The crowd was still queuing, but the door had not opened. They knew there was no point in rushing, but their hearts were anxious and uncontrollable, and they had no mood to chat with others, so the queue was relatively quiet.
Seeing this, Zhu Shuang and Zhu Xue also breathed a sigh of relief. They were worried that if there was an uproar later, they wouldn't be able to control it.
Ling Luo Yi's door opened just before noon. She knew people were queuing outside in the morning, so she wasn't surprised to see so many people when she opened the door.
Hearing the sound of the door opening, Zhu Shuang and Zhu Xue quickly stood up. They were sitting right outside Ling Luo Yi's room, so they could see Ling Luo Yi as soon as they turned around.
"Miss, are you out of seclusion?"
Ling Luo Yi nodded, took out a storage ring, and said, "You two let the guests collect their goods first."
"Yes."
After speaking, Ling Luo Yi returned to her room. The door was not closed, and she could see what was happening outside.
Zhu Xue placed a stack of orders one by one, and the brush and ink were ready.
Zhu Shuang took out storage bags from the storage ring. Each storage bag had a piece of paper with a serial number written on it.
Zhu Shuang called out the numbers, and Zhu Xue quickly found the corresponding orders, calling out the names on them. Someone immediately stepped forward and presented their order. Zhu Xue confirmed it was correct, and after the person paid the remaining balance, Zhu Shuang handed the storage bag to them.
Upon receiving the storage bag, the person immediately opened it to inspect it carefully. The quantities were all correct. However, since they were not an alchemist, they could only tell that the pills were of very good quality and high grade. For anything else, they would have to go to the Alchemist Guild to have someone confirm it.
Everyone present, after receiving their storage bags, performed the same action: after checking the quantities, they went to the Alchemist Guild.
Why didn't they return to their own residences? It was because the alchemists in their residences were generally only third-grade and had never seen or rarely seen seventh-grade pills. Since they had all purchased Ling Luo Yi's seventh-grade pills, they were afraid that the alchemists in their residences would not recognize them.
As a result, the Alchemist Guild's traffic increased significantly, and now it was even more crowded, with everyone looking for the Guild Master to appraise their pills.
Since they had all gone directly to the Alchemist Guild after leaving the post station, and there was only one alchemist at the post station at the moment, it was not difficult to guess that their pills were all purchased from Ling Luo Yi.
The Guild Master of the Alchemist Guild could guess the relationship between Ling Luo Yi and the Ancient Spirit Academy, so he did not dare to lie when he saw the pills.
Therefore, the fact that Ling Luo Yi was a seventh-grade alchemist, lacking concrete evidence, was not widely believed and could only circulate within a small range. Now, it was spreading like a virus, at a terrifying speed.
At one point, the post station was once again surrounded, making it impossible to move.
Ling Luo Yi and Qiu Yuan Xi did not appear. Zhu Shuang came out and said, "Everyone, my young lady will be leaving Nanxin City tomorrow and returning to Tianwu Kingdom. Knowing that everyone wants to buy pills, my young lady has said that she invites everyone to purchase them at the Ling Family Pill Pavilion in Yunyuan City, Tianwu Kingdom. The Ling Family Pill Pavilion will always be open, so you don't have to worry about not being able to buy them."
Seeing that everyone was still unwilling to leave, Zhu Xue said, "Even if you all block here today, my young lady will not come out. If you truly want to buy pills, it would be better to set off for the Ling Family Pill Pavilion immediately!"
Upon hearing this, the crowd gradually thinned out, and they returned to send people to Yunyuan City.
Some people were still unwilling to leave. Seeing that they could not be persuaded, Zhu Xue and Zhu Shuang let them be.
In the room, Ling Luo Yi was lying on the bed. Little Feng Xi also saw the scene outside with people like a moving cloud and couldn't help but exclaim, "Master, your advertising is really amazing! And it seems you don't need to pay for advertising."
Ling Luo Yi chuckled and did not reply.
