Upon hearing the name Qian Yue, the ordinary-looking girl suddenly blossomed into a radiant smile. As the smile unfolded, a water curtain rolled across her tender face, sweeping away her mediocre appearance, revealing skin as smooth and enticing as a jade plate, and two eyes filled with happiness, capable of expressing both anger and joy.

It was none other than Qian Yue, the mystical spirit-monster daughter of the Qian Family in Cyan Cloud, notorious for tricking her own family. Seeing Wang Jiu, the girl giggled, letting out a sweet, cloying coquettish voice from her cherry lips.

"Mr. Wang Jiu~ I knew you would definitely recognize me, I’m so touched!"

Wang Jiu asked, "Since you knew I would recognize you, why use illusion to disguise yourself?"

Qian Yue, unhurried, replied, "Because this water curtain is a Spirit Communication Treasure I bought in Golden Jade City for five thousand spirit stones. The Shang Family claims that without the cultivation of the Mountain-Overturning Realm and an optimal Eye of Spiritual Vision, it absolutely can’t see through the illusion of the water curtain. If false, I’ll be compensated tenfold. I’ve already recorded the scene of us meeting, Mr. Wang Jiu doesn’t have the cultivation of the Mountain-Overturning Realm, so I easily earned these fifty thousand spirit stones."

After she finished, she pinched a finger gesture, and a rotating droplet appeared in her palm, eventually condensing into a crystalline gemstone form.

Qian Yue tidied the water curtain, then bounced close and spread her arms: "It’s really been a long time, how about celebrating with a hug according to Shen City’s local customs? It would be even better with a kiss attached!"

Wang Jiu said, "To be precise, the hug and kiss ritual in Shen City only exists among less than 4% of the population who are flower spirit descendants. This custom imitates the habit of flowers exposing reproductive organs at the most conspicuous positions to quickly complete reproduction..."

Qian Yue’s smile finally froze a bit, eventually lowering her arms helplessly and swayed her body: "Just as expected of Mr. Wang Jiu, always so knowledgeable and insightful... Well, I have a question I want to ask, could you demonstrate how the kiss ritual of flower spirit descendants is done?"

For those humans eager to learn, Wang Jiu never minds offering guidance. So he pondered for a brief moment, then retrieved a volume of the recently transcribed "Shen City Encyclopedia: Volume of Alien Races" from the Sword World’s library, refining it into a tangible jade slip using the Divinity Transformation Technique and handed it to Qian Yue.

"Regarding your question, everything is described in great detail here. I think this Shen City encyclopedia is of very high quality and worth recommending. If you need, I can extract more Chapters for you, but considering copyright issues, I suggest you purchase the original copy by yourself, the purchase address is..."

At this point, Qian Yue finally drooped her shoulders, helplessly said, "Just as expected of Mr. Wang Jiu, impeccable... However, now I’m relieved, since nothing should have happened between you and Shen Qingming after being in Shen City for so long. Alright, let’s stop talking about these trivial matters, please sign this document."

Wang Jiu denied, "This document has legal procedural issues and cannot be signed."

Qian Yue tilted her head, "This food trade tax preference list has undergone strict legal review."

Wang Jiu said, "But this is a marriage contract, the tax preference list document is merely an illusion disguise."

Before the words were finished, Qian Yue finally showed an exasperated expression, throwing the document in her hand forcefully on the ground: "What a false promise of tenfold compensation! The Illusionary Truth Script costing me thirty thousand spirit stones was cracked at a glance! I’m going to ruin that unscrupulous merchant!"

Wang Jiu said, "Insisting on using legal means to defend one’s rightful interests is commendable."

"Is that so?" Qian Yue’s spirits lifted again, "Mr. Wang Jiu, do you really admire me that much? How about signing this marriage contract then, I’ve filled in all the details, as soon as you sign, half of the Cyan Cloud Qian Family’s assets will be yours! Of course, considering ’what’s mine is yours’, it should be said that all of the Cyan Cloud Qian Family’s assets will be yours! Don’t worry about my two elder brothers, their combined intellect is insufficient to wrest even a single penny of inheritance from me."

Saying this, Qian Yue proudly presented the document to Wang Jiu.

Wang Jiu shook his head, "This is a Cyan Cloud City marriage contract."

Qian Yue earnestly explained, "Yes, because we settled in Cyan Cloud, according to the Xiangzhou Convention of Heaven-Reaching City, Cyan Cloud’s marriage contracts have the highest authority. And only by signing a Cyan Cloud City marriage contract can you logically enjoy the inheritance rights of the Qian Family’s assets."

