The man continued in his own reverie, looking exasperatedly at Shen Ying. One second, he wanted to kill her; the next, he was unable to resist offering items to her, insisting that she accepted them. All this time, his black sword did not come within a metre of Shen Ying. Instead, a whole mountain of objects lay in front of her: immortal weapons, treasures, immortal talismans, immortal pills and even a couple of immortal fruits and plants.

　　Shen Ying confirmed that this man… was mental!

　　Until…

　　He ran out of things to offer and finally stopped his insane behaviour. Looking absolutely helpless, he sat down next to a tree. A few dried leaves fell and landed on him, but he did not even bother to sweep them away. He looked vastly different from the way he did a moment ago.

　　Out of nowhere, Shen Ying felt a sense of guilt.

　　“About this…”

　　“Grand-aunt.. I’m begging you not to come any closer.” Lan Hua looked like he was about to burst into tears. “I have even given you the clothes that I was wearing. What else can I offer?” If she took one more step toward him, he might have had to take his pants off.

　　He had not known that the good-heartedness in him was such a wastrel! He was already well on his way to becoming an immortal demon. The demonic Qi was supposed to turn him into a Skyfiend. Yet, this accident had to occur.

　　He must have been the only one in the entire realm who ended up like that while on the path to becoming a demon. How his heart hurt…

　　“Er…” Shen Ying frowned and glanced at the mountain of treasures in front of her. Then, she surveyed what was left of the demonic Qi. She felt another overwhelming rush of guilt. Sighing, she said, “Do you have immortal stones?”

　　Lan Hua: “…”

　　Who was the demon here?

　　The corners of Lan Hua’s mouth twitched. He surrendered. He reached out and conjured a seal. Suddenly, a full storage back appeared in his hands. He threw it at Shen Ying. “Take it, take it! Take it all!” He has nothing left anyway.

　　“Thank you, Boss!” Shen Ying glanced at the bag and sniggered. “You might not know, but this fog was part of Father Niu’s business. You can’t take it all at will. You took in so much of it at that. Of course you’d have to pay for it.”

　　Thankfully, she was the one who found him. If it had been Father Niu…

　　She looked at the man who was sitting there in just his pants. Hmm, I’m rather kind! At least he still has his pants.

　　“…” Did he underpay her?

　　Shen Ying reached out for the robe he took off earlier and tossed it over.

　　“I don’t need this. You can put it on, otherwise you might catch a cold.”

　　Lan Hua caught it. Suddenly, he felt a warmth in his chest. This was a familiar feeling. He felt a strange urge to take his pants off and toss it to Shen Ying, but he gritted his teeth and suppressed the embarrassing urge.

　　This darned good-heartedness!

　　He sucked in a deep breath and successfully put his robes on. Keeping his eyes on the woman seated opposite him, he cautiously took a step back to ensure that there was a safe distance between them. He did not want to be affected by his good-heartedness anymore.

　　“Hey, who exactly…” He wanted to take the chance to clarify her identity, but he suddenly felt strong immortal forces charging toward him. Among the forces, he sensed a particularly strong one which belonged to… a Young Emperor!

　　His expression changed. He did not think that there would be a Young Emperor not far away from him. He was too careless indeed. Given the situation he was in now, he could not afford to get into a fight with them.

　　He turned around to glare at the woman who was now buried in the mountain of immortal weapons. Lowering his voice, he warned, “Hey! If you don’t want to die, don’t tell anyone you saw me here.” He could not stop himself before he added, “Of course, I would never hurt you.”

　　Damn!

　　After he said this, his expression immediately became one of regret. Yet, he did not stick around to take back his words. In a flash, he disappeared from the field.

　　Shen Ying: “…”

　　Shen Ying looked at the mountain of items he left behind. Would it make a difference even if he did not leave, given that there was so much evidence of his presence?

　　Lonemoon and Yi Qing flew over at that moment.

