Chapter 1475: The Gap
Three days later.
First City.
On the bustling, lively streets.
Three young people are walking down the street.
They are Su Chen, Sui Yiren, and Shen Yiyao.
"Little Black Ball, why are you so picky? Purple Zhi only eats those aged over a hundred thousand years, do you know how expensive Purple Zhi over a hundred thousand years old is? Just one costs thousands of Great Luo Crystals!" Shen Yiyao walks at the front, with an adorably charming Phoenix Fox on her arm.
Over these three days, the trio have journeyed from Blood Moon City to the First City. With Sui Yiren and Shen Yiyao, two Super Geniuses, around, almost no one dared provoke them. Su Chen happily enjoyed leisure and focused on his cultivation.
In these three days, Little Black Ball's relationship with Shen Yiyao has become very good. It seems to view Shen Yiyao as a good friend, of course, this is the result of Shen Yiyao using all sorts of good things to buy its loyalty.
Every day, Su Chen would give Little Black Ball a dose of Chaotic Current, and for the rest, Little Black Ball sorted it out itself. The hungry Little Black Ball could only settle for eating some other treasures, though far inferior to the Chaotic Current, they still ensured it didn't go hungry, right?
So, in these three days, the treasures on Shen Yiyao's person were eaten by Little Black Ball by more than half.
"Sizzle…" Hearing Shen Yiyao complain about its pickiness, Little Black Ball wagged its claws, as if saying, if you're so capable, don't feed me. I don't want to eat your treasures anyway.
"Afraid of you." Shen Yiyao stroked Little Black Ball's fur affectionately, huffed, "Always threatening your elder sister, you little thing, one day you'll eat your elder sister into poverty."
"Little Junior Sister, should we visit the First Family first, or the First Auction House?" Sui Yiren asked. For three days, he had practically followed Shen Yiyao, showering her with attention and admiration, his voice magnetic and gentle.
Unfortunately, the more Sui Yiren behaved like this, the less Shen Yiyao felt anything.
Su Chen watched, couldn't help but sigh. Sui Yiren is just a fool, chasing a woman isn't done this way, showering her with attention and gentleness, it might work for women, but not all the time! No matter how good the food is, if eaten every day, one would get sick of it!
If you act like this all the time, you'll become a nagging mother.
Moreover, clearly, Shen Yiyao has a personality that is somewhat playful and rebellious and definitely doesn't like being showered with constant attention that becomes annoying...
Of course, Su Chen would never say this.
It's good that Sui Yiren can't win over Shen Yiyao.
Though Su Chen himself doesn't have any special feelings toward Shen Yiyao, he thinks she is nice, a good girl. Avoiding falling into Sui Yiren's trap is for the best, as Sui Yiren is a deep schemer, not being true to himself, definitely a huge trap.
"Su Chen, what do you say, where shall we visit first?" Shen Yiyao turned to Su Chen and asked.
Shen Yiyao subconsciously pays attention to Su Chen. Why? Because, through the years, Su Chen is the only one who, after knowing her identity, didn't try to flatter or find ways to talk to her, deliberately get close, or fawn over her.
As the Little Princess of the Eternal Wild Divine Pavilion, born into luxury, from childhood to now, everyone's treatment toward her is the same—cut from the same mold—including her senior brother Sui Yiren. She's long been tired of it, otherwise, she wouldn't have sneaked out.
And Su Chen, coincidentally, is different from everyone else. He wouldn't actively approach her to say something, he doesn't show her respect, he doesn't try to please her, he doesn't care about her, he isn't afraid of her, he doesn't speak to her gently with a smile that annoys her.
Among a pile of stones, gold shines.
Among a pile of gold, that stone also appears very special.
Su Chen is that stone in a pile of gold.
Moreover, Su Chen holds a mystery. A young man in the Fixed Character Eternal Domain Sixth Layer, skill so impossibly weak, yet somehow connected with Yinyin, even Little Black Ball sticks around him. To say he has no secrets, she absolutely refuses to believe.
Based on these two points, throughout the last three days, Shen Yiyao would occasionally subconsciously approach Su Chen for conversation.
"Damn." Sui Yiren cursed discreetly under his breath, for three days, it's been like this. He actively initiates conversation with Shen Yiyao, she seldom responds, and yet Shen Yiyao actively speaks to Su Chen, but Su Chen hardly responds, just this dead cycle, dead cycling three days now.
Thanks to his good state of mind, otherwise he would've long had a breakdown.
To think his esteemed ranking on the Heavenly Dao board, an Ultimate Monster, outmatched by an ant-like waste?!!!
Frustration.
Extreme frustration.
But he cannot act out, only endure.
He cannot reveal his murderous intent and cruelty in front of Shen Yiyao, otherwise, the facade of benevolence, gentleness, and elegance he's maintained over the years would be shattered, one cannot sacrifice major interests over minor ones.
"Whatever." Su Chen said lightly. He wasn't deliberately playing hard to get, ignoring Shen Yiyao, but because indeed, there wasn't much topic between them. Shen Yiyao seemed somewhat childish, yes, from how she really liked Little Black Ball it could be seen. Clearly past three hundred years old, yet still behaving like a little girl, he had no interest in interacting more with Shen Yiyao, found it annoying, yes, annoying.
"Hmph." Shen Yiyao huffed, "Then let's go to the First Auction House, just right to find some good items for Little Black Ball, it's running low on food."
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First Family.
"Yu Qing, what exactly are you thinking?" In the quaint room, a middle-aged man sat, with a slight frown. He seemed a bit worn but of very regular facial features; one could imagine he was a handsome man in his youth. His eyes were fixed on the woman in front of him.
The woman was dressed in a blue silk long dress, with a good figure and an ethereal temperament, but she seemed somewhat unhappy, showing a little repulsion on her fair face.
The woman was First Yu Qing.
"Father, Sui Wuren's strength and talent are indeed very strong. However, I don't admire him." A bit of stubbornness appeared between First Yu Qing's brows, "If you want to marry him, you marry him. Anyway, I won't marry him."
"You... Yu Qing, back then, it was you who declared, whoever defeats you can marry you." The middle-aged man was somewhat indignant but then helpless, "You reneging like this is bad for you and the First Family. Besides, Sui Wuren is indeed excellent enough."
"When did Sui Wuren defeat me? He only wants to challenge me, hasn't the battle not happened yet? I can refuse to fight, can't I?" First Yu Qing unexpectedly threw a tantrum. She clearly knew, without her Puppet Body, if truly battling Sui Wuren, she would be undoubtedly defeated and badly so.
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