Lu Wenxing turned to the Seven Masters of Lianfeng and said, "You were right! Have you forgotten how that lavish feast at Fuyuan Sect came about? Wasn't it all paid for by Sect Master Fan's daughter? Everyone's here, have you bunch of ingrates forgotten?"
When everyone recalled the scene, they burst into laughter.
Just as expected, they talked about how Shi Xuan and Lu Wenxing had gone off to trick Fan Mingzhu halfway through their journey. They enjoyed the meal immensely.
Shen Wuyang, who was standing to the side, was completely confused and didn't understand what was going on. Even Shen Wuji looked at Lu Wenxing with curiosity.
"That's how it is..."
Lu Wenxing got into position and gathered around with Lianfeng and the other seven. The group chattered about how Fan Mingzhu had spent a fortune to buy a first-grade spiritual herb, Eight-Branch Fragrance, and how Shi Xuan had treated everyone to dinner after receiving a commission.
Although the conversation was incoherent, Fan Mingzhu, who was not far away, quickly realized what they were talking about.
That time in Fuyuan Zongfang Market, she confronted Shixuan over a tree of eight fragrant herbs, and she ultimately won.
Many times, when she recalled Shi Xuan's frustrated expression at that time, she felt extremely satisfied.
Even if Shi Xuan wins the Grand Competition, it won't change the fact that she's just a poor wretch. As for Fan Mingzhu, even if she doesn't achieve anything in the Alchemy Grand Competition, her high social standing is undeniable; she could be crushed with spirit stones!
And now...
As the group rambled on incoherently, Fan Mingzhu's face grew increasingly grim, a sense of shame and indignation at being treated like a fool washing over her.
It turns out that while she was smugly mocking the other person for being poor, others were also wantonly ridiculing her as a fool who had been taken advantage of without realizing it.
What were their mindsets while they ate that meal? How could they be using her spirit stones to feast while simultaneously mocking her? What were their true colors like at the time?
Fan Mingzhu was furious. She never expected that her proud crushing incident would end like this!
Anger quickly overcame reason, and he really wanted to kill all of these people with one blow!
She gathered her spiritual energy in her palm, intending to unleash it immediately.
Standing beside her, her senior brother Gu Zhusheng quickly pulled her back. Tomorrow was the day the secret realm would open, and this was not a good time to make a move.
However, Shi Xuan did not participate in Lu Wenxing's group's discussion and kept observing Fan Mingzhu. She noticed Fan Mingzhu's actions immediately.
At that moment, Shi Xuan suddenly shouted, "Oh no, Fan Mingzhu is going to hit someone!"
As soon as she finished speaking, a pill suddenly shot out from the pill launcher strapped to her wrist, landing perfectly between Fan Mingzhu and her group.
Shi Xuan turned and ran, not forgetting to call out to his group: "Run! Don't let Fan Mingzhu hit us!"
The disciples, who had always trusted her implicitly, unleashed the reaction speed they had honed at Hundred Herbs Peak, running off like the wind. The Shen brothers, though a step slower, followed Shi Xuan without hesitation, and in the blink of an eye, they were gone without a trace.
Only the group from the Divine Cauldron Sect remained, standing there bewildered. What? Who's going to start a fight?
But before they could think any further, they felt a suffocating stench coming from nowhere. The stench was unlike any other smell they had ever encountered before. It felt as if the stench had penetrated their very souls, a truly terrifying mental attack!
It was that pill Shi Xuan had just thrown over that caused the stench! By the time they realized what was happening, the stench had already spread.
They didn't care about anything else; the group turned and ran, their only thought being to get away from this stinking place.
What's unacceptable is that no matter how far they ran, the stench followed them relentlessly. In the end, they realized that the stench had already seeped onto them, and they themselves were the source of the stench!
Thus, an unprecedented spectacle appeared outside the entrance to the Silverfrost Secret Realm—a group of foul-smelling cultivators, without looking back, ran wildly towards a river ten miles away.
Reality could only disappoint them. The river water could only slightly reduce the stench, but it could not completely wash it away. Even if they washed themselves until their skin peeled off, they could not get rid of this stench that struck their very soul.
Fan Mingzhu was truly brought to tears this time. When had she, the little princess of the Divine Cauldron Sect, ever suffered such humiliation? First, she was made a fool of like a monkey, and then she was covered in an indelible stench. Neither of these things was unbearable!
She ran back to the Divine Cauldron Sect's spirit boat in tears to complain to her father, Fan Hongde.
So when Shi Xuan returned to the spirit boat with a group of her underlings after a day of fun, Lin Daozi was already waiting for her.
"Xuan'er, I heard that you had some conflict with the people of the Divine Cauldron Sect outside?"
Shi Xuan wore an innocent expression: "A conflict? It was a little unpleasant, but it didn't escalate into a big fight."
Lin Daozi looked helplessly at his innocent-looking disciple. He had just been beaten up by the younger one, and now the elders had come knocking. The elders of the Divine Cauldron Sect had just sent him a message, which meant they had come knocking on his door.
"Tell me about it," Lin Daozi decided to listen to what Shi Xuan had to say first.
Shi Xuan vividly described, "We originally wanted to trade some pills and magical artifacts with the brothers of Langya Sect to build rapport, but then the people from Shending Sect suddenly appeared and said that we were stealing their sect's business, making it seem as if only Shending Sect could sell pills."
We didn't intend to pay them any attention, but then Fan Mingzhu suddenly attacked, concentrating her spiritual power to try and kill the disciples. The disciples were terrified and ran for their lives, and in the chaos, the pill dispenser they had just acquired misfired, ejecting a pill.
As Lin Daozi listened, he mentally translated what had happened and roughly understood what was going on.
Shi Xuan continued, "Speaking of this pill, it's all Fan Mingzhu's fault. She concentrated all her spiritual power in her hand, making it visible, which frightened the disciple and caused his hidden weapon to go off-target, resulting in the loss of a top-grade flawless pill!"
They only caught a whiff of the smell and weren't harmed at all, yet they have the nerve to come to Master demanding an explanation! Next time Master sees the masters of the Divine Cauldron Sect, he must speak to them and make them compensate him for the disciples' lost pills!
"This is outrageous!" Lin Daozi slammed his hand on the table and said, "The people of the Divine Cauldron Sect are so good at turning the tables. They clearly started the fight, but they want the villain to accuse them first and are making things difficult for Master!"
"Exactly!" Shi Xuan added fuel to the fire, "The Divine Cauldron Sect is such a domineering bunch. They're already this arrogant before even entering the secret realm. If they were unsupervised once inside, who knows how lawless they would be! Master, please remember that I am a law-abiding disciple. If I have any grudges against anyone, it must be someone else's fault!"
"Master believes in you!" Lin Daozi looked at Shi Xuan with loving eyes. This disciple's character and conduct were both very magnanimous and methodical. Last time, when she and the others from Baicao Peak caused trouble in the sect's dining hall, she stood up and took full responsibility, and was punished by being sent to the Cliff of Repentance. During the small test, when she encountered a fellow disciple possessed by a ghost cultivator, she was not afraid of danger and showed no sign of backing down.
Having such a good disciple is a blessing for the sect, but we must never listen to the slander of others and let our own disciples lose heart.
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