Little Feng Xi suddenly asked, "Master, this news will probably reach Tianwu Kingdom soon. Aren't you worried about the Wei family?"
Ling Luo Yi sighed and said sternly, "Little Feng Xi, we don't have much time. I must resolve the Ling family's affairs as soon as possible and then execute my plan. I must double the combat power here before they arrive."
"Master, it is time. The Ling family members are all here. With the Ling family's current strength, they can take revenge."
"Yes, it's time. I originally wanted to torment them properly, but with the current situation, I'll let them off easy."
Little Feng Xi did not think this statement was problematic. It was better to die a good death now than to be tortured to death by those people later.
The next day, Ling Luo Yi and the other three left the city early in the morning, returned the tokens of Zhu Xue and Zhu Shuang, and then slipped out of the sight of the guards, taking them directly into the small world.
As soon as they stepped into the small world, someone saw them.
"Eldest Miss, Miss Qiu, you're here!" an old woman said joyfully.
Ling Luo Yi had also brought Qiu Yuan Xi into the small world several times, and they were all familiar with each other.
"Grandma Qin, we have matters to attend to, so we won't chat much."
"Alright, Eldest Miss, you be busy," the old woman said with a kind smile.
The group walked towards a nearby teleportation array, and in a short while, they arrived at Qingyin Pavilion within the small world.
After they sat down, Ling Luo Yi said, "It takes a month to travel from Longqing Kingdom back to Tianwu Kingdom. We will stay here for this month."
"Miss," Zhu Xue asked doubtfully, "then won't we still be outside Nanxin City after a month?"
"You don't need to worry about that. I will place a teleportation array next to the city gate when we leave the small world, connected to the Ling Mansion. Then, when we enter again using a teleportation talisman, it will cover this time."
"It can be done like this!" Zhu Xue was very excited after hearing this and praised Ling Luo Yi incessantly, "Miss is truly amazing!"
Although Zhu Shuang did not speak, her eyes were filled with endless reverence.
"You two go back and rest first."
Their courtyard was naturally within this mansion. Ling Luo Yi only had these two maids.
"Yes." The two bowed and left.
After the two left, Qiu Yuan Xi gently patted Ling Luo Yi, wanting to speak but hesitating. After a long period of hesitation, Qiu Yuan Xi finally spoke, saying softly, "Xiao Luo'er, everything must be done calmly and steadily to ensure that no mistakes are made."
Ling Luo Yi closed her eyes wearily and said, "A Yuan, I know the道理 (reason/principle), but if things happened on the Canglan Continent, could you still remain calm?"
Qiu Yuan Xi was choked for a moment. If things had happened on the Canglan Continent, she would probably have been even more anxious than Ling Luo Yi.
Qiu Yuan Xi patted her gently, then sighed and returned to the courtyard arranged for her by Ling Luo Yi.
Ling Luo Yi settled the few little ones and lay back on the bed, feeling extremely exhausted.
The three little ones did not disturb her and obediently went out of the room. Gu Yun Cheng lay by Ling Luo Yi's pillow, accompanying her in silence.
Ling Luo Yi's eyes were tightly closed, and her breathing was steady, as if she were asleep, but she was not.
Little Feng Xi looked at her state and wanted to speak but stopped.
"Little Feng Xi, has my influence on you grown again?"
Ling Luo Yi's sudden telepathic message startled Little Feng Xi. Little Feng Xi came to her senses and called out, "Master," with concern.
Ling Luo Yi seemed not to hear, continuing her telepathic message, "The me of the past would never have such thoughts. What do their deaths have to do with me? Why should I sacrifice myself for them?! But now I have two thoughts in my mind: one is to let them be, since the Ling family has been arranged. The second thought is that I must fulfill my responsibilities and cannot watch them die like this."
"Master..."
"These two voices have been echoing in my mind. I don't know what to do, and I don't know which approach is right and which is wrong. I feel like my head is about to explode."
"Master." Little Feng Xi also didn't know what to do. At this moment, it could do nothing.