Chapter 324: Chapter 208: Luo Qingxuan: I’ve Come to Find My Husband to Collect a Debt...

Faced with a genuine Nascent Soul True Monarch, no one dared to be disrespectful.

Ling Qiyue was the first to rise. A faint smile graced her beautiful face as she elegantly bowed in greeting, and the other women, along with Ling Changqing, did the same.

Song Xuelan and Mu Yu Xin were unaware, but Ling Qiyue, Fu Yin Xue, and the other women knew of the entanglement between this Dragon Girl and Ling Changqing.

It seemed that after so many years, this Princess Long Nu had finally tracked him down, even if she didn’t recognize Ling Changqing’s true identity at the moment.

Luo Qingxuan glanced around the room. Seeing nothing out of the ordinary, she gave a slight nod and said:

"I have no special intentions. I heard you are the Patriarch of the Ling Family, the master of the Feiyu Sea Region, so I came to have a look.

Everyone, please sit and talk. There’s no need to call me ’Senior’—it makes me sound so old. We can simply address each other as sisters."

"Of course, Sister."

Ling Qiyue replied with a smile, secretly breathing a sigh of relief.

’This Dragon Girl seems good-natured. Fooling her... shouldn’t be too hard, right?’

She offered her own seat and invited Luo Qingxuan to sit.

Once she had taken her seat, the other women followed suit.

With this change, Ling Changqing, being the only man, could no longer remain in his original seat and had to move to one by the door.

"Is this... your Dao Companion?"

Luo Qingxuan’s clear, beautiful eyes swept over him as she asked, seemingly offhandedly.

A faint blush crept onto Ling Qiyue’s beautiful face. "That’s right, Sister," she said, a little shyly. "Ling Changxing is our shared Dao Companion."

Since he had been mentioned, Ling Changqing could no longer feign ignorance. He stood up again, bowed to Luo Qingxuan, and offered a respectful greeting.

This was the normal attitude for a Golden Core Master to take when facing a Nascent Soul True Monarch; after all, the absolute disparity in their power was clear.

"Heh heh, it seems Fellow Daoist Ling Changxing is quite the lucky man. To have all of you willingly share him?"

Luo Qingxuan said, her beautiful eyes narrowing slightly, a half-smile playing on her lips.

Ling Qiyue’s heart skipped a beat, but her expression remained impassive as she replied:

"You’re not wrong, Sister. The fate between this man and us... for it to have come this far, I suppose you could call it destiny!"

’I’m not sure if Luo Qingxuan has seen through anything. She probably hasn’t. Otherwise, this Princess Long Nu would’ve already turned on us.’

’Then again,’ Ling Qiyue thought, ’if I were in her situation, I’d likely be suspicious too.’

’Even without any evidence, a woman’s intuition can sometimes be more effective than a divination from a Celestial Secret Technique. There’s no logic to it.’

Fortunately, Luo Qingxuan didn’t press the issue. Instead, she said:

"I see that most of you cultivate Water Element Cultivation Technique Divine Techniques. This Profound Yin Water Pearl would be exceptionally useful to you.

How about I sell a few to you? As for the price, we can just use the market rate."

"Then we thank you, Sister!"

Ling Qiyue replied cautiously. She and the others, Ling Changqing included, truly needed such a strategic resource.

As they spoke, the bidding outside had already reached a fever pitch.

Its starting bid was ten thousand Middle grade Spirit Stones, and it quickly soared past the twenty-thousand mark, with more than a dozen cultivators still refusing to give up.

The Profound Yin Water Pearl was considered a Quasi Rank Four resource and was a specialty product of the Deep Sea Ocean. Over eighty percent of the supply was controlled by the Deep Sea Dragon Race.

If the Human Race in the Cultivation Realm wanted any, their only option was to trade with the Dragon Race. This resource was an irreplaceable necessity for cultivators who practiced Water Attribute Cultivation Technique Divine Techniques.

Back at the Dragon Palace, Bai Qingyi had already prepared a batch of these resources for Ling Changqing. However, before she had a chance to give them to him, he disappeared after his trial in the Dragon Soul Valley.

A moment later, with a final strike of the gavel from the beautiful, golden-robed woman, the exceptionally precious Profound Yin Water Pearl was sold to a Golden Core Master from the Chixue Sea Region for the price of thirty-eight thousand Middle grade Spirit Stones.

Xue Qingtan glanced over and vaguely recognized the bidder as an Elder from a Nascent Soul power. No wonder they were so rich.

With this treasure sold, the auction came to a close.

"Alright, let’s find another place to talk."

Luo Qingxuan said, her cherry-red lips pursed slightly and her expression indifferent.

Ling Qiyue naturally had no reason to refuse, so she politely invited Princess Long Nu to leave the Marketplace and accompany them to the Council Hall at the family headquarters.

It was only then that Ling Changqing noticed Luo Qingxuan hadn’t brought a single maid or guard with her. She had come completely alone, a stark contrast to the magnificent entourage she had last time.

Furthermore, according to Gong Ling’s reconnaissance, she had no Guardian with her, and of course, no spies from other powers either.

’...Something about this feels off!’ Ling Changqing thought to himself.

Gong Ling’s voice echoed faintly, "That is indeed the case. The Nine Great Families of Yuzhou, as well as those other mysterious powers, should all be keeping a close watch on the Dragon Race right now."

Especially Long Nu Luo Qingxuan. In their eyes, she was the one and only Princess who had an intimate relationship with the Child of Destiny; there was no way they would have forgotten her.

For Luo Qingxuan to successfully evade the eyes and ears of those major powers and wander about on her own was by no means an easy feat.

’I’ll put it out of my mind for now. Let’s just see what she has to say.’

Ling Changqing sighed to himself. He had left without a word back then; this Princess Long Nu must have been heartbroken.

But if he chose to reveal his identity to her, news would inevitably spread over time. When that happened, it wouldn’t just be Yuzhou; powers from across the entire Qingyao Continent would start a bloodbath to fight over the Child of Destiny.

Thousands upon thousands of cultivators would die because of Ling Changqing, and even his Dao Companions could perish as a result.