As the first rays of sunlight streamed into the small courtyard, everyone was already set to go, each holding a bulging bag that appeared meticulously packed.

Unlike others, their bags only contained large but light food items,

Yan stood in the courtyard watching them leave, with a few traces of worry on his face.

"Stop overthinking it, don’t waste all this good food." Yang Feng, unsurprisingly, appeared in the courtyard, quietly enjoying the meal on the table.

They were so nervous in the morning that they barely ate, yet forced themselves to eat something, needing to be in high spirits for what was to come.

Yan had a knowing smile on his face, closed the courtyard door, and naturally walked to the center, where only Elder Haan and two reserve members from the Sky Inquiry Tower remained besides him and Yang Feng.

"Why does the courtyard smell so fragrant?" Yang Feng furrowed his brow, sniffing the air curiously: "Were we sabotaged last night?"

"Not to that extent, but some underhanded methods were used..."

When Yan mentioned Lin Xiang, the three of them showed peculiar expressions and couldn’t help but tremble silently, refraining from outright laughter due to Yan’s serious demeanor.

Lin Xiang! Hahaha... Having that stuff on your face is disgusting, no wonder it smells here, probably many methods were used to deal with it?

At that moment, Bai Yinshu returned with a bag full of flower buds, stunned to see the three of them, then complained to Yan: "Brother, isn’t Shiliu just being troublesome? They’ll be gone for about a month, what’s the point of me picking these flower buds if I can’t even eat that dessert?"

"Dry them." Yan glanced sideways at Bai Yinshu with disdain, half-listening, and full of questions; truly hopeless.

Who asked him to block his sense of smell and fill the courtyard with fragrance? The Huangfu Brothers were still full of grievances when they left this morning.

A well-built man, smelling like a young girl from head to toe, and it doesn’t even wash off...

Originally, only Huangfu Yanyao was depressed, but now all five of them were.

However, Luo Qianqian and He Wenyu didn’t care at all, as they could at least cover it up slightly with other scents.

When they arrived at the finals square, they saw all the teams registering and collecting their Jade Tokens, so they quickly rushed to queue at the nearest spot.

"You all arrived so late?" Wang Mazi and his group had naturally registered early, and immediately spotted Luo Qianqian and her companions, walking over with a smile.

But as they got closer, their expressions turned strange: "Did you change your incense?"

It wasn’t this scent before, was it?

"Yeah, spilled a bottle, didn’t want to waste it, so we used it." Luo Qianqian looked exasperated, having to admit Bai Yinshu shared Yan’s knack.

Else how to so proficiently learn the essence of prolonging residual scents?

So annoying...

They couldn’t disregard Huangfu Yanyao’s pride and spread about him being smeared with Lin Xiang, right?

Facing his brother’s grievances, Huangfu Yanyao remained calm; what could he do, if he had a choice, he wouldn’t want it either?

His face was still icy-cold, heavily suspecting Bai Yinshu used too much potion last night!

The current feeling was even colder than drinking He Wenyu’s mint tea!

"Sister Shiqi." After exchanging their Jade Tokens, Woon Xin ran over, secretly handing a Jade Slip to Luo Qianqian: "Just acquired map, be careful not to be discovered."

Luo Qianqian stared wide-eyed, was this cutting corners?

Wang Mazi chuckled lightly, speaking softly: "Spending money can buy it, but connections are also needed; although the Mountain and River Map depicts landscapes, it’s created by a great being, not to be underestimated. The map is only general, many details aren’t shown. If not for each sect’s disciple attending only once, this map would’ve been fully explored long ago."

Luo Qianqian nodded in sudden realization.

"Woon Xin, is it alright for you to run over like this?"

"What’s the problem? I’m just here seeing known sisters, didn’t you see Bai Jian and the rest didn’t come over? As for me? I’m merely an insignificant pawn, in many eyes just a Furnace Cauldron. Who would care about my whereabouts?" Woon Xin lowered her head with a bitter laugh, moments later lifting it with a sweet smile to Luo Qianqian and He Wenyu: "I’m heading back, take care."

"Mm." Luo Qianqian casually handed her a chocolate, watching her leave, sighing helplessly.

"Compared to her, our enemies aren’t as terrifying."

Merely Blessed Land Cave Heaven and Snow Palace, at most facing the Northern Region’s rumored number one individual.

Woon Xin’s foes were the first of the young generation in the Cultivation World’s top sect, starting much higher than them.

"Stop overthinking." He Wenyu casually tucked the Jade Token into her arms, naturally placing it in her bracelet, not used to carelessly leaving such lifelines around.

"Speaking of which, the Blessed Land Cave Heaven people are over there, where are the ones from the Snow Palace?" Luo Qianqian nodded and naturally scanned around, suddenly catching sight of enchanting peach blossom eyes that dazed her for a moment.

"Haan Bing?" The fleeting silhouette, was indeed the one she encountered at the Holy Mountain’s foot in the Far North, but why did he show such an expression? His eyes lacked hatred, rather showing some envy?

How come?

"Where is he?" He Wenyu instantly geared up defensively beside Luo Qianqian, eyes alert, having had four cups of strong coffee earlier.

"Perhaps I was mistaken." Luo Qianqian was silent for a moment, and said.

The contours were very much like that young person from before, but how could such a proud, angry youth show that expression?

Moreover, being opponents for so long, she didn’t even know Haan Bing had such beautiful peach blossom eyes...

"Haven’t you rested well? Here have one." He Wenyu rummaged through her pack, actually retrieving a can of coffee from her bracelet, handing it to Luo Qianqian: "Now’s not the time to refuse, being careless could risk your life."

"Okay, I understand." Luo Qianqian accepted the coffee, though her expression remained mystified.

She couldn’t understand why Haan Bing looked like that.