Azure Phoenix Fairy

There was only one woman whose voice could have sounded familiar to Ye Han.

She was the immortal lady he had met when he encountered that monster in the cave...

Hers was the only female cultivator's voice he had ever heard.

He had never expected to meet her here. And judging by Jin Feng's tone, he treated her with tremendous respect. A female cultivator who could command such respect from Jin Feng must have had an extremely high cultivation level, right?

Sure enough, after hearing her words, Jin Feng bowed respectfully and said, "Yes, Martial Aunt! I will!"

With that, he turned and dashed away without looking back. As he turned, helplessness filled his eyes. She was none other than the renowned True Disciple, Azure Phoenix Fairy!

What standing did he have? Compared to her, he was earth beneath her heavens. Offending her here would do him no good whatsoever.

Besides, judging by the circumstances, Azure Phoenix Fairy had probably been on patrol lately. If he provoked her, he would have to swallow more trouble than he could stomach. Even if she killed him, he would have died for nothing.

A wise man did not invite an immediate beating, and among cultivators, strength reigned supreme. Her cultivation and standing both far surpassed his. He had better leave for now.

Most importantly, he did not actually have the ability to blast open Ye Han's cave abode. But to think that he, a cultivator at the twelfth layer of Qi Refining, had been played by a little brat and even lost two spirit stones! How could he swallow that anger? One day, he would make that damned Ye Han pay.

Azure Phoenix Fairy watched Jin Feng leave, then glanced back at Ye Han's cave abode. A trace of puzzlement appeared in her eyes as she murmured to herself, "Why did the Seventh Elder give his cave abode to this little brat?"

Her voice held a touch of melancholy as she spoke, but it lasted only an instant. Her expression immediately turned cold and aloof again, and she was about to leave.

Suddenly!

Clack, clack, clack!

The entrance to Ye Han's cave abode slowly opened. Then Ye Han poked his head timidly through the gap, looking around in search of Jin Feng...

Instead, he spotted Azure Phoenix Fairy standing on a lotus blossom in midair.

His expression shifted slightly at the sight of her. Sure enough, this female cultivator was the immortal lady he had seen that day. Even that one distant glimpse had been enough to leave him awestruck.

Even the prettiest woman in the village fell far short of this immortal lady. Young though he was, he could still tell that she was truly beautiful.

Seeing Ye Han's furtive behavior, Azure Phoenix Fairy's brows twitched. Suddenly, she found it rather amusing. Was this little brat the boy rumored these past few days to have obtained an Azure Mystic Token?

He certainly looked harmless enough, and quite clever. He did not seem particularly unpleasant, either.

Azure Phoenix Fairy fixed her gaze on him and said, "Boy! What are you sneaking around for?"

Ye Han stepped out and said with an innocent expression, "I'm not sneaking around! I'm just checking whether Senior Brother Jin Feng, who was bullying me, has left."

Azure Phoenix Fairy's gaze shifted slightly at Ye Han's words. "How was he bullying you?"

As Ye Han looked at Azure Phoenix Fairy, a thought flashed through his mind. Jin Feng is so afraid of her. If I can get on her good side, my life will be much easier.

To put it plainly, if he could cling to Azure Phoenix Fairy's thigh, at least people like Jin Feng would not dare bully him anymore...

That was why he had immediately come out of his cave abode to try to strike up a friendship with Azure Phoenix Fairy.

If Azure Phoenix Fairy had turned and left upon seeing him, he would have had no chance. Yet she had actually taken the initiative to ask him these questions...

When Teacher Lan Qing had told him to come to the Azure Profound Sect, he had given him plenty of advice, including that he must find a reliable backer.

At first, he had wanted to seek out the Seventh Elder. Who could have known that the elder would pay him no attention at all?

Zhang Qingshan counted as a modest backer, too, but he was absent now, his fate unknown. Ye Han had no idea what had happened to him...

Now that he had finally run into a female cultivator who seemed fairly approachable, even if he could not build a friendship with her, he should at least exchange a few more words. That might help the next time they met.

Ye Han immediately put on an aggrieved expression and said, "Senior Brother Jin Feng is awful! He wanted me to give him my cave abode, and expected me to agree. When I wouldn't give it to him, he blocked the entrance and wouldn't let me out."

As Ye Han spoke, he began to choke up. Back in Green Ox Village, whenever he had gone without enough food and become unbearably hungry, he would beg women for something to eat. He was well practiced at this trick of pretending to be pitiful...

Azure Phoenix Fairy frowned slightly at Ye Han's words. She was a cultivator with a strong sense of justice; otherwise, she would not have reprimanded Jin Feng earlier...

For most cultivators, so-called patrols amounted to little more than a casual stroll. When trouble arose, most preferred to keep it out of sight and out of mind rather than bother meddling.

There was another reason, too: this cave abode had originally belonged to that senior brother she knew so well.

But then Azure Phoenix Fairy recalled something and smiled. "Did I swindle you out of two spirit stones? I never asked you for any spirit stones. You must have given them to the wrong person, right? Do you have a witness? Did anyone see it? Or did I write you an IOU?"

After saying this, she regarded Ye Han with a half-smile.

Looking at Azure Phoenix Fairy's half-smile, Ye Han's expression grew a little strange, and embarrassment crept onto his face. Why did those words sound so familiar?

Clearly, Azure Phoenix Fairy had already overheard his conversation with Jin Feng and was now using his own words to tease him.

She had clearly seen through his act of playing the victim!

But Ye Han's skin was thicker than most. He immediately said, "I had no choice! He really didn't lend me any spirit stones. He said he would give me two spirit stones if I gave him the cave abode. How could I possibly agree to that?"

Even if someone beat him to death, he would never admit that he had cheated Jin Feng out of two spirit stones. Instead, he claimed that the fellow had wanted him to sell the cave abode for two spirit stones.

Any disciple knew how enormously valuable a cave abode built in the heart of Seven Mysteries Peak was. Never mind two spirit stones-even two thousand would not buy one.

Azure Phoenix Fairy frowned at this. If things truly were as Ye Han had described, that disciple had gone far too far.

He had wanted someone's entire cave abode for a mere two spirit stones?

How was that any different from robbery?

No wonder Ye Han had said the man was bullying him.

However.

Azure Phoenix Fairy fixed Ye Han with a piercing stare, her sharp gaze seeming ready to bore straight through his body. The astonishing aura she exuded left him trembling with fear...

Suddenly, Azure Phoenix Fairy's brows drew together, and she asked coldly, "Where did you learn the Pure Mystic Art?"

Ye Han's heart lurched at those words. Azure Phoenix Fairy could actually identify my cultivation method with a single glance?

This isn't good.