Chapter 76 A Peerless Beauty Who Can’t See Her Own Feet

"Mu Qingluan!"

Hearing that familiar and somewhat annoying voice, Feng Qing'er turned around with her arms crossed, seeing a stunningly beautiful girl.

The girl wore a long, blue, one-piece dress that revealed her fair, jade-like shoulders and long legs. She wore sandals that made her arch look even more perfect, exuding the aura of a mature woman.

Yet, her face was adorably round, making her look only thirteen or fourteen years old. Her cherry-red lips and short hair made her the epitome of a loli.

With the body of a mature woman and the face of a loli, combined with her fresh attire, she stood before the powerful and perfect mature woman, Feng Qing'er, without being outshone; each had her own charm.

"I heard you came looking for me, and I couldn't believe it," Mu Qingluan said, her hands behind her back, skipping over to Feng Qing'er. Her expression was playful and cute: "You keep muttering about a 'wife,' could it be that you're getting married and came to give me an invitation?"

"Although we don't get along, I can still come to your wedding banquet, and the gift money I give won't be small, oh~"

As she spoke, a mischievous glint appeared in Mu Qingluan's cute, crescent-shaped eyes.

"Get lost!" Feng Qing'er lifted her chin, her expression arrogant: "Even if you give birth to ten or eight little Phoenixes, I would never marry. The person on the Dou Qi Continent who could make me marry has yet to be born."

"Oh dear?" Mu Qingluan pouted her small pink lips: "If you're not getting married, are you planning to be a single Phoenix for life? Or are you planning to take a wife yourself?"

"Even though you're a tomboy, you're not a man after all."

Mu Qingluan did not hide her envious gaze as it fell on Feng Qing'er's high chest, accentuated by her long dress.

If there was anything about this arrogant Sky Demon Phoenix that she envied, it was this good figure that would never starve her future children.

She instinctively lowered her head and found that her toes were faintly visible; her vision was not completely obstructed.

"Don't you want your eyes anymore?" Feng Qing'er clenched her fists, her expression displeased: "Say I'm a tomboy again, and I'll fight you to the death."

As she spoke, she secretly felt pleased.

Judging by Mu Qingluan's reaction, she clearly didn't have the notebook copy.

Sure enough, she was the one with Luck, able to glimpse the future and heavenly secrets through Chu Xiao.

Even if, in the original trajectory, Mu Qingluan and Chu Xiao had a better relationship due to the existence of Yao Lao, this time it would be different.

"Fight to the death?" Mu Qingluan puffed out her cheeks: "I say, Feng Qing'er, it's one thing to be arrogant in the Wind and Thunder Pavilion, but why come to Starfall Pavilion and be arrogant with me?"

"If you don't like me, then make a move!" Feng Qing'er's eyes narrowed, and she unleashed Heavenly Wind Step.

She appeared before Mu Qingluan almost instantly and struck out with a palm.

"Bang!"

Mu Qingluan instinctively put her hand to her chest, blocking the attack that had no Dou Qi attached.

"Alright, I knew why you came to Starfall Pavilion to find me. It turns out you came to show off a new Fighting Skill you've mastered." Mu Qingluan wiped her nose with her hand: "Hmph, coincidentally, my teacher also taught me a new Fighting Skill recently. Perfect to practice on you!"

Whoosh!

Mu Qingluan transformed into a blue afterimage and collided with Feng Qing'er, who was using Heavenly Wind Step for her movement technique.

Both were human transformations of bird-type Demonic Beasts, and their speed was extremely fast. In the blink of an eye, they moved from within the building to the sky, transforming into two streaks of light, beginning a battle of lines.

"Don't be so impatient."

Time quickly reached dusk. The sun was setting, the moon was rising, and stars dotted the sky.

In the courtyard where the maids resided, Medusa leaned lazily on the bed opposite Qing Lin.

Several hours had passed since Chu Xiao mentioned in his notebook that Qing Lin would be his maid, but the latter had yet to receive notification.

From initial expectation and nervousness, she now began to feel restless, pacing back and forth.

"I just feel that Young Master Chu Xiao needs someone to serve him," Qing Lin's delicate, porcelain-like face flushed.

Medusa's lips curved slightly as she stared intently at her: "You're so nervous; anyone who knows would think you're going to be his maid, but those who don't might think you're going to marry him as a wife. Have you perhaps developed some inappropriate thoughts?"

She temporarily did not acknowledge her identity as Chu Xiao's wife; this matter was not that simple.

However, since Chu Xiao regarded her as his wife, she felt that she could help manage some things.

