After strolling around in the Flowery Sea with Feng Yudie for a while, Ye Anping went to Pei Lengxue to explain the matter of her accompanying studies and the things to pay attention to after entering Profound Star Sect.

Although Pei Lengxue was quite unwilling, saying that wherever he went, she would go as well, Ye Anping promised that he would come find her later, and only then did she agree to go to Profound Star Sect with Feng Yudie.

A few days later, when Feng Yudie had mostly recovered, Ye Anping hurriedly told her to take Pei Lengxue and leave Hundred Lotus Sect to avoid stirring up any trouble.

As for why there might be trouble…

It was all because Kong Yulan kept thinking that Feng Yudie was going to have her son accompany her at Profound Star Sect. In case she found out that Feng Yudie was having Pei Lengxue accompany her instead, she would definitely pester both Feng Yudie and Ye Anping relentlessly.

That’s why, even after they had left for several days, Ye Ao and Kong Yulan still hadn’t realized they had slipped away.

… …

A month and a half later.

Pei Lengxue and Feng Yudie had finally arrived at Profound Star Sect.

The sound of evening drums echoed through the mist-shrouded peaks. Profound Star Sect was located above the clouds, with eighteen towering peaks standing thousands of meters tall.

Due to flight restrictions, when they were close to the mountain gate, several Profound Star Sect disciples flew over to them and scolded them, instructing them to put away their flying swords and ascend the mountain on foot.

At this moment, the mountain path resembled a temple fair, with people bustling around and stalls set up every ten meters selling various items.

Many of these stalls were set up by Profound Star Sect disciples trying to make extra money.

From snacks like grilled skewers to low-level talismans, and even rare spirit herbs and pills, everything was available. However, the quality and prices varied greatly. There were also quite a few scions of prestigious families deliberately selling counterfeit goods to make a quick profit.

However, overall, the atmosphere was quite lively.

Walking along the mountain path, Pei Lengxue looked left and right, wishing her senior brother could accompany her now instead of having a white fox spirit by her side.

Moreover, this white fox spirit had been chattering in her ear non-stop since just now.

“Sister Pei, sister Pei, would you like candied hawthorns? I’ll buy some for you.”

“No, I only eat the ones my senior brother buys.”

“Junior Sister Pei, look at that doll. Is it cute? Do you want it? I’ll buy it for you.”

“No, my senior brother has already bought me quite a few.”

“These pills are pretty good too. Junior Sister Pei, you should get some as well. I’ll pay for them!”

“No, my senior brother already prepared some for me before we left.”

Feng Yudie was like a persistent person, not giving up even though she wasn’t getting a favorable response from Pei Lengxue. Throughout the journey of one and a half months, she had been trying to make Pei Lengxue happy.

“Junior Sister Pei, why don’t you tell me how I can make you happy? You haven’t smiled for over a month. Maybe if you told me, I could try to make you laugh.”

Pei Lengxue found her annoying and thought for a moment before responding coldly, “If you roll on the ground like a dog, I might be happy.”

With plenty of onlookers around, Pei Lengxue thought that her words would shut Feng Yudie up, but she underestimated Feng Yudie’s thick skin.

Feng Yudie raised an eyebrow, and without hesitation, she directly crawled in front of Pei Lengxue, rolled on the ground like a dog, and even raised her hand while sticking her tongue out, imitating a dog.

“Woof! Woof woof…”

“… …”

Pei Lengxue almost felt like her face was splitting open.

Feng Yudie’s actions instantly drew the attention of all the people around them.

In an instant, Pei Lengxue’s face turned red with embarrassment. Feeling utterly ashamed, she immediately pretended not to recognize Feng Yudie and walked forward briskly.

Seeing Pei Lengxue blush, Feng Yudie had a big smile on her face and quickly hopped like a frog to catch up.

“Woof woof, Junior Sister Pei, you finally smiled. You look so good when you smile. Keep smiling!”

“… …” Pei Lengxue quickened her pace.

“Woof woof! Junior Sister Pei, don’t walk so fast! Woof woof!!”

