The female lead thought she had a "proud and arrogant" character script.

With the strategy guide in hand, Luo Qingcheng felt more confident.

"The Illusionary Realm in the Sea is located in the South China Sea. It is restricted to those below the Golden Core stage and is not considered very dangerous. It's just that it's far away. Fortunately, there is a teleportation array. If we didn't use the teleportation array, it would take a month and a half to get there."

"Teleportation array?"

Luo Qingcheng immediately remembered what Wan Qing had said.

The celestial ladder is broken, and the spiritual energy of the world has diminished.

She didn't quite understand, "Don't teleportation arrays cost a lot of spirit stones?"

"Girl, you don't know this, do you? The dangers encountered when crossing the continent are unpredictable. Apart from those who are deliberately training, taking the teleportation array is the best choice for us who have a clear destination. What's more, we have the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion to back us up. The teleportation array can transport many people at once. When the cost is shared, it is much more cost-effective than risking your life to travel."

Luo Qingcheng understood immediately.

She'd never flown on a budget airline in her past life, but she'd heard of them.

She had thought Tianji Pavilion was just an auction house, but it turns out they are much more capable than she thought.

The Sword Inquiry Sect is a large sect with a continental teleportation array inside. However, as Luo Qingcheng said, activating the teleportation array once requires a massive amount of spirit stones. The Sword Inquiry Sect, which has been scrimping and saving, has not activated that teleportation array for almost five hundred years.

The teleportation array established by the Tianji Pavilion is located not far outside Wenjian City.

After all, the Sword Inquiry Sect is located in an extremely cold region, and apart from the vicinity of Sword Inquiry City, there is no human habitation for thousands of miles around.

For this reason, in order to prevent the minimum number of people required to activate the teleportation array from not being reached, the Tianji Pavilion teleportation array is activated once every half month, except in special circumstances.

As for any special circumstances?

Charter flight.

Luo Qingcheng, once a rich woman but now a penniless pauper, had no intention of chartering a plane. After asking the Tianji Pavilion's teleportation array specialist—a fellow disciple of the Wenjian Sect—she learned that the next teleportation array would open tomorrow. The two bid farewell to their disappointed senior sister who was not getting her commission, and decided not to return to the Wenjian Sect. Instead, they chose to set up a stall on the spot.

Hu Muyu skillfully took out a piece of black cloth from her storage bag and spread it on the ground.

Luo Qingcheng squatted to the side and rummaged through his storage bag, turning it upside down, but he still couldn't find anything he could sell.

In the end, they could only watch helplessly as Hu Muyu placed a few spiritual plants and two or three low-level magical artifacts on the black cloth, and finally placed two strangely shaped large stones.

"Senior sister, I understand the logic, but what are those two stones for?"

"Girl, you didn't know you were in seclusion for three years. In the latest update of 'From Qi Refining to Burial: My Two or Three Things Before Becoming a God,' the male protagonist's path to immortality began when he picked up a strange big stone at a street stall. That's why the stone's sales have been so high lately."

Luo Qingcheng's mouth dropped open in shock.

Just then, a customer came in, clearly looking for something: "Boss, how many spirit stones do you want for these two stones?"

Hu Muyu held up two fingers without saying a word.

"Two hundred spirit stones, is it? Okay, I'll take it."

He then eagerly put the two stones into his storage bag.

After the man walked away, Hu Muyu took out two more stones and placed them on the black cloth.

Luo Qingcheng was speechless. She thought two spirit stones were too expensive, but she didn't expect it to sell for two hundred. She felt that the cultivation world was doomed.

At the same time, he secretly wondered if it was too late for him to go find the stone now.

Before she could take any action, a voice interrupted her train of thought.

"Miss? What are you doing here? Have you finished your seclusion?" Hongdou's signature loud voice made Luo Qingcheng know it was Hongdou even before he heard her.

She looked up and saw another old acquaintance.

Li Zhiming.

