71: Chapter 71 Heading to the Valley of Ascension to Participate in the Ascension Ceremony

Jiang Xuan took a deep breath and compromised, "What is it now, my dear lady?"

Top Courtesan leaned forward slightly, her tone revealing a rigid earnestness:

"Before I left, Sister Ji Yanran taught me."

"She said Cultivator Jiang has a soft heart, so as long as I come to sell things, I must insist on adding one more Spirit Stone to the price offered by others."

"As long as the Cultivator doesn't agree, I will act spoiled in the shop and refuse to leave; the Cultivator will surely take out sixteen Spirit Stones to accept it."

After hearing this, the corners of Jiang Xuan's mouth twitched uncontrollably several times.

It was one thing for that girl Ji Yanran to haggle herself, but why did she have to take on an apprentice?

He said irritably, "Fine, since you want sixteen, then go ahead and act spoiled for me to see."

Top Courtesan stood in place without moving, merely widening her sparkling eyes and continuing to stare at him without blinking.

"I have been staring at you, Cultivator."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Xuan was completely stunned: "This... is your way of acting spoiled?"

Top Courtesan nodded, her tone sincere and innocent: "Cultivator, please do not blame me. I am dull by nature and only know this one way."

Jiang Xuan: "..."

At this moment, Jiang Xuan completely realized a fact.

He could not defeat this Top Courtesan from Yifeng Pavilion.

Compared to that little enchantress Ji Yanran who was as passionate as fire and constantly pestered him,

This Top Courtesan's specialty was sincere shamelessness.

With a face full of black lines, he fished sixteen Spirit Stones out of his Storage Pouch and slapped them onto the counter with a clatter, just wanting to send this great deity away as quickly as possible.

"Take it, take it, sixteen!"

[Congratulations to the Shopkeeper for completing a transaction. Transaction price: sixteen Spirit Stones. Received cultivation rebate 3.2, received Contribution Points +1!]

[Cultivation: 8th Stage of Qi Refining]

[Progress: 44.6%]

Seeing this, a glimmer of bright joy finally flashed in Top Courtesan's eyes.

She reached out her slender, jade-like hands, gathered all the Spirit Stones into a cloth bag, and tucked it back into her sleeve.

[Top Courtesan Favorability +1]

She bowed slightly, her voice carrying a rare hint of lightness: "Thank you, Cultivator."

"It is truly as Sister Ji Yanran said; your shop, Cultivator, is the best and most fair in all of Tingfeng Town."

"This young woman will take her leave now. When I have good items in the future, I will definitely come to patronize your shop again, Cultivator."

Jiang Xuan nodded and waved with a smiling face: "Go slowly, be careful on the road."

But in his heart, he was frantically complaining: I beg you two sisters, please don't come again!

One Ji Yanran, in order to squeeze out one more Spirit Stone, would practically stick herself to him, acting spoiled and cute.

The other, Top Courtesan, in order to squeeze out one more Spirit Stone, would just sit there and use those cold eyes to launch a mental attack on him!

Watching that plain white figure disappear into the street, Jiang Xuan sighed helplessly, feeling that doing business was truly too exhausting.

He looked up at the sky outside; night had already fallen.

Tonight it was An Luoling's turn, that obedient and well-behaved little girl, to watch the shop in the front hall, while Su Yue remained in the Backyard to rest with him.

At the thought of Su Yue, the gloom in Jiang Xuan's heart was immediately swept away. He turned around, quickly lifted the door curtain, and walked into the bedroom in the Backyard.

...

The night was deep, and the candlelight in the bedroom swayed gently, casting large patches of ambiguous, warm light.

The room was filled with a rich, cold fragrance of plum blossoms, but at this moment, because of the rapid breathing, it was stained with a thick, unmelting heat.

On the bed.

The usually cold, Fairy-like, and heroic Su Yue was currently lying before Jiang Xuan.

Her waterfall-like black hair slid down her shoulders, and most of her face was covered in a flush, even her slender neck glowing with an alluring pink.

She tilted her head slightly, her Phoenix eyes shimmering with moisture, full of docility.

