"Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures?" The young girl blinked, then shook her head in confusion: "Sister, you must be joking. Even if Pingniang is from the Immortal Sect, sheās very stingy, always clutching onto her Immortal Fruit, reluctant to give us even a taste. Only if someone pleases her might they get some sort of elixir... but Iāve never tasted it myself."
"...Hmm." Shi Qingjun nodded, unsurprised. It had always been like this. If fate were so easily changed, this scene before her wouldnāt strike her as astonishing or even shocking.
"To be honest, Sister Shi, you overestimate us insignificant girls by asking such questions." The girlās eyes curved into crescent moons as she laughed, "Even with Pingniangās care, a brothel is just a brothel. Where would there truly be an opportunity to join the Immortal Sect?"
After the banquet, the girls still needed to practice their performances, preparing for the next dayās show. Matters of the Immortal Sect or disputes involving half-demons... they remained far too distant from their lives.
No ambition...?
Shi Qingjun remained noncommittal.
If she told this child that being able to call her "Sister" so calmly was enough to shock the cultivation realm, none of these girls would believe it.
Logically speaking... since Flower Moon Building was so peculiar, the source, namely the class leader Zhu Pingniang, should provide some clues.
But the biggest issue was that she watched Zhu Tongjun grow up and never noticed anything unusual about her. After Zhu Tongjun became Zhu Pingniang, rather than growing in skill, her painstakingly cultivated Glazed Dharma Body shattered completely.
Perhaps Tongjunās greatest skill was picking people?
With that in mind, was Liu Qingluo, with her Immortal Talent, also from Flower Moon Building?
Is this place a brothel or a collection of promising talents?
"The Immortal Sect, huh..." The girl took a bite of an apple, leaving a faint rouge lip mark on the flesh, her eyes revealing a hint of longing: "I wonder what the girls in the Immortal Sect are like... Though I wish to see, Pingniang has her rules. Only those she deems fit can go to the Immortal Sect... anyway, Pingniang says my talent is very poor."
"..." Shi Qingjun said nothing.
Zhu Pingniang couldnāt see fortunes, and even Li Zhibai could likely only catch a glimpse. Itās quite normal not to notice anything special about the girls in Flower Moon Building.
"Sister Shi, as a lady of noble birth, what do you think... the most formidable being in the vast heavens of the Immortal Sect would be like?" The girl asked emotionally.
She hadnāt expected Shi Qingjun to reply, but to her surprise, Shi Qingjun thought for a moment and said, "Just residing higher, everything goes smoothly, itās nothing remarkable."
The woman named Shi Qingjun didnāt know what setbacks were, or perhaps the Heart Demon Tribulation that destroyed two-tenths of her cultivation was the only setback she encountered in life... Hence, before that, she gave people the impression of being aloof like the Frosty HeavenāAh Qing, even if they shared the Qiankun Realm, felt underestimated by Shi Qingjun, let alone others?
"Nothing remarkable..." The girl blinked, then helplessly said: "Sister Shi, how can you say such things? If the Immortal Sect hears this, they might say youāre ignorant, and itās inauspicious... Quick, spit, spit, spit."
Shi Qingjun: "...?"
What is this spit, spit, spit?
Does doing this effectively drive away unlucky curses?
Whether it works or not, these girls can simply ignore curses.
"...Ah, never mind, as a lady of noble birth, itās indeed not elegant to do such actions... I must be at fault, for asking you." The girl lightly patted her cheek, then stretched lazily: "The Immortal Sect... Speaking of which, the cultivators we interact with most, besides Ms. Zhu... are Young Master Xu and later there will be Ah Qing."
With that, she swallowed and mumbled: "Young Master... Young Master is so good-looking now, itās endearing... Ah, Ms. Yun is also beautiful... and Ah Qing is beautiful too, could it be that everyone who cultivates is just so... likable?"
āA lustful child who doesnāt conceal her desires.ā Shi Qingjun thought, then suddenly froze.
Young Master Xu?
"Xu Changāan?" Shi Qingjun raised her head.
"Yes, Young Master Xu, heās so famous in Beisang City, sister you knowing is only natural... Ah, aunt is calling me, you enjoy the show, Iāll go get busy." The girl stretched, then waved to Shi Qingjun, bouncing away in embroidered shoes.
Shi Qingjun watched her back for a long time, then lowered her head, revealing a contemplative expression.
Xu Changāan...
Indeed.
How could she have forgotten this person?
Shi Qingjun glanced at the high stage.
Initially, it was because she knew Xu Changāan and Yun Qian were here that she came to see... Indeed, long ago, the first person to address her as "Senior Sister Shi" was Xu Changāan, but at the time, she assumed Xu Changāan, being an Immortal Reincarnation further along the Dao than she, was unremarkable.
Clearly, Xu Changāan was the one with the most mysteries.
But Shi Qingjun helplessly discovered that she had somewhat grown accustomed, and precisely because of associations with Xu Changāan, many things she once would investigate thoroughly, could now only be reluctantly accepted.