Chapter Twenty: Luring the 'Dog' into the House

  "Both of you have someone admitting defeat, the battle hasn't even started yet, and you're already tired?" The referee shouted loudly after a moment of silence. These few thugs, where did Lan Meng find them from? They were really infuriating! However, he also knew that he had to deal with these three before the president arrived, otherwise, after the president came to present the award, he couldn't guarantee whether they would infuriate him to death or not!

  "It's a big pressure in my heart!" Leng Ruoxue said with her eyes open, but in her heart, she was muttering, "Why hasn't Wu Huan come up yet? It's so slow to give out the award!"

  "Hey! You few stand up first, okay?" The chief judge was helpless and had to lower his tone, coaxing them, "Hurry... the conference chairman will arrive soon."

  "What's in it for us?" The demon raised an eyebrow and asked faintly, implying that if there was no benefit, they wouldn't get up.

  “……”

  The judge was stunned, a bit dazed. Had he heard it wrong? Actually asking him for favors? What the...! How can there be such people in this world?! It's really despicable!

  "Night Chen! How can we ask others for favors?" Leng Qingtian's face was filled with disapproval.

  Wow... that's really well said! There are still people who understand. The presiding judge was so moved, almost to the point of tears...

  "But anyway..." Leng Qing Tian deliberately paused for a moment.

  The originally tearfully grateful judge, upon hearing this, immediately raised his voice and looked at Leng Qingtian with a vigilant expression, afraid that he would say something shocking. Alas, he was wrong, this old man wasn't a good person either!

  "But if it's the Chief Judge, then it doesn't matter." Leng Qingtian said with a sly smile.

  "It's all right, it's all right, I'm very poor." The judge hastily said, putting on a pitiful look.

  "Judge, you and the president just say a word, directly give us the reward, he doesn't need to present it to us." said Leng Ruoxue.

  "Yes! Our time is precious." The demon also echoed.

  "This...this is against the rules." The chief judge wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, saying in a low voice, "Hmph...he thought he was still dizzy, but unfortunately, he wasn't given this opportunity!"

  "Oh, then why don't you tell Wu Huan that we can't wait any longer and have already left, and ask him to send the reward to our residence?" suggested Leng Ruo Xue after some thought.

  "What benefits do you want?" The judge conceded.

  "Let's owe it for now, we'll tell you when we think of it!" Leng Ruoxue slightly raised an eyebrow and looked at the referee, actually, they were just teasing this old man, unexpectedly, he actually took it seriously, haha!

  "Huh!" The judge was stunned. How could this be owed? He really couldn't fathom the thoughts of these three people now.

  "Director Wu has arrived, can you all please stand up?" The chief judge inadvertently looked up and saw that Wu Huan was only a few meters away from the stage, and couldn't help but say with some urgency.

  "Grandpa, let's give the referee some face!" said Leng Ruoxue kindly, then stood up from the ground.

  "Alright!" Leng Qingtian also gave face.

  "Presiding judge, don't forget the favor you owe us!" The demon reminded, also standing up.

  "Unforgettable." The judge hastily said, "Whew, what a close call!"

  Leng Ruoxue and others had just stood up when Wu Huan led a group of senior members of the General Assembly onto the stage.

  Wu Hóng stepped onto the stage and saw Lěng Ruò Xuě and others standing there. A flash of disgust quickly passed through his sharp, gloomy eyes, but on his face was a smiling welcome, warm and friendly.

  At the same time, Leng Ruo Xue and others were also sizing up the legendary Wu Huan.

  This is a middle-aged man in his fifties, not tall and slightly fat, with an ordinary face. However, a pair of eyes revealed his true nature, which was absolutely narrow-minded and vengeful. In short, he was a petty person. Moreover, the flash of disgust that had just passed through his eyes did not escape the attention of people like Leng Ruoxue.

  "Haha, so these are the top three of our school's Xuan Shi competition! They're really excellent!" Wu Gong said with insincere praise, his eyes filled with admiration.

