Fire Cloud Ancient Star is an ancient star at the fourteenth checkpoint of the Ancient Starry Road, named for the fiery red nebula enveloping the entire planet.
Flame City!
Ye Hongyi and the Golden Winged Great Peng Royal Prince were sitting in a private room on the second floor of a tavern. The tavern was already packed, and the lobby was filled with discussions.
"Miss Hongyi, I'll go take care of those people," the Golden Winged Great Peng Royal Prince said to Ye Hongyi.
"No need for such trouble. Those who should leave will naturally leave," Ye Hongyi shook her head.
Seeing this, the Golden Winged Great Peng Royal Prince observed the situation downstairs through the window, a sneer of disdain on his face. He said, "They want to pursue you, Miss? They should look in the mirror. No charm, no looks, and their strength is terrible. I don't know where their confidence comes from."
Hearing the Golden Winged Great Peng Royal Prince's rambling, Ye Hongyi simply smiled faintly.
After so many years, Honghong had completely shed her naivety. Already extremely beautiful, her temperament became even more outstanding with the improvement of her cultivation and the enrichment of her experience. Now, every smile and frown of hers could drive thousands of cultivators crazy, and there was no shortage of female cultivators among them. After all, the world is vast, and there are many lesbians. Naturally, there were many female cultivators who wanted to kiss her.
Since separating from her master in the Snake-People Clan, Honghong had been making a name for herself on the Ancient Starry Road using her real name, Ye Hongyi. She wanted to make her name known so that her sister, the Holy Maiden of Jade Pool, Ye Yuxian, would know that she already knew the truth, so she wouldn't have to be so wary. (From now on, Ye Hongyi will be used as the subject, while Honghong is Gu Changsheng's nickname for her.)
But while her name had become well-known, she hadn't found the Holy Maiden of Jade Pool in recent years. Instead, more and more people were pursuing her. Whether they were powerful or weak, whether they were challengers or natives of the Ancient Starry Road, countless cultivators wanted to win the goddess's heart. As a result, she had just arrived at Fire Cloud Ancient Star and hadn't even settled down when she was surrounded in this tavern. Fortunately, the tavern owner was an older female cultivator with profound cultivation, which deterred those suitors. However, these people didn't leave immediately but stayed in the tavern, causing it to be overcrowded.
The proprietress didn't mind this. As long as they consumed normally and didn't cause trouble, they were all customers. Staying was fine. The income for this day was comparable to her income for a year.
"Creak!"
At this moment, the door of the private room opened, and a middle-aged beautiful woman walked in, holding a pot of wine and some spiritual fruits.
"Fairy Hongyi, thanks to you, the shop is so popular. I don't know how to thank you enough, so I'll give you a pot of the shop's special spiritual wine and some spiritual fruits. I hope you don't mind," the middle-aged beautiful woman was naturally the proprietress, known as Madam Zhu. Her cultivation had reached the fifth level of the Saint Realm; otherwise, she wouldn't be able to deter so many people.
"Thank you!" Ye Hongyi smiled and nodded to the proprietress.
Madam Zhu shook her head and repeatedly said she was welcome. After putting down the wine and spiritual fruits, she left.
"Miss, I feel something is wrong."
After confirming that the proprietress had left, the Golden Winged Great Peng Royal Prince transmitted his voice.
"Oh? What are your thoughts?" Ye Hongyi asked. She didn't touch the wine and spiritual fruits on the table.
The Golden Winged Great Peng Royal Prince continued to transmit his voice: "We are new here and don't know anyone. It's one thing to cause such a sensation, but why is the proprietress of this tavern so nice to us, personally deterring those people? Don't you think this is unreasonable?"
"Naturally…"
Ye Hongyi was about to reply when she suddenly frowned. She signaled to the Golden Winged Great Peng Royal Prince with her eyes. Having followed Ye Hongyi for so many years, the Golden Winged Great Peng Royal Prince naturally understood what she meant. He nodded knowingly and then said, "Miss, the proprietress said this wine is a specialty here. Since it's a specialty, it must have its merits. Why don't we try it? It's better than listening to the noise outside."
"Then let's try it!" Ye Hongyi smiled.
With that, the two poured themselves a glass of wine each and began to drink with the spiritual fruits on the table.
In another room, the tavern's proprietress, Madam Zhu, was using a secret technique similar to the Heavenly Eye to observe Ye Hongyi and the Golden Winged Great Peng Royal Prince's every move. Seeing that they had not only drunk the wine she sent but also ate the spiritual fruits, a sinister smile of success appeared on her face.
"Even if they are peerless geniuses, they are just two kids who still smell of milk. As long as I use a little trick, they will fall for it."
At this time, Madam Zhu's face was full of disdain.
Ye Hongyi and the Golden Winged Great Peng Royal Prince didn't seem to notice that they were being spied on. The two quickly finished the wine and spiritual fruits.
"Miss, when should we faint?" the Golden Winged Great Peng Royal Prince transmitted his voice.
Ye Hongyi thought for a while and replied, "Faint after half an incense stick of time. Remember to act like it. You can't faint all at once. Before fainting, you have to look like you're physically exhausted, understand?"
"I understand," the Golden Winged Great Peng Royal Prince expressed his understanding.
Seeing that the two had finished drinking and eating, Madam Zhu narrowed her eyes, like a cold viper sticking out its tongue and licking its red lips.
"It's been a long time since I've encountered such talented geniuses, and to encounter two at once is really heaven-sent! Hahaha!"
Madam Zhu let out a chilling laugh, but her room was arranged with a soundproof barrier, so the laughter couldn't be heard outside.
Soon, half an incense stick of time was almost up.
Ye Hongyi was about to stand up, but she looked physically exhausted. She shook her head, pointed to the wine on the table, and said, "This wine…"
Before she could finish speaking, she slumped on the table.
"Miss, what's wrong?" Seeing this, the Golden Winged Great Peng Royal Prince also followed suit, staggering before finally collapsing on the table.
Seeing that the two had completely fainted, a look of joy flashed across Madam Zhu's face. With a flash of her figure, she left her room and appeared in Ye Hongyi's private room.
After observing for a while and confirming that the two had completely passed out, she laughed and took out a magical artifact similar to a sack, put the two of them in, and then her figure flashed again and disappeared.
The private room fell into an eerie silence for a time.
At this moment, the space twisted, and Gu Changsheng, dressed in a green shirt, walked out of the void.
He looked at the wine pot on the table and said, "This girl, how old is she and still playing this game of pretending to be a pig to eat a tiger."
Gu Changsheng shook his head helplessly, but since Honghong wanted to play, he would play with her.
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