By now, even at Pacify Arms Mountain, Feng Jun was not someone just anyone could see whenever they wished.
Requests from the Mortal World required approval from Red Sister or Zhang Caixin, while requests from the cultivation world had to pass through Qu Jianlei. Even Nie Chifeng could not casually let people through—Nie Rongxun had recently immersed himself in cultivating divine sense and had no desire to contend with Golden Core Qu.
It was perfectly normal for Qu Jianlei to report Yan Yuxi's visit; no one else had the standing to do so.
When Feng Jun walked out, Red Sister and Zhang Caixin had already arrived at the mountain gate, their expressions complicated as they looked at the girl who seemed untouched by the mortal world.
Zhang Caixin thought highly of herself, but every time she saw Yan Yuxi, she could not help feeling a little less confident.
Yan Yuxi ignored their feelings. "Feng Jun, something unexpected has come up on my end. Can we talk privately?"
"Of course." Feng Jun nodded with a smile, then gestured. "Please."
The two vanished from everyone's sight. Zhang Caixin glanced at Red Sister. "Sis, this woman is pretty fierce."
"What can we do about it?" Zhang Weihong gave her a helpless look. "She's at the Ninth Layer of Emergence from Dust and about to achieve Core Embrace."
In truth, she knew very well that Yan Yuxi was not only highly cultivated; more importantly, she had the face of a classic Xia Nation beauty.
Her own younger sister was beautiful too, with a touch of exotic charm that made her especially alluring. But by Xia people's standards of beauty... when she encountered a purely Xia Nation type of beauty, it was hard to say.
If she had to pick someone who could compete with