Chapter 414

Chapter 414: Wind Realm Market District
A light breeze brushed her face, and the Battle Aura of Steel around her faded by more than half.

Yu Zhao’s eyes cleared. She quickly stepped back.

Jin Yuan wanted to chase her again, but Feng Jiu Si was already standing where Yu Zhao had just been. His face was calm and serious, and a swirl of pale green wind roared around his feet.

He said coldly: “Jin Yuan, if you take one more step, do not blame me for being rude.”

Jin Yuan froze in place. Her gaze shifted again and again. After a long moment, she stomped her foot hard.

She snapped: “Fine, fine, fine! You brought this on yourself. Do not come begging me in the future!”

Before she left, she shot Yu Zhao a hateful glare, then flicked her sleeve and walked away unwillingly.

Feng Jiu Si looked full of apology and said: “Sorry, I startled you.”

“It is nothing.” Yu Zhao shook her head. She hesitated, then asked: “You and her…”

“There is nothing between us. I really do not know why she suddenly went crazy and targeted you.”

Feng Jiu Si rushed to clear things up.

Yu Zhao nodded. She took out the Storage Pouch where she had put the gifts separately and handed it to him: “These are the congratulatory gifts I accepted today. You can check, everything is in here.”

He said: “They were given to you. You should keep them.”

“I cannot take a reward I did not earn.”

Yu Zhao’s attitude was firm. Feng Jiu Si could not push her. Before they could say a few more words, people from the Feng Clan came to call him away again.

She had stayed in the small pavilion twice and had run into uninvited guests both times. Yu Zhao did not dare linger outside any longer and went back to her room to cultivate.

It was not until three days later that Yu Zhao saw Feng Jiu Si again.

She carefully brought up the idea of taking her leave. Feng Jiu Si did not reject it directly, but he did not agree either. Instead, he gently persuaded her to stay a few more days and wait until the waves from the grand ceremony passed before leaving.

Yu Zhao could only agree.

After her hidden injuries healed and her Cultivation Level stabilized, she was idle and began to study the Jade Ruyi hanging on her body.

On the day the grand ceremony ended, Yu Zhao had found that she could take off the wedding robe. But that Jade Ruyi seemed to have grown into her body. No matter what she tried, she could not remove it.

She used her Divine Sense to examine it again and again. The Jade Ruyi did not harm her at all. Instead, it nourished her body and even her soul.

In the past few days, Yu Zhao’s skin had become whiter and clearer than before, like fine jade.

She lowered her eyes a little, her lashes trembling uneasily.

[She was only a stand-in.]

Auspicious Palace and Immortal Maiden Liu Yun had no reason to leave the Jade Ruyi on her.

Unless this Jade Ruyi had some other meaning.

“Fellow Daoist Yu.”

A knock sounded on the door at the same time as Feng Jiu Si’s voice.

Yu Zhao pulled back from her thoughts and stood up to go out: “Young Master Feng.”

Feng Jiu Si smiled slightly and said: “Fellow Daoist Yu has not gone out to look around since coming to the Feng Clan, right? I wonder if I might have the honor to accompany Fellow Daoist Yu on an outing.”

Yu Zhao thought for a moment. Since she had come out this far, she should also learn a bit about the customs of the Wind Realm, so she happily agreed.

She had once looked down at the Feng Clan from high in the sky and already felt that the Feng Clan’s buildings were especially grand and imposing.

Now, walking among them, she could feel even more how deep the Feng Clan’s foundation was.

From her residence to the main gate, Yu Zhao walked for almost an hour.

Two rows of people were already waiting respectfully outside the gate.

But Feng Jiu Si refused their company. He personally acted as guide and led Yu Zhao out of the manor.

He explained as they walked: “The Feng Clan occupies the very core area of the Wind Realm. The ring outside is the Great Market of the Wind Realm. Inside, they sell countless rare treasures, and many items come from other Star Domains. If you see anything you like, you can tell me. I cannot decide to give it to you directly, but I can at least ask for a discount for you.”