  After Wu Heng finished speaking, none of them, including Leng Ruo Xue, paid any attention to him.

  "How dare you! You're actually not answering when spoken to?" someone behind Wu Heng rebuked.

  "Has the president arrived? Where is he?" Leng Ruoxue pretended to be silly.

  "That's what you're going to become!" The man said again.

  "Really? But I heard that the sect leader has been in closed-door cultivation all this time! When did he come out?" Cold Snow gazed at Wu Huan with a skeptical expression, her face written with two big words: "Don't believe".

  "The president is in seclusion, I am the vice-president of the General Assembly, but everyone respects me so much that they all call me President." Wu Heng explained patiently, looking very kind, but in fact, he was already furious and wanted to tear Cold Snow into pieces.

  "Oh, but... even if you're the head of a closed group, they can't call you the president, right? This will mislead people who don't know the truth." Leng Ruo Xue's words were extremely innocent and her eyes were full of naivety.

  "And besides, a deputy is just a deputy! If we call the deputy chairman as chairman, it's equally disrespectful to the chairman, right, Deputy Chairman!" Leng Ruoxue added.

  "You're right," Wu Heng said, suppressing his anger. The damned woman actually dared to oppose him, humph! He wouldn't let her off easy!

  "It's still good that the vice president understands things, unlike some people who only know how to flatter. Vice President, you'd better stay away from those people!" Leng Ruoxue suggested, calling out "Vice President" one after another.

  "Heh heh, you're right, but today is a good day, let's not talk about those depressing things." Wu Gong cleverly changed the subject. For now, his goal had not been achieved, so he would spare this woman for today and deal with her slowly later on!

  "Vice President, where's our reward?" asked Leng Ruo Xue, stretching out her small white hand.

  "This is your reward, congratulations on achieving good results." Wu Huan took out three storage rings and handed them to the three of them, saying very formally.

  "Thank you, Vice President." Leng Ruoxue said with a smile, and poured all the things in the ring onto the stage, and sat on the ground to check them one by one. She even took out a piece of paper that she had prepared beforehand and carefully checked it against the contents on the paper.

  The demon and Leng Qing Tian are also learning from each other.

  Wu Hong and others saw Leng Ruo Xue's three people seriously checking, their foreheads all slid down several black lines, the corners of their mouths were also twitching constantly, in their hearts they were all cursing, damn it, do you want to lose face like this? Where did these country bumpkins come from, they are already masters, don't they know that they can check with divine sense? Is it necessary to pour them all out?

  An hour later.

  Leng Ruo Xue and the other two finally finished checking all their belongings.

  "Vice President, nothing is missing at all!" Leng Ruo Xue praised and put the things on the ground back into the ring.

  "Have you checked everything?" Wu Huan asked with a twitching mouth corner. Nima, of course, nothing would be missing!

  "Alright, let's go!" Cold Ruo Xue responded and turned her head to face Cold Qing Tian and Yao Jiao.

  "Mm." The two nodded.

  Three people walked down to the ring in perfect sync.

  "Wait a minute." Wu Huan called out to stop the three of them. Although he was already furious, things weren't over yet, how could he just let them leave like that?!

  "Vice President, have we been rewarded?" asked Leng Ruoxue as she turned around.

  "There are other rewards." Wu Heng said.

  "Besides money and goods, we have no interest in anything else." Lan Ruoxue replied calmly.

  "Are you also not interested in being my apprentice?" Wu Huan asked with a warm smile. Humph! He didn't believe they wouldn't be tempted! After all, how many people wanted to be his apprentice?!

  "Your apprentice? Isn't that just like Zhou Huichang?" Leng Ruoxue asked with a surprised expression.

  "Really! If you become my apprentice, then Zhou Kun will be your senior fellow disciple." Wu Huan said confidently, humph! He knew that this ugly woman would definitely be moved, it seems that his apprentice is still quite attractive! He was secretly pleased with himself.

  "Be Zhou Kun's junior sister?" Leng Ruoxue furrowed her brow, seemingly in thought.

