On the other side, Ling Luoyi and Ling Luoran walked to Shallow Cloud Residence, which was Ling Luoran's courtyard.
Ling Luoran was already sixteen years old. The younger generation of the Ling family all had their own courtyards after the age of fifteen, regardless of whether they were young masters or young ladies.
Ling Luoyi looked at Ling Luoran, who was unwilling to let go of her, and said helplessly, "Alright, Ran'er, it's getting late. Go in and rest quickly. You still have to go to Flowing Cloud Pavilion tomorrow. If you can't wake up then, Eldest Sister won't wait for you."
"Then Eldest Sister, I'll see you tomorrow." Ling Luoran reluctantly let go and walked in.
The courtyards of the Ling family's young ladies were not far from each other, so Ling Luoyi soon arrived at Clear Sound Pavilion.
This was the courtyard that the Ling family head had prepared for his eldest granddaughter more than ten years ago. Even though she had been missing for ten years, he had not given it to anyone else.
Upon entering, she found two maids waiting for her in the courtyard.
Ling Luoyi smiled faintly, "It's too late today, you should all go back and rest."
"Yes."
Returning to her room, Ling Luoyi sat by the table, poured a cup of water, drank it, and then slumped onto the table, sighing heavily.
She was exhausted today. It was more comfortable to be herself.
If anyone else from the Ling family saw her, they would definitely suspect they had seen the wrong person. Ling Luoyi's appearance now was completely different from her daytime demeanor.
"Aren't you tired from pretending like this today?" a voice of a three or four-year-old boy came.
Ling Luoyi looked towards the source and saw a rabbit-like demonic beast lying to the side, its front paws clasped together, revealing a bit of pink flesh. Its small head rested on them. If there were people in the room, they would notice that the actions of this person and beast were exactly the same.
"Who told me that elders prefer juniors who appear gentle as water. Otherwise, I wouldn't bother pretending!"
Ling Luoyi was filled with anger whenever this matter was brought up. She poured herself another cup of water and drank it, calming her temper a little.
Her nature was actually more irritable. If it weren't for this guy's advice, she wouldn't have suppressed herself.
However, she didn't know how long she could suppress herself.
The rabbit-like demonic beast was speechless. It had said that elders liked juniors who were gentle as water, but the water of others was like a trickling stream, not a river with opened floodgates.
Of course, it only dared to complain in its heart. If it said it out loud, its fur would probably become a scarf.
To save its fur, the rabbit-like demonic beast quickly changed the subject, "You're really wasting good things, using Glazed Sea Flame to burn that trash."
"Heh, I need to release some information."
"Ah?! What information?"
"To tell the smart people: Don't mess with me if you don't have to."
"Heh, even if they provoke you, hitting them is like swatting flies. What are you afraid of?"
"Too many flies are very annoying."
The rabbit-like demonic beast was speechless. It had forgotten that its master hated trouble the most.
"By the way, Guan Yue, I'm going to Flowing Cloud Pavilion tomorrow. Give me some of your snacks. I need to exchange them for forty thousand Yellow Crystal Coins."
Hearing this, the rabbit-like demonic beast Guan Yue angrily said, "Can't you use the Crystal Coins in your storage ring? I don't have many snacks to begin with, and you still want to deduct them. Why am I so unlucky! To have such a master! Wuwuwu!"
As he spoke, Guan Yue even started crying, his cries shaking the heavens and earth.
Fortunately, Ling Luoyi had already set up a barrier, otherwise, those maids and servants would have been alerted.
The currency in the Ancient Spirit Continent was a special kind of Crystal Coin, which was divided into seven types: Red Crystal Coin, Orange Crystal Coin, Yellow Crystal Coin, Green Crystal Coin, Cyan Crystal Coin, Blue Crystal Coin, and Purple Crystal Coin. One thousand Red Crystal Coins equaled one Orange Crystal Coin, and one thousand Orange Crystal Coins equaled one Yellow Crystal Coin, and so on.
The countries of the Ancient Spirit Continent were divided into: Lower-tier Countries, Middle-tier Countries, Upper-tier Countries, and Superpowers.
