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Si Qian, Ke Taihang, and Song Ziyan, upon hearing the news, all wore eager expressions.
They had even planned to gather enough spirit stones, knowing that whoever became the core disciple first would have the opportunity to buy a mountain peak. Perhaps today would be a great opportunity to make a large sum of spirit stones!
“Junior Sister Ye, come and try your luck with the source stones!” Si Qian excitedly called to Ye Qingning, who happily bounced over to the pile of source stones.
Ye Qingning didn’t join the group picking source stones. Instead, she took out her spirit jade slip and posted a message on the sect’s hot news board.
[AAAA for sale: Thunder-blocking pills for others (Price by private message, bulk orders discounted)! Ding! Freshly baked Moonlight Crystals! Best for weapon forging! Report location, priority for those nearby, discounted price, limited stock, hurry up and grab it!]
System: Reminder: [Ningning, your name is too easy to reveal your identity. You’re the only one with a thunder root in the cultivation world. If the Ye family sees this message, they’ll immediately recognize you.]
Ye Qingning shot the system a reassuring glance.
Firstly, she didn’t specify a location for the transaction. She just asked others to report their positions, and since the Ye family hadn’t installed a radar on her, how could they pinpoint her exact location?
Secondly, no battles were allowed in Lingxu City; if anyone caused trouble, the powerful figures stationed there would intervene. Even the Ye family or the Four Major Sects wouldn’t dare cause any disturbances.
Moreover, outside the city were major teleportation points. As long as she could get to the teleportation point leading to Eastern Zhou Penglai, even if the Ye family tried to chase her, she could safely return to Penglai.
On top of that, she had invisibility charms and random teleportation charms she had drawn previously.
With random teleportation within a 100-mile radius, even if the Ye family surrounded the Penglai Eastern Zhou teleportation point, she could instantly teleport to another place.
Unless she was unlucky and teleported randomly just a few steps away, she could always use another charm. It was rare to be that unlucky.
Besides, she had intentionally sent the message to show her name. After all, how could she do business and accept orders to block lightning for others if she didn’t advertise? This lifetime, she wasn’t here to be a turtle hiding its head.
If the Ye family wanted to catch her, they could try—let’s see if they could catch her first or if she could run faster.
As soon as the message was sent, the number of friend requests rapidly increased from 1 to 99+!
Although she had changed her name before, it wasn’t as if she had posted any messages on the spirit jade slip before. This time, after sending the message, friend requests exploded.
After all, what cultivator above the Golden Core stage wouldn’t need to undergo the thunder tribulation? Unless they stayed stuck at the Golden Core stage forever.
She added them all, thinking they might come in handy one day. It was better to be prepared.
Ye Qingning was about to add friends when suddenly one name caught her eye.
The system, watching her like a net-addicted teen, saw an especially familiar name—Xie Jibai.
In her previous life, Xie Jibai had the same name, and it was easy to recognize.
Ye Qingning didn’t expect Xie Jibai to add her as a friend. He was a sword cultivator, not a weapon cultivator, so why would he want the Moonlight Crystal? Was he planning to ask her to block lightning again?
If that was the case, she would refuse. She had already helped him block enough lightning in her past life. She didn’t want anything to do with him in this life.
Just as she was about to refuse, she saw that Xie Jibai had attached a message along with his friend request.
The message contained only two words: “Senior Sister.”
The system was stunned, staring at the words “Senior Sister” as if it wanted to gouge its eyes out. After a long pause, it finally managed to speak.
System: [Ningning! Xie Jibai… he remembered his past life!]
Ye Qingning was also shocked. It was clear that “Senior Sister” wasn’t a random comment from Xie Jibai.
Because she was the only one with a thunder root in the cultivation world, he had remembered their past lives, recognized her by her name on the spirit jade slip, and added her as a friend.
She hadn’t expected that not only Ye Hanyu had remembered, but now even Xie Jibai had memories of their past life. What a lively situation!
Suddenly, she understood why, when she had left Yunshan Secret Realm, Xie Jibai had looked at her with such a resentful expression.
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He must have unexpectedly remembered his past life in the Yunshan Secret Realm.
Now, without her as his “golden finger,” he felt the difference. Without the Star Ring, how could he not feel bitter?
The two words “Senior Sister” confirmed that he had concluded she retained memories of her past life. After all, she wasn’t the same person who had entered the Falling Cloud Sect in this life.
Now that he had added her as a friend and called her “Senior Sister,” it was clear that he thought losing her as a “golden finger” was a huge loss.
This dog man, always weighing the pros and cons.
Ye Qingning rejected the friend request without hesitation, slapping Xie Jibai in the face.
She much preferred being called “Junior Sister” now; being hailed as Senior Sister by everyone felt uncomfortable. Let that crazy woman be his Senior Sister in this life.
Without the mission to woo him, she didn’t want anything to do with him in this life.
After rejecting Xie Jibai’s friend request, Ye Qingning approved the other requests one by one, grumbling about how the spirit jade slip didn’t have a one-click add function, as her hand was getting sore from adding so many friends.
Just from this many friend requests, she felt that she was going to receive a lot of orders in the future!
The system also helped out, reminding her.
System: [Ningning, look at this message! This person says he’s at Lingxu City, Three Sons Alley. He’s asking if you’re nearby. He wants to trade with you.]
It wasn’t surprising that someone was at Three Sons Alley.
She had come to Three Sons Alley precisely because most of the source stones here came from spiritual veins or mines, which mostly yielded crystals and other materials useful for forging weapons.
So, not only were there people opening source stones here, but also many weapon cultivators who would stay here, waiting for others to open the materials they needed for forging.
Once someone opened a material they needed, it would be cheaper than buying from the shops in the city.
The Moonlight Crystal was a rare material for weapon forging, so she guessed that some weapon cultivator in Three Sons Alley might need it.
She replied: “I’m also at Three Sons Alley, prioritizing the trade.”
As soon as the message was sent, she heard someone shout in Three Sons Alley.
“Who’s selling the Moonlight Crystals? I’ll take them all! All of them!”
Ye Qingning looked toward the voice and saw a male cultivator in a light blue robe. The hems and cuffs were embroidered with exquisite golden lotus patterns, gleaming with light. It was unmistakably the uniform of a direct disciple of the Yuling Sect.
A direct disciple, and a weapon cultivator, undoubtedly a wealthy man.
It was well known that the wealthiest cultivators in the cultivation world were weapon cultivators, talisman cultivators, and formation cultivators.
“You want the Moonlight Crystal? Let me show you its quality first.” Ye Qingning, seeing Si Qian and the others still busy with the source stones, walked up to the male cultivator and handed him a Moonlight Crystal.
The male cultivator was stunned, mesmerized by her beauty. They say that female cultivators from the Yuling Sect were all incredibly beautiful, far surpassing those from other sects, but now, seeing this woman from another sect, he realized how much he had been deceived. There were even more stunning women in other sects.
He quickly looked away and accepted the Moonlight Crystal, examining it carefully.
The crystal was clear and translucent, emitting a faint white glow, like moonlight cascading down—gentle yet bright, cool to the touch, with a smooth texture.
The male weapon cultivator closed his eyes to feel it, immediately sensing a refreshing energy that made him feel more alert.
His heart leapt. “This Moonlight Crystal is top-quality! How much do you have? What’s the price? I’ll buy it all!”
Mini Theater:
Xie Jibai: “Senior Sister, why won’t you add me? I know I was wrong (ಥ_ಥ). I regret it (ㄒoㄒ).”
Ye Qingning: One-word poem—”Climb” (▼へ▼メ)