  "Ah! Your senior brother is indeed very popular with women." Wu Huan said with a sly smile, looking at the cold and snowy appearance, it's likely that he was also captivated by his own disciple, haha, this is really great, in this way, I believe his goal will be easily achieved.

  "But I don't want to be in the same school as him! Zhou Kun is really too annoying, and whoever is willing to take him on as a disciple probably isn't much better either. So, forget it!" Leng Ruoxue said, as if she had just made a major decision.

  "What did you say?" Wu Gong stared with wide eyes, looking at Leng Ruo Xue in disbelief, and asked loudly.

  The crowd behind Wu Hóng also had faces full of incredulity, their hearts were in their throats, and cold sweat kept flowing. They must have been implicated by Lěng Ruò Xuě, who loved to shift his anger onto others. Now, they all saw the president lose face, it's over, they're done for!

  "I say, I refuse to be Zhou Kun's junior sister. Miss can't afford to lose that person." Leng Ruo Xue said clearly and plainly.

  "Wu Gong said, his face as colorful as a palette, 'Say it again!'"

  "You're not old, are you? How come your ears aren't working properly?" asked Leng Ruoxue with a puzzled expression.

  "You... are as cold as snow! I'll let you say that again!" Wu Huan bellowed, regardless of his image.

  "Alright! Considering your age, I'll say it one more time. You'd better listen carefully, this is the last time!" Cold Snow reminded.

  "Speak quickly!" Wu Gong's face turned red as he bellowed with a thick neck!

  "I say, I refuse to become Zhou Kun's junior sister. Whoever takes him as a disciple must be of the same kind, and it won't end well!" Leng Ruoxue said with a light smile. Anyway, she had already offended many people recently, so she didn't care about offending this centipede either. Besides, this centipede would take her as a disciple, but probably not with good intentions!

  "You... are as cold as snow! You'd better not regret this!" Wu Huan shouted in a fit of rage, hateful, truly too hateful!

  "I'd be your apprentice? I'd rather regret it!" Leng Ruoxue said disdainfully.

  "Grandfather, let's go." Leng Ruo Xue turned her head and said to the two of them.

  Ignoring Wu Heng's anger, Leng Qing Tian and Yao Jie nodded slightly, and the three of them swaggered down from the stage.

  At the entrance of the passage, the old man and others were already waiting there.

  "Haha, you little girl! You're still the best, that centipede almost got angry to death!" The old man laughed and said.

  "Alas! Xiao Xue, this time you've thoroughly offended Wu Hui. From now on, you all need to be more careful." Lan Meng let out a deep sigh and said with some worry, Wu Hui's petty mind was notorious, so that old thing would definitely find an opportunity to take revenge on Leng Ruo Xue and the others.

  "Given his relationship with the Sun family, we can't get along peacefully. Moreover, he has been plotting against us for a long time. So today, I just collected some interest in advance." Leng Ruoxue said nonchalantly, although the Sun family was now like an immovable giant to her, but there were examples of ants biting elephants to death, so there's nothing to be afraid of.

  "Xiao Xue, let's get out of here! I smell a stinky smell." Ice Qi, who was leaning on Leng Ruo Xue's shoulder, wrinkled her little nose in distaste.

  "Hmm!" Everyone nodded and left the competition venue, returning to their residence.

  No sooner had I returned home than someone came to visit me.

  Those who came to visit were under the pretext of delivering invitations, and entered the house with an air of dignity.

  "Wow, you're my idol." In the living room, Lan Lie's eyes shone brightly as he looked at Bing Ji who was dozing off on Leng Ruo Xue's shoulder, his face filled with excitement.

  "Don't worship me, I'm just a legend!" Bing Qi said with a slight raise of his eyelids, in a very arrogant tone.

  "Legendary? That's even more worshiped!" Blue Lian exclaimed excitedly, this little dog was too majestic and extraordinary! He really liked it!

