The villain, Xiao Nanliang, caused the female lead excruciating pain.

About fifteen minutes later, Ning Hongyu, having calmed the chaotic spiritual energy within her body, returned, her steps unsteady, clearly still not recovered.

Fearing that Su Qi would make her undergo the Qi Induction process again, she pretended to be excited and asked as soon as she entered the door.

"Little Bao, look at what your sister has done. Has she successfully guided the Qi into her body?"

She raised her fair, jade-like hand, her fingertips gathering spiritual energy.

"Wow...that's amazing! Sister actually managed to draw qi into her body just by going to the toilet?" Su Qi thought to herself, amused, but on the surface she pretended to be shocked and incredulous.

What does it mean to successfully draw qi into the body just by going to the toilet?

It's as if she secretly ate some kind of magic pill in the toilet.

Forget it, there's no point in arguing with an idiot.

Ning Hongyu took a deep breath, feigning joy on her face.

"Great! I have now successfully guided my Qi into my body and become a cultivator, so I can finally get rid of my lowly status!"

"Mhm!" Su Qi nodded with a silly grin, eagerly grabbing Ning Hongyu's hand: "Let's go now, there are always people making strange noises in this place, it's so annoying."

A strange noise?

Ning Hongyu listened intently and, upon hearing the commotion downstairs, blushed and quickly pulled Su Qi back.

"Tianxiang Pavilion's mother is busy right now, let's talk to her tomorrow."

She was mainly afraid that if she left now, Bai Luo wouldn't be able to find her tomorrow.

Moreover, she had some further instructions for Su Qi.

"Xiao Bao, your sister's name isn't Feng Yingying anymore. She's adopted a stage name, Ning Hongyu. So if you hear someone call her Hongyu, don't be surprised."

The letter mentioned that the two had not seen each other for many years, and Su Qi no longer recognized his sister.

Feng Yingying asked him to come to Tianxiang Pavilion to find the most beautiful woman, who was her older sister.

This is also why Ning Hongyu determined that Su Qi had mistaken someone for someone else.

"Huh? Why change your name?" Su Qi looked completely bewildered and confused.

"because……"

Ning Hongyu's eyes reddened, and she pretended to be sad and started wiping away tears: "Sister doesn't want to do this kind of thing with the name given to her by her parents."

"This kind of thing?" Su Qi tilted his head, his blank eyes filled with a thirst for knowledge: "What kind of thing is this kind of thing?"

Yes, that's right!

How could the naive and innocent Feng Baobao possibly know about such unspeakable things?

Ning Hongyu: ...

It feels like playing music to a cow.

Suddenly I felt like I was being unnecessary to put on this show.

"Well... it's just that my sister's current profession is a bit dishonorable, and it's not suitable for her to do this kind of job with the name our parents gave her. She needs to take a stage name."

"What is your sister's current job?"

Ning Hongyu was about to burst out laughing at Su Qi's expression, which looked like he was asking for a science lesson.

"It's...it's...a profession that pleases men and makes them happy."

"Huh?! Making others happy, isn't that great? Why can't you use your own name?" Su Qi expressed his incomprehension.

……

The night passed quickly, and the next day arrived.

The news that Bai's useless son-in-law was publicly divorced at Tianxiang Pavilion quickly spread like wildfire.

But Ye Feng had no time to deal with this matter. His top priority was to raise money to help Bai Luo win the bid for the new courtesan of Tianxiang Pavilion.

Just as he finally managed to refine a batch of medicine and was preparing to disguise it and sell it to the local exchange, Bai Luo came knocking on his door.

"Brother Ye, I just received some good news: the auction for the courtesan's debut at Tianxiang Pavilion has been cancelled!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Feng, whose eyes were bloodshot from a long night of work, had a question mark in his mind.

What kind of good news is this? The courtesan isn't selling anymore, so how are you going to get her?

"I heard that Ning, the courtesan's, long-lost younger brother has returned. With his help, Ning has become a cultivator and has voluntarily shed her lowly status. In that case, we don't need to redeem her from her servitude first when we ask her for help!"

"It's so true!"

Ye Feng forced a smile, but in reality, he was grinding his teeth to powder.

Because he wasted his time last night.

In order to make money as quickly as possible, he specially refined a large batch of low-grade spiritual medicines that were very popular among ordinary people.

Don't ask why I don't refine higher-grade ones; the answer is simply that I don't know how, and I can't refine them.

If he had known this would happen, he wouldn't have wasted his time.

You should know that he didn't even bother to comfort his wife when she was lost, all in order to refine this batch of medicine.

"Sigh, stop talking. I just found out myself. Let's go find Ning Huakui right away."

Ye Feng, who wanted to go back and coax Bai Ling back, couldn't refuse Bai Luo's suggestion.

Because Bai Luo had already said that he would recommend Ye Feng to Her Majesty the Empress, the credit for finding the pure Yin physique should also be attributed to Ye Feng.

If Ye Feng refuses now, then all his previous efforts to get close to Bai Luo will have been in vain.

You can coax your wife anytime, but opportunities don't always come around.

Moreover, Ye Feng felt that as long as he gained the Empress's favor or was given important responsibilities, then Bai Ling, a mere merchant, would be completely at his mercy.

By then, Bai Ling will definitely regret the humiliation she suffered last night!

Thinking of this, a confident smile returned to Ye Feng's lips.

"Let's go then!"

Soon the two arrived at the inn where Su Qi and Ning Hongyu were staying, which was not far from Tianxiang Pavilion.

Today is August 10th, and the vendor selling secret techniques will soon appear at the entrance of Tianxiang Pavilion. Su Qi naturally will not leave at this crucial moment.

Ning Hongyu was also waiting for Bai Luo to come to her, so she couldn't possibly run far away. The two hit it off and settled down nearby for the time being.

Upon hearing the waiter's report that someone had come looking for her, Ning Hongyu guessed that the fish she was trying to catch had taken the bait. To avoid any accidents, she did not inform Su Qi in the next room and went to meet him alone.

Su Qi, who was monitoring Ning Hongyu the whole time, naturally noticed this, but Su Qi had no intention of eavesdropping on their conversation.

They were both in love, and it was bound to work out. He didn't need to guess what they would say.

It was nothing more than Ning Hongyu playing hard to get, and Bai Luo and Ye Feng making full use of their verbal skills. In the end, Ning Hongyu was convinced by the two and agreed to help them save Her Majesty the Empress.

The two sides talked in the inn's private room for about an hour before Bai Luo and Ye Feng left.

After confirming that the two had gone far away, Ning Hongyu went to Su Qi's room.

"Xiao Bao, there's something I need to tell you."

Su Qi turned his gaze away from the window and resumed his dazed expression.

"what happened?"

"Do you remember the person who bullied my sister last night?"

Su Qi nodded to indicate that he remembered.

Ning Hongyu made a hesitant expression, as if she was wondering whether to speak or not, but in the end she did speak.

"The person who bullied my sister is actually the current Empress Ying Muxue of the Great Ling Dynasty. She has sent people to find my sister; she actually wants to drink my sister's blood!"

"What?" Su Qi was shocked, then her cheeks puffed up with anger: "How dare she bully my sister like this! I'll bury her alive!"

He rolled up his sleeves, took a shovel from his backpack, and was about to rush out.

"do not go!"

Upon seeing that the shovel was also a magical artifact, Ning Hongyu's lips twitched, and she quickly pulled the person away.

“Ying Muxue’s power is too great. My brother and I can’t fight her. It’s just a matter of bloodshed anyway. Sister, you can give it to her.”