Who Could Compare to You, Queen?

"Greetings, Miss Ya Fei." Chu Xiao walked up to Ya Fei in a few steps and nodded with a smile.

Ya Fei looked at the man before her, whose temperament had changed drastically—handsome as jade, tall and upright, ethereal as an immortal—and her gaze turned resentful.

Xiao Yi Xian had even sent her a letter to reprimand her. Yun Yun was surely fuming by now as well.

Seeing one spot revealed the whole leopard; the other Diary Copy holders surely resented her too.

But she had deliberately slowed her pace on the way over. Making excuses to stall further would not suit her image and could easily expose her.

This little brother Chu Xiao was really going to be the death of me.

"Why is Miss Ya Fei looking at me like that?" Chu Xiao asked with a puzzled expression.

In truth, he had directly used the binding opportunity that refreshed daily in the Diary but could not be accumulated.

Ya Fei's reaction was worth testing.

Binding successful. Bound target: Ya Fei.

A piece of information was fed back.

"So there really is one."

Chu Xiao began pondering inwardly.

It was certain that Xun Er and Ya Fei possessed Diary Copies.

It was certain that Xiao Yan and Xiao Mei did not possess Diary Copies.

He guessed that Xiao Zhan, Fang Yi, and several Xiao Family elders did not possess Diary Copies.

He guessed that Yun Yun possessed a Diary Copy.

Was there some pattern to this?

According to the Diary's prompt, those people needed to meet hidden conditions in order to possess Diary Copies.

"Luck? After Little Yan Zi and I break through to Dou Emperor in the future, Mei'er's talent and strength will definitely rank among the very best on the Dou Qi Continent."

"Could it be some kind of special aura? Or something else?"

There was too little information to be certain, so Chu Xiao decided to continue testing first.

"Little brother Chu Xiao, you truly are hard to meet." Ya Fei moved closer to Chu Xiao, her tone full of grievance. "When I was in the imperial capital, it never took me this long to meet someone. I was starting to think you looked down on your sister here and were deliberately avoiding me."

"Is that so?" Chu Xiao's gaze turned teasing. "The people you could see anytime in the imperial capital must have all been women, right?"

"What do you mean by that?" Ya Fei's lovely brows rose slightly as she subtly lifted her chest. "Do you think your sister here is only moderately attractive?"

"Quite the opposite." Chu Xiao lowered his head and lowered his voice. "I heard that any man who approached you would be warned by Mu Zhan, or even targeted by him. Does your charm even need to be mentioned?"

"You know quite a lot, little brother." A perfectly measured look of surprise appeared on Ya Fei's face.

She seemed not to have expected Chu Xiao to know about her and Mu Zhan.

"Of course." Chu Xiao straightened up again, clasping his hands behind his back. "I also know that you need to achieve something before returning to the imperial capital, so you can earn your family's attention and avoid becoming a pawn in a marriage alliance."

"And I can help you with that."

At those words, Ya Fei's expression immediately turned serious, as if she were considering something.

A moment later, a smile blossomed on her face again. "Does little brother have time for a cup of tea?"

"I rather like Black Rock Mountain Cloudmist Tea," Chu Xiao said.

"Your sister here loves it too. I happen to have some treasured reserves. Little brother, we really are fated." Ya Fei made an inviting gesture. "This way, please."

Chu Xiao did not refuse. Laughing and chatting with Ya Fei, he followed her to the VIP room.

Only after the tea had been brewed did Ya Fei ask, "How does little brother intend to help me, and what conditions do I need to meet?"

"Please take a look, sister." Chu Xiao extended a hand and summoned a wisp of Thunder Flame Emperor Flame.

Since he had confirmed that Ya Fei possessed a Diary Copy just like Xun Er, his attitude toward her would naturally be different.

In the future, he would also prepare many "future true scenes" in the Diary that people could verify.

"True flame!" Ya Fei abruptly rose to her feet, astonishment appearing on her face.

On the Dou Qi Continent, unless one had mastered a special flame, an alchemist could only summon flames from their palm after reaching Grade 4. Before then, they needed the wondrous transformation of a medicinal cauldron's fire vent to convert the fire-attributed Dou Qi within their bodies into tangible flames.

Chu Xiao was revealing that he possessed the abilities of at least a Grade 4 Alchemist.

