As the sun set, Xiao Jingting continued driving the carriage towards Star City and encountered a large convoy on the road.
Among the convoy, Xiao Jingting recognized several familiar faces: Ouyang Mingyue, Ouyang Jing, and Ouyang Jinyue. Yes, Xiao Jingting had run into the convoy of the Ouyang family, who were also heading to Star City.
As Xiao Jingting’s carriage approached the Ouyang family’s convoy, they were stopped by the Ouyang family’s guards, who demanded that they keep their distance.
Ouyang Jinyue, feeling bored, spotted Xiao Xiaofan and approached to chat.
“Uncle Xiao, are you also heading to Star City?” Ouyang Jinyue walked up to Xiao Jingting and asked.
Xiao Jingting nodded and said, “Yes! Are you going too?”
Ouyang Jinyue nodded and replied, “Yes!”
Xiao Xiaofan, holding a milk bottle while sitting on the double-dragon horses, curiously looked at Ouyang Jinyue and asked, “Little sister, why are you going to Star City?”
Ouyang Jinyue put her hands on her hips and said impatiently, “I’m a big sister.”
Xiao Xiaofan swayed his legs and compared heights in the air, saying, “Look, I’m taller than you now.”
Ouyang Jinyue smirked, raised her chin, and sneered, “Do you believe I’ll kick you down?”
Xiao Xiaofan puffed his cheeks and said, “You’re so fierce!”
Ouyang Jinyue chuckled triumphantly and said, “Now you know to be afraid.”
“Miss, what are you doing here? Hurry back to the convoy; it’s not safe here.” A middle-aged woman glanced at Xiao Jingting and the others and said with a solemn tone.
Xiao Jingting glanced indifferently at the middle-aged woman, who was at the sixth level of Qi Condensation. Her eyes were full of vigilance and disdain towards him and Xu Mu’an, as if they were some unsavory characters, afraid of being tainted by them.
Ouyang Jinyue frowned and said, “You go ahead; I’ll go back after a while.”
“Miss, you’re still young and easily deceived.” The middle-aged woman looked at Xiao Jingting’s direction with concern and said with emphasis.
Xiao Jingting rolled his eyes. Did he look like a swindler? Joking aside, back on Earth, he was always a well-rounded student with good morals! He had a strong sense of justice!
Ouyang Jinyue wrinkled her brows and said, “Auntie, I’m already this big; I won’t be easily deceived.”
“Miss, you’re only six years old,” Qian Yu smiled.
Ouyang Jinyue said impatiently, “So what if I’m six? Six years old is already big enough. With so many guards around, what could happen to me here?”
Qian Yu wanted to say something more, but Ouyang Jinyue had already waved her hand impatiently, “Alright, Auntie, stop talking. I’m not a child anymore; don’t meddle in my business.”
Although Ouyang Jinyue was young, perhaps due to her background, she exuded a certain aura.
Qian Yu’s expression changed slightly, not daring to be angry with Ouyang Jinyue, but her face looked unfriendly as she glanced at Xiao Jingting and Xu Mu’an.
Xiao Jingting couldn’t help feeling a bit depressed. Xiao Jingting thought to himself: You can’t pick your relatives, but this woman dares not offend Ouyang Jinyue, so she keeps giving him the cold shoulder. He’s not as intimidating as a six-year-old girl! Xiao Jingting felt a deep sense of frustration.
Xiao Jingting saw Qian Yu leave and immediately went to talk to Ouyang Mingyue, probably discussing something not too pleasant.
Xiao Jingting didn’t need to guess; he knew the woman wouldn’t have anything good to say.
Qian Yu might only be at the sixth level of Qi Condensation, but because of the Hou Family’s background, she looked down on him altogether.
Xiao Jingting had always thought this world judged people based on their cultivation level, but suddenly realized that connections were just as important. Hanging a signboard of the Hou(Marquis) Family made him seem arrogant! He knew that in the eyes of the people in the Hou Family, even those in the Marquis’s Mansion were considered country bumpkins.
“What about you? What’s your relationship with that woman?” Xiao Xiaofan asked.
“She’s my wet nurse,” Ouyang Jinyue said.
Xiao Xiaofan widened his eyes and said, “You’re already this big, and you’re still drinking milk?”
