Chapter 242: Critical Hit!

An Miaoli’s ethereal face showed a flicker of hesitation at Ye Chen’s request. The earrings were indeed exquisite. Crafted from silver moon gold threads, they were intricately linked to mutton-fat white jade gold. Despite being metallic, the jade gold had the luster of fine jade, deep green like a tranquil pool. Paired with the silver moon gold threads, they complemented each other perfectly.

By all accounts, she shouldn’t try them on. Testing earrings with a male cultivator felt… odd. But Ye Chen had said it was for Yuyi, which made sense. What if they didn’t suit her?

At 40,000 high-grade spirit stones, a price An Miaoli could only earn in a year as Divine Will Sect’s Grand Elder—far more than an ordinary late-stage Golden Core cultivator’s annual income of 10,000—it would be a waste if they weren’t suitable.

So, she nodded. “Alright, I’ll try them for Yuyi.”

The steward, recognizing Ye Chen as a valued customer, had no objections.

An Miaoli’s slender, jade-like hand delicately lifted the earrings. With a graceful tilt of her head, she slowly placed them on her earlobes. The simple act, performed by her, radiated elegance and charm.

“How do they look?” she asked, turning to Ye Chen with poised confidence.

Stunning, of course. The deep green earrings, like tranquil pools, made her flawless face appear even more radiant, like polished porcelain. Her immortal aura grew even more ethereal.

Ye Chen commented, “Your hair’s covering them a bit.”

An Miaoli nodded slightly, tucking her hair behind her ear with a gentle motion. Her small, lustrous ears, almost translucent, were revealed—more jade-like than the Fairy’s Tears themselves.

“They’re perfect,” Ye Chen said, at a loss for better words.

An Miaoli smiled softly, carefully removing the earrings and placing them back in the jade box.

Ye Chen turned to the steward. “I’ll take them.” He pulled out the spirit stones.

The steward nodded, smiling as he counted the stones, though his sidelong glances lingered on the pair. Their demeanor made him wonder: Are they really buying these for a junior? Or is this ‘junior’ just part of their fun?

“Please pass it on to her, Senior.”

Leaving Heavenly Evolution Pavilion, Ye Chen handed the jade box to An Miaoli.

An Miaoli accepted it with a calm expression, nodding. “I’ll give it to Yuyi as soon as I return.”

With that, she gave Ye Chen a slight nod and drifted away.

Ye Chen watched her misty, ethereal figure fade into the distance, his expression thoughtful. Previously, An Miaoli never came to see him alone—An Yuyi always dragged her along. She rarely spoke to him directly, and though she offered return gifts, she seemed to hold some reservations about him.

But after he gifted her the remnant immortal scripture, things changed. First, she visited Green Cloud Sect alone. Now, she sought him out by herself and even walked the streets with him. When trying on the earrings just now, she was remarkably cooperative, especially that moment when she tucked her hair behind her ear to show them off—a gesture both immortal-like and subtly captivating.

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For someone as untouchably divine as An Miaoli to make such a move was enough to unsettle anyone. Her unusual behavior made Ye Chen suspicious. Had the remnant immortal scripture won her over?

That didn’t seem right. From his experience, An Miaoli wasn’t the type to be swayed by spirit stones or treasures. She might not even care much about them. Moreover, she’d come under the pretense of delivering a gift on An Yuyi’s behalf, mentioning her niece constantly. It didn’t seem like she had ulterior motives.

Was he overthinking it?

Unable to puzzle it out, Ye Chen decided to let it go. Whatever her reasons, if using An Yuyi’s name allowed him to keep gifting her, he’d stick with that approach. As he mused, the system’s prompt sounded in his mind:

“Congratulations, host, gift successfully bestowed…”