  Leng Ruo Xue listened to the conversation between this man and beast, and two drops of cold sweat fell from his forehead. He thought to himself, Is this really the future master of the Lan family? Will the people of the Lan family be at ease handing over their family to him?

  "Cough, cough!" Blue Ming, who was sitting on the side, couldn't help but let out two light coughs to remind his nephew not to lose face.

  "Ah... you're called Little Ice, right?!"

  "You can call me Xiao Lie Lie." Lan Lie said enthusiastically.

  "Oh!" Bing Qi faintly responded and then ignored him.

  "Hmm! Xiao Bing, don't you dislike me?" Lan Lie said with some sadness, this little beast was clearly indifferent to him.

  "Grandpa wants to sleep, you go play on your own!" Bing Qi said with some annoyance, glancing at Lan Meng in the process, whose eyes seemed to say "Is this person really a relative of yours?"

  "Hmm! Lie'er, Xiao Bingbing doesn't like being disturbed when she's sleeping." Lan Meng reminded kindly.

  "Oh! Little Ice, you sleep yours, I won't speak anymore." Lan Lie's words were considerate of others' feelings, and he didn't say anything more, but his eyes stared intently at Bing Ji.

  A moment later.

  Bing Qi opened his eyes, and the blue pupils were filled with displeasure. "Little Lie Lie, don't stare at me like that, I'll get shy."

  "Ah!" Lan Lie didn't expect that Bing Qi was still just a shy little puppy, and now he liked it even more.

  "Hehe! Xiao Bing is really cute!" Lan Lie exclaimed with sparkling eyes.

  "Xiao Lie Lie, if you're staring at me, I'll bite you!" Bing Qi threatened, unable to bear it any longer.

  "Xiao Bing, cute beasts can't threaten others." Lan Lie said with some grievance, waa... He just liked it too much, so he took a few more glances. Why did he have to be threatened?

  "Grandpa just likes to threaten others." Bing Qi said with a face full of nonchalance.

  "Xiao Bing, go to sleep obediently. As for you, we've already received your invitation, thank you! If there's nothing else, you can leave first." Leng Ruo Xue said directly.

  Bing Qi listened to Leng Ruo Xue's words, obediently closing his eyes, while Lan Lie was stunned, and after regaining consciousness, he blinked his own eyes vigorously, somewhat disbelieving. Had he misheard?

  Uh! Is this where the chase begins? This woman is also too realistic, right?! Cold Wudi and Sun Teng, who were also sitting in the living room, couldn't help but laugh.

  At this time, there was another knock at the door outside the courtyard.

  Lan Meng stood up consciously and went to open the door.

  Before long, he returned with a gloomy face.

  "What's wrong?" asked Leng Ruo Xue, seeing that Lan Meng's face didn't look too good, and couldn't help but ask curiously.

  "The general just informed us that we must vacate this place immediately." Lan Meng said.

  "Oh! Then let's move!" said Leng Ruoxue calmly.

  "Little Snow, if we leave here, some people will have the opportunity to make a move." Lan Meng said with some concern, although private fights are not allowed in Xuan Yang City, but if the authorities intentionally cover up, it's a different story.

  "Little Blue, we can't stay in the General Assembly forever. After a long time, some people will jump over the wall like mad dogs. At that time, the General Assembly will turn a blind eye to us, and we won't be able to do anything about it." Leng Ruoxue said.

  Xue Er is right, outside we can let loose. Leng Qing Tian said, he always agrees with his granddaughter's opinions.

  "Alright! Let's go find an inn to stay in first!"

  "What's the point of looking for an inn? You can all move to our Blue family's guest house!" Blue Lie said enthusiastically. Heh heh, this way, he could have the closest contact with Little Ice, his idea was really great, and he felt so pleased in his heart!

  "This isn't very convenient, is it?" Leng Ruoxue tactfully declined, her face revealing Blue Lie's thoughts. However, she was truly afraid that Bing Qi would be harassed by others. After all, Bing Qi's temper wasn't very good. If they were to provoke it, she really didn't know what kind of thing Bing Qi would do.