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The Diary even had an on-site recording function. He would test it on Sister Ya Fei and record her surprised expression.

"Huh, it updated again!?"

The Women, who had assumed Chu Xiao would not continue writing in the Diary and had already put away their copies, all moved in perfect unison.

Even Feng Qing Er, who was on her way to Starfall Pavilion, paused what she was doing and then saw an image.

"It even has an on-site recording function!" The Women were inwardly startled.

They had better not reveal anything in front of Chu Xiao in the future, or the other Diary Copy holders might notice something suspicious.

"She really does look like a seductive vixen!" Medusa openly declared her dislike of Ya Fei.

Qing Lin: "."

When it came to being seductive, alluring, and tempting, few women could compare to you, Queen Medusa~

The thought that Miss Ya Fei was indeed very beautiful, with an excellent figure as well, appeared in The Women's minds the moment they saw the image.

Below it were Chu Xiao's thoughts, generated in an instant.

Sister Ya Fei's greatest trouble right now is how to escape Mu Zhan's entanglement. She even fled from the imperial capital to Wutan City, which is not highly ranked, to avoid him. She also desperately wants to achieve something, so she can earn her family's attention and avoid being used in a marriage alliance.

This is an easy matter for me to resolve. In a few days, when I have time to go to Stone Desert City to find Qing Lin and collect Heavenly Flames, I can help Hai Bo Dong remove the Serpent Seal Cai Lin left on him along the way. Once the Grand Elder returns to the Mite'er Family, making Ya Fei the family's decision-maker would only take a single word from him.

For now, though, I should let her think I'm a Grade 4 Alchemist, so she decides to invest in me and helps the Xiao Family deal with the Jia Lie and Ao Ba clans within the rules.

Although I can summon flames now, this is actually a Heavenly Flame brought back within my soul. I do not actually know alchemy. I will only recall those memories after reaching the Central Plains. I subdued a special Beast Flame with wood attributes in a ruin, and that is how I gained the aptitude to become an alchemist.

However, in this life, perhaps I can use the Heavenly Flame to find Old Yao early and have him teach me alchemy. Since I became one of the Great Thousand World's foremost grandmasters of alchemy in my previous life, there is absolutely no issue with my talent.

The Women:!

"Hai Bo Dong is the Ice Emperor who competed with me for that special fragmentary map back then, and whom I planted with the Serpent Seal."

"He is actually still alive, and even near Stone Desert City."

Interest surfaced in Medusa's narrow eyes.

Back then, Hai Bo Dong had fought her over the fragmentary map. Though he had been no match for her and was sealed by her, he had still taken the map away.

If she used her connection to the seal to find that man now, would she not be able to seize the fragmentary map back?

But that thought lingered in her mind for only an instant before vanishing without a trace.

Judging by the Diary's contents, Hai Bo Dong clearly had a close relationship with Chu Xiao and could even safeguard Ya Fei.

There was absolutely no need for her to make an enemy over a fragmentary map whose purpose she did not even know.

Hai Bo Dong had been sealed all these years, so he surely had not had it easy. As punishment for fighting her over something, that was enough.

"Refining a wood-attributed Beast Flame can also give someone the aptitude to become an alchemist?"

Cao Ying's eyes lit up, and she felt she should try it sometime.

For the Cao Family, hunting high-level magical beasts that possessed Beast Flames was not difficult.

If devouring this type of Beast Flame could satisfy the requirements to become an alchemist, then the Cao Family could mass-produce alchemists.

Of course, the prerequisite was sufficiently powerful soul strength, and the Cao Family happened to possess a secret technique that could enhance soul strength.

"I knew there would be gains. I'll reluctantly forgive you for keeping me in suspense this time."

Cao Ying took out a medicinal cauldron and began refining pills.

Inside the Mittel Auction House in Wutan City, Ya Fei skimmed through the Diary's contents at a glance and relied on tremendous willpower to keep herself from crying out.

So Grand Elder Hai Bodong's disappearance had been connected to Queen Medusa. No wonder no news of it had spread.

The flame in Chu Xiao's hand was not true flame at all, but the even rarer Heavenly Flame.

"I'll play along with your performance."

An excited expression appeared on Ya Fei's face, and her body trembled.

"Little brother Chu Xiao, y-you're a Grade 4 Alchemist?"