Phoniex Requiem
Chapter 10: Just Wait, Yun Ruoyao!

Chapter 10: Just Wait, Yun Ruoyao!

It was extremely difficult to find any spirit beast in the Chenyuan continent, and people could easily live their entire lives without finding one! He could not believe that there was actually a cute one on his bracelet.

"Then, what if I call you Qiuqiu [1] ?" Yun Ruoyan smiled. "Do you like the name?"

“ Qiu! Yes, I'm ready!" Qiuqiu's gaze brightened as it leaped onto Yun Ruoyan's body.

Perhaps because he jumped so strongly, Yun Ruoyan almost fell to the ground, and the shoulder that had been severely injured by Yun Moyuan started to hurt again.

Seeing Yun Ruoyan trying to hide a grin, Qiuqiu immediately let go, his eyes wide open in worry. "Mrs, are you hurt ?!"

"It's okay, just a small wound." Yun Ruoyan forced a smile.

Qiuqiu surrounded Yun Ruoyan a few times, and even her frown was very cute. "Not only have you been hurt, madam, you've even been poisoned."

Yun Ruoyan was so shocked that the cute little creature could tell the difference with a single glance. "Qiuqiu, do you have a solution?"

“Qiuqiu cannot make an antidote to poison,” Qiuqiu chirped as he scratched his ear and shook his head. “But, madam, being here alone will advance your cultivation and help you recover spiritual energy quickly! Madam, as long as you meditate here, I'm sure your cultivation will increase greatly!”

Yun Ruoyan thought for a moment. Qiuqiu was not wrong: once he entered space, he immediately felt a powerful spiritual energy contained within it. If he meditated here, he might actually be able to grow up quickly even though his poison was draining his strength.

"Mrs, madam, hurry, try!" Qiuqiu pulled the tip of Yun Ruoyan with his mouth, forcing him to sit down.

"All right." Yun Ruoyan began to twist the qi in place, and energy flowed into her from her surroundings. As far as he knew, meditating here was at least ten times more efficient than anywhere else!

In that case, if he continued cultivating here, passing the Kongming Academy entrance examination would not be a problem at all!

In the next few days, when Yun Ruoyan sent Peony and Xi Lan to clean up the cottage and the surroundings, she locked herself in her room and forbade anyone to disturb her. After which, he entered the pocket dimension contained within the bracelet and started cultivating amidst Qiuqiu's guidance.

Fortunately, Yun Ruoyan had long since chased away the unemployed servants under her jurisdiction, and although Peony and Xi Lan were curious about what their master was doing, they did, none of them asked. All they thought about was that he was trying to recover from his injuries personally.

But when Yun Ruoyan was at rest, Qiuqiu interrupted, “Madam, although this space will definitely speed up your cultivation, if you don't immediately find a way to eliminate that poison, your growth will still be stunted. ”

"That's what I know." Yun Ruoyan rubbed Qiuqiu's fur. All this time, he was also worried about the condition of his body. Even though Peony and Xi Lan were now in a state of alert, and it would be difficult for Madam An to continue poisoning her, she still had to overcome the poison that was already within her body. His grandfather had yet to find a solution, and he was worried that trying to cultivate might actually cause the poison to spread further throughout his body.

But at this point, he couldn't worry about anything else — it was almost time for the recruitment trial for Kongming Academy. He missed the ordeal in his previous life; he couldn't miss it anymore!

Entering Kongming Academy would be an important first step to change his fate.

Every noble and royal aristocracy had already prepared the first exam of the selection process. Anyone between the ages of six and fifteen can participate, and all the young people from the Yun and Lin families are naturally on the list.

As soon as the news of the acceptance exam spread, everyone from the Yun family began cultivating more ferociously.

Only Yun Ruoyan's residence was quiet and desolate amidst the hubbub. Xi Lan was the first to speak, “Nona, all the other young misses have already started their preparations, and the master and matriarch are discussing the selection process in the large hall. They haven't forgotten us, have they?”

Yun Ruoyan smiled. "Don't worry, someone will come for us."

As Yun Ruoyan finished speaking, one of the servants called out to her from the outside, "Miss Ruoyan, old master and mistress are waiting for your presence!"

Xi Lan shouted in excitement, "Miss, you're on target!"

Of course he was; the same thing had happened in his previous life.

Yun Ruoyan smiled. "Let's go."

The peony was just about to follow Yun Ruoyan when Xi Lan stopped him, shaking her head. “Peony, what's wrong with young lady? I didn't see him smile or cry anymore, and I really didn't start to understand him.”

Peony rubbed Xi Lan's head. "me too. But don't worry, I'm sure our young lady is getting more talented by the day.”

Xi Lan also did not quite understand what Peony meant, but all she could do was nod her head, half in a daze.

