All the touched thoughts from just now were mercilessly snuffed out by Yaohua. She stared at the bamboo slip and silently glanced at Fairy Ziying.
"What are you looking at me for?"
Yaohua sighed inwardly, then returned her gaze to the bamboo slip and looked at the bare - chested immortal.
The bare - chested immortal said with a beaming smile, "My name is Shuyang."
"Immortal Shuyang, I have something I'd like to exchange for this weapon."
A flash of surprise crossed the bare - chested immortal's eyes. He quietly exchanged a glance with Fairy Ziying.
Fairy Ziying had previously said that Immortal Shuyang was her little foe. Seeing their coordinated expressions, alarm bells rang in Yaohua's heart.
"Is this weapon truly mine?"
Immortal Shuyang didn't answer but looked at Fairy Ziying teasingly.
"You picked this weapon yourself. If it's not yours, whose would it be?"
After saying that, Fairy Ziying reached out to take the bamboo slip from Yaohua's hand. "Since you don't need to buy it on credit, you don't need this either."
Yaohua instinctively tightened her grip.
Fairy Ziying tugged at it but couldn't pull it out.
"What do you need to keep this for? Do you still want to buy it on credit?"
Fairy Ziying was in such a hurry to get the bamboo slip back. Could it be...
Yaohua suspiciously dodged her hand, unfurled the bamboo slip, and scanned it quickly.
At the edge of the last sentence on the bamboo slip, she found a line of small characters.
"All weapons purchased on credit shall belong to Fairy Ziying."
How despicable!
She had originally thought that Fairy Ziying bringing her to get the weapon was a kindness. It turned out she had thought too much!
The purpose of all that Fairy Ziying had done was actually just to get a new weapon for herself!
"Ah, what's written on this bamboo slip isn't really valid."
Seeing the change in Yaohua's expression, Fairy Ziying quickly snatched the bamboo slip from her hand and threw it far away.
"I was just joking with you. You don't really take it seriously, do you?"
Fairy Ziying forced out a couple of dry laughs, rubbed her hands, and couldn't help but glance at what Yaohua was holding.
"You said you had something to exchange just now. Why aren't you taking it out?"
Yaohua's expression tightened slightly, and her eyes were sharp. "Fairy, you've gone too far!"
It was true that she had stayed here because of Fairy Ziying, but she had also paid a price.
Fairy Ziying shouldn't have played tricks on her like this.
Yaohua nodded coldly at Immortal Shuyang and then was about to leave the small courtyard.
"Wait!"
Fairy Ziying's voice suddenly rang out. "I was wrong just now. But since I've given you the go - ahead to hunt, you can't go empty - handed. You should find a weapon."
"No need."
Yaohua was never short of weapons.
In her eyes, everything in the world, a flower, a tree, a breath, could be a hunting weapon.
When she returned to the courtyard, Yaohua's gloomy mood improved a lot.
There were sounds of chopping wood coming from the courtyard, and from time to time, there was Qing Shi's complaint.
"So much wood. When will we finish chopping it?"
Yaohua walked over. Just as she had woven bamboo mats before, the wood in the courtyard had now piled up like a mountain. She even had to stand on tiptoe to see Bai Lu's figure.
The courtyard had been empty when she left just now. How did so much wood appear in such a short time?
"Yaohua!"
Qing Shi had sharp eyes. As soon as he saw her, his eyes lit up.
He quickly ran in front of Yaohua. "Are you here to chop wood with us?"
"What do we need to chop so much wood for?" Yaohua was completely confused.
"The fairy said we need to prepare a house to grow grain and chop wood to keep warm." Qing Shi was puzzled. "Why do we need to build a house just to grow grain? And what does this have to do with chopping wood?"
Yaohua understood as soon as she heard it.
It seemed that she had really brought two laborers for Fairy Ziying.
"Fairy Ziying has her own reasons. What are you talking so much for?" Bai Lu wiped the sweat from his neck, tapped Qing Shi on the head, and then smiled at Yaohua. "Sorry about that."
Yaohua was already used to Qing Shi's personality. She picked up a machete from the side and was going to help. After all, this idea was ultimately hers.
Just as she held the machete, a hand suddenly reached out and grabbed her wrist.
This hand was well - proportioned and strong. Although it had many calluses, it was still quite delicate.
"You're going hunting with me. What are you doing chopping wood?" As if nothing had happened just now, Fairy Ziying still looked as sly as ever. "I don't want a useless teammate."
Yaohua was stunned for a moment and saw that she suddenly took out the weapon Yaohua had chosen from Immortal Shuyang.
"Although this sword is a bit dull and not very good - looking, it can still be used."
Yaohua didn't take it. She was still on guard against Fairy Ziying because of what had happened just now.
After all, who knew if Fairy Ziying would sell her the moment she took it.
"Don't worry. Shuyang has given this sword to me." Fairy Ziying took out a bamboo slip and stuffed it directly into Yaohua's hand.
Yaohua unfurled it and saw that there was the handprint of Immortal Shuyang on it, and the content was the same as what Fairy Ziying had said.
Despite this, her vigilance didn't decrease at all.
"Why are you suddenly so nice to me, Fairy?"
Fairy Ziying snorted and laughed. "I won't give this to you for free. Before you go hunting, you have to swing the sword 50,000 times every day."
50,000 times!
"System, is this Fairy Ziying crazy?"
"Fairy Ziying is intelligent and has no such problems."
Yaohua decided to speak bluntly.
"Fairy, asking me to swing the sword 50,000 times. You're not my master, but you're stricter than my master."
Just because one was good at swordsmanship didn't mean one was good at hunting. Fairy Ziying's requirement really puzzled Yaohua.
"If you can't even do this, do you still want to go hunting with me?" Fairy Ziying raised one eyebrow and sneered disdainfully. "Although I'm not your master, I'm responsible for the lives of every villager. Asking you to swing the sword 50,000 times is not for you but for the other villagers."
Was it really so?
Yaohua held the sword. She seemed to vaguely understand why the ancestor had valued Fairy Ziying.
"50,000 times is just a snap of the fingers." Fairy Ziying sized her up and down. "Who is your master?"
"My master is God Chongming."
When mentioning her master, Yaohua's expression immediately brightened.
But just thinking about when she would see her master again, the sparkle in her eyebrows immediately dimmed.
"God Chongming has taken an apprentice?"
"I'm the only apprentice my master has taken!" Yaohua was quite proud. In the Three Realms, no one was luckier than her to be able to apprentice under her master.
Fairy Ziying seemed to think of something and showed an understanding and meaningful smile.
"If it's God Chongming, then it's quite reasonable for you to end up here."
"What do you mean by that?"
"God Chongming is just and strict. It's not surprising that you were exiled here for defying your superior and disrespecting your master. After all, there were countless people who fell into the cycle of reincarnation because of God Chongming back then."
Fairy Ziying's casual words were like a sledgehammer, hitting Yaohua hard in the heart.