After about half a day, Luo Qianxue arrived in Purple Phoenix City. Recalling the last time she brought Leng Wufeng here to purchase some Spirit Grass for refining Pills, only to end up being called a "Big Sucker" by Ye Feng at the auction house, her mood instantly soured. If her Close Female Friend wasn't here, she absolutely wouldn't have come back!
"Well now, what wind blew our Sect Master Luo over here?" Seeing Luo Qianxue walk into the blacksmith shop, a woman dressed in black forging clothes put down the heavy iron hammer in her hand and looked at Luo Qianxue with a teasing smile.
"Xiaoxiao, I came this time because I need your help forging some things the sect needs," Luo Qianxue said, ignoring the teasing and getting straight to the point.
"Who knows when that icy personality of yours will ever change. I dare say, in this world, apart from me and your father, absolutely no one can stand your personality." Chu Xiaoxiao felt deeply helpless regarding her cold-natured Close Female Friend, but who could blame her fiery personality for wanting to melt this iceberg!
"No! My Direct Disciple can also stand it!" Hearing this, Ye Feng's figure suddenly appeared in Luo Qianxue's mind. Thinking of the promises he had made her, thinking of everything he had done for the sect, an unconscious smile touched her lips.
???
Direct Disciple?Also, she actually smiled when talking about her Direct Disciple?
Seeing Luo Qianxue, who hadn't even realized her own expression, Chu Xiaoxiao was stunned! She had known Luo Qianxue for nearly ten years and knew exactly what kind of person she was. If someone told her now that Luo Qianxue and that Direct Disciple didn't have some kind of secret relationship, she wouldn't believe it even if beaten to death!
"Qianxue, wasn't that Leng Wufeng you brought last time to buy Spirit Grass just an ordinary sect disciple?" Chu Xiaoxiao asked, pretending to be angry. "When did you suddenly gain a Direct Disciple? You didn't even tell me about such a major event right away!"
"You didn't ask me either!" Luo Qianxue retorted. "Alright, let's not keep talking about my Direct Disciple. He's just a pure prodigal."
"Do you have time now? Quickly help me forge some knives needed for the sect's kitchen and tools like hoes for tending the spirit herb garden." For some reason, sensing Chu Xiaoxiao's extreme interest in Ye Feng, Luo Qianxue didn't want to say another word about him.
Looking at the slightly unusual Luo Qianxue, Chu Xiaoxiao shook her head and said, "My grandfather is here. He's preparing to forge an extraordinary weapon, so he needs my help. I'm afraid I won't have any time for the next three days."
"I have time!" "Isn't it just forging some ordinary iron tools like knives and hoes?" Just then, a burly, white-haired old man walked out from the inner door of the blacksmith shop. His gaze towards Luo Qianxue was full of kindness.
"Greetings, Grandpa Chu!" Seeing Chu Hongshan, Luo Qianxue greeted him respectfully.
"Good! Good!" Chu Hongshan laughed heartily looking at Luo Qianxue. "Qianxue, are those five old fossils still hale and hearty these past few years?"
Hearing this, Luo Qianxue gave a wry smile and said, "Grandpa Chu, the five Great Ancestors are all doing well."
"Xiaoxiao, go help Qianxue forge some iron tools like knives and hoes first," Chu Hongshan instructed. "Anyway, our shop has plenty of ordinary iron ore, if nothing else, and forging those won't take much time."
Hearing Chu Hongshan's words, Luo Qianxue quickly interjected, "Grandpa Chu, although they are ordinary iron tools, I have a small request. I have a bit of Spirit Ore that I'd like to mix in."
"What's the big deal? Just take it out. I'll have Xiaoxiao forge it for you right away," Chu Hongshan said affectionately towards Luo Qianxue. After all, his granddaughter had been playing with her for nearly ten years; he had practically watched Luo Qianxue grow up, no different from his own granddaughter.
Three flashes of golden light suddenly appeared from Luo Qianxue's hand.
When Chu Hongshan and Chu Xiaoxiao stared wide-eyed, fixated on the three pieces of Gold Silkworm Star Brilliance Stone in her hand, Luo Qianxue felt deeply resigned. She didn't want to be prodigal either, but the items belonged to her disciple, and the disciple insisted on being prodigal. What could she, the Master, do?
"Luo Qianxue," Chu Xiaoxiao finally reacted, still looking at Luo Qianxue with utter disbelief, "you mean you want to mix these three pieces of Gold Silkworm Star Brilliance Stone into ironware? Use knives smelted with Gold Silkworm Star Brilliance Stone to kill chickens and ducks in the sect kitchen, and use hoes smelted with Gold Silkworm Star Brilliance Stone to cultivate the spirit herb garden?"
"That's right!" Watching her Close Female Friend's pupils widen again, Luo Qianxue suddenly had a strange feeling!
"This feeling is very strange. Clearly, I haven't done anything, so why do I feel so good? Could this be the joy brought by being prodigal?" Luo Qianxue thought, puzzled.
"Grandpa! Grandpa, what are you doing?!" Just as Luo Qianxue was pondering, Chu Xiaoxiao's anxious voice pulled her back. Looking at Chu Hongshan, who was being held back tightly by Chu Xiaoxiao, and the kitchen knife in his hand, Luo Qianxue was completely stunned.
What is happening?Is he going to chop me?
At this thought, especially seeing the fury blazing in Chu Hongshan's eyes, Luo Qianxue was frightened enough to take two steps back. Growing up, this was the first time she had ever seen such a terrifying side of Chu Hongshan.
"Don't stop me!" Chu Hongshan roared. "Watch if I don't go to the Xingji Sect and chop those five old bastards to death! Is this the Sect Saintess they so carefully nurtured?"
"That's Gold Silkworm Star Brilliance Stone! A Spirit Ore that's incredibly hard to obtain even on the Heavenly Dao Battlefield! Just these three pieces are enough to make numerous Tribulation Crossing Realm Cultivators fight to the death, causing rivers of blood! Yet she actually wants to mix such precious Gold Silkworm Star Brilliance Stone into knives and hoes! This old man has lived for so long and has never seen such prodigality!"
Hearing Chu Hongshan's words, Luo Qianxue finally understood. A wry smile appeared as she explained, "Grandpa Chu, even if you go question the five Great Ancestors, it's useless. These three pieces of Gold Silkworm Star Brilliance Stone were given to me by the Xingji Sect's Honorary Elder, and doing this was also his instruction."
Boom!
Just then, an incredibly terrifying Yao Qi Pressure descended abruptly. Immediately after, a furious Ye Feng charged into the blacksmith shop, shouting, "Who dares harm my Master!"
"Master, don't be afraid! Your disciple has come to save you!" Seeing Luo Qianxue unharmed, Ye Feng breathed a sigh of relief. Spotting the old man holding a kitchen knife opposite them, Ye Feng directly stepped forward, shielding Luo Qianxue behind him. "Master, can you please let this disciple worry less? Thankfully, I was bored in the sect and had Little Blood¹ bring me here to Purple Phoenix City for a stroll. Otherwise, what would I do if something happened to you!"
Stunned!
At this moment, Luo Qianxue, Chu Xiaoxiao, and Chu Hongshan inside the blacksmith shop were all completely stunned, frozen in place.
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¹ Blood-Devouring Mantis (previously nicknamed as Xiao Xue)