People are Fighting to Break Their Diaries! They Forced Me to Eat Soft Food

53: Chapter 53 Cao Ying: Watch me coax Feng Qing’er into becoming a placenta”Why bother acting with me?” Seeing Cao Ying playing dumb, Feng Qing’er crossed her arms over her budding chest, tilting her chin up with an arrogant gaze. ”You couldn’t wait to see me after getting my message because you guessed that I have it too.”

”What are you talking about?” Cao Ying’s eyes were full of confusion. ”You are the Young Sect Leader of the Wind and Thunder Pavilion and a member of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan, one of the three great magical beast families.”

”When someone with such status comes to visit, I must naturally represent the Cao Clan and receive you warmly.”

Feng Qing’er looked at Cao Ying’s expression, a trace of mockery appearing at the corners of her lips. ”I never said I was from the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan.”

”It’s not hard for my Cao Clan to find out that the Young Pavilion Master of the Wind and Thunder Pavilion is a member of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan.” Cao Ying’s face, which still had a bit of baby fat, showed no change in expression.

”Heh.” Feng Qing’er’s gaze turned contemptuous. ”If the Little Pill Tower knew my identity, I wouldn’t be surprised, but your Cao Clan doesn’t have that kind of ability.”

”What’s the point of playing these games with me? If you don’t want to be friends, then forget it.”

As her voice fell, Feng Qing’er acted decisively, standing up and preparing to leave.

Watching her back, Cao Ying puffed out her cheeks. ”I am indeed the same as you. What is your purpose in coming to find me?”

Precisely because the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan was powerful, with many Dou Sheng experts—something the Cao Clan couldn’t compare to—she didn’t want to tell the truth.

What if Feng Qing’er had an expert kill her?

Unless the Ancestor of the Pill Tower intervened, the Pill Tower could not stop the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan.

But if she didn’t meet her, it would look like she had something to hide, so she had to see her.

”You’re finally willing to admit it.”

Feng Qing’er stopped and turned around, casually throwing out a colored feather that transformed into a special crystal barrier, enveloping the surroundings.

”This barrier can isolate sound. Unless a Heaven State soul expert or a Dou Sheng expert intervenes, it cannot be forcibly overheard.”

Feng Qing’er walked back and sat down across from Cao Ying, tapping her finger on the table.

”I came to you because I want to cooperate.”

”Cooperate?” Cao Ying blinked blankly.

What could she and Feng Qing’er possibly cooperate on?

”That’s right, cooperate.” Feng Qing’er’s expression was arrogant and her tone was spirited. ”People like you and me, I call us the Awakened.”

Cao Ying thought: What a silly name. ’Awakened’ sounds better than ’Enlightened’.

But Cao Ying didn’t voice her thoughts; she just quietly watched Feng Qing’er continue her performance.

”We know how vast the heavens are, we know the truth of the Fighting Qi Continent, we know that Dou Di is not far off, and we know about the world beyond this plane.”

”We know Xiao Yan is the Child of Destiny, and we know even better that Xiao Ting is the powerful World Observer of the Child of Destiny.”

”Although you are still young, I believe you won’t remain indifferent.”

Cao Ying subconsciously straightened her chest.

Calling me small? Compared to you, I’m not small at all.

In a few more years, if we were lying down, I’d be the ’big sister’.

While Feng Qing’er spoke with excitement, Cao Ying maintained a pure and cute face while complaining in her heart.

When Feng Qing’er finished, a look of admiration appeared on her face. ”Sister, you are so amazing to have thought of so much.”

”Unlike me, your little sister, who is so stupid. After getting this... um, journal copy, I’ve been constantly anxious.”

”I didn’t know what to do in the future. It’s good that you came, Sister.”

”What arrangements do you have, Sister?”

Feng Qing’er tried hard to suppress the curl of her lips, feeling extremely smug in her heart.

Cao Ying was indeed an indecisive and inexperienced little girl, not as clever, mature, or calculating as herself.

To be panicked by such a fortuitous encounter, no wonder she used such clumsy acting to face her; in the end, it was just a form of self-protection.

