After Becoming the Hero's Ex-fiancée

Dark Ice Flame (3)

Zheng Wan thought for a while, then took out the glazed lantern she had just obtained. Although the lantern was a top-grade magical artefact and was really beautiful, she already had Phoenix Jade.

She rubbed it reluctantly for a while, then steeled her heart and pushed it over.
“Can the price be offset with this?”

The squinty-eyed cultivator looked up and glanced it over.
“Eight medium-grade Yuan stones.”

“This is the King of Lanterns.”

Zheng Wan wanted to say more, but Cui Wang, who had been all indifferent a few moments ago, suddenly swiped the lantern away with a flick of his sleeve and tossed a top-grade Yuan stone at the stall.
“Use this.”

“…”
Zheng Wan looked at his expression and wondered how she had offended him. “Alright,” she said softly. After putting the talisman brush, talisman paper, and cinnabar pigment into her interdimensional pouch, she said, “When I manage to draw Ice Heart Talismans, I’ll repay the Yuan stone to you.”

Cui Wang put the lantern back into her hand and said with a stormy expression on his face, “Put it away.”

…Could it be that he was angry because she was going to sell the lantern?
What a weirdo.

Just then, Granny Jin said, “The green stone on the left that’s holding down the stall’s cloth, that heart-shaped one— ask the stall owner to give it to you as an extra.”

Zheng Wan knew that Granny Jin wouldn’t say something for no reason. She was just about to pick it up when she saw Cui Wang pick up the heart-shaped stone casually, along with a pair of jade gourd earrings and a comb—all of which were things that female cultivators liked—then asked the stall owner, “Can you give these as extras?”

The stall owner looked at him with some contempt. This pretty boy was well dressed, handsome, and had a high cultivation base, but to think he was asking for so many extras when he was buying just a couple of things for his partner. How stingy.

The stall owner refused, “No.”

“Then, how much will you charge for them?”

“Three medium-grade Yuan stones.”

The top-grade Yuan stone that had been flung at the stall just now rolled over to the stall owner.
“Give me the change.”

The stall owner gave them seventy-nine Yuan stones in change. When Zheng Wan saw that Cui Wang would not take them, she took them for him. The two had only walked about ten feet when she heard Cui Wang suddenly say, “I’m a little tired. Let’s go back.”

Zheng Wan knew something was up. She put her hand to her forehead and daintily called out that she wanted to go home. The female cultivator who was guiding them did not suspect anything and led the two to another exit.
As soon as Cui Wang was out, he wrapped Zheng Wan up and went straight back to No. 1 Jing Qi Street.

“What’s going on here?”
Zheng Wan had just landed, and before she could stand firmly on the ground, she saw the green stone that Granny Jin had asked her to find a way to obtain was enveloped in vital energy and flew straight to her.

Cui Wang said, “Take it.”

“This is…” asked Zheng Wan in surprise.

“Dark Ice Flame.”

“Dark Ice Flame? “ Zheng Wan’s eyes widened in amazement. “Isn’t the Dark Ice Flame stored on top of a 10,000,000-year-old glacier?”
How could it be in this small stone?

If it is said that the Purple Gale Flame, which could expel evil spirits and cleanse the body, was number one in terms of combat power on the list of the top ten flames of the cultivation world, then this Dark Ice Flame was the one that was the hardest to guard against among the top ten flames. This flame was colourless and odourless, and unless vital energy was injected into both eyes, it will never be detected—it was the best for launching sneak attacks.

“Rein in your thoughts. There’s only enough for you to use for tempering once.”

‘Tempering’?
Zheng Wan suddenly couldn’t understand.

It was Granny Jin who explained it to her. “This stone contains a small bundle of ice flames, but the ice flames have been consumed for too long and have long since become a dead flame. Also, as there’s only a tiny amount, no one has noticed it. There’s only enough for you to temper your ice vital roots once.”

“The tempering of your vital roots will make them purer. Also, after that, your vital roots will naturally possess an affinity for ice flames. So, if there are ice flames in the places where you adventure, you will be able to sense them. However, this tempering will also bring about a problem—it will be much harder for you to absorb other ice flames apart from Dark Ice Flames in the future.”

Cui Wang also said the same thing to Zheng Wan.

“Of course I must do it.”
She said matter-of-factly, “I’ll take one step at a time. How many people in this world can get the chance to absorb a primordial flame? At least it will be easier for me to find ice flames in the future than the average person.”

“Then, I’ll be your cultivation protection.”
Cui Wang casually set a formation plate on the ground, then looked at Zheng Wan. “Undress.”

“…”
She pointed to herself, “Me? Undress?”

Cui Wang’s lips pursed tightly. Under his long eyelashes, his black, inky eyes were like beautiful black onyx, silent and indifferent. He nodded.
“Mhm.”

Granny Jin snickered.
“Girlie, if you don’t undress, this beautiful dress will be burnt to ashes.”

…Naturally, Zheng Wan couldn’t bear for the dress to be burnt.
But in front of such a pair of eyes, even if Zheng Wan was open-minded, she couldn’t help blushing. She stomped her feet and said, “Cui Wang, turn your head away.”

Her voice was delicate, like a warbler’s song in March.

Cui Wang glanced at her silently, then turned his head away slowly. Just when Zheng Wan was halfway through taking off the dress, amid the rustling, he suddenly said, “It’s not like I’ve never seen it before.”

Zheng Wan flew into an embarrassed rage.
“Cui Wang!”

She rushed up and bit his ear.