Duan Rong suddenly walked over to Shen Mizi and said with a smile, "Congratulations, Miss Shen, on breaking through to the Great Success Realm!"

As Duan Rong spoke, he lifted his sleeve and a pinch of medicinal powder dispersed into the wind, which blew onto Luo Zhoucheng’s face!

Shen Mizi was slightly taken aback, not knowing why Duan Rong suddenly approached her to strike up a conversation.

The little unpleasantness she had with Duan Rong was over a year ago, and she had already let it go.

Duan Rong, a mere child of a cold and humble family, actually achieved the Great Success Realm and even became a sect named disciple, which made her see him in a new light.

Moreover, after she tortured and killed Fan Baolong, no one dared to speak a word to her since she walked over. Even Xia Shuangshuang handed her a handkerchief and then stayed far away.

Now that Duan Rong came over to speak, it warmed her heart slightly.

Shen Mizi said, "Life and death tempering, gained occasionally!"

Duan Rong laughed and said, "It’s also because Miss Shen usually accumulates, so by a stroke of luck, you made a breakthrough in one go!"

Shen Mizi laughed and said, "My breakthrough is not significant, but you, Painter Duan, a year ago at your painting stall, if I’m not mistaken, you hadn’t even achieved the Inner Breath Realm Second Level! Within this year, you’ve broken through several realms consecutively; it’s truly inconceivable!"

Duan Rong said, "As for a poor family, there’s only the path of hard training. I am merely painstakingly cultivating with my life!"

Duan Rong’s words were not merely to gloss over Shen Mizi; to practice hard for nine hours a day was nearly self-abusive!

Shen Mizi’s expression changed subtly when she heard that. Cultivating with one’s life?

Ximen Kankan stood beside Xia Shuangshuang and suddenly saw Duan Rong walk over to talk to Shen Mizi, his eyes aglow with curiosity. He didn’t believe Duan Rong was interested in Shen Mizi.

Who would like that crazy woman in their right mind?

On the Zhexing Platform, the strong wind had just stopped, and Luo Zhoucheng was about to swing his saber to attack, but suddenly he felt his vision go dark. The next moment, his body swayed and fell from the Plum Blossom Stakes. The Ghost Head Saber slipped from his hand, and with a thud, it pierced into the ground, more than half the blade sunk!

"Zhoucheng!"

Luo Zhoucheng’s father, Luo Yuxi, the owner of a fur shop, suddenly leaped from the viewing seats, landed on the Plum Blossom Stakes, and rushed to the place where Luo Zhoucheng had fallen. He jumped down and held Luo Zhoucheng in his arms.

Luo Yuxi tested Luo Zhoucheng’s breathing and found it steady with no major issue, finally letting out a sigh of relief.

All the spectators thought Luo Zhoucheng had fainted from exhaustion, and Luo Yuxi was no exception, because Luo Zhoucheng’s current symptoms were just that—symptoms of fainting from exhaustion. Even if you called the best physicians, no one could tell he’d been drugged.

Shen Ping’s drug was not only colorless and tasteless, but it also dissolved without a trace once inside the body...

However, at this moment, on the viewing seats, Amu’s nose twitched a few times, and she murmured, "Miss, it seems like there’s a smell of medicinal powder!"

Lv Qingzhu’s eyes shifted; Amu’s sense of smell was far superior to that of ordinary people; she certainly wouldn’t mistake it!

Medicinal powder?

Lv Qingzhu looked toward where Luo Zhoucheng had fallen on the Plum Blossom Stakes, and her eyes suddenly lit up.

Just now, she noticed that Duan Rong had moved from Ximen Kankan’s right side to Shen Mizi’s left side, while Shen Mizi already had some distance from them!

Duan Rong stood next to Shen Mizi, just happening to be upwind when the strong wind blew, and Luo Zhoucheng fell from the Plum Blossom Stakes!

"Miss..." Amu wanted to speak further.

Lv Qingzhu’s gaze sharpened and said, "Don’t speak."

Amu immediately fell silent.

Lv Qingzhu’s gaze swept over the face of the beautiful Xiao Yu, an inner monologue budding, "If testing reveals the medicinal powder was really scattered for the sake of this beautiful young lady, could it be true?"