The Tianwu Kingdom was a Lower-tier Country in the Ancient Spirit Continent, so even its capital city primarily circulated Red Crystal Coins in the market, with occasional Orange Crystal Coins. However, Yellow Crystal Coins were rarely seen.
All the Crystal Coins in her storage ring were Purple Crystal Coins, which she could exchange.
However, if she wanted to exchange them, it would take her at least five days to exchange forty thousand Yellow Crystal Coins for Orange Crystal Coins, even with her speed.
It wasn't that her speed was slow, but to exchange Purple Crystal Coins for Orange Crystal Coins, she would first have to go to a Superpower to exchange them for Blue Crystal Coins, then to an Upper-tier Country to exchange them for Green Crystal Coins, then to a Middle-tier Country to exchange them for Orange Crystal Coins, and then return to Cloud Abyss City.
This was too troublesome, and she refused to do it.
As a result, even though she had several storage rings filled with Purple Crystal Coins, she couldn't use them in Cloud Abyss City. Therefore, she was currently a 'poor person' with immense wealth.
Ling Luoyi looked at Guan Yue, who was still crying profusely, and couldn't help but twitch her lips. When had she ever lacked anything for it?
"Guan Yue, when you're done crying, go and do something important." Ling Luoyi remembered something.
"What is it? Is there anything else to do?" Guan Yue asked seriously. It was already late at night, what else was there to do?
Ling Luoyi looked at Guan Yue's big eyes, which showed no trace of crying. She suppressed the urge to hit it and said, "Go and get that fourth-grade pill back."
"Ah? Isn't it just a fourth-grade mortal pill? And it's mid-grade. Can't you just refine a higher-grade pill? Do you still need to get it back? Besides, wasn't that the compensation you gave?" Guan Yue was reluctant to do the task and refused.
"Guan Yue, even if it's just a fourth-grade mortal pill, it still belongs to Ling Luoyi from the Ling family. It cannot be given to others, especially the Yuan family," Ling Luoyi said seriously.
"But if you want it back, why did you give it to him in the first place?"
"A fourth-grade mortal pill could solve the problem, so why make things so complicated? Moreover, the news that the Ling family has a fourth-grade pill will spread quickly, and the Ling family, in its current state, cannot protect it. Besides, I gave the compensation in front of so many people, so even if something happens later, it has nothing to do with me."
In Yuan Zhan's eyes, his unfavored son with mediocre talent was exchanged for the future of a genius from the Ling family and a fourth-grade pill, which was very worthwhile.
But in Ling Luoyi's eyes, being able to have an opportunity to send this bomb out openly, having a reason to deal with Yuan Zhan, solving the Ling family's current crisis, and alleviating Ling Luoran's psychological problems, she was not at a loss.
Guan Yue also understood and couldn't help but admire his cunning master.
Yes, her compensation was given in front of everyone, and whatever happened afterward had nothing to do with her.
Seeing that it understood, Ling Luoyi said, "Hurry up."
"If you go to get it back now, aren't you afraid it's already been eaten?" Guan Yue teased.
"Then why aren't you going quickly?" Ling Luoyi threatened.
"I'll go get the pill, what about you?"
Ling Luoyi met Guan Yue's gaze and said very seriously, "Sleep."
Without any guilt, and without any remorse for exploiting her contracted beast.
Guan Yue stared at Ling Luoyi as she yawned lazily, walked to the bed, took off her outer clothes and shoes, and collapsed onto the bed to sleep.
He then looked out the window. The moonlight... well, it was very bright, accompanied by the sound of the wind. The wind was not too strong.
Indeed... well, it wasn't a good time to do bad things.
However, Guan Yue thought leisurely, when has his master ever chosen a time to do bad things?
Guan Yue cast another resentful glance at Ling Luoyi, sighed deeply, and thought he was truly destined for a life of toil, having to run errands late at night.
Master really knows how to exploit little beasts!
The next second, Guan Yue on the table disappeared, and a white light shot out from the open window, vanishing in an instant without attracting anyone's attention.
Ling Luoyi listened to Guan Yue's voice disappear, and after a long time, she sighed, opened her eyes, and looked at the ceiling of the bed, her thoughts drifting.
She had been in this world for ten years. Time passed so quickly!