"What reason?" Yao Ling looked at Xun Er expectantly.
"The reason—hasn't Big Brother Xiao Ting already written it in the Journal?" Xun Er answered softly. "He wants to train Pill Tower's Cao Ying and give your Yao Clan a little shock."
"Whether this Cao Ying can shock you is hard to say, but with Big Brother Xiao Ting's current growth speed, by the time of the Pill Tower Grand Meeting, he'll probably already be able to refine ninth-grade pills."
"With Big Brother Xiao Ting's outwardly lazy and carefree appearance but actually going all-out in everything he does, he will definitely become famous across the Central Plains by then."
"A peerless genius without special bloodline who, at around twenty-five years old, possesses a Heavenly State soul and can refine ninth-grade pills, and who also has countless ties to the Yao Clan's abandoned disciple—at that time, it would be perfectly natural for you to appear out of curiosity to probe him."
Yao Ling had to admit that the plan Xun Er gave was indeed reliable.
"But in that case, wouldn't it be seven years before I can meet Xiao Ting?" Yao Ling felt the time was too long; she was already falling far behind the other women.
"Indeed, seven years is a bit long." Xun Er's book-flipping motion paused. After a moment of thought, she said, "The family has been urging me to return. I plan to delay for another three years before going back."
"It's not suitable for anyone else to appear around Big Brother Xiao Ting in seemingly reasonable ways in the Jia Ma Empire or the Black-Corner Region."
At this point, Xun Er suddenly looked up at Yao Ling. "Actually, I have a method that would allow you to meet Big Brother Xiao Ting at roughly the same time as Sister Huo Zhi. It would just require making your brother suffer a bit."
"What method?" Yao Ling felt that as long as the plan was truly feasible, making Yao Tian sacrifice a little was nothing.
Yao Lao had been wrongly accused by Yao Wangui of the Yao Clan and had suffered for so many years.
As long as her Yao Lao could become friends with Xiao Ting, the future would be bright. Yao Tian suffering a little grievance didn't matter.
"Let Yao Tian go to the Yan Clan to propose marriage, saying he wants to marry Sister Huo Zhi." Xun Er gave her suggestion. "Then when Sister Huo Zhi comes to the Black-Corner Region and meets me, you and Yao Tian will have a suitable reason to come over."
The women: ???
"This is indeed a method." Yao Ling said, moved.
"Also consider my opinion." Huo Zhi showed a speechless expression and instead suggested, "If we're talking about something reasonable, wouldn't it be better to let Yao Tian propose to the Gu Clan?"
"Hehe." Xun Er smiled faintly and spoke in a calm tone that struck the heart: "I only want Yao Tian to suffer a little. Sister Huo Zhi, you directly want Yao Tian's life."
"I didn't mean that." Huo Zhi immediately denied.
"How is that not what you meant?" Medusa's lips curved slightly, her tone playful. "If Xiao Ting learns of this, then Yao Tian would have a path to death. Proposing to you would at most make him suffer a bit on your side."
"That's not necessarily true." Huo Zhi immediately retorted. "It's not only Xun Er who can make Xiao Ting eat soft rice. If I develop mutual feelings with him later, Yao Tian would still have a path to death."
The women were somewhat surprised that Huo Zhi could say such a thing, but they could also understand.
As a descendant of an ancient clan, even if not for herself but for the Yan Clan, it was normal for Huo Zhi to have such thoughts.
"In short, I've already given the method. How exactly to operate it is up to you to decide." Xun Er's beautiful eyes moved as she began to issue the order to leave. "Sister Huo Zhi, it's about time for you to go."
"Sister Yao Ling as well—Big Brother Xiao Ting will be here soon."
Both Huo Zhi and Yao Ling had high soul states, so they naturally sensed that fluctuation as well. They immediately stood up and took their leave.
After the two left, Xun Er turned to Yun Yun: "Sister Yun Yun, aren't you leaving yet?"
