Chapter 29

Song Miaomiao did not know of the countless twists and turns in Song Zhizhi's heart. She nodded and said to Song Zhizhi and Liu Changfei, "If you encounter something like this again, you can send me a message or seek help from a nearby enforcement team. Our Enforcement Hall will never let off anyone who bullies their fellow disciples. Whether they are direct disciples or outer disciples, as long as they violate sect rules, they will receive the corresponding punishment."

Song Zhizhi felt that the latter half of Song Miaomiao's words had been meant for Feng Yulong to hear. Still, she nodded along enthusiastically, her eyes shining as she looked at Song Miaomiao like an adorable little animal.

Song Miaomiao froze for a moment. This Song Zhizhi really seemed to have changed her nature, and her cultivation had improved by quite a bit as well.

Song Miaomiao said with some relief, "You've grown up a lot. Don't be so willful in the future. Aunt Chao will be able to rest easier in the afterlife too."

Song Zhizhi nodded, her face warm.

Meanwhile, upon hearing this exchange, Feng Yulong belatedly realized that Song Zhizhi and Song Miaomiao's names looked exactly like those of a pair of sisters. He became convinced that Song Zhizhi had brought the Enforcement Squad here. Before being taken away, he glared hatefully at Song Zhizhi and silently mouthed, Just you wait!

Song Zhizhi: What a lunatic.

After the Enforcement Hall members left, Liu Changfei let out a breath. "Good thing the Enforcement Hall people arrived in time."

"Sorry, Zhizhi. I nearly dragged you into this just now."

Song Zhizhi shook her head. "Don't talk about dragging anyone into anything. If it had been someone else today, they wouldn't have stood by and watched Feng Yulong bully you either. Besides, we're friends, aren't we?"

Liu Changfei stared at Song Zhizhi in a daze, then nodded hard and smiled. "Right, we're friends!"

She looked in the direction the Enforcement Squad had left and said with glee at another's misfortune, "Unadorned Sword Lord is famous for being impartial as iron. Feng Yulong was caught red-handed by the Enforcement Squad this time. Reflection Cliff is where he'll be staying for sure. I heard there isn't even a trace of spiritual energy on Reflection Cliff. Cultivators there are like fish deprived of water. Ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators find even an hour there unbearable. I hope Feng Yulong gets locked up for a little longer this time."

When Liu Changfei mentioned Unadorned Sword Lord and the Enforcement Hall, Song Zhizhi finally remembered that Song Miaomiao's master, Unadorned Sword Lord, was an elder of the Sword Sect's Enforcement Hall and cultivated the Heartless Sword Dao.

The female lead, who had originally cultivated the Azure Water Sword, had switched to the Heartless Sword Dao? The plot had gone completely off the rails. Of course, Song Zhizhi refused to admit that the changed plot was her fault. She believed she had done absolutely nothing! She had neither stolen the female lead's opportunities nor hindered the female lead's growth. All of this had been Song Miaomiao's own decision.

Song Zhizhi: Perhaps this was fate. Mm, it had to be.

Feng Yulong had already been taken away, so Song Zhizhi and Liu Changfei continued with their original plan and went together to see what fresh new trinkets Hundred Treasures Market had to offer.

The Sword Sect's Hundred Treasures Market was held in the outer sect once a year and opened for only three days each time. Its format was not much different from a mortal market; only the things being sold were different.

On this day, both Inner Sect Disciples and Outer Sect Disciples would come browse Hundred Treasures Market. Sometimes, if they were lucky, they could even pick up a bargain that others had overlooked.

"I heard that a hundred years ago, a senior spent one low-grade Spirit Stone at Hundred Treasures Market and bought Cloud-Thunder Wood, which had already gone extinct."

"I heard that fifty years ago, a senior sister also picked up a bargain at Hundred Treasures Market and found a sword manual for a heaven-grade sword art. She's now a Nascent Soul Cultivator."

Liu Changfei spent her days in the outer sect and came into contact with many people. Along the way, she shared stories she had heard from other fellow disciples with Song Zhizhi. However, the truth of these stories was open to question. Song Zhizhi and Liu Changfei merely listened to them for amusement.

The first story was somewhat more believable. After all, not everyone recognized Cloud-Thunder Wood, so it was perfectly normal for the seller to overlook it. But the second story was absurd. As a Sword Sect disciple, how could someone fail to recognize a sword manual and let someone else pick up such a bargain?

Song Zhizhi suspected these stories had all been made up by stall owners at Hundred Treasures Market to draw in customers.

Most of the items sold at Hundred Treasures Market were low- and middle-grade pills, basic magical artifacts, ores, and medicinal herbs. There were also some high-grade magical artifacts, but the string of zeros on their price tags made Song Zhizhi retreat at the sight.

Of course, everyday necessities were not lacking either. Song Zhizhi bought a bath barrel with an automatic heating function at Hundred Treasures Market and commissioned a foot-soaking bucket with a massage function. These things were not expensive. The original owner had some savings, and Inner Sect Disciples could receive ten Middle-grade Spirit Stones from the sect each month. That was enough to cover her expenses today.

On the way back, she passed a stall and spotted a magical artifact shaped like a pellet drum. Song Zhizhi could not help stopping. She stared at a pellet drum with a red base and white face, its drum surface painted with a little golden-feathered bird.

This little bird was just the tiniest bit cute...

The stall owner was a male cultivator dressed in Outer Sect Disciple robes. He looked up at Song Zhizhi, his gaze lingering for several seconds on her Inner Sect Disciple robes before he revealed an honest, simple smile. "Junior Sister, one look tells me you have a sharp eye. This pellet drum—no, this drum-shaped magical artifact—is anything but ordinary. It's a magical artifact capable of sonic attacks. Just give it a gentle shake, and it can paralyze enemies through sound. Anyone below Golden Core will have no power to resist."

Song Zhizhi looked at the exquisite design on the pellet drum and rubbed her stomach, seemingly persuaded by the stall owner. "How much?"

The stall owner's smile became even more sincere. "The original price is only one hundred Middle-grade Spirit Stones. But Junior Sister, you have such a friendly face, so I'll give you a discount—ninety-nine Middle-grade Spirit Stones!"

"This piece of junk costs ninety-nine Middle-grade Spirit Stones? Why don't you just rob someone?" Liu Changfei shot the stall owner a glare, then said to Song Zhizhi, "Zhizhi, let's go!"

The stall owner wore an earnest expression. "Junior Sister, you can't say that. This magical artifact of mine is a rare sonic-attack artifact. If you think it's expensive, you can make an offer. If the price is right, I'll consider it the price of making friends and sell it to you."

Song Zhizhi glanced at the stall owner, picked up the pellet drum, and gave it a light shake. Then she set it down and said, "Nine Middle-grade Spirit Stones."

The stall owner's smile vanished, and he pulled a long face. "...Junior Sister, no one haggles like that!"

Only then did Song Zhizhi raise her head to look at the stall owner. "Your pellet drum cost at most three Middle-grade Spirit Stones to make. The array patterns on it are extremely crude, and its sonic attack can be used at most three times. Nine Middle-grade Spirit Stones. Not a single one more."

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