Women's Pastime

Watching Xiao Ranran chat and laugh with them, Feifei grew dissatisfied. She jumped onto Shen Ranxi's head and patted her arm with her claws, signaling for an introduction.

Shen Ranxi came to her senses, the corners of her lips curling up. "This is my new companion, Feifei. Everyone, get acquainted."

Little Bell's eyes widened. "Sister, your companion is so beautiful! Can I hold her hand?"

She stared at Feifei, stars practically shining in her eyes.

This greatly satisfied Feifei's vanity. Sigh, another one dazzled by Lord Fei Ya's beauty. She slowly and reservedly extended her hand for Little Bell to shake.

That evening, she gave Dean Flender ninety percent of the medicinal herbs she had picked from Sunset Forest that she could not use herself. With Dean Flender's shrewdness, he would never sell them cheaply at a loss!

After returning to the dormitory, she washed herself until she was spotless and even scented herself with incense, praying that she would draw something good. She held Feifei, the Auspicious Beast, before her face and buried herself in her belly for several deep sniffs, ignoring her claws stepping on her face in protest until her fur was puffed up in complete disarray.

Feifei had never experienced anything like this before. She was so frightened that her eyes went round, and even her airplane ears came out.

Shen Ranxi perfunctorily patted her twice, then immediately began drawing while the luck she had rubbed off was still there, using up all Twenty Consecutive Draws at once.

Watching the gift packs pop out, Shen Ranxi opened them all. The first two were empty, containing nothing at all. Shen Ranxi was so furious she stomped her feet, but she had no choice but to keep clicking.

A meal made by a level-seventy Food Soul Master (Effect: Immediately restores the eater to peak condition)

A pair of socks that could keep you warm (A little unlucky)

Seeing this thing, Shen Ranxi did not even know where to begin complaining... Speechless, she could only hold it in and keep looking.

One drop of Ripening Fluid (Adds two thousand years to the age of any spirit plant; rather useless)

One Night Pearl

Empty

Beauty Pill (Eliminates all facial flaws, like level-ten beautification)

At this point, Shen Ranxi clenched her teeth tightly. Damn heavens, I won't call you Grandpa anymore, because you never treated me like your Grandson in the first place!!!!

Soul Tool Crafting Method (Those who like machinery are in luck)

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Disposable Substitute Grass Doll (Can block one strike from a Titled Douluo; automatically activates when it senses mortal danger)

Empty

Empty

Empty

Another pair of socks that could keep you warm (Double the bad luck for you)

To hell with your father, hear that? To hell with your father! Shen Ranxi finally could not hold it in any longer and started cursing loudly.

Snack Gift Pack (Pretty Delicious Food)

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One Night Cup (Any liquid poured into it becomes incomparably delicious)

Starfall Fragment (You lucked into something amazing. A fragment from an unknown mysterious world; collecting them all may bring lucky events)

Empty

Looking at the items before her, Shen Ranxi felt they were acceptable, barely enough to comfort herself. She looked at that final item in confusion, then could only leave it alone for now.

She called the system awake. "System, I want to choose what I'm entitled to."

[Host, begin.]

"I want that Hide the Sky and Cross the Sea." This thing was practically made for setting people up. It suited her style of developing discreetly perfectly—fight when it was time to fight, run when it was time to run.

The other things were good as well, but they did not suit her current self. For example, the Cultivation Method You Have?—even if she could copy it now, without sufficient Soul Power to support it, she would not be able to display its proper might.

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The days that followed were filled with dull, repetitive training. During her free time, she also made Delicious Food for Feifei and Big Ox, keeping the promise she had made to them.

The others benefited as well. Shen Ranxi generally did not Waste Time on such things; she preferred making Handmade Soap, adding unique plants from Douluo Continent to create new innovations.

She also made Scented Sachets and incense, filling the rooms with fragrance.

It was stress-relieving.

The fatty one and Oscar, the two men, even mooched quite a lot from her, saying righteously, "Little Xi, this is discrimination. Who says boys can't like smelling nice?"

Shen Ranxi: "..."

At dawn, as the sun rose, Shen Ranxi had just finished meditating.

