Fishing Scam of the Xuanming Sect

Earth Dragon Sect.

"Ah Ming, are you leaving?"

Nan Qiuqiu looked at Su Ming with some reluctance.

Ever since that day, she and Su Ming had become engaged.

Over the following period, she often visited the Heavenly Dragon Sect to develop their relationship.

Or Su Ming would come to the Earth Dragon Sect and stay by Nan Qiuqiu's side.

Because of this, Nan Qiuqiu saw even more of Su Ming's shining qualities. She became increasingly attached to him and filled with affection for him.

Now that Su Ming was suddenly leaving, Nan Qiuqiu, who had gradually grown used to his presence, found it hard to part with him.

Seeing Nan Qiuqiu like this, Su Ming gently comforted her.

"Don't worry, Qiuqiu. I'm just going home for a visit. I probably won't be gone long before returning to the Heavenly Dragon Sect."

"Then we can play together and study together again..."

Over this period, Su Ming had grown accustomed to having a fiancée by his side.

In truth, when he learned that Nan Shuishui, the Earth Dragon Sect's sect master, had agreed to the engagement, he had been quite surprised.

After all, he had brought up something akin to keeping a harem that day and made his intentions clear.

Yet she had still been willing to establish this engagement. That was certainly no simple matter.

Of course, Su Ming could guess what Nan Shuishui, the Earth Dragon Sect's sect master, was thinking.

All he could say was that she had made this matter far too simple.

Could he, Su Ming, be tied down by just one person?

"Alright." Nan Qiuqiu was still reluctant, but things had come to this, and she could only accept it.

"Be good. Stay home and wait for me to return." Su Ming patted Nan Qiuqiu on the head and continued comforting her.

Nan Qiuqiu's little face immediately flushed, and Su Ming naturally took in the change.

This was also a small discovery he had made over the past few days.

Nan Qiuqiu was rather sensitive about her head. Whenever someone touched it, she easily reacted like that.

After comforting Nan Qiuqiu, Su Ming rose and left the Earth Dragon Sect.

Along the way, he encountered Nan Shuishui, the Earth Dragon Sect's sect master. Naturally, he greeted her as Aunt Nan.

After leaving the Earth Dragon Sect, Su Ming did not return to the Heavenly Dragon Sect. Instead, he headed straight for the southern gate of the city.

His parents and grandfather were already waiting for him there.

"Son, over here!" Su Long waved at Su Ming as he hurried over.

"Old man." Seeing this, Su Ming quickened his pace.

After boarding the carriage, Su Ming's family officially set off for their hometown, Weihai City.

But unlike when they had rushed here,

this time, the family did not ride Thunderbolt Horses.

The main reason was that they wanted Su Ming to properly take in the scenery along the way.

After all, once he returned from his hometown, Salted Fish Village, to the Heavenly Dragon Sect, not only would he be unable to see his usual little companions, but he would also have to study intensely.

This was the perfect chance to let Su Ming have some fun and relax.

Yu Xingtuo naturally knew about this and wholeheartedly agreed.

"So this is Xuanyuan City!"

After entering the city, Su Ming got out of the carriage and looked around at the city's interior.

He had passed through this city when traveling from his hometown.

But because he had been in a hurry to reach the Heavenly Dragon Sect, he had not stayed even briefly.

Now that he was free, Su Ming planned to remain here for a few more days.

Of course, his primary purpose was not to play. Su Ming had his eye on this place's specialties.

Xuanyuan City was renowned for producing medicinal herbs and pills.

It was one of the foremost major cities on the Douluo Continent.

Therefore, Su Ming intended to see whether there was anything worth buying and stock up on a few things.

After all, ever since becoming the Heavenly Dragon Sect's hope for the future, Su Ming had not lacked money.

The Heavenly Dragon Sect might not have been a top-tier power, and it had even suffered destruction ten thousand years ago.

But after all these years of accumulation, the wealth held by the Heavenly Dragon Sect was undoubtedly astonishing.

It was only because the Heavenly Dragon Sect was located on the frontier and kept a low profile that no one thought much about it.

Of course, the main reason was that whenever people on the continent thought of wealth, they would inevitably think of the Nine-Treasure Glazed Sect.

From that perspective, every power across the continent ought to thank the Nine-Treasure Glazed Sect.

They had drawn all the attention that came with the title of being rich.

This Xuanyuan City is probably secretly controlled by the Xuanming Sect.

After walking into a famous large apothecary in the city, Su Ming came to this realization.

Considering Xuanyuan City's specialties, the city's name, and the subtle turtle-and-serpent insignias he had noticed,

if he still could not guess that this place was controlled by the Xuanming Sect, then he might as well not have read the original novel.

The Xuanming Sect was quite an interesting sect.

As a hidden sect, it remained in seclusion even in the era of the Peerless Tang Clan and had never emerged into the world.

Yet because of its alchemy techniques and numerous premium pills,

the Xuanming Sect was known to every major power.

Nearly every faction had dealings with the Xuanming Sect.

At the same time, the Xuanming Sect had foresight. After recognizing the continent's unrest, it arranged a marriage alliance with the Spirit Empire's imperial family in this generation.

The descendant of that union was naturally Xu Sanshi.

The current emperor of the Spirit Empire was Xu Sanshi's maternal uncle.

That was precisely why, when the Spirit Empire's imperial family was nearly wiped out in the future, Xu Sanshi still came to the Spirit Empire and took up the banner.

Right, could I possibly meet Jiang Nannan here? Thinking of Xu Sanshi naturally made Su Ming think of Jiang Nannan.

Jiang Nannan's mother suffered from severe heart disease. Somehow, Jiang Nannan heard that the Xuanming Sect's Black Tortoise Divine Pill could treat it.

Then, for the money and the Black Tortoise Divine Pill, Jiang Nannan had no choice but to sell herself to the Xuanming Sect and help Xu Sanshi complete his second awakening.

At first glance, it seemed like perfectly normal business logic.

But when combined with the original novel, it was not hard to deduce that this was actually a trap dug by the Xuanming Sect.

No matter how famous the Xuanming Sect was, that fame was only among the major powers.

Ordinary people had no way of learning about the Xuanming Sect, much less a top-grade pill from the sect like the Black Tortoise Divine Pill.

How could Jiang Nannan, someone born into a commoner family and poor beyond measure, suddenly learn from someone that the Xuanming Sect happened to possess a Black Tortoise Divine Pill that could improve her mother's heart condition?

The answer was simple: the Xuanming Sect had deliberately spread the information.

Its purpose was to hook Jiang Nannan, the girl their young sect master had fallen in love with at first sight.

Of course, the Xuanming Sect's willingness to produce a Black Tortoise Divine Pill was also partly because they valued Jiang Nannan's talent.

Innate eighth-rank soul power was no common sight, even in the era of the Peerless Tang Clan.

And sure enough, what happened afterward successfully hooked Jiang Nannan.