Yun Fei stood still in front of Mu Lingxi’s door, took a deep breath, and raised her hand to knock. She rapped on the door three times.
“Thump, thump, thump!”
After the three knocks, the door was opened by Mu Lingxi.
However, it seemed she was just about to take a bath; she was currently draped in a loose white bathrobe.
Through the gaps of the loosely tied robe, a silhouette that was beginning to take shape could be seen.
Yun Fei clearly hadn’t expected Mu Lingxi to come to the door dressed like this.
At the very least, she should have changed her clothes first!
Forced by circumstance, out of politeness… or perhaps some other emotion, Yun Fei immediately averted her gaze, looking away from Mu Lingxi.
“Hmm?”
Seeing Yun Fei’s reaction, Mu Lingxi immediately realized that Yun Fei’s psyche hadn’t fully transitioned from being a man.
Her face flushed red instantly as she grabbed her collar with her small hand, covering the skin that had been exposed.
A flash of indignation appeared on her face.
“What are you doing here? I’m about to bathe.”
“I… I…” Yun Fei was a bit incoherent, but she hardened her heart and continued.
“That… do you know how to use the Smart Spirit Talisman?
I… don’t know how. Can you teach me?”
After saying this, a blush of embarrassment appeared on Yun Fei’s face.
She likely felt it was quite shameful to ask her arch-rival for help, didn’t she?
“Hah?!”
Mu Lingxi blinked her pure, large eyes.
After processing the words, she slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air.
“Yun Fei… are you illiterate?”
Yun Fei froze.
She looked into Mu Lingxi’s serious eyes.
Just as she was about to subconsciously question what she meant, she realized the woman didn’t seem to be joking.
“Of course I can read! How could I become the Demon Sovereign if I were illiterate!”
“Then read the User Manual yourself!”
“User Manual? What User Manual?”
Yun Fei’s brain meticulously processed the term, but found no relevant information.
“Hah? You didn’t know? Wasn’t it inside the box?”
Seeing Mu Lingxi’s suspicious gaze, Yun Fei couldn’t help but doubt herself.
However, she was certain that there was nothing else in that box.
The Academy’s work must have been inadequate!
It definitely wasn’t her fault!
Thus, Yun Fei nodded seriously.
“There wasn’t one! I’m sure!”
“Really? I say, Yun Fei~ If you want to enter my room, just say so~ You even made up such a reason. If you told me, I might have let you in.”
Mu Lingxi made an expression of sudden realization, then stepped aside, signaling that Yun Fei could enter to tour a girl’s room~
But that truly wasn’t Yun Fei’s intention!
Yun Fei stomped her foot in anger.
“I’m telling the truth! Why won’t you believe me! Am I the kind of person who makes up reasons just to get into a girl’s room!”
“Oh~ Right, true. You don’t even need to make things up; no one would stop you if you just barged in…”
“No! I’m not that kind of person!”
This was slander! Defamation! Yun Fei’s eyes were turning red with rage!
“Aren’t you? But that’s what everyone says outside… that devil, the Young Lord of the Demon Realm, relying on his talent to loiter in the Profane Realm every day instead of cultivating, committing robberies, assaulting people, harassing innocent women, and doing every kind of evil…”
Listening to the list of crimes Mu Lingxi rattled off, Yun Fei’s eyes widened.
Wait?
Who was spreading those rumors?
It was true that she was lazy with her cultivation, but as for robbery and assault… she had mysteriously ended up on the Profane Realm’s Wanted Poster, and her fighting back was just self-defense!
And what about harassing innocent women?
Doing every kind of evil?
She hadn’t done anything!
Every time she came to the Profane Realm, wasn’t she the one being chased all over the place?
***
“So… you really came to find me because you didn’t have a User Manual?”
Mu Lingxi looked at Yun Fei, who had explained everything clearly, and subconsciously rubbed the bridge of her nose with a guilty expression.
“Yeah…”
Yun Fei was exhausted from talking.
She truly hadn’t expected her reputation in the Profane Realm to be so bad, reaching the point where everyone wanted her dead.
It was no wonder; she had clearly only killed a few people who didn’t know their own limits and tried to take her head.
Her wanted bounty had skyrocketed, rising until she was the undisputed number one on the Profane Realm’s list.
The number of people she had killed was probably not even a fraction of the count of the criminals ranked below her, right?
Dammit! When she found the person who ruined her reputation, she would definitely lock him in the Demon Realm Dungeon and let the Bone-Gnawing Maggots devour his body!
“Then… fine. Wait outside. I’ll give you my manual… No coming in!”
Yun Fei’s attempt to take a step forward halted at Mu Lingxi’s shout.
She guiltily pulled her foot back.
“Che… fine, fine… It’s just a room, what’s the big deal.”
Yun Fei couldn’t help but curl her lip, crossing her arms as she watched the scenery in the courtyard.
Before long, Mu Lingxi walked out carrying a small booklet.
“Here! You don’t need to return it.”
Yun Fei took the booklet, but a hint of suspicion flashed across her face.
“No need to return it? You already know how to use everything?”
“Of course! This lady has a photographic memory. Learn from me!”
As she spoke, Mu Lingxi’s face was full of pride.
Looking at Mu Lingxi’s smug little face, Yun Fei felt like punching her twice.
So what if your memory is good?
But then again, she was quite envious.
Thinking about her own forgetfulness, Yun Fei couldn’t help but sigh.
Whatever, ignore her.
