Fang Ruotang, a frail and unremarkable girl from the Prime Minister’s household,
one day found herself pestered by a tiny, cutesy creature called the Mirror of Reversal—
and it started ...
"We can't make that decision. Even if you kill us right here, it won't do you any good! If you really want to, you can come to the Colosseum after nightfall."
The captain of the demon-catching team spoke the truth.
Fang Ruotang looked blank and confused, and asked the little mirror.
The little mirror told her that the demon-catching team didn't have that qualification; they were only responsible for catching demons, not selling them.
"Can't you do me a favor? I can give you more spirit stones."
"..."
Is this the young lady from some immortal cultivation family, or is this her first time going out for training?
Even bribery is described in such a refined and elegant way.
But my friend, if you stand on the street and shout, even if I had the power to buy and sell captured monsters, I still wouldn't sell them to you!
The captain inwardly scoffed.
They began to question Fang Ruotang's background. Which sect leader wasn't cunning and shrewd? This person didn't look like a sect leader at all. No wonder it was a sect he had never heard of.
He's probably a fraudster.
Fang Ruotang had no idea what the demon-catching team leader was thinking. She even gently kicked him on the shoulder with her toe and asked with great patience, "Have you thought it through? Will you agree?"
"Just kill me!"
The captain simply stopped using his spiritual power to resist the pressure and lay face down on the ground, as if he had a huge rock on his back, with no room to breathe.
Fang Ruotang exclaimed, "Ah, it seems there really is no other way."
She reached into her storage bag, took out a medicinal pill, and put it into the white fox's mouth.
"I see you're injured, take your medicine first! I'll go to the arena to buy you tonight!"
The white fox's eyebrows twitched, then it looked at Fang Ruotang in disbelief.
There was still a lingering fragrance of the elixir in my mouth.
His internal injuries were rapidly healing, and even the internal injuries that had developed cracks stopped spreading. Most importantly, it seemed that he could slowly gather a little bit of demonic power on his body.
Although the demon core was damaged and the demonic power dissipated quickly after it was condensed, his body was much better than before.
"Thank you!" The white fox's lips moved slightly, almost a whisper.
Looking at his sickly and listless appearance, Fang Ruotang reached out and stroked his ear like she was patting a dog, and said with a smile, "You're welcome. I'll come to save you in a bit."
The white fox proudly tilted its head to the side, a surge of ferocity reflexively rising within it.
Fang Ruotang acted as if nothing had happened, reaching out again to grab the other person's ear. This time, he tried to dodge, but couldn't, and could only silently endure it.
Whether from anger or embarrassment, her ears gradually turned red.
"Huh!"
Fang Ruotang stared at the red skin under the hair, and was about to say something when another group of people came down the street. Judging from their clothes, they were obviously also members of the demon-catching team.
The group was large, and they surrounded Fang Ruotang and her group of five. Their formation was impressive, and it was clear that they were outnumbered and bullying each other.
Fang Ruotang glanced at the number of people and didn't take it seriously.
After all, she could summon even more people from the Tianyi Secret Realm with a wave of her hand.
"I like this white fox, can you sell it to me?"
The menacing demon-hunting team paused for a moment, and their leader said stiffly, "No, if you really like it, come to the arena."
"All right!"
After Fang Ruotang relented, Ancestor Yan Yun and the others stopped making things difficult for her.
After the aura of the Mahayana stage was withdrawn, the members of the demon-catching team were helped up, but they had some internal injuries and their complexions were not good.
"Wait for me!"
Fang Ruotang patted the white fox's head and said to the demon-catching team, "Don't hit him anymore. I'll buy him tonight. If you hit him again, I'll beat you up."
After Fang Ruotang finished speaking, she didn't care whether these people listened to her or not, and waved her hands as she went to look at the roadside stalls again.
The demon-catching team made their decision in an instant, grabbed the white fox and left immediately, without staying to entangle with Fang Ruotang and her group.
Although Black Peak City has explicit rules against killing and fighting.
But in the unseen dark corners, bloody incidents occur every day.
They were just thugs in the arena and had no intention of actually fighting against cultivators at the Mahayana stage. Before coming, they were even prepared to lose their lives. Now that they were able to escape unscathed, they quickly ran away.
The eerie street scene quickly returned to its lively state.
Fang Ruotang stopped in front of the stall again. The monsters looked at her with respect and asked her politely what she wanted to buy, offering very low prices.
Fang Ruotang didn't know the market price, but looking at these vendors, many of them couldn't fully transform into human form. She wasn't short of spirit stones, so there was no need for her to take advantage of them.
If they saw something they liked, they would pay a little more than the stall owner's asking price and buy it. They made quite a haul along the way, though they were a little surprised that they could even buy demon cores.
This was very expensive, but since it could genuinely improve one's cultivation level, Fang Ruotang bought it without blinking an eye and then tossed it to Da Mei.
Da Mei hadn't even taken human form yet. Seeing so many furry creatures, Fang Ruotang was curious to see what Da Mei would look like in human form. She wondered if it would be good-looking.
But the Phoenix Clan must be beautiful!
"Do you know how to refine a Transformation Pill?" Fang Ruotang suddenly asked Du Zhong.
Du Zhong nodded. "We don't have enough materials on hand right now. If we did, that would be fine."
“Alright, let’s look for it along the way and make me one when we get there. Let’s see if it can help Da Mei take human form, so that she won’t always lose to Fan in fights.”
Eucommia: ...
Even if they transformed into human form, they still wouldn't be able to win!
They're like a dragon and a phoenix, but one has a legitimate bloodline and the other has sparse offspring. Can they be compared?
"OK!"
But Du Zhong kept his thoughts to himself.
Anyway, the sect leader didn't really want to see the dragon and the phoenix fight to the death.
They probably wanted to see what the great beauty would look like after she transformed, since their sect leader's thoughts were somewhat easy to guess.
After strolling around, Fang Ruotang didn't forget to buy a golden toad.
The cage contained what might not be an ordinary cage, but it looked like it was made of woven bamboo strips, and there were about a dozen animals crammed inside.
Fang Ruotang took them all in one go and then threw them into the secret realm.
Wei Ruoyao took one, and anyone else who wanted one could take one.
He was probably really useless. Apart from the people from Dayong, none of the disciples from Yun Shen Continent reached out to take it, and even felt that it was taking up space.
Wei Ruoyao didn't care about any of that. She firmly believed that the golden toad she had chosen was extraordinary and would eventually mutate, leading her to treasure hunts and thus to the pinnacle of her life.
After all, this was a golden toad given to her by Fang Ruotang; once it passed through Fang Ruotang's hands, it was anything but simple.
Fang Ruotang was completely unaware of Wei Ruoyao's blind confidence, and didn't even have time to check whether Tao Su had made the ginseng stewed chicken. Anyway, it didn't matter if it was made, as Tao Su had a storage bag for preservation.
After she bought the white fox, everyone had a late-night snack together. The white fox's injuries looked quite serious and needed to be properly treated.
As soon as it got dark, Fang Ruotang happily took the person with her to the arena.