Vientiane Pavilion

Nan Yi couldn't wait to verify his guess.

If his guess is true, then what can Wen Xiangluan use to compete with him?

However, Wen Xiangluan's true form as a blue phoenix also seems to have feathers, and they are blue feathers. Even Nan Yi had to admit that his feathers were extremely beautiful.

But so what? His fox fur is the most comfortable to touch.

It was already dark when he returned to his residence. Nan Yi quickly transformed into his original form, preparing to visit his senior sister that night. To this end, he even took out a liquid from his spatial storage used to conceal his presence.

The fox rolled around in the liquid, then shook its fur to make sure its scent was no longer leaking before swaggering off to the next room.

But just as he crossed the wooden bridge, a barrier blocked his way. He gently patted it with his paw, but the barrier didn't budge.

He immediately understood. This was probably something his senior sister had done to prevent him from getting involved with Wen Xiangluan. He felt a moment of disappointment, but soon he remembered what he had to do that night and his spirits lifted again.

Like a fox that had strayed into the area, he kept pawing at the barrier while making soft "whimpering" noises.

The door to Chu Li's residence was quietly pushed open, and a sharp gaze was directed straight at Nan Yi.

Nan Yi was secretly glad that he had concealed his aura beforehand. Judging from his senior sister's appearance, she seemed to still be angry and might have thought that the fox was him at first.

However, he was always good at disguising himself, and his eyes revealed a hint of confusion, making him look just like a wild fox that had accidentally wandered into a strange place.

When Chu Li pushed open the door, she was indeed wondering if Nan Yi had come again. But to her surprise, outside her barrier was a fox with an unfamiliar aura.

At this moment, the fox, whether lost or not, was constantly pounding on the barrier it had built.

Chu Li thought for a moment, went back into the house to get some things, and when she went out again, she gently pushed with her fingertips, and a gust of wind sent the things she had found to the fox outside the barrier.

After thinking it over, she concluded that the only possibility was that the fox was asking for something, which was why it was patting outside her barrier—after all, the fox was outside the barrier, not trapped inside, and she figured it would leave once she gave it something.

Nan Yi stiffly turned his head and looked at the food placed beside him—was this all he was lacking?

He wanted to continue, but then he felt some scrutinizing gazes fixed on him. To avoid being discovered by his senior sister, he had no choice but to curl up the food with his tail and walk away with stiff steps.

Chu Li watched the fox walk away and nodded in satisfaction. Sure enough, she understood foxes, and it seemed that it was also very satisfied with its food, leaving without a word.

The next morning, Chu Li stood at the door and whistled. Soon after, a crane swooped down in her direction.

Today she is going to Wanxiang Pavilion to buy some things, which are materials that may be used in the construction of new areas.

Shortly after she left, a fiery red shadow crept out from the nearby hut and headed in her direction.

"Senior Sister!"

"Senior Sister! You've also come to Wanxiang Pavilion to buy things?"

Perhaps because Chu Li rarely appears in the sect, but there are many rumors about her, many disciples can't help but want to strike up a conversation when they encounter her outside.

Chu Li simply nodded: "I came to buy some materials."

Some of the disciples around them watched in astonishment as Chu Li continued to ascend, seemingly heading towards the top floor.

Apart from the top floor and the second-to-top floor, the other floors of the Myriad Pavilion are divided according to categories. For example, weapons are on one floor, and magic robes are on another.

As for the top two floors, they are the most special, selling expensive items, mostly things that only powerful beings in the Nascent Soul and Tribulation Transcending stages can afford.

It's not that only disciples with high cultivation levels can enter, but rather that only those with sufficient spiritual power can control what's inside; otherwise, they are easily backfired.

There have been disciples who spent huge sums of money to buy magical artifacts, but their spiritual power was completely insufficient to activate them. Since then, most disciples have acted within their means.

"Oh no! The Cui family is picking things out on the top floor!" A disciple suddenly clapped his hands.

"It shouldn't matter," another disciple said somewhat uncertainly, "as long as Senior Sister doesn't have anything that Miss Cui would want—"

He shut up awkwardly under the reproachful looks of the other disciples. Indeed, even they had something that caught the eye of the young lady from the Cui family, so how could the senior sister, who had a higher cultivation level, not have it?

The disciples in the Myriad Elephants Pavilion quickly gathered their thoughts and rushed to the top floor. They couldn't let their senior sister, with her good temper, be bullied by that young lady from the Cui family.

As Chu Li stepped onto the last step, she caught a glimpse of a young girl on the top floor and was somewhat surprised.

The girl looked very young, and it seemed she was holding a spirit beast in her arms.

Suddenly, the spirit beast kicked off with its legs, flipped itself up, and headed straight for Chu Li.

The girl quickly coaxed, "Sweetie, don't worry, have you found something good again?"

At this moment, the girl turned around. Chu Li glanced at her briefly and knew that her robe was decorated with intricate patterns and that the spiritual energy of the array could be faintly seen flowing. Looking at her accessories, the hairpins and earrings she wore were all high-grade magical artifacts.

