That evening, everyone had gone home, including the Rong family. In the hall, Rong Xi frowned, unable to understand his father's thoughts no matter how much he tried to guess.

"father!"

"You're just a fanatic who only knows how to cultivate. Have you seen anything from those two children?"

"Hehe, well... I really didn't notice." Rong Xi chuckled dryly.

"Those two children are definitely not from ordinary families. They speak clearly and logically, and their attire and demeanor are also extraordinary. Look, even the Fourth Elder's disciple didn't get the better of them. These two children are aiming for the assessment, yet they refused my help..."

The rest doesn't need to be explained too clearly; my son will understand.

"I understand!" Rong Xi nodded.

"By the way, your younger brother will also be participating in the assessment this time, so please keep an eye on him."

"My younger brother has only just developed his spiritual root; shouldn't we let him consolidate it a bit more?"

"No need. Your younger brother has learned a lot over the years, except for the fact that he can't cultivate. It's time for him to embark on the path of cultivation!"

"Yes! I understand, Father."

Suiyi and Ziyou didn't take the events of the day to heart. Instead, they went to the black market to buy some items. Suiyi was lucky enough to find a pot of Tianyan Orchid and bought it. This Tianyan Orchid was a key ingredient in the elixir that Suiyi was preparing to refine. This time, she was lucky to have found it.

The pill Sui Yi is refining is the Transformation Pill, intended for Ah Xing to consume, to see if it can transform him into a human form. Since the Transformation Pill didn't work for him, she can only try this more advanced pill to see if it will be effective!

The night before the assessment, Suiyi dragged Axing out of her spatial dimension because Axing had absorbed all the spirit stones Suiyi had placed there, and they all shattered because they had no spiritual energy left.

"Hmph! Good heavens, did you put me in this space so I could steal food?" Sui Yi squinted and sneered!

"I didn't eat it, it was Dajiao and Qiuniu. Sui Sui, do you not love me anymore because of the other dogs?"

"You think I don't know? You encouraged Big Horn and Qiuniu to do bad things!"

"No, absolutely not. Those two are cunning and treacherous. They acted honestly in front of you, Sui Sui, but they're actually quite shrewd." Driven by the desire to sacrifice his own friends rather than himself, Ah Xing shifted all the blame onto Da Jiao and Qiu Niu.

"Don't try to renege! I know exactly what's in your belly. You've consumed so many of my spirit stones, how are you going to compensate me now?" Sui Yi was furious. She had thought one pill would make her a wealthy woman, and she was quite pleased with herself. But putting these three in her spatial storage had ruined her like this. All her hard work to earn a fortune had vanished in an instant. Now she was poor again!

"Sui Sui, didn't you want to teach this shopkeeper a lesson? Let the three of us handle this. We'll make up for it." Ah Xing smiled obsequiously, his beastly mouth twisted into a grin, making Sui Yi roll her eyes.

"Alright, you can take care of this now. I'll give you the time it takes to drink a cup of tea."

"Yes, sir. I guarantee I'll complete the mission." After saying that, Ah Xing disappeared in a flash, leaping away with incredible speed.

The two idiots inside were also called out and immediately followed without daring to linger.

"Boss, what should we do?" The three beasts discussed among themselves in the darkness.

"Of course, we'll give our master whatever he needs most right now."

"Does the human mean we have to steal spirit stones?"

“What do you mean by stealing? We’re robbing the rich to help the poor. Think about it, even our master, who is so shrewd, was cheated out of a high-grade spirit stone. Imagine how much more others might be cheated out of. So we’re doing this on behalf of Heaven.”

"Okay, we'll do as you say."

"Come on, follow me. I've already found out where he kept his spirit stones." Ah Xing tiptoed along, his small size making him difficult to spot. The dark and windy night was perfect for doing something naughty.

Ah Xing entered the innkeeper's room, his fingernail tip appearing as he inserted it through the crack in the door. With a gentle flick of his finger, the door latch opened.

He gently pushed the door open again and waved his paw at the people behind him. Dajiao and Qiuniu followed quietly.

Snoring could be heard coming from inside the room. The innkeeper was fast asleep. But just to be on the safe side, Ah Xing gestured for Qiu Niu to go over and knock him out. But Da Jiao went over, looked up, and slapped him, waking him up instead of knocking him out.

"Who, who hit me?" the shopkeeper shouted, covering the spot where he had been hit.

Ah Xing: ……

Big Horn quickly ran over and finished him off, successfully knocking the shopkeeper unconscious.

"Oh dear, you're so clumsy, we almost gave ourselves away." Big Horn looked helplessly at Qiu Niu, this guy was definitely a disaster when it came to getting things done.

"I...I...this isn't my first time doing this, is it? Once I get used to it, this won't happen again," Qiuniu argued.

"Alright, stop talking there and hurry up and search for spirit stones." Ah Xing said, then got to work. The other two, following his orders, also began searching everywhere.

"No, there should be a hidden compartment in this room." After searching everywhere for anything of value without finding anything, Ah Xing felt something was very wrong. He stood with his hands on his hips, looking around for any hidden mechanisms, occasionally touching this and that. His efforts finally paid off. While touching a vase, he successfully opened the door to the hidden compartment. Judging from the sound, the door to this hidden compartment was not far away, but everyone searched everywhere and couldn't find it.

"As expected of a shrewd merchant, he hides something so well that even we have a hard time finding it."

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