The cheat system is useless, but I have the strongest living dad.

Xianyu leaned against the carved window railing, looking at the flowers, the moonlight, and her Yaoyao.

After spending so much time together, she only learned today that her Yao Yao was actually a clay sculpture.

It turns out that the female immortal in the portrait in the gatekeeper's hand was Yao Yao's true appearance.

After thinking for a moment, Xianyu thought, "Hmm, Yaoyao looks better the way she does now."

"Yao Yao," Xianyu called out to the window, his voice light and bright.

Shen Yao turned to look at her. The little koi was very pretty, with big, round, bright eyes. She was wearing a colorful, shimmering brocade dress and was leaning against the windowsill watching her.

Such a lovely girl, such gentle scenery, Shen Yao thought: the world is no more beautiful than this.

She gave the salted fish a big smile, and seeing its cute head sticking out of the window, she called out to it, "Yaoyao! Time for bed."

"Okay." Shen Yao smiled and said, "Coming."

……

Watching the ethereal fairy in the courtyard, with such a radiant smile, emerge from the osmanthus bushes, ascend the corner stairs, and quickly disappear from sight.

Jiang Ming's emotions were complicated.

Would the cultivators around him, and even female immortals like his sister, laugh like that?

Jiang Ming hadn't noticed, but he was certain that Jiang Qi would never laugh like that.

Jiang Ming grew up in his older sister's shadow, forced to compare himself to her in everything. From the time he could remember, everything he tried was to surpass his sister.

To surpass his sister, he could cultivate day and night without rest, he could do anything to improve his aptitude, and he could be a good tool for his father.

Jiang Ming wasn't actually power-hungry, but when he learned that his father favored his sister to be the young sect leader, he refused to admit defeat and wanted to compete for it.

So as soon as he received the intelligence from Luo Jiaren, he came to Rongzhou.

He originally wanted to finish the battle quickly, capture Zong Changheng, find the Qiling Seal, and make his father think more highly of him, so that his father would reconsider between him and his sister.

I never expected that I would stay for eight and a half years.

We still haven't found Zong Changheng! Could that bastard be dead already?

Luo Jiaren is also a good-for-nothing.

These insignificant ants actually want to follow him back to Immortal Wood City.

Even looking at it for a second is annoying.

Jiang Ming was filled with resentment. In another month, or at most another month, whether he could find Zong Changheng or not, he would have to return to the True God Sect.

He genuinely wanted to return to his clan.

Jiang Ming couldn't sleep all night.

Wang Xu also couldn't sleep most of the night.

Jiang Ming tossed and turned in the inner room, while Wang Xu dared not even breathe loudly in the outer room.

'Is it really that serious? Sigh, Master, this is really... sigh!'

'I came over eagerly, secretly watched for ages, and then couldn't sleep.'

'He even got up once in the middle of the night to use his spiritual power to investigate next door...'

Wang Xu's courage grew stronger: "If you ask me, if you miss her, just knock on her door. If you want to know if the cooks are there, just go check!"

'I've served the sect leader since I was a child, and I never knew he was such a...secretly...repressedly horny male immortal!'

'The leader is good in every way, except for his temper... and then there's this stain... it's shameful.'

'You absolutely mustn't let the sect leader know I know...'

Wang Xu fell asleep while complaining.

Jiang Ming frowned, his mind unsettled. He thought of his sister, the True God Sect, and then the face of the female immortal next door.

'Could it be an illusion or a mask?'

Jiang Ming thought for a moment, then got up and released a wisp of spiritual energy through the crack in the window...

The inns in the city, especially the rooms with a view, are not only for high-level immortal cultivators, but also for distinguished guests of major immortal sects.

The guest rooms with scenic views were all protected by the immortal ancestors of the local major sects.

Apart from visiting cultivators carrying doorplates, any other spiritual energy or magical treasures that wish to investigate will be kept outside.

Because of the good safety measures in the view rooms, many local customers will also choose to book a view room when they have important business to discuss.

Jiang Ming's spiritual power couldn't even penetrate a foot outside the window next door.

Furious, Jiang Ming returned to bed, even more agitated, and tossed and turned more frequently.

……

The guests at Cheng Gui Ge slept soundly through the night.

The cypress wood in the view room is a bit larger than that in the guesthouse in Lishui County, and it's also decorated.

A pat on the wooden body of the bell and the familiar hiccup sound made the salted fish laugh out loud again.