Her red lips parted slightly, and she was responding with infinite patience.

Jiang Xuan leaned against the head of the bed and let out a long sigh.

A large, thick palm rested in her soft hair, feeling that astonishing warmth and embrace.

The fatigue and gloom from doing business during the day were completely drained away at this moment.

As that indescribable sense of comfort climbed layer by layer.

Jiang Xuan's large palm suddenly paused slightly, and the force increased a little.

Su Yue understood, her Phoenix eyes closing slightly.

She took the initiative to lower her body further, sinking down deeply, accepting everything without letting a single drop go to waste.

After a long while.

Su Yue slowly raised her head, her lips glistening with moisture, her cheeks burning hot.

Jiang Xuan fished out a small jade bottle filled with clear spring water from the side and handed it over.

Su Yue took the jade bottle, tilted her snow-white jade neck, and drank the clear spring inside in one gulp, her movements revealing a touch of charming coquettishness that made one want to cherish her.

Having completely released the gloom of the day, Jiang Xuan felt refreshed throughout his body and directly reached out to embrace her warm, soft, and smooth body.

Su Yue lay down on her side in his arms, pressing her cheek against his chest.

As their skin touched, their temperatures were transmitted to each other.

After a while, Su Yue slowly opened her Phoenix eyes, looked up at Jiang Xuan, and broke the silence in the room softly:

"I plan to set off in a few days to go to Ascension Valley to participate in the Ascension Conference."

Upon hearing this, the large hand resting in her soft hair paused slightly.

Calculating the days, there were indeed not many left until the start of the Ascension Conference.

He pondered for a moment, his palm sliding down her slender spine, and gave a light pat on the astonishingly full roundness.

The feel was soft yet retained astonishing elasticity.

"That Five Poisons Sect devil named Wu Yingshan is still wandering outside."

"If you go out now and happen to run into him, you will surely suffer greatly again."

Jiang Xuan lowered his head, his tone gentle: "Besides, those going to the Ascension Conference are all veteran Peak Qi Refining Cultivators."

"If you really have to fight and get injured, I fear you will face endless trouble."

"Be obedient, don't go. In a while, I have a way to get you a foundation establishment pill."

What a joke; he had worked so hard to train this cold and arrogant Fairy Su into someone so adorable and cherished.

If he let her go out and she encountered any danger, where would he find another top-tier Sword Cultivator Fairy like her?

Su Yue leaned against his chest, quietly listening to these words.

She lowered her eyelids, remained silent for a long while, and then gently spat out two words:

"Alright."

Jiang Xuan was stunned, looking down in disbelief at the excessively docile beauty in his arms.

He had thought it would take a lot of persuasion, and he was even prepared to be flatly rejected by her.

Why did she suddenly change her nature and agree so readily?

Su Yue keenly sensed the change in his breathing and raised her head slightly.

Meeting Jiang Xuan's astonished gaze, she understood immediately and curled her lips into a very slight arc:

"Do you think... that I definitely wouldn't agree?"

Jiang Xuan nodded.

Seeing this, Su Yue curled back into his arms and sighed softly:

"I naturally know in my heart the gap between myself and those veteran Peak Qi Refining Cultivators."

"Even with that second-grade sword technique you gave me, the time for enlightenment is too short, and I am not confident I can win steadily."

Speaking of this, her voice paused, and her tone carried a hint of complexity:

"And I wanted to go to this Ascension Conference, actually... not entirely for that foundation establishment pill."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Xuan raised his eyebrows, a wicked smile hanging on the corners of his mouth.

He leaned into Su Yue's ear, the hot air from his mouth drilling straight into her ear:

"Oh? Not for the foundation establishment pill? Could it be..."

"In that Ascension Valley, there is still a lover hidden that Fairy Su fancies?"

As soon as the words fell.

Only a muffled "bang" was heard!

Jiang Xuan didn't even have time to let out a full scream before his whole body, like a kite with a broken string, was kicked flying off the bed.

He crashed onto the cold bluestone floor, sprawled out.

This commotion was not small, causing the door curtain of the Backyard to sway twice.