It had been three days since the last competition.
Tian Fan had successfully defeated Duan Tianya and shattered the “Northern Dipper Extermination Formation,” causing another huge sensation.
After all, Duan Tianya, as the top expert of the Flying Sword Sect, was already at the mid-stage of the Cloud Heaven realm. Among the younger generation, there were almost no rivals to him, with only a handful of people able to challenge him. Yet, he had been defeated by Tian Fan, who had only recently entered the scene. How could this not be shocking?
However, Tian Fan didn’t care what others thought of him. At this moment, he was strolling down a busy street. Because Zi Ying had been fluttering her large, bright eyes, begging Sun Yueying to take her out to play, Sun Yueying, unable to resist, agreed. She took Zi Ying to a small town not far from the Fist Emperor Sect.
Li Yunhua, who was preparing for a match, stayed in seclusion alone, and Di Fu, the martial arts fanatic, certainly wouldn’t be shopping. So in the end, it was just Tian Fan and Li Yunyang who came along.
It’s often said that girls love shopping and buy whatever catches their eye, while men are their pack mules.
This saying was truly accurate.
At this moment, Tian Fan and Li Yunyang were grinning, their bodies laden with bags of all sizes, containing items like white dresses, green silk fabrics, yellow mini cymbals, almond cakes, and even cotton candy.
“Hey! Why are you two walking so slowly? Hurry up!” Zi Ying, leisurely taking small steps ahead, turned her head back, her cute brows furrowing as she spoke.
Tian Fan: “…”
Li Yunyang: “…”
“Ah, Sister Ying, this little cat is so cute! Should we buy it and take it home?” Zi Ying suddenly exclaimed, tugging at Sun Yueying’s sleeve.
“Hmm, it’s really cute. Zi Ying, you’ve got a good eye. Boss, we’ll buy it!” Sun Yueying responded, smiling.
Zi Ying shot a glance at the two men behind them, then spoke to the shop owner.
“Sure thing! You ladies have great taste! This one’s a rare spirit beast, a Northeast Tiger!” The shopkeeper was overjoyed with the business and hurried to pack it up.
When Tian Fan and Li Yunyang looked over, they were both stunned, muttering to themselves:
“Yunyang, are you sure… that’s a cat?”
“Uh… it could be? But… why does this cat look so much like the legendary tiger?”
“They’re not really going to buy it, right?”
“Probably not, right? I mean, it’s so big, and it’s alive. It’d be very inconvenient, wouldn’t it?”
Li Yunyang comforted himself, though his tone lacked conviction.
At that moment, the shopkeeper’s voice came:
“This one’s from an excellent bloodline, a Northeast Tiger, a rare spirit beast. Ladies, make sure to hold on tight!”
Crack!
Crack!
Two loud snaps sounded, and Tian Fan and Li Yunyang’s hopes shattered in an instant. They both let out a silent cry: “What did we do wrong in our past life to deserve this?”
“Damn it, a little cat…” Tian Fan muttered. The tiger, its big, fluffy ears twitching, heard the words and turned its head to glare fiercely at him.
At that moment, a strange sight appeared on the street: two stunningly beautiful women walked ahead, while two men were weighed down with bundles. Most eye-catching of all, trailing behind them was a… tiger, being led by a man in white, occasionally showing its teeth as if it wanted to bite someone.
As they rounded a corner, two small girls dressed in burlap clothes timidly ran up to them. They were around six or seven years old, with dirty faces, looking pitiful. They stretched out their grimy little hands toward Zi Ying and spoke in a soft voice:
“Big sister, big sister, please, could you spare some silver?”
“Little sisters, why are you dressed like this?” Sun Yueying asked, puzzled.
“Our mother is sick. We came out to buy medicine for her, but we don’t have any money…” The two little girls looked frail and pitiful.
“How sad… Little sisters, here, take this silver and hurry and buy medicine for your mother,” Zi Ying said, her eyes red, pressing a large silver coin into their hands.
“Thank you, big sister…” The two girls said in unison, then turned and ran off, disappearing around a corner.
“They’re really so pitiful. They’re so young, yet they’re out begging for money to buy medicine for their mother…” Zi Ying said, her eyes glistening with unshed tears as she looked at the little girls’ retreating figures.
“It’s okay. You gave them ten taels of silver, right? That should be enough for their family for a while. Let’s continue shopping,” Sun Yueying said, comforting her as she pulled Zi Ying forward.
“Hmm? What’s this? Little Tian Tian, don’t bully Little Hua!”
When Zi Ying turned around, she happened to see Tian Fan and the tiger grappling together. The tiger had its big mouth clamped around Tian Fan’s thigh, but couldn’t break through his tough flesh. Tian Fan’s physical body had become incredibly strong, comparable to a powerful being from the Hunyuan Secret Realm. A mere tiger couldn’t harm him. However, though the tiger couldn’t break his skin, it didn’t mean it didn’t hurt. Tian Fan grabbed both of the tiger’s big ears and tried to pull it off, but the tiger stubbornly refused to let go.
Upon hearing Zi Ying’s words, Tian Fan was left speechless. What did she mean by “bullying Little Hua”? The tiger was the one biting him. As soon as the tiger heard Zi Ying’s voice, it let go of Tian Fan’s thigh, its big eyes turning into crescent shapes as it fixed its gaze on her.
“Damn, perverted tiger, where are you looking?” Tian Fan followed the tiger’s gaze, only to realize it was staring at Zi Ying’s chest.
“Pervert! Little Hua is nothing like you!” Sun Yueying snorted, dragging Zi Ying forward, leaving Tian Fan rolling his eyes. He suddenly felt another pain in his thigh:
“Damn it, perverted tiger, let go!”
As the group walked ahead, they saw a familiar scene. The two little girls in burlap clothes, their faces dirty, were begging a woman in white for silver. After receiving the silver, they quickly ran off, disappearing without a trace.
“Hmm? That’s strange, didn’t we already give them money? It should be enough for their medicine…” Zi Ying said, confused. She had given them ten taels of silver, which would be enough for an ordinary family in the mortal world for an entire year.
“This lady, what did those two little girls say to you earlier?” Sun Yueying approached the woman in white and asked.
“Oh, they said that their family’s boat goods were stranded here, and their father is sick and doesn’t have enough money to go home. They asked me for a small amount of silver to buy medicine for him. Is there a problem?” The woman looked at Sun Yueying, puzzled.
“No, thank you,” Sun Yueying said, before turning to Zi Ying and adding, “There’s something suspicious about this. Let’s follow them!”
The group was made up of powerful cultivators. Using their divine sense, they quickly tracked the two little girls. They followed them carefully to a small cottage on the outskirts, watching as the girls entered.
“Eleven taels of silver! What the hell are you doing?!” As soon as they arrived, they heard an angry voice coming from inside. It was a deep, rough voice filled with rage.
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