Qian Duoduo smiled and pushed the Storage Pouch into Huang Guiren’s hand.
Huang Guiren took the Storage Pouch.
“Disciples who wish to learn Artifact Refining with me must also leave a Soul imprint, otherwise, I won’t teach them. We can’t raise ungrateful people.”
“Alright, here’s the method for the Soul imprint. Keep it.”
Qian Duoduo recorded the method Liu Boli taught him onto a Jade Slip and gave it to Huang Guiren.
Huang Guiren didn’t stand on ceremony.
“For the miscellaneous and Outer Sect Disciples, I’ll handle it. For the Inner Sect Disciples, you handle it. For these current people, I’ll inform them.”
“No imprint, no learning the Puppet Magic Treasure—that’s the bottom line. To enjoy the benefits of Purple Gold Manor, there must be some contribution.”
Qian Duoduo patted his shoulder and confidently went off to stroll through the various gardens.
Over this past year, Huang Guiren had not only grown in Cultivation but also matured in his mindset.
Things Qian Duoduo thought of but was too embarrassed to do, he thought of and dared to do.
In the following days, the Disciples sent by various mountain sects all left their Soul imprints with Qian Duoduo.
Wang Meiruo, Wang Longyu, Wang Dahei, Lei Jiashu, and others didn’t take it seriously at all; instead, they felt that leaving an imprint made their relationship even closer.
Especially Wang Meiruo, whenever she found Qian Duoduo wasn’t Cultivating or Artifact Refining, she would stick to him, impossible to drive away.
With her chattering beside him, Qian Duoduo thought less about Yu Yixiang.
However, the spiritual plant on Mengyuan Mountain bloomed one after another.
Whenever Qian Duoduo smelled a fragrance, he couldn’t help but think: If Senior Sister Yixiang were here, she would definitely like it.
Qian Duoduo suddenly remembered that the last time Yu Yixiang spoke to him was after he became a Ten Pillar Chief. Mimicking Cao Yueying, she frowned slightly and said, “I wonder which Golden Toad Senior Brother is so outstanding. I, Yu Yixiang, must learn from him diligently and continuously improve in the Dao of barbecue.”
She had a close relationship with Cang Jie, who loved barbecue, so perhaps Cang Jie knew her whereabouts.
Upon arriving at Phoenix Garden, Azure Phoenix and Qingluan were teaching the Phoenix babies to fly.
The feathers of He Ming, Lai Yi, Xiang Ji, and Xie He had already become vibrant, and they could fly up and down the Sycamore trees.
“Cang Jie,” Qian Duoduo grilled several skewers of spiritual insects with golden honey, and after Azure Phoenix ate happily, he asked, “Yu Yixiang hasn’t come to see you these days. Is she alright?”
Azure Phoenix rolled her eyes at Qian Duoduo.
“You brat are as cunning as ever, beating around the bush to inquire about information. I don’t know her news either.”
“But I know she’s in the sky. Whether you can fly up there or not is up to your own ability.”
It was another Liu Boli-like tone, another answer beyond the Refining Spirit Sect.
“I can still see her?”
“If you want to, you can. If you don’t want to, you can’t.”
After finishing her meal, Azure Phoenix ignored Qian Duoduo and went to take care of her children.
Leaving Phoenix Garden, Qian Duoduo walked aimlessly. Looking up, he found himself at Yu Yixiang’s Immortal Cave.
This area was designated as a Forbidden Land, and no one except Qian Duoduo was allowed to enter.
Qian Duoduo entered Yu Yixiang’s Cultivation room and sat on the Spiritual Platform. Just as he wanted to calm his mind, he suddenly saw a beautiful orange figure float past outside the window.
His heart rejoiced: “Could it be that Yu Yixiang secretly returned?”
He pushed the door open and walked outside the Immortal Cave. Before he could call out “Senior Sister,” the orange figure turned around, and it was none other than Nangong Nizi.
“It’s you!”
Qian Duoduo’s flame of hope instantly turned into ice shards.
Nangong Nizi seemed to have recovered some of her Cultivation.
She pointed to the Upper Spirit Sea.
“Take your Spiritual Awareness away.”
Qian Duoduo shook his head. “I can’t take it back.”
The severed golden Spiritual Awareness had fused with Nangong Nizi’s, and no one could separate them.
Nangong Nizi gritted her teeth, clearly hating Qian Duoduo to the extreme.
“Give me back my things.”
“You come out of Nangong Nizi’s body, and I’ll give them back to you.”
Qian Duoduo thought to himself: You little girl even took over Nangong Nizi’s body, what right do you have to accuse others of stealing your things?
Nangong Nizi rolled her eyes.
“Then I’ll just follow you forever.”
She kept her word, staying by Qian Duoduo’s side for three consecutive days, never leaving him for an inch.
When Qian Duoduo entered his Immortal Cave, she would guard the main entrance.
The other Disciples in Zijin District didn’t dare to speak up, but Wang Meiruo was the first to have an opinion about Nangong Nizi.