Old Friends Reunited, All Changed Beyond Recognition

"Distinguished guest, your melody lingers in the air for days on end. A guest wishes to purchase it; would you be willing to do so?"

Inside the lobby of the Eight Directions Inn, the fox-demon female innkeeper smiled and tentatively probed Chen Qianqian.

I'm not selling this song.

Without a second thought, Chen Qianqian blurted out, then continued, "Oh, and if anyone knows the name of this piece later, give it to me. It's a reward from me."

After saying that, she casually took out a bottle of pills from her storage ring and threw it on the table.

"I can't accept that."

The fox demon proprietress said she was sorry, but she still skillfully put the medicine bottle into her sleeve.

"Honorable sir, if I may be so bold as to ask, what is the purpose of your playing this piece? It's not that I'm being nosy, but all the cultivators in the city are currently watching our Eight Directions Inn, and to prevent those ignorant fools from disturbing you, I..."

"Snort!"

Chen Qianqian snorted lightly, "I'm not afraid to tell you, I'm here to find someone. Tell those who are secretly watching me to be careful. If they touch my people, I won't hesitate to wipe out Hundred Beasts City."

This was outrageous! The cultivators from all races in the inn almost couldn't resist standing up to teach this little girl a lesson.

But when they thought about what had happened the night before, they ultimately suppressed the idea.

"Just to find your relatives?"

The fox demon proprietress was completely dumbfounded. She never expected that this person would make such a big fuss just to find someone.

If you have the ability, why don't you just go to the City Lord's Mansion and ask them to help you?

"Ask less of what you shouldn't ask."

After Chen Qianqian finished speaking, she turned and left, leaving the cultivators looking at each other in bewilderment.

As they watched Chen Qianqian's disappearing figure, they hurriedly asked, "Boss lady, quickly see what good thing that important person gave you?"

These words immediately garnered support from many cultivators.

"That's right, let us common folk open our eyes too."

The fox demon proprietress could easily see through these guys' intentions: they wanted to use the reward from that person to gauge his strength.

A slight smile played on her lips, "Everyone, don't be envious after you see this."

After saying that, she slowly opened the bottle cap, revealing more than a dozen pills, all of which were top-grade pills.

hiss...

After reading it, the fox demon proprietress gasped. The pills in the bottle were enough for her to cultivate to the True Fate Realm, and even included the Golden Fate Pill for breaking through to the True Fate Realm.

This is the wealth I could accumulate over a hundred years of running an inn.

She quickly put the bottle cap back on, only two words echoing in her mind—she'd struck it rich!

Although she moved quickly, she still couldn't escape the notice of some sharp-eyed cultivators.

Time passed by, minute by minute.

Chen Qianqian was quietly drinking tea in her room.

Time passed second by second.

The inn was bustling with people, some even hoping to try their luck and write a random song title for the fairy.

As a result, naturally, no one saw the fairy.

As the sun was about to set, a simply dressed old woman with a cane slowly entered the inn. She walked to the counter and said, "Innkeeper, I've heard that whoever can write down the name of last night's song can meet that fairy."

The proprietress couldn't help but feel contempt for the unassuming old woman in front of her.

But she didn't reveal it. "Grandma, does your family also have a junior member who has entered the immortal sect?"

"No."

The old woman's voice was exceptionally hoarse. "My elder sister entered a sect of immortals when she was young, and it's been a hundred years since we parted. Last night, I heard a familiar melody, so I came to see if that person was my elder sister?"

Those present didn't find anything wrong with what they heard, after all, cultivators and mortals were two completely different extremes.

A boy who looks to be seventeen, eighteen, or nineteen years old could very well be an old monster who has been cultivating immortality for hundreds of years.

"Please write down the title of the song, ma'am."

The proprietress didn't care; she had already received the reward, and whether the old lady succeeded or failed was of little concern to her.

She then took out paper and a pen and placed them in front of the old lady.

The old woman took the paper and pen and wrote the four large characters "Small Temple Nocturne" on it.

That's it?

The proprietress asked with a puzzled look.

The old lady smiled and said, "This piece was composed by my sister and me in a small temple when we were wandering around, and that's how it got its name."

Please wait a moment, I'll be right there.

The proprietress picked up paper and pen and headed upstairs.

"Small Temple Nocturne"

Inside the room, Chen Qianqian looked at the familiar name and a slight smile appeared on her lips, "Bring the person up here."

"Promise."

The proprietress was truly surprised that the old lady was actually the sister of the man in front of her, and wondered what the old lady had been through all these years.

