295: Chapter 295 Xiao Chen's defenses have been breached!

Xiao Chen was stunned.

Talk another day?

Do you know how much effort he spent to gather these bargaining chips?

Just that Nine-Turn Bone-Gathering Pill alone was something he had almost lost half his life to obtain in an Ancient Secret Realm.

The true dragon marrow he had dreamed of was within reach, yet this woman wanted to leave just like that?

"Pavilion Master Pei!"

Xiao Chen couldn't help but raise his voice.

"This transaction is beneficial to both parties, why the rush? This old man can add more..."

"My apologies, Senior."

Pei Qinglan didn't give him a chance to finish. Her tone was still polite, but clearly perfunctory.

"Qinglan really has urgent matters to attend to, excuse me."

After saying this, she turned and left.

Her high heels clicked sharply and rapidly against the jade floor.

The strides taken by her long legs were more than twice as fast as usual.

Xiao Chen sat frozen in his seat, completely bewildered.

He looked at the exotic fire seed he hadn't yet taken out, then at the empty main seat, his mind blank.

"Teacher..."

He gritted his teeth and spoke through his Divine Sense.

"What is the meaning of this?"

"What happened to the promised push-and-pull? What happened to her being moved? She... why did she just run off?!"

Old Yan's voice also held a trace of surprise: "Don't be anxious. She said to talk another day, not that she refused. There must be a genuine emergency. Let's just wait."

"But I am uneasy."

Xiao Chen's gaze darkened.

From the change in Pei Qinglan's expression the moment she heard the news, he had caught onto something wrong.

That wasn't the demeanor of someone handling official business.

That was...

The reaction of a woman hearing that her beloved had arrived.

Xiao Chen slowly stood up, draped his black robe over himself, and silently pushed the door open to walk out.

He wanted to see who exactly could make this shrewd and cold Deputy Pavilion Master of the Treasure Pavilion abandon such a valuable transaction!

...

First-floor lobby.

Cao Kun stood in the center with his hands behind his back, his brows handsome and his aura profound.

Many female Cultivators who came to buy Magic Treasures had their eyes fixed on him, stopping in their tracks to whisper.

"What a handsome Young Master..."

"Which noble family is he from? Such a strong aura..."

"Look at his eyes, they seem to be able to speak..."

Cao Kun was long accustomed to the gazes of these infatuated butterflies.

If the System weren't so picky, he would have picked two of these female Cultivators to take back to warm his bed.

It was the manager in charge of reception on the first floor.

He saw at a glance that Cao Kun was either wealthy or noble, and immediately came up with a beaming smile.

"This Young Master, you look unfamiliar."

"Are you looking to buy some rare treasures of heaven and earth, or do you have precious items you wish to consign? Our Treasure Pavilion has everything!"

"Shall I introduce them to you?"

Cao Kun glanced at him and spoke indifferently.

"No need. I am here to find your manager, Pei Qinglan!"

The smile on the manager's face stiffened.

What was Pei Qinglan's status in the Treasure Pavilion?

She was a core figure who had just achieved a Breakthrough to the Body Integration Stage and was exceptionally promoted by the main pavilion to be the Deputy Pavilion Master!

Even the Sect Masters of those top-tier Sects had to make an appointment half a month in advance just to meet her.

This young man just called her by name?

"Young Master is referring to... Deputy Pavilion Master Pei, right?"

The manager apologized with a smile, his tone awkward.

"She is currently entertaining a distinguished guest upstairs, I'm afraid it's not convenient."

"If Young Master has an urgent matter, why not rest in the VIP room first, and I will report to you later?"

"Click, click, click, click..."

Before the manager could finish, a series of rapid high-heel footsteps suddenly came from the stairwell.

The manager looked up and was dumbfounded.

He saw their usually dignified and composed Deputy Pavilion Master Pei.

At this moment, she was holding up her cheongsam skirt, running down the stairs, her eyes full of urgency.

"Deputy Pavilion Master Pei!"

The manager hurriedly bent down to pay respects.

Pei Qinglan had already thrown herself directly into Cao Kun's arms like a fledgling bird returning to the forest.

"Young Master Cao~"

She wrapped her arms around Cao Kun's neck, her voice delicate and soft, with a coquettish tone.

"Why didn't you send a message before coming? You really have shamed this servant! If I had known you were coming, Qinglan would have gone outside the city to welcome you personally!"

The lobby fell silent instantly.

Servant? Who?

