After rebirth, she discovered the space golden finger

Pei Yun took advantage of his free time these few days to take a good look around Chi Ning City. He bought many spiritual herbs and materials for alchemy, and also bought an alchemy furnace.

She did have a furnace in her space, but its grade was too high and she couldn't activate it with her current cultivation level, so she bought a mid-grade yellow-grade furnace from the medicine shop. This grade of furnace was completely sufficient for her when she first started refining pills.

Five days later, early in the morning, Pei Yun came to the main hall of the second house. Perhaps to compensate and appease the people in the second house, Pei Tan not only took her to the City Lord's Mansion, but also brought Pei Shi and Pei Ye from the second house, but did not bring any people from the first house.

As soon as she walked in, she heard the Pei Qing couple arguing with a young man.

"Your grandfather took you to the City Lord's Mansion to see the world, why did you bring her along?"

"Today, all the heads of the major families are present at the City Lord's Mansion with their elite children. Are you trying to embarrass our Pei family by bringing a mortal without spiritual roots?"

"Brother, if you want to bring your sister-in-law, you should ask grandfather first." Pei Ye didn't think Pei Tan would agree. If he brought an uncultivated mortal to the banquet, the Pei family would become a laughing stock.

The man in green looked at the woman beside him, paused and made a decision: "...Then I won't go to the City Lord's Mansion. My cultivation is only at the eighth level of Qi Refining. I can't help the family even if I go. Wan'er and I..."

"Husband, you and my second brother just need to go to the City Lord's Mansion. I will wait for you at home." Li Wan held Pei Shi's hand and comforted him. Her husband had sacrificed enough for her.

"That's right! Big brother, it will only take a day or two for you to attend the banquet, and your sister-in-law can just wait for you at home!" Pei Ling's tone was a little complaining. She had never been to the City Lord's Mansion, and her big brother actually wanted to bring a mortal to the banquet.

Pei Shi pursed his lips and said nothing. He knew his parents too well. He was afraid that his parents would take advantage of his absence to do something to his wife. Until now, his parents have not come to terms with the fact that he married a mortal woman.

"Can we go now?" Pei Yun walked in with his hands behind his back and looked at Pei Shi and his wife calmly.

Pei Shi is Pei Qing's eldest son. He is quite older than Pei Yun, and Pei Shi ran away from home in order to get married, so she doesn't know this elder brother very well.

But now seeing this calm, resolute and a bit honest face, she suddenly remembered that when she was a child, Pei Ling brought a group of concubines to isolate her and refused to play with her. She squatted alone in the corner of the garden watching others play. It was this person who walked up to her, touched her little head and gave her a candy.

It had been so long, and two lifetimes had passed, that her memory was fuzzy. She only remembered that the candy was very sweet...

"Yun'er, you are here. They are both ready. Let's go." Pei Qing said as he pushed Pei Shi and winked at Pei Ye.

Seeing this, Pei Ye stepped forward, grabbed his arm, and said to Pei Yun with a smile: "Sister Yun, let's go."

"Fifth sister, I still don't want to..." Pei Shi has decided not to go. His wife's safety is much more important than going to the City Lord's Mansion to see the world, but he knows that he can't convince his parents. Now Pei Yun has a high status in the Pei family, as long as she agrees, it will be fine.

"Shi'er, what are you dawdling for? Go to your grandfather's place with Yun'er and the others!" Lin Hui interrupted him and urged him with a threatening tone, "Wan'er, I will take good care of her." Then she walked to Li Wan's side.

"Wait!" Pei Yun walked around Pei Ye who was blocking his way, looked at Li Wan who was wearing a yellow dress and had a pretty face and gentle temperament, and asked with a smile, "Brother, is this your sister-in-law? This is the first time I've seen her."

The second branch of the Pei family saw that Pei Yun had the leisure to chat with them. You know, this time after Pei Yun came back, he ignored them.

"I just returned to the Pei family a few days ago, and we only met briefly at a dinner party. Fifth sister is busy now, and my husband and I dare not disturb you." Pei Shi explained after a pause. Compared with the deliberate flattery of other people in the second branch of the Pei family, his attitude was gentle and sincere.

"Wan'er, this is my fifth sister, Pei Yun." Pei Shi took Li Wan's hand and introduced them to each other, "Fifth sister, this is Li Wan, my wife."

