Wanxi Rebirth - Chapter 7

A quarter of an hour later, inside Mirror City.

Yue Tingxi took the Qin family’s young lady’s luxurious flying palanquin and smoothly passed through the city gate, heading straight for the “VIP shortcut” that the Linglong Pavilion had specially opened for various immortal sects and forces.

She never expected that after being reborn, she could get along so harmoniously with the Qin family’s young lady, even wearing Qin Suoliu’s clothes, riding her magical artifact, and going shopping with her.

After boarding the flying palanquin, she couldn’t help but use her spiritual sense to probe the flying leaf artifact that could only carry one person in the inner chamber of the cave. This reminded her of the time when she was still in the mountains. Every time she went shopping, she would ride her “little leaf” here, land at the city gate, enter the city like a mortal, and walk to the Linglong Pavilion.

It would take her most of a day for a round trip. This time, by taking advantage of the Qin family’s young lady’s power, she had indeed saved a lot of time.

The magnificent flying palanquin followed the VIP shortcut and soon stopped at the Linglong Pavilion’s Sword-Landing Platform.

“…This is my first time coming to this level.” Stepping out of the flying palanquin, Yue Tingxi looked up at the surrounding scenery and couldn’t help but sigh.

The Sword-Landing Platform was semi-open. Precious spiritual plants were displayed in transparent high walls specially built for them, for VIPs to admire. The eggshell-shaped isolation barrier made of spiritual power was inverted around them, shielding them from wind and rain. The ceiling of the non-open-air part used an illusion to imitate the starry night sky. It was said that after nightfall, it would be the other way around, with a daytime blue sky.

While she was curiously looking around, Qin Suoliu had already walked to the nearby teleportation array and casually threw two spirit stones into the selection disc. “Which level is the clothing store you usually go to?”

“The ‘Xuan’ level,” Yue Tingxi retracted her gaze and followed closely behind. “It’s called ‘Water Moon Gauze’.”

Just as she was about to enter the array, Qin Suoliu’s steps paused slightly, but she quickly returned to normal and activated the teleportation array as if nothing had happened.

Then, she secretly formed a hand seal in her sleeve. A gray moth appeared at her fingertips, and with a flap of its wings, it disappeared.

Yue Tingxi was not aware of this. Once they arrived at the ‘Xuan’ level, she couldn’t wait to walk to her acquaintance’s clothing store.

In her previous life, she had a close friendship with the owner. They would even exchange some local specialties as gifts during festivals.

She loved the large meat zongzi the owner’s wife made during the Dragon Boat Festival. She even dared to have a couple of sips of the realgar wine she brewed, and then sleepily pass out for ten days or half a month to digest the medicinal properties of the realgar.

However, no matter how good their relationship was, according to the ten-thousand-year-old treaty between their two clans, she had never told the owner’s wife her demon clan identity, from the first time she visited until the last time she left “Water Moon Gauze” in her previous life.

—Even after being reborn, it was no exception. She remembered that the owner’s wife was extremely afraid of snakes.

After she became a “puppet,” she never came here again. She wondered if the owner’s wife had missed her.

When they arrived at “Water Moon Gauze,” the owner’s wife, Luo Yansha, was sitting near the entrance, looking at the account book.

Noticing the two people stopping at the door, she looked up to greet them. When she saw the Qin family’s young lady wearing a striking purple long dress, she naturally recognized her distinguished identity. Before she could get excited, she was stunned by the woman next to the Qin family’s young lady.

How dare her old friend stand next to the Qin family’s young lady?!

The news that the sect master of the Qingxu Sect had broken off his engagement with the Qin family and married an unknown woman he liked had already spread throughout the Linglong Pavilion. The Qin family’s young lady had even personally gone to the Qingxu Sect to annul the engagement this morning. Now, she was probably in a bad mood!

Fearing that the Qin family’s young lady would vent her anger on her old friend, Luo Yansha quickly put away her account book, took out the precious tea leaves and purple clay teapot hidden on the counter, and was about to greet them loudly when she saw Yue Tingxi smiling and approaching.

