Zhou Rongsheng went to Zhou Xu's room.

The once aloof and indifferent prodigy is no longer the same.

Zhou Xu lay on the bed, his face pale. He had used several cultivation techniques in the past few days and was now at his wit's end.

Upon seeing Zhou Rongsheng enter, he struggled to get out of bed.

Zhou Rongsheng held him down.

Zhou Xu looked unusually nervous. He opened his mouth, his throat dry, and asked, "Did the An family send a message?"

An Zhengzheng was unwilling, but what about the rest of the An family?

Looking at the bloodstains still on his son's face, Zhou Rongsheng remained silent for a moment.

Xu'er is pure and noble. In the past, she would have used magic to remove even the slightest speck of dust from her.

Now, however, nothing matters anymore.

Looking at the expectation in Zhou Xu's eyes, he pursed his lips, but ultimately couldn't bring himself to say it directly.

"...There is still hope."

The light in Zhou Xu's eyes went out instantly, and his pale lips trembled slightly.

He murmured unwillingly, "It shouldn't be like this, it shouldn't be like this. I was born without feelings, how could this be?"

“There are already few examples of people with no emotional roots in the cultivation world, and you are the first person with no emotional roots to fall in love. Perhaps it is because your suppressed desires have finally erupted…”

Zhou Rongsheng was helpless and cruelly told him the truth: "When others are moved by emotion, it is like a river flowing, but when you are moved by emotion, it is like a dam bursting."

Those who are born without feelings can greatly benefit from spiritual cultivation if they do not develop emotions.

Once emotions are stirred, they are more intense than those of ordinary people, and that is a calamity.

Zhou Xu felt a pang of pain in his chest, and finally closed his eyes: "Is this how my life is going to be?"

He's a genius; this shouldn't have happened...

"Of course not!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Rongsheng's voice immediately rose.

Xu'er is the glory of the family; how can a rising star fall?

If he doesn't marry An Zhengzheng, he won't be able to get past Xu'er.

He said in a cold voice, "Father will eventually find a way. But the dowry we offer is equivalent to several Hundred Maidens Pavilions. It's still considered a marriage alliance. Do you think the An family would refuse to marry into the family?"

It's just that the profits weren't big enough!

Thinking back to today, even a small family like An rejected their marriage proposal, Zhou Rongsheng found it all the more ridiculous.

Why should his most outstanding son stop his cultivation for An Zhengzheng, while the An family still enjoys glory?

With a dark look in his eyes, he said to Zhou Xu, "Tell me everything in detail."

Perhaps because his obsession with An Zhengzheng ran too deep, Zhou Xu finally spoke up.

When Zhou Rongsheng heard him mention the illusion, he was suddenly startled and asked, "You said that you two embraced in the snow?"

“Yes…but it was just an illusion.” Zhou Xu’s expression was somewhat unnatural.

He even thought, "If only it were true."

Zhou Rongsheng clapped his hands, a plan forming in his mind, his tone filled with joy.

Xu'er is saved!

...

Unaware of this, An Zhengzheng was still in Ghost City at this time.

She had been enlightened for more than half a year. Although An Yirou had taken over the business with An Mao, she was still worried and wanted to investigate personally.

So for the past few days, the two sisters have been staying in the courtyard behind the Hundred Women Pavilion.

"Sister, this is Madam Pei." An Yirou brought over a well-dressed woman.

Lady Pei was one of the women who participated in the beauty pageant. Later, An Zhengzheng had her sister contact her.

They bought her medicinal herbs and made her buy them from others, just like Zhang Guo'er, Song Juan, and Su Ying.

Not only that, An Zhengzheng also wrote her story under a pseudonym in the magazine and paid for it.

This completely changed Lady Pei's life.

Upon seeing An Zhengzheng, Madam Pei was somewhat nervous: "Miss An, Miss An." Everyone knew that Bai Nu Ge was An Zhengzheng's property.

That's really impressive for someone so young.

An Zhengzheng smiled and said to her, "Madam Pei, you don't need to be so polite."