This was something she had recently added to her routine: increasing her meditation time for the Formless Heart Sutra. Thinking about how the content she had memorized in her Previous Life had been scheduled for the morning, and how the whole country had done it that way, there had to be a reason for it. So she chose to meditate at dawn, perhaps allowing her to gain insight faster.

"Xiao Ranran, when can we set off for the city?" Feifei had heard last night that they were going to the city today, so she had unusually gotten up early. Normally, she slept as soon as the time came, and her sleep quality was so astonishing that even if Heaven Collapsed, no one could wake her. She also loved sleeping in during the mornings.

Shen Ranxi flipped neatly through the air and landed lightly on the ground, then went to the dormitory and changed into a beautiful Peacock Blue dress.

Teacher Zhao had given it to her for her birthday. Its rich, full colors flowed and collided beneath the light and shadows, breathtakingly beautiful.

Feifei's eyes lit up. She jumped onto Shen Ranxi's shoulder and brushed her cheek with the tip of her tail. "Xiao Ranran, I want pretty clothes too! Buy some for me!"

A beast like you cares about beauty too... Shen Ranxi grumbled inwardly, but she said, "Fine, but I want to plant some things in your space."

Feifei grinned. "No problem. Plant whatever you want!"

Oscar and Ma Hongjun were already waiting at the door. Taking Little Bell by the hand, the group quickly arrived at Suotuo City.

As usual, they went to Sister Mosna's shop. No, rather, it should be called her and Shen Ranxi's shop. Two years ago, Shen Ranxi had given Sister Mosna rose soap, milk soap, and a set of Skincare Products she had developed, leaving Mosna utterly amazed. What Shen Ranxi had not expected was that Mosna's biological sister was the Dean of a Junior Soul Master Academy.

Through the two sisters, these products swiftly spread throughout the circles of upper-class Female Soul Masters and Noblewomen.

Do not say Soul Masters did not associate with Ordinary People; that would be underestimating the allure of money. In any world, one could not take a single step without money. Soul Masters respected strength above all else, but obtaining more resources required vast sums of money. Countless nobles recruited Soul Masters with money to protect themselves.

Did Mosna's sister not need money to establish an Academy? Not only did she need money, she needed connections and investments from these wealthy people even more.

Female strong experts in the Soul Master world were still a minority. Most women remained constrained, with far too few ways to pass the time.

In the end, Shen Ranxi and Mosna opened a Beauty Salon together. The attendants inside were either low-ranked Soul Masters or Ordinary People, but without exception, they were all handsome young men—some refined, some cute, some rugged.

The products sold inside were all beauty-related: soaps in all kinds of scents, face masks with all sorts of effects, incense, Skincare Products, perfume...

They used a membership system. The higher the membership level, the higher the level of service one could enjoy—such as gentle massages from handsome attendants. However, harassing employees was strictly forbidden in the shop. Anyone who wanted something beyond a customer-service worker relationship had to do so outside the shop.

Shen Ranxi could not interfere in matters that were mutually consensual. She was not the Queen Mother of the West, expecting people who worked for her to sever all romantic desires.

However, labor contracts had to be signed, protecting both parties. Everything in her shop was produced right under her watchful eyes. Whoever betrayed her would not end up in prison, but under the stick.

Those who performed well received not only money, but resources as well. The employees worked incredibly hard.

She built a handicraft workshop in the village beside the Academy, employing the older sisters and aunties from the village. They were delighted to have an extra way to earn money.

The Beauty Salon followed a premium route. Ordinary-quality goods did not matter much, so their output could be higher. The better the product, the higher the membership level required to buy it.

Would some feudal, disgusting men come looking for trouble? Of course there were. But after finally finding such a wonderful place for entertainment, did she think those wealthy, idle rich ladies and powerful Soul Master sisters would let those stinking men ruin it?

Impossible! Besides, the Dean of that Junior Soul Master Academy was there. She would never stand by and watch someone cause trouble for her younger sister's shop.

Furthermore, although the teachers had initially found it strange that their student had opened a shop, they quickly accepted it. When they learned someone was causing trouble for their favorite student, they took time to secretly warn those troublesome men.

Shen Ranxi could not help but sigh once more at the importance of strength!