The Immortal Fairy Still Had the Most Experience

"Perfect, one bowl for each person." The third bowl of wontons was cooked, and Lu Yang happily pushed it in front of Lan Ting.

Lanting glanced at Tao Yaoye casually, then sat down quietly, her movements as gentle as a lady from a noble family. She then picked up a wonton with her chopsticks.

Since it was Senior Brother Lu Yang who chose this place, it was naturally a very unique food stall... It was really awful.

Lanting stared at the bowl of wontons in astonishment; it was the worst wonton she had ever eaten.

Actually, this bowl of wontons was only slightly below average, not quite the worst. But Lan Ting came from the Aristocratic Clan and ate all sorts of delicacies. Even though the food was lighter after joining the Moon Laurel Immortal Palace, the taste was still unparalleled in the cultivation world.

Even among ordinary wontons, which would be considered below average in the mortal world, she naturally found them difficult to swallow.

The owner was pleased to see that Lu Yang had ordered another bowl of wontons. Everyone in Yuanhe County knew that his wontons were terrible and that he was ripping off these out-of-towners.

He's been running a wonton shop for almost thirty years, and his customers are all from out of town.

Lu Yang was lucky; there was too much vinegar in his bowl, which masked the taste of the wontons.

Anyway, once you've ordered wontons, you have to eat them, and the three of them ended up finishing three bowls of wontons.

Lu Yang wiped his mouth, then remembered he hadn't gotten to the main point. "Oh right, I haven't had a chance to ask Junior Sister Lanting what you're here for. Are you also on a mission?"

"Yes, it was a man named Master Song who sought help from the Moon Laurel Fairy Palace, saying that his family has a strange painting that can't be burned, thrown away, or torn, and it makes eerie noises at night, which is very dangerous."

Tao Yaoye chimed in, "So did Senior Brother Lu. He was worried I wouldn't be able to complete the mission alone, so he came with me."

Lu Yang was a little confused. What Junior Sister Tao said wasn't wrong, but something still felt off.

"It seems that this Master Song is asking our two families for help."

This is a very common occurrence. People seeking help are unsure which sect is reliable, so to be on the safe side, they will post their tasks to several sects. As a result, disciples of the Five Great Immortal Sects often find themselves with the same task.

For example, when they were young, the Silent Daoist and Luo Hongxia encountered a mission. Lanting heard his master say that the two of them were on a ghost-exorcising mission. They stayed at an inn for three days but couldn't find the ghost anywhere. In the end, they found it under the Silent Daoist's bed. When the Silent Daoist was sleeping, the ghost was right below him, watching him through the bed board.

Then the Silent Daoist insisted that the ghost and he split the rent for the three days equally.

The ghost then invoked the laws of the Great Xia Dynasty, claiming that according to the law, it was not a living being and therefore did not need to pay rent.

The Silent Daoist also invoked the laws of the Great Xia Dynasty, saying that ghosts have no human rights and cultivators can kill them at will.

The ghosts split the rent equally and were subsequently arrested.

"Senior Brother Lu, Junior Sister Tao, have you investigated the matter of Master Song?"

Tao Yaoye recounted the results of her investigation. "These are the results of my investigation with Senior Brother Lu Yang."

"Senior Brother Lu Yang is amazing. He has investigated so much since arriving in Yuanhe County. Junior Sister Tao must have been a great help. I have been here for three days longer than Senior Brother Lu Yang, and I have only investigated a little more than him."

"It's a pity I'm alone. If Senior Brother Lu Yang had helped me, I could definitely have found out more."

Tao Yaoye seemed oblivious to Lan Ting's unspoken message and calmly asked, "What did Junior Sister Lan discover?"

"Master Song's fortunes took a turn for the worse twenty years ago. At that time, his family had fallen on hard times and he didn't have much money left. He made a desperate gamble, investing all his assets in business, but it ended in failure, and he lost everything. Someone saw him walking into the mountains, as if he wanted to commit suicide. But unexpectedly, half a day later, Master Song came out of the mountains, and his expression was no longer dazed. He was holding a painting in his hand."

"You all know what happened next. Master Song suddenly developed a business acumen, and wealth poured in, leading to a happy and fulfilling family life."

Lanting glanced Tao Yaoye. "Well, how about it? You haven't investigated this important intelligence yet."

After listening to Lan Ting's story, Tao Yaoye affectionately took Lan Ting's hand and said, "Junior Sister Lan is amazing! You managed to investigate so much all by yourself. It seems you're quite capable on your own."

Lan Ting smiled broadly, took Tao Yaoye's arm affectionately, and said, "Don't mention it. As the old saying goes, many hands make light work. It's a pity that Senior Brother Lu Yang came with you. If he had come with me, we would have already completed the mission."

"So, Junior Sister Lan is implying that you're better than me?"

"Junior Sister Tao, please don't misunderstand me. After all, I arrived three days earlier. If Senior Brother Lu Yang and I had arrived three days earlier, wouldn't Senior Brother Lu Yang have been able to complete the mission?"

"That's right. With Senior Brother Lu Yang's abilities, he can complete the mission by himself."

The two women walked hand in hand, their faces beaming with smiles of joy at their long-awaited reunion, as close as sisters.

Lu Yang paid no attention to what the two women said afterward; he was preoccupied with the information Lan Ting had gathered. "The problem really lies with that painting."

"Let's go see Master Song."

A man and two women walked toward the Song family's house. On the way, Lanting kept glancing at Lu Yang.

"Junior Sister Lanting, is there something on my face?"

Lan Ting smiled and said, "No, it's just that I think you're amazing, Senior Brother. You became the successor to the Sect Master at such a young age, and you even presided over the sect's celebration. As far as I know, this is the first time in history. Compared to you, I'm far inferior."

"Not at all, not at all. I became the acting Sect Master entirely by luck." Lu Yang wasn't being modest; he became the acting Sect Master entirely because of bad luck in reviving the Immortal Fairy.

Seeing Lan Ting's disappointment, Lu Yang comforted her, "Besides, Junior Sister Lan, you're already very skilled. I watched your fight with Old Meng; you were too tense, it wasn't your true level."

Hearing Lu Yang's encouragement, Lan Ting smiled again, "That's right, I should be more confident, after all, I represented the Golden Core stage of the Immortal Palace in the battle."

"I hit it off with Junior Sister Tao at first sight. I had hoped to meet her on the arena, but unfortunately, things didn't go as planned, and I didn't get the chance to spar."

Tao Yaoye said softly, "Junior Sister Lan, do you enjoy fighting so much? I always thought you were a refined young lady because of your gentle movements."

Lu Yang felt something was off, so he turned to the Immortal Fairy and asked, "Fairy, don't you think Junior Sister Tao and Junior Sister Lan's attitudes are a bit strange?"

The Immortal Fairy had been observing from her spiritual space for a while and indeed felt that the two little girls' actions and tone of voice were somewhat strange.

"This scene feels so familiar... I remember now, the prodigies of the Dragon and Phoenix clans acted just like this in front of me, flattering and praising each other, very united. They did it so that I would take them as my disciples."

"Then why are Junior Sister Tao and Junior Sister Lan acting this way...?"

The Immortal Fairy said confidently, "They definitely want you to take them as your disciples, after all, you showed your extraordinary skills and combat prowess at the celebration!"

That makes sense.