Yun Ruoyan had just entered the large hall when Madam An glanced at her, saying sharply, “Look at our Ruoyan, only coming when someone calls her. She eventually began broadcasting according to the daughter born as the wife of a household"

“I don't dare air, Mrs An. I don't talk much with my sister, so I'm often late to find out about these meetings.”

Madam An turned his head towards Yun Lan. “Qianying was right: since all the young misses will participate in the selection process, there is no reason to ignore Ruoyan. Even if he was not talented, he still had to give it a try, right? Otherwise, outsiders might say that we like everyone but him. Husband, don't you agree?”

No one noticed the cold smile hanging on Yun Ruoyan's lips.

Yi Qianying and Madam An only nominated her because they wanted to humiliate her!

Yun Lan sat on the pulpit, her head bowed in contemplation. Finally, he looked towards Yun Ruoyan. "Do you want to participate?"

It was exactly the same question as in his past life. However, just then, the shy and demeaning Yun Ruoyan walked away from the proposal once and again, until her actions made Yun Lan so angry that she forced her to participate. This only widened the gulf between father and daughter, leaving her sister to profit.

But this time, Yun Ruoyan was very confident of his success. He lifted his head and announced, "I am very willing to participate, Father, and I will definitely not disappoint you." He knelt down in earnest. “Dad, please give your daughter this chance. I will do my best to succeed.”

Madam An obviously did not expect Yun Ruoyan to agree, and she subconsciously looked towards Yun Ruoyao and Yi Qianying. He wanted to take the opportunity to create a rift between the two of them, but Yun Ruoyan had foiled her plan once again!

“Roster and the fight for the first trial will be out soon. I will send someone to add your name to the list; go back and start preparing, ” Yun Lan said after sipping a mouthful of tea.

The first test was a one-on-one match. In the past, Yun Ruoyan had lost this match to her cousin Lin Qingchen, and this was one of the reasons why she had gradually begun to distance herself from the Lin family.

Now, even though Yun Ruoyan wanted to enter Kongming Academy, she was unwilling to cause a dispute between her and Lin's sister to do so.

The best method was to avoid having to fight one of them, which meant that he had to change his opponent before the roster was set.

Therefore, Yun Ruoyan took out some pearls from her jewelry box and prepared to head towards the envoy's residence from Kongming Academy.

Although Yun Ruoyan did not have many ornaments or pretty dresses, she was not poor — despite never receiving any allowance from her family, she did not have a beautiful dress, even one of the jewelry boxes her mother left behind would be worth over a thousand taels of gold. .

Just as Yun Ruoyan was about to enter the envoy inn, she found Yun Ruoyao, who had come with the servants carrying the entire silver chest.

Yun Ruoyan quickly hid behind the wall. Yun Ruoyao's cultivation was high enough that she was unable to understand what need she had to approach the envoy before the competition like her.

It was fifteen minutes before Yun Ruoyao came out, and only then did Yun Ruoyan enter. "Guilt Ding, please wait!"

Envoy Ding was just about to close the door. "You?"

“My name is Yun Ruoyan, and I am here to discuss an issue with you, Envoy Ding.” Yun Ruoyan bowed.

He took a critical glance at her before trying to close the door once more. "I'm sure it can wait."

"Grave!" Yun Ruoyan stepped forward and took out the dark pearl she held in her hand, bringing it into her eyes. "I have an urgent problem ."

Envoy Ding opened his eyes wide. This was a pearl unique to the northern sea, and just one pearl was easily worth two or three times the silver Yun Ruoyao had brought!

"Miss Yun, we can talk inside." Envoy Ding opened the door once more, inviting Yun Ruoyan in.

"What request do you have, Miss?" Envoy Ding's face smiled, but his eyes were fixed on his hands.

Yun Ruoyan spoke directly, "To put it simply I did not fight with the two mistakes of the Lin family."

Envoy Ding smiled cunningly. “You're pretty smart, Miss.”

"What do you mean?"

“Your sister just came to pit your sheep against one of those sisters.” Envoy Ding smiled. "But before I can say anything, you've guessed what the plan is."

This was not something Yun Ruoyan anticipated.

He believed that his original opponent was Lin Qingchen, but it turned out that it was all because of Yun Ruoyao!

Just wait, Yun Ruoyao! Oh, he's gonna get his sister back for this!

“Nextusan Ding, it's just that my brother doesn't want me to fail. It's okay for you to assign me a talented opponent. ” Yun Ruoyan smiled, taking out another pearl from her dress. "Yun Ruoyao will be a good opponent, right?"

Envoy Ding received the pearl, staring at his back skeptically as he walked out.

Everyone knew that the second daughter of the Yun Family was ugly and weak, worthless and untalented, but why was this Yun Ruoyan so different from what she had expected?

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1. Onomatopoeia for chirping.