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Qiaoqiao's eyes darted around, and she secretly wiped her wrist before saying to Aqi, "Actually, we've already taken the Saint Pill."

Aqi was taken aback.

Qiaoqiao reached out and lifted the sleeve of her dress on her wrist, revealing a circular mark on her wrist bone that radiated golden light, like a sun.

"Look, after taking two Saint Pill, this mark will appear on your wrist. After forty-nine days, you will be able to ascend to sainthood."

As she spoke, she secretly winked at her master, signaling him to cooperate with her performance.

A moment later, Bai Fu also raised his wrist, lifted the long sleeve that resembled clouds, revealing a slender section of his wrist. His skin was as white as snow, and the blue veins were faintly visible, reflecting pale golden marks.

It was clearly just a simple mark, but when imprinted on Bai Fu's hand, it exuded an indescribable air of noble elegance.

Aqi was dumbfounded. "Where... where did you buy the Saint Pill?"

Qiaoqiao mimicked him, looking around before whispering, "Ning Xuan sold it to us. Young Master Ning said that taking the Saint Pill will leave this mark, a ' Saint Seal.' Only after taking it and having the Saint Seal is it a true Saint Pill. Yours probably isn't fake, is it?"

Looking at the mark, Aqi began to doubt his own existence. Had they really consumed Saint Pill?

He overheard a few words of a private conversation between Ning Xuan and Commandant Nangong, learned of the existence of the "Saint Pill," and made a plan in his mind. After that, he left Profound Heaven Sect and made a living by selling fake Saint Pill.

He had never met Immortal Venerable Wanghan, nor had he met Qiaoqiao. He simply relied on his experience to find cultivators who appeared to have some cultivation and wealth to swindle, and once he had swindled one person, he would move on to another place.

I recently heard that the sect competition has started, so I came to Heavenly Secrets City. After some selection, I set my sights on two people, but who knew that these two would actually claim to have consumed the Saint Pill?!

The scammer was shocked; he felt like he'd been tricked!

wrong--

"You've been fooled by Ning Xuan!"

Qiaoqiao looked incredulous. "How could Young Master Ning possibly lie to us?"

"It's true!" Aqi exclaimed excitedly. "He said himself that there are only two genuine Saint Pill, how could he possibly sell them to you!"

Qiaoqiao let out a long "Oh," and said meaningfully, "So there were only two."

Aqi:...

You let it slip!

He sensed something was wrong and was about to slip away when he heard Qiaoqiao say indignantly, "That Ning Xuan is truly hateful! He actually dared to deceive us! I must spread this far and wide, so everyone knows that Ning Xuan is a fraudster who sells fake medicine!"

Then, with a grateful look, she said to the swindler, "Brother, thank you so much for telling us the truth!" She then slipped a Spirit Stone into his hand, saying, "It's just a small token of my appreciation, please accept it!"

Watching the two figures disappear into the distance, the swindler recalled Qiaoqiao's words and suddenly a brilliant idea popped into his head—that's it! Why not expose Ning Xuan's sale of fake pills? Taking advantage of this sect competition, he would ruin Ning Xuan's reputation!

Such a great idea! Why didn't he think of it before?

He weighed the Spirit Stone in his hand and thought to himself, "These two are such idiots. Not only did they almost get scammed, but they also gave him money and provided him with such a great idea."

There are so many fools these days, there aren't enough scammers to go around.

Qiaoqiao pulled Bai Fu out of the crowd, her eyebrows dancing with excitement, "When Young Master Ning wakes up tomorrow, he's sure to receive a huge surprise."

With her two words of advice, she believed the swindler would know what to do, and she couldn't wait to see Ning Xuan's expression tomorrow.

After fooling the swindler, Qiaoqiao was in an even better mood. In the quiet alley, the moonlight cast long shadows of the two of them. Suddenly, Qiaoqiao felt playful and walked behind Bai Fu, mischievously stepping on his shadow.

Bai Fu was tall and slender, and his shadow completely covered Qiaoqiao. She happily peeked out from the gaps in the shadow, making all sorts of exaggerated faces, and then chuckled to herself.

She was having so much fun in the back that she didn't notice the smile playing on Bai Fu's lips. He gently lifted his sleeve, and the two figures in the alley looked as if they were holding hands.

The soft moonlight shines down, making the night gentle.

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The second day of the sect competition was bustling with activity from early morning.

Disciples from various sects gathered in front of the martial arts arena, whispering and discussing animatedly.

"Are you here to watch the battle between the Profound Heaven Sect's young master Ning Xuan and Flowing Cloud Sect's Junior Sister Qiao?"

"Yes! This is the most anticipated match of the day."

"Isn't today's main battle the clash between Shen Ji, the number one on the Azure Cloud Ranking, and the number two?" someone asked, puzzled.

"Fellow Daoist, you obviously didn't come yesterday, did you?"

The man nodded blankly, and the people around him immediately began to recount the exciting scenes from the previous day. The more he listened, the more amazed he became, regretting that he hadn't come to see the excitement sooner.

"So, all these people gathered here are here just to gossip about the young sect leader?"

"Cough cough."

Those around them exchanged knowing smiles. It's understandable; what's more interesting than watching the spectacle?

"Speaking of Young Master Ning, I heard something last night," someone poked their head out. "Do you know about the ' Saint Pill '?" The person rattled off the rumors circulating in the city yesterday, "... Anyway, that's what it's about."

"Ning Xuan is actually selling fake pills?"

"The young master of the Profound Heaven Sect is secretly selling fake pills?"

"This is absolutely outrageous!"

"Even the young master is selling fake pills, who will dare to buy Profound Heaven Sect's pills in the future?"

The controversy was immediate and widespread. Among the four great immortal sects, the Profound Heaven Sect was renowned in the Cultivation World for its alchemy. The sect Profound Heaven Sect was a famous Alchemist of the time, second only to the Alchemy Saint of a thousand years ago. How could the young sect leader be selling fake medicine under the guise of Saint Pill?

"I see, I understand now!" someone exclaimed in realization. "Have you heard about what happened in Envy Fish City? Someone in Envy Fish City is using ordinary people to refine evil pills. I heard that this matter is of great importance, even involving the law enforcement elders of the Glazed Sea. Could those evil pills be fake Saint Pill?"