“It’s me, Shasha!” Yue Tingxi gave her a fist-and-palm salute, just like in her previous life. “I’m sorry, I scared you. I came with the Qin family’s young lady today.”

“It’s nothing, nothing!” Luo Yansha was quick to catch on and immediately bowed to Qin Suoliu. She picked up the purple clay teapot and the tea leaf box. “I’ll make tea for you right away. Please wait!”

Yue Tingxi misunderstood her good intentions.

She only remembered her old friend mentioning that her biggest wish for opening a clothing store was to one day be favored by a distinguished guest like the Qin family’s young lady and become rich overnight.

Good tea was of course a way to keep distinguished guests, so she didn’t stand on ceremony with Luo Yansha and smiled, saying “okay” before starting to pick clothes in the store.

Soon, she heard Luo Yansha making tea, followed by a respectful sentence: “My apologies for the poor hospitality!”

“It’s fine, I’m just here to accompany Miss Tingxi to buy clothes.”

Yue Tingxi turned back out of curiosity, only to see Qin Suoliu very graciously picking up the tea, taking a sip, and praising, “The tea leaves are good. Go and get busy, don’t keep Miss Tingxi waiting.”

“Alright!” Luo Yansha bowed to her again and quickly brought the other cup of tea to Yue Tingxi. “Here, your favorite ‘Xishan Red Robe.’ Do you want the same old style of clothes? Or…”

She didn’t say it outright, but quietly gave Qin Suoliu a meaningful look.

“Just get a few of each. I was thinking I might need them in the future,” Yue Tingxi had also figured it out on the way here. With the Qin family’s young lady’s personality, her willingness to spend money on someone was a sign of her trust. She didn’t need to be stubborn about this.

“Then try these two sets first!” Luo Yansha took out two well-made, intricately patterned long dresses from her storage ring and casually asked, “Do you still want to change in the old place?”

Yue Tingxi was about to nod when she suddenly realized that she no longer remembered where the “old place” was.

…Well, for five full years in her previous life, she was in a state of being controlled and under house arrest. Many of her memories had faded and needed to be re-experienced to resurface.

For example, the nine-mile fragrance planted by the Qin family’s young lady had brought back her memory of her own nine-mile fragrance flower garden.

“I’ll go with Miss Tingxi to change.”

Qin Suoliu’s voice saved her. “It just so happens that I brought the family’s water mirror with me. It’s clearer to look at.”

“The two of you, please follow me to the ‘Heaven’ level changing room!” Luo Yansha did not dare to neglect this young lady and immediately took them to a large room specially prepared for distinguished guests—although it had never been used, it was cleaned, dusted, and scented from time to time.

As soon as they entered, she also used her past experience to quickly hang the clothes she thought were most suitable and that her old friend would like on the clothes rack. “They are all here. Let me know if you need more!”

After the door closed, Qin Suoliu unhurriedly took out the standing water mirror and placed it in front of Yue Tingxi.

“…Why did you actually bring it with you?” Yue Tingxi was dumbfounded.

“It’s big, tall, and clear,” Qin Suoliu said concisely, then turned and walked behind the screen in the room. “If you need me to consult on an outfit, just call.”

Yue Tingxi: …

How could the overbearing and arrogant Qin family’s young lady be so considerate to a temporary ally?

But on second thought, Qin Suoliu had a kind and understanding mother, a lively and adorable sister, and upright clansmen who would stand by her side when something big happened. If it weren’t for the tragic calamity of her clan’s extermination in her previous life, she would have just been a regular girl with a slightly unruly personality.

With a slight sigh, Yue Tingxi began to try on new clothes in front of the water mirror.

She couldn’t understand why the Qin family’s young lady was so enthusiastic to come and accompany her, so she didn’t have her usual good mood for trying on clothes. After putting on one, she felt it fit and the color was fine, so she didn’t try on the rest. She picked a few warm-colored ones and held them in her arms, leaving a message of “I’ll be right back” before heading out to find her old friend to pack them.

