So what if I'm useless? I'll become a saint!

Lei Tingyi opened his eyes.

There was a woman standing in front of me, and she looked very familiar.

He remembered that he had seen him at Ling's door yesterday, so he stood up and nodded as a greeting.

"Miss Ling San is here to look for Ling Jiuan? She has been taken to see the head of the family."

"No, I came to see you."

Ling Jiuxi smiled shyly and handed over the purse.

Lei Tingyi frowned slightly and did not respond: "Miss Third, what is this?"

"I embroidered this purse myself. It's filled with a lot of herbs that increase spiritual power. It will be very beneficial to carry it with you." Ling Jiuxi secretly looked at the man in front of her.

So beautiful!

She had seen many young practitioners and young masters from major families, but none of them was as handsome as the one before her.

She tossed and turned last night and couldn't sleep. The moment she closed her eyes, she saw Lei Tingyi's face.

Lei Tingyi's eyes fell on the purse, and his voice became deeper, and he said indifferently: "There is a difference between men and women. This is the first time I meet the third lady, so it is inconvenient for me to accept the purse."

"You, you misunderstood!"

Ling Jiuxi was a little anxious, so she stuffed the purse into his arms and explained, "I'm giving this to you to thank you for teaching Fifth Sister how to train her body, and for letting us defend the arena and secure the twenty places for the Ling family. You've done a favor to our Ling family, so I'm..."

"Your fifth sister was able to defend the arena because of her hard work. I only gave her some pointers. I don't deserve your words. Showing off your purse everywhere will only cause trouble for me. Third Miss, you should take it back!"

Lei Tingyi's tone was stiff. He pinched the purse and placed it on the table, then quickly pulled his hand back and took two steps away, as if it was contaminated with something dirty.

Ling Jiuxi suddenly bit her lip and was about to cry.

She was the precious third daughter of the Ling family. Those young talents always treated her with great hospitality and never dared to neglect her in the slightest.

But this man is so ungrateful, is she some kind of monster?

Ling Jiuxi wanted to crawl into a crack in the ground. She was about to pick up her purse and run away, but suddenly she remembered the task her mother had assigned her and stopped abruptly.

She put the purse in her arms and forced a smile.

"Since you don't want to accept me, I won't force you. But where are you from? You are willing to be a bodyguard for the fifth sister. Have you told your family members about this?"

Ling Jiuxi looked at Lei Tingyi curiously, thinking that his tone did not convey any hint of temptation.

Unexpectedly, Lei Tingyi just glanced at her lightly, without leaking a single thing.

"Thank you for your concern. I am alone and don't need to greet anyone."

"That's it..."

"If Miss Third is alright, please go back. There are too many people around. You and I have been alone here for half an incense stick of time. I don't want to be seen and talked about."

Lei Tingyi turned sideways and made a gesture of invitation.

Looking at the situation, we can just check and kick them out.

Ling Jiuxi was so angry that she almost lost her composure and clenched her purse in shame and anger.

What about half an incense stick? What about discussions?

Being involved with her, the third young lady, is it some kind of scandal that must be avoided?

Ling Jiuxi snorted: "You are pretending to be noble. You will definitely regret treating me like this. Do you think you can live comfortably by clinging to my fifth sister's thigh? I will let you know who is the real favorite in this Ling family!"

She stormed out of the door angrily, and the two maids guarding the gate looked at each other, not knowing what had happened.

After the people left, Lei Tingyi's tense expression relaxed a little.

He opened the window to let the smell of powder dissipate, and put Ling Jiuan's books in order. Then he ran errands and continued to meditate.

On the other side, Ling Jiuan had been taken to the lobby of the Ling family.

Madam Lan was dressed in purple, with gentle features, and was gently massaging Ling Changfeng's back.

There is no one else.

Ling Jiuan looked around the lobby filled with rosewood tables and chairs, and everything he saw was unfamiliar.

Ever since the original owner was found to have no spiritual roots, he had been abandoned by the Ling family near the spiritual field in the back mountain.

Even the original owner had never seen what the Ling family lobby looked like.

But everyone thought that even though the fifth daughter of the Ling family was a waste, she was still treated well by the Ling family and enjoyed a life of luxury, and the voices discussing her uselessness were also loud and powerful.

But in reality, the original owner's mother died early and her father didn't love her. She was bullied and her brothers and sisters never treated her well.

How ridiculous.

Ling Jiuan subconsciously empathized with the original owner. At this moment, she was the unpopular eldest lady.

"Why don't you show respect to your father when you see him?"

Ling Changfeng's voice rang out.

Ling Jiuan looked up at the dignified middle-aged man and said calmly, "I have been used to living in the wilds of the mountains since I was a child. I don't know how to perform etiquette."

After these words were spoken, both people sitting there paused.

Madam Lan curled her lips calmly.

"Are you blaming me for treating you harshly and neglecting you for so many years and not teaching you the rules of the Ling family?" Ling Changfeng was displeased.

Ling Jiuan shook his head: "I dare not, please speak directly if you have anything to say, Patriarch."

"How dare you! You don't even call me father? If you don't want to stay in the Ling family, then get out! Don't think that you can act arrogant in front of everyone just because you successfully defended the ring!"

Ling Changfeng slammed the table and stood up, his brows furrowed in anger, his face full of dissatisfaction with his daughter.

Madam Lan quickly patted his chest and said, "Don't be angry, don't be angry. It is indeed my fault that Fifth Miss is unruly. All these years, I just hope that she can live a free and easy life. I have never found someone to teach her etiquette and rules. It's all my fault."

"How can I blame you? It was her own fault! Since she didn't know the rules, why didn't she ask the servants how to behave when she came? If she had meant to, she wouldn't be able to find any fault with her now! Don't speak for her!"

Ling Changfeng had another fit and didn't even want to look at Ling Jiuan.

Ling Jiuan looked at Madam Lan's hypocrisy and his father's harshness and ruthlessness, and slowly clenched his fists.

This is the cruelty of Tianyuan Continent.

As long as you have no spiritual roots, you are weak, and everything you do is wrong. If you are bullied, it is because of your incompetence and there is no way to find fault with you.

But if you are strong, you can move from a shabby courtyard that no one cares about to such a luxurious mansion, and let these people remember that the Ling family still has a fifth young lady after all these years.

Ling Jiuan didn't feel it was unfair. In this world of cultivating immortals, the law of the jungle was how it was!

She just suddenly realized that if she could be stronger than these people, even if she didn't show respect or call him dad today, no one would dare to point at her and get angry.

Ling Jiuan closed his eyes impatiently, becoming more determined to become stronger, and bowed perfunctorily.

"Father, what do you want from me? Tell me straight away, so I won't be a nuisance here."

Ling Changfeng frowned and scolded her.

Madam Lan quickly interrupted, "Your father wants to tell you that when the secret realm opens in eight days, you have to lead people in to look for the feathers of the golden phoenix spirit beast."

"The golden phoenix feather can stabilize my Ling family's barrier. It's not easy to open the secret realm, and it's even harder to defend it. You must find it."

Ling Changfeng spoke in a firm tone.

Ling Jiuan just found it funny!

You keep saying that she is useless and a waste, but now you believe she can find the feather?

She asked calmly, "What if I can't find it with my ability?"