Feng Jun was not simply refusing. "Fellow Daoist Ma is helping divert people from the Blessing Courtyard... It's fine to use the Cultivation Courtyard occasionally, but the courtyard has its rules. Why did your Cinnabar Cloud Heaven set a two-year agreement when using the secret realm? That was a rule too!"
After pausing, he spoke again. "Forget it. Invite Fellow Daoist Ma over first... What do you think?"
He had intended to use Footprint to invite Ma Sanniang over, but Guan Shanyue merely swiped her hand through the air, and a flower basket appeared in her hand. She replied with a smile, "The Grand Elder has always been following us."
"Oh, you've improved again?" Feng Jun smiled and cupped his hands toward the flower basket. "Congratulations, Fellow Daoist Ma."
"You've improved too," a little girl's head emerged from the flower basket, her features blurry from clearly overusing spiritual energy. "I've nearly used up all the Spirit Stones in the secret realm."
"You don't have to pretend to be this miserable just to win sympathy, do you? Do you think you're competing in a talent show?" Feng Jun did not know whether to laugh or cry. "Rest up in the Cultivation Courtyard later. As long as you don't overexert yourself, recovering spiritual energy is quite easy."
"Oh?" Ma Sanniang's little head swayed. "I can sense a place here that can not only replenish spiritual energy, but also help me advance... How did you find such a blessed place?"
This was exactly what he had been worried about! Feng Jun sighed inwardly, but his expression remained unchanged. "This is a spiritual land I spent a fortune creating. A Golden Core Stage senior is watching over it, and its temper is not very good."
"Golden Core Stage?" Ma Sanniang's face blurred again. She