The black mist that Ling Zhou saw was probably the physical manifestation of the love curse.
"Master, don't worry. Let's take things as they come."
"Sigh..."
Ling Zhou sighed, a sigh seemingly laden with boundless remorse and unwillingness.
In the next few days, Ling Zhou made no more sounds. Even when Shen Qing entered the small space, Ling Zhou didn't show up again.
Shen Qing stroked her chin. She was certain that in her previous life, when Lin Yibai got the jade pendant and entered the small space, he didn't discover Ling Zhou.
Otherwise, with Ling Zhou's cultivation base, it would have been very easy for him to help Lin Yibai improve.
This time, it was her who entered the small world, and for some reason, Ling Zhou appeared before her.
Shen Qing knew that there was a great secret about Ling Zhou. At this stage, she and Ling Zhou were surely on the same boat.
Before she knew it, evening had arrived.
Shen Chuyun, who had been away for over an hour, returned to the inn. He tossed three top - grade spirit stones onto the counter.
His face was阴沉, and he stared fixedly at the innkeeper.
The innkeeper, stared at by this killing - intent - filled gaze, swallowed hard. Then he led Shen Chuyun upstairs and arranged for him to stay in the room next to Shen Qing's.
This wasn't the innkeeper's intention. It was just that the well - lit areas of the inn were concentrated here.
The best room was occupied by Shen Qing, so the slightly inferior adjacent room could only be given to Shen Chuyun.
In her room, Shen Qing put away a small circular magical tool, a sneer curving her lips.
This small magical tool was bought by Shen Qing from a shop just now. On the surface, it was a gaudy mirror, but in fact, it was a magical tool that could track people.
The mirror would emit a light dot that could, according to the holder's will, go to any place without a barrier. The mirror surface would synchronously show whatever was happening at the location of the light dot.
After Shen Qing noticed Shen Chuyun leaving the inn, she used this magical tool to track him. It wasn't that she was nosy. Ling Zhou's worry was not unfounded, and she really should be on guard.
Unexpectedly, she saw Shen Chuyun go to those jewelry shops. Using his identity as a disciple of the sect, he forced the shopkeepers to return all the items he had just bought.
Of course, the shopkeepers refused. One of the shop owners had some influence in Yaotai City, but was half - threatened and half - intimidated by Shen Chuyun using the name of True Person Heng Ling into returning the goods.
Shen Chuyun left satisfied, but the shopkeepers who had their goods forcibly returned were unhappy.
You know, this single order from Shen Chuyun could have earned them dozens of top - grade spirit stones. Now, it was all gone.
Shen Chuyun didn't even return the free gifts, which made the shopkeepers even more aggrieved. They directly memorized Shen Chuyun's appearance and used a portrait - transmitting talisman to send it to the branch stores in other cities, putting him on the permanent blacklist.
That's why he had the spirit stones to stay in the upper - class room.
The smile on Shen Qing's lips grew deeper. She was looking forward to the arrival of night.
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At night, there was a knock on Shen Chuyun's door. When he opened it, he saw the innkeeper and a waiter.
Shen Chuyun glanced at the precious spiritual fruits the innkeeper was holding. Immediately, he understood that the innkeeper was feeling uneasy because of what had happened during the day and had specially brought the spiritual fruits to curry favor with him.
He originally wanted to put on the airs of a sect disciple and humiliate the innkeeper severely.
But when he saw that they were all valuable top - grade spiritual fruits, the rejection on the tip of his tongue changed direction and became "I won't hold it against you."
The innkeeper awkwardly put down the spiritual fruits. He sized up Shen Qing's room in a direction where Shen Chuyun couldn't see, then quickly left with the waiter.
When immortals fight, mortals suffer.
He was just a low - level innkeeper. He didn't dare not do what the fairy had told him. It wasn't that the fairy had given him a lot of spirit stones. Anyway, it was just a few spiritual fruits. It should... be okay?
Most cultivators had already stopped eating ordinary food and didn't have strong desires for food.
But these spiritual fruits were rare. If eaten together with the spiritual pills in Shen Chuyun's hand, they would be of great benefit to his cultivation.
It was precisely because Shen Qing grasped this point that she asked the innkeeper to send the spiritual fruits to Shen Chuyun's room.
Those spiritual fruits cost Shen Qing almost ten top - grade spirit stones, which almost made her abandon this plan. But thinking of seeing Shen Chuyun make a fool of himself later, she gritted her teeth and paid.
When Shen Qing left the Green Wood Hall, she specifically asked Jiang Zhijun for some Five - Grain Reincarnation Pills.
As long as the Five - Grain Reincarnation Pills were ground into powder, mixed with water, and the food was soaked in the water, the food would turn into a powerful laxative.
Shen Chuyun had stopped eating ordinary food for a long time. When he had nothing left to expel, that would be when he suffered.
Sure enough, before long, there were chaotic sounds coming from the next room.
The upper - class rooms here were very considerate. There was a very gorgeous washroom just like in mortal guest rooms. Originally, it was more for decoration, but now, Shen Chuyun really made use of it.
"Hahaha..."
Shen Qing buried her head in the quilt, afraid that others would hear her laughter.
After laughing enough, Shen Qing took out a ring that could hide her aura and figure from her storage bag and put it on. Then she used the key given by the innkeeper to open Shen Chuyun's room.
The innkeeper: The fairy's sword is too sharp! He definitely wasn't greedy for those few spirit stones. Definitely not!
Shen Chuyun was making low, painful groans in the washroom. Before Shen Qing even walked in, she smelled an indescribable odor.
Shen Qing covered her mouth and retched. She quickly blocked her sense of smell. Then she walked to Shen Chuyun's storage bag. Taking advantage of the chaos of Shen Chuyun's spiritual power, she used a magical tool to break the restriction on the storage bag.
Shen Qing took out the prepared powder and poured it all into Shen Chuyun's storage bag...
After everything was done, Shen Qing left Shen Chuyun's room before the ring's effect expired. Then she returned to her own room and began to meditate contentedly.
The night passed, and the sounds in Shen Chuyun's room never stopped.
The next day, after adjusting her breath, Shen Qing knocked on Shen Chuyun's door cheerfully.
"Senior Brother Shen, I'm going to start my journey back to the Azure Cloud Sword Sect. If you're not convenient, you can stay here for a few more days. But you have to pay the room fee yourself, though."
With a "swish", Shen Chuyun's door was flung open forcefully.
Shen Chuyun's hollow - looking face appeared before Shen Qing, almost scaring her.
There were dark circles under his eyes. His hair crown was in disarray, and his skin had an abnormal redness. On closer inspection, there were also many yellow - brown spots.
"Master said that I should follow you closely. Don't think you can shake me off and do something bad!"
As Shen Chuyun said this menacingly, he scratched the itchy parts of his body in an unseemly manner.
When his hand scratched those yellow - brown spots, some skin flakes fell off.
"Don't blame me for not warning you. If you fly with your sword like this, be careful you'll fall."
After saying that, Shen Qing turned around and walked downstairs. From the corner of her eye, she saw Shen Chuyun following closely behind her, and a hint of cunning flashed in her eyes.