When Long Xiaoxiao handed over the Nine-colored Heavenly Thunder Pearl, Chu Feng instinctively glanced at Qin Hang.
Originally, Chu Feng had merely found the situation amusing, but upon seeing Qin Hang's expression, he couldn't hold back and burst out laughing.
"Chu Feng, you can't refuse — you have to take it." Long Xiaoxiao clearly didn't understand why Chu Feng was laughing. She assumed he was about to decline, so she simply stuffed the Nine-colored Heavenly Thunder Pearl forcefully into his hands.
Without waiting for Chu Feng to respond, Long Xiaoxiao then turned to Qin Hang. "Senior Brother Qin Hang, how much did you pay for it? I'll repay you."
Long Xiaoxiao wanted to settle the matter immediately and cut off any thought Chu Feng might have of refusing.
Though Qin Hang was seething inside, he still forced a calm facade in response to Long Xiaoxiao's question. "It wasn't much — pocket change to me. Keep your money for cultivation resources."
"Then thank you, Senior Brother Qin Hang." Faced with Qin Hang's attitude, Long Xiaoxiao didn't argue and simply accepted graciously.
Truthfully, if Qin Hang had actually asked Long Xiaoxiao for the money, Chu Feng would have repaid her himself. He couldn't bear to let her spend so much on a gift for him.
But seeing how things played out, Chu Feng turned to Long Xiaoxiao and said, "Then I'll thank you too, Xiaoxiao."
After speaking, he looked at Qin Hang. "And thank you as well, Brother Qin."
"No need to thank me — I bought it for Junior Sister Xiaoxiao. Who she gives it to is none of my concern." Qin Hang bared his teeth at Chu Feng. "But if it were up to me, I would never give it to you."
"Oh?" Chu Feng's smile didn't falter. He knew Qin Hang was annoyed, so he wasn't about to get angry over his words. After all, the thanks he had just offered were genuine, not meant as provocation. Qin Hang had spent real money — and not just the starting bid either, but a price a full ten times higher.
Sensing the tension in the air, Long Xiaoxiao hurriedly spoke up.
"Oh right, Chu Feng — let me introduce you. This Senior Brother Qin Hang is the young master of the Firmament Immortal Sect."
"But he's no ordinary young master — he's the youngest son of the Firmament Immortal Sect's Sect Master." Long Xiaoxiao directly revealed the reason for Qin Hang's deep pockets.
The son of the Firmament Immortal Sect Master — no wonder he had so much money.
At the same time, curiosity stirred in Chu Feng's heart. How had Long Xiaoxiao come to know someone of Qin Hang's standing?
As if sensing Chu Feng's curiosity, Long Xiaoxiao used a secret voice transmission to explain what had happened.
It turned out that Long Xiaoxiao's Master was friends with an elder of the Firmament Immortal Sect. While visiting a cultivation ground within the sect, they had happened to cross paths with Qin Hang.
Qin Hang was a playful sort by nature, and upon entering the cultivation ground, he had deliberately disguised himself as an outsider to toy with the junior disciples of the Firmament Immortal Sect there. He figured his strength was enough to make fools of those juniors without revealing his true identity.
What he hadn't expected was that there were senior figures present as well. Upon seeing an outsider showing off his skills and daring to provoke them, they attacked Qin Hang. He was beaten badly… He never even got a chance to reveal who he truly was.
It just so happened that Long Xiaoxiao stumbled upon the scene and stopped them, which gave Qin Hang the opportunity to reveal his identity.
Qin Hang was furious at the time and wanted those people to pay with their lives. But Long Xiaoxiao reprimanded him instead. For one, those people hadn't known Qin Hang's true identity. Furthermore, it was Qin Hang who had deliberately disguised himself to toy with them — he was the one at fault in the first place.
Normally, someone like Qin Hang — an arrogant young master who was used to getting his way — would never be swayed by reason. But oddly enough, Qin Hang didn't blame Long Xiaoxiao. On the contrary, he thought she made perfect sense, and in an unprecedented move, he actually let those people go.
From that day on, he listened to everything Long Xiaoxiao said. He had even followed her and her Master all the way to this place.
Anyone with eyes could see that this irreverent young master had fallen for Long Xiaoxiao. It was no wonder he had spent so much to buy the Nine-colored Heavenly Thunder Pearl for her.
Long Xiaoxiao was clever, though. When introducing Chu Feng to Qin Hang, she deliberately glossed over Chu Feng's origins and instead mentioned that he had saved her life on multiple occasions. As a result, Qin Hang's attitude toward Chu Feng had begun to soften.