Chapter 45: Doing Something Bad With Me Tonight

After staying at Yingke Peak for a night.

Ning Shengsheng remembered the task Nangong Jinghong had entrusted to her.

Without telling Ning Xuan or Xue Chen, she went out alone to find a Qingling Sect disciple and asked for the location of Broken Cloud Peak.

The disciple looked at her with a strange expression when she asked about Broken Cloud Peak.

Ning Shengsheng didn’t understand at first.

It wasn’t until she stood at the foot of Broken Cloud Peak that she understood.

The mountain peak in front of her was split in two from the middle. There was only a peak and a base; there was no mountainside in between.

Ugh.

So how was she supposed to get up there?

She waited at the foot of the mountain for a long time until she spotted a disciple coming down with a food box.

“I wish to see Immortal Hua. May I ask how to get up?”

“Walk up along this path. At the very top, there is a golden formation. Speak into the sound-transmitting talisman in the center.”

“If Uncle-Master Hua wants to see you, he will send a flying sword to pick you up.”

It worked like that?

Ning Shengsheng thanked the disciple in front of her.

She climbed all the way up. Although the sun was scorching, it was surprisingly cool inside Broken Cloud Peak.

Climbing the mountain wasn’t as tiring as she imagined.

When she reached the highest point, she saw a very flat cross-section, bearing traces of being scorched by sword qi.

It was hard to imagine.

just how powerful a sword cultivator had to be to slice a mountain peak in half.

In the very center, a golden formation was set up.

Inside the formation, a blue sound-transmitting talisman flickered.

Ning Shengsheng poked it curiously with her finger, and blue ripples spread out like water.

“Hello, Jinghong asked me to deliver a letter.”

After speaking, there was no reaction.

She stood on her tiptoes and leaned closer to the talisman. “Immortal Hua, sorry to disturb you. Nangong Jinghong asked me to deliver a letter to you.”

Ugh…

Why was there still no reaction?

Ning Shengsheng let out a long breath. She looked around; there was no sign of human habitation.

Helpless.

She cupped her hands around her mouth, preparing to shout loudly.

Suddenly.

A violent gale assaulted her face.

“Ouch~”

Her center of gravity became unstable, and she was about to fall when something hard pressed against her back.

She adjusted her posture.

Once she stood firm, a long sword flew in front of her.

The long sword nodded.

Whoosh! It transformed into a giant sword ten feet wide.

It hovered horizontally in front of her.

Remembering what the Qingling Sect disciple had said, Ning Shengsheng walked onto it slowly. The long sword suddenly shot up from the ground. She quickly lay down flat to avoid falling off and turning into a meat patty.

In the blink of an eye.

The flying sword stopped at the mountain peak.

Ning Shengsheng jumped down and walked to a courtyard. The gray-white courtyard walls were entwined with clusters of trumpet creeper flowers.

The courtyard door was tightly shut.

Just as she raised her hand to knock.

A cold voice came from inside.

“Just leave the letter.”

Ah, this…

The person inside clearly had no intention of seeing her.

Ning Shengsheng had witnessed firsthand just how cold and unfeeling this Little Uncle-Master of the Qingling Sect was.

She bent down and slid the letter through the crack in the door, then nimbly jumped back onto the flying sword.

After the flying sword carried her away.

The courtyard door slowly opened.

A man walked out from inside, dressed in plain white robes, with an aura of detachment.

His eyes were extremely light in color.

There was no warmth in his gaze, no joy or sorrow, only a frost-like indifference.

Hua Qingxue unfolded the letter, and his brows slowly furrowed.

…

Ning Shengsheng returned to Yingke Peak.

Thinking she had nothing else to do, she went next door to find Xue Chen.

Unexpectedly, the courtyard was empty.

“Strange, why is he busier than this princess?”

She closed the door and heard two people talking behind her.

One of the voices was extremely familiar.

“Fellow Daoist Xue is quite knowledgeable about spiritual plants. Is it convenient for me to ask for advice again tomorrow?”

“Naturally, it is convenient.”

Ning Shengsheng turned around and saw Xue Chen smiling gently and elegantly, conversing with a female disciple of the Qingling Sect.

Hehe!

No wonder she couldn’t find anyone.

So he was out fooling around!

She stomped over to Xue Chen and enunciated word by word, “Xue, Wu, Yin, what are you doing?”

