Dual cultivation makes you stronger, everyone else is a prodigy, and I'm the only one slacking

At this moment, the Pan family members looked completely distraught.

Their eyes were unfocused and their gaze was blank; they seemed to have all their strength drained away.

Someone spoke first, asking, "Is my Pan family truly finished?... A thousand-year-old family just gone like this?"

No one could answer him. At that moment, the entire hall was deathly silent. Some people cried out in pain, while others fainted on the spot.

At this moment, the Seven Peak Elders did not reply. They sighed and vanished into thin air, leaving only the elders of the Enforcement Hall standing there.

The elder sighed, "The path of immortality should be taken with utmost care and caution. Your Pan family... alas, you must not act so ostentatiously in the future."

Pan Maoxin was not qualified to be present at such a high-level meeting; he could only wait anxiously for news in a secluded hall on the main peak.

Suddenly, he heard intermittent noises coming from the direction of the main hall. Startled, he ran towards the sound without thinking twice.

The Pan family elders were seen being led away by the cultivators of the Enforcement Hall like stray dogs.

Pan Maoxin opened his lips, but couldn't utter a single word. He stood frozen in place, completely lost and disoriented.

The Pan family... is over?

At this moment, on Beast Taming Peak, Xu Bifa saw his master with a gloomy face and hurriedly went to greet him.

"Master? What was the result?"

The elder of Beast Taming Peak sneered, "The Pan family is finished. A thousand-year-old family has been destroyed in an instant. That person has spoken, and all people with the surname Pan are to be expelled from the sect."

Upon hearing this, Xu Bifa's expression hardened, and he couldn't help but ask, "Then... Junior Brother?"

"Naturally, it means expulsion from the sect?"

Xu Bifa's expression was complex: "Junior Brother, you've always been flamboyant. I knew this day would come sooner or later..."

The elder of Beast Taming Peak sighed and said slowly, "In the past, with the Pan family backing him up, he had his own confidence. He didn't even bother to listen to me, his master, let alone you, his senior brother."

"Don't blame yourself. His current predicament is the result of his own actions, and he has no one to blame but himself. Go and cultivate yourself properly."

Upon hearing this, Xu Bifa remained silent for a moment, then bowed and withdrew.

Soon, news of the Pan family's affair spread throughout the entire Dongbao Upper Sect. For a time, the only saying circulating in the entire sect was: "It is better to offend the sect leader than to offend Zhe Xuefeng."

There are also rumors that the old monster of Zhexue Peak is extremely protective of his own, and has only one female disciple named Luo Ning.

Rumor has it that this woman is stunningly beautiful, but unfortunately her cultivation level is mediocre.

For a time, quite a few male disciples of the Dongbao Upper Sect were tempted to secretly plot how to get close to Yu Luoning.

Thinking that if they could latch onto this beauty, they might be able to avoid hundreds of years of struggle, some even more blatantly hoped to climb the social ladder by attaching themselves to the ancestor and rise to the top in one step.

However, Cui Xiu was unaware of these rumors. If he knew that he had become the "old monster" in other people's mouths, he would probably be furious on the spot.

He has lived for thousands of years, so calling him an old monster wouldn't be unfair. But hearing this, however, probably wouldn't make someone happy at all.

After all, he and Yu Luoning are currently, on the surface, master and disciple.

Society naturally harbors a sense of rejection towards teacher-student relationships.

Cui Xiu was born from a wicked corpse, and was decisive in killing. He never paid attention to worldly ethics and morality, nor did he ever think about the possibility of a master and disciple falling in love.

In short, when it comes to digging one's own grave, it has to be him.

~

Three hours later, the Treasure Pavilion was quiet. Today, not a single elder dared to stop Yu Luoning, and not a single person dared to mention the words "contribution points".

The sect leader has ordered that anything he takes a liking to should be recorded in the sect's general ledger.

This was compensation, and Yu Luoning accepted it without a second thought.

She almost lost her life; how could she soothe her heart, which was pounding with fear, without getting something?

Cui Xiu was standing not far from her.

Last time she came, Yu Luoning only glanced at it and didn't look at it in detail.

This time, she looked very carefully.

The sect's treasure pavilion is divided into four categories: talismans and formations, magical artifacts, elixirs, and medicinal herbs.

Amulets are a good thing; I'll get a whole stack of all kinds of amulets.

What are these Nine Heavens Fire and Thunder Talismans, Water Control Talismans, Breath Concealing Talismans, Thousand-Mile Teleportation Talismans, Demon-Trapping Talismans...?

