My Lady Always Lacks Ambition

The setting sun gradually slanted to the west, as the Yellow Immortal known as Huang Jiu led two clan elders to reappear before Qin Liuxi and the others.
Mrs. An and the others, upon seeing the three yellow weasels, still felt somewhat apprehensive, particularly because two of them, in front of them, performed a dramatic transformation into humans, scaring them into crying out loud.
What it meant to petition for a “seal” they had heard from Qin Liuxi – success meant the ability to shapeshift. It sounded rather mystical, but witnessing the actual scene of yellow weasels turning into humans right before their eyes, they retreated in fright.
“Demon.” Mrs. An was so terrified that she rolled her eyes back and fainted.
“Mother.” An Hao quickly supported her, helplessly curling his mouth at Qin Liuxi, look at this mess you’ve caused.
Qin Liuxi had Teng Zhao fetch some medicinal oil and put it under Mrs. An’s nose, and she slowly regained consciousness. As her memory returned, she screamed again, “Hao’er, I saw demons transform into humans; it was too horrifying.”
Huang Jiu could not listen any longer and said, “What demons? We are from the Yellow Immortal Clan; at most, we’re spirits.”
Hearing this slightly disgruntled tone, Mrs. An had fully regained her senses. She pulled her eldest son in front of her as a shield and peered out to look at the two ‘humans’ dressed as middle-aged men.
Typically cowardly yet curious.
An Hao didn’t dare make a sound when his own mother used him as a human shield; after all, she was his birth mother. With a face of resignation, he also tried to feign composure.
Lord An remained calm on the surface, seemingly unaffected.
Teng Tianhan silently glanced at the hand gripping his wrist and laughed inwardly, So much for being calm; let go of your hand first then we can talk.
Lord Yellow Immortal and the others, however, were staring at Qin Liuxi with bright eyes, grinning and fawning as they approached and bowed, “Lord, when did you arrive in the capital, and why didn’t you notify us? Look at this, our family’s unworthy youngster has offended you, it’s like flood waters washing over the Dragon King Temple, a family not recognizing its own kin.”
While speaking, he even kicked Huang Jiu, “Aren’t you going to kneel and kowtow to apologize to the Lord?”
Huang Jiu: “?”
No, from beginning to end, I’m the one who was suppressed and beaten, right? I haven’t even deployed a single spell yet, and she slapped me with some immobilization charm, the kind that really keeps you still, followed by a burning charm that singed off my proud golden fur.
And most importantly, she tricked me into becoming the Family Guardian Immortal for the An family.
So, my great grandfather, I am the real victim here, I am your clanmate. Why don’t you love Jiu’er anymore? Didn’t you always say that I was the most talented weasel in our clan?
Seeing the unfortunate Huang Jiu not moving, Grandma Yellow Immortal, noticing the uncertain look on Qin Liuxi’s face, immediately forced it to bow down, “Hurry up and kowtow to the Lord.”
Poor Huang Jiu was forced to knock his head on the ground several times, until he felt a bit dizzy: “…”
Grandma, don’t you know that domestic abuse will make you lose Jiu’er?
Everyone watching this scene felt it was somewhat eerie.
It seemed, something was not quite right.
Qin Liuxi also felt something was amiss and glanced sideways at the two Yellow Immortals, asking, “Do we know each other?”
Lord Yellow Immortal said with a smile, “We little monsters dare not casually trouble you. Indeed, you might not have seen us, but we have seen you before.”
That was a few years ago, perhaps three or four. Back then, Qin Liuxi hadn’t reached her coming of age and was still an innocent and kind-hearted young girl (which later proved to be a misconception).
On one occasion, they had personally witnessed a Grey Immortal who had cultivated for three hundred years disrespecting her greatly, even harboring the delusion of devouring her soul to boost its cultivation. The result was a brutal counterattack.
The counter-kill was an overwhelming beating. Qin Liuxi didn’t bother with any twisted torture; she simply beat it to death forcibly. The soul of that Grey Immortal was even directly burned to ashes by the Karmic Fire. According to her, the Grey Immortal had taken countless vindictive souls, with the number of humans it murdered being close to a hundred, their sins abundant. Only the Karmic Fire could purify it.
How terrifying that fire was. Even if it didn’t fall on them, just the mere sight of the firelight made their Divine Souls tremble unstably.
They hid behind a grave mound at the time, peering fearfully, wishing they could crawl into the old grave, especially when she glanced in their direction, scaring the daylights out of them.
Fortunately, she wasn’t the kind of person who would slaughter indiscriminately. After killing the Grey Immortal, she left, but it still left a profound impact and shadow on them. Later on, they formed a partnership with Changsheng Hall, and knowing her relationship with Feng Mu, identifying her as the nominal master behind Changsheng Hall, they started treating her as the number one figure not to provoke, even hanging her portrait. As a result, the unfortunate kid Huang Jiu ended up provoking her.
Upon hearing them mention the Grey Immortal, Qin Liuxi raised her eyebrows and said, “So it was you hiding behind that grave mound peeping.”
Lord Yellow Immortal chuckled awkwardly, “Our Yellow Immortal Clan also has a partnership with Mr. Xiu. We always wanted to greet you but never dared to brazenly approach.”
“Oh? I remember he mentioned that one of the medicinal partnerships is from your Yellow Immortal side; so it was you guys.” The weasel spirits are adept at finding Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, and Changsheng Hall’s medicinal supplies also have numerous providers, like their family.
Yes, since they can transform into humans and walk amongst commoners, they naturally have to live like humans, adopting human ways and learning, which is called actively embracing humanity.
“It’s us indeed.” Yellow Immortal passed over three cases: “It’s our first time meeting you, and we didn’t have anything good on us at the moment. Here’s a 500-year-old Polygonum multiflorum, a case of deep mountain spiritual fruit, and another case of golden beads. Please don’t take offense like you did with Huang Jiu and forgave them for their mistake.”
“Just as you said, it’s like a big flood washing over the Dragon King Temple—one family not recognizing their own. Why be so formal? I’m not that petty of a God Stick.”
Everyone: Hehe, if only your hands weren’t so honest, then we’d believe your act.
Qin Liuxi opened one of the cases, and a fresh and penetrating fruit fragrance seeped out, refreshing the spirit and making one’s mouth water.
Even the members of the An family, who were accustomed to fine things, couldn’t help but crane their necks to see what kind of fruit it was that was so enticing.
Qin Liuxi casually tossed one of the fruits into her mouth and then stuffed another into Teng Zhao’s mouth, saying, “Yellow Immortal’s items are always top-notch. You’re young and frail; you should nourish yourself.”
Teng Zhao’s eyes curved slightly, and with a gentle bite, the sweet fruit juice entered his throat and then his stomach, warming his entire body.
Teng Tianhan swallowed his saliva with a gurgle and quietly asked, “Zhao’er, what does it taste like?”
Lord An and the others pretended to look over nonchalantly, but they too were feeble, frightened into weakness.
Seeing Qin Liuxi only feeding Teng Zhao, Lord Yellow Immortal curiously asked, “Who might this be?”
“My senior disciple, his Daoist name is Xuan Yi,” Qin Liuxi responded.
Teng Tianhan subconsciously added, “He’s also my eldest son, whose formal name is Teng Zhao, the one who has taken Master Buqiu as his mentor.”
Lord An glanced at him: Huh, before today, I never knew this subordinate of mine could react so quickly. Isn’t this just showing off to these two Yellow Immortals?