That day, two uninvited guests arrived outside the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
One was a gray-haired young man, and the other was a girl with black twin tails.
The two of them sneaked around outside the sect, as though they had ulterior motives.
"Are you sure they really won't see through it?"
Lu Jiang asked Sparkle worriedly.
He was not worried about Sparkle's Disguise Technique being exposed.
It was just that her personality was far too easy to see through.
Whenever Sparkle found something amusing, she could not control her emotions.
Ning Rongrong was usually quiet and well-behaved, so Lu Jiang worried whether Sparkle could keep her emotions in check.
Sparkle stood before Lu Jiang and patted her not-so-generous chest.
Then, with a confident expression, she said:
"For the sake of fun, Lady Sparkle can do anything."
"It's just pretending to be a good girl for a while. Compared to the fun I'll get afterward, it's not worth mentioning."
"Besides, suppressing my nature for fun and constantly risking exposure..."
"That in itself is fun too, isn't it?"
They had not even entered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect yet, and Sparkle's true nature was already starting to show.
If she was recognized once they got inside, that would really become amusing.
Still, they had already come all this way. Wouldn't turning back now be a huge loss?
With a "we're already here anyway" mindset, Lu Jiang and Sparkle stepped through the mountain gate together.
Meanwhile, inside the Crown Prince's Mansion.
Firefly was humming as she helped Lu Jiang clean his bedroom.
She looked exactly like a virtuous helper who had been living with him for years.
Qian Renxue, currently disguised as Xue Qinghe, arrived at the courtyard he had bestowed upon Lu Jiang.
She wanted to see what Lu Jiang was doing today.
After all, she cared a great deal about Lu Jiang.
As long as he stepped out of this room, Xue Qinghe knew his every move.
A few days ago, she had also heard that Ning Rongrong had gone looking for Lu Jiang.
At the time, she had worried that Ning Rongrong might persuade Lu Jiang to return to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
After all, based on what she knew of Lu Jiang, he was the sort of person who easily fell into a woman's embrace.
The type who could not walk straight after a girl flirted with him even a little.
At first, Xue Qinghe had worried. What if Lu Jiang's willpower was not firm enough?
Would Ning Rongrong take him back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect? If that happened, bringing him back again would be troublesome.
Now that Ning Fengzhi knew Lu Jiang was a peerless genius, making him let Lu Jiang go would be harder than ascending to heaven.
Fortunately, Lu Jiang's later actions did not disappoint her.
According to her subordinates, Lu Jiang had not gone with Ning Rongrong. He had even injured her.
At the very least, that proved Lu Jiang was not a cowardly man.
However, when she looked into the bedroom, she saw only Firefly's busy figure.
Lu Jiang himself was nowhere to be seen.
Although Xue Qinghe found it strange, she did not pay it much mind.
Watching him too closely was not a good thing either. She wanted to establish a deeper partnership with Lu Jiang.
She still needed to give him this much trust.
Thus, Xue Qinghe left.
Only after Xue Qinghe had gone did Firefly put away the Transformation Device.
On the other side, Sparkle had already transformed into Ning Rongrong and swaggered through the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's mountain gate.
Countless times, Lu Jiang had wanted to step forward and remind Sparkle to restrain herself.
The usual Ning Rongrong acted like a refined young lady in front of outsiders.
However, for now, no one seemed to suspect Ning Rongrong's identity.
That was because everyone who saw them had their attention fixed entirely on him.
As for Ning Rongrong, they were so accustomed to seeing her that they noticed no flaws.
Lu Jiang could clearly feel countless gazes upon him.
He could even vaguely see those people whispering among themselves.
"Hey, did you see him? That's the trash our Eldest Young Lady dumped."
"I never thought this trash would still have the nerve to come back. Isn't he afraid of disgracing the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect?"
"Exactly. It was already unbelievable that the Eldest Young Lady thought highly enough of him to call him back, yet he still has that arrogant look on his face."
"Huh? That's the trash the Eldest Young Lady abandoned?"
"Sure enough, he looks like a complete loser. No wonder the Eldest Young Lady despised him. Who wouldn't?"
The gatekeeping disciples could not help gathering together and whispering.
Lu Jiang, an Outer Disciple, had already drawn plenty of resentment by winning over the sect master's daughter.
And before Lu Jiang left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, he had been nothing but trash.
That made the others even more unwilling to accept it.
What right did Lu Jiang have?
So when he returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, everyone was prepared to humiliate him ruthlessly.
Faced with their mockery, Lu Jiang had initially intended to ignore it.
After all, the real show was still to come. In Lu Jiang's eyes, their taunts were merely a shortcut to their own deaths.
But while Lu Jiang could endure it, others might not.
Sparkle heard someone daring to speak that way about her playmate.
So she walked up to those gatekeeping disciples with a smile on her face.
Those Outer Disciples seemingly had not expected at all...
That Ning Rongrong, the Eldest Young Lady, would notice them and even walk directly toward them.
Every disciple immediately wore an overwhelmed expression.
They tried their hardest to present themselves well, each one standing perfectly straight.
Sparkle narrowed her eyes and approached them with a benevolent smile. Then she spoke in a coquettish tone:
"Big brothers, you're still standing guard in this heat. You've worked so hard."
They were merely Outer Disciples. Usually, they could only steal glances at Ning Rongrong from afar.
Even if they dreamed of her at night, they would wake up immediately and slap themselves twice.
Yet this girl, who in their hearts was practically an untouchable goddess, was now taking the initiative to show concern for them.
Her voice was like an angel's whisper.
"Not at all, Eldest Young Lady! Everything is for the safety of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect!"
Sparkle covered her mouth and gave a soft laugh.
That smile instantly shattered the last line of defense in their hearts.
At that moment, they stared blankly at Sparkle's smiling face.
Even if Sparkle told them to bark like dogs, they would do so without hesitation.
Sparkle took several exquisitely wrapped gift boxes from her Soul Ring and placed them into their hands one by one as she said:
"The safety of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect depends entirely on the diligence of you senior brothers."
"I made these gifts myself. Consider them Rongrong's reward for all you senior brothers."
The moment the disciples received the gifts, their faces turned bright red.
Lu Jiang sighed and could not help shaking his head.
With the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's safety in your hands, it's finished.
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