Ouyang Jinyue’s face turned red, and she angrily said, “I weaned a long time ago. It’s just that my wet nurse has been taking care of me.”
Xiao Xiaofan nodded and said, “Really?”
Ouyang Jinyue looked at the milk bottle in Xiao Xiaofan’s hand and said disdainfully, “What are you saying? Look at what’s in your hand, beast milk. You’re so big, and you’re still drinking milk.”
Xiao Xiaofan snorted and said, “Ignorant! This isn’t beast milk; it’s milk wine. Boys should drink alcohol.”
Ouyang Jinyue looked at Xiao Xiaofan suspiciously and said, “Is it? But there’s no smell of alcohol. It smells more like milk.”
Xiao Xiaofan snorted and said, “You have no taste; it’s alcohol.”
“Hmph, obviously, it’s beast milk pretending to be wine. Ridiculous,” Ouyang Jinyue said arrogantly.
“It’s originally wine. Who’s pretending?” Xiao Xiaofan said discontentedly.
“Humph, obviously, it’s beast milk, pretending to be wine. How annoying,” Ouyang Jinyue said proudly.
“Miss Ouyang, what are you going to do in Star City?” Xiao Xiaodong asked innocently.
Seeing Xiao Xiaodong’s innocent and curious expression, Xiao Jingting couldn’t help but rub his nose.
“I’m going for selection,” Ouyang Jinyue said.
Xiao Xiaodong asked curiously, “What kind of selection?”
Xiao Xiaodong indirectly found out many things, such as the fact that Star City had stationed cultivators from the Qingyun Sect. In a sense, the Savage Land could be considered the Qingyun Sect’s territory. The Qingyun Sect didn’t care much about this place but secretly supported some forces to manage this land.
The Marquis’s Mansion was one of the forces supported by the Qingyun Sect. The Qingyun Sect would periodically come to the Savage Land to recruit disciples. Initially, they recruited those with excellent aptitude, but over time, the spots for Qingyun Sect disciples had been divided among various major families. The disciples of the Qingyun Sect were directly selected from these major forces.
The Savage Land was filled with countless young talents, and selecting talented disciples was not an easy task. Children from major families received high-level training from a young age, and their performance was much better than those from ordinary families. The envoys of the Qingyun Sect naturally preferred to choose disciples from these major families.
Furthermore, regardless of whether the major families had children selected, they would still send valuable gifts to the envoys of the Qingyun Sect. Poor families couldn’t afford such precious gifts.
The Qingyun Sect had strict criteria for selecting disciples, and with so many major families in the Savage Land, the competition was fierce.
Ouyang Jinyue was going to participate in the selection. Ouyang’s ancestors had once been selected by the Qingyun Sect. It was said that they had already reached the Golden Core stage.
However, that was a long time ago, and the descendants related to that Golden Core cultivator had gradually passed away. For the sake of Ouyang’s family’s development, Ouyang’s family would select young men and women of suitable age to participate in the selection every year. However, because of the fierce competition, no one had been selected for decades. Ouyang Jinyue was said to have excellent aptitude, and Ouyang’s family had high hopes for her this time.
“Youngster, do you know the way to Star City?” Ouyang Jinyue asked Xiao Xiaofan.
Xiao Xiaofan nodded and said, “I know.”
Ouyang Jinyue sneered and said, “You’re lying.”
Xiao Xiaofan puffed his cheeks and said, “How am I lying? We have a map.”
Ouyang Jinyue glanced at the map and said, “This map is inaccurate. If you follow this map, you’ll only reach the outskirts of Star City, and you won’t be able to enter.”
“Why can’t we enter?” Xiao Xiaofan asked.
“The entire Star City is shrouded in an illusion formation,” Ouyang Jinyue said smugly.
Xiao Xiaofan widened his eyes and asked, “How big is this illusion formation?”
Ouyang Jinyue snorted and showed off, “You don’t know? The illusion formation in Star City was arranged by a Golden Core cultivator.”
“Are Golden Core cultivators very powerful?” Xiao Xiaofan asked.
Ouyang Jinyue looked at Xiao Xiaofan with disdain and said, “Golden Core cultivators are not powerful? Who else is powerful? Have you never seen a Golden Core cultivator before?”
Xiao Xiaofan nodded seriously and said, “I haven’t seen one before!” Then, he tilted his head and asked, “Have you?”
