Chang Li angrily departed from outside Fuyuan Immortal Inn.

Inside the inn, Lin Xuankong, along with Li Xiaohu and the others, was led by Sect Leader Hua toward the ninth floor.

If it were merely Third Princess Xiaoo Ying'Er, she certainly wouldn't have possessed enough influence to occupy the ninth floor of the Immortal Inn as her personal resting place. However, Young Lady Lii Xiaolan was now the esteemed disciple of Qu Wan'Er, a Third-Grade Earth Immortal from the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect!

Although Qu Wan'Er's cultivation was at the third grade, she was the only Earth Immortal among the dozens in the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect capable of refining the Immortal Ascension Treasure Pill, granting her an exceptionally high status!

According to Young Lady Lii Xiaolan, a minor immortal sect like the Fuyuan Immortal Sect always went out of its way to curry favor with Qu Wan'Er. Even the Sect Leader of the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect held Earth Immortal Qu Wan'Er in high esteem. Furthermore, even the Supreme Elders of the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect, who seldom emerged from their Immortal Yuan Cave Mansions, were said to greatly respect Qu Wan'Er!

It could be said that although Young Lady Lii Xiaolan's master, Qu Wan'Er, was not the Sect Leader of the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect, her words carried many times more weight than the Sect Leader's. Consequently, Young Lady Lii Xiaolan, as a True Disciple, naturally held an extremely high status—indeed, immeasurably higher than Third Princess Xiaoo Ying'Er's so-called status as a dynasty princess! With Young Lady Lii Xiaolan personally making an appearance, forget reserving just the ninth floor of the Fuyuan Immortal Inn; if she wanted to book the entire establishment, the Fuyuan Immortal Sect would probably scramble to offer a discount of 80%, 90%, or even a "bone-breaking" level of reduction!

The only thing that slightly troubled Lin Xuankong was that back when he was in the Great Xia Dynasty, he often communicated with Lii Xiaolan via Communication Jade. Lii Xiaolan had mentioned that after getting to know her, she discovered her master, Qu Wan'Er, seemed to have suffered some past emotional heartbreak, which made her harbor a strong aversion to male cultivators. Because of this, not only were there no male cultivators on Qu Wan'Er's Medicine Immortal Peak, but a stone tablet at its foot was even inscribed with: "Demons and Men Prohibited." Also, due to this, every time Qu Wan'Er successfully refined an Immortal Ascension Treasure Pill, the Sect Leader of the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect would dispatch a female cultivator—specifically one who was unmarried—to retrieve the elixir. And for this same reason, Young Lady Lii Xiaolan, who was eager to learn Qu Wan'Er's alchemy technique for the Immortal Ascension Treasure Pill, had to temporarily conceal the fact that she was already married and that her husband was Lin Xuankong, lest Qu Wan'Er, in a moment of displeasure, expel her from the sect! What a strange Fairy indeed! Just because you yourself suffered heartbreak, you decide to condemn all men in the world? Not all men are heartless cads, you know! For instance, I, Lin Xuankong, am definitely not one!

His mind still occupied with these thoughts, Lin Xuankong followed Sect Leader Hua to the ninth floor. After instructing Li Xiaohu and the others to wait in one of the guest rooms, he proceeded with Sect Leader Hua toward Third Princess Xiaoo Ying'Er's room.

"Mr. Mu, you were far away in the Great Xia Dynasty, and Ying'Er didn't want to tell you about the troubles she encountered for fear of worrying you. So, she and Lady Lii kept these matters hidden from you!"

Celestial Sect Leader Hua sighed. "During this time, far too many male cultivators have come to the Fuyuan Immortal Inn. Both Ying'Er and I are thoroughly fed up, yet most of these male cultivators have significant backgrounds and powerful backing, making it difficult to drive them away directly! Moreover, because those suitors are all quite polite, eager to display their gentlemanly conduct, they haven't misbehaved. This made it difficult even for Lady Lii, who holds a considerable position in the Immortal City, to step in and stop them! After all, it's natural for gentlemen to pursue a fair lady. Ying'Er can choose not to favor them, but she can't very well kill every man who shows her admiration, can she?"

As Celestial Sect Leader Hua spoke, her expression was tinged with melancholy. She stole a glance at Lin Xuankong and continued, "Of course, the reason so many cultivators have come flocking here isn't because Ying'Er has been overly conspicuous. It's just that during the recent initial disciple selection trials of the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect, Ying'Er made an appearance. Then, on the martial arts arena, she used the Blood Bath Divine Skill, which caused a sensation. Consequently, she was ranked eighteenth among tens of thousands of cultivators by those who enjoy making such lists! Coupled with Ying'Er's unique talent and outstanding beauty, this is what has attracted so much trouble!"

Celestial Sect Leader Hua's tone now carried an explanatory note, clearly not wanting 'Mr. Mu' to misunderstand Third Princess Xiaoo Ying'Er. However, if any other cultivator from the Great Xia Dynasty were to witness this scene, their jaws would likely drop in astonishment. In the Great Xia Dynasty, Celestial Sect Leader Hua, whose status was comparable to that of Emperor Xiao of Great Xia, was actually speaking to Lin Xuankong with such a cautious and respectful demeanor!

Lin Xuankong nodded slightly. "Naturally, I trust Ying'Er. But for her to rank among the top eighteen in the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect's disciple selection trials?"

In Lin Xuankong's mind, since those prodigies came from countless dynasties, large and small, and many of these dynasties were many times more powerful than Great Xia, with correspondingly far more cultivators... In such a situation, where prodigies were numerous and experts as common as clouds, even though Ying'Er's Profound Phoenix Strange Vein and Blood Bath Divine Skill were formidable, it still seemed unlikely she could achieve such a high ranking among so many exceptional talents! It feels like if I were to fight her, I could probably pin her by the side of a pool with one hand and make her obediently wash fruit for me!

Celestial Sect Leader Hua's expression froze upon hearing this, and her heart filled with exasperation.

Ying'Er's Profound Phoenix Strange Vein! Is that not the mark of a prodigy unparalleled among the hundreds of millions in the Great Xia Dynasty? Even among the tens of thousands of geniuses gathered this time from the Central Divine Dynasty, there isn't a second one like her! With such talent and strength, isn't it perfectly natural for her to rank among the top eighteen?

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