The deflated cultivator refused to give up and vowed to turn the tables.

"Where are we going?" Qin Xiangxue asked Su Zinong.

"I don't know either. I originally came to you to ask you to help me buy some spirit stones for cultivation, but I just happened to solve the case of the stolen Heavenly Spirit Stones and got these four Heavenly Spirit Stones. Now I don't need to buy those ordinary spirit stones. Let's just take it easy and wander around and look around." Su Zinong advised, he didn't really want to take any risks.

"Where did you and Huang Chenghe plan to go before? Now I'll go in his place," Qin Xiangxue asked.

"Can you replace him? That kid keeps asking to take a bath together." Su Zinong said with a mischievous grin.

"Sure, we can each make our own!" Qin Xiangxue grinned.

"We two are quite bored and perverted. We wanted to catch a glimpse of the beauty of four extraordinary women in the world. We went to two places, but only briefly met Lin Yixi. We didn't get to see Miss Mo Mo. Later, we went to the Goddess Palace because of a wedding banquet. We didn't go to see the other two extraordinary women." Su Zinong said briefly.

He naturally didn't mention that embarrassing incident where he fell and got a bloody nose. Oh no, that wasn't embarrassing; it was the path Su Zinong and Huang Chenghe had taken.

Qin Xiangxue said she would take Huang Chenghe's place to complete the plan.

“You’re a woman, yet you’re as bored and perverted as Huang Chenghe and me, going to see beautiful women? That’s a bit illogical, isn’t it? Could it be that you prefer women to men?” Su Zinong feigned surprise.

"What? Of course I like men! I'm perfectly normal!" Qin Xiangxue gritted her teeth, very angry.

When it came to going to see the other two extraordinary women with Qin Xiangxue, Su Zinong showed no interest.

Firstly, that was all in the past, and his mindset has undergone a complete transformation.

Secondly, it would be fine to go with Huang Chenghe, but going to see other women with a delicate woman like me is really not exciting.

"Why don't we go find some extraordinary or handsome men?" Su Zinong suggested.

"No, I don't want to. What if I fall in love with it while looking at it?" Qin Xiangxue strongly objected.

"Wouldn't it be better if you fell in love? You'd be able to get married soon. Anyway, you're not getting any younger, it's time to talk about marriage," Su Zinong said earnestly.

"That's pointless," Qin Xiangxue pouted. "Don't say I like women but not men anymore. If you hadn't fallen into the abyss, I might have already married you! Sigh, but..." Qin Xiangxue seemed very troubled.

Su Zinong had originally wanted to ask what had happened after falling into the abyss, but seeing her distress, he didn't pursue the matter. After all, everyone has their own troubles.

After traveling less than thirty li, they arrived at a town, but the carriage wheels began to shake violently.

Su Zinong became alert and immediately called for the car to stop. He suspected that Huang Chenghe had secretly used a saw to cut the wheel axle. He quickly got out of the car to check but found no saw marks. In fact, the wheel axle had simply cracked and needed to be replaced or repaired.

While the repairs were being done, Su Zinong and Qin Xiangxue went to a well-known small restaurant in the town for a meal.

"It's so delicious!" Qin Xiangxue kept eating, her mouth and chin covered in oil.

"Watch your table! You're a grown woman..." Su Zinong took out a handkerchief to wipe her mouth.

"Thank you!" Qin Xiangxue grinned. "I've eaten at every restaurant in Xiangyang City, but none of them are as good as this one."

After dinner, they went shopping, strolling from one end of the street to the other. Qin Xiangxue bought two dresses, a bracelet, and a whole bunch of cosmetics and other items.

"You're here for sightseeing and shopping, right? You don't look like you're here for training at all," Su Zinong said with suspicion.

"The carriage broke down, didn't it? It won't be fixed until tomorrow. Anyway, we're just killing time. The things here are good and cheap, so let's buy some when we see them. We won't have time to buy them when we encounter danger during our training later. Don't worry, sightseeing and training don't conflict; they can be done at the same time." Qin Xiangxue said confidently, and Su Zinong saw Huang Chenghe's shadow in her.

Su Zinong helped Qin Xiangxue carry the large and small bags as the two went to see a shadow puppet show.

The shadow puppet show tells the story of a woman who was originally in love with a man, but when she met a new man, she abandoned her old one.

"Isn't this referring to Qi Jiaojiao from Qishan that day?" Qin Xiangxue asked.

“This is nothing new or special. Such stories happen every moment of all time. It’s just a matter of who is unlucky enough to encounter them,” Su Zinong said with a sigh.

"Sooner or later she'll regret it to the core, just like me..." Qin Xiangxue murmured.

The carriage was repaired early the next morning. Su Zinong and Qin Xiangxue set off again, heading east.

******

Coastal city.

There is a family of cultivators named Donghai Manor here, which has always had a good relationship with Qintian Manor.

Qin Xiangxue said she was going to visit, but Su Zinong didn't want to go with her and went to the beach to practice his martial arts.

They traveled slowly during the day and practiced their skills at night. With the blessing of the Heavenly Spirit Stone, their cultivation progressed rapidly.

It is said that one can advance to a higher realm by possessing a Heavenly Spirit Stone. In reality, it is not that one can advance to a higher realm simply by possessing a Heavenly Spirit Stone. Rather, it is through diligent cultivation, coupled with the blessing of the spirit stone, that one can achieve an accelerated advancement.

During this period of time, Su Zinong has been diligently cultivating. Since refining his true energy at Tianjing Mountain, he has made significant progress in his cultivation and is now vaguely approaching the late stage of the fourth star.

In terms of cultivation level, each star level is divided into early stage, mid-late stage, and peak stage.

Entering a certain star level is considered the initial stage.

The stage of cultivation is considered to be when one's internal energy surges.

When one's true qi reaches seven or eight tenths of its full capacity and no longer surges easily, one has reached the later stage.

When one has cultivated all the true qi and can no longer cultivate even a trace of true qi, one has reached the peak.

Once you reach the peak, you should strive to rise to a higher star level.

Su Zinong's cultivation had originally reached the early stage of the fifth star, but later his true energy was drained by the murderer, the man in the owl mask, and his cultivation level dropped to zero.

Later, he restored his true qi to the first star level, but Young Master Zhao forcibly injected true qi into him and couldn't stop, completely draining his peak fourth star cultivation. After accounting for the losses, Su Zinong only absorbed the mid-fourth star level in the end.

After refining and purifying his true energy at Tianjing Mountain, he practiced even more diligently and is now approaching the late stage of the fourth star cultivation level.

Heavenly Spirit Stones are indeed wonderful things. Their concentration and purity are much higher than ordinary spirit stones. It feels like practicing for one night is like practicing for three nights.

At this moment, Su Zinong felt a little regretful that he had given the person away too quickly.

It was only after sending them that they learned Qin Tianzhuang also possessed a considerable number of Heavenly Spirit Stones; Qin Xiangxue stated that they had at least a dozen. Moreover, they had even more ordinary spirit stones, as most cultivation families possess a large quantity of spirit stones.

They will never lack anything that can be bought with money.

But since it's already been given away, it can't be taken back, and there's no way to ask for it back. Besides, it seems like it would be good to give the people of Qintianzhuang a good impression.

As I finished practicing my exercises and exhaled, my mind wandered, and it was already past midnight.

Suddenly, someone knocked urgently on the door, and a woman's voice called out in a panic, "Brother Su, come quick! Another locked-room murder has occurred..."