Ning Xuan felt a brief pang of sha for her wavering resolve. She then opened her Light Computer to check the matching information. She had just withdrawn her application, and the Mainfra had already sent back a ssage confirming the withdrawal was effective. It also recomnded she complete the spiritual connection as soon as possible!
Ning Xuan’s breath caught in her throat. She felt flustered, unable to quite put a na to the feeling. Just then, she saw Yan Fuzhen walk in. She froze for a second before asking, "Why are you still here?"
The mont the words left her mouth, she rembered what Ying Yaoshi had said before he left—that he was leaving Yan Fuzhen for her to command.
Yan Fuzhen’s tall, upright figure stood in Ning Xuan’s modest living room, looking rather out of place at first glance. His gaze was gentle yet firm, the very picture of a man with a ticulous and disciplined deanor.
"Greetings, Miss Ning. I am now your personal housekeeper," Yan Fuzhen said, bowing his head respectfully. His voice was solemn.
Ning Xuan sat on the sofa, a hint of impatience in her eyes. She didn’t like others interfering in her life and had no need for a personal housekeeper like Yan Fuzhen.
"Didn’t he say he wouldn’t interfere with my life? Why leave a watchdog here? Tell your master I don’t need one!" Ning Xuan said nonchalantly, her tone laced with displeasure.
Yan Fuzhen smiled faintly. He understood Ning Xuan’s discomfort, but he had his own duties and mission. He couldn’t abandon his post just because she was unhappy.
"Miss Ning, I beg you, please have so pity on . If you send back, the Marshal will definitely throw onto the most dangerous battlefield. Then he’ll just send even more people over to you, and you’ll be even more annoyed!" Yan Fuzhen pleaded, his tone half-joking and half-serious, yet filled with a genuine sense of entreaty.
Ning Xuan’s brow furrowed. She hadn’t expected soone as prim and proper as Yan Fuzhen, who seed so disciplined, to talk like this. ’Is he playing the pity card?’
However, if she did send him away, knowing Ying Yaoshi’s domineering style, he might really just send more people over. Ning Xuan sighed and said no more.
"Miss Ning, please take a look at the gifts outside and see if there’s anything you can use. If there is, you can put it in your Mysterious Ring. As for the rest, I can store them for you," Yan Fuzhen said, gesturing to the Attendants waiting outside with presents and handing her a gift list.
Ning Xuan took the list and glanced over it. Near the bottom of the second page, she spotted a Panlong Purple Pattern Refining Furnace. On the third page, there were rare dicinal ingredients like Thousand-year-old Phoenix Blood Wood, Ten Thousand Gorges Deep Pink Coral, and Hidden Dragon Spring Black Pearl.
When Ning Xuan had been looking to buy an Alchemy Furnace, she had researched them and rembered this particular Panlong Purple Pattern Refining Furnace. It was the masterpiece of the late Artifact Refining Master, Master Quan. It was said to have been forged with the extrely rare Purple Copper Spirit Stone, an ore with exceptional stability and malleability. It could lock in energy to prevent overflow, enhance the quality of dicines, and refine even higher-grade Spiritual dicine.
If she’d had this Alchemy Furnace when she was refining the Body Refining Potion, she wouldn’t have been so terrified of it exploding and wasting the ingredients she had worked so hard to collect.
Yan Fuzhen’s ability to read people was top-notch. In the short ti Ning Xuan was lost in thought while looking at the list, he had already brought over the few items she had paid special attention to.
Lifelike Dragons were carved around the Panlong Purple Pattern Refining Furnace, their Dragon Scales so detailed they looked as if they were about to take flight. Inside the furnace, purple patterns shimred with a mysterious light.
The Thousand-year-old Phoenix Blood Wood was a segnt about the length of a forearm. It was a rich, ruddy color, as brilliant as a sunset, and emitted a faint fragrance. Legend had it that this wood could only be found where a Phoenix had undergone Nirvana, having absorbed the Phoenix’s blood essence and containing a powerful Life Force.
The Ten Thousand Gorges Deep Pink Coral was crystal clear and dazzling. It was said to grow in a pink paradise at the deepest part of the Ten Thousand Valleys Abyss’s seabed, taking on its beautiful form only after being tempered by countless ages.
Ning Xuan stared at the items before her, unable to look away. Leaving everything else aside, the Panlong Purple Pattern Refining Furnace alone was sothing she found hard to resist.
"Lord Contract Master!" Chen Nan called out, his expression downcast. "The school said that Principal Qi has contacted a Starship. It’s departing for Central Star at noon. They’re asking if you’ll be going with them."
"Of course I’m going. Uh, Housekeeper Yan, you can stay and watch the house. I have to go out for a competition!" The perfect excuse to get rid of Housekeeper Yan instantly ca to Ning Xuan’s mind.
’I’m still a student. What would it look like, bringing a housekeeper of his caliber with ?’
She felt an urgent need to leave right away, as if any delay would lead to trouble. Not to ntion, Lin Mo knew where she lived. If he saw that ssage, would he co and pester her too? ’I just need to hide from him long enough for the Mainfra’s review period to pass. That should be fine.’
"Miss Ning, there is a Starship right outside. I can take you to Central Star. Furthermore, you have properties all over Central Star. If you’re going there for a competition, I can lead the Attendants to prepare your accommodations!" Yan Fuzhen said eagerly, pointing to a stack of property deeds. ’Trying to shake ? Impossible!’
"I’m going to participate in an Alchemist competition. You can take your people and prepare the house ahead of ti. I’ll stay there when I have the chance. Get Chen Nan’s contact information. When it’s ready, contact him. From now on, contact him first for anything. I hope you will not appear before so casually! Otherwise, in one month, I can file another application to terminate the contract!" Ning Xuan’s face darkened as she delivered the threat.
Yan Fuzhen’s expression froze at her words. He couldn’t help but complain to himself, ’She’s clearly a sweet-looking young lady, so why is she so difficult to handle? If I can’t appear in the open, I’ll have to put in a lot of effort behind the scenes to make sure nothing goes wrong. But a young, beautiful B-level Controller with no background arriving at the Central Star Military Academy... how much trouble will that attract? She’ll be surrounded by wolves, and it’ll be impossible to guard against everything. Just thinking about it gives a headache!’
Yan Fuzhen turned and gave Chen Nan a critical glance. ’This one’s far too weak to be of any use.’ Nevertheless, he obediently added Chen Nan’s contact information. General Ying had made a personal trip just to get Ning Xuan to withdraw her termination request. If he were the reason the Marshal got rejected a second ti... Yan Fuzhen didn’t even want to imagine the kind of death that awaited him.
After sending Yan Fuzhen away, Ning Xuan imdiately packed her things and took Chen Nan to et Principal Qi at the school. This ti, Principal Qi had also brought several upperclassn who had passed the training assessnt. They were in the middle of an excited discussion. "Did you guys see that? A military Starship actually appeared over Xingluo Bay! It’s as tall as a five or six-story building! So cool! I wonder which family has a relative who made it big and ca to pick soone up. I’m so jealous!"
"A military Starship doesn’t necessarily an they’re picking soone up. Maybe it’s just passing through!"
"Or maybe it’s here on official business!" soone else added.
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