"Those damned bastards! That damned bitch!" Wang Yan cursed as he flew through the sky. If they had not been inside the Firecloud Sect, he would have slaughtered every last one of those people for insulting him like that. More importantly, Lin Juan was the one who had started it all, so naturally, he cursed her too...
"Hehe! You deserved it! If you'd listened to me back then and taken that little lady as your Dual Cultivation Partner, none of this would've happened!" Card Fairy chuckled, positively gleeful at his misfortune. She paused, then hurried on, seemingly afraid there was not enough chaos in the world. "Right! Why didn't you accept their challenges? Kill a few of them on the dueling platform, and nobody will dare bother you!"
"Tch! They might look like idiots, but which of them doesn't have a high-level cultivator backing them, a master or someone like that? If I could kill them, would I need you to tell me?" Wang Yan countered. "I'd rather keep a low profile, instead of making myself look invincible under heaven. That wouldn't help my future cultivation!"
"Oh! You've got quite a cool head on your shoulders!" Card Fairy praised him. Then, seeming to notice something, she hurriedly asked, "Hey! This isn't the way to the Merit Workshop, is it? Where are you going?"
"I'm going to take a look at Mystery Cloud Peak!"
"Huh? What for?"
"I'm going to ask Fairy Dream Mysterious for a few things!"
"Oh!"
"Card Fairy, I'm going to use the Concealment Card!"
"Why?"
"It's inconvenient!"
"Huh?"
"...!"
Naturally, Wang Yan would not tell Card Fairy his real purpose: he was going to invite the two women to cultivate in his Cave Abode Secret Realm Pagoda. Only then could he be the pavilion closest to