Chapter 354: I Am Your Sister
“It turns out I was right,” South Palace Qing Le said, looking at South Palace Yan. “You all knew my secret.”
South Palace Yan frowned slightly. “I’ve said before that we haven’t revealed your secret. We didn’t say it before, haven’t said it now, and won’t say it in the future.”
“I know.”
South Palace Qing Le gave a self-deprecating smile. “That person is very capable, able to move freely within the Spirit Clan and see through my secret at a glance. Naturally, he would disdain to use my secret to threaten me.”
“But who can guarantee that no one else will uncover my identity in the future?”
“Rather than continue to live in constant fear in the Spirit Clan, it’s better to stay outside,” South Palace Qing Le said. “With my abilities, I’ll live better outside than within the Spirit Clan.”
South Palace Yan looked at her. “Are you sure about this?”
“Yes,” South Palace Qing Le replied. “Since you said I don’t need to pretend to be a member of the South Palace family anymore, it means the South Palace family also knows, right?”
“Yes.”
“Very well,” South Palace Qing Le said. “From now on, I’ll no longer use the South Palace surname.”
“Do as you wish.” South Palace Yan said, then entered the academy.
Huang Quan saw him come in and asked, “Second Brother, is everything clear?”
“Yes, it’s clear,” South Palace Yan replied with a frown.
Huang Quan noticed his frown and asked, “What’s wrong?”
“She doesn’t want to go back,” South Palace Yan said.
This surprised Huang Quan a bit.
As Huang Quan was about to say something, South Palace Qing Le walked over.
Huang Quan looked up at her.
“Yellow Spring, I don’t need to impersonate your identity in the South Palace family anymore,” South Palace Qing Le said.
Chao Liang, Feng Jiu Yuan, Jing Chen, and South Palace Yan all turned their attention to her.
“My real name is Qing Le,” Qing Le said. “The South Palace surname was added to impersonate you.”
“Why are you telling me this?”
South Palace Qing Le looked at her and said, “Your second brother said that you wouldn’t pursue the matter of me sending someone to assassinate you?”
Huang Quan nodded. “Yes.
“Then remove the thing you left on me,” Qing Le said. “With that thing in place, I can’t be at ease.”
Now that everything is clear, keeping that thing would be useless. Huang Quan stood up, touched the back of her neck, and a chilling sensation entered her body.
After a while, Huang Quan withdrew her hand and looked at her. “It’s done.”
Without the threat to her life, Qing Le felt relieved.
She truly wouldn’t kill her.
Recalling the frustration of not even being able to speak to Huang Quan previously, Qing Le took a deep breath and said, “Huang Quan, according to our relationship, I am your sister.”
Jing Chen, Feng Jiu Yuan, Chao Liang, and South Palace Yan all looked at Qing Le with astonishment at her courage.
Huang Quan’s lips curled into a sinister smile. “So?”
Seeing that smile, Qing Le couldn’t bring herself to say the rest of the sentence.
“I’m your sister, so you should call me sister…”
Qing Le had a strong intuition that if she really said it, Huang Quan would actually call her that, but the consequences would be severe.
“N-nothing…” Qing Le averted her gaze in guilt.
Huang Quan looked at her and said, “I spared you because of Second Brother, but that doesn’t mean you can use that as an excuse to provoke me. Understand?”
Qing Le nodded. “Understood…”
“Go back to your place,” Huang Quan said.
Qing Le nodded and quickly left without another word.
Feng Jiu Yuan sneered. “It’s surprising she even dared to say that.”
Calling Huang Quan her sister?
What a pipe dream in broad daylight!
Chapter 355: Dragon Spirit Fruit
After Qing Le left, Huang Quan sat back down and ignored her.
At the Sacred Spirit Academy, there are classes only in the morning, with free training time in the afternoon.
After the morning classes, Huang Quan and the others were about to head back when Chao Liang said, “Huang Quan, the Cloud Pavilion Auction House recently acquired a very rare spirit herb and plans to auction it today. Do you want to come and see?”
“Very rare?”
“Yes,” Chao Liang nodded. “It’s the highlight item.”
“It must be truly rare then,” Huang Quan said. “I’ll go with you.”
She then looked at the other three. “Do you want to come along?”
South Palace Yan nodded. “I’ll go.”
Feng Jiu Yuan was about to agree when Jing Chen said, “I’ll stay to train today, so I won’t go. You all go ahead.”
With that, Jing Chen walked away.
Feng Jiu Yuan: “…”
Huang Quan looked at him. “Are you going?”
Feng Jiu Yuan grinned darkly. “I’m not going. I’m going to find Jing Chen and have a fight.” With that, he walked off.
Chao Liang, concerned, said, “Do you think they’ll really fight?”
“Don’t worry, they won’t fight,” Huang Quan said.
“Okay.” Chao Liang nodded and then said, “Let’s go.”
“Sure.”
At the Cloud Pavilion Auction House.
As the largest auction house in the Tianqi Empire, the Cloud Pavilion Auction House is always packed once the auction starts, with all the seats and private boxes filled.
As the Young Master of the Pill Tower, Chao Liang had reserved a private box when he received news about the rare herb being auctioned, otherwise they would have to stand in the main hall.
The auction house attendant led the three to their private box.
The box was clean and had a faint scent of wood.
Due to the need to view the auction, the box had two doors facing the auction area. Outside the doors were wooden rails, allowing a clear view of the entire auction hall.
“Cloud Pavilion Auction House has many good items,” Chao Liang said. “They have their own treasure hunting and gathering teams, and special channels to acquire rare items for auction.”
“I heard that this auction’s herb was collected by their own gathering team.”
Huang Quan responded, “Then it must be very expensive.”
She couldn’t afford it; she was really poor. The ten billion Feng Jiu Yuan gave her was all spent on buying food for treasures.
Feeling exhausted.
South Palace Yan, hearing this, looked at her and asked, “Quan Quan, are you… short on money?”
“No, I’m not,” Huang Quan quickly replied, “Second Brother, I really don’t lack money. I earned ten billion from Feng Jiu Yuan last time.”
South Palace Yan twitched his mouth and didn’t press further about her financial situation.
He was poorer than Quan Quan.
As they were talking, the auction began.
The herb Chao Liang mentioned was the highlight item, and it would be auctioned second to last.
Chao Liang wasn’t interested in the items before, and Huang Quan and South Palace Yan found nothing they wanted.
The three of them waited in the private box for a long time before the herb was finally presented.
On the auction stage, the auctioneer opened a box made of cold ice, revealing the herb inside!
The herb’s leaves were emerald green, like high-quality jade, giving a fresh and striking impression just by looking at it.
However, what was most attractive was not the leaves, but the fruit on the herb.
The fruit was round, golden-yellow, and shimmered with a faint glow, making it look very special.
Huang Quan gazed at the herb, her pretty peach blossom eyes narrowing slightly.
Chao Liang, looking puzzled, said, “What is this?”
It was clearly special, but he didn’t recognize it!
What a joke; he was the Young Master of the Pill Tower, having grown up eating spirit herbs and studying herb guides!
Huang Quan’s lips parted slightly. “Dragon Spirit Fruit.”
End of Chapter!
