Morning Star

Chapter 191 What Did He Do Wrong

She was not angry, she did not ignore him, and she did not hate him, and that was enough.

Chujiu didn't hear his answer for a long time, frowned and looked up: "Did you hear what I said?"

"...Yeah." He came back to his senses and answered.

"..."

On the second day after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Piaomiao Domain welcomed the annual Challenge Festival.

Normally, anyone with the strength of the Heavenly Spirit Realm or above cannot fight in the Heart City of Piaomiao Domain, but there is an exception during the Challenge Festival.

As long as no one dies, anyone at any stage of cultivation can show their strength. However, the premise is that they can only display it in the challenge field.

There are five challenge venues in Yuxin City, and each challenge venue is surrounded by a solid barrier. The barrier is like a transparent wall that can be touched by hand, but can be seen and heard from inside and outside. Its only purpose is to prevent people fighting on the field from hurting people outside.

The Challenge Festival lasts for half a month. During this half month, any cultivator in the Misty Domain can issue a challenge letter to the person they want to challenge. After the other party accepts the challenge letter, both parties go to the Guanyu Pavilion to hand over the challenge letter and information, and then the challenge can be carried out on the day specified in the challenge letter.

There will be betting on the days around Challenge Day.

It was the first time for Chujiu to see a gambling game with his own eyes. With a head full of curiosity and a habit of loving to join in the fun, he stood in front of the betting counter and watched one person after another place bets with their spirit stones.

Looking at Chujiu who looked like he had never seen the world, Chu Furong was speechless and pulled Chujiu to her side.

He was disgusted and disappointed: "Did you come out just to watch other people place bets? Can you watch something serious and useful?"

Chujiu disagreed, pulled her hand away, and pointed at the gambling table: "How is this not serious? This is a good opportunity to make a lot of money. Don't forget, you and I are very poor now."

Suddenly, she leaned close to Chu Furong's ear and whispered mysteriously, "And I have discovered some ways to make a fortune."

"But I don't have any spirit stones now." She drooped her face and looked distressed.

If she had pockets, she would turn them out for Chu Furong to see.

She suddenly raised her eyes and looked at Chu Furong expectantly: "Do you have any?"

Chu Furong: “…”

She felt distressed when she thought about how she and Chujiu had almost spent all their spirit stones in order to bid for the Bi Han Sword.

He sighed and rummaged through his storage ring for a while before pulling out a medium-grade spirit stone and handed it to her: "That's all."

This is all her belongings.

The ninth day of the lunar month: "..."

She looked at the medium-grade spirit stone handed to her, then raised her eyes to look at Chu Furong.

The two sisters looked at each other and sighed.

There was once a pile of high, medium and low-quality spirit stones placed in front of them, but they did not cherish them, and only regretted it when they lost them.

Looking at the lonely middle-grade spirit stone in front of them, the two sighed again.

It wasn't raining, but in this vast crowd, it seemed as if a dark rain cloud was floating above their heads.

Mo Xinglan, Gao Yashan and Zhuo Hua, who were standing next to them, looked back and forth between the spirit stone in Chu Furong's palm and the two people's faces.

At this time, Zhuohua couldn't help it anymore, raised his hand and waved away the dark cloud above their heads, wondering: "Master, sister, what are you two doing?"

Upon hearing this, they both looked up at Zhuohua.

Zhuohua is now richer than the two of them. It's just because Mo Xinglan gave him two high-quality spirit stones before, and he hasn't spent them all yet.

Gao Yashan saw the clue and asked, "Are Furong and Xiaojiu short of spirit stones? I have spirit stones. How many do you want?"

As he said that, he took out his storage ring.

Chu Furong did not tell Gao Yashan and Zhuohua about bidding for the Jade Cold Sword Flower Light Spirit Stone, so they did not know. Although Chu Jiu had told Mo Xinglan about it, Mo Xinglan would not tell.

Suddenly, Mo Xinglan stepped forward, took Chu Jiu's hand, put a bag in her hand, and said calmly: "Tell me if it's not enough."

Chujiu's hand suddenly felt heavy. She lowered her head for a while, then looked up at him blankly.

When Gao Yashan saw the bag in Chujiu's hand, his hand that had just taken out the storage ring paused.

Chu Furong looked back and forth between the bag in Chu Jiu's hand and Mo Xinglan's face, and finally landed on Chu Jiu with a meaningful look. She put away the lonely middle-grade spirit stone in her hand.

She smiled and said with a hint of sarcasm: "It seems that you don't need my help."

"Alas... I am poor too." She sighed, her voice full of sorrow but her face showing a meaningful smile. Then she turned and walked towards the challenge field.

Once Chu Furong left, Gao Yashan would naturally follow, and Zhuo Hua would definitely follow as well.

The ninth day of the lunar month: "..."

Looking at the three figures going away quickly, Chujiu was puzzled for a second, then turned to look at the young man in embroidered blue and white clothes. He found that he was staring at him expressionlessly without blinking.

She felt a little uncomfortable being stared at, so she looked away and lowered her head to look at the cloth bag in her hand, shaking it.

Nodding: "It's quite heavy."

He waved at him again and said, "Thanks. I'll lend it to you. If we make any profit, we'll split it 30-70. You get 70 and I get 30. Okay?"

She can get 30% without spending any spirit stone, so she is making a profit.

Thinking about this, he walked towards the betting table with the spirit stones.

Looking at the girl's cheerful back, a look of loneliness flashed across Mo Xinglan's eyes.

He had told her long ago that if she needed spirit stones, she could ask him for them anytime. He had offered them to her before, but she had refused.

What did he do wrong that made her want to cut ties with him so much?

Chujiu came back after placing his bets, looked up and smiled at him, "Let's go, let's go see where my second sister and the others are. It should be almost done here by the time we come back."

She looked around for Chu Furong and the other two and walked towards them.

Mo Xinglan raised his foot and followed beside her.

On the way, Chujiu was afraid that he had not explained it clearly before, so he remembered to explain it again: "By the way, don't worry, I will return all the spiritual stones I borrowed from you when I go back. I will also give you the money I earned as agreed."

She felt so happy when she thought that she would no longer be poor.

After hearing this, Mo Xinglan's eyes were filled with displeasure. He stopped and stared at her.

He suddenly stopped, and Chujiu noticed and had to stop too, looking up at him in confusion: "Why aren't you leaving?"

He was silent for a few seconds, slightly opened his lips and hesitated for a moment before saying, "No need to return it."

Why do we always have to separate ourselves from him so clearly?

"But... the amount is not small after all." Chujiu felt a little embarrassed.

How could he do that? There was a whole small bag of spirit stones lying there. If it was a small amount, she wouldn't have returned it even if he didn't ask her to.

"I have no shortage of spirit stones." Mo Xinglan looked sharp.

Seeing that he was about to get angry again, Chujiu paused and said quickly: "Okay, if you don't want to pay it back, you, don't be angry."

It was really strange that there were people who wouldn't let you pay back the money. It was the first time she had seen someone get angry with you when you paid back the money.