Feng Jiu Si clearly knew Yu Zhao would not accept his gifts, so he purposely used this clever way of putting it.

Yu Zhao sensed his thoughtfulness and said with a smile: “Then I will thank Young Master Feng first.”

He said: “You helped me a lot. This is what I should do.”

At first, Yu Zhao still kept part of her attention on Feng Jiu Si. But once they reached the Market District, her attention was instantly hooked by the dazzling goods. She almost forgot about Feng Jiu Si and could not move her eyes away.

The layout of Market Districts was mostly the same everywhere. What made this one different was that there were many strange Artifact Forging materials Yu Zhao had never seen before. The magic tools refined from them were also newer in design and more beautiful.

Also, the Fourth-grade Pill Recipes that people in the Cultivation Hall and Auction Gathering had fought over like mad were thrown onto the ground here in thick stacks, and no one even looked at them.

Yu Zhao hurried to the stall that sold pill recipes. She pointed at them and asked: “How much for the Fourth-grade Pill Recipes?”

The Cultivator at the stall lifted his eyelids and glanced at Yu Zhao. His eyes brightened a little, but when he sensed her cultivation, the light faded at once and turned indifferent.

“One High-grade Spirit Stone.”

Yu Zhao: !!!

She still remembered how, at the Auction Gathering, the fool Wang Qian had bought one Fourth-grade Pill Recipe for three thousand High-grade Spirit Stones.

Yes, that one had recorded a special Alchemy Method, and she had also purposely raised the price. But even so, a true Fourth-grade Pill Recipe in the Cultivation World would never be worth less than one thousand five hundred High-grade Spirit Stones.

Yet here, it only cost one.

One.

Yu Zhao took a deep breath. She swept her gaze over the stall and casually pointed at another stack of pill recipes: “What about the Fifth-grade Pill Recipes?”

“One hundred High-grade Spirit Stones.”

When Yu Zhao heard this number, only one thought filled her mind.

[This place is simply an alchemist’s paradise.]

If Mu Ye or Sect Master Wu Sang could come here, they would probably faint from excitement.

Yu Zhao’s gaze could not help falling on the Sixth-grade pill recipes. “This…”

“Are you buying or not? You keep asking and asking. If you do not have money, do not wander around here.”

The Stall Owner was starting to lose his patience.

Yu Zhao’s eyes darkened.

Nascent Soul Cultivators really were not respected here.

A voice cut in: “Who said she is not buying?”

Feng Jiu Si strode over.

The Stall Owner saw Feng Jiu Si, then glanced at Yu Zhao. His face changed at once. He jumped to his feet and nervously rubbed his hands.

He forced out a smile and said: “Young Master Feng, I was blind and did not know this is the Young Heir’s madam. I deserve punishment, I deserve punishment.”

He turned to flatter Yu Zhao: “Madam, feel free to look and ask whatever you like. It is my good fortune that you came to my stall. Anything here you like, just take it. Let it be my congratulatory gift to you both.”

“No need.” Yu Zhao shook her head and said to Feng Jiu Si: “Let’s go.”

The Stall Owner panicked: “Young Heir, Madam, Young Heir, Madam! I really did not mean it! You are generous, do not hold it against me!”

Yu Zhao said calmly: “You do not need to worry. I am not blaming you. I was only asking the price.”

The Stall Owner’s arrogance at first and flattery later were not because of Yu Zhao herself, so there was nothing for her to feel proud about.

On the contrary, the Stall Owner made Yu Zhao clearly understand one thing.

She was no longer in the Cultivation World. She could not keep facing things with the mindset she used to have.

Here, any random person might push her into a place of no return.

So before she had the confidence to escape, she absolutely could not reveal her true thoughts.

[Cautious in word and deed.]

Yu Zhao silently repeated these four words again and again, making sure to carve them into her heart. Then she said to Feng Jiu Si: “Let us keep walking.”

“Alright.”

Facing Yu Zhao, Feng Jiu Si always looked as warm and gentle as a spring breeze.

After the two of them left, the Stall Owner wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and rejoiced that he had survived a disaster.

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