Luo Qingcheng glanced at Hongdou with disdain, then looked at his long-lost half-brother with sparkling eyes.

Li Zhiming greeted her with a gentle smile, "Miss Luo, it's been a long time."

Luo Qingcheng introduced the two to Hu Muyu.

After the group greeted each other, they...

Luo Qingcheng asked, "Where are you two headed now?"

Hongdou pouted, clearly unhappy that Luo Qingcheng ignored her question. Li Zhiming, however, answered patiently, "I came here to invite Miss Hongdou to join me in our training, and Miss Hongdou has already agreed to my invitation."

At this point, he pursed his lips shyly.

In Li Zhiming's eyes, agreeing to go out with him was tantamount to Hongdou agreeing to marry him.

Luo Qingcheng simply couldn't bear to look.

Hongdou couldn't help but interject: "I only agreed before because Miss hadn't finished her seclusion. Now that Miss has finished her seclusion, I want to follow her. Young Master Li, you should go and gain experience on your own."

Luo Qingcheng looked at Hongdou with satisfaction.

Silly girl, I haven't spoiled you for nothing.

Hongdou, who accidentally stumbled into the world of "Yatou Literature," doesn't hold grudges, because if she does, she settles her score on the spot.

Ignoring the aggrieved Li Zhiming beside her, she launched a verbal attack on Luo Qingcheng, "Miss, have you been secretly eating good food behind my back for the past three years? How come you've become so respectable?"

Luo Qingcheng: ...

Your daughter was a vegetable for three years and can't move. Now she's a vegetable plus a person who can move. In your eyes, she's eating alone?

She couldn't be bothered with this gluttonous girl.

She looked at Li Zhiming, who was standing to the side like a mushroom.

Brother, I gave you a chance but you failed!

Seemingly understanding the disappointed look in Luo Qingcheng's eyes, Li Zhiming also knew that it was unrealistic to ask Hongdou not to leave with Luo Qingcheng.

Three years ago, when Luo Qingcheng had his accident, Hongdou always thought it was her fault for arguing with Luo Qingcheng and deliberately not watching his matches.

So now that Luo Qingcheng has emerged from seclusion, Hongdou will inevitably follow her.

Li Zhiming could only force a smile and ask, "In that case, may I ask what Miss Luo and Miss Hu's plans are going forward? Would you mind taking me with you?"

Li Zhiming looked innocent under Hongdou's wary gaze.

He's not here to break you up, he's here to join this family!

Luo Qingcheng glanced at Li Zhiming from head to toe, then pulled Hu Muyu, who was watching the show from the side, aside and whispered, "Senior Sister Hu, my brother is an alchemist. If we take him along, we can save a lot of spirit stones!"

Upon hearing this, Hu Muyu, whose lineage from the Wenjian Sect was known for its love of taking advantage, had no reason to disagree. He immediately made the decision, "Take them!"

The two turned around, and Hu Muyu walked over and slapped Li Zhiming on the shoulder. "Hey, we're all family, let's not be so formal. We're going to the Sea Illusionary Realm, so let's not talk about bringing anyone along. Just look out for each other."

Hongdou crept up to Luo Qingcheng and whispered, "Miss, are those two stones that Senior Sister Hu is selling? I want them."

Luo Qingcheng asked speechlessly, "You also read 'From Qi Refining to Burial'?"

Hongdou nodded proudly, "This servant is a loyal reader. Every time a sequel is published, this servant is always among the first to buy it!"

Luo Qingcheng understood. "Then tell me how many stones you've bought so far."

Red Bean's bag: "A storage bag!"

"9. Don't ask why, because 6 has been flipped."

Hongdou didn't understand, but that didn't stop her from thinking that Luo Qingcheng was praising her, so she immediately said she was willing to give half of the stone to Luo Qingcheng.

Luo Qingcheng politely declined, saying, "Take your junk and get ready properly. We're leaving tomorrow."

In the end, Hu Muyu gave the two ugly stones to Hongdou and made an appointment to meet at the teleportation array the next day.