The Ancient Mastermind, Huang Doudou

"Fairy, you should have at least given me two fairy fruits back then!" Lu Yang could roughly imagine the commotion caused by that fairy fruit.

The longer Lu Yang spent with the Immortal Fairy, the less he knew why she had been killed—there were too many reasons, Lu Yang didn't know which one to choose.

"I already said it's to be given to the 'most beautiful' Demon Race. There can only be one 'most,' don't you know that?" The Immortal Fairy earnestly explained basic grammar to Lu Yang.

Lu Yang remained silent for a long time before finally saying, "... You're right."

"Right?" The Immortal Fairy put her hands on her hips, beaming with pride.

"Who exactly received that celestial fruit?"

"Afterwards, I heard from the Immortal of Time that at the wedding, the Dragon Clan's prodigy and the Phoenix Clan's prodigy were arguing over the ownership of the immortal fruit and wanted to have a magic contest."

"Speaking of which, Qilin Immortal is really stingy. He has immortal fruits of his own, why doesn't he just give one to each of his wives? Why did they have to fight over it?"

The Immortal Fairy shook her head. Compared to the Qilin Immortal, she was much more generous, able to offer a celestial fruit as a gift.

"And then what?"

"Later, Qilin Immortal said that it was ultimately inappropriate to have a magical contest at a wedding, so it would be better to change the competition format. Fortunately, three immortal guests were present, so Yingtian Immortal, Jiuchong Immortal, and Suiyue Immortal were chosen as judges, and he stepped aside to avoid a two-to-two score."

"Look, if Qilin Immortal had invited me back then, wouldn't the five of us immortals have been able to be judges? Besides, you know me; I'm fair and impartial, and I could have been the judge alone."

"If you think I'm beautiful and worried that I'll overshadow the dragon and phoenix prodigies, can I wear a veil?" As the foremost of the ten High Antiquity beauties, the Immortal Fairy was very confident in her appearance.

Lu Yang thought to himself, "Fairy, you should be more careful. It's obvious that Qilin Fairy didn't want to be a judge, so she removed herself from the list."

What are the competition events between the Dragon Clan's prodigies and the Phoenix Clan's prodigies?

"Cooking skills."

The Immortal Fairy shook her head regretfully. "The four of them, including the Qilin Immortal, don't know that I taught the Dragon Clan's and Phoenix Clan's prodigies their culinary skills. Although we don't have the formal title of master and apprentice, we are in reality master and apprentice. Their skills are not refined; they have only mastered one or two tenths of my culinary skills. Even so, they would find it difficult to find a match for me in the Tribulation Transcendence stage."

"During the competition, they were both taught by the same master, and neither could break the other's moves, so naturally, their cooking skills were equally matched."

"The Immortal of Time told me that when the three of them tasted the food prepared by the Dragon Clan's prodigies and the Phoenix Clan's prodigies, Celestial Person were amazed, feeling as if it contained the power of time, allowing them to quickly review their entire lives."

"I humbly say that I taught them, but they only learned the basics."

"After a moment of silence, Immortal Suiyue said, 'The three of them attacked Qilin Immortal too early. He wasn't the culprit.' I pressed him for an explanation, but he didn't say anything."

Lu Yang cupped his hands in a gesture of respect to the Immortal Fairy.

If outsiders didn't know the Immortal Fairy's character and only heard this story, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that the Immortal Fairy was the mastermind High Antiquity this: she didn't even show up, but with just a single immortal fruit, she caused the geniuses of the Dragon and Phoenix clans to fight each other, turned the four High Antiquity immortals against each other, and plunged the Qilin Immortal into a place of injustice and wickedness.

She also secretly taught skills to the prodigies of the Dragon and Phoenix clans, waiting for the right opportunity to act.

Such wisdom can only be described as unfathomable. Anyone who faces such a cunning and treacherous old monster would be terrified and tremble with fear.

However, Lu Yang knew the Immortal Fairy very well, so he decided to use a different word to describe her wisdom.