　　“Master, I sensed some demonic Qi here. Did you…” Yi Qing’s trailed off when he realised the mountain of immortal treasures in front of him. “Master, this…”

　　“Holy shit!” Lonemoon’s expression was one of utter shock. “You’ve only been gone for 15 minutes. Whose treasure did you steal?”

　　“The mental hospital’s. Do you believe me?”

　　“…”

　　“Cut the crap. Quick, Chef, help… help me out.” She reached out from inside the mountain of items. “I’m buried in here and I can’t come out. Radish is on my thigh. Quick, we’re getting squashed.”

　　Yi Qing: “…”

　　Lonemoon: “…”

　　——————

　　As a trustworthy person, Shen Ying… did not utter a word to Father Niu about what happened at the bottom of the hill!

　　What a joke. They had suffered such substantial losses – she did not want it to be known that she had a part to play in it. Afterall, she did not know the stranger very well.

　　Lonemoon heard her explanation, sighed, and then retrieved the items on the floor. He did not seem affected. He just responded with a dull “Oh”.

　　Shen Ying stared blankly at him. She could not help but ask, “The demonic Qi is mostly gone. That’s alright?” She thought Father Niu had said that the demonic Qi was the sect’s special assets, and its selling point? Father Niu’s reaction was not quite right.

　　“I was thinking of a way to get rid of the demonic Qi one of these days.” This saved him a great deal of trouble.

　　When he said that, even Yi Qing turned to look at him with his mouth ajar.

　　“Why?”

　　“This method of selling demonic Qi using spirit transmission talismans was not meant to last long,” Lonemoon answered matter-of-factly. “From the beginning, the sense of mystery got our business going. But one of these days, someone was bound to discover our secret.”

　　He auctioned the talismans in order to keep the sense of mystery. As long as people were not able to guess that it was demonic Qi, the talismans would sell. But people weren’t silly. The more talismans sold, the greater the chances that people would discuss this mysterious place. It was only a matter of time before they discovered that it was filled with demonic Qi. That was why he had stopped working with Shu Jiang since six months ago.

　　What’s more, all of the sect’s disciples had already become Earth Immortals, apart from Xuan Tong. With Yi Qing, the Young Emperor, around, they did not need to fear anything unless the ten Celestial Emperors came knocking on their door. Of course, that was not even taking into account the fact that they had the cheat, Shen Ying.

　　I have already discussed with Celestial Emperors Blackbird and Biao Ting about the immortal herbs. Before long, the first batch of immortal herb seeds will arrive,” Lonemoon continued. “Oh yes, please clear the vegetables you have in the rear mountain. Stop wasting space and growing those useless plants. In future, get Radish to plant the immortal herbs from the Heavens beyond Heaven. We have already discussed our avenues of sales.”

　　Yi Qing: “…”

　　Shen Ying: “…”

　　When did he discuss all of this? Why don’t we know anything about it?

　　Shen Ying immediately regretted handing all the immortal stones over to him. She should have kept some for her own benefit!

　　——————

　　Lonemoon had not thought that Bao Feiping would appear at his doorstep before the two Celestial Emperors even arrived. His cultivation level had increased by a fair bit – he was now a Stygian Immortal. When he saw Lonemoon’s and Yi Qing’s cultivation level, he was not at all surprised. It was as if he had known all along.

　　He bowed at them and smiled a little too broadly. For some reason, there seemed to be something missing from the innocent City Lord Bao who was only worried about his son. There was a certain arrogance about him. He reached out and handed a golden card over to Lonemoon.

　　“The Mystic Spirits and Immortals Meeting?” Lonemoon frowned and set down the card in his hand. He looked at Bao Feiping and asked, “This is…”

　　“This is an invitation extended by the Celestial Emperor himself. He specifically instructed that there would be an immortals meeting in the Heaven beyond Heavens in half a month. He also invited your honourable sect to attend the meeting,” Bao Feiping said, grinning even wider.