Devour: Marry a wife and become a god, have many children and be blessed.

Chapter 496; Good Man Qi Yunxiao, Maid Xiaomei!
Of course, the most important thing is that the shop only has some low-value Tier 1 array flags and array plates.

Strong Foundation Establishment experts look down on this place, and weak Qi Refining stage cultivators don't dare to even consider it.

Xin Ruyin clearly understood the principle of not flaunting one's wealth.

"Woo~"

"Miss, you're finally back!"

The little girl completely broke down when she saw Xin Ruyin return, and she hugged Xin Ruyin and cried loudly.

"That~"

Xin Ruyin felt really embarrassed looking at the little girl who was crying her eyes out, so she could only quickly comfort her.

She hadn't even felt the passage of time during the past two weeks she had spent with Ye Yu.

"It's all your fault!"

Seeing Xin Ruyin's embarrassment, Ye Yu's face was full of smiles, while Xin Ruyin couldn't help but roll her eyes at Ye Yu.

"hehe!"

Ye Yu chuckled, stepped forward and put his arm around Xin Ruyin's waist, giving her a knowing look.

This made Xin Ruyin blush.

"Okay, okay, don't cry, don't cry, I'm back."

Xin Ruyin held Xiaomei's little face in her hands and coaxed her for a while before the little girl stopped crying and started smiling.

At the same time, the little maid turned her attention to Ye Yu, staring at her curiously with wide eyes; "Miss, who is he~"

"Xiaomei, right? Remember to call him son-in-law from now on!"

Ye Yu pinched the little girl's still slightly chubby cheeks and chuckled.

"Uncle!"

The little maid stared at Ye Yu with wide eyes. She never expected that her young mistress would bring back a son-in-law after going out for a while.

What about Qi Yunxiao?
"Miss Xin, you're back." Just then, a young man with a somewhat simple and honest appearance came out of the shop.

The young man was Qi Yunxiao, who had known Xin Ruyin for half a year and the two could be considered friends.

Looking at Ye Yu standing with Xin Ruyin, and the intimate actions between the two just now.

Especially since Ye Yu had asked Xiao Mei to call him "son-in-law" and Xin Ruyin didn't object, Qi Yunxiao's expression turned somewhat unpleasant.

"Young Master Qi, you've arrived. Are you here to buy battle flags?" Xin Ruyin asked Qi Yunxiao knowingly.

Although she and Qi Yunxiao had only known each other for half a year, it was easy to see how much Qi Yunxiao cared for her.

However, she previously possessed the Dragon Roar Body, and she didn't want to burden anyone. Besides, she didn't have any feelings for Qi Yunxiao to begin with.

In the original novel, Qi Yunxiao won Xin Ruyin's heart with his long-term companionship and tireless care.

"Uh, no, I was just passing by." Qi Yunxiao's expression darkened upon hearing Xin Ruyin's words.

"I have some things to attend to, so I won't bother you any longer."

Without waiting for Xin Ruyin's reply, he looked at Ye Yu, nodded to her as a greeting, and then strode outside.

He seemed to leave with a carefree stride, but his desolation was evident in his departing figure.

"He's certainly capable of taking things on and letting them go!" Ye Yu nodded as she watched Qi Yunxiao leave.

In the original story, Xin Ruyin did indeed drag him down. I wonder if he would have died young without Xin Ruyin.

However, it's not necessarily true. In the original story, Qi Yunxiao was a good person, but he wasn't quite right in the head.

In the original story, if it weren't for Han Paopao, this guy would have died eight hundred times over.

Qi Yunxiao's incident was just a side story.

The three then entered the backyard of Ruyin Pavilion, which was a simple courtyard with three rooms.

The courtyard was kept quite serene by Xin Ruyin and Xiao Mei. There were three rooms, one for each of them, and the other room was Xin Ruyin's workshop for making arrays.

"Young master, you smell so good!" Xiao Mei stretched out her little head, sniffed Ye Yu, and showed a look of intoxication.

The little girl's pretty face was flushed, and when she was with Ye Yu, she couldn't help but want to get closer to him.

Fourteen or fifteen-year-old girls are at the age when they are just beginning to experience romantic feelings.

Ye Yu is the son-in-law, and she is the young lady's maid. Does that mean she will also become the son-in-law's woman in the future...?

"Then smell it a little longer," Ye Yu chuckled and ruffled Xiao Mei's hair.

To reward Xiaomei for her hard work and anxiety over the past two weeks.

Midnight Rain and Xin Ruyin took Xiaomei directly to Zhiweilou, the best restaurant in Tianxingfang City, for a good meal.

A feast of top-tier second-order spirit beasts.

On the third floor of Zhiweilou, Ye Yu and Xin Ruyin couldn't help but laugh as they watched Xiao Mei, who had a pained expression on her face and wanted to eat but dared not eat too much.

"Eat up, I'll help you calm your spiritual energy."

The meat of a top-tier second-order spirit beast was not something that Xiao Mei, a newbie who had just reached the first level of Qi Refining, could eat much of. The little girl only ate a dozen pieces before she dared not eat any more.

As she spoke, Xin Ruyin directly pressed the Tanzhong acupoint on Xiaomei's chest to help calm the boiling spiritual energy in Xiaomei's body.

"Crack!"

With Xin Ruyin's help, the little girl felt completely relaxed and broke through from the first level of Qi Refining to the second level in one go.

"I actually broke through!"

Feeling the increase in spiritual energy within her dantian, Xiaomei was overjoyed, and then her eyes lit up as she looked at the delicious food on the table.

"Miss, for the past two weeks, Young Master Qi has been helping to watch over the shop every day. Shouldn't we thank him?" Xiaomei explained while wolfing down her food.

"Is that so?"

Upon hearing Xiaomei's words, Xin Ruyin was taken aback at first, then looked at Ye Yu.

"Why are you looking at me like that? Are you afraid I'll misunderstand?" Ye Yu said with a smile, holding Xin Ruyin's delicate hand.

Xin Ruyin smiled sweetly, revealing a happy smile.

Then he said, "We should thank him. How about this, Xiaomei, you take a set of second-tier low-grade array flags and send them to him later, saying it's my way of thanking him."

"Second-tier, low-grade?" Xiao Mei exclaimed in surprise. "Miss, you can create second-tier formations?"

"Of course!" Xin Ruyin said with a touch of pride.

For the past two weeks, she has been with Ye Yu, and she has not only been cultivating the "Taiyin Immortal Scripture" and the "Taiyin Sword Technique".

I've been pondering formations for a while now, and with the help of the Dream Bed, comprehending them isn't too difficult.

Yesterday, she personally crafted a second-tier low-grade killing formation.

"Ok."

Xiao Mei happily agreed and then began to eat heartily. The second-tier top-grade spirit beast meat was so delicious, and it could also increase her cultivation.

"Miss, have we struck it rich?"

After Ye Yu and the other two were respectfully escorted out of Zhiweilou by the manager, Xiao Mei, who had already broken through to the fifth level of Qi Refining, asked excitedly.

She never expected that, in the time it takes to eat a meal, she would break through from the first level of Qi Refining to the fifth level.

If she comes to Zhiweilou a few more times, she'll be able to break through to the Qi Refining Perfection stage very quickly.

However, this meal cost them a full 10 mid-grade spirit stones, which is equivalent to 1000 low-grade spirit stones.

She was startled.

Xiao Mei knew Xin Ruyin's financial situation very well; she couldn't even come up with 100 low-grade spirit stones, let alone 1000.

"That's enough for you to eat at Zhiweilou every day. Alright, go now, and come back after you deliver the battle flag to Young Master Qi," Xin Ruyin said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)