"How dare you spout such nonsense, young lady? Even the Taoist immortals say I can live to be a hundred years old, and you dare to say I'm not a long-lived person? Believe me or not, I'll smash up your business!"

"Go ahead and try!" Ye Xianya sneered.

She wouldn't go easy on someone who was looking for trouble.

Moreover, this man had ill intentions from the very beginning when he asked her to tell his fortune. Seeing that she was a young and beautiful girl, he deliberately wanted to tease her.

Ye Xianya waved her hand, and the man instantly felt an invisible force crashing into him. He lost his balance, stumbled back a few steps, and fell heavily to the ground.

He refused to believe it and got up and rushed over again, but this time he fell even harder.

After trying three times in a row, the man touched his bottom, which had almost been bruised from the fall, and limped away.

Before leaving, he threatened, "You just wait, you little brat, I'll make you regret it."

Ye Xianya sneered and secretly formed several hand seals with her hands.

The man hadn't gone far when he tripped and fell flat on his face, hitting his head hard on the ground and passing out.

Ye Xianya curled her lip upon seeing this.

Those who cultivate themselves believe in cause and effect, and that accumulating virtue and doing good deeds can help them go further and more smoothly on the path of cultivation.

But she has no intention of becoming an immortal in this lifetime. Cultivation is just a way for her to become stronger and live a peaceful life.

Doing good deeds and such? It all depends on my mood.

Even if it harms her own virtue, she would still teach such an oddball a lesson.

Otherwise, life would be so stifling!

She's determined to live a carefree and unrestrained life, and she'll beat up anyone who dares to mess with her.

"Miss, I'd like my fortune told!" A young woman sat down in the chair in front of Ye Xianya, put down ten coins, and said with a smile.

Ye Xianya smiled and nodded.

Tsk tsk tsk...

Another marriage fortune teller has arrived!

It turns out that people in the capital like to calculate this.

"Young lady, you're already engaged, why do you still need to consult on your marriage?" Ye Xianya really wanted to roll her eyes. Why was someone trying to trick her again?

“I… I don’t want to marry him anymore. Can we break off the engagement?” The girl said with red eyes, “He has someone he likes. I ran into him while I was shopping yesterday. I saw that he bought a gold hairpin and thought he was giving it to me. But he hid it in his sleeve, as if he was afraid I would see it. The gold hairpin looks like something a young girl would use. It couldn’t possibly be a gift for his mother. If I marry him, I’ll definitely have a hard time for the rest of my life.”

“He works as a shop assistant for someone else. He’s lucky if he can save enough money in a year to buy a gold hairpin. How could he possibly spend a year’s savings on a hairpin for some random woman? If I marry him… how will I live my life?” The girl finished speaking and tears streamed down her face.

Ye Xianya: "..."

She's just a fortune teller!

How do you know he doesn't have you in his heart if you haven't asked him?

“Next month is your birthday, and this hairpin was bought as a gift for you. The reason he kept it hidden from you is to surprise you. If you don’t believe me, you can ask him, or wait until next month, and everything will be clear,” Ye Xianya said.

The girl's eyes widened upon hearing this: "Really?"

Ye Xianya nodded.

"That's wonderful!" The girl stopped crying and smiled, then happily walked away.

The onlookers immediately burst into laughter.

"Master, I'd like to ask whether my eldest daughter's baby will be a boy or a girl..."

...

Not far away, Qi Chengshuo watched Ye Xianya busy at work and smiled. He said to the servant beside him, "Set up the tent we brought for Miss Ye."

Although it's not so hot in autumn, the sun can still get quite scorching as it gets higher.

No matter how amazing Ye Xianya is, she's still a delicate young girl; we mustn't let her get sunburned.

Besides the shed, he also brought food for Ye Xianya, which he had specially prepared at the behest of the cooks in the manor.

I must say, the chefs at the Prince's Mansion were truly exceptional; the food was absolutely delicious.

After eating the food Qi Chengshuo brought, Ye Xianya performed divination for the group and then prepared to pack up and head home.

"You didn't go back until after 3 PM yesterday, your first time setting up a stall. Why are you going back so early today?" Qi Chengshuo said with a smile.

It's only early afternoon.

Ye Xianya did not press him on how he knew she had closed her stall after 3 PM yesterday. She simply said, "I have some things to take care of at home today, so I need to go back early to avoid my family suffering losses."

After Ye Xianya finished speaking, she reached out to help Furong carry her things.

She had just asked Furong to buy a lot of fabric.

However, before she could even make a move, the servant Qi Chengshuo brought had already carried the two packages away.

"Our carriage is just ahead. I'm going to see Uncle Jiu anyway, let's go together."

Ye Xianya did not refuse and got into the carriage with Qi Chengshuo.

An ordinary girl would never ride in the same car with a man outside, even if Qi Chengshuo is now her nominal cousin.

But Ye Xianya is different. In her previous life, she cultivated Taoism. There weren't so many rules in the Taiyi Sect. When she was young, she and her senior brothers and sisters went down the mountain to slay demons and monsters. They not only rode in the same carriage, but also lived in the same room for safety reasons.

"How are things going at your residence?" Ye Xianya asked, fiddling with the copper coin magic item in her hand.

“My second uncle vehemently denied it, insisting that the bronze ghost mask had nothing to do with him.” This matter was deduced by Ye Xianya, and Qi Chengshuo had no evidence.

The high monk who gave the bronze mask to his grandfather passed away last month.

In other words, the dead have no way to testify.

“Grandfather originally intended to confine him to his quarters and investigate the matter thoroughly, but my second uncle is the commander of the Shenfeng Guard, a third-rank official, responsible for night patrols. He has to go to the yamen to be on duty. As long as he is not sent to see the officials, he cannot be confined to his quarters. Grandfather had no choice but to send people to continue investigating the matter first,” Qi Chengshuo said in a low voice.

Ye Xianya frowned deeply upon hearing this.

"I went to the palace today to see the Emperor and reported this matter." He had kept this from his grandfather.

My grandfather had only two sons. The eldest son was dead, leaving only the second son. He would not betray his own son for the greater good without evidence.

Qi Chengshuo didn't care about any of that.

My second uncle had always coveted the title and had made things difficult for him both openly and secretly.

If you're not ruthless, he'll be the one who dies in the end.

"My second uncle's position as commander of the Divine Vanguard should be his last. By the way... I also submitted a memorial regarding the Cloud Palace. The Emperor said that he will invite people from other Taoist sects to the palace to discuss this matter another day."

The two spoke in hushed tones, and before long, the carriage arrived at the Ye family's gate.

Ye Xianya and Qi Chengshuo got off the carriage and found that there was a very luxurious carriage parked in front of their house, with many people standing outside.

These people did not know Ye Xianya, but they knew Qi Chengshuo.

"Greetings, Prince Duan!" Everyone quickly bowed.

Qi Chengshuo raised his hand and said to Ye Xianya, "These are people from the Kang Prince's Mansion."

During her lunch today, Ye Xianya casually consulted a divination. The divination indicated that the Ye family would encounter some trouble today, which is why she returned home early.

Unexpectedly, it was people from the Kang Prince's Mansion who came.