Chapter 27.2

Like a Date (2)

Ying Xiu frowned when she heard the words, and said a little nervously, “Princess, the spiritual materials you want may be just ordinary materials for the cultivators in Xuanyun Sect, but for our Ze Kingdom, they are all priceless treasures that can only be searched by using up the entire resources of the kingdom.”

“Collecting these treasures for you will cost people and money. Princess… This is inappropriate,” Ying Xiu advised.

“After you started cultivating immortality, did you begin to lose sight of the importance of it?” Qiu Mingxue grabbed Ying Xiu’s arm and looked at the slave print on the inner side of her wrist. “You will forever be my servant. Having high cultivation is useless.”

“I-I’ve overstepped my bounds…” Ying Xiu quickly lowered her eyes and said.

At this time, Qiu Mingxue noticed Ji Qingzhou in front of her. She wanted to fly up to mock her. How could such an ignorant mortal, who knew nothing about the immensity of heaven and earth, want to be in the top three? That position belonged to her.

However, when Shen Rongyu sensed Qiu Mingxue’s approach, he abruptly accelerated the Burial Snow Sword. The speed he flew with Ji Qingzhou was the slowest speed of the Burial Snow Sword.

Ji Qingzhou was still eavesdropping on the conversation between Qiu Mingxue and Ying Xiu. When Qiu Mingxue stopped talking and noticed her, she sighed inaudibly.

The little princess of the Ze Kingdom was probably bent on finding her again.

Ji Qingzhou failed to understand what was the point of Qiu Mingxue saying these words every time. She usually mocked her for being silly and stupid, but she didn’t take these words to heart at all.

Shen Rongyu accelerated the speed of the sword to throw Qiu Mingxue away, but she, who had always been competitive, became even more furious.

“I think the Shixiong of Xuanyun sect is also blind. I can’t believe he pays her attention.” Of course, Qiu Mingxue knew that the person with Ji Qingzhou was Shen Rongyu. “If he protects such a good-for-nothing, he will suffer from bad luck sooner or later.”

“Princess…” Ying Xiu warned her in a whisper.

It was fine to mention Ji Qingzhou, but not Shen Rongyu.

The pair still left them behind. The rare mountain gate opening should not be missed, and they had to catch up on their business.

Ji Qingzhou didn’t realize until she was taken by Shen Rongyu and landed in the market, that this really seemed like a date. Novels usually described dating like this.

Go shopping, watch a movie, hold hands for a bit, and then kiss…

Eep… What am I thinking?

Ji Qingzhou swallowed and patted her cheeks.

The market was a city where cultivators gathered. The scope wasn’t that vast, but it was very prosperous because it was backed by Xuanyun Sect.

The place they landed happened to be the area where spirit beasts were sold, and the cubs of the Profound Frost Beasts, one of which had made Ji Qingzhou embarrassed in the Beast Mastery Class, were also crowded on the side of the road in groups, issuing screeching noises.

The Profound Frost Beasts were incredibly cute and looked bewitching, but Ji Qingzhou knew that they could grow taller than a person, so she hurriedly went the other way.

“They’re so small, what are you afraid of?” Shen Rongyu leaned over and picked up the neck of a small Profound Frost Beast sold on the side of the road. The little guy danced wildly on all fours, struggling, terrified of Shen Rongyu.

“One of them kicked me.” Ji Qingzhou still had lingering fears when she recalled it.

“Do you want one?” If he hadn’t seen Ji Qingzhou secretly researching guides to raising Profound Frost Beasts in Adolescence after class, he would have believed that she hated them.

“I didn’t bring spirit stones.” Ji Qingzhou was reminded of the three coins in her purse. “Xiao Yu-shixiong, let’s go.”

Shen Rongyu threw the Profound Frost Beast cub into Ji Qingzhou’s arms. Ji Qingzhou couldn’t bear it to fall to the ground, so she subconsciously caught it, and the little cold guy dug into her arms.

Her arms holding it froze, and she did not dare to move.

Shen Rongyu went to pay with his spirit stones. The seller offered a price of 100 medium-grade spirit stones, which was quite affordable.

“Tell her it costs ten.” Shen Rongyu paid the spirit stones.

When Ji Qingzhou left with the Profound Frost Beast cub in her arms, she finally got used to the little guy.

She really liked cute and small things, so she lowered her head and gently stroked the back of the beast.

“Zhouzhou, aren’t you afraid?” Shen Rongyu stroked the sword hilt around his waist and asked her.

“A bit…” Ji Qingzhou mulled over it and replied.

Shen Rongyu naturally could understand what she meant. She could accept Profound Frost Beast cubs.

He lowered his eyes and looked at Ji Qingzhou. She was obviously happy, and  her steps seemed much lighter. Her emotions most of the time were shallow and light, and also quite difficult to figure out, like a piece of dead wood.

However, it seemed that the wood was also easily coaxed, no?

Shen Rongyu had an unspoken secret, too. It was actually his first time coming to the market at the foot of the Xuanyun Sect mountain.

He just thought that Ji Qingzhou would like the place, plus he was curious about what the block of wood could look like.

According to his plan, he should have landed at the entrance of the market with his flying sword, but he just flew over and landed directly into a pile of spirit beasts.

Ji Qingzhou hugged the Profound Frost Beast cub and trailed after Shen Rongyu. She didn’t know the turns and thought that Shen Rongyu was an old acquaintance there, so she followed him step by step, not at all looking at the periphery of her vision or elsewhere.

She wasn’t too interested in other things anyway, so wherever Shen Rongyu went, she followed.

Shen Rongyu was observing Ji Qingzhou’s eyes to see what would catch her interest, so he led her whichever direction the road headed.

As a result, she just kept following him step by step, and her eyes didn’t even deviate a bit.

So, two people who were visiting the place for the first time got lost, much to their embarrassment.

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