Then tea was served. It was tea grown by the An family themselves and wasn't considered high-quality, but Madam Pei was still flattered.

An Zhengzheng asked gently, "How have you been lately?"

"Thanks to Miss An, everything is fine." Madam Pei was very grateful to her.

After all, if it weren't for An Zhengzheng, she would have thought she would suffer for the rest of her life with her daughter.

An Zhengzheng then asked her about the acquisition.

Madam Pei is very meticulous in her work, which is an inherent advantage of women. She said, "Miss, you don't know, but in the place where I live, there are many women who need a way out. Whenever Miss An asks for something, many people go to plant or search for it themselves, so whatever you want, we have it."

Where do you live?

“It’s Qilin Mountain,” Madam Pei said somewhat embarrassedly. “Miss, you probably don’t know, but many maids from the cultivation world who were originally independent cultivators, as well as some divorced women, all gather together here.”

An Zhengzheng nodded; she knew this.

Because female cultivators are prone to danger and their cultivation is insufficient for various reasons, they spontaneously gather together to protect each other.

They were abandoned by their fathers and husbands and had nowhere to go, since most female cultivators did not receive any house or property from their families.

An Zhengzheng lowered her eyes slightly, pondered for a moment, and then asked, "Approximately how many people are there in your area? Which sect did they cultivate before they got married? What was their cultivation level?"

Madam Pei hesitated for a moment: "This..."

An Yirou thought that Madam Pei was worried, so she said to her, "Don't be afraid, Madam, my sister won't harm you."

"Second Miss is joking. It's not that I'm afraid of that, it's just that Miss Wen said that detailed information about Qilin Mountain cannot be disclosed."

Lady Pei looked guilty.

An Yirou asked in surprise, "Miss Wen?"

It was always Lady Pei who brought her the raw materials; she never actually mentioned that such a person existed.

"Yes, it's no secret. Miss Wen is the owner of Qilin Mountain. The sisters all rent her houses. It's very cheap. Otherwise, we would have to sleep on the streets."

Therefore, whatever she said could not be said, Lady Pei really could not say.

An Zhengzheng was quite interested and asked a few more questions, gaining a general understanding of Miss Wen's situation.

Simply put, she's a landlady who even set up the barrier around Qilin Mountain to protect the female cultivators living there.

An Zhengzheng was pleasantly surprised; she hadn't expected that someone else shared the same aspirations as her!

She pressed further, "Does Miss Wen have a name?"

This time, Madam Pei did not hesitate. Since Miss Wen hadn't said it couldn't be said, she said, "Wen Yu."

"Wen Yu?"

An Zhengzheng recalled the transmigrator who imitated the croaking of a frog.

It really was her, the one who transmigrated here just like her. She still had so many questions to ask!

"Is she... a disciple of the Siyue Sect?"

Madam Pei was surprised: "How did Miss An know?"

That's her!

An Yirou was also someone who often read jade slips, and she immediately thought of the person on the forum.

She tentatively asked An Zhengzheng, "Is it the senior sister who's been talking about in the sect, the one who's been acting crazy?"

An Zhengzheng nodded.

Madam Pei wanted to refute, but couldn't find the words.

I wanted to refute it because I felt it would damage Miss Wen's reputation.

I don't know where to begin because I feel that Miss Wen... uh...

That's all.

An Zhengzheng asked many more questions until the sun was almost setting before sending someone to escort Lady Pei back.

"Sister, are you happy?" An Yirou keenly noticed An Zhengzheng's change.

An Zhengzheng spoke in a language that An Yirou couldn't understand at all. She said, "Perhaps, it won't take hundreds of years..."

If Wen Yu is willing to cooperate with her.

It's okay if she doesn't cooperate; at worst, she can work harder and start her business from scratch.

But if Wen Yu also has that inclination, An Zhengzheng's plan can be accelerated.

An Zhengzheng was somewhat happy, but she didn't know how to find her elusive senior sister.

However, her joy didn't last long, because shortly after she returned to Siyue Gate, people from the Zhou family came.