This is probably another child from some powerful family.

The spirit beast was still struggling in the girl's arms. Its eyes, which were originally round, seemed to be excited now, and its pupils were even larger than normal.

It turned out to be a treasure-hunting beast.

However, this has nothing to do with her. Although the other party brought a treasure-hunting beast up, even if they found something good, she would still have to pay to take it away.

Unexpectedly, the girl walked towards her, stopped in front of her, and said with a smile, "Hello, senior sister. I am Cui Jialeran. You are carrying a treasure that my darling likes very much. I wonder if I may buy it?"

"Of course, I will pay no less spirit stones." As the only daughter of the Cui family, she had the right to say such a thing.

The Cui family? Chu Li thought for a moment. This surname was quite famous on the continent, known for its wealth. The family loved to collect all kinds of treasures.

Moreover, it is said that the Cui family has a treasure-hunting beast that is somewhat special, with a talent several times stronger than that of ordinary treasure-hunting beasts. Could it be the one in front of us?

Chu Li became interested and couldn't help but ask, "What treasure has it set its sights on?"

She remembered that she had placed most of the treasures in the space, so the treasure-hunting beast should not be able to detect them.

Cui Leran lowered her head and rubbed the head of the treasure-hunting beast in her arms, looking into its eyes before raising her head: "It said that the treasure is hanging around your neck."

Hmm? She didn't quite remember wearing anything around her neck. She reached out and touched something hard and oval-shaped.

The disciples who had already reached the top floor covered their faces. Their senior sister had actually been targeted. They didn't know whether this was a good thing or a bad thing.

If the treasure that Cui Leran has her eye on happens to be something I don't want, then that's fine, I can sell it to her at a high price, which is a good thing. But if she has her eye on a treasure that I don't want to sell, then I might run into this Miss Cui anywhere in the coming period of time.

However, she didn't say much, only a greeting and asking if she had changed her mind, which left the disciples somewhat at a loss.

Chu Li took the item down and placed it in her palm. On the surface, it was gray and unremarkable. A question even flashed through her mind: What was this thing? Where did it come from? She had absolutely no recollection of it.

But this is very strange. The treasure-hunting beast wouldn't be interested in ordinary treasures. She is now in the Nascent Soul stage, yet she doesn't even know where this thing came from.

Almost as soon as Chu Li took the item out, the treasure-hunting beast became incredibly excited, and Cui Leran had to use all her strength to suppress it, even resorting to spiritual power.

While Chu Li was examining the items, she remained quiet. Although the Cui family liked to collect treasures, they also had principles. The reason the family had grown to such a large size was because all members of the family adhered to these principles.

One of the principles is that forced buying and selling is not allowed.

Therefore, she would only ask a few more questions if she saw a treasure she really liked, and she would never try to snatch it or deliberately rely on her family to buy it at a low price.

This is why the other disciples didn't have any ill feelings towards her.

This thing looks like an oval-shaped stone. No matter how she probed it with her spiritual power, there was no movement inside. It was as if the whole thing was just a stone.

But Chu Li understood that the truth was definitely not like that. It was only possible that it was concealed by a higher level of magic, and she had not yet reached that level.

Therefore, it cannot be solved.

"Not for sale." Chu Li replied crisply. She herself didn't even know what it was, so how could she possibly sell it? She didn't need that little bit of money.

Besides, her sixth sense seemed to be telling her that this thing was important.

Cui Leran was not surprised to hear this, as she had almost never seen a treasure-hunting beast react so strongly—not even when faced with the highest-level treasure in their clan.

Since it reacted so strongly, it could only be that the other party's item was more valuable than all the treasures in their clan.

Cui Leran was still casually wondering whether she should persist in asking a few more times this time—

She had done this before, because some cultivators thought it was worthwhile to sell it, or some cultivators suddenly lacked spirit stones.

But at that moment, she vaguely heard a voice transmission. Her eyes were blank for a moment, but quickly cleared. She raised her hand and said, "Senior sister, let me formally introduce myself. My name is Cui Leran, and I am the young master of the Cui family."

Chu Li also raised her hand and shook hands with the other person for a moment.

Cui Leran quickly added, "I wonder what Senior Sister came to buy this time? Why don't you let Leran come as a gift for our meeting today?"

This sudden turn of events stunned not only the disciples watching, but even Chu Li herself for a moment.

"No need, I can do it myself."

Cui Leran seemed to want to say something more, but Chu Li no longer wanted to talk to her and simply held up the card she had just found in her spatial storage.

It was a deep black card, and the minimum amount of spirit stones required to deposit into it was already enormous. Even the Cui family didn't have many similar cards.

Although Chu Li didn't remember who put this card in her space, it was clear that in the current situation, this card was worth a thousand words.

Cui Leran hurriedly left and, finding a quiet place, couldn't wait to contact her family.

"So, how about it? Have you become friends with her?" a somewhat deep voice asked.

"She doesn't want to accept it—put that aside, why are you making me do this?"