Although most cultivators dared not look at A Yao and Nangong Qi too much because of the two Void Refinement stage elders from the Nangong family, some bolder cultivators and some cultivators with certain statuses stole glances at them and started exchanging words.
On a nearby pavilion, several Nascent Soul stage cultivators watched A Yao and Nangong Qi on the street and communicated telepathically.
"That woman is so beautiful! What's her background? Do you know?" A middle-aged man in blue robes, who was at the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm, asked his companion telepathically.
“I know her. She’s Lu Xueyao, the seventh young lady of the Lu family of Kunshan in the Southern Region. I didn’t expect her to be here too,” replied a female cultivator in yellow robes who was at the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm.
The moment the name "Lu Xueyao" was mentioned, everyone else looked surprised.
"She's Miss Lu Qi! My god, she's already at the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm! I remember she's not even thirty years old, right? What kind of monster is she!" said the middle-aged man in blue.
"No wonder some people say she's the number one genius in the Canglan Realm. The Lu family of Kunshan is really lucky!"
"Huh? Who is that Nascent Soul stage youth next to her? Could it be Xu Fengzhi, the young master of the Divine Dream Sect?" said a black-clad man in the mid-Nascent Soul stage.
Gossip always spreads more widely than many truths. Xu Fengzhi's infatuation with A Yao is not only known to everyone in the Southern Region, but also to everyone in the Northern Region.
On the other side of the inn, several female cultivators were also subtly observing A Yao and Nangong Qi.
"I heard that Young Master Xu is a handsome man, and he looks even more handsome in person than the rumors suggest!" A beautiful female cultivator in red looked at Nangong Qi's back, her heart pounding.
“I’ve seen Xu Fengzhi before, he doesn’t look like this,” said another female cultivator in a pink dress.
"Then who is he?"
"I guess he is the Third Young Master Qi from the Youyun Palace family."
"He's so handsome!"
"Yes! He's so handsome! He and Miss Lu really look like a perfect couple."
“But wasn’t everyone saying that Miss Lu Qi and Xu Feng of the Divine Dream Sect were deeply in love? How long has it been, and they’ve already changed partners?” a female cultivator in blue said.
"Men can have three wives and four concubines, and be fickle, so why can't women? If I had Miss Lu's strength, I would take any handsome and talented young man as my own," the beautiful red-clad female cultivator laughed.
The other female cultivators laughed when they heard this.
On the street, Ayao stopped in front of a stall. The stall owner was a blond young man in the early Nascent Soul stage, who was lazily sitting in a wicker chair behind the stall, reading a book. His stall displayed some magical artifacts and materials for sale, with a list of items to exchange for.
Some cultivators have no shortage of spirit stones, so their transactions are simply barter.
Ayao took a liking to a fist-sized piece of dark gold on the stall, but all the other materials listed what they were in exchange for, except for this piece of dark gold. So she asked, "Fellow Daoist, how much is this piece of dark gold?"
The blond youth looked up, and after seeing A Yao's face clearly, he was shocked. He immediately stood up and respectfully clasped his hands in greeting: "Greetings, Fairy Yao!"
Ayao looked at the man with suspicion: "You know me?"
The blond-haired youth said, "My name is Shi Hong. Ten years ago, I was able to escape from the Burial Dragon Mountain Secret Realm thanks to the fairy. She left in a hurry that day and didn't have time to thank you."
Ayao nodded; no wonder he looked familiar. She had saved so many people in the secret realm that she hadn't bothered to remember their faces. This blond-haired youth must have crossed paths with her, but they hadn't spoken.
"Thank you so much for saving my life, fairy!" The blond-haired youth bowed to A Yao.
"How do you trade this ink gold?" Ayao asked again.
"This ink gold, if you like it, please feel free to take it. Consider it my way of repaying you!" the blond-haired youth said with a smile.
Ayao smiled and said, "In that case, I won't stand on ceremony!"
With a flick of her hand, she stored the dark gold in her storage bag. Ayao clasped her hands in thanks to the young man, saying, "Thank you!"
After saying that, he walked forward.
Nangong Qi and the others followed A Yao, and the blond youth shouted from behind:
"Fairy, please take care!"
As soon as A Yao and her group left, the cultivators at the nearby stalls couldn't contain their curiosity. They had all overheard A Yao's conversation with the blond-haired youth. Because Nangong Qi was standing next to A Yao, and behind Nangong Qi were more than a dozen Nascent Soul stage guards and two Void Refinement stage elders. None of them dared to look too closely, but they had heard the conversation clearly.
"Fairy Yao," "The Secret Realm of Burial Dragon Mountain," "A Life-Saving Grace"—could it be...?
"Fellow Daoist Shi, was that the seventh young lady of the Lu family of Kunshan just now?" an old man from a stall next to the blond youth asked curiously.
"Isn't it her?" the blond youth laughed. "When the Burial Dragon Mountain Secret Realm collapsed back then, it was extremely dangerous. If it weren't for her, I, Shi, would have perished long ago."
"My God, she's already at the late-stage Nascent Soul realm! What kind of insane cultivation speed is this?!" exclaimed a female cultivator at the mid-stage Nascent Soul realm from the stall on the left.
The blond-haired youth spoke of A Yao with obvious admiration, and seeing that the people around him were interested, he began to recount how A Yao had saved people back then.
After A Yao and Nangong Qi walked down a street, they encountered two female cultivators. The two female cultivators were inner disciples of a sect in the Northern Region. They had also been trapped in the Burial Dragon Mountain Secret Realm years ago. When they saw A Yao, they came over to thank her.
After the two female cultivators left, Nangong Qi smiled at A Yao and said, "It seems that A Yao's reputation in the Northern Region is quite renowned!"
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