”You’re right to listen to me.” Thinking about how Cao Ying was a Grade 8 Alchemist at twenty-three and expected to become a Ninth-Grade Alchemist before thirty, Feng Qing’er did not look down on her. ”The immediate priority is to reasonably get to know Xiao Ting, make contact, and become friends.”

”Sister Qing’er, then what should this young lady do?” A glimmer of light flashed in Cao Ying’s eyes.

She had a high status in the Cao Clan, but she was still only a thirteen-year-old Fourth-Grade Alchemist with few people she could call upon.

She also couldn’t explain why she wanted to go to the Jia Ma Empire in the Northwest Continent to find someone named Xiao Ting.

Feng Qing’er coming to find her was like someone bringing a pillow just as she was getting sleepy.

”We’ll take a two-pronged approach.” Feng Qing’er already had a plan and immediately began to speak seeing Cao Ying was receptive. ”On my end, I’m having the clan look for inheritances or information on fallen clansmen in the Northwest Continent and the Black-Corner Region. Then I can reasonably make a trip there.”

”As for you, you can have the Cao Clan go to the Northwest Continent or the Black-Corner Region to recruit some talented Alchemists for training. The pretext will be that you want a medicine boy; I believe the Cao Clan won’t refuse.”

”Then, you can take the opportunity to suggest that you want to personally conduct the assessment, and you’ll be able to go, won’t you?”

Hearing this, Cao Ying thought Feng Qing’er was being whimsical.

If she was a character with significant focus in ”Battle Through the Heavens,” Xiao Ting would definitely know whether she had a medicine boy.

Going to the Northwest Continent and the Black-Corner Region to find a talented Alchemist to be a medicine boy was practically exposing herself.

And the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan’s inheritances—would Xiao Ting not know about them?

”Okay, I will do as you ask, Sister,” Cao Ying agreed with eyes full of admiration.

After their brief interaction, she was certain that Feng Qing’er had a domineering and conceited personality.

With this kind of woman, reasoning directly was useless; one had to stroke her fur the right way or be powerful enough to suppress her directly.

To avoid exposing herself, she had to rack her brains to persuade her.

How did she get stuck with this kind of woman?

”Sister, you are so smart...”

”Sister, how can you think of so much...”

”Is this what the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan is like? I must learn more from you, Sister...”

”Sister, from now on I’ll follow your lead. You must look after your little sister...”

”Those guys Xiao Yan and Xiao Ting just got lucky. How can they compare to you, Sister? Now that you have the journal copy, you are bound to step over them to the top.”

”You will be the first Dou Di in ten thousand years, and an Empress at that.”

Feng Qing’er lost herself in Cao Ying’s repeated cries of ”Sister,” her vanity immensely satisfied.

The word ”Empress” made her body tremble, so excited she wanted to tap her feet.

”Sister Ying’er, if I become a Dou Di in the future, I will surely protect you so you can reach this height as well.”

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Xiao Ting knew nothing about Cao Ying’s behavior of taming Feng Qing’er.

At this moment, he was using his unpracticed Flying Dou Technique and had just arrived at the Amethyst Winged Lion King’s cave.

Perhaps because the expert who dealt with the Lion King was a Dou Zong, the space seal ensured no noise leaked out, and surprisingly, no magical beasts had gathered around.

Xiao Ting entered the depths of the cave smoothly and stood before a barrier.

With the Amethyst Wings activated, he passed through the wall without any resistance.

Ling Ying: ?

A few dozen breaths later, Xiao Ting emerged from the barrier again.

”Senior Ling Ying, I’ve got the item. Let’s head back.”

Cupping his fists toward the void, Xiao Ting walked straight to the cave entrance and used his Flying Dou Technique to leave once more.

”Once I become a Great Dou Master, I can take a trip to the Tagor Desert.”

”Since some things have already been changed by me, I’ll just go and get the Green Lotus Core Flame for Brother Yan.”

”Combined with the Bone Chilling Flame and Beast Fire, it will be perfect for refining the Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill for myself!”