"That's right. So I'm going to go out early tomorrow morning to recruit people," Feng Yuqin said. Since she had traveled through time and liked Yan Aoyun, her mother here, she decided to establish the Dark Night Pavilion starting from the Western Song State.
"Great! I'm going too," Xiao Ying said excitedly.
"Me too," the Money-Gobbling Beast said cutely, raising its paw.
"Okay. But I think in this parallel world, it would be more appropriate to change the name from Dark Night Hall to Dark Night Pavilion," Feng Yuqin said, stroking her chin.
Xiao Ying nodded in agreement. "The title of Pavilion Master does sound more imposing than Hall Master. Or we could call it Dark Night Palace."
Feng Yuqin was speechless. Dark Night Palace, Dark Night Shop... Nightclub? It was better to stick with Dark Night Pavilion.
Although Xiao Ying didn't know what "nightclub" meant, seeing the look of disgust on her master's face, she guessed it wasn't a good word. Finally, they settled on the name Dark Night Pavilion.
...
The next day.
Feng Yuqin disguised herself and went to the slave market.
It was similar to the vegetable markets she had been to before, except that this one sold slaves.
She dressed very modestly, so she didn't draw much attention when she entered.
Instead, Xiao Ying and Xiaojin started discussing. "Xiaojin, look at that little maid. Doesn't she look very smart?"
Xiaojin looked over and nodded. "She does. Her eyes are clear and determined."
"Look, that man is good too. He's seriously poisoned and has an air of hostility about him," Xiao Ying said, pointing to a man in the corner.
Feng Yuqin knew who Xiao Ying was talking about. She had noticed him when she entered.
The man was poisoned, so his condition wasn't good.
She planned to look around a bit more and pick out a few more people to train.
"Hey," Feng Yuqin suddenly stopped in front of a woman and looked at her curiously from head to toe.
Most of the maids here were under ten years old, but this woman looked a year older than her. Her cold and elegant demeanor was very pleasing.
However, the price tag in front of her was quite high, and there was an ugly scar on her face.
So no one had shown any interest in her.
The woman remained calm even though Feng Yuqin was staring at her.
If it weren't for the nervousness in her eyes, Feng Yuqin would have thought she was truly calm.
But she was already doing very well, so Feng Yuqin paid the silver according to the price on the sign.
The attendant next to her immediately brought over the woman's deed of sale.
"Su Bing pays respects to the master," the woman said, immediately bowing to Feng Yuqin.
Feng Yuqin took the deed of sale from the attendant, looked at it, and said with a smile, "Sure enough, just like your name, you're a cold and beautiful woman."
Su Bing pursed her lips and said nothing more.
"Let's go," Feng Yuqin said calmly. She turned around and bought the maids that Xiao Ying and Xiaojin had taken a fancy to earlier. Then she walked up to the poisoned man in the corner.
"Miss, do you have your eye on this man?" the attendant asked. Seeing that Feng Yuqin had already bought several slaves with a single payment, he knew that this modest-looking young lady was a big customer, so he was much more enthusiastic than before.
Feng Yuqin nodded. "What's the price?"
The attendant looked a bit embarrassed. "Miss, why don't you choose someone else? I have other good candidates here."
Feng Yuqin pointed at the man. "No, I want him."
"I'd like to see who dares to buy him," a haughty and arrogant voice said.
Feng Yuqin turned around and saw that it was Xia Yujia and her cousin, Meng Yuanhang.
She couldn't help but sigh. What a small world! She had just come out to buy a few people, and she ran into her enemies.
"Master, it's that woman again," Xiao Ying gritted her teeth. Then she laughed. "Master, do you think if that woman knew that because she forced you into the Life-Taking Mountain, you were able to form a contract with a divine beast like Xiaojin, would she be so angry that she would vomit blood?"
"Probably," the Money-Gobbling Beast said. It had been in the Life-Taking Mountain and knew what had happened back then.
"She's not worthy of knowing that I have a divine beast," Feng Yuqin said calmly.
The man in the corner looked up at Xia Yujia, and a flash of coldness crossed his face.
"Attendant, this man is from your slave market, right?" Feng Yuqin ignored Xia Yujia and asked the attendant.
The attendant nodded. "Yes, miss. He is from our slave market. But he's different from ordinary slaves. His background is a bit complicated. If you don't have a very powerful background, it's best not to buy him." As he said this, he glanced at Xia Yujia in the distance.
"I see," Feng Yuqin said, instantly understanding that the powerful background the attendant was talking about was probably the Xia family. She pointed at the man in the corner. "But I like to challenge the impossible. I want this man."
"Are you deaf? Didn't you hear what I just said?" Xia Yujia said arrogantly. "If you buy him today, you're going against our Xia family."
Feng Yuqin snorted. "Your Xia family is nothing. If you have the guts, come and find me."
"You..." Xia Yujia drew her sword and attacked.
Feng Yuqin sneered inwardly. This woman wasn't very powerful, but she liked to resort to violence at the slightest provocation.
Xia Yujia attacked because she could tell that Feng Yuqin was only at the first level of the Soul Warrior. She thought she could easily defeat Feng Yuqin, which would satisfy her vanity.
She was only at the third level.
She had befriended Feng Qing because Feng Qing was much more powerful than her. But deep down, Xia Yujia was still resentful.
She didn't have much talent, so she had always worked very hard, but her strength had never improved.
In the imperial city, most people of her age were at the fourth level of the Soul Warrior.
She was always one level lower than her peers. Over time, this had formed Xia Yujia's dark and twisted personality.
"This woman is only at the third level and still dares to attack the master. She's overestimating herself," Xiao Ying said gleefully.
Xiaojin nodded. "That's right. And she's stupid too."
Bang!
Just as Xia Yujia was about to reach Feng Yuqin, Feng Yuqin lightly kicked her, and she flew through the air.
This left Meng Yuanhang stunned. He had also thought Feng Yuqin wasn't very powerful, so he was sure his cousin would win.
How could it be that in the blink of an eye, it was his cousin who had been kicked away?
"Cousin, kill her for me," Xia Yujia shouted frantically at Meng Yuanhang the moment she landed.
Meng Yuanhang frowned and looked at Feng Yuqin. For some reason, he felt that this woman was stronger than him.
But he had clearly seen that she was only at the first level of the Soul Warrior.
The commotion here had attracted the attention of the people around.
There had already been some people around Feng Yuqin, so they knew exactly what was going on.
These people were kind enough to explain the situation to those who didn't know.
"Xia Yujia is getting more and more excessive. I've heard of this man. It seems that they both wanted the same treasure at the same time. Xia Yujia didn't get it, so she went back and told her father. As a result, this man's family was destroyed, and he's the only one left," one person said.
"Even so, she still won't let him go. I don't know how such a young girl can have such a vicious heart," another person said.
These people only dared to speak up because they saw that Xia Yujia was injured today.
Hearing these words, the man in the corner clenched his fists tightly. The hatred in his eyes was so intense that Feng Yuqin couldn't help but take a second look.