Deputy Pavilion Master Pei? Calling herself a servant?

The manager rubbed his eyes hard, feeling like he hadn't woken up today.

It wasn't just him; the surrounding Cultivators who were trading were all at a loss.

The dignified Deputy Pavilion Master of the Central Plains Treasure Pavilion, a powerful figure at the Body Integration Stage, actually called herself a servant in front of this young man?!

What exactly is the background of this man?

Cao Kun naturally wrapped one arm around Pei Qinglan's supple, slender waist.

With his other hand, he took the Opportunity to pat her waist and hips.

The touch was full and extremely elastic.

Hmm, indeed, she had more substance after the Body Integration Stage.

"Hmm... good complexion, and the cultivation base has stabilized."

Cao Kun nodded with satisfaction, then smiled wickedly.

"It's just that one thing is not quite right."

Pei Qinglan looked up slightly, her phoenix eyes rippling with water, looking at him infatuatedly.

"What is not right?"

"You haven't returned to serve Young Master after being in secluded cultivation for so long."

Hearing such a blunt reprimand, Pei Qinglan's earlobes turned hot.

After her Breakthrough to the Body Integration Stage, she knew better than anyone who had given her all this.

The Chaos Qi that Cao Kun left in her body was the key to breaking the two-hundred-year Bottleneck.

The nourishment of the Chaos Unity Art Cultivation Technique made her Foundation even more solid than ever before.

This man was her backer, her trump card, and the biggest investment of her second half of life.

"Qinglan was wrong... It was Qinglan who was greedy for the new Realm after the Breakthrough and delayed some time to stabilize the Cultivation Technique."

"If Young Master wants to punish, Qinglan accepts it."

This appearance of admitting mistakes in a low voice, combined with that mature and beautiful face and the Body Integration Stage cultivation...

The contrast was maximized.

Cao Kun only felt the fire in his heart starting to burn again.

This woman was truly born to be a maid.

No, she was born to be Cao's maid.

And at this moment.

At the corner of the stairs leading from the second floor to the first floor.

Xiao Chen, who was observing in secret, saw this scene clearly.

He saw Pei Qinglan's curvy figure pressed tightly against Cao Kun, and saw the look of fawning and infatuation on her face.

A strong jealousy and anger rose inexplicably in Xiao Chen's heart.

"Bitch..."

Xiao Chen roared crazily in his heart, his eyes red.

It wasn't that he had any feelings for Pei Qinglan.

It was that he, Xiao Chen, a dignified successor of the Spirit Realm true Dragon Bloodline, even though he was temporarily down and out, was still a Prodigy who looked down on the crowd in his bones.

He had racked his brains and humbled himself to negotiate with Pei Qinglan.

As a result, he didn't even have the qualifications to make this woman sit for another quarter of an hour.

A young man of unknown origin, with one sentence, could make her throw away the true dragon marrow business and run down to throw herself into his arms.

Why?

"Chen'er, calm down."

Old Yan sensed Xiao Chen's loss of control and hurriedly reminded him.

"This person is not simple; the aura on him... I cannot see through it. Do not act rashly."

Cannot see through?

Teacher's remaining cultivation still has the strength of the Early Stage Mahayana, even he can't see through it?

Xiao Chen narrowed his eyes and re-examined the young man hugging Pei Qinglan in the lobby on the first floor.

Handsome, profound aura, faint spiritual power fluctuations around him... Late-stage Void Refining Peak?

This cultivation base is certainly not weak in the Central Plains, but it definitely cannot be considered top-tier.

A Void Refinement Stage Cultivator, why can he make the Body Integration Stage Pei Qinglan call herself a servant?

"Teacher, this person is strange."

"That is why I told you not to be impulsive." Old Yan said in a deep voice, "Let's watch and see. The true dragon marrow won't run away, but if you expose your identity due to a small loss, that is the real disaster."

"Disciple understands!"

However, just at this moment.

In Cao Kun's mind, the System notification sound rang on time.

[Ding! Detected that the Son of Luck, Xiao Chen, has a connection with the host's potential target, the Jade Beast, triggering a continuous stealing mission!]

[Mission Content: Ruthlessly slap the Son of Luck in the face, shatter his Dao Heart, and plunder his beauties, Luck, and Opportunity! Complete all stages to receive rich rewards!]

[Stage 1: Crush his self-esteem in public, causing cracks in his Dao Heart.]

[Reward: 10,000 task points, and 1 random rare Law fragment!]

Pei Qinglan