Chapter 273: It's Not That Mysterious

The young Imperial Prince burst into tears and wanted to leave the palace overnight.

He didn't want to be an Imperial Prince anymore; what a piece of junk. He had finally bought a spirit melon, coaxing his younger brother Rong Juan to buy it by acting humble and small, and what happened? As soon as Fu Bao entered the palace, she took one spirit melon.

The young Imperial Prince's Imperial Consort said, "Your Imperial Father has his reasons for doing this. As an Imperial Prince, you must prioritize the Great Yan state."

After speaking, she pulled the young Imperial Prince to wash his face. Having eaten the spirit melon, the young Imperial Prince was no longer hot.

"Do not bring back any more spirit melons," the young Imperial Prince's Imperial Consort said. "Go play with your brother Rong Juan. Come back only after you have eaten something good. Qin He is the Chosen One; her child is Fu Bao. Imperial Princes are not picked up from the street."

"I understand," the young Imperial Prince nodded. "Our Great Yan cannot compare to Great Chu or Rong Di. We must be cautious in how we treat the Chosen One."

The young Imperial Prince's Imperial Consort sighed. An Emperor must possess imperial arts. The Great Yan Emperor may seem simple-minded, but he is a wise ruler. For the sake of Great Yan, the Emperor did not mind bestowing some gifts upon the person protected by the Heavenly Dao.

"Brother Rong Juan does not like Fu Bao," the young Imperial Prince mumbled.

The young Imperial Prince's Imperial Consort gave him an idea: tell Rong Juan that Fu Bao took a spirit melon.

Upon learning this, Rong Juan's face turned cold. The Rong Heir understood now why Qin Bi and Rong Juan had not mentioned gifting the spirit melon to the young Imperial Prince; this mother and son had calculated that anything sent to the palace would be shared with Fu Bao.

The Rong Heir held his younger son, glancing at Qin Bi and Rong Juan. "The Great Yan Emperor bought these spirit melons with high-grade demon beast crystals. Rong Juan, you sold them to your Imperial Uncle at a higher price than others, yet the young Imperial Prince said nothing."

So, what was there to mind?

Rong Juan: "..."

Spirit melons sold by the Immortal Sect cost two demon beast crystals each. Rong Juan sold them to the young Imperial Prince at five high-grade demon beast crystals for two melons. The child did it on purpose; his Imperial Uncle always favored Fu Bao.

"Qin He keeps saying she is the female lead," Qin Bi said. "Could it be that she truly is the female lead?"

Rong Juan paused, holding the sleeping little bun. In his past life, Qin He indeed qualified as a female lead; although she ultimately failed, she had been glorious. Unfortunately, she was killed by the young Imperial Prince.

Qin Bi looked at Rong Juan and said, "From now on, I will be the villain."

Where there is a female lead, there must be a villain.

Rong Juan: "..."

Rong Juan immediately eagerly followed up: "I will be the little villain."

"Villains are all cannon fodder," Qin Bi waved her hand. "It has nothing to do with you."

Rong Juan was very obedient. Since Qin Bi forbade him from being a little villain, the child nodded and agreed.

The Rong Heir stood up to send his younger son, Rong Chi, back to his bedroom to sleep. Once he left, Qin Bi truly acted like a villain. To be a villain, one must look the part; the female lead must cause trouble wherever she goes.

"Do you want your spirit melon back?" Qin Bi asked the little bun.

Rong Juan nodded: "Mm-hmm."

Qin Bi estimated her abilities, thought for a moment, stood still in the courtyard, and extended her hand toward the Xue Wang Fu to mobilize half-immortal power. Just then, a maid had just washed the spirit melon, and Qin He and Fu Bao were waiting to eat it.

The spirit melon suddenly vanished. Qin He and Fu Bao's eyes went wide. Fu Bao patted the table up and down.

Qin Bi's half-immortal power was weak. When she retrieved the spirit melon, she lost control, and with a "bang," it fell to the ground, shattering into pieces. Rong Juan's eyes popped wide open.

"Where did it come from?" Rong Juan looked completely confused.