"I will leave, but there's one more thing to say." Yun Yun looked at Queen Medusa. "Sister Medusa, you don't mind acting in a little play with me, do you?"
Queen Medusa raised an eyebrow: "This Queen's appearance fee isn't cheap."
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Boom!
When Xiao Ting walked into Xun Er's courtyard, he heard an explosive sound.
Immediately after, he saw Yun Yun's figure appear in the sky, with Queen Medusa following behind. The two flew toward the high sky with Battle Qi wings.
"Xun Er, what's going on?" Xiao Ting quickly walked into the courtyard. After finding Xun Er and breathing a sigh of relief, he asked, "Why is Queen Medusa fighting with Yun Yun?"
"Sister Medusa found a sixth-tier spiritual medicine in the Magic Beast Mountain Range and fought a sixth-tier magic beast for it. Yun Yun from the Misty Cloud Sect sensed Sister Medusa's aura and secretly followed. She was discovered by Sister Medusa, and the two started fighting." Xun Er recited the script Yun Yun had prepared.
The plot was very simple, yet it was indeed reasonable, so there was nothing particularly surprising about it.
Most importantly, it wasn't entirely a lie. There really was a sixth-tier spiritual medicine guarded by a sixth-tier magic beast. It was just that Yun Yun had discovered it first. She couldn't beat it alone, so she came to invite Queen Medusa to join forces.
That sixth-tier spiritual medicine was no ordinary one—it was the Body Transformation Grass, one of the main materials for refining a seventh-grade pill that enables shape-shifting.
Medusa said she wanted this grass. Yun Yun hadn't refused, but she required Medusa to help her act out the play afterward.
"Do you know what kind of spiritual medicine it is?" Xiao Ting asked curiously.
"Sister Medusa said it's Body Transformation Grass. Otherwise, she wouldn't have fought to seize it." Xun Er answered gently.
"Queen Medusa's luck is really good." Xiao Ting sighed.
Afterward, he wrote the matter into the Journal.
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[Yun Yun is only a Three-Star Dou Emperor.]
[She dares to fight the Amethyst Winged Lion King, a mid-sixth-tier beast comparable to a mid-level Dou Emperor, and on its own territory no less.]
[Now she even dares to fight Queen Medusa, who is at the peak of Dou Emperor.]
[I'm starting to admire her courage.]
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The women: "..."
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[Xun Er]: Sister Yun Yun, admirable.
[Little Fairy Doctor]: Admirable.
[Medusa]: You're so brave.
[Yun Yun]: You all know the reason. Do you really need to tease me like this?
[Qing Lin]: Then, Sister Yun Yun, what was your mindset when you challenged the Amethyst Winged Lion King?
[Yun Yun]: I guess I just wanted her to think I wasn't easy to provoke, so she would be wary and choose to trade the Purple Spirit Crystal with me. But later it got out of control.
[Huo Zhi]: Yun Yun, guess what my aunt discovered inside your Misty Cloud Sect's Life-and-Death Gate?
[Yun Yun]: What!?
[Huo Zhi]: The remnant soul of Yun Potian. He used a special method to converse inside the Life-and-Death Gate. Do you want me to teach you the hand seal method?
[Yun Yun]: Please, by all means, teach me.
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"I didn't expect such a pleasant surprise." A smile bloomed on Yun Yun's elegant and peerlessly beautiful face.
If she could see Yun Potian, she could give her teacher a heavy blow.
Hall of Souls?
Get lost from this sect.
"Your own ancestor's remnant soul, and you're actually happy that someone else has to teach you the method to see him." Medusa crossed her arms, speaking with clear disdain.
Yun Yun's expression didn't change as she smiled and countered: "That's the method of a Seven-Star Dou Saint. If someone could see a Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, what would you say?"
Medusa's expression froze, then she nodded slightly: "Then I'd even be willing to call her sister."
Yun Yun: ???
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