Upon entering the city, they were greeted by bustling streets that remained lively even in the evening.
Ye Xinran acted as though she had never seen the world before, stopping everywhere to look around and join in the excitement.
“The latest Eastern Region Prodigy Ranking! Only one low-grade spirit stone! Don’t miss it as you pass by!”
As they passed a shop, a shout rang out, drawing Ye Xinran’s attention.
“Pavilion of All-Knowing?”
Ye Xinran looked up at the name on the signboard and pondered.
She subsequently entered the Pavilion of All-Knowing, where she saw a young man in white wearing a hat and calling out with a smile.
Seeing Ye Xinran arrive, the young man in white smiled and said, “Miss, would you like to take a look at the Eastern Region Prodigy Ranking?”
“Of course. I came to see who is closest to my back.”
Ye Xinran smiled confidently as she handed a spirit stone to the young man in white.
Seeing this, the young man in white immediately handed her a jade slip.
The moment he took the spirit stone, he was stunned.
“A mid-grade spirit stone? Wait, I’ll find you some change...”
The young man in white looked up, only to find that Ye Xinran was nowhere to be seen.
In the void.
“Hall master, could it be that the young hall master can’t tell the grades of spirit stones apart...?”
Seeing her take the wrong spirit stone twice in a row, Shangguan Shi suppressed his laughter.
“Ahem.” Ye Chang'an pretended to cough. “She should be able to tell them apart... It’s probably just that she doesn’t have any low-grade spirit stones. Yes, that must be it.”
In fact, Ye Chang'an was right. Ye Xinran truly did not have any low-grade spirit stones.
But he did not know that Ye Xinran was thinking: I have plenty of spirit stones. Don’t bother looking for change. I don’t need it.
What he knew even less was that Ye Xinran had learned this from the storybooks he had given her.
On the street, Ye Xinran was carefully examining the Eastern Region Prodigy Ranking in her hands.
“First place, Heavenly Extremity Sacred Land, Xuanyuan Hao. Second place, Lin Clan’s Lin Tianci...”
“When the time comes, I’ll see just how strong they really are.”
After putting away the jade slip, Ye Xinran continued strolling around.
However, she had already memorized the names of those two.
“Help! Somebody help!”
Just then, a woman’s cry for help rang out.
Ye Xinran followed the sound and saw, inside a restaurant, a fierce-looking man tying up a girl of seventeen or eighteen.
Seeing this, Ye Xinran immediately rushed over.
“How dare you commit such a vile act in broad daylight! Release her at once!”
Ye Xinran’s sudden appearance left the man stunned.
The bound woman’s eyes lit up when she heard this, but when she saw that her rescuer was an eleven- or twelve-year-old girl, the hope that had just ignited in her eyes was extinguished once more.
“Little girl, run! He’s a demon!”
Before Ye Xinran could reply, an evil glint appeared in the fierce man’s eyes as he looked at her. “Little girl, it’s late at night, so how could this be broad daylight? Do you want to join us too...?”
Before the man could finish speaking, his head had already fallen to the ground.
The entire place immediately fell silent.
Ye Xinran withdrew her right hand and smiled arrogantly and confidently. “I am the sun.”
Inside a private room on the top floor of the restaurant.
An elderly man and a girl dressed in a golden long dress had witnessed everything that had just happened downstairs.
“This... this is sword intent. A casual strike actually carried sword intent, and I can’t see through this sword intent at all. It’s extremely mysterious.”
Recalling the moment Ye Xinran had struck, the elderly man exclaimed in surprise.
“Uncle Chuan, you can’t even see through this sword intent?”
The girl’s already astonished expression became even more intense.
“Yes. Twelve years old, heavenly spirit realm, extraordinary sword intent—this level of talent would be among the very best even in our central region.”
Jin Chuan exclaimed in admiration.
“Uncle Chuan, how about we invite her up for a chat?”
“Miss, you want to befriend her?”
Jin Chuan saw through the girl’s intentions at a glance.
Hearing this, the girl merely smiled and nodded.
Downstairs.
After accepting the woman’s thanks, Ye Xinran planned to continue strolling around.
Just then, a voice transmission appeared in her ears.
“Little girl, would you be willing to come to the top floor for a visit? My young miss would like to speak with you.”
Hearing the elderly man’s voice transmission, Ye Xinran’s big eyes spun mischievously.
“She wants to talk? Is this how you invite someone? I’m not going.”
With that thought, Ye Xinran continued bouncing along toward the street.
Upstairs.
Watching Ye Xinran leave, the girl and the elderly man were both stunned.
They had never expected this outcome.
“She... has no idea how to appreciate a kind offer.”
The elderly man said angrily.
However, the girl beside him could not help laughing and nodding. “She’s quite interesting.”
She then looked at Jin Chuan. “Uncle Chuan, it seems we put on too many airs. Still, she really is interesting. She actually has no curiosity at all.”
Hearing this, Jin Chuan’s expression remained displeased. “Miss, our Myriad Treasures Pavilion is a top-tier faction of the Tianhuang Continent. This...”
“Uncle Chuan, she’s still a child. Perhaps she doesn’t even know about our Myriad Treasures Pavilion.”
Before Jin Chuan could finish, the girl interrupted him with a smile.
Jin Chuan fell silent, seemingly convinced that she had a point.
Although that little girl had reached the heavenly spirit realm, it was because of her exceptional talent; she might not know much about the affairs of the Tianhuang Continent.
..
In the void.
Watching the conversation between the old man and the young girl inside, Shangguan Shi said disdainfully, “Tsk, it’s merely a Myriad Treasures Pavilion. This era doesn’t even have a single emperor realm expert, yet they’re putting on airs.”
“Little Ten, no emperor realm expert has been born on the Tianhuang Continent in this era, but it really is trash.”
Ye Chang'an chuckled as well.
As for that girl, he was quite satisfied with her.
For an eldest miss who had been pampered from birth, such a personality was rather rare.
Just as Ye Chang'an and Shangguan Shi were mocking the Myriad Treasures Pavilion, Ye Xinran had already arrived at a Pavilion of Myriad Treasures.
Looking at the dazzling array of weapons, Ye Xinran found it difficult to take everything in.
Every sword attracted her attention.
In the end, she looked toward a pale blue longsword.
“Proprietor, how much is this longsword?”
Hearing this, the proprietor looked toward the sword Ye Xinran was pointing at. “This is the treasure that guards my shop, the Heavenly Frost Sword. It’s a heavenly spirit realm treasure, so it will cost at least five hundred High-Grade spirit stones.”
“That expensive? I don’t want it.”
Upon hearing the price, Ye Xinran turned around to leave.
Seeing this, the proprietor panicked. “Hey, don’t rush off! You can haggle!”
“Lower the price?”
“That’s right.”
“One hundred mid-grade spirit stones.”
“You can leave. I’m not selling it.”
Upon hearing that price, the proprietor refused as well.
“Hmph, if you won’t sell it, then so be it. Because of you, it has lost its chance to reach the peak realm and make its name known across the continent.”
“Wait, I’ll take this sword.”
Just as Ye Xinran was about to leave, a girl dressed in a golden long dress, with an elegant bearing and sweet features, seemingly sixteen or seventeen years old, said to the proprietor, “I’ll take this sword.”
The sword the girl was pointing at was precisely the Heavenly Frost Sword.
As she spoke, she placed a bag of spirit stones on the counter in front of the proprietor.
Subsequently, she took the Heavenly Frost Sword and came before Ye Xinran, smiling. “Do you like it? Then I’ll give it to you.”