Chapter 148 You Have Finally Seen the Light

Su Ji'an raised an eyebrow. "What kind of taste do you have? Have you cultivated to the point of brain damage that you can't even tell the difference between handsome and ugly?"

With He Hansu at the Void Return stage, she could naturally see through his Metamorphic Pill. From the very beginning of their meeting, she had already seen through his true appearance.

He Hansu retorted, "Your heart is ugly!"

Su Ji'an: "......"

She certainly had a comeback ready. But whatever he set his sights on would sooner or later bear his name.

Su Ji'an continued, "I won't take it for free. How about we make a trade?"

"Don't even think about it. You must be trying to trick me with some childish trinket again." He Hansu's words were filled with vigilance.

Su Ji'an tempted her with benefits: "This time it's an equal exchange—"

"Not trading." He Hansu was impervious to reason.

Su Ji'an was not in a rush either, as he currently had nothing that suited her preferences. He would just wait until she mastered the Soul-Searching technique.

As they spoke, they had already arrived at Hanshan City. When Su Ji'an had previously communicated with Zhao Qianxue, he had already asked for the exact location of the courtyard.

At this moment, Zhao Qianxue was busy managing the distribution of goods for the Immortal Guest House, and the players responsible for delivery were leaving one after another.

Su Ji'an thought to doubtfully consider that although Zhao Qianxue no longer needed to show her face, this still wasn't safe enough. Players were easily tracked, which could lead people straight to Zhao Qianxue's location. After all, players traveled back and forth quite frequently.

After these days of cultivation, most of the earliest batches of players had already reached the fifth layer of the Qi Condensation stage, and there was even Luo Xiaomi at the eighth layer.

Her development was getting better and better. In just a few short days, her reputation in Hanshan City had surpassed that of all the top courtesans, and she received an immense amount of adoration. People even came from neighboring cities just to see her. Su Ji'an thought about going over to show his support when he had the time.

There was another thing worth mentioning. Over the past few days, through the player trading platform, several hundred spiritual stones had already been credited to his account.

***

Zhao Qianxue had not seen Su Ji'an for a day and missed him dearly. However, just as she was preparing to take things a step further, she suddenly noticed He Hansu standing behind him.

"Little Ji'an, you've finally figured things out. Come sit down, little sister. From now on, this place is your home too."

With that, she directly grabbed He Hansu's hand, gesturing for her to sit by her side.

He Hansu looked slightly dazed, but a wave of warmth surged in her heart. Although she did not understand what Zhao Qianxue meant, the goodwill the other woman displayed touched her. This was something she hadn't felt in a long time.

Su Ji'an introduced, "From now on, she's our family's maid. As for things like washing feet and warming the bed, just leave them to her."

At this, He Hansu let out a cold snort. "Hmph, who is your maid?"

Zhao Qianxue, however, smiled and gave Su Ji'an a meaningful look. "There's no need to be shy. You're hiding it right in front of me, but I won't blame you."

Su Ji'an: "......"

Forget it, forget it. He couldn't be bothered to explain anymore. After all, what Zhao Qianxue was thinking wasn't entirely wrong—they were, after all, nominal cultivation partners.

"Dummy, go cultivate in the next room." Su Ji'an had some things to say to Zhao Qianxue, so he dismissed He Hansu.

Although He Hansu very much wanted to get closer to this pretty older sister, seeing Su Ji'an made her irritated. So she didn't linger and flashed off to cultivate in the next room.

Zhao Qianxue snuggled up against Su Ji'an and softly said, "If you have anything to say, just say it."

Naturally, she easily guessed Su Ji'an's intention.

"Having the workers pick up goods directly at the house is still a bit too conspicuous and makes it very easy for people to trace things back. What do you think?" Su Ji'an stated his concerns directly.

In fact, the simplest method would be for him to issue tasks directly to the players for delivering the goods sold by the Immortal Guest House. But doing so would be tantamount to asking for trouble. The workload was no small matter; it might be fine with just a few shops at the start, but once the Immortal Guest House opened all over the world, spending all his energy on it probably wouldn't be enough.

Zhao Qianxue pondered for a moment and said, "Should I buy another courtyard? We can use it to meet the workers in the future, and we can live in this one. How about that?"

Su Ji'an shook his head. "That treats the symptoms, not the disease."

Zhao Qianxue sighed softly. "Then I can't think of anything else. We'll just have to act more cautiously."

***

Su Ji'an said, "How about this: make the false look true and the true look false. You buy another courtyard and name it as the pick-up spot for the workers. Have them make extra trips there for no reason, while the real pick-up spot shouldn't be too fixed and should change locations from time to time."

The Myriad Treasures Pavilion was already driven to desperation, so it was inevitable that they would try to harm the Immortal Guest House again.

The Black Mountain Old Demon was sacking ten shops every day, and in the blink of an eye, not a single Myriad Treasures Pavilion branch survived within a radius of hundreds of miles around Yingdu.

Zhao Qianxue nodded. "I'll go take care of it right now."

At this moment, movement came from the Holy Lord's side.

[Under the collusion of the Holy Lord and Xi Wang's benevolent aspect, a method to deal with Xi Wang's malevolent aspect was quickly formulated.]

[Learning that the seals on Xi Wang's malevolent aspect feared water, Xi Wang's benevolent aspect took charge of getting the malevolent aspect wet, after which the Holy Lord would step in to control him.]

[Under the cover of Xi Wang's benevolent aspect, the Holy Lord easily sneaked into the Pleasure House of Yingdu City.]

[The Holy Lord struck down a fox demon, assumed its appearance, seamlessly entered the underground palace, and smoothly stayed close to Xi Wang's malevolent aspect in the guise of the fox demon.]

[At this moment, several buckets of clean water were already prepared in the storage ring of Xi Wang's benevolent aspect.]

[Exchanging glances with the Holy Lord, Xi Wang's benevolent aspect immediately took out the prepared water and poured it all over the malevolent aspect.]

[Seizing the opportunity, the Holy Lord hurriedly tossed out a pre-prepared Immobility Talisman, which struck Xi Wang's malevolent aspect squarely.]

[Only the next moment, Xi Wang's malevolent aspect actually reached out, tore off the Immobility Talisman from his body, and cast a grim, cold smile at the Holy Lord.]

[At that instant, several eerie glows suddenly lit up throughout the underground palace, revealing a net filled with thunderous power, descending upon the Holy Lord under the control of dozens of cultivators.]

[The Holy Lord's expression changed drastically. Knowing he had fallen into a trap, he decisively used a Great Teleportation Talisman to escape.]

[With a gloomy expression, Xi Wang's malevolent aspect found the Holy Lord's escape method looking rather familiar, and then realized with a start that the Great Teleportation Talisman was identical to the one he had seen in your hands back at Lingchuan.]

Su Ji'an: "......"

The Holy Lord had miscalculated this time. His strategy was ultimately lacking, and he ended up falling right into Xi Wang's counter-plot, narrowly avoiding being captured alive.

If his guess was correct, this thunder-filled net was precisely designed to suppress the power of the Holy Lord's talismans. When the time came, the Holy Lord would suffer immensely.

Su Ji'an frowned deeply. This scion Xi Wang had already become a disaster. The crucial point was that he was extremely scheming, with a moral bottom line even more flexible than his own. Such a person was the hardest to deal with.

Therefore, this could no longer be dragged out.

Su Ji'an decided to let the Black Mountain Old Demon take action; under absolute strength, Xi Wang was undoubtedly doomed to die.