"Hold on…"
Helpless, Lin Fan had to have Zhou Na wait while he tried cleaning up.
The landlady, however, was not to be fooled.
"Open the door right now! I want to see what you were doing, or I'll open it myself!"
As landlady, Zhou Na had the keys.
Lin Fan was not surprised either, since they had an appointment.
But the problem was, if she saw this sight…
Well, there was no cleaning up the mess now.
Shaking his head, Lin Fan opened the door.
Zhou Na, who was absolutely furious stood outside, but did not enter even though she saw the door open, merely craning her neck to look inside.
Since the living room was right inside the front door, she could see the 'corpse' of the tea table immediately.
Split down the middle, everything from cups to phones were clattered all over the floor.
Zhou Na lifted a brow at that sight…
"Are you trying to destroy this house?"
"No." Lin Fan hung his head meekly. "I suspect it had quality problems, so I simply slapped it once…"
"What tall tales are you spinning? My furniture is all solid wood, but you slapped a tea table that's up to seven centimeters thick apart with just one palm?"
"Are you some sort of elite martial artist? Are you filming a movie?"
"That's not it, but… is there a chance this tea table is defective?"
Lin Fan began to attempt a swindle.
It took him great lengths to find a good place to live, and it would be exceedingly troublesome if he got chased out.
"I'm not buying that."
Zhou Na's lips twitched as a frostiness appeared over her beautiful face. "You have to pay!"
"Your tall tales are useless."
"Alright, I'll pay, I'll pay."
Lin Fan quickly answered. It was trifle to pay for the tea table but a big deal if he was chased out, since he neither had the money nor the time, nor would he be necessarily be able to find one that good.
"That's more like it. Clean the mess up yourself—that is all."
Zhou Na waved him off as she turned to leave without pressing the matter further.
Lin Fan could not help blinking at that.
She had arrived fearsomely, and even her words violent. However, all she did was have him pay up for the broken tea table, and leave?
Was she really that agreeable?
Unbeknownst to him, however, while he was watching Zhou Na's back, there was a look of surprise on her face…
"A martial artist actually came to stay here?"
"Still, from the way he looks, he doesn't look like he is training in internal martial arts. Could he be training in physical conditioning instead?"
"That's not it either. Why would his skin be that fair if he trained in physical conditioning?"
She touched her own arm at that and subtly gritted her teeth.
Though she could tell from that single glance just now, how could the brat's skin be fairer than hers?!
What logic does that even follow?
"Still… this is rather interesting. There's not many martial artists in this world now."
As Zhou Na left leisurely, Lin Fan was both helpless and left without a choice. He could only move the tea table to a corner and see if he had the time to fix it.
Buying a new one?
That would have to wait until he has money.
"That said, I'm really strong now…"
Lin Fan was even more curious now.
While the tea table had split in two, it was solid wood and very thick, which was why it was still very heavy.
But since Lin Fan could easily move it, did that not prove something?
"So weird…"
Despite his curiosity, Lin Fan cleaned the house before taking the time to read the paper slip.
"Your phone suddenly broke!"
And then?
That was it.
"The phone broke?"
Lin Fan's heart skipped a beat.
What the heck? Did that really happen?
The phone he had just bought was broken?
Still, he was not too worried. Isn't there another one even if one was gone?
Picking up the new one, he pressed on the power button.
"…"
There's no reaction?
"The new one is gone, just like that? Well, whatever. I wouldn't need the time to fix it, at least."
Lin Fan then whipped out his other phone.
But there was no reaction from it either.
"??? Both are broken?!"
Lin Fan frowned, realizing that things were not as simple as it seemed.
The cheap phone he bought should not have broken down so easily. But both phones, at the same time?
"Fine, I'll bring them to a repair shop for a look. Having no phones in this day and age is really troublesome…"
While Lin Fan had no idea what Qi Zixiao had did with his body, the phones had to be fixed.
Helpless, Lin Fan carried the phones and left, heading to the shop where he bought them.
***
The Saintess Chamber of Bright Moon Peak.
Qi Zixiao stared thoughtfully at the paper slip between her fingers thoughtfully.
"That makes sense. Letting that fellow know about matters surrounding the Sacred Violet Manor and teaching him to cultivate would surely avoid the risk of exposure…"
"I'll focus on those matters over the next few days."
"Moreover…"
"Striking a balance between work and rest? A scientific cultivation?"
"The fellow's answer shows reason."
"If that's the case, I could try."
Qi Zixiao finds Lin Fan's 'explanation' reasonable. Indeed, while cultivation was like rowing a boat against the current, the waters could both carry the boat, or overturn it!
Come to think of it, did she not cause all of this to happen, exactly because she had been forcing an ascension due her impatience?
Hence, she decided to skip her cultivation for the next three days, and put aside the manual of the Divine Lightning Blade.
First, she would note down the important characters in her sect for Lin Fan and teach him about immortal cultivation, so that he could control the Innate Qi in his body, so that he would not unwittingly expose himself…
"That's not enough!"
However, after some thought, Qi Zixiao decided that she would also add in some of her 'accomplishments' over the years, or Lin Fan would still be easily exposed otherwise.
"As for commenting on the guardian disciples…"
Amongst Lin Fan 'comments' were his request to have Qi Zixiao to give her critique on her guardian disciples. After he had asked them about their thoughts about cultivation but said anything after, would that not be weird?
"Whatever, I'll just have to give them some pointers.
"Aside from that…
"I would have to find a set of foresight and divination techniques, but I never touched on those techniques."
After musing to herself for a while, Qi Zixiao eventually made her choice.
"Chen Cheng."
She spoke, calling in Chen Cheng.
"Your grace…"
Chen Cheng's voice could be heard outside at once.
"Look for Fang Wu, and ask for the Heaven and Earth Divination in my name…"
Then, the door opened as a jade pendant shot out.
"Take this Pure Yang Jade Pendant in exchange. It is enough to withstand three of an elite's full-powered blows."
The jade pendant hovered before Chen Cheng and she quickly caught it with her hand, and curtseyed respectfully. "Yes, your grace."
With that, she left, riding her sword.
At the same time, however, Chen Cheng was exceedingly curious…
Asking Fang Wu for the Heaven and Earth Divination?
Fang Wu was one of the legendary disciples of the Sacred Violet Manor after all. He gained Elder Fate's legacy by chance, grasping the Heaven and Earth Divination to foresee all things, and was known as the Divine Seer of this generation…
Though his rank was below the saint and the saintess's, he was still amongst the top ten disciples of the Violet Manor!
Though the Heaven and Earth Divination was a legendary existence, it was said that there was nothing that could escape one's calculations for anyone who cultivated it to profound depths!
Still, that begs the question…
Why would her grace want the Heaven and Earth Divination out of the blue?