Wang Jiu said, "Indeed, from a financial distribution perspective, your design is quite reasonable, but similarly according to Cyan Cloud laws, marriage must occur between two or more individuals, humans or races with over 95% similarity to human civilization. And according to the civilization similarity calculation formula, my similarity is at most only 81%."

Qian Yue was stunned for a while, nodded, "Indeed, Mr. Wang Jiu, your elegance, handsomeness, mystery, and strength far exceed the realm of humanity... However, from a legal procedural perspective, I think our marriage contract will still be acknowledged, as long as I make some connections with the staff of the marriage certificate office or use our family elder’s resources to revise the marriage management method, adjusting the calculation formula."

Wang Jiu thought it over, "Then you need to remove the physical composition factor and growth background factor from the formula."

"Uh... I’ll take note of that." Qian Yue responded while anxiously rolling her eyes, considering how to adjust her tactics next, and at that moment...

"Yue Qian, where are you?"

Another little girl wearing an apricot-colored dress, with an intern badge on her chest, ran over.

Upon hearing the voice, Qian Yue had already donned the water curtain, then turned back with an inexplicable expression and said, "What’s the matter? Anything up?"

The newcomer nodded, running over alongside and said, "Well, City Lord Yueying asked me to convey something to you."

"City Lord?" Qian Yue was taken aback, as an ordinary intern sneaking into the City Lord’s Mansion, what virtues and capabilities could alarm City Lord Shen Yueying?

Moreover, mentioning the name Shen Yueying, the girl involuntarily recalled the humiliating scene of being forcefully driven away by her not long ago, and was momentarily stumped.

During this moment of distraction, the new intern had already approached closely, her hand flashed with golden light, and a shimmering golden shackle snapped onto Qian Yue’s wrist.

The next moment, the intern girl wiped her face, revealing the true face of Shen Qingming, the girl sneered: "Five thousand spirit stones of water curtain, seems not as effective as my twenty spirit stones disguise mask."

Bound by the golden light on her wrist, Qian Yue’s entire true essence was suppressed, she instantly realized that after painstakingly sneaking into the City Lord’s Mansion, she had finally been discovered — which was to be expected, how could the central power agency of Shen City be so easily infiltrated by outsiders? Her audacious act of command impersonation of Shen Ying, and almost signing a marriage contract with Wang Jiu was already a feat rivaling top spies.

Yet despite her defeat, Qian Yue’s expression showed not a trace of discouragement, facing Shen Qingming who came to catch her, she emitted a kind of condescending cold smile only a victor would have.

"Don’t flatter yourself, even if you don’t wear a mask I wouldn’t remember what you look like, no matter how good my memory, I wouldn’t waste space remembering a nobody’s face."

Wang Jiu nodded, "Cherishing brainpower is indeed praiseworthy."

Shen Qingming seethed, "Which side are you on?!"

Qian Yue proudly declared, "Even if you lock me with shackles, it cannot hinder the tacit understanding between us!"

Shen Qingming spat, "In terms of tacit understanding, I’m a hundred times more in sync with Wang Jiu than you! He knows what I’m thinking without even looking!"

Wang Jiu also nodded in agreement, "Indeed."

Qian Yue laughed heartily, "With an imbecile like you, it’s obvious what you’re thinking."

"You..." Shen Qingming was almost bursting on the spot, but for a moment, she truly had difficulty out-talking this sharp-tonged little girl, feeling particularly troubled.

After shackling Qian Yue with the gold lock, Shen Qingming needed only to chant a few words to activate the Immortal Technique from Yueying attached to it, directly expelling Qian Yue back to Cyan Cloud City, thus sparing any further bother. But just before expelling her, losing the verbal spar left a bitter taste, kicking Qian Yue away like this felt somewhat like boasting and escaping.

Helpless, Shen Qingming had no choice but to seek help from the one and only audience present. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

So she cried out in her heart, "Ah Jiu, help me say something!"

Wang Jiu then stepped forward, helping to rebuttal, "That’s wrong, according to the latest charity organization survey data, people with low intelligence often have thoughts that are harder to fathom and understand, as their thinking patterns don’t adhere to human common sense or conventional tracks. Even a grasshopper, beyond simple instinctual thinking, may have various subtle distractions, just that from our perspective it’s temporarily difficult to observe and understand such minute..."

"You’re not helping me at all!" Shen Qingming finally could bear the humiliation no longer, chanted the incantation, and launched Qian Yue like a rocket, sending her back to Cyan Cloud City.

"I will be back!"

Shen Qingming scoffed, "When you return, we’ll have long gone."

After a pause, Shen Qingming said to Wang Jiu, "Ah Jiu, we can finally return to Cyan Cloud City."