"Fifth sister." Li Wan nodded, with a little shyness on her face.

"I just came to see you today, sister-in-law, please don't be offended." Pei Yun bowed and took out a bottle of pills from his storage bag and gave it to her. "This bottle of Dingyan Pill is my apology to you. Dingyan Pill is good for beauty and nourishment. One pill can keep your appearance unchanged for a year. You are so beautiful, you should keep this beautiful face."

Everyone present was confused by her sudden show of goodwill, especially the four people other than Pei Shi and his wife. They had tried to please Pei Yun for a long time but Pei Yun didn't respond well to them. The first time Pei Shi and his wife formally met, Pei Yun gave them elixirs. This was simply...

And it was Dingyan Pill! It was a pill that was hard to come by in Chi Ning City and sought after by countless women. The last time it appeared in Chi Ning City was at an auction.

Several people stared at the pill bottle with shining eyes, wishing they could grab it immediately.

"Fifth sister, this is too valuable. We can't accept it." Pei Shi and Li Wan looked at each other and wanted to return the bottle of elixir to her. Although they didn't know why Pei Yun would do such a kind gesture, they knew that no reward would be accepted without merit.

"Shi'er, Yun'er is your sister. If I give it to you, you should take it." Lin Hui was so anxious that he wanted to grab the Dingyan Pill right away. Is his son stupid? Give it back.

"Brother, just take it if she gives it to you! Why are you being so polite!" Pei Ling stared straight at the pill bottle and poked his mother beside him with his finger.

Pei Yun laughed secretly when she saw this scene. This group of people might be planning to snatch the pills after she left.

"Brother, this is a gift from me to my sister-in-law. Just keep it." Pei Yun smiled and pushed it back. He looked around at everyone and finally said to Li Wan, "Sister-in-law, this is what I give you. If someone uses your identity to ask you for it later, you can tell me. I'll see who is so bold."

As soon as these words were spoken, those who had ulterior motives felt their hearts tremble and lowered their heads guiltily.

Li Wan looked up at Pei Shi at a loss. Seeing her husband nod, she happily thanked Pei Yun: "Thank you, fifth sister."

Pei Yun and the couple smiled at each other and said, "Brother, let's go."

"Fifth sister, I'm not going. You and second brother should accompany grandfather to the City Lord's Mansion!"

"Shi'er!"

"Big brother!"

The people from the second branch of the Pei family were almost pissed off by Pei Shi.

"Brother, since you don't want to go, let my sister-in-law accompany me. It's a good opportunity for me to talk to my sister-in-law." Pei Yun grabbed Li Wan's arm.

"This..." No one present expected Pei Yun to do this.

"Shi'er, since Yun'er asked Wan'er to accompany her, you should go with Wan'er." Pei Qing said unhappily, giving Pei Shi a way out.

"Yes! Yes! Shi'er, you and... Wan'er should accompany Yun'er. I think my father-in-law will agree." Lin Hui hinted to Pei Shi to put the responsibility on Pei Yun. After all, it was Pei Yun who asked Li Wan, a mortal, to go.

"Brother, let's go." Pei Ye glanced at Pei Yun and also advised him. He realized that Pei Yun was helping Pei Shi openly and secretly today. In this case, he might as well go with the flow.

Pei Shi hesitated to speak, but finally nodded.

The four of them walked to the door of Pei Mansion, Pei Tan was already waiting there. His originally impatient look instantly softened the moment he saw Pei Yun. He was really an old fox who loved to change his face!

When Pei Tan saw Li Wan traveling with them, he indeed rebuked Pei Shi with a bad look on his face, but was blocked by Pei Yun with the words "It was I who asked my sister-in-law to accompany me."

While sitting in the carriage, Pei Tan introduced the arrangements for the banquet to the three of them.

"The purpose of this banquet is to select ten cultivators from Chi Ning City to participate in the competitions in various cities in a year. Our Pei family will definitely not be able to participate..."

Although Pei Yun is already in the early stage of foundation building, and is undoubtedly the leader of the younger generation in Chi Ning City, he is still far behind the masters of the major families.

