Goodbye, Eldest Miss (Seek Reads, Monthly Tickets)

"Enough! I was just teasing you! Seeing that you've just started and are only a chore disciple, you surely don't have many savings. I'll take you up!"

Ling'er chuckled, skipping ahead toward the stairs.

Damn it! I've been underestimated by a little girl like Ling'er!

Li Yunjing felt embarrassed, muttering to himself in his heart.

Hmm? This kid Li Yunjing has no savings? But he just spent 2,000 contribution points!

This thought flashed through Wang Weizhi's mind, but he wisely kept it to himself, offering Li Yunjing a friendly smile instead.

Regardless of anything else, Li Yunjing was someone who could befriend the eldest young lady of the Yu Family; he was not a person Wang Weizhi could afford to provoke.

Wang Weizhi felt very fortunate that his relationship with Li Yunjing was still relatively harmonious.

Li Yunjing nodded at Wang Weizhi, pointed toward the stairs, and followed Ling'er upward.

On the staircase, only Wang Weizhi remained, watching Li Yunjing's retreating figure with an envious expression.

This is no ordinary person!

After Li Yunjing followed Ling'er to the second floor, he did not stop, continuing up the stairs to the third floor.

Upon entering this level, Li Yunjing immediately caught a pleasant scent.

It was the familiar yet strange fragrance that belonged to Yu Yunyi.

The layout of the entire third floor was different.

Beautiful glazed lamps illuminated the room, making it shine brilliantly.

The entire third floor was divided into several rooms, each door locked and adorned with pasted talismans.

Clearly, these rooms were of great importance.

Perhaps they were the secure storehouses of the Yu Family.

In the outer area was a spacious hall with a simple layout.

It was merely an office space.

A table, a chair, and a carved wooden bookshelf were placed here; the decor was extremely minimalist.

At this moment, a beautiful young woman wearing bright yellow Taoist robes sat upright in the chair.

With long, slender willow-leaf eyebrows and no makeup, the eldest young lady, Yu Yunyi, did not pay attention to the two who had entered.

She continued to flip through a book, which turned out to be an account ledger.

Li Yunjing and Ling'er dared not disturb her, waiting quietly from ten feet away.

After a while, Yu Yunyi seemed to finish a section, finally setting down the ledger and looking up at Li Yunjing and Ling'er.

Seeing that it was Li Yunjing who had arrived, a trace of surprise appeared on Yu Yunyi's face, though it vanished in an instant.

She had not expected this lad to appear before her again so soon.

"Eldest Young Lady, look who's here!"

Seeing that the young lady was no longer busy, Ling'er's crisp, cheerful voice rang out.

"Oh? Li Yunjing? You're here?"

A smile appeared on Yu Yunyi's pretty face, as if she were facing an old friend she hadn't seen in a long time.

In such a vast sect, amidst a sea of people, it was truly interesting that the two of them could meet again in such a short time!

After sizing Li Yunjing up, a flash of light passed through Yu Yunyi's starry eyes, as if she had discerned something different about him.

"Greetings, Eldest Young Lady! It has been a while. I came this time to purchase a magical artifact. I didn't expect that among so many shops in 'Sunset Valley', I would find 'Yueming Pavilion'. It truly is fate!"

Li Yunjing said with a chuckle.

Compared to before, he was much more relaxed now.

The sense of inferiority he had previously felt was gone.

Although the gap between him and Yu Yunyi remained immense, he was at least better off than a mere mortal compared to a cultivator.

The improvement in his strength had brought him confidence.

"You've been doing well lately. You're already at the peak of the second level of the Qi Refining stage. It seems breaking through to the third level is only a matter of these next few days."

Yu Yunyi had a sharp eye; she saw through Li Yunjing's cultivation at a glance and said with a smile.

"Great eyesight, Eldest Young Lady!"

Li Yunjing gave a thumbs-up and said lightheartedly.

Deep down, he felt a flicker of joy, as if he had achieved a small accomplishment he could finally show off in front of Yu Yunyi.

"Hmm! Great progress! By the way, you came to purchase a magical artifact this time?"

Yu Yunyi smiled.

"Hmm! I just purchased two top-grade magical artifacts downstairs!"

Li Yunjing laughed, "I truly didn't expect that the first time I bought magical artifacts, I would end up at the Yu Family. Had I known, I wouldn't have haggled so much."

In front of such a stunning beauty, it was rare for Li Yunjing to put on a brave front.

"Giggle!"

Yu Yunyi covered her mouth and chuckled. Being as clever as she was, how could she not know what Li Yunjing was thinking?

"Oh? What magical artifacts did you buy?"

Yu Yunyi asked.

"Hehe! Your shop's 'Mystic Jade Inner Armor' and 'Gale Boots'. Of course, I also bought thirty-five 'Qi Replenishing Pills'!"

Li Yunjing felt a bit smug. He had earned such a fortune less than a month after starting, surely even the young miss would be surprised?

Just as Li Yunjing expected, Yu Yunyi was genuinely shocked. She looked at Li Yunjing seriously, especially at the boots he was wearing.

Li Yunjing actually wasn't lying!

"How many contribution points did you spend in total?"

Yu Yunyi asked again.

"This time, I spent 2,000 contribution points at your place, and now I don't have a single point left. Otherwise, to repay the young miss for saving my life, I would have treated you to a grand feast."

Li Yunjing put on a helpless expression.

He really didn't have any money left.

His pockets were empty, and apart from the magical artifacts he was wearing, he only had one Storage Bag left.

Where did the Storage Bag come from?

Naturally, it was the payment Yue Zhouwang had brought out earlier!

When things fell through before, Li Yunjing hadn't taken it, but later, when Yue Zhouwang paid the 2,000 contribution points, Li Yunjing went with the flow and hung the Storage Bag that had been on the table at his waist.

Yue Zhouwang and the others were begging for a favor, so they could only unluckily pretend not to see it.

They certainly didn't dare to speak up and ask for the return of the Storage Bag, which contained seventy spirit stones.

Li Yunjing wasn't wrong to say he had no money.

Seventy spirit stones were a huge fortune to him.

But to Yu Yunyi, it was nothing.

These spirit stones were naturally not enough to take Yu Yunyi out for any grand feast.

It was better to keep the stones as emergency savings in case he needed them or had other requirements.

"So that's how it is!"

Yu Yunyi's expression remained calm with a faint smile, but she was incredibly shocked inside.

In such a short time, where did Li Yunjing get 2,000 contribution points?

Even Yu Yunyi herself, without the support of her family, would not have had so much wealth.

The stipend for inner disciples was also limited.

Moreover, cultivation was an extremely resource-intensive endeavor.

With Yu Yunyi's talent, the resources she required were naturally immense, and the wealth she possessed was never enough to cover her expenses.

It could be said that if Li Yunjing hadn't purchased these magical artifacts, he would have had far more contribution points than Yu Yunyi.

Was this really the kind of wealth a chore disciple should have?

Originally, Yu Yunyi thought she had misjudged him and that Li Yunjing had been struck by lightning for no special reason other than sheer luck.