Qin Bi answered, "Fu Bao won't be able to eat the spirit melon now."

The child understood her meaning and showed a look of delight. This was the spirit melon Fu Bao had taken.

Immediately, the child furrowed his small brows: "It's broken."

"If it's broken, it's broken," Qin Bi didn't care. The result was good. As a villain, as long as she could cause trouble for the female lead, that was enough. Qin Bi said, "It's better than Fu Bao eating it."

The spirit melon was sold, so if it got smashed, so be it. Qin He and Fu Bao couldn't eat it anymore.

Washing a melon on such a hot day, preparing to eat it, only for it to disappear—that feeling was satisfying just to imagine. Qin Bi was in a good mood. Rong Juan happily picked up a piece of melon from the table and ate it; the child's mood improved too.

Rong Juan stood under the eaves. In his previous life, Qin Bi had not cultivated immortality, nor had she in the life before that.

In this life, she cultivated immortality, and her magic techniques were unique.

The smashed spirit melon lay on the ground, ignored. A guard stepped forward silently, glanced at Rong Juan, and said, "Consort, do you still want this spirit melon? If not, please let us have it."

Qin Bi was in a good mood and nodded her chin: "Take a good spirit melon and eat it."

The guard was delighted. He took a spirit melon from the basket, his gaze falling on the smashed melon on the ground. The guards still wanted this one; it had fallen from the sky and smashed, but it was clean and would still quench their thirst.

The guards recognized the melon grown by their own family; it was not some mysterious melon.

Besides, the Consort had simply reached out and grabbed, and a melon fell from the sky. They knew what immortal technique was used. The guards were not curious; they had their Heir. If the Consort and the young Heir did not want it, they wanted to share this melon.

Qin Bi was too lazy to care, and Rong Juan didn't manage it either. The guard carried away one good melon and one smashed melon to eat.

The maids and nannies saw this and were envious. Even though the spirit melon was smashed, they wouldn't have minded. The guards were too much; they got a good melon and even took the smashed one.

The maids and nannies were too far away to see how the spirit melon smashed; they thought it had accidentally fallen and broken.

Rong Juan chuckled lightly. If this was what being a villain was, he would not stop her, as long as she didn't hurt herself. Seeing Qin Bi and Rong Juan both happy, the Rong Heir raised an eyebrow, a hint of doting in his eyes.

At that moment in the Xue Wang Fu, Qin He was furious: "Who used magic to steal the spirit melon?"

Fu Bao cried loudly: "My spirit melon."

The servants stood silent as crickets. The Xue Heir was helpless and tried to comfort Qin He with a few words.

Qin He cried in grievance: "Neither Fu Bao nor her brother has eaten a single spirit melon this summer. We finally got one, and it's gone like this. Cultivators are so despicable; they just like to snatch heavenly treasures and spiritual food."

The Xue Heir had no solution and continued to coax: "You encountered a powerful cultivator from the Immortal Sect."

Judging by this method, ordinary cultivators could not do it. After all, the guards of the Xue Wang Fu were not pushovers. Facing a powerful cultivator, the Xue Wang Fu's military strength was helpless.

Qin He cried in grievance, Fu Bao cried too, and the Xue Heir had a splitting headache.

The Xue Wang Fei sent someone to the Heir's courtyard to ask what had happened. Upon learning the situation, she was confused. The Xue Wang simply did not believe it. A spirit melon suddenly disappearing? How was that possible? He had never seen such a thing in his lifetime.

Cultivation in this world was not so mysterious.

Last time Qin He was struck by lightning, and now a spirit melon was lost. The Xue Wang had to overthink it. He said to the Xue Wang Fei, "Tell the Consort not to be arrogant in the future. Do not lose your head just because you are the Chosen One."

The Xue Wang Fei nodded: "This matter..."

"Keep it quiet," the Xue Wang said. "If it gets out, others will think the people of our Xue Wang Fu are talking nonsense."

Which great cultivation family hasn't eaten spiritual food or spirit melons? If you say the melon disappeared while you were eating it, people will laugh you to death.