Lu Qingyun was now on the way to the teahouse and he was being accompanied by Lie Xingyuan.
Along the way, he noticed that she had an unhappy face. So he asked her, "Xingyuan, what's wrong? Are you alright?"
Lei Xingyuan gave him a faint smile, "I'm alright. I'm erm…am just thinking of something."
She was actually quite troubled.
It was because she had thought that this Senior Brother was a high level cultivator and her future would be secured if she were to become his maidservant. She had never expected that his cultivation level would be this low and next to nothing. Even her cultivation level was higher than him…
She was totally speechless and was cursing herself in her heart.
A day ago, she did not expect Lu Qingyun to amount to anything but all of a sudden when he was made a core disciple of the acting sect leader, she was secretly delighted.
It was because the Heavens Ridge Villa had a rule. The common protégé that was leading a core protégé could have the first priority to becoming his or her maidservant, no matter how lowly their status was.
However it had to come at a price. This price was of course not her chastity but a bribe to the elders.
Therefore she had sold everything that she had got so that she could gather ten lower grade spirit stones. Her salary was only 10 silver a month and low grade spirit stone cost 100 silvers. She had even borrowed from many others so that she would be able to earn this maidservant position.
Since the heavens had decided to drop a pie on her head, she was naturally going to make the full use of it.
But suddenly when she had realized how low the cultivation realm level of Lu Qingyun was, she was completely stunned. What was the use of a Golden Roc Flame when he was still so far away from the Immortal Celestial Level?
The Immortal Celestial Level which was the 4th realm of the celestial practice was the energy level. If he could not even reach this energy level, his Golden Roc Flame was completely useless to him.
Maybe he won't even be able to reach the 4th realm cultivation at all and would reach a bottleneck at the 3rd realm cultivation.
One must know that there are even 3 grand elders of the Heavens Ridge Villa that are at the 4th realm cultivation and it is difficult to advance to the 4th realm cultivation given the cultivation strength of the Heavens Ridge Villa.
Although ithe Heavens Ridge Villa is one of the four major powerhouse in New Empyrean City but it is only a third rate cultivation sect.
She had thought that Lu Qingyun was a fourth realm expert for having the Golden Roc Flame. How did he even manage to have a ninth rank Golden Roc Flame in the first place?
Come to think of that, maybe Sect Leader Qin Keqin either did not know his cultivation level or had made him her disciple out of whim.
After all, he was actually quite handsome. This was something that Lie Xingyuan was forced to acknowledge and one of the main reasons why she was willing to become his maidservant.
Also, a core protégé's maidservant had many perks and could observe the many superior cultivation techniques that only core disciples had accessed to. Just that alone would ensure that her own cultivation progression would improve rapidly.
After all, she wanted to become a 3rd realm enlighten celestial as soon as possible. At this level, aging would slow down and her lifespan would be extended. At the fourth realm immortal celestial level, aging would completely cease and she would retain her beautiful looks.
Like many other maidens, Lie Xingyuan only wanted to retain her beautiful youth.
But now, her dreams were completely shattered and her future was bleak. If he was the good-for-nothing cultivator then she would be the good-for-nothing maidservant.
She really felt like crying her heart out.
But at least she still got her chastity intact. No matter what happened in the future, she was determined not to let him take advantage of her. Instead of her benefiting from absorbing his rich spiritual sea, she was now horrified that he would be draining her primordial yin to advance his cultivation level.
Why was her luck so down?
Lu Qingyun asked her again, "Xingyuan, are you really alright? You don't look so good."
Lie Xingyuan smiled miserably, "I am really alright. We are almost there now."
Lu Qingyun did not know what she was thinking. He saw that she had a lovely expression even when she was looking pale. Come to think of that, she was actually a rare beauty and was very young, only 18 of age. She was even younger than him by 2 years. He actually felt quite impressed by her. At only 18, she was already a second realm master practitioner level.
As he looked at her, he could not help muttering. "Xingyuan, you are really pretty and talented."
Lie Xingyuan gasped as she suddenly turned pale and she had almost tripped. She was panicky thinking, "He is now lusting after me like a nasty toad. Why did I have to say to him earlier that I am welcome to his bed chamber? Isn't this destroying myself? And now he is praising my talent. He is really trying to obtain my primordial yin for his cultivation. Someone please help me…"
Lu Qingyun had quickly caught hold of her wrist, "Be careful. You've almost tripped."
Lie Xingyuan stumbled weakly into his embrace with a soft gasp, attracting many onlookers on the street.
She was suddenly flustered with shyness and could feel the warmth of his chest.
Lu Qingyun was a full head taller than her and he was rebuking her gently, "You ought to pay more attention to where you are going. The grounds are quite uneven around here. If you are not careful, you will get a hard fall."
"What a lovely maiden and handsome young man." An old lady commented as she saw them embracing together.
"A truly dragon and phoenix pair." Another said.
"This is broad daylight and they are embracing so intimately…"
"What a shameless couple…"
"They should go elsewhere if they want to hug…"
Lie Xingyuan was suddenly gasping as she pushed Lu Qingyun away. She had naturally heard the onlookers and she was burning with her flushes.
She quickly said to him without looking at him, "In front of us is the teahouse already. Let's hurry to the place."