The manager in charge of the Treasure Pavilion's affairs felt a sharp pain in his heart.

Cui Xiuxiu's eyebrows twitched slightly, her purple eyes coldly fixed on the man. "You... have a problem with that?"

The steward was terrified and broke out in a cold sweat. He quickly knelt down and begged for mercy, "Ancestor, I will not say a word. You can empty the entire Treasure Pavilion if you want."

Cui Xiu gave a soft snort, but her raised eyebrows remained unsmoothed.

Ancestor? When did he become the ancestor of the Dongbao Upper Sect?

For some reason, Cui Xiu felt that the way she was addressed didn't sound quite right, but she couldn't quite put her finger on what was wrong with it.

Yu Luoning, however, was completely oblivious to what he was struggling with and continued walking forward.

She felt like she had walked into a luxury store. Things she had never dared to think about, look at, or buy before, she was going to look at and buy to her heart's content.

The Azure Spirit Sword, capable of slaying evil spirits and purifying turbid energy, is excellent. I'll take it.

Let's look at another piece of soft silk armor. It's thin, close-fitting, and can reduce both magical and physical damage.

It's quite similar to her "drawing a circle on the ground as a prison" spell. I wonder if it can be refreshed. I could give it to Shi Shangxu instead.

There is also the Mixed Spirit Gourd, which stores items. If you encounter royal jelly or healing elixir in the future, you can store them in the Mixed Spirit Gourd.

nice one!

Yu Luoning stuffed it into his arms without hesitation.

……

She looked left and right, touched it, and finally couldn't put both hands down.

Her gaze shifted and landed on a pair of flowing cloud and snow-covered boots, and Yu Luoning's eyes lit up.

"That one is nice too," she said, turning her head to Cui Xiu. "Help me get my shoes."

After saying that, he continued walking forward, completely unaware that everyone in the Treasure Pavilion was now petrified.

Cui Xiu didn't mind at all, and silently held the shoes, umbrella, and various other odds and ends that Yu Luoning had taken a liking to.

In the past, who would dare let him take these things? They would have beaten that person to a pulp long ago. But now, it doesn't seem so bad.

"Look at that jade pillow, it's really beautiful. It would be a good gift for Miss Lu."

"Wow! This Seven Star Trapping Array Plate that can activate automatically is so cool! Let me take it!"

"...Oh dear, everyone needs a gift bag."

Finally, a small mountain of vomit formed in Cui Xiu's arms, driving the elders nearby nearly mad.

This wave of losses is insane.

When these items were piled up on the counter, the elder in charge on duty was already numb. He fiddled with his abacus and announced the total.

"The total is... 3,844,000 contribution points."

Yu Luoning was taken aback. "So many?"

She immediately turned to look at Cui Xiu, "...Should we put some back?"

Cui Xiu said casually, "Take it, Cheng Min can afford it."

The elder deacon inside the counter suddenly trembled.

After all the items were recorded, Yu Luoning stored them in her spatial jade bracelet.

In high spirits, she stepped lightly out of the Treasure Pavilion.

The mountain breeze stirred her hair, and Yu Luoning's eyes were filled with undisguised joy.

She had originally planned to distribute a few gifts to Shi Shangxu and the others today, but then she thought that they were not currently in the sect, so she decided to postpone it for the time being.

"Today was absolutely fantastic! It's the happiest day of my life," Yu Luoning said, her eyes crinkling with laughter.

Cui Xiu gave an "oh," her eyebrows slightly raised, her voice low and gentle, "These things make you this happy? These are at most fifth-grade. If you like, I can get you eighth-grade, ninth-grade, or even top-grade..."

Yu Luoning shook her head and said, "How can that be the same? This is compensation. I accept it openly and with a clear conscience."

Even if you give me the finest treasures, it's just your gesture, your gift. Taking your things for free will make me feel indebted, and then trying to repay you tenfold later will be exhausting.

Cui Xiu's heart stirred with emotion: "Do I need to repay you? You were originally mine. What I gave you, what favor is there to it?"

Yu Luoning: "..."

Help! This is some domineering CEO-style sweet talk!

Yu Luoning blinked, looking constipated. "...Um, shall we go home?"

go home?

Cui Xiu was stunned for a moment, looked at Yu Luoning's outstretched hand, remained silent for a couple of breaths, and then awkwardly reached out and shook it.

Their fingertips touched lightly together.

Cui Xiu lowered her eyes slightly, a strange joy rising in her heart.

Then, they walked together into the void rift.

He suddenly realized that this kind of life wasn't so bad after all.