keep Song Cha and have her stay next door. But she had no reason to, especially since Song Cha’s mentality had fully recovered after such a long time. She was a bit reluctant but still said, “Okay.”
After saying okay, Shao Yumiao couldn’t help but add, “It’s dark now, and it’s dangerous outside. I’ll walk you.”
Song Cha: “……”
Qingfeng Sect is the second largest sect in the cultivation world and wouldn’t encounter danger just because it’s dark.
But Song Cha didn’t refuse Shao Yumiao’s kindness.
She nodded, “Thank you, beautiful sister.”
With Song Cha’s agreement, Shao Yumiao opened the courtyard door and walked outside with Song Cha.
Just a few steps out, Song Cha saw a large bloodstain ahead.
It was a rather large bloodstain with crawling marks on it, which was somewhat chilling to see.
“Beautiful sister, why is there a pool of blood here?” Song Cha seemed a bit scared by the bloodstain.
Shao Yumiao also looked at the bloodstain, her tone somewhat indifferent: “It must be an injured spirit beast that ran out from the mountain, no need to bother.”
“But such a large bloodstain, the spirit beast must have been seriously injured, right?” Song Cha was somewhat worried.
“Cha Cha, dear, if you’re worried, I’ll go out and look for it tomorrow. It’s dark now, and it’s not safe on the road. You should go home first.”
“Okay.” Song Cha seemed to be frightened by the darkness, her face pale as she nodded, “Thank you, beautiful sister.”
Shao Yumiao’s courtyard was not far from Song Cha’s cave dwelling, and they arrived after a short walk.
Shao Yumiao waited until Song Cha entered her cave dwelling before she felt relieved to leave.
However, Song Cha was in a good mood when she returned to her cave dwelling.
She had cried at Shao Yumiao’s place yesterday, successfully turning the top-grade spirit stone into nothing in front of Long Aotian.
In such a situation, Long Aotian definitely couldn’t ask her for spirit stones anymore.
And maybe Long Aotian would no longer consider Shao Yumiao for his harem, which meant one less competitor for her.
Although she knew this possibility was very slim, it didn’t stop Song Cha from being happy.
Feeling good, Song Cha took out the half piece of top-grade spirit stone and began to cultivate with it.
During this cultivation, Song Cha felt the benefits of using a top-grade spirit stone.
The spiritual energy of the top-grade spirit stone was pure. Every time the spiritual energy entered, there was no need to expel the impurities from the spiritual energy, allowing for direct absorption of the spiritual energy within the stone.
Moreover, because the spiritual energy in the top-grade spirit stone was so pure, it also had the effect of nourishing the meridians.
Song Cha cultivated for the whole night, and the half piece of top-grade spirit stone did not diminish at all.
When Song Cha woke up from her cultivation, she felt refreshed and inspired.
Is this the benefit of cultivating with a top-grade spirit stone?
Song Cha walked out of her cave dwelling.
The grass outside was very green, the air fresh, refreshing to the soul.
This was something modern society did not have.
After breathing in the fresh air for a while, Song Cha prepared to treat herself.
She craved meat, braised pork, grilled meat, all kinds of meat.
But due to the continuous competitions recently, Song Cha didn’t want to cook by herself.
No, that’s not the point. The point is, Song Cha has been continuously receiving rewards recently, including top-grade spirit stones, superior spirit stones, and the spirit stone elixirs given to her by Wu Longyue.
With all these resources combined, Song Cha felt elevated, thinking she could afford some luxuries.
Song Cha had never tried the meat dishes at the Gathering Immortals Tower, so she decided to indulge herself.
After arriving at the Juxian Pavilion on her flying sword, Song Cha entered the place.
Now, Song Cha could be said to have changed beyond recognition, wearing clothes worth more than a dozen top-grade spirit stones, exuding an aura of wealth from head to toe.
Thus, as soon as Song Cha approached the counter, the shopkeeper greeted her warmly: “Fairy, would you like the main hall or a private room?”
“Private room.” Song Cha answered without hesitation, preferring a quieter place.
“Right away!” After the shopkeeper responded, he started calling a waiter: “Quickly, take this guest to a private room, the best one with a view.”
A waiter in a gray short shirt quickly came over: “Fairy, please follow me.”
Song Cha followed the waiter, moving forward.
The private rooms here were semi-enclosed, with a green curtain hanging down, looking very poetic.
The waiter led Song Cha to a green curtain private room near a counter.
After entering the private room and sitting down, the waiter brought out a menu and placed it on the table: “Fairy, what would you like?”
Song Cha looked at the menu, browsed through it, and then started ordering.
“Grilled red bird, braised pork, honey-glazed fish…” Song Cha ordered ten dishes in one breath, all meat dishes.
Seeing Song Cha ordering so many dishes for one person, the waiter was a bit surprised. He couldn’t help but ask: “Fairy, is it just you eating?”
“Yes.” Song Cha answered succinctly.
The waiter didn’t say much and quickly withdrew.
After the waiter left, a series of meat dishes began to be served.
The Juxian Pavilion truly lived up to its reputation, the aroma of the meat was tantalizing.
Song Cha couldn’t help but pick up her chopsticks and reach for a dish.
The meat smelled delicious, and it tasted even better in her mouth.
Song Cha was extremely satisfied with her meal.
However, just as Song Cha was enjoying her meal, she inadvertently glanced towards the entrance.
Outside the Juxian Pavilion, a woman in white with an extraordinary demeanor was standing there.
The woman paused at the entrance, as if pondering something, then decisively walked inside.
The moment Song Cha saw the woman, she was stunned.
By the time she came to her senses, the woman had already walked towards the counter.
And evidently, the private booth where Song Cha was sitting was on the way to the counter.
Song Cha: “……”