The person who came was indeed an acquaintance of Liu Yunqing, and could even be considered an old acquaintance.
It was Si Youfeng, whom I had seen once before in the Fusang Secret Realm.
Including this time, Liu Yunqing has met Si Youfeng a total of three times.
Every time they met, Liu Yunqing couldn't help but marvel at the immense changes that occurred when a mortal entered the world of cultivation.
When they first met, Si Youfeng's eyes still held the scheming and calculating nature typical of mortal royalty, while her face revealed a charming and innocent demeanor.
The second time they met, the other party was only at the Qi Refining stage, but the arrogance in his eyes had disappeared from the first time they met. Instead, he was filled with complexity and caution when facing a peer who was more advanced than himself.
This time, Si Youfeng had completely transformed into a cultivator, adhering to the hierarchical system of the cultivation world where might makes right. Although he had mixed feelings about Liu Yunqing, he was now completely at ease.
I wonder if the changes in myself are as obvious in the eyes of others.
Liu Yunqing was still sizing up Si Youfeng when she saw the other person walk over with a hesitant expression and respectfully give her a junior's salute.
"Senior Zhenru, are you also here to train in the Luoxia Mountains?"
Liu Yunqing withdrew his gaze, put on a standard polite smile, and nodded slightly:
"Exactly, I'm just taking care of something."
Si Youfeng couldn't think of a topic to discuss for a moment, but when she heard Liu Yunqing say that, she casually chimed in:
Is there anything I, as a junior, can do to help?
This was just a casual question from Si Youfeng, but the person opposite him suddenly smiled and quickly replied:
"There is indeed something I would like to trouble Fellow Daoist Si with."
Si Youfeng was taken aback for a moment, and seeing that Liu Yunqing was staring at her, she said with a confused look:
"Please do as you instruct, senior."
Liu Yunqing didn't stand on ceremony. Seeing that Si Youfeng agreed, he immediately spoke up:
"It's nothing major, just need Fellow Daoist Si to pass on a message for me, saying that a secret treasure for calming the mind and focusing the spirit has appeared in this place."
Si Youfeng's confusion gradually turned into surprise, and her already charming big eyes widened even more.
"Huh? Is this news true or false? False?"
As Si Youfeng spoke, she quickly scanned her surroundings, but found nothing unusual. Only then did she ask Liu Yunqing uncertainly if this was a false rumor.
The message was obviously fake, but it was very targeted at its intended audience.
Liu Yunqing nodded and smiled:
"Of course it's fake news. I wanted to use this news to find two people, but I don't know many people, so it's not easy to spread."
Si Youfeng understood and immediately said she would take care of it.
"Don't worry, senior. I'm here with my friends for training. Leave this little thing to me."
Liu Yunqing nodded, thought for a moment, then flipped his wrist and took out several spirit stone bags, handing them to Si Youfeng, saying:
"Then I'll have to trouble you and your friends to help me out."
When Si Youfeng saw the spirit stone bag handed to her by Liu Yunqing, a hint of embarrassment flashed across her face, and she quickly waved her hand, saying:
"No need, no need for you to be so formal with me, senior... After all, we are old acquaintances, how could I accept so many spirit stones from you?"
Liu Yunqing gently moved her right hand, pulling Si Youfeng's hand and placing the spirit stone in her hand without allowing her to refuse, saying:
"Take it. Let's keep things separate. I can't let your friend help for nothing."
After saying that, he flipped his hand again and took out a piece of fire-attribute ore, saying:
“I see you also have a fire elemental root. Although this ore isn’t the most precious, it’s still quite rare. You should be able to use it to refine your natal magic weapon.”
Consider this a gift to you as a reunion gift after a long separation.
Si Youfeng really didn't want to accept the spirit stones mentioned earlier.
Although she had accepted that those who entered the immortal sect at the same time as her had now become prominent figures, while she was still just an ordinary inner disciple without a master in a major sect, she still couldn't help but feel emotional.
But when Liu Yunqing took out the ore and mentioned the words "natal magic weapon," Si Youfeng couldn't say anything if she refused.
In particular, after the other party offered a way out, saying it was a gift for meeting, Si Youfeng instinctively accepted the piece of ore.
"Then... thank you very much, Senior Zhenru."
She really needs this.
Liu Yunqing felt a little uncomfortable being addressed as "senior" by the other party, so she smiled and said:
"Since everyone says we're old acquaintances, there's no need for that. It's fine to just call each other 'fellow Daoist'."
Since the gifts had already been received, Si Youfeng stopped being coy and readily nodded, saying:
“Alright, then I’ll listen to Fellow Daoist Zhenru.”
After exchanging a few more pleasantries, Si Youfeng tactfully took his leave:
“My companion is still waiting for me over there. I’ll go over and take care of things for you first. We can talk again another time.”
"Very good."
Liu Yunqing returned the greeting.
As soon as Si Youfeng left, Liu Yunqing also started to get busy.
If you want to lure people in, you have to put out some bait and make the illusion convincing.
With that thought in mind, Liu Yunqing concealed her figure and hovered in the air, searching for the best position.
Finally, Liu Yunqing found a dilapidated cave that was sparsely populated and secluded.
Finding a spot in the cave, he covered the rhombus-patterned mirror, which had lost its patina after recognizing its owner, with patina again, placed it face up on the ground, and then casually used the fire elemental power in the Golden Crow space to form a solid fireball, and then wrapped a ring of healing red mist around the fireball.
Liu Yunqing placed the clusters of precious objects above the diamond-shaped mirror, then activated the mirror to shine a soft, radiant light towards the sky.
After arranging all this, Liu Yunqing began to modify the cave.
First, the cave was decorated to look as if it had been inhabited.
Then he picked up some bones and scattered them in the cave.
Finally, after receiving Si Youfeng's message, he activated the illusion of a golden crow circling the sun within the Heavenly Fire Fusang Bow, transforming the originally inconspicuous valley into the place where a secret treasure appeared.
Of course, such behavior carries certain risks.
Although this is indeed a treasure designed to target the evil thoughts of the Red-Haired Twins, it will still attract other cultivators.
It's fine if we only attract lower-level cultivators, but the real danger is that we might accidentally attract higher-level cultivators with such needs.
Fortunately, Si Youfeng is reliable.
It did attract quite a few cultivators, but most of them were Foundation Establishment cultivators, with only a few Golden Core cultivators at the early stage. When they saw Liu Yunqing standing like a gatekeeper at the entrance of the cave, they roughly realized what was going on and left without much effort.
Until the arrival of the Red-Haired Twin Evils.
"So it was you kids who spread the word that there are treasures here that can calm the mind, clear away karmic obstacles?"
"Since that's the case, then you lot, obediently lead the way for me!"
Liu Yunqing heard the voices from afar with his divine sense, but instead of entering the cave, he casually waved his hand to retrieve the items and headed towards the location of the voices in his divine sense.
The red-haired duo, who had been on guard, were listening to Si Youfeng's bluff when they suddenly noticed that the place radiating the precious light had vanished. They exclaimed anxiously:
"What happened?"
As he spoke, he reached out to grab Si Youfeng.
Unexpectedly, a hand suddenly appeared out of thin air and blocked the two red-haired villains.
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