Miss Loser is too enchanting

Dugu Qianye nodded.

"So, even if those families are powerful, they aren’t as great as the major guilds,"

Dugu Qianye nodded again.

"If Master knew that you had no idea about his identity when you took him as your teacher, he would probably laugh for days," Hao Pengyou said sentimentally.

"No wonder Master said ten million Purple Coins was too little. Hmm, given Master’s status, it truly was insufficient. I’ll have to ask for a bit more later," Dugu Qianye said.

"Haha, that’s a good idea," Hao Pengyou laughed loudly.

"By the way, do you know anyone from the Alchemist Guild?" asked Dugu Qianye.

"Of course, the Spiritual Master Association has a good relationship with the Alchemist Guild, why?" Hao Pengyou asked in return.

Dugu Qianye invited Hao Pengyou inside the house, then told him about her ventures in the Xuanyue Continent and her purpose for coming to the Spirit Void Continent.

"Fuyu Flower? I haven’t heard about that for a long time. Mi Liang did mention to me that the Alchemist Guild was searching for it too. But that was a long time ago. I’ll ask for you later, it might help to have the Alchemist Guild search as well; after all, Old Yang’s place is full of people and medicinal materials. Come on, while I’m not in the mood to sleep, let me educate you about the Spirit Void Continent. So you won’t go out and embarrass me, your senior brother!"

Dugu Qianye was speechless; she was being looked down on!

Although Hao Pengyou spent most of his time sleeping, he knew the affairs of the Spirit Void Continent very well; relationships between the counties, the different powers and families within each one, he knew them all clearly. This made Dugu Qianye wonder whether he split himself into several parts in his usual life, or was he actually an old demon who lived for a very long time?

Seeing the expression on Dugu Qianye’s face, Hao Pengyou slapped her on the head, shouting, "Brother is only 50 years old, what old demon?!"

"Isn’t 50 years old an old demon?" Dugu Qianye couldn’t help but mutter.

Alright, in a world where it is possible to live for several hundred or even a thousand years, 50 years old is indeed not considered old. But—

"I am only 18 years old now."

What? Hao Pengyou stared at Dugu Qianye as if he were looking at a monster. 18 years old? He and Master had always thought that Dugu Qianye was at least in her dozens or hundreds of years. It was quite unlikely to reach Phantom Venerable Peak in the lower realms without a couple of hundred years of practice. They had already rated Dugu Qianye’s talent very highly. And though she looked young, people here aged slowly, and reaching Venerable Level meant rejuvenating, so it never crossed their minds that she was actually only in her teens!

"Are you really only eighteen?" Hao Pengyou couldn’t help but ask again.

Dugu Qianye nodded. That’s for not telling me about Master’s identity, hmph, now you get to taste the shock too.

"Wow, a genius, no, a prodigy, a monster!" Hao Pengyou suddenly shouted, then took out a Communication Stone, injected spiritual energy into it, and before the other person could speak, he started, "Old man, old man, darling, darling! Haha!"

"You brat, what darling has got you so delighted?"

"Not my darling, our darling, I guarantee you’ll be more excited than me once you know!" Hao Pengyou said teasingly, hearing Shi Honggui’s voice.

"Damn it, then you better tell me quickly!" Shi Honggui, his appetite whetted by Hao Pengyou, couldn’t help cursing again.

"Next time, our Spiritual Master Association can participate in the Spirit Void Secret Realm, haha!" Hao Pengyou said.

"Who’s that? Which branch is it from?" Shi Honggui didn’t get as excited as Hao Pengyou thought, "It’s not another scammer like what happened with the second-in-command last time, right?"

Last time, that person claimed to be under fifty years old, but got rejected at the entrance of the Spirit Void Secret Realm. It let people from other factions make a complete mockery out of them, which infuriated Shi Honggui so much that he immediately dismissed that branch president! 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

"Haha, no, no. I guarantee it’s not a scammer!" Hao Pengyou assured, patting his chest.

"Then who is it? It’s not you, is it? In a couple of years, you’ll be fifty-two—you wouldn’t be eligible!"

"How could it be me? Even if you asked me to go, I wouldn’t. If I have that free time, I’d rather be sleeping!"

"You’re so ambitionless!..."

Dugu Qianye watched Hao Pengyou and Shi Honggui starting their verbal war again, couldn’t help but rub her forehead, and spoke up, "Master."

"Ha, Qianye is here too! How are you, had any fun recently? Have you been missing your master?" As soon as Shi Honggui heard Dugu Qianye’s voice, he immediately forgot about Hao Pengyou and bombarded her with several questions.

"Master, I’ve been thinking about you! I just found out you’re the president of the Spiritual Master Association, and I was thinking you owe me a bigger apprentice gift," Dugu Qianye said.

"Ah? Can it be done this way?" Shi Honggui said, "Qianye, don’t let your senior brother lead you astray. He’s just a swindler; don’t learn from him."

"Pfft—" Dugu Qianye couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

"Old man, don’t slander me. When have I ever been that nonsensical?" Hao Pengyou objected immediately upon hearing Shi Honggui’s remark.

"You’ve always been that nonsensical!" Shi Honggui replied.

Seeing that they were about to start bickering again, Dugu Qianye asked, "What were you guys just talking about?"

"Oh right, you still haven’t told me who you found?" Shi Honggui then remembered the matter Hao Pengyou was talking about.

"Who else could it be, your little apprentice, my little junior sister, of course!" Hao Pengyou said proudly.

This little junior sister was a great choice with all her secrets and such youth, and most importantly, she could scare the old man.

Sure enough—

"Pfft!" Shi Honggui was drinking tea, and upon hearing Hao Pengyou’s words, he spat all the tea out, almost spraying it on the person sitting opposite him. Fortunately, the person dodged quickly, but still, some tea stains splashed onto his garment’s edge. He couldn’t help frowning and shouted, "Master!"

"Eh, is big senior brother here too?" Hearing the other person speak up, Hao Pengyou said, "Big senior brother, did the old man cause you trouble again? Did he spray water on your clothes this time? Let me tell you, I’ve just done you a huge favor!"

Hao Pengyou’s big senior brother, Fen Qingran, also with Shi Honggui, had been selecting candidates for the Spirit Void Secret Realm at various branches for the past two years without success. Now, hearing what Hao Pengyou said, he asked, "Who?"

"Little junior sister? When did we get a little junior sister?" Fen Qingran looked at Shi Honggui with confusion.

"Cough cough, it was when I went to Chichi last time. I’ll tell you about it later!" Shi Honggui said, "You rascal, you better make sure, can your junior sister actually do it?"