"Wait..."
Helpless, Lin Fan could only ask Zhou Na to wait while he thought of a way to clean things up. However, she clearly wasn't that easy to fool.
"Open the door now. I want to see what you're up to. Otherwise, I'll open it myself!"
As the homeowner, Zhou Na had a key.
That was what they had agreed on beforehand, so Lin Fan wasn't surprised.
But then came the problem: what if she saw this scene...
Well, there was no time to clean up now. The place was a complete mess.
Lin Fan shook his head and could only open the door.
Zhou Na, who was extremely F-cup, was standing right outside. When the door opened, she didn't come in, merely craning her neck to look inside.
Since the living room was right past the entrance, the "corpse" of the coffee table was visible at a glance.
The coffee table had split cleanly in two...
The cups and phone were scattered all over the floor.
Seeing this scene, Zhou Na raised an eyebrow...
"You've been wrecking the place in here?"
"No." Lin Fan shrank his neck weakly. "I suspect it was a quality issue. I just casually slapped it once..."
"What kind of bull are you feeding me? This is solid-wood furniture. The coffee table is six or seven centimeters thick. You slapped it once and it broke?"
"Are you a Martial Arts Expert? Are you filming a movie?"
"Not exactly, but... is it possible that this coffee table was defective?"
Lin Fan began trying to bluff his way through it.
He had finally found a suitable place to live. If he got kicked out, it would be far too troublesome.
"I'll believe that when pigs fly."
Zhou Na pursed her lips, her beautiful face covered in frost. "You have to pay for it!"
"Don't give me any of that useless nonsense."
"Fine, I'll pay. I'll pay."
Lin Fan agreed at once. Paying for the coffee table was a minor matter; not getting kicked out was the major one. He had no money and not enough time right now, so finding another place would be a huge hassle—and he might not even find one this good.
"That's more like it. Clean it up yourself. That's all."
Zhou Na waved her hand and turned to leave, not pursuing the matter any further.
Seeing this, Lin Fan couldn't help blinking.
She had come storming over and spoken so "fiercely," yet all she did was make him compensate her for the damaged coffee table before leaving?
Was she really that easy to talk to?
What he didn't know was that Zhou Na, whose back was all that remained in his eyes, wore a look of astonishment...
"So a practitioner has moved in?"
"But judging by his appearance, he doesn't look like someone who practices internal martial arts. Could it be external hardening techniques?"
"No, that doesn't add up either. If he practiced external hardening techniques, how could his skin be so good?"
She rubbed her arm and secretly ground her teeth.
With that brief glimpse just now, she had discovered that the brat's skin was actually better than hers?!
Who could she even complain to about that?
"But... this is kind of fun. In this day and age, there aren't many practitioners left."
Zhou Na sauntered away. Lin Fan was helpless, but he had no other choice. He could only move the coffee table into a corner and find time later to see if it could be repaired.
Buy a new one?
He would worry about that after he made some money.
"But speaking of which, my strength really is incredible now..."
Lin Fan grew even more curious.
Although the coffee table had been snapped in half, it was still extremely heavy because it was made of solid wood and was very thick.
Yet he had moved it away with ease. Wasn't that proof enough?
"How strange..."
While curious, Lin Fan finished tidying the room. Only then did he have time to look at the rest of the note.
"Your phone suddenly broke!"
And then?
Nothing else.
"The phone broke?"
Lin Fan's heart jumped. Damn, it couldn't have, right?
He had just bought the phone, and it broke?!
Still, he wasn't too worried. Even if one had broken, didn't he have another?
He casually picked up the new phone and pressed the power button.
"..."
No response?
"It's brand-new, and it broke just like that? Fine, I'll go find the seller. Good thing, too. That saves me the money of getting it repaired."
Then Lin Fan took out the other phone.
The result was the same: no response.
"???? They both broke?!"
Lin Fan knitted his brows, realizing that things weren't so simple.
Even if he had bought cheap phones, they shouldn't have broken so easily—especially not both at the same time.
"Fine, I'll take them to a phone repair shop and have them check them out. These days, being without a phone is seriously inconvenient..."
Although he had no idea what Qi Zixiao had done with his body, the phones had to be repaired.
Helpless, Lin Fan stuffed the phones into his pocket and left for the store where he had bought them.
Bright Moon Peak, Saintess Pavilion.
Qi Zixiao looked at the note in her hand, deep in thought.
"That does make some sense. Letting that fellow learn about some matters within Purple Mansion Holy Land and teaching him how to cultivate would indeed prevent him from exposing us..."
"I'll focus on this over the next few days."
"Besides..."
"Combining work and rest, scientific cultivation?"
"That fellow's answer does have some merit."
"If that's the case, I'll give it a try."
Based on Lin Fan's "explanation," Qi Zixiao felt that there was indeed some truth to it. Although cultivation was like sailing against the current—if one did not advance, one would retreat—the water that carried a boat could also capsize it!
Thinking back, hadn't this whole chain of events begun because she had been too impatient and forcibly broken through?
Therefore, she decided to set cultivation aside for the next three days, and put the Divine Sword Control Thunder True Technique aside as well.
She would first help Lin Fan "record" some of the important figures within the sect, then teach him to cultivate so that he could control the True Essence within his body and avoid exposing himself accidentally later...
"Not enough!"
After thinking it over, Qi Zixiao decided to add some of her own "deeds" from over the years. Otherwise, Lin Fan would still be prone to exposing himself.
"As for this commentary on the Protector Disciples..."
In Lin Fan's "message," he had asked Qi Zixiao to offer some commentary on the Protector Disciples. After all, he had asked them for their cultivation insights and such. If she gave no response at all, wouldn't that be strange?
"Forget it. I'll give them some pointers."
"Besides..."
"I need to find a method for deduction and divination, but I have no experience with such techniques."
After mulling it over for a moment, Qi Zixiao made up her mind.
"Chen Cheng."
She spoke, calling for Chen Cheng.
"Your Highness..."
Chen Cheng's voice came from outside the door at once.
"Go find Fang Wu and ask him for the Heaven and Earth Grand Deduction Art in my name..."
The door opened, and a jade pendant flew out.
"Offer this Pure Yang Jade Pendant in exchange. This pendant is enough to withstand three full-force attacks from a Tribulation Transcendent."
The pendant floated before Chen Cheng. She immediately reached out and caught it, then bowed respectfully. "Yes, Your Highness."
Then she turned and flew away on her sword.
At the same time, Chen Cheng was exceptionally curious...
Ask Fang Wu for the Heaven and Earth Grand Deduction Art?
Fang Wu was one of the legendary disciples of Purple Mansion Holy Land. By a stroke of fortune, he had obtained the inheritance of the Old Man of Heavenly Secrets and mastered the Heaven and Earth Grand Deduction Art. He could deduce all things and was known as the Divine Calculator of his generation...
Although his status was below that of the Holy Son and Saintess, among the disciples of the same generation in Purple Mansion Holy Land, he still ranked among the top ten!
The Heaven and Earth Grand Deduction Art was also something out of legend. It was said that after cultivating it to a profound level, there would be nothing beneath the heavens that could not be divined!
So the question was:
Why had Her Highness suddenly requested the Heaven and Earth Grand Deduction Art?
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