AMSSO-Chapter 32: You Look Good in Red

“No, I only know a little about refining artifacts.” Mu Shiyue shook her head and denied.

In her previous life, in order to delay time, she learned many skills.

She could refine artifacts, but she did not consider herself to be a refiner. After all, unlike other refiners, she was not specialized in it as she had learned too many miscellaneous things.

Hearing their master deny it, Jiang Yunnuan was greatly disappointed, but also very curious, “Then Master, how did you open it?”

“This isn’t hard. Just control the metal and fire spiritual power properly.”

“Huh?”

Everyone looked at each other. Saying that was no different from not saying it at all.

“That’s right.” Mu Shiyue’s expression was serious. “Storage bags are also magical artifacts refined by refiners. So, as long as you control the metal and fire spiritual roots well, you can naturally open the storage bag.”

“Then how do you control it?”

Everyone’s faces were full of question marks.

From Master’s tone, it sounded very simple.

But if it were really so easy, refiners wouldn’t be so rare.

Mu Shiyue said straightforwardly, “You just need to thoroughly study your own spiritual roots, control your spiritual power with precision, hmm… if you can condense it into needles of various shapes, that should be enough.”

It was basically shaping her own spiritual power into keys of various shapes.

Everyone: “…”

How is this simple?!

To control spiritual power to such precision, how could that be easy?!

Even a Nascent Soul cultivator might not have that ability, right?

It’s like throwing water from a basin.

Who could control it so that only a single drop came out?

And when did their master have such an ability?

But thinking carefully, it seemed Master had never really shown her abilities in front of them.

“This…”

“Yip!”

The cub’s cry interrupted their conversation.

Mu Shiyue turned her head and saw the Iron-Eating Beast cub had somehow gotten into the pile of items.

There were too many things, even several large stones. The cub looked like it was climbing mountains and crossing ridges, struggling desperately through obstacles.

Mu Shiyue followed the cub’s struggling gaze, then picked up a bottle.

“Yip! Yip!”

Seeing that the thing it wