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After leaving the inn, Chen Yuze, led by Lu Qianya, wandered around Longxia City.

Because a barrier has been set up outside Longxia City to repel mortals, no mortals will come into the city.

Therefore, this Dragon Glow City is actually composed entirely of cultivators.

Strictly speaking, it wouldn't be a big problem to consider this dragon's glow as a microcosm of the entire cultivation world.

It should be noted that the various cultivation families that occupy this area are not easy to deal with.

Furthermore, conflicts often erupt between the major families in their struggle for cultivation resources.

Even if one day an old aristocratic family is suddenly wiped out overnight, and then a new aristocratic family gradually rises, it is not anything new.

Of course, Chen Yuze had no say in the fate of these aristocratic families.

Instead of wasting his time worrying about these aristocratic families, he would rather spend more time inquiring about the Qionghua Immortal Sect.

"Senior Brother Yuze, would you like some candied strawberries?"

Walking down the bustling street, Lu Qianya suddenly stopped in front of a time-honored shop.

As you can see, the shop is filled with straw targets. And each straw target is filled with various fruits coated with rock sugar.

Besides the common candied hawthorn, you can also find desserts like candied strawberries, candied tangerines, and even candied cherries here.

"When I was little, every time I went to Longxia City with my father, he would take me here to buy snacks. My favorite was the rock sugar strawberries. The outer shell is crispy, and the inside is soft and sweet. Just one bite makes you feel so happy!"

"We can give it a try." Chen Yuze nodded, and then followed Lu Qianya into the shop.

"Shopkeeper, could you please give me two skewers of candied strawberries?"

As soon as Lu Qianya's sweet voice rang out, the shopkeeper immediately responded with great enthusiasm.

"Okay!"

However, just as Lu Qianya was about to pay, the shopkeeper suddenly stared blankly at her face.

"Uh, what's on my face?"

"Things?"

Noticing the shopkeeper's strange gaze, Lu Qianya almost instinctively wiped her cheek.

"No, no, no, I just felt that this fairy looked very familiar."

Realizing his lapse in composure, the shopkeeper quickly shook his head and explained apologetically, "There used to be a little fairy who loved to come to my shop to buy candied strawberries. Because she was so cute and had such a bright smile, I had a particularly deep impression of her. Just now, without thinking, I mistook the fairy for that little fairy from back then."

"I see."

Unexpectedly, the shop owner still remembered her. But Lu Qianya didn't say anything more, and simply paid the money silently before leaving the shop.

"Qianya, the little fairy the shopkeeper was talking about earlier, was that you?"

Amused, Chen Yuze swallowed a candied strawberry and gently patted Lu Qianya's head after she fell silent since leaving the shop. "What's wrong? Did seeing this shop and hearing what the shopkeeper said bring back those fond memories of the past?"

"Ah."

Clutching the candied strawberry tightly in her hand, Lu Qianya didn't open her mouth to eat it; she just stared at it blankly.

“My dad said that when my mom was young, she loved eating the rock sugar strawberries from this shop the most. Back then, he won my mom’s heart by bringing her rock sugar strawberries from this shop every day.”

"So, Qianya, you're more like your father."

"Huh?" Hearing Chen Yuze's conclusion without any context, Lu Qianya tilted her head in confusion:

"Senior Brother Yuze, why do you say that?"

"Is it because I'm just like your mother, and you're going to win me over with these rock candy strawberries?"

As he said this, Chen Yuze didn't forget to take a big bite of a strawberry.

"Senior Brother Yuze!"

Lu Qianya finally understood what Chen Yuze meant, and couldn't help but let out a coquettish sigh.

However, she did not notice that two disciples dressed in the uniforms of the Qionghua Immortal Sect were standing on the other side of the street, watching her and Chen Yuze flirt and banter.

"Senior sister, that fairy over there looks just like Senior Sister Qianya!"

Pointing to Lu Qianya across the street, who was blushing and about to eat a candied strawberry after being teased by Chen Yuze, one of the girls, who looked a little young, excitedly grabbed the other woman who was with her.

"You know what, that fairy really does look about 80% like Senior Sister Qianya."

Staring wide-eyed in disbelief, the other woman was clearly also surprised that there could be two people in the world who looked so alike.

After looking for a while, she shook her head in disappointment and patted her fellow junior sister on the back: "However, it's only about 80% similar. We still need to report back to our sect, so let's not linger any longer."

"Senior sister, why do you say it's just a resemblance? Maybe she really is Senior Sister Qianya!" Grabbing her senior sister's arm, the junior sister was clearly unwilling to leave this place just like that.

Faced with this, the senior student had no choice but to stop and slowly explain:

"First, that fairy's figure is far too plump. Senior Sister Qianya is much more slender than her."

"Secondly, Senior Sister Qianya never gets close to men. It's absolutely impossible for her to flirt with men in the street like that fairy just now."