  "Hmm! Indeed it's inconvenient." Lan Meng said somewhat helplessly, that little dog's temper was really bad.

  "Little uncle, what's inconvenient about it? Now that I'm the only one living in this branch house, I don't believe the Sun family would dare to come to our Blue family's branch house to kill someone." Blue Lie said indignantly.

  "Xiao Xue, let's go live with Xiao Lie!" said Bing Qi, who had been keeping his eyes closed.

  "Alright then!" Leng Ruoxue said, if Bing Qi wasn't afraid of being disturbed, then she was even less afraid.

  "Heh heh, come on then, let's go!" Lan Lie said happily, standing up and preparing to lead the way.

  Leng Ruoxue and others simply packed up and followed Lan Lie to live in the Lan family's villa located in Xianyao City.

  The Blue House is located in the southernmost part of Xiangyang City, covering a vast area. The villa is surrounded by mountains and water on all sides, with fresh air.

  Inside the courtyard, lush green trees provide shade, and a thousand flowers bloom together. Each exquisite pavilion and kiosk is breathtakingly beautiful. Artificial hills rise up in groups, and a crystal-clear river flows through the entire courtyard. Silver-white fish swim freely in the water, carefree and content.

  Leng Ruo Xue and others were arranged to live in 'Ning Xi Yuan'.

  "Ning Xiyuan" is said to be the best garden in the Blue House Villa, with decorations and furnishings that are truly luxurious.

  In the room where Leng Ruo Xue lives.

  "Is Miss Cold satisfied with this place?" The housekeeper of the other courtyard said proudly, this 'Ning Xiu Garden' is the best in the entire other courtyard except for the main courtyard. Usually, only the fifth miss of the Blue family, Blue Ning'er, has the opportunity to live here. Unexpectedly, today the young master arranged for them to stay here. I wonder what kind of people they are? The housekeeper's heart was full of curiosity.

  "Very satisfied." Lan Ruoxue said lightly, the courtyard was beautiful and the decorations in the house were also very exquisite. It could be seen that the owner took great care of this courtyard. However, for her, as long as she lived comfortably, she didn't care about anything else. But seeing the butler's proud face and his eager gaze, she could only say she was satisfied.

  "That's good, Miss Leng can rest well, I won't disturb you." The butler said and left.

  "Xu'er, this place isn't much better either!" The steward left, and the demon muttered in dissatisfaction. The smell of incense in the house was too pungent, he didn't like it at all.

  "Just stay for a few days! We'll be leaving in a few days." Lan Ruo Xue comforted, she had already discussed with Lan Meng and planned to set off three days later, heading towards Blue Cloud City.

  "Xu'er, let's go sleep in space tonight!" the demon said.

  "Good." Leng Ruoxue nodded slightly.

  "I'm going too." Bing Qi raised his eyelids and hastily said, as if afraid of being left behind.

  "Xiao Bing, I thought you were already asleep!" Leng Ruo Xue said with a hint of amusement. Haha, on the way to Lan's family villa, Bing Ji was indeed harassed by Lan Lie!

  "I'm pretending to sleep, but that kid from the Lan family is really too clingy, I just can't take it anymore." Bing Qi complained.

  "Haha, then why did you agree to come and live here?" This was also something that Cold Snow couldn't understand. Why would Ice Ky agree? It was really too strange.

  "Of course it's for the silver snow fish." Bing Qiu swallowed his saliva and said, "Ah! Delicious fish! Just thinking about it makes me irresistible!"

  "Silver Snow Fish?" Leng Ruoxue looked at Bing Ji with a puzzled expression on her face.

  "You see the river in the yard? The fish there is what I call Silver Snow Fish." Bing Ji explained.

  "Is the fish delicious?" asked Leng Ruoxue with some curiosity.

  "It's delicious, and not only is it delicious, but it can also be used as medicine! In short, it's priceless." Bing Qi said, his mouth watering at the thought.