Ouyang Jinyue felt a bit embarrassed and said, “No.”
Xiao Xiaofan made a “shh” sound. “You haven’t seen one either, but you’re shushing me.”
“Miss Jinyue, how can you associate with someone like that? Don’t you know? This Xiao Jingting behaves indecently, has designs on his sister-in-law, indulges in worldly pleasures, and even takes Exotic Bliss Pills. Like father, like son. With a father like that, how good can the son be? Miss, you’re kind-hearted, but there are many bad people in this world. If you’re not careful, you’ll be taken advantage of.” When Ouyang Jinyue returned, Qian Yu poured out a string of words like beans.
Ouyang Jinyue frowned and glanced at Qian Yu, saying, “Aunt Yu, where did you hear such rumors? Rumors are not to be trusted.”
When Ouyang Jinyue was younger, she liked Qian Yu very much. However, as she grew older and wiser, she saw Qian Yu always exerting her authority and subtly trying to control her. Ouyang Jinyue distanced herself from Qian Yu.
Qian Yu looked at Ouyang Jinyue with some surprise but didn’t recognize her.
“Aunt Yu, you can go down.” Ouyang Mingyue glanced at Qian Yu indifferently.
Qian Yu pursed her lips and left unwillingly.
Ouyang Mingyue squinted her eyes, thinking to herself: Qian Yu was from her maternal family. At first, she was nice to Jinyue, but recently, she seemed to have grown more arrogant.
Xiao Jingting rubbed his chin, digesting Ouyang Jinyue’s words.
“Star City is shrouded in an illusion formation, no wonder people say that even if you reach the Star City area, you might not be able to find Star City.” Xiao Jingting pondered.
Xiao Xiaofan held the milk bottle and said, “Daddy, the selection Miss mentioned from the Qingyun Sect sounds very domineering!”
“Do you want to go, Xiaofan?” Xiao Jingting smiled and asked.
Xiao Xiaofan shook his head hurriedly and said, “No.”
“Why not?” Xiao Jingting asked.
Xiao Xiaofan felt a little embarrassed and said, “I want to stay with Dad and Mom.”
Xiao Jingting rubbed Xiao Xiaodfan’s head and said, “You’re really hopeless.”
Xiao Xiaofan rubbed against Xiao Jingting’s hand, giggling.
While the family was chatting, Qian Yu walked angrily towards Xiao Jingting and the others and said, “I heard you’re Xiao Qingyan’s brother, who likes his sister-in-law and has a bad character.”
Xiao Jingting: “………” He had already turned over a new leaf for a long time. Bringing up those trivial matters, he was the typical example of a prodigal son’s return to gold! When he was in Mocheng, everyone admired him! Well, Prime Minister’s door, seventh rank official, the people in the Marquis’s Mansion regarded the people in the Hou Family as country bumpkins.
Xiao Jingting rolled his eyes in his heart and thought, “Gossip is such a terror.”
“Those are all in the past,” Xiao Jingting said. Well, he couldn’t deny what the original owner had done.
“Humph, the leopard cannot change its spots. You said it so lightly,” Qian Yu sneered.
Xiao Jingting: “………” Hanging a sign of the Marquis’s Mansion is considered arrogant! You have to know that he is also a cultivator at the seventh level of Qi Training, but this woman is only at the sixth level of Qi Training, and she doesn’t take him seriously at all.
Xiao Jingting rolled his eyes secretly and thought to himself: Nannies are really terrifying.
“Miss Jinyue, you are the young lady of the Ouyang Family. You should recognize your identity. Miss Jinyue and you are worlds apart. Don’t think I don’t know what you’re planning,” Qian Yu said.
Xiao Xiaofan asked innocently, “What’s the difference?”
Qian Yu looked at Xiao Xiaofan with a dark face and said, “The difference is that Miss Jinyue is high above you, and you’ll never catch up to her height in your lifetime.”
Xiao Xiaofan was disdainful and said, “She’s not much taller than me! I’m growing really fast lately, and I’ll soon be taller than her.”
Qian Yu looked at Xiao Xiaofan with hopeless eyes, and Xiao Xiaofan blinked innocently.
“Idiot,” Qian Yu snorted and left angrily.
Xiao Xiaofan watched Qian Yu’s figure leave, and there was a hint of coldness in his eyes.
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