"Thirdly, and most importantly, Senior Sister Qianya is an extremely responsible person. If she knew what had happened at the Qionghua Immortal Sect recently, she would definitely return to the sect immediately, instead of acting like nothing had happened and wandering around Longxia City with her Daoist partner."

"This……"

I must say, my senior's analysis is absolutely right.

So, after taking a few more glances at the fairy who looked remarkably like Senior Sister Qianya, the junior sister, who had been successfully persuaded, left the place with her senior sister.

……

At the same time, on the other side of Longxia City Commercial Street.

Inside a bookstore, Zhen Mi proudly held her chin up, gazing at the two books that dominated the bestseller shelf: "The Empress's Misterly Man" and "Ten Years of Carrying Dung, and the Sect Leader's Daughter Has Developed Feelings for Me!"

Zhen Mi came to this bookstore simply to see what kind of stories were popular in human society.

Unexpectedly, as soon as I entered, I saw two masterpieces by Curry O, filling the best-selling bookshelves.

"As expected of Curry O, his stories are so popular wherever he goes!"

With boundless glory on her face, Zhen Mi, as Curry Ao's number one book fan, was in an extremely happy mood at this moment!

Although in her view, this was almost an inevitable outcome.

But when she saw with her own eyes that Curry Teacher's books had become a hit all the way from the mountains to the Central Plains, she was still deeply shocked.

This is the power of words!

However, just as Zhen Mi pulled up her pants... I mean, composed herself and prepared to leave satisfied, one of the bookstore's employees suddenly gave her an extremely disdainful look:

"What curry teacher? I've never even heard of it."

"I've said it before! I don't know where this country bumpkin came from, insisting on standing in front of the best-selling bookshelf to show off. It's such a bad omen!"

"what!?"

If the shop assistant had only provoked Zhen Mi, she could have simply ignored it and not bothered with such a nobody.

But this guy, of all people, had the audacity to insult Curry Teacher, whom Zhen Mi respected most.

As the saying goes, dragons have scales that cannot be touched, and those who touch them will surely die; phoenixes have thin necks that cannot be violated, and those who offend them will surely perish.

Without a doubt, the shop assistant's behavior had crossed Zhen Mi's bottom line.

"I advise you to take back what you just said. How dare you, a lowly scoundrel, comment on Curry Master?"

With her eyes narrowed, Zhen Mi walked step by step toward the shop assistant.

Although Zhen Mi's cultivation level was only at the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul stage, it was enough to terrify the shop assistant who was only at the sixth level of Qi Refining.

As Zhen Mi began to unleash her demonic power, the other readers in the bookstore couldn't help but start discussing it amongst themselves.

Zhen Mi originally thought that these readers should all be on her side.

But to her surprise, the target of these readers' criticisms was Zhen Mi herself.

"A country bumpkin is a country bumpkin. When someone finds out he said something wrong, he tries to use violence to shut them up?"

"Sigh, I wonder which family's young lady this is. She's so beautiful, but her mind is so vicious. She must be another spoiled 'second-generation' who's been pampered by her family."

"And that 'Curry Teacher' thing she's talking about, do you even know where that bumbling writer comes from?"

"Hey--"

Hearing the increasingly unrestrained discussions of the crowd around her, Zhen Mi's anger couldn't help but rise.

"You don't even know Mr. Curry, how dare you say you've read his books?"

Pointing to the two new books on the bestseller shelf, Zhen Mi read them out slowly and deliberately in front of everyone:

"Did you see these words here? The author—Teacher Liang Feifan!"

"Wait, Liang Feifan?"

Who is this guy hooking up with?

Realizing what was happening, Zhen Mi immediately wore a strange expression.

Moreover, for some reason, the moment Zhen Mi heard the name, she subconsciously associated the owner of the name with the thesis defense.

While Zhen Mi was in a daze, the onlookers started discussing it again.

"What, are there really some bumpkins who don't recognize Teacher Liang Feifan?"

"Laughable! You ignorant woman, you don't actually think 'Liang Feifan' is pronounced 'galiao,' do you?"

"Although she is good-looking, it's a pity that she is a bastard. It's such a waste of her good looks."

"You uncultured bumpkin who insists on showing off, can you please get out of this bookstore?!"

As the insults grew increasingly offensive, Zhen Mi was also filled with doubt.

She never imagined that these two storybooks, which she had read countless times, would have their authors' names altered after being introduced into human society.

This is neither plagiarism nor piracy!

Instead, they used the most shameless means to directly steal all the fruits of other people's labor!

Boundless rage ignited Zhen Mi's fighting spirit at this moment!

For the sake of Curry Teacher's reputation, she had to correct this outrageous mistake no matter what!

"This is clearly a storybook written by Curry Ao, so how come the author has become this bastard Liang Feifan here? Who is the publisher of this book?! I'm going to demand an explanation for Curry Ao!"