Great foolishness appears as wisdom.

"As you should know, the Dragon Clan and the Phoenix Clan are the most arrogant races among the Demon Race, and their blood is extremely precious. It is incredibly difficult for humans to obtain their blood, which is why the Phoenix Bloodstone is so important."

"Phoenix Bloodstone is not only a specialty of our Fallen Phoenix County, but also a pillar industry. The amount of Spirit Stone we obtain from selling Phoenix Bloodstone every year is enormous!"

"Phoenix Bloodstone is not only a good material for refining weapons, but it also has unexpected and wonderful uses when worn as an ornament."

"My dad told me that Phoenix Bloodstone has been mined in Luofeng County for four thousand years, and the veins are still inexhaustible, with a continuous supply of Phoenix Bloodstone being mined."

Li Haoran introduced the local economy, Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou nodded repeatedly, like leaders who had come to inspect the area.

"How many Spirit Stone is this Phoenix Blood Stone?" Meng Jingzhou was browsing in the shop. He thought it was a rare item and wanted to buy a few to play with.

Three hundred Spirit Stone.

What about this one?

"Four hundred and fifty Spirit Stone."

Meng Jingzhou continued to shake his head; such a cheap Phoenix Bloodstone was not worthy of his status.

"Bring out your best Phoenix Bloodstone, I'm not short of money." Meng Jingzhou acted like a spoiled young master.

Upon hearing this, the shop owner's eyes lit up; this was a big customer indeed.

He looked around and saw that only Meng Jingzhou and his group were in the shop, so he led them to the backyard. He carefully took an exquisite wooden box from the shelf and opened it. Inside the box was a bright red stone the size of a pebble, as red as blood, as if the legendary old phoenix had been dyed red when it died.

Even Qin Yanyan could sense the extraordinary nature of this Phoenix Blood Stone.

The shop owner whispered, "The mine collapsed a few days ago, and this is the last Phoenix Blood Stone that was brought out of the mine. It took me a lot of effort to get it. One price, 500,000 Spirit Stone."

Meng Jingzhou nodded, "That's more like it. Ten yuan, please."

Five hundred thousand Spirit Stone and five million Spirit Stone are like a drizzle in front of the young master of the Meng family; they are not worth mentioning.

The shop owner said with a bitter face, "Sir, it's not that I don't want to sell more, it's just that this is the only Phoenix Blood Stone I have here."

"Alright, this one then." The shop owner was overjoyed. Actually, his initial quote was a bit high, leaving room for negotiation, but he didn't expect Meng Jingzhou to buy it without even haggling.

The shop owner also gave away several pieces of Phoenix Bloodstone of decent quality, but they were far inferior to Meng Jingzhou's.

Meng Jingzhou knew he could bargain, but he was always too lazy to bargain when buying things; it was too much trouble.

He asked the shop owner to drill a hole in the Phoenix Bloodstone and thread a rope through it.

Meng Jingzhou wore it around his neck and felt quite pleased with himself.

He felt that since everyone was shopping, he shouldn't be the only one buying Phoenix Bloodstone. He went to several shops, trying to buy one of similar quality for each of Lu Yang and the others, but unfortunately, after comparing them, none of them were as good as his Phoenix Bloodstone.

Many shop owners asked Meng Jingzhou where he bought the Phoenix Bloodstone, but Meng Jingzhou didn't say.

"How come I have money but can't spend it?"

Li Haoran advised, "Senior Brother Meng, forget it. The phoenix power contained in the Phoenix Bloodstone is of little use to us. Even for weapon refining, I don't have the ability to refine such a high-quality Phoenix Bloodstone right now. We wouldn't be able to use it even if we bought it."

"Alright." Hearing Li Haoran say this, Meng Jingzhou had no choice but to give up.

"By the way, what are the benefits of wearing the Phoenix Bloodstone for a long time?" Meng Jingzhou asked, pointing to the Phoenix Bloodstone on his chest.

"Aphrodisiac."

I got home late, the second update will be around 11 PM.