Chapter 278: So Xiao Ke… What of it?

Looking at the young girl tugging at the corner of her clothes, Qu Ke’s heart was filled with mixed emotions.

The men who admired the young girl before her, those who dreamed of marrying this number one beauty under heaven—if they couldn’t circle Qianye Continent four times, there were surely enough to circle it twice.

But this silly girl didn’t like any of them, stubbornly falling for an ordinary scholar.

That scholar indeed knew how to compose some poetry.

But Qu Ke knew that Qingshang couldn’t possibly have fallen for him just because of that.

Then the question arose: what exactly did Qingshang like about him?

How could she be so stubbornly devoted?

What was so good about that Lin Pei?

That Lin Pei did look quite good, but he wasn’t handsome to an excessive degree, was he?

There were plenty in the Cultivation World who were better looking than him.

Having thought about it for two or three years and still unable to figure it out, Qu Ke gave up thinking once again.

“A sharp tongue but a soft heart, and a tsundere too.”

Qu Ke sighed and sat down beside Jiang Qingshang, watching those few fish that couldn’t be more ordinary along with her.

Qu Ke could guarantee that in this silly girl’s heart, these few fish were likely more precious than all the Spirit Beasts in the entire Zilin Holy Land.

These few goldfish were far too lucky.

“Forget it, let’s not talk about Lin Pei. If I were to say what your biggest weakness will be in the future, it would definitely be him.”

Qu Ke changed the subject.

“I heard the Rootless Secret Realm will open in Fuchen Continent in three months. Qingshang, what do you plan to do?”

Qu Ke knew this silly girl wanted to go to the Rootless Secret Realm to pick a rootless fruit, so that Lin Pei could step onto the path of cultivation and she could begin her ‘cultivation nurturing plan’ for her husband.

But the problem was, the rootless fruit wasn’t that easy to obtain.

The location where the Rootless Secret Realm opened was different every time; various Sects could only rely on divination to calculate the approximate location.

However, it wasn’t that difficult to calculate.

Furthermore, the opening time of the Secret Realm was no secret; all the Sects, large and small, in the Cultivation World should know by now.

But knowing was one thing.

The main thing was that the Rootless Secret Realm appearing in Fuchen Continent this time was a bit troublesome.

Fuchen Continent was a gathering place for Daoists.

Although Daoists emphasize that The Dao follows nature, non-contention and non-action.

But if you truly practiced non-contention and non-action, why the hell would you even cultivate?

The Rootless Secret Realm is indeed an unowned Secret Realm, but whoever’s territory it appears in has dominant control.

Fuchen Continent definitely wouldn’t stop Cultivators from other continents from coming to compete; those smelly Daoists of Fuchen Continent wouldn’t dare to do that.

If they really did that, they would probably offend the entire Myriad Laws World!

That would be against the rules.

However, most Sects in Fuchen Continent would surely band together first and occupy many of the slots.

One should know that after many years of exploration, it has been determined that the maximum capacity of the Rootless Secret Realm is one hundred thousand people.

“What do you mean, what do I plan to do?” Jiang Qingshang looked at Qu Ke.

“What else? Don’t you want the rootless fruit?” Qu Ke said, somewhat annoyed.

It was clearly her best friend’s business, but why did it feel like she was the only one worried and anxious while the other person wasn’t flustered at all?

As long as Lin Xun wasn’t mentioned again, Jiang Qingshang would return to her usual cold and aloof self: “Yes, I want the rootless fruit, and I want two. Is there a problem?”

“You—”

Qu Ke felt her chest tighten.

“Qingshang, do you know what the maximum number of rootless fruits produced in previous Rootless Secret Realms was?”

“Five, I think.” Jiang Qingshang didn’t care in the slightest and wasn’t very sure. Anyway, even if there was only one rootless fruit, it would belong to her.

“Exactly, at most there are only five. So this time when you go to Fuchen Continent, how many do you think you can get?”

“I only want two,” Jiang Qingshang said indifferently.

“Two, my foot!”

Qu Ke was already fuming.

It was lucky Qu Ke couldn’t inflate; otherwise, if she were a pufferfish, she would probably have exploded by now.

“Qingshang, those smelly Daoists will definitely cause trouble.

I’ve already heard that the capacity of the Heiwu Secret Realm was originally only one hundred thousand, but Fuchen Continent, as the host, completely ignored Face and took half of the slots. But there’s no helping it, since it’s their territory.

As for the other fifty thousand slots, they have to be shared equally among the other eight continents of the world!”

“So what?” Jiang Qingshang tilted her head. “No matter how many slots there are, what does it have to do with me?”

“Qingshang, don’t you understand yet?”

Qu Ke felt so anxious she could fly into the sky with just a spark.

“Fifty thousand slots distributed among the eight continents—even excluding some small Sects, each Sect can at most send one person. Fuchen Continent says they’re giving Face, so the Holy Lands of each continent can send two people.

But each of their Sects in Fuchen Continent can have five people!

And in the Rootless Secret Realm, unless one has entered the Immortal Realm, everyone’s Realm will be suppressed to the Golden Core. How can you fight then?”

“So, Xiao Ke… what of it?”

Jiang Qingshang looked at Qu Ke, her cherry-like small mouth curling slightly, with a hint of coldness, a hint of disdain, and even more indifference.

Especially in Jiang Qingshang’s eyes, there seemed to be a Sword Intent that could slice open the sky.

However, none of this was directed at Qu Ke.

“I—”

Qu Ke wanted to say something more.

But at this moment, Qu Ke seemed to realize something and slowly closed her cherry lips.

For her best friend, it didn’t matter how many people the opposition had or how many people the Zilin Holy Land could send.

Back then, Qingshang could have stepped into the Immortal Realm in one go, becoming the youngest Immortal Realm Cultivator after that Lin Xun.

But Qingshang gave up, because if she reached the Immortal Realm, she wouldn’t be able to go to the Rootless Secret Realm.

For that Lin Pei, Qingshang gave up the chance to enter the Immortal Realm without hesitation.

Now, also for Lin Pei, Qingshang would not give the rootless fruit to anyone else.

Since childhood, this best friend of hers had wanted very, very few things.

But if she truly wanted something, she wouldn’t give it to anyone—unless that person was Lin Pei!

Qingshang had the confidence because she was the one who would slay Lin Xun in the future, the strongest in the Dao of the sword among the younger generation!

“Xiao Ke.”

Jiang Qingshang pinched some fish food and fed them.

“Xiao Ke, instead of thinking about the Rootless Secret Realm, why don’t you help me think of how to fool my husband, that Big Pig Trotter, when the time comes?”

On Dongma Street in Luo City, a maid from the Luocheng City Lords Mansion had already come to tell Lin Xun, “Miss Jiang Qing is at the City Lord’s Mansion and all is well; Mr. Lin needn’t worry.”

Actually, Lin Xun wasn’t worried either; after all, Qinger still had the wooden hairpin he gave her.

Just as the maid from the City Lord’s Mansion left, Lin Xun was planning to go back to his room to sleep a bit more and wait until noon to see if he could go to Nong Qin’s place for a free meal, when a woman slowly arrived at the back door of the Tofu Shop on Dongma Street.

The woman reached out and knocked on the courtyard door.

And when the courtyard door opened, standing before the woman, Bai Luoxue’s pupils constricted.