  "Xue Er, Yin Xue Yu is the main medicine for refining Yin Xue Dan. Yin Xue Dan is a top-grade elixir that can help Da Xuan Master break through to Xuan Wang! However, the success rate of Yin Xue Dan is extremely low, so it's absolutely a priceless elixir. I reckon that Blue Family kid must have taken Yin Xue Dan, otherwise, he wouldn't be able to advance to Xuan Wang so quickly." Wu Chuan said, Blue Lie's talent was pretty good, but the guy was too lazy and didn't take cultivation seriously, which was well-known throughout the Huo Tian Continent.

  "Uh-huh, Little Snow, let's steal all those silver snowfish! Raise them in your space, and the quality of those silver snowfish will definitely be better." Ice Kui's face was full of longing, her icy blue big eyes staring at Cold-as-Snow with anticipation.

  "Hmm! This..." Leng Ruo Xue started to sweat, Bing Ji's idea was really... Alas! She really wanted to know if Lan Lie would cry to death if he knew it was himself who brought the 'dog' into the house.

  "Xiao Xue, is it okay?" Bing Qi blinked her big eyes and asked adorably.

  "Alright! However, for the sake of Lan Meng's face, we can't all sneak away." Leng Ruo Xue said somewhat helplessly, actually, she was quite interested in Yin Xue Dan.

  "Let's just leave two for them then." Bing Qi said magnanimously, his fluffy little face full of satisfaction.

  “……”

  Leng Ruo Xue was speechless, thinking to herself: "Xiao Bing Bing, you're really ruthless! When she arrived, she saw the fish in that river, at least several thousand of them. Who knows how long the Lan family has been raising them? Now they've caught Xiao Bing Bing's eye, and she even wants to cook a whole pot of them. Alas!"

  "Xiao Xue, it's not just for ourselves, you guys need the Silver Snow Pill too!" Ice Qi said with a hint of grievance, her beautiful blue eyes sparkling with tears!

  "Huh? I didn't say anything! Let's go steal fish tonight!" Cold Snow wiped away two cold sweats on her forehead, hastily changing the subject. Ugh... can these beasts not be so sharp one by one?!

  "Good." Hearing that they would go steal fish at night, Bing Ji immediately wiped away her tears and happily agreed.

  "Xiao Bingbing, how did you know that the Lanz family has a Silver Snowfish?" asked Leng Ruoxue with some curiosity.

  "This is no secret in the vast continent of Hao Tian! However, Silver Snowfish are extremely difficult to raise. Currently, except for the Blue family, no one else on the entire continent has been able to keep them alive. Moreover, Silver Snowfish love cold temperatures, so the colder the water they're raised in, the better. Luckily, there's a natural icy pool beneath the Blue family's estate, which is why the Silver Snowfish have been able to survive." Ice Qiao explained, shaking her small head.

  "Hmm, wouldn't there be many people who want to steal the fish then?" Leng Ruoxue guessed, with the value of the Silver Snow Fish, wouldn't it be coveted by people all day?

  "There are definitely people who want to steal, but they also need the guts to dare to come and steal! Moreover, Silver Snowfish is not that easy to steal, huh? You'll know tonight." Bing Qi said with a hint of mystery.

  "Oh!" Leng Ruo Xue responded softly, after hearing Bing Ji's words, she was indeed quite curious.

  Time is slowly passing by.

  After the night was quiet, Leng Ruoxue summoned Ling and had it cast a stealth spell on herself, Yougui, and Bing Qi, before quietly slipping away to the riverbank in the courtyard...

  "It's so cold!" Standing by the river, Leng Ruoxue suddenly felt a significant drop in temperature, and she also understood what Bing Ji had meant.

  "Xiao Xue, hurry up and pack the fish!" Bing Qi said with some urgency, heh heh, it's precisely because it's cold that stealing the Silver Snow Fish won't be so easy!

  "Good!" Cold-as-Snow's mind turned and a third of the fish in the river were scooped into her sleeves.

  Suddenly, Bing Qi pinched his throat and shouted loudly: "Come on! There's an assassin!"

  Digression

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