She needed to solve the matter at hand first.
Yun Fei ignored Mu Lingxi, who looked like she wanted to keep showing off, and walked straight back to her own room, closing the door with a “bang.”
“Eh?”
By the time Mu Lingxi regained her senses, Yun Fei had already disappeared.
Inside the room, Yun Fei sat cross-legged on the bed, spreading the booklet out on her lap and reading the contents carefully.
Time slipped away during the reading process.
Without realizing it, the sky had already begun to darken.
Yun Fei rubbed her aching eyes and lay powerlessly on the bed.
“Finally… I figured it out!”
As if liberated, Yun Fei lay in a “star” position, her gaze empty and weak as she stared at the ceiling.
“The weight of knowledge… it’s enough to make one pine…”
“Thump, thump, thump!”
At that moment, the sound of knocking came from the door. Yun Fei used her nearly exhausted Spiritual Power to check outside.
“Mu Lingxi? What is she doing here again?”
A flash of annoyance crossed Yun Fei’s face, but when she remembered that Mu Lingxi had given her the manual, she suppressed the emotion.
“Forget it, I’ll go see.”
Yun Fei got up from the bed and opened the door, only to see a huffing Mu Lingxi.
What happened to this Saintess?
Seeing her like this, Yun Fei was a bit confused.
However, it was undeniable that the way her cheeks puffed out in anger was actually quite cute.
Without that arrogant air, it was impossible to stay mad at her.
“Yun Fei! Where is today’s dinner?”
“Ah? Dinner?”
Yun Fei was about to say she forgot, but then, a flash of inspiration suddenly struck her mind, and she caught it precisely!
Ah!
She remembered!
She had said she would throw the Spiritual Yuan she got today in Mu Lingxi’s face and then simply say ‘I quit’… words like that.
But unfortunately, Yun Fei felt now wasn’t the time, because Mu Lingxi’s current little expression made her quite happy; she couldn’t bring herself to do it.
She would wait a bit, until Mu Lingxi returned to that aloof and cold face, before slapping it on.
“Yes, dinner! But you can’t put chili in it today! I’ll be watching you!”
Good opportunity!
Mu Lingxi’s expression had returned!
Yun Fei curled her lip, then crossed her arms.
She pulled a chair from behind her, sat down, and crossed her legs.
“Cooking? This Young Master spent a lot of time and effort studying that booklet. I’m in no mood to cook for you!”
Hearing Yun Fei’s words, Mu Lingxi narrowed her eyes dangerously, scrutinizing Yun Fei from head to toe, especially the expression on her face.
Yun Fei didn’t hide her “I just don’t want to do it” expression at all, even raising an eyebrow at Mu Lingxi.
Mu Lingxi was no fool; she could certainly see such an obvious meaning.
Furthermore, no one would be physically and mentally exhausted from reading such a small thing, right?
A cultivator’s Spiritual Power shouldn’t be that weak unless they had gone through a major round of consumption.
“You… you just don’t want to do it, right? Heh… I kindly gave you the manual, and this is how you repay me? Besides, I paid for the repairs to your roof!”
“Money?”
Yun Fei was delighted.
As expected, Mu Lingxi pointed the spearhead at the issue of money.
But unfortunately… she wasn’t that penniless person anymore!
Now… she had plenty of money!
“You… what kind of expression is that…”
Seeing the wicked smile on Yun Fei’s face, a bad premonition suddenly rose in Mu Lingxi’s heart.
It felt as if something was flying away right in front of her, yet she was powerless to grab it.
Yun Fei leisurely took a card from her bosom and waved it in front of Mu Lingxi’s eyes.
“Miss Saintess~ Do you know what this is?”
With a wicked grin, Yun Fei stood on the chair and looked down at her from above.
“A Spirit Storage Card…”
Mu Lingxi opened her mouth in slight surprise, the words slipping out.
“Exactly~ I put the Spiritual Yuan for the repairs inside. It’s for you.”
Yun Fei nonchalantly pressed the Spirit Storage Card against Mu Lingxi’s stunned face.
To make it stick for a moment, Yun Fei even gave it a light pat.
Realizing what happened, Mu Lingxi peeled the Spirit Storage Card off her face and slowly probed it with her Spiritual Power.
The amount was correct, even a little extra.
“You… didn’t you have no money? Where did you get so much Spiritual Yuan?”
“Heh~ This Young Master didn’t have much Spiritual Yuan at the start, but this Young Master has extensive connections. Getting this small amount of money isn’t difficult~”
Watching Yun Fei smugly shake her crossed leg, Mu Lingxi frowned.
“No. If that were the case, you could have just contacted your connections directly instead of compromising under my demands.”
It was rare for Yun Fei to see Mu Lingxi lowering her head in serious thought, and it piqued her interest.
“Oh? Then tell me, where did this money come from?”
Mu Lingxi lowered her head in contemplation.
However, as she thought of something, her face became strangely expressive.
She recalled Yun Fei coming back drunk during the day, and a terrifying development quickly constructed itself in her mind.
“You… you didn’t go to… that kind of place, did you?”
“Ah? What kind of place? What do you mean ‘that kind’?”
Seeing Mu Lingxi’s odd expression, Yun Fei was confused.
She had simply gone to her family’s Chamber of Commerce to get some money; where was Mu Lingxi’s mind wandering?
As Mu Lingxi’s gaze gradually lowered, finally fixing on her lower body, Yun Fei finally understood what Mu Lingxi was implying.