Two female cultivators checked in, and the temple delivered three sets of toiletries.

It must have been Headmaster Qi who informed the front hall; otherwise, how could we say Headmaster Qi is so shrewd? He truly deserves to be the headmaster of this grand guesthouse.

Zhao Bin applied hot water to his eyes: "I'll go to Xiangyuan to order food first. Take your time, there's no rush."

Shen Yao stopped him: "Do you have a Ten-Coin?"

As he spoke, he handed a large bag of Ten Perfection Coins to Zhao Bin, who waved his hand and refused, saying, "No, no, senior brother has plenty more, junior sister doesn't need them."

Shen Yao shoved the bag into his hands and said reproachfully, "Immortal Xun, you are not my senior brother, and you don't have a junior sister."

"From now on, you'll be my attendant. What attendant ever pays their own bills?"

Zhao Bin looked dejected: "I understand, Fairy Shen. I'll go order the food first."

Shen Yao looked at Zhao Bin and said, "I'm sorry to have wronged you."

Zhao Bin forced a smile: "I'm not wronged."

After saying that, he went out and left.

Wang Xu was waiting at the entrance of Wuyue Pavilion early in the morning.

Seeing Zhao Bin approaching, Wang Xu glanced at him with his upper eyelids. He noticed that Zhao Bin's steps were strong, but his eyes were red, as if he was trying hard to suppress his grief.

Wang Xu started to think to himself, 'Ha, look at him, he must think that because the fairy bought him at a high price, she is in love with him. He's definitely been rejected.'

'I knew it! Even if the fairies of major immortal sects aren't particularly talented, they wouldn't stoop to the level of an eighth-grade, three-elemental-root cook.'

'The fairy is enjoying spending the ten coins, just using them for amusement and relaxation, and yet her eyes are red... Ha, probably failed to seduce him... Tsk tsk... Shameful, disgraceful.'

As soon as Shen Yao and Xianyu stepped outside, they saw Wang Xu standing at the door next door.

Upon seeing the male cultivator who had spoken rudely last night, Shen Suyao and Xianyu's faces darkened. They pretended not to see him and walked straight over.

Wang Xu was extremely attentive, greeting her with a grin: "Good morning, fairy! What a coincidence, you live next door to me."

Shen Yao glared at him coldly and said, "We're not close." She then grabbed Xianyu and walked away without looking back.

Wang Xu chased after him for a few steps: "Hey, fairy, don't go! We'll get to know each other after a few chats."

Shen Yao and Xianyu both rolled their eyes. This male cultivator must have some kind of problem.

When Jiang Ming came out after hearing the commotion, he saw Wang Xu, who was shamelessly chasing after him, and the backs of the two fairies in colorful clothes.

On the way to Xiangyuan, Wang Xu kept feeling like he must have done something wrong. Why did the hall master look back at him several times along the way?

When Zhao Bin came to book a private room, Qi Zhangyuan was still running Muweixuan.

Because Jiang Ming didn't leave last night, Lingruixuan has remained there.

When Wang Xu passed by Muwei Pavilion, he deliberately peeked inside through the small window and, sure enough, saw the fairy favored by the hall master inside.

Jiang Ming felt that Wang Xu was acting unusually today, so he glanced inside as well.

Jiang Ming immediately noticed Shen Yao's profile. That feeling came back again. Where had he seen her before?

He withdrew his gaze, pretended to be unintentional, and entered Lingrui Pavilion.

As soon as he sat down, he released a wisp of spiritual energy into the room next door.

When Wang Xu noticed Jiang Ming's subtle actions, he quickly closed his eyes and pretended not to know anything.

The wisp of spiritual energy seeped in through the small window, lingering on Shen Yao's cheek and behind her ear.

Jiang Ming withdrew his spiritual power: 'It's not an illusion, there's no mask, it really does look like this.'

Where exactly have I seen this before? Or perhaps when I was a child?

'If I've seen her before, is it just a coincidence that she's here?'

Jiang Ming frowned again, lost in his memories.

'He wants to sleep with her again, he wants to sleep with her again…' Wang Xu thought to himself as he waited for Jiang Ming to start eating. 'He comes here and immediately starts peeking at the fairy next door, he doesn't even bother to eat breakfast.'

'Master, your affection is overflowing, why don't you dare to go for it?'

'Ugh...so embarrassing.'