The lowest level of cultivation of the patriarchs of the five major families is at the late foundation-building stage. Even the patriarchs of the Luo and Zhang families have broken through to the golden elixir stage. There are still quite a few older children in their families who are at the foundation-building stage. Even the five major families have golden elixir-stage ancestors guarding them. Therefore, the cultivators sent out in previous years are generally from the five major families, so they get more resources, and people from other families in the city are rarely selected.

The purpose of those people from other families is the same as Pei Tan's, which is to have their own children selected among the elite accompanying them. Every time they go to the imperial city for a competition, they can bring some of the city's elite children to see the world, which is also a kind of honor.

"...So Yun'er, with your current level of cultivation, it is certain that you will be chosen. You just need to perform well later."

As they were talking, they had already arrived at the gate of the City Lord's Mansion.

Pei Tan took the invitation and walked in with the four people behind him. The attendants in front led them through a long and winding corridor and came to the back garden where the banquet was held.

At this time, the banquet had not yet begun, but the garden was already full of people, gathered in groups of three or four, chatting. A few people walked across a stone bridge, around the rockery, and came to a pavilion.

Pei Tan was very self-aware and did not go to the largest pavilion in the center of the garden. He just met a few families with whom he usually got along well on the outskirts.

"Master Pei is here!" A dignified middle-aged man greeted him with a smile, stroking his beard.

"Master Pei, you are late today. You will have to drink a few more glasses."

"That's right, I'll drink a few more glasses to make amends to you."

Several people greeted each other.

"Master Pei, several people from your family were chosen by the Yunshan Sect last time, and it was a big hit!"

"Are these the juniors?"

Pei Tan smiled and said nothing, but asked the people behind him to salute everyone.

In the world of cultivation, it is very rude to use spiritual sense to investigate the other party's cultivation without the other party's consent, so the several family heads did not notice Pei Yun's cultivation.

"You are so young and promising!"

"Zhao Hu, you still talked about the Pei family. This time you called back your grandson from Dao Juemen. It seems that you want to defeat us!" The head of the Qin family pointed at a young man behind the head of the Zhao family and laughed half-jokingly.

Dao Jue Sect is also one of the top ten sects in Beiqizhou, and its strength is not much different from that of Yunshan Sect.

"Senior Pei, why is Miss Pei Ruo not here?" A handsome young man of about seventeen or eighteen years old stood up from behind the head of the Qin family and asked expectantly.

The smile on Pei Tan's face faded: "Pei Ruo can't come because of something."

Everyone present felt the atmosphere tense, and then the others changed the subject and talked about today's banquet...

Pei Yun didn't want to listen to the flattery between these people. He looked at the surrounding scenery boredly. The scenery of this garden was quite nice. At this time of year, the plum blossoms were in full bloom. When he smelled the faint and cool plum fragrance lingering around his nose...

Finally, the banquet began. City Lord Ning walked to the podium with his wife and children. After a welcome speech, everyone took their seats in order under the guidance of the attendants.

Pei Yun and the others sat in the middle back. She observed that the people from the five major families were sitting below the city lord, in the front. Moreover, they brought many of their children with them this time, so one table was not enough. Basically, three or four tables were arranged to barely accommodate them.

Even getting a seat arrangement requires strength to fight for. No wonder Pei Tan is willing to be humble and try to please her, just to win a place for her in the Pei family.

"Ye'er, Shi'er, after the banquet begins, the city lord will first ask the disciples of each tribe to come forward and spar to liven up the atmosphere. You can do whatever you want. If you feel that the opponent's strength is similar, go up and show off. Just stop at the right time. As long as you don't lose too badly, it'll be fine."

Pei Tan turned around and whispered to Pei Yun, "Those who come on stage first are from small families with low cultivation. There is no need to go up now. I just informed those old guys. The most outstanding of the elite students coming today is Ma Tao from the Ma family. He is eighteen years old this year and has reached the ninth level of Qi Refining. Wait until the elite students from the five major families come on stage before you make your move."

Pei Tan was planning to let Pei Yun make a stunning debut. A fifteen-year-old who was already in the foundation-building stage was a rare genius in the imperial city.

Pei Yun said nothing, but looked at the major families around him curiously.

Sure enough, not long after the banquet began, City Lord Ning suggested that the younger generations come on stage to compete and show their respective strengths, and the younger generation was eager to try.

At this moment, a circular platform rose up in the empty space in the center of the banquet hall, and a protective barrier was erected around the platform to prevent accidental injuries to the crowd.