"No, I haven't!" Qing Lin was startled. At first, she didn't understand Medusa's meaning, but when she met her scrutinizing gaze, her pretty face flushed crimson: "I, I would never have such disrespectful thoughts towards Young Master!"

Medusa: "..."

Disrespectful?

Forget it, there's no need to test this girl. It's estimated that if Chu Xiao doesn't take the initiative, she never will.

What Medusa didn't know was that Chu Xiao had told the Mercenary Group's internal affairs manager not to rush in notifying Qing Lin, because he was testing her.

"Staying in Qing Lin's courtyard all this time, it seems she's truly afraid that the notebook's contents will be leaked. It's good to have a virtuous assistant helping out," Chu Xiao's eyes gleamed with a smile, finding the situation increasingly amusing.

"Xiaozi, when are you planning to make your move?" Xiao Li returned from outside the courtyard and sat beside Xiao Ding, taking out a distribution map.

This was a rough distribution map of the Sand Mercenary Group's headquarters, marking the locations of important buildings and where key personnel might live.

"Right now," Chu Xiao took the map, scanned it with his Soul power, completely memorized it, and then stood up.

Xiao Ding was about to ask something when he saw black-purple flames emerge from Chu Xiao's back, forming the shape of wings.

"Second Brother, warm some wine for me. I'll be back to drink it soon. We won't go home until we're drunk tonight."

As his voice faded, Chu Xiao had already soared into the sky, disappearing into the black clouds in a few flashes.

Even if someone looked up and saw him, they would only think they were hallucinating, or had seen a meteor.

Xiao Ding and Xiao Li exchanged glances: "Xiaozi can really fly, huh."

On the other side, within the Sand Mercenary Group, Rob was scolding his son in the study.

"How did I give birth to such an idiot? You don't even know their background and you're ready to bring people to attack? Those Xiao Family brothers are from Utan City's Xiao Family. This Xiao Family was one of the four Dou King Families in the Imperial Capital more than ten years ago. Even if they've declined now, a starving camel is still bigger than a horse. It's said there's even a Dou Ling expert secretly supporting them."

"That Chu Xiao, surnamed Chu, is a blood relative of the Xiao Family brothers. If you want to deal with him, you have to deal with the Xiao Family brothers, and it must be foolproof, otherwise, you'll have to be prepared to lose your life."

"Furthermore, the City Lord said that due to the stability of the city's defenses, there should be no large-scale competition."

Rob sighed in his heart, truly a tiger father begetting a dog son.

For the sake of a woman, it wasn't even a matter of fighting over love, yet he wanted to bring people to cause trouble at the Mo Tie Mercenary Group.

"Those Xiao Ding and Xiao Li actually have such a background?" Rob's son's face showed alarm, then he asked unwillingly: "But Father, our Sand Mercenary Group is the strongest in Stone Desert City, how can we allow the Mo Tie Mercenary Group to be so arrogant!"

"See, you're getting impatient again," Rob snorted coldly, looking down at a letter on the desk: "Recently, the Mo Family approached me, wanting to hire me as a Guest Elder and have my Sand Mercenary Group pledge allegiance to them. Originally, I was still hesitant, but now it seems..."

"The Mo Family?" Rob's son showed a surprised expression: "Father, the Mo Family is the strongest Family in the Eastern Province, this is good news!"

Rob: "..."

Having a backer is good in some ways, but it means having to give up power and profits, and being managed by others.

If he didn't pledge allegiance, Stone Desert City belonged to the Empire, and he wasn't afraid of the Mo Family making things difficult for him. Instead, he could be a local emperor.

But these words were useless to this idiotic son.

"If I'm to pledge allegiance to the Mo Family, it seems I really can't keep you all around."

Suddenly, a voice sounded by the window.

"Who!?"

Rob spun around abruptly, and immediately activated his Cultivation Technique to circulate Dou Qi, preparing to form his Dou Qi Armor.

On the window, a black-robed figure was squatting at some unknown point, revealing only a pair of pitch-black eyes.

At the first glance of their eyes meeting, Rob felt as if his brain was being burned by flames, experiencing pain and losing focus.

By the time he circulated his Dou Qi to regain his composure, he saw that the black-robed figure had already appeared before him, gripping his neck.

"Boom!"

In his final moments of consciousness, Rob only saw a wisp of black-purple flame rising.

His Dou Qi Armor was ignited, and the Dou Qi within his body also began to burn.

The unquenchable flames enveloped his body.

Watching his father turn into nothingness from a spark within a single breath, Rob's son was utterly stunned.

"You are..."