Within the Emperor's private box.
Qin Chuyu had already gathered all her focus, yet she still failed to receive a response. This even caused the female cultivator—who had transformed from a Fox Demon into a human and then, in human form, nearly risen to the highest level of the Shenzhou Daoist Realm—to develop a strange misconception.
What she had seen was merely someone similar, not the owner of that shop. One lookalike would have been fine, but what was the deal with the other person beside her, who was supposedly the shop's Maid?
In theory, no matter what a customer requested—even if it was merely a thought that had arisen in their mind—they should have appeared.
Yet Qin Chuyu felt that something invisible was cutting her off... It was not that mysterious orb above the arena. Rather, the other party had unilaterally closed some channel of contact.
What was going on?
Had they judged that her current condition was insufficient for a transaction?
Qin Chuyu could not help falling into deep thought. She was not an ignorant customer encountering the shop for the first time. She had even completed several transactions that could be called miracles.
For example, she had shed her Fox Demon form and become human—a true human, not merely someone who had cultivated into a human shape.
"My current request is clearly meant to help me escape... But judging from the current situation, the chance of me escaping is infinitely close to zero?"
This forced Qin Chuyu to reassess her current predicament. The shop owner's disregard made Qin Chuyu believe that, in the other party's estimation, she was currently in a situation where she would basically be unable to escape without outside intervention.
Having already traded with the shop before, Qin Chuyu had some understanding of how