"Are you sure you haven't thought up another scheme that'll cost me my head? Come on, you can't keep fleecing the same sheep over and over.
I've got an eighty-year-old son and a three-year-old mother to take care of. I don't want to die so young." Honestly, Fei Tian was already at a loss for words.
Every time, he was the one doing the most dangerous work, while whenever these two little brats ran into trouble,
they threw him out to take the fall. If he hadn't had some strength to his name, they would have gotten him killed long ago.
"Of course not. Am I that kind of person? Your task this time is very simple.
Just have a few drinks with Elder Su Qian. You're both Dou Zongs, so you should have something in common to talk about." Qin Yun winked at him.
"Are you sure it's that simple? Nothing else? Damn, you haven't drugged us, have you?" A very unpleasant thought suddenly occurred to Fei Tian, frightening him into taking two steps back.
"What are you thinking? It's just a few drinks and a chat about life.
All right, all right, I admit I do have something in mind, but I only need you to keep him occupied for a while.
Feng Qing'er and I have something to do. Don't worry,
they definitely won't find out about this, and even if they do, it won't make them angry." Qin Yun was trying to put Fei Tian's mind at ease.
"Ah, I watched you grow up, so what else can I do but indulge you?" Fei Tian sighed softly, agreeing to it. After all, however much Qin Yun swindled him, surely he wouldn't actually get him killed!
Seeing him agree, Qin Yun secretly passed him three sixth-grade pills from his stock as a down payment. Once the job was done, there would be an even bigger share of the profits.
Over the following days, Fei Tian and Feng Qing'er stuck to their usual routines. Apart from eating and sleeping, they occasionally cultivated.
Qin Yun, on the other hand, was rather busy. He didn't sleep a wink for five whole days and nights, spending all that time refining pills with Lt. General's Command over Spirits.
There was no helping it. Without sacrificing the bait, he couldn't snare the dragon. Zi Yan was a true little glutton, especially fond of pills, and she wouldn't even spare low-grade ones a glance.
When Xiao Yan first met her, he had won her over with pills.
Naturally, he had to recreate that classic process. Over those five days, he exhausted all the Dou Qi in his body,
refining a total of one hundred and two fourth-grade pills and thirty fifth-grade pills.
Although their grades weren't particularly high, their numbers were substantial, shrinking his stock by a full third.
Soon, the spatial ship arrived above Jia Nan Academy in the Black-Corner Region.
An invitation then floated down from the spatial ship, stating that Fei Tian, the Northern Pavilion Master of the Wind and Lightning Pavilion, wished to pay Jia Nan Academy a special visit.
The academy elders who received the visiting card instantly erupted with excitement. Though their academy enjoyed considerable fame and an impressive background, unfortunately, their headmaster was a thoroughly hands-off manager.
There had even been several occasions when hostile forces nearly razed the academy to the ground, yet the headmaster had never returned to check on them.
He merely sent word every few years to let them know he was safe and still alive.
As a result, any faction with even a little reputation in the Black-Corner Region now dared to harass Jia Nan Academy from time to time.
The worry had turned First Elder Su Qian's hair white.
They had to admit that the academy's headmaster was another utterly unreliable fellow. Not only did he make them risk their lives on the job,
he had also owed them their wages for over a decade. Adding up all those years of unpaid wages, surely the total was worth at least one high-level Earth-tier Dou Technique!
They had never expected anyone from the Wind and Lightning Pavilion, a first-rate faction of the Central Plains, to want to visit their academy, much less the master of one of its branches.
The visit was certainly sudden, but it might well prove a turning point. Better to pursue something practical than count on a headmaster whose shadow they hadn't seen in years.
Perhaps they could establish friendly ties with the Wind and Lightning Pavilion and explore some mutually beneficial cooperation.
Although its strongest member was only a Three-Star Dou Zun, still somewhat behind their headmaster, that was more than enough to command respect in the Black-Corner Region.
Soon, Fei Tian received their warm letter of welcome aboard the spatial ship.
He then looked back at the two youngsters behind him. "Although I don't know what you're really planning,
I hope you'll spare a thought for my safety. Whatever you do, don't stir up trouble you can't resolve.
And even if you do, for heaven's sake, don't drag me into it."
"OK, Uncle Fei, don't worry. It's just a little matter."
Qin Yun made a gesture to indicate there was no problem, exchanged a few words with Feng Qing'er beside him, then hid elsewhere with her.
They intended to sneak into Jia Nan Academy once everyone had gathered together and its defenses were at their weakest.
What followed went exactly as planned. Many prominent academy elders personally came out to welcome Fei Tian, a Five-Star Dou Zong.
For a time, the entire academy's security was greatly weakened, leaving only its most basic defenses in place.
After all, no one would expect anyone to cause trouble at Jia Nan Academy at a time like this. Anyone who did would clearly have something wrong with their head.
And Qin Yun's side happened to have two people who weren't right in the head.
Qin Yun and Feng Qing'er had both learned the Wind and Lightning Pavilion's exclusive Dou Technique, Three Thousand Lightning Movement. Their movements were so fast that even sound couldn't keep up, let alone these relatively weak guards.
Most of the guards felt nothing more than a gust of wind sweeping past. They never saw a single figure.
Just like that, relying on their incredible speed, the two reached the heart of Jia Nan Academy.
"Tell me, what's your real reason for coming here? I don't believe what you said earlier about the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower."
Feng Qing'er questioned Qin Yun. By now, the two of them were effectively on the same side.
"I'm looking for a little girl, but I don't know what she looks like or how old she is.
Anyway, try sensing whether there's an aura nearby that disgusts you intensely or stirs up strong emotions."
Qin Yun immediately offered a quick way to find her.
Ancient Void Dragons and Heavenly Demon Phoenixes were as incompatible as fire and water. Their mutual loathing was etched into their very bloodlines.
Even if they had never met, they would sense something as long as they were near each other.
"Someone who stirs up strong emotions in me?" Feng Qing'er seemed to have guessed something, but she didn't ask. Instead, she immediately began sensing her surroundings.
Soon, inside a building ten kilometers to the southeast, she detected an aura she found somewhat unpleasant. Still, she couldn't be certain what it was until she saw it.
The one Feng Qing'er had sensed was naturally Zi Yan, who was still stealing medicinal ingredients in the storeroom.
At that moment, she was grabbing one precious medicinal ingredient after another and stuffing them into her mouth. Even with her cheeks puffed out like a little hamster's, she refused to stop.
Suddenly, however, she frowned, seemingly sensing something. With considerable effort, she swallowed the assortment of medicinal ingredients in her mouth, then muttered,
"What's going on? Why do I feel like there's someone annoying nearby? But I've never felt anything like this before."
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