When she returned with the bill, the spirit jade, and the storage bag, she found Qin Suoliu holding up a long dress the color of water in front of the mirror.

Seeing her appear in the mirror, Qin Suoliu turned around with the water-colored long dress. “This color suits you very well.”

Yue Tingxi: …

She had no intention of buying any more water-colored or similar-colored clothes out of a “nostalgia” for her hometown, but she didn’t expect the Qin family’s young lady to speak up herself.

Forget it, it’s one thing to buy it, but another to wear it. Besides, the Qin family’s young lady was paying for it.

“Then I’ll take this one too.” So she took the water-colored long dress and said to Luo Yansha who had followed her, “How much is the total?”

Considering that her old friend would most likely be a person by the Qin family’s young lady’s side in the future, the usually stingy Luo Yansha gave her a huge discount on top of the friendship price.

When she saw that the Qin family’s young lady’s eyes held a faint smile as she paid the spirit stones, Luo Yansha was even more certain of her guess.

After putting the newly bought clothes into the wooden wardrobe in the inner chamber of her cave, Yue Tingxi smiled and waved goodbye to Luo Yansha: “I’ll come back to see you around the Dragon Boat Festival!”

“Alright! I’ll make you big meat zongzi! And realgar wine!” Luo Yansha’s smile was just as bright as she held a bulging bag of spirit stones.

“You can still drink realgar wine?”

Not long after they left the Water Moon Gauze clothing store, Yue Tingxi heard Qin Suoliu ask.

“It’s not that I can’t drink it. It’s just because our relationship is good. It doesn’t matter if I taste a couple of sips. At worst, I’ll waste half a month of cultivation time sleeping,” Yue Tingxi explained subconsciously. “And Shasha’s wine is really delicious!”

“If you like wine, I have a lot of fine wines stored away,” Qin Suoliu said. “It’s only right to give good wine to a distinguished guest.”

“This… let’s not be so formal. There’s plenty of time in the future, Miss Suoliu.” Yue Tingxi still felt awkward about the good intentions she was unintentionally giving off, so she simply changed the subject. “By the way, what are your plans next?”

“I’ll tell you after you’ve mastered that information,” Qin Suoliu narrowed her eyes and said seriously. “To do a good job, one must first have the right tools.”

Yue Tingxi frowned at her first sentence, but then felt that the second sentence made sense.

The five years in her previous life and the effective information provided by the “Book of Worldly Affairs” were ultimately limited. She did indeed have a lot of new things to learn about the ins and outs of the human race and the human world’s forces.

“Okay, then let’s go back first,” she suggested.

Qin Suoliu was about to nod when she felt an itch on her fingertips. She looked down to see the gray moth perched there, holding her finger with its tiny claws and slightly flapping its wings.

“…Lin Zhaoyao also came here. He’s currently in the ‘Dust’ level’s ‘Ghost Market’,” she thought about it and decided to tell Yue Tingxi.

Besides the “Heaven, Earth, Xuan, and Huang” levels on the ground, the Linglong Pavilion also had a “Dust” level underground.

The market there didn’t charge stall fees, and you could find good treasures, but the order was extremely chaotic. Not only Mirror City, but other human cities also had these underground black markets. Because there was always demand, the immortal sects and forces couldn’t ban them, so they simply let them exist. As long as things didn’t get too out of hand, they would turn a blind eye.

“Huh?! Didn’t he claim to be in seclusion for ‘self-reflection’?” Yue Tingxi found it unbelievable. “Why would he suddenly go to the Ghost Market?! That’s a ‘black market’ that’s been around for decades! A ‘dog-eat-dog’ zone where no one cares about killing people and stealing wealth! Anyone who frequently comes to the Linglong Pavilion knows about the Ghost Market!”

Despite her words, she couldn’t help but get excited: “Let’s go! Let’s go catch him!”

Everyone said the Ghost Market was chaotic. She was going to try to put a sack over the dog-like Lin’s head right on the street today, drag him to a dark place, beat him up to let off some steam, and then deal with him!

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