The Golden Ranking Descends, Ranking Martial Souls?!

Dong Xiaojie watched Yang Ning's receding figure and couldn't help but shake her head and sigh. As a regular customer at Myriad Things Come, she had known Yang Ning for over a year.

In that year, she had met many like-minded friends at the shop. About half a year ago, a few cultivators from different peaks had a whim and founded what they called the "Incense Sect Cultivation," insisting she be their "Senior Sister." At the time, she thought it was just a game and agreed.

Over the past six months, she had gotten along extremely well with the disciples in the "Incense Sect." The sect had grown from just a handful of people to hundreds. Myriad Things Come naturally became Dong Xiaojie's most frequent haunt besides Jade Maiden Peak, and she and the owner, Yang Ning, gradually became familiar with each other.

She clearly remembered that the first time Yang Ning heard her name, his eyes lit up, and he insisted she endorse his "Lanzhou Brand Enlightenment Incense." She didn't think much of it, found it interesting, and agreed. She even cooperated in taking posters, and those posters were still hanging on the wall of the incense room today.

Within the inner sect of Jade Maiden Peak, Shi Xuanfei had an extremely close relationship with her direct disciples, more like family and sisters than master and disciples. Last year, during a casual chat with her Master and sisters, Dong Xiaojie had mentioned the novelties of Myriad Things Come to Shi Xuanfei and invited them to visit when they had time.

However, Shi Xuanfei, as the peak master, was busy with affairs, and in the past year, she had devoted most of her energy to the Sect Master election, so the matter was put on hold. Seeing her Master so busy, Dong Xiaojie didn't bring it up again.

Unexpectedly, five days ago (see Chapter 3, the day Yun Zishan first visited Myriad Things Come), things suddenly took a turn.

That noon, Shi Xuanfei suddenly summoned her and asked in detail about Myriad Things Come, especially all information about the owner, Yang Ning. After a thorough understanding, Shi Xuanfei set off to attend a sect meeting on the main peak (see the sect meeting content in Chapter 7 of the original text).

Just the night before yesterday, Shi Xuanfei summoned Dong Xiaojie again and explicitly stated that she wanted to go shopping at Myriad Things Come with her, specifically asking Dong Xiaojie what the most expensive and best items in the shop were.

Dong Xiaojie usually bought "Enlightenment Incense" and skincare products, so she didn't know much about other goods. She subconsciously mentioned the skincare gift box "Lai Bo Ni" that she had been wanting for a long time, worth two hundred Spirit Stones. Shi Xuanfei immediately decided to buy this gift box, which led to the scene that happened in front of the shop yesterday.

After buying the gift box, on the way back to Jade Maiden Peak by cloud, Dong Xiaojie asked Shi Xuanfei more than once why her behavior was so abnormal, why she was giving Boss Yang such... "special attention"? But Shi Xuanfei always smiled without answering, or lightly changed the subject.

What shocked Dong Xiaojie even more was that Shi Xuanfei directly ordered her to "fetch" Yang Ning to her chambers today. This order simply shocked Dong Xiaojie for a hundred years!

Dong Xiaojie walked down a few stone steps with mixed feelings, and sat down casually. She skillfully took out a pack of Lanzhou from her storage bag, put a cigarette between her lips, lit it with a lighter, took a deep drag, and looked at the curling smoke, muttering to herself, unable to figure it out:

"This isn't right... Master is a peak cultivator in the middle stage of Mahayana, and Boss Yang is just a mortal with no cultivation. Logically speaking... even if Master took a liking to Boss Yang, he couldn't break through Master's defenses at all?! What exactly is Master trying to do?!"

At the same time, Yang Ning, holding the gift box, had arrived in front of the entrance of the unknown grand hall.

The silk window screens faintly revealed the rich fragrance emanating from within the hall, a complex scent mixed with body odor, milky fragrance, floral notes, and honey sweetness.

He hesitated for a moment, then finally reached out and gently knocked on the door.

"Knock, knock, knock—"

From inside the door, the voice of the so-called "Senior Sister" he had heard yesterday immediately came. The voice carried a hint of sleepiness from just waking up, her trailing syllables slightly rising, captivating:

"Is that Boss Yang~?"

"Yes." Yang Ning tried to suppress the surging anxiety and unease in his heart and replied in a deep voice.

"Boss Yang, just push the door open and come in~ The door isn't locked~" Shi Xuanfei's voice, lazy yet seductive, came again.

For an ordinary man, hearing such an invitation would likely have made his mind wander. But at this moment, Yang Ning did not have those amorous thoughts. He slowly pushed open the heavy hall door, and an even more intense, sweet fragrance immediately wafted over him.

The first thing that met his eyes was a not-too-long corridor. The walls on both sides of the corridor were not bare but hung with all sorts of colorful and gorgeous clothing. Next to them were several exquisite shoe cabinets, displaying countless pairs of exquisitely embroidered shoes.