He Wenyu and Luo Yanhai quietly jumped onto the wall and then into the courtyard.

Luo Qianqian looked at the two returning without any surprise: "So, how was it? Fun?"

"Yes, yes, tell us, was the scene quite luxurious?" Yue Tingyu was also full of curiosity. If she wasn’t afraid of attracting attention, she would have asked He Wenyu to take pictures for her.

He Wenyu plopped down beside Luo Qianqian, tossing the bag in his hand into her arms: "Don’t even mention it, it was full of scheming..." Then he recounted what happened during the dinner, not forgetting to glance at the item in Luo Qianqian’s arms.

Luo Qianqian clapped her hands, opened the brown paper bag, looked at the item inside, and raised her eyebrows in surprise: "Is it trendy to give stones now?" There was no spiritual power present, so it was clearly not a spirit stone.

"I was wondering why it was so heavy! They actually gave me a stone???" He Wenyu stared wide-eyed, full of disbelief: "If it weren’t for the fact that the old lady gave me a gift, I’d really want to smack them!"

"Ah, this isn’t just any stone." Yang Feng, who was drinking with Old Master Luo, had at some point moved over, carefully picking up the stone and examining it: "Meteorite iron, this small piece is quite valuable. If an artifact refining master were to incorporate this small piece of meteorite iron, the quality and hardness of the finished product would increase significantly."

"Eh?" Wang Mazi was full of surprise from the top of the wall: "Old man, didn’t you say this stuff is rarely seen?"

"That’s what I said, but who can guarantee it won’t fall into the hands of those who don’t recognize its value?" Yang Feng weighed the stone and nodded with satisfaction: "This can be used at least three or four times, the little girl really scored."

"Is this thing really that good?" He Wenyu was full of disbelief.

Luo Yanhai instinctively also opened what he had received, and upon seeing it, was speechless: "At least you got something useful; I brought back a rolling pin for grandma?" Looking at the foot-long small wooden stick in his hand, he rolled his eyes: "Grandma, let’s have dumplings tomorrow." He directly threw the small stick to Yue Tingyu.

This left Yang Feng without a clue, still engrossed in admiring the meteorite iron in He Wenyu’s hands.

"Shiliu, how about we discuss something?" Wang Mazi looked at He Wenyu with a flattering face.

He Wenyu understood immediately: "You want this stone?"

"Hehe... just a bit is enough for me, you know our sect specializes in weaponry, and adding meteorite iron to our weapons will tone down their sharpness, making them easier to harmonize with the environment and improve our stealth moves." Wang Mazi continued to chuckle: "But I’ve traveled far and wide for so many years, I have a lot of rare items, you can pick whatever you like, I won’t even flinch."

"If I take everything, you won’t flinch?" He Wenyu raised an eyebrow with a mischievous smile.

Wang Mazi froze instantly. How could he not flinch at that...?

"Well... you can pick a few items, taking everything seems a bit unfair, or maybe if you give me that whole piece, I’ll give you everything?" Wang Mazi furrowed his brow, looking troubled.

After all, just like the old man said, this stuff is rarely seen, so how could he not seize the opportunity?

"Wishful thinking, I still want to use it for my huge hammer..." He Wenyu was about to retort when Luo Qianqian pressed down on his hand.

With a smile, she looked at Wang Mazi crouching on the wall: "So, you know someone who can refine artifacts?"

Wang Mazi stared blankly at Luo Qianqian’s smile and nodded: "Yes, indeed."

"How about this, besides letting Shiliu pick a few items, could you also reforge Shiliu’s twin hammers?" She blinked lightly, pretending to be troubled as she looked at He Wenyu: "After all, we don’t know such skilled people."

He Wenyu hesitated at Luo Qianqian’s expression but quickly realized, holding back his amusement, he nodded eagerly, slightly furrowing his brow, lowering his voice: "Yes, even with this meteorite iron, we can’t make use of it, a small sect like ours indeed is..."

"Sure thing." Seeing the two young girls’ innocent and sad expressions, Wang Mazi quickly agreed.

Yang Feng rubbed his forehead: "What did I say? What did I say!"

"Though I don’t know what you said, I can probably guess." Old Master Luo looked at the two young girls, not knowing what expression to make, after all, they were his granddaughters.

Luo Xisi and Luo Xihan exchanged glances: "Probably something like ’A woman’s heart is as elusive as a needle in the sea’?"

Luo Qianqian and He Wenyu couldn’t help but laugh out loud, exchanging a knowing glance filled with mischief. Luo Shufan quietly eating meat at the side thought, his sister had grown up with her own ideas, as a brother he should give her space to express herself, not intervene in everything...

Luo Qianqian waved at Wang Mazi on the wall: "Brother Mazi, come and have some barbecue."

"Brother Mazi, when can I pick my stuff?" He Wenyu handed over the pair of hammers and stones to Wang Mazi, full of anticipation, as if stars glimmered in his eyes.

Wang Mazi began exhibiting his items, while He Wenyu and Luo Qianqian quietly watched.

The six men perched on the wall shook their heads in unison, sighing.

"Women are terrifying."

"Why are we still sitting here? I want some meat too!"

"I’ll definitely stay far away from this scary species in the future."

"Why am I not Mazi! Why isn’t the old man my mentor! Why didn’t I speak up!"

"Senior brother, even if you spoke up, you wouldn’t have Mazi’s impressive collection..."

"I want to take on a task to settle my emotions."

For a moment, all six were silent, and then they vanished from the top of the wall in unison.

Yang Feng gently shook his head, swirling the small wine glass in front of him: "Ah, still young..."

...

The next day, accompanied by Luo Shufan and Luo Yanhai, He Wenyu went to the Forget Worries Tea House for trade, where he immediately spotted the Third Princess happily eating.

"Ningning." He Wenyu smiled softly.

"Sister Shiliu, come over." Hearing the voice, Huangfu Ning quickly waved and continued eating.

He Wenyu handed the exquisite box to Huangfu Ning and smiled: "I pleaded with our Sect Master for a long time to get this, it’s the most exquisite one among the ’Nine Heavens Box’ currently available."

Luo Shufan looked speechless, clearly, it was something he casually asked Luo Qianqian for, and she gave it easily, right?

He and Luo Yanhai sat quietly at the nearby table, making no comments. This was something to complain about internally, no need to let others know.

Seeing the beautiful box, Huangfu Ning’s eyes lit up. When He Wenyu opened the lid, she was wide-eyed, completely stopping her eating motion.

"Isn’t this the Third Princess and... wow, isn’t this Miss Shiliu?" A voice was heard before they could speak.

Almost instinctively, Huangfu Ning snapped the lid shut, holding it tightly: "So it’s Miss Du, why didn’t you salute upon seeing the princess?"

Unlike her previous cute and mild manner, Huangfu Ning’s voice now contained dignity.