CHAPTER 401: CHAPTER 273: SMALL ASCENDER HAS FUN, MIDDLE ASCENDER HANDLES AFFAIRS

Thousand Mechanism Pavilion.

In Lu Ning’s room, she sat by the table contemplating life.

Her mind was still a bit fuzzy, her cultivation technique had run several circulations, but the alcohol hadn’t fully worn off.

Thinking at this time only made her head hurt.

She was supposed to dig walls, so how did she end up being poured with alcohol?

Moreover, what they just did...

Thinking of the scene just now, even with her mind, Lu Ning couldn’t help but feel embarrassed.

While Lu Ning was running her cultivation technique to sober up and continued her roleplay, someone knocked on the door from outside.

"Senior Sister Lu, are you feeling better? I’m Lily, we met before."

Lu Ning rubbed her temples; her thoughts were a bit disjointed. After a while, she managed to clear away the messy images in her mind and remembered who Lily was.

The deputy who can’t beat the dog from the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion.

The supplier of Zhang Ze’s original clothing.

"Please come in." Lu Ning forced herself to be spirited, opened the door, and let Lily in.

Lily casually strolled to the table, poured herself a cup of tea, then rubbed her hands and asked, "Senior Sister Lu, how do you find this place?"

Lily naturally referred to the Thousand Mechanism Magical Artifacts displayed in the room; she hadn’t given up on opening a business route on the Celestial Sect side.

"It’s my first time seeing these, very interesting and useful."

Lu Ning’s head was still fuzzy, but she pretended it was her first time seeing these things and began to chat with Lily.

Probably because the chat with Lily was too lively, after a while, Lu Ning sobered up quite a bit, and she remembered her mission.

Dig walls and act as a liaison.

Lu Ning’s mind spun quickly.

No matter if the little girl was intentional or not, her primary task was to approach Junior Brother Zhang; only more contact could create more opportunities.

Her advantage was that she seemed relatively normal; she had to utilize this advantage to make Junior Brother Zhang feel maternal love and harmony in this cold world, so he could never leave her, never escape her embrace...

"Senior Sister Lu? Senior Sister Lu? What are you thinking about?"

Lily’s voice pulled Lu Ning back from her daydream.

"Ah, nothing, just still a bit dizzy." Lu Ning picked up the teacup and took a sip, "Let’s not talk about that; is there anywhere I can help recently?"

Lu Ning planned to maintain her image while proactively creating opportunities if none existed.

Upon hearing this, Lily felt that this senior sister was indeed as enthusiastic as Chen Qin said.

Since it was offered, Lily didn’t hold back, "Right now, two things are quite important: one is going to the Black Tower to help Xiaoxuan investigate the Tao Embryo and Stone Pill; the second is going to the construction site to watch those Hundred Demons Sect people."

"Where would Senior Sister Lu like to go?"

Faced with a branching task, Lu Ning fell into deep thought.

Based on her observations and knowledge, Junior Brother Zhang was not a quiet person.

This kind of academic research cooped up in one place shouldn’t be his thing.

Moreover, her good junior brother was extremely responsible; as the master said, the idea to have those Dark Helm work for free came from him.

Therefore, Zhang Ze must be at the construction site!

"Our Celestial Sect also has plenty of research in arrays and artifact refining; I’ll go to the construction site to help, maybe discover something new."

"Good... Hey!" Lily was about to reply but suddenly exclaimed.

Maomao bounced in at this moment, with a frog in its mouth, its paw resting on Lily’s leg, flaunting its trophy while wagging its tail.

"Good dog, don’t eat, spit it out!" Seeing Maomao attempting to swallow the frog, Lily quickly reached to open the dog’s mouth.

Lu Ning watched this sudden farce unfold, suddenly becoming silent.

Her focus wasn’t on Lily but rather on the big golden retriever, or more accurately, the clothing on the retriever.

Maomao was loosely wearing the outfit of a Sword Sect disciple, probably dirty due to rolling around somewhere.

Seeing the somewhat familiar clothes, Lu Ning hesitated a moment before asking.

"What’s with these clothes?"

Lily ultimately couldn’t pry open Maomao’s mouth and, fearing the frog might burst and splatter, lost her grip, allowing Maomao to swallow the frog.

Upon hearing Lu Ning’s question, feeling Lu Ning was one of her own, Lily casually answered.

"Oh, some idiot, who knows why, asked me to buy the Sword Sect’s worn clothing." Lily did not mention Zhang Ze.

"And then?" Lu Ning asked as she sniffed the air; there was a familiar scent coming from Maomao.

"I’m smart, aren’t I? Just in case that person is bad and wants to cast a spell; I directly let Maomao wear the clothes. Even if they want to curse, they can’t find the person, only the dog."

"Humans don’t match with dogs, even a curse would be useless."

"See how clever I am."

Lily casually took off the clothes from Maomao, folded them, and stored them, then showed Lu Ning a number, continuing to mock that fool.

For a moment, Lu Ning felt that these people actually knew everything and were just playing her.

But she quickly dismissed the idea; such a coincidence was unlikely.

"Clever, that person... that person is really stupid." Lu Ning commented emotionlessly.

Unaware she had cut off a potential source of income, Lily was rather happy, and after a pleasant chat with Lu Ning, she left Lu Ning’s guest room with Maomao.

"Rogue merchant!" After Lily left, Lu Ning went to the bed and buried her head in the blanket.