Testing the Nether Contract

"Inner sect disciples Xu Ying and Ruan Ya'er pay respects to Senior Brother Shen."

The two female cultivators wore respectful expressions as they spoke in unison.

Shen Qingzhou sized them up.

The woman on the left was Xu Ying, daughter of the Xu Family of Peaceful City.

Previously, when the Xu Family had fallen into hardship and been forcibly seized by the prefect, even their people had nearly been abducted. At Su Yu's request, Shen Qingzhou had gone to settle that karmic entanglement. He took one spiritual item left by their ancestors and gave them a Referral Jade Talisman in return.

At the time, he had never expected that she would truly be able to enter the sect. After all, it was simply too difficult for an ordinary person to produce someone with the aptitude for cultivation.

She wore a fitted green ruqun dress. She was quite delicate and lovely, her willow-leaf brows lightly furrowed, presenting a pitiful sight that would stir sympathy in anyone who saw her.

She also made plenty of little movements, her fingers tightly clutching the corner of her clothes as she occasionally sneaked glances upward.

Shen Qingzhou understood at a glance.

A little girl with some scheming and depth to her.

The female cultivator on the right was Ruan Ya'er, daughter of the artificer Ruan Yu, whom he had happened to encounter at Blackwind Market.

He had crossed paths with the mother and daughter twice. Since Ruan Yu had helped him refine artifacts, he had simply given her a Referral Jade Talisman as well.

She wore the most ordinary inner sect robes. Though her attire was not flashy, it was clean and neat.

Her appearance and figure closely resembled her mother's. She was the sort of beauty with a full, voluptuous figure. Her head was