"I'd long heard that a peerless beauty had arrived in Ink Wind City. Now that I've seen you, Fairy Leng, you truly are beyond the ordinary," Xiao Yuankui said.
"You flatter me, Senior Xiao," Qing Shuang replied coolly.
"No need for such formality, Fairy Leng. You may call me 'fellow cultivator' or 'Young Master Xiao,'" Xiao Yuankui said.
"Then I'll take the liberty," Qing Shuang said. "Please, Young Master Xiao, have a seat."
Xiao Yuankui walked slowly to the stone table. He glanced at the Jade Slip on it, and the corner of his mouth lifted.
"Zhu Yanqiu, you've spent the past two days asking everywhere about spiritual treasures that can repair a damaged Foundation. So you've been running around for Fairy Leng."
Though Zhu Yanqiu feared Xiao Yuankui's cultivation, he refused to lose face before a beauty. He steeled himself and retorted.
"I have been doing this for Miss Leng. What's it to you?"
Xiao Yuankui's voice dripped with mockery.
"You took intelligence from my Xiao Household to curry favor with Fairy Leng. Of course that concerns me, its young master. Besides, it's only a spiritual treasure for repairing a Foundation. Why should Fairy Leng risk herself by going into the Spirit-Devouring Mountains? I, Xiao Yuankui, can simply give her one."
"You can get your hands on a spiritual treasure that repairs a Foundation?" Zhu Yanqiu looked startled.
Xiao Yuankui said haughtily, "Zhu Yanqiu, the Sword-Seeking Sect is no weakling. Its treasury should have treasures that can repair a Foundation. But your cultivation is too low. Even with your father as sect master, you couldn't just take one. I'm different. I've reached the Immortal Realm, so naturally I have far more say in my household than you do in the Sword-Seeking Sect. A single treasure for repairing a Foundation