The next few days were extremely busy for Gu Lingzhi.

If she was not waiting to compete at the Town of the Brave, she was busy forging weapons in her inn. This created a problem for Rong Yuan, but soon, he soon thought of a way to see her more often. He decided to wait with Gu Lingzhi every time she was waiting for her turn at the battle arena. This caused Gu Lingzhi to garner quite a bit of attention.

At the same time, the name, Black Thorn started to spread amongst Martial Students in the capital. It was not only because Rong Yuan was treating her especially well, but also because Gu Lingzhi was only a Level Five Martial Student who had managed to obtain 36 consecutive wins even though everyone she has competed with was of a higher level than her. There were a few battles where her opponents were significantly stronger.

This made everyone deduce that Gu Lingzhi had come from a rich family. Otherwise, how could she possess such extraordinary talent?

Unfortunately for them, as Gu Lingzhi did not report any personal information when she signed up as Black Thorn, and they could only guess.

“These are the ten Spiritual Swords that you wanted.” At the specified time, Gu Lingzhi brought her weapons that she had successfully forged. They all possessed the ability to isolate spiritual energy and were made with different combinations of attributes.

“Good, you’re very trustworthy for sending the Spiritual Swords to me as promised,” Qin Boyu praised Gu Lingzhi after examining the weapons she brought. He then handed the spirit stones that he had prepared to Gu Lingzhi.

“Here are a hundred middle-grade spirit stones, check whether it’s correct.”

Gu Lingzhi took the stones and immediately placed them in her Storage Ring, smiling she said, “It’s alright, I trust you.”

After accepting Gu Lingzhi’s ten weirdly-shaped weapons, Qin Boyu looked at Gu Lingzhi’s back as she left, rubbing his forehead. The only similarity in the weapons were that they were all equally ugly and started to worry about how he would sell them.

With such an… exotic appearance, would anyone really buy these weapons?

Gu Lingzhi’s spirits were high after she had completed her first deal. She was so happy that she could even say hi to Rong Yuan happily when she bumped into him, causing Rong Yuan to be surprised at her sudden friendliness.

“Xiao Hei, did you find some spirit stones today? You seem so happy.”

Gu Lingzhi rolled her eyes, “I’ve told you many times not to call me Xiao Hei.”

“Then what should I call you? You’re the one who didn’t want to tell me your real name. Besides, I think the name Xiao Hei is pretty cute and suits you.”

Nonsense!

Knowing that she could not win Rong Yuan in an argument and continuing this argument would only lead to him doing whatever he wanted, Gu Lingzhi could not be bothered to reply. She turned around to head back to her inn to continue training.

After these past few days of battle, she felt like she was able to breakthrough to a Level Six Martial Student. She just needed a bit more time.

“I heard that Store of Many Treasures is having an auction tonight, aren’t you going to attend?”

“I’m not interested,” Gu Lingzhi hesitated for a split second before rejecting.

Even if she saw something she liked, she was most likely unable to afford it.

Her expenditure on the entrance fees to the Town of the Brave daily was costing her her entire fortune. Soon, she might not even be able to make ends meet.

“You’re really not going?” Rong Yuan tried again to ask her, raising his elegant brows, “I heard there are quite a few unique things at today’s auction. Even if you don’t need it now, you might be able to keep it for the future.”

“I’m not,” Gu Lingzhi replied seriously, “I don’t have any money, I wouldn’t be able to afford anything even if I liked it.”

Rong Yuan bit his lip. If he did not know Gu Lingzhi better, he would have thought that she had said that hoping that he would help solve her problem. However, seeing her serious expression, he scratched his eyebrow seeming to have a headache.

“Don’t you know that other than buying things at the auction, you can sell things as well? You can take out things that you don’t need and sell them. Who knows, maybe you can even fetch a good price for them and buy whatever you need.”

Gu Lingzhi’s heart wavered after hearing this.

Despite today’s earnings, Gu Lingzhi was still in need of spirit stones. To forge her weapons, she needed certain ingredients. She also needed spirit stones for her daily expenditures. This was also the reason why she had so quickly accepted the partnership with Qin Boyu.

“What time does the auction start?” Gu Lingzhi asked as her mind quickly ran through the items that she could sell.

“It starts at about 5 p.m. and ends at 11 p.m.”

“Thank you for the information, I shall take my leave now.” As she finished her sentence, Gu Lingzhi quickly took her leave under Rong Yuan’s astonished gaze.

Rong Yuan was speechless.

Why was Gu Lingzhi always ignoring him?

Rubbing his lower jaw, Rong Yuan turned to ask Yuan Zheng, “Yuan Zheng, do I look repulsive?”

Yuan Zheng, who had been ignored by Rong Yuan for a while could not help but snort, “Your Highness is the most handsome man in the Xia Kingdom, how can you possibly look repulsive?”

“Then why does she never seem to want to spend more than an hour with me?”

“This…” Yuan Zheng was also confused.

Normally, with his status as the Third Prince, whichever girl he chased so earnestly would jump onto the chance to be with him. Even if they did not like him, they would have to give him some face and entertain him.

That’s right, girls usually fawned over him.

Although he was confused about why his master was attracted to this young lady who wore a mask and her appearance was still unknown, as his biggest confidante and for his master’s happiness, Yuan Zheng still reminded him, “Your Highness, do you think… it may be because of Lady Tianfeng?”

“Tianfeng Wei?” Rong Yuan frowned, “What has this got to do with her?”

Yuan Zheng twisted his mouth, “Your highness, don’t forget that Lady Tianfeng is still your fiancée.”

“So what if she is?” Rong Yuan was confused. “Do you think she will dare to send people to create trouble for Xiao Hei?”

Yuan Zheng did not reply.

With a master like him who was so slow when it came to relationships, Yuan Zheng had no choice but to guide him.

“Your Highness, since you like her, you should quickly resolve the situation with Lady Tianfeng. After all, no woman would want to be known as a vixen that ruins relationships.”

“You said that I like her?” Rong Yuan was surprised. “How is that possible? I’m just slightly more interested in her, that’s all.”

Interested…?

 Yuan Zheng lips twitched.

“Your Highness, are you sure you know the difference between being interested and liking someone?”

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