“It’s better if she doesn’t sell it; her stuff is obviously fake.” The body cultivator didn’t leave; he followed them, appearing very sociable, and told Fang Ruotang about some of the unspoken rules of this trading market.

Fang Ruotang's eyes lit up, and she looked at him with a hint of joy.

He seems quite capable in combat and knows a lot. What do you think about recruiting him into our sect?

"It depends on whether he belongs to a sect. If he's a rogue cultivator, it's easier to talk about, but if he has a lineage, he definitely won't agree." The little mirror said as it went to look for the answer in the Mirror of Recall.

He had a master, and both of them were independent cultivators. He was an orphan his master found in a mortal city. Oh no! Something's happened to his master.

Fang Ruotang blinked, looking at the male body cultivator whose name she had just learned with pity.

“Wu Yang, your master discovered a mysterious cave in the Valley of Extinction, which contains many cultivation resources and treasures, as well as a Heaven-rank demon beast, the Candle Yin Serpent King.”

Wu Yang's strong features froze instantly, and he forced a smile, saying, "Don't joke around. This is not funny at all. My master is terrified of death. Why would he go to such a dangerous place as the Valley of Extinction?"

"I'm the most accurate fortune teller, I've never been wrong! You'd better call for reinforcements to save your master, otherwise, I'm afraid your master won't last much longer, his defensive weapons have already been broken."

Wu Yang's face changed color completely, his previous kind and friendly demeanor gone. He was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan. "A Heavenly Rank demonic beast, and the Candle Yin Serpent King at that! Who should I turn to? Who can save my master?"

"Look for him!" Fang Ruotang pointed at Qin Fen.

"Although your master discovered the cave and the opportunity belongs to him, he clearly can't handle such a large treasure. And since someone in the Qin family can deal with the Candle Yin Serpent King, wouldn't it be better to cooperate with the Qin family?"

"My lord, why aren't you going? Don't you want those treasures?"

I'm afraid of snakes!

Fang Ruotang is very honest.

Little Mirror: ...

What a simple and unpretentious reason.

Exactly, when have adults ever been afraid of snakes?

In this life, a newly cultivated 'weakness'?

How strange, adults can have things they're afraid of.

"Master Qin, can you make the decision? Can you organize a team to rescue my master? I promise that as long as my master survives, everything in the secret cave is yours, and my master and I will not want anything."

Qin Fen was somewhat tempted, but more than that, he felt conflicted.

You really believed that?

“It concerns my master, why wouldn’t I believe it? Even if I believe the wrong thing, it doesn’t matter. But if it’s true, my master will lose his life.”

These words were like a blow to Qin Fen's head.

Yes!

He only has one life; what harm is there in him believing in it?

"Alright, come with me, I'll take you to see the clan chief."

After Qin Fen finished speaking, he politely inquired about Fang Ruotang.

"Sect Master Fang, would you be willing to return to the manor with us? If the clan elders ask us about some things that we can't explain clearly, we hope you can help us clarify them. For example, where exactly is this brother's master located in the Valley of Extinction?"

"Sure! Let's head back now!"

Looking at the dazzling array of things around him, Fang Ruotang didn't know what to buy. He asked the little mirror to point out the treasures he could buy, but the little mirror immediately started to belittle them, saying that everything here was trash and that buying it would just take up space in his room.

Upon returning to the Qin family home, they encountered Qin Bao'er, who was just about to come out looking for them.

Qin Bao'er looked at Fang Ruotang and her group, who were empty-handed, and wondered if they had bought things and put them in their storage bags, or if they hadn't had time to buy anything at all.

Qin Fen immediately understood her look and explained, "I ran into trouble as soon as I arrived at the market, and I didn't have time to look at many stalls before coming back."

"It's alright! The real treasures are at the auction house. I'll go with you after Sect Leader Fang has rested. Now that you're on my turf, don't stand on ceremony with me. Just tell me what you want."

“Okay!” Fang Ruotang readily agreed.

Qin Bao'er asked again, "You just said you ran into trouble, what happened?"

Qin Fen pointed at Wu Yang: "Sect Master Fang calculated that his master encountered a Heavenly Rank demonic beast and was about to perish. He wanted to ask our Qin family for help. The resources and treasures his master discovered in the secret cave this time are the reward he is giving them."

"You can read faces?"

"Yes! Extremely accurate."

Fang Ruotang nodded, her face full of pride.

As Qin Bao'er led the group toward the main hall of the Qin family, she asked curiously, "Does your Tianyi Sect and Tianji Sect have any connection?"

"No, I'm better than them." Fang Ruotang glanced at Qin Bao'er's skeptical expression.

"I can also read your fortune." After saying that, Fang Ruotang saw Qin Bao'er's past and future in the small mirror, and... everything went smoothly, so smoothly that she couldn't find anything to say about it.

"That's great. You and Situ Han will become Daoist partners in the future, and the two of you will work together to make progress. Under your leadership, the Qin family will also take another step forward."

Qin Bao'er looked complicated. The words were nice, and she liked to hear them, but they sounded so fake! In the end, not a single thing of substance was mentioned.

"Well... thank you for your kind words."

Qin Bao'er didn't know what to say.

When the group arrived at the main hall, the Qin clan chief and several elders were already there. After all, they had just met Qin Bao'er and were still in the midst of their conversation when the central figure of their discussion, Sect Master Fang of the Tianyi Sect, made his appearance.

Even though Qin Bao'er had already told them beforehand that Sect Master Fang had a youthful face, they were still stunned when they saw him with their own eyes. Judging from his bone age, he was only a teenager, yet he had become the leader of a sect.

Even the most famous geniuses in the Cloud Deep Continent have never achieved such a feat.

"Sect Master Fang, welcome, welcome. I've already heard from my daughter that she achieved her Core Formation thanks to your help. These days, Sect Master Fang, just enjoy yourself in Mengxi City. Feel free to make any requests to my daughter, and we'll try our best to fulfill them."

The Qin clan chief spoke kindly, but his eyes were sharp as he scrutinized Fang Ruotang. Just as his daughter had said, he couldn't discern any cultivation level. He then used his divine sense to ask several elders in the clan, but none of them could see through Fang Ruotang.

In the eyes of the Qin family patriarch and elders, Fang Ruotang had used a magic weapon to conceal her cultivation level, although they could not currently identify what kind of magic weapon it was.

“Okay, thank you! But his matter is more important.” Fang Ruotang pointed to Wu Yang and thoughtfully told him about his master’s situation, adding, “In the secret cave, there is a material that your ancestor has been searching for but has not found.”

The Qin family patriarch and elders looked at Fang Ruotang warily.

No one knew that the Qin family patriarch's cultivation had encountered a problem.

Even within the Qin family, very few people knew about this, so how could the person in front of them possibly know?

The old men of the Qin family exchanged glances, then positioned themselves to surround Fang Ruotang and her group.

Gu Yanjin stepped forward and pulled Fang Ruotang behind him.

He asked coldly, "Is this the kind of hospitality that Chief Qin and the elders just mentioned?"

Fang Ruotang was suddenly surrounded and didn't know what was going on. Only after hearing Gu Yanjin's words did she understand. She asked in surprise, "No way! You guys are stupid enough to try to kill me to cover it up?"