After being chased by Feng Yudie, who was acting like a dog, for several stretches of the mountain path, Pei Lengxue finally couldn’t take it anymore. She kicked her foot towards Feng Yudie.

However, Feng Yudie turned the tables on her and grabbed hold of her foot. No matter how Pei Lengxue tried to shake her off, Feng Yudie didn’t let go.

“Woof woof!!”

“Aaaaa—!!!!”

…

Meanwhile, Ye Anping had also arrived at the market in Profound Star Sect.

On the second day after Pei Lengxue and Feng Yudie left the Hundred Lotus Sect, Ye Anping also left the sect.

He didn’t travel with them for a specific reason. He visited the Immortal Merchant Guild and spent some money to obtain a merchant permit.

As mentioned earlier, Feng Yudie could only bring one person into Profound Star Sect, and Ye Anping’s own aptitude didn’t meet the requirements to become an entry-level disciple. Therefore, after thinking for two days, Ye Anping came up with a solution.

That solution was to open a shop in the market of Profound Star Sect.

This way, he could stay near Profound Star Sect. It would be convenient to gather information about the sect and help his junior sister. Additionally, he could earn some money to buy rare materials and treasures that might come in handy in the future.

However, he needed to investigate the market before opening a shop.

He hadn’t decided on the type of shop he wanted to open. So, he randomly picked a teahouse, ordered a pot of Dragon Well tea, bought a weekly report of the market, and started reading it in a corner.

“Hey, did you guys hear?”

“Hmm? What?”

“Just earlier, near the sect gate, many cultivators who came to choose disciples saw a girl pretending to be a dog in front of another girl.”

Ye Anping happened to overhear a few disciples of Profound Star Sect sitting at the next table talking about this incident. He couldn’t help but sweat a bit and sighed.

Hearing about someone pretending to be a dog, he inexplicably recalled an incident in the game where Feng Yudie did something similar to the main female lead.

In the game, at first, the main female lead was cold toward Feng Yudie. No matter how Feng Yudie tried to strike up a conversation, she was ignored. In the end, Feng Yudie asked her how to make her happy, and the main female lead jokingly told her to act like a dog and roll on the ground.

Without hesitation, Feng Yudie immediately lay on the ground, barked “woof woof” a couple of times, and made the main female lead burst into laughter.

“I hope Feng Yudie hasn’t used this trick on my junior sister too.”

Ye Anping rubbed his forehead, drank a cup of tea, and then refocused his attention on the other customers in the teahouse. Suddenly, he heard another group at a nearby table, who didn’t appear to have high cultivation levels, complaining about feeling sore after today’s martial arts class. A spark of inspiration struck him, and he thought of something.

If he wanted to open a shop in this world of cultivation, a tavern or a brothel would undoubtedly be among the top choices. People tended to speak more freely when drunk.

However, there were too many taverns in the Profound Star Sect market. He wouldn’t be able to compete with the established ones.

As for a brothel, he couldn’t afford to set one up, not to mention he’d need to rely on some loose cultivator forces to bring in women.

However, there was an option similar to a brothel.

After some simple consideration, Ye Anping paid for the tea, headed to the registration point for shops in the market, obtained a token, and submitted his “Shop Permit Application Decree.”

The Profound Star Sect disciple who reviewed shop registrations looked at the application form he submitted, examined it from various angles, and finally squeezed out a question.

“Friend, what does ‘therapeutic treatment’ mean?”

Ye Anping looked at the senior sister sitting across from him, paused for a moment, and answered, “It’s a massage technique I learned from a wandering cultivator when I was young. It’s a bit hard to explain just by words. If the senior sister has some time, I can give you a demonstration right now. If you find it effective, you can recommend it to your fellow senior brothers and sisters in the sect.”

The senior sister twisted her eyebrows and looked around. There were quite a few people in the room for shop registration, so she asked, “Can you perform this therapeutic treatment here?”

Ye Anping’s eyebrow twitched. “Hmm, you’ll know once you experience it.”