Xia Wantang gained 10 favorability from Lin Xi. Current favorability is 20, exchanged for 100 faith points.
Hearing the favorability broadcast, Xia Wantang had a good idea in her mind:
though Lin Xi looked like it disliked humans, it was a qilin cub after all, and still quite pure. She showed a little bit of goodwill, and its favorability shot right up.
Of course, she hadn't harbored any crooked intentions to begin with.
Older sister merely wanted your favorability, what kind of bad intentions could she possibly have?
"My name is Lin Xi, and I got hurt because I was being hunted down by humans."
Lin Xi thought for a long time, only squeezing out this simple sentence.
It was afraid that saying it came from a higher plane would frighten the weak human before its eyes, so after much deliberation, it decided not to say it.
Xia Wantang blinked:
"Then what kind of demonic beast are you? I've never seen one before, you look terribly strange."
Hearing this, Lin Xi grew unhappy:
"You're the one who looks strange, your whole family looks strange!"
Even though these words did not fit the truth, after lashing out, its mood was somewhat refreshed overall:
"I am an ancient divine beast, a qilin."
"All the other demonic beasts praise my handsome looks, only you say I'm strange, hmph."
Lin Xi's teenage voice matched with its haughty tone was truly somewhat cute, causing the corners of Xia Wantang's mouth to curl up uncontrollably:
"Alright, alright, you're an ancient divine beast, you're amazing."
Listening to her tone, it seemed as though she didn't believe it at all. A wave of depression washed over Lin Xi's heart once more, and it simply turned its head away, ignoring her altogether.
Right at that moment, a knock suddenly rang out from outside the door:
"Wantang, are you inside? I heard you're setting off to return to Qingyun Palace today?"
Xia Wantang hid Lin Xi under the quilt and swiftly opened the door to see Xia Qing standing outside with an apologetic expression on his face.
"What is it, Brother Xia Qing? Is something the matter?"
Xia Qing used his hand to rub his temples:
"I heard you're leaving today, and wanted to ask if you still plan to practice the sword before you go."
After practicing the sword with Xia Wantang yesterday, he cultivated during the evening and suddenly experienced an epiphany, faintly feeling the sensation of an impending breakthrough.
Thus, he still wanted to find her to practice the sword together today.
Coupled with the fact that he deeply adored and looked up to Xia Wantang, he naturally hoped for the opportunity to have more contact with her.
Once she returned to Qingyun Palace, there probably wouldn't be much opportunity left, and the gap between the two of them would only grow increasingly vast.
Xia Wantang figured that even if she and Lin Xi spent half the day in the room, they would only stare at each other with big eyes, so the morning time might as well be spent on practice.
Besides, he had just broken through, so she could coincidentally test whether her control over spiritual energy today could be even more precise.
Thus, she nodded:
"Alright, I'll tidy up and come right out. Please wait a moment."
Finished speaking, she closed the door, sat by the edge of the bed, and said to Lin Xi:
"Lin Xi, I need to practice the sword this morning. This afternoon, I'll be setting off to return to Qingyun Palace."
"If you trust me, I'll take you along to heal your injuries, and I'll definitely protect you well along the way."
After quite a while, Lin Xi finally spoke in a muffled voice from beneath the quilt:
"Mn."
Obtaining its reply, Xia Wantang felt at ease and went out to practice her sword.
Lin Xi: ...
This hateful human actually really left it, a beast, abandoned in the room while she ran off outside to practice the sword with another man??
Practicing the sword until noon, Xia Wantang went to visit Xia Renhe and his wife once more. Liu Wan'er brimmed with tears and spoke reluctantly:
"Wantang, you must pay attention to safety when traveling outside, and don't push yourself."
"If you are targeted by bad people, preserving yourself is paramount; magical treasures and medicinal pills are all external possessions."
Xia Wantang did not agree with these words:
in the cultivation world, who reasons with you? If you show weakness, you will likely lose both wealth and life directly.
Only becoming stronger was the hard truth.
Naturally, she would not state it so bluntly, and only repeatedly urged Xia Renhe and the other to cultivate properly and make full use of everything she had given them.
Departing from Xia Renhe and his wife, she went to bid farewell to the head of the Xia family. Afterward, she returned to her room, picked up Lin Xi, and left Luoxia City on her flying sword.
After about the time it took to burn a stick of incense, Xia Wantang saw that it was about right and found a mountain cave to settle down in.
Lin Xi noticed the concealment formation she set up and felt somewhat astonished:
"You actually know how to set up formations."
Even though it was not some high-level formation, it was set up quite intricately. Even for it, seeing through this concealment formation was not necessarily guaranteed.
Xia Wantang found some withered leaves and used spiritual energy to start a fire. Feeling the surroundings grow warm, she slowly spoke:
"There's a lot you don't know yet."
Seeing this scene, Lin Xi grew even more curious:
"You can use water-element spells, and you can also use fire-element spells. But water and fire spiritual energies are two extremes, what on earth is your spiritual root?"
Xia Wantang smiled lightly and did not answer:
"Lin Xi, you ask too many questions."
"Now, big sister has to leave for a little while, and I'll be right back."
Seeing that Xia Wantang was unwilling to answer, Lin Xi could only pout its mouth and say in a muffled voice:
"Fine, then mind your safety on the way, I'll wait for you."
Seeing the little beast sprawl on the ground with a wronged expression, Xia Wantang was amused and directly reached out to ruffle its fur:
"Be good, stay here obediently, no one will discover you."
Seeing the other party unceremoniously mess up its fur without a shred of politeness, Lin Xi's fur bristled with anger once more:
this hateful human, relying on her good looks, actually went straight for the hands! She really took me for a child!
Though... this feeling wasn't actually that unpleasant.
Xia Wantang gained 5 favorability from Lin Xi. Current favorability is 25, exchanged for 50 faith points.
If one asked why Xia Wantang ran all the way back after leaving Luoxia City, it was naturally to teach those three old bastards a lesson.
Originally, she figured that since she had already extorted Xia Yingwu for a sum, she would spare him and not beat him up.
But she hadn't expected the fellow to actually still want to bargain with her.
Since she had returned anyway, she might as well beat him up along with the others.
Dressed in a suit of black clothes, Xia Wantang stealthily leaped onto the rooftop and happened to see Xia Yingwu, Xia Qian, and Xia Kun drinking together.
Furthermore, the content of their conversation was related to her:
"That damned girl Xia Wantang really fleeced me for a fortune this time!"
"Forget it, consider it spending money to avert disaster. I just have a feeling she didn't harbor any good intentions coming back this time, did she really just leave like that?"
"Leaving is good! Baba was beaten up by her on the very first day, and then ran into that matter afterward. His future can be considered completely ruined, what a sin."
"That person still hasn't been tracked down?"
"Yeah, it's also demonic. There are quite a few fire-root cultivators inside Luoxia City, but judging by their cultivation, it's simply impossible for them to enter the Xia residence without a sound..."
"Could it be that the second young master offended someone?"
"How would I know about that? He offends plenty of people on ordinary days!"
Xia Wantang: Oh wonderful, a few little old geezers, daring to gossip about big sister behind her back. Today I'll roast the lot of you.
Naturally, this time she wouldn't roast their roots, seeing as they hadn't forcibly seized commoner maidens.
Her gaze swept across the three men's hair, and a wicked idea spontaneously arose:
Why not burn off all the hair on your heads, and let you suffer from the pain of heat toxins year-round.
The original owner's grievances should be deeply etched into your hearts!
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