Now that her sister is back, those mean-spirited people who treated her badly before are in for a rough time.

A moment later.

Under the watchful eyes of the other cultivators at the inn, the old woman and the landlady went upstairs together.

This result was beyond the expectations of all cultivators, and the news was immediately delivered to the major forces of Hundred Clans City.

In the city lord's mansion.

When the city lord saw this message, he was also stunned. It turned out that it really was just a powerful figure coming to find relatives.

This startled me. He immediately turned to his advisor and said, "Withdraw all the people keeping watch around the inn. Don't anger that person."

"Promise."

The same order was issued almost simultaneously from all the major powers.

Inside the inn.

Chen Qianqian frowned slightly when she saw the old woman in front of her, but soon her divine sense detected the young face under the old woman's disguise, which looked somewhat like the one she remembered.

"Big Sister."

The old woman let out a joyful human voice, completely different from her previous hoarseness.

"Eighth Sister."

Chen Qianqian stepped forward and hugged the other person tightly.

Bai Qian, standing to the side, casually set up a formation to prevent anyone from spying on them.

"Eighth Sister, why are you dressed like this?"

Chen Qianqian said with a puzzled look.

Yang Bamei slowly said, "This is a long story. Right now, our Thousand-Li Journey Trading Company is being watched by many forces, and my second brother and the others can't go out. I can only see our Big Sister in this way."

"Thousand-Li Journey Trading Company"

Chen Qianqian was taken aback when she heard the name, then a slight smile appeared on her lips as she murmured, "Fate, it's truly wonderful."

Yang Bamei looked at the Big Sister with a questioning gaze and asked, "Could it be that you've also come for that treasure from the Thousand-Li Journey Trading Company?"

"No."

Chen Qianqian smiled and told Yang Bamei about their encounter with the Thousand-Li Journey Trading Company in the suburbs.

"I never expected that our Big Sister would save the people from the trading company."

Yang Bamei murmured to herself.

"By the way, you just said that You Lao'er and the others can't come out to see me. Can you tell me what kind of trouble you've encountered?"

The thought of her younger siblings getting into trouble made Chen Qianqian eager to step in and intimidate those scoundrels.

"Big Sister..."

Yang Bamei's face showed a hesitant expression. Before coming here, her second brother had told her that she must not drag the Big Sister into this mess.

She even asked him to persuade the Big Sister to leave Hundred Clans City and not get involved in this mess.

But when she faced the Big Sister, she felt like she was back in her childhood, feeling protected by her Big Sister.

No matter how hard their lives were back then, as long as their Big Sister was there, they never felt sad.

Chen Qianqian could easily see the change in Yang Bamei. She deliberately put on a stern face and said, "Eighth Sister, how come you no longer respect me as your Big Sister? You're actually trying to hide things from me."

"No, I'm not."

Yang Bamei gritted her teeth and said, "This is how it happened..."

After they separated from their eldest sister and Lao Wu, they followed the escort team to settle down in Baizu City.

At first, they all dreamed of becoming immortals, but soon they all discovered that cultivation was not easy, and that wealth, land, Dharma, and companions were indispensable. The godfather suggested that they cultivate while escorting goods.

However, this proposal was quickly rejected. Now that everyone is a cultivator, it is natural to want to expand and strengthen the business, so they decided to open a trading company.

After more than ten years of development, the business has become quite well-known in the Hundred Clans City, and has even established a connection with the City Lord's Mansion.

By a stroke of luck, the adoptive father broke through to the True Fate Realm, leading to the flourishing of the business.

Many of my brothers and sisters have broken through to the Dao Foundation Realm, and can be considered minor geniuses in this Hundred Clans City.

The godfather then invited several True Fate Rogue Cultivator to join the Thousand-Li Journey Trading Company, making the guild even stronger.

Everyone had been dreaming of cultivating immortality and one day seeing their Big Sister again, but everything changed a month ago.

The Thousand-Li Journey Trading Company accidentally obtained a parchment scroll, which immediately drained a True Fate Realm cultivator dry, and even nearly killed the adoptive father.

The merchant guild originally intended to suppress the news, but secrets can't stay hidden forever, and the news quickly spread throughout the entire Hundred Clans City.

The Thousand-Li Journey Trading Company has become the target of everyone's anger and fear, and now everyone is thinking about how to get out of their current predicament.

After listening to Yang Bamei's account, Chen Qianqian's lips curled into a cold smile, "Eighth Sister, don't worry, with me here, no one can lay a finger on you!"