The young man blinked in surprise. “The Princess is back? This is Senior Sister Jiang from Herb Peak.”

“Senior Sister Jiang, this is Princess Ning An.”

Ning Shengsheng changed her expression, curved her red lips, and smiled. “Hello, Senior Sister Jiang.”

A pill cultivator!

She couldn’t offend one of those. Her smile was even more ingratiating than Xue Chen’s.

“I saw Her Highness from afar yesterday; she looked exquisite and lovely. Seeing you up close today, you are even more lively and charming.”

Jiang Qian praised from the heart.

“Hehe, I’m not that good!”

The three exchanged a few pleasantries, and Xue Chen sent Jiang Qian down the mountain.

When Xue Chen returned.

He pushed open the courtyard door and saw Ning Shengsheng sitting angrily in the middle of the yard, her left hand stroking her whip.

“Speak!”

Her voice was resounding.

Xue Chen tilted his head: ?

“Xue Wuyin, why are you so actively making friends with people from Herb Peak? Leniency to those who confess, severity to those who resist!”

Xue Chen’s heart skipped a beat.

Was his plan to steal the Seven-Orifice Ice Soul Lotus exposed?

“I…”

While he was thinking of an excuse to muddle through.

Ning Shengsheng stood up, walked in front of him, shaking her head while patting his shoulder.

“Tell me, when has this princess ever treated you poorly? If you want pills, tell me! This princess has plenty of money! We can just buy them with money; why do you need to snake your way in with false cordiality?”

“Wh-what?”

Xue Chen’s brain couldn’t keep up.

The girl said earnestly, “I know you don’t like dealing with people. You forced yourself to socialize just now to build a good relationship with the alchemists, right? What kind of spiritual medicine do you want?”

“This princess will give it to you!”

The astonishment in his eyes flashed by in an instant, replaced by absurdity and disbelief.

Why did her mind go to that level?

After the absurdity passed, Xue Chen smiled faintly. “What if the thing I want is extremely precious?”

“And requires your entire fortune in exchange?”

The girl paced back and forth in the courtyard.

Xue Chen adjusted his erratic heartbeat caused by her, leaned against the stone table, poured a cup of tea to drink, and then teased her leisurely, “Princess, next time you make a promise, think clear—”

“Sure, no problem.”

She ran over, hands resting on the edge of the stone table. “So, what do you want to exchange for?”

“I’ll go back right now and calculate how much money I have.”

Xue Chen was stunned for a moment, his gaze locked on her eyes, trying to see if what she said just now was true or false.

But he couldn’t see a trace of hypocrisy.

The two were very close, close enough that he could clearly see her trembling eyelashes.

Those brown almond eyes were free of any impurities.

They were so pure and beautiful.

Evil thoughts arose in Xue Chen’s heart. His dark eyes moved, and a teasing smile hung on his lips.

“Suppose, I ask you to do something bad with me?”

Do something bad?

Ning Shengsheng’s eyes rolled, and she thought of something yellow (dirty). She crossed her arms. “This isn’t okay, right? In broad daylight, how can you…”

Having said that, she glanced at him shyly.

Xue Chen almost laughed out anger. He flicked her forehead. “What are you thinking about? The bad thing I’m talking about is…”

He looked around vigilantly.

Then he continued.

“Come with me to Herb Peak tonight to steal some spiritual herbs.”

“Psh, you mean that.” Ning Shengsheng straightened her clothes in disappointment. “Sure, what time are we stealing?”

Wait, no.

“You agreed so easily?”

Xue Chen didn’t understand.

“Yeah, otherwise?”

Ning Shengsheng looked up at him.

“Do you know that we are going to Herb Peak, which is guarded by Void Aperture cultivators? We are stealing high-grade spiritual herbs, with a market price of a thousand spirit stones. Your gold and silver can’t buy them at all.”

“Okay, I know.”

Ning Shengsheng rubbed her chin with her right hand. “Speaking of which, do I need to wear night clothes and a facekini?”

“……”

“Princess, is your focus correct?”

“What’s wrong with it?”

“Shouldn’t you be questioning why I want to steal someone else’s spiritual herbs? Aren’t you a good person?”

“Doesn’t everyone in your cultivation world do this? Obtaining things by one’s own ability. Wait, do I need to wear night clothes or not?”

“……”

Xue Chen: Heavens, why is she so torturous?