All beasts submit, and the peerless imperial princess is about to defy the heavens!

But when she saw the shopkeeper's excited face, she realized what she had done.

She actually spent ten times the price to buy such a flashy but impractical little dagger?

This dagger wasn't some high-level magical artifact; it was just a rather exquisite-looking gadget. She was so angry she wanted to vomit blood on the spot.

The two were arguing, which delighted the shop owner. He watched them bid against each other with great pleasure, and finally won the little trinket he had bought from the stall for ten times the price.

He was absolutely overjoyed.

If a few more customers like him came, he could become rich.

Ignoring the young lady's unpleasant expression, he stepped forward with a smile and asked, "This young lady isn't going to buy it, is she?"

It took the woman a while to regain her composure. "Of course I'll buy it. A thousand pieces of gold can't buy my happiness."

She gritted her teeth, paid the spirit stones, turned around and left. The maid behind her quickly stepped forward, grabbed the dagger, and hurriedly followed her out.

After leaving, the woman went straight home and instructed her guards, "Go and find out who those three people were today, especially the man and the woman."

The guard immediately agreed and vanished from the spot.

She clutched her chest, feeling that something was amiss with her body.

She seemed to have seen the woman before; from the moment she saw her, her heart beat particularly fast, and she felt a faint sense of joy.

But clearly, she disliked that woman from the moment she saw her, and felt utterly disgusted by her.

This puzzled her greatly.

It was as if something was drawing her closer, making her want to move closer to it.

But that shouldn't be the case. Just because her eyes don't like it doesn't mean her heart does.

As she pondered...

The maid cautiously stepped forward and placed the dagger on the table in front of the woman. "Miss, I have retrieved the dagger."

Upon seeing the dagger, the woman clenched her fists in anger, shouting, "Who told you to bring it back? You idiot!"

She struck directly with a palm, and the maid was thrown back by the force of the palm, falling to the ground and lying motionless.

Immediately, people in the courtyard dealt with the maid's body, not taking such a trivial matter to heart at all.

The woman, of course, didn't feel anything different, as if she was used to it and showed no emotional fluctuation whatsoever.

She crushed the dagger into powder and wiped her hands with a handkerchief.

At this moment, she was no longer as angry as before; she had regained her usual calm and nobility, though her eyes held a hint of vicious madness.

After Feng Ning and the other two left, they were overjoyed.

After listening to Yao Feibai's explanation of what had just happened, Xue Feng suddenly understood.

"So that's how it is! I never expected this, Junior Sister Feng Ning, you're actually like this?"

"I didn't want to either, but she's deliberately picking on me, so I can't just let myself suffer."

"Makes sense."

Feng Ning also gently patted her chest, suppressing the strange emotions in her heart.

Every time she saw that woman, she felt as if she had lost something.

It's like meeting an old friend you haven't seen in a long time; you don't recognize them, yet there's a sense of familiarity.

She didn't understand where she had seen it before, nor did she understand where this feeling came from.

All she knew was that she didn't like the woman from before.

Regardless of her physical discomfort, she was absolutely certain that she and that woman were incompatible and could not get along.

If anything did happen, it was between the original owner and that woman.

They weren't affected by the incident and continued shopping until dark before heading back.

After returning, Feng Ning continued to cultivate at her normal pace. When she ran out of time, she would enter her spatial dimension and seize every moment to cultivate.

After dark, the guard who had been investigating Feng Ning and the other two returned to the woman's side.

The woman had removed her veil, revealing her beautiful face.

"Has the investigation been completed?"

The guard bowed respectfully and said, "Miss, we have investigated. All three are disciples of the Tianxuan Sect. The man is Yao Feibai, a sword cultivator with the early Golden Core stage, and is the personal disciple of Elder Wenyao of Wufeng. The woman is Feng Ning, a sword cultivator with the early Golden Core stage, and is the personal disciple of Elder Laozhao of the Fourth Elder. The other one is Xue Feng, a sword cultivator with the mid-Golden Core stage, and is the personal disciple of Elder Zhu Kangle of the Third Elder."

"Elder Wenyao's disciple? Have you been able to find out his background?"

"If we can't find out, it's either because they're well hidden or they don't have any special background or identity."

The woman thought for a moment, then shook her head. "No, with that kind of aura, he couldn't possibly come from an ordinary family. He must be a scion of a powerful clan. You can investigate him again later."

"Yes!"

"You're saying that woman is a disciple of the Fourth Elder of the Tianxuan Sect?"

"Yes, he should be the Fourth Elder's only personal disciple."

The woman sneered, "She sounds quite capable. No wonder she speaks so arrogantly. It seems she's relying on Nian Zhao to back her up."

The guard naturally dared not answer such a question, and simply stood silently to the side.

The woman thought for a moment and then asked, "Then what is the identity and background of this Feng Ning?"

"According to her, she is an orphan."

A smile appeared on the woman's face. "So you're an orphan..."

Then there's nothing to worry about.

It's probably just that the Fourth Elder took pity on her and took her in to keep her by his side; it's nothing serious.

The guard hesitated for a moment before saying, "Miss, I heard that she has a rare mutated ice spirit root."

"What? She also has an ice spirit root?"

The guard nodded. "Yes, to my knowledge, there is only one person with the Ice Spirit Root in the entire Xuanling Continent."

"But aren't those people from the Hai family? They've supposedly disappeared for a long time, how could they appear in the Tianxuan Sect? Are they the same person?"

"It should be one person."

The woman suddenly threw the jade hairpin in her hand, shattering it into pieces.

"So it was her! So she's the one who harmed Yu'er!"

Her eyes were filled with hatred and anger, as if she wished she could skin her alive, tear her bones apart, and grind her ashes to dust.

"Since that's the case, then I can't let her go even more! First she killed my sister, and then she offended me. She can forget about leaving Xuanwu City alive!"

The guard quickly said, "Miss, this matter needs to be considered carefully. After all, she is the personal disciple of the Fourth Elder of the Tianxuan Sect. It is said that the Fourth Elder dotes on her very much. If something happens to her in Xuanwu City, it is hard to guarantee that they will not make trouble."

The woman nodded. "You're right, people have to be killed, but we can't involve Xuanwu City. Let me think about it carefully."

A moment later she laughed.

Isn't this a golden opportunity?