Chapter 657: You Are an Impostor

At dawn, Su Qi sat on the edge of the balcony, her feet dangling over the side as she leaned back against Jiang Zuo.

“The sunrise over the Sea of Seven Emotions is still the most beautiful,” Su Qi said, swinging her feet as she watched it.

Jiang Zuo was standing. With Su Qi leaning against his front, he couldn’t sit down.

“I don’t see a difference,” Jiang Zuo said.

Su Qi knocked her head against Jiang Zuo’s chest. “What do you mean, no difference? It’s completely different! You just don’t know how to appreciate it.”

“It’s because he cares more about the person. As long as the right person is there, everything is beautiful.

If the person is wrong, then everything is in vain, and even the most beautiful scenery will lose its luster.

I’ve said it for you, so you don’t have to. I’m sick of hearing it.” Jingyue’s voice rang out from below.

Su Qi was speechless.

Jiang Zuo was also at a loss for words.

“Sister, how could you be like that?” Su Qi pouted.

“This is my house. Can’t you show me a little consideration?” Jingyue said.

Just then, Qing Lian poked her head out. “Is Holy Sister sick?”

A dark look crossed Jingyue’s face. She quickly added, “I’m in my normal form now. From now on, call me Sister Jingjing.” ℓ.

Qing Lian nodded. “Oh. Sister Jingjing, are you sick?”

Jingyue said, “Go ask the two people on the roof.”

Qing Lian glanced up, and Su Qi stuck out her tongue. “Nyah nyah nyah.”

Then she grabbed Jiang Zuo’s hand and ran off.

Qing Lian was stunned for a moment, then said to Jingyue, “Our sister is sometimes as mischievous as a child.”

Jingyue went back to tinkering with her Array, then said, “That’s only because her husband is around. She’s usually quite normal.”

Qing Lian, only half-understanding, replied, “Oh, I see.”

After that, Su Qi made breakfast for them. Once they finished eating, she and Jiang Zuo went home.

‘No way I’m staying here to be scorned!’

‘Her sister would just get in the way of their married life.’

For her part, Jingyue couldn’t wait for the two of them to leave.

***

The Black-robed Demon Cultivator sat in his own territory. There was a flower on his head, and it insisted on blooming once a day.

And every time it bloomed, he suffered.

It wasn’t that the flower had negative side effects. On the contrary, it had beneficial ones.

It provided a considerable boost to his Cultivation. However, he was allergic to pollen, which instantly turned its benefits into a detriment.

It was absolutely killing him.

Today, he planned to sell the flower.

‘I’m definitely going to sell it for a good price.’

Just then, Witch Dan Xue emerged from her room.

“Senior Brother, you were looking for me?” Witch Dan Xue was still wearing her usual heavy makeup, making it difficult to look directly at her.

To this day, the Black-robed Demon Cultivator suspected her fans were all paid for.

Or that someone else had paid for them on her behalf.

‘Who else would have such questionable taste?’

The Black-robed Demon Cultivator said, “Master should be fine, right?”

Witch Dan Xue nodded. “He’s fine. But that’s not what you came to ask, is it, Senior Brother?

Would you really wait here all morning just because you were worried something happened to Master?

Don’t you usually just make a phone call?”

The Black-robed Demon Cultivator gave a slight smile and didn’t pursue the topic. After all, he was here to sell something today.

‘My junior sister is my customer, and customers aren’t for arguing with.’

Of course, there wasn’t much to argue about with this topic anyway.

The Black-robed Demon Cultivator then said, “Junior Sister, I’m here to sell you something. This item is priceless. It can temporarily boost your Cultivation and even aids your daily Cultivation.

Only three Seventh-Grade Spirit Stones. It’s a real bargain.”

Witch Dan Xue looked at her senior brother curiously. “Boosts it by a tiny sliver of Cultivation and has the daily effect of a minor Heart Purification Spell?”

The Black-robed Demon Cultivator was taken aback for a moment, then said, “No, it can raise you by several minor Realms. As for aiding Cultivation, it happens every morning, and its effect is thousands, even tens of thousands of times stronger than a Heart Purification Spell.”

Witch Dan Xue frowned. “For something this good, why aren’t you asking for Eighth-Grade prices, Senior Brother? Are the side effects severe?”

The Black-robed Demon Cultivator’s face darkened. “There are no side effects whatsoever.”

Witch Dan Xue replied without hesitation, “I don’t believe you. For something like this, forget Seventh-Grade Spirit Stones, even if you asked for Ninth-Grade Spirit Stones, great masters would be fighting over it, right?

Is it a one-time use item?”

Black-robed Demon Cultivator: “It’s a growth-type.”

Witch Dan Xue: “Then I believe you even less. Growth-types are even more expensive.”

For some reason, the Black-robed Demon Cultivator felt that this was the most exhausting sale he had ever tried to make.

He had deliberately not set the price too high, yet his junior sister was this suspicious. ‘So it’s true,’ he thought, ‘if the price isn’t high, people just get more skeptical.’

His junior sister was no exception.

‘Is it the old “you get what you pay for” mentality?’

Of course, this item had a fatal flaw: he could recall it at any time. Therefore, getting Seventh-Grade Spirit Stones for it was a massive profit.

‘As expected, I’m just not ruthless enough.’

Of course, he rarely did this sort of thing, especially for such a large amount. If he did it too often, it wouldn’t be called business; it would be called fraud.

You’re bound to suffer a loss eventually, like that time with Po Xiao.

Finally, the Black-robed Demon Cultivator said, “Want to try it? If you feel any discomfort, I can give you a refund.”

Witch Dan Xue said, “I don’t trust you on the refund, but I can put down one Seventh-Grade Spirit Stone as a deposit.”

The Black-robed Demon Cultivator: “…Deal.”

Witch Dan Xue frowned. ‘If her senior brother wasn’t plotting something, he would never be this agreeable.’

‘The price would be completely non-negotiable.’

‘Like that time with the Holy Land, he had demanded an outrageous price.’

‘No one else could be trusted, so she had no choice but to get fleeced.’

Witch Dan Xue was on her guard. ‘If it’s a defective product, I am absolutely not paying.’

At that moment, the Black-robed Demon Cultivator moved closer to Witch Dan Xue and said, “Don’t resist. Just accept it peacefully, or you’ll suffer a backlash.”

Witch Dan Xue said coldly, “Senior Brother, don’t you think you’re a little too close?”

The Black-robed Demon Cultivator said casually, “Relax. Looking like you do, no one would get any ideas.”

A vein bulged on Witch Dan Xue’s forehead. ‘That’s it. From now on, I’m never giving my senior brother any more business.’

Only then did the Black-robed Demon Cultivator realize what he’d said. “No, what I mean is, I might not be into women, so you have nothing to worry about, Junior Sister.”

Witch Dan Xue: “Heh.”

The Black-robed Demon Cultivator didn’t pay her reaction much mind. After all, this was the critical moment to get this flower off his head.

“I’m going to put the item on you now. It might hurt a little.”

Witch Dan Xue felt more and more uneasy. ‘What is my senior brother trying to do?’

Then she saw her senior brother actually take out a flower and proceed to stick it onto her head.

Witch Dan Xue was speechless.

‘Did my senior brother take the wrong medicine today?’

‘Or is this person not my senior brother at all?’

‘It makes sense,’ she thought, ‘his behavior is too abnormal.’ Thinking this, Witch Dan Xue tried to pull away.

But it was too late. The flower had already pierced her head.

A sharp pain shot through Witch Dan Xue.

The intense pain made Witch Dan Xue groan.

This was followed by a wave of weakness, as if her body had been completely drained.

She leaned against the nearby wall for support and looked at the Black-robed Demon Cultivator. “You’re not my senior brother. Who are you? What are you trying to do?”

The Black-robed Demon Cultivator looked utterly dumbfounded. Then he said, “Do you think you can get out of paying like this? You’re overthinking it, Junior Sister. You still have to pay up.”

Witch Dan Xue was now a little confused. ‘That shameless attitude… it really is my senior brother.’

‘But a moment ago, he clearly wasn’t acting like himself.’

Just as she was about to retort, she suddenly realized the weakness was gone, replaced by a surge of immense power flooding her body.

It was the flower.

And her strength had increased immensely.

Just then, the Black-robed Demon Cultivator said, “Feel that? The duration isn’t long, but it’s definitely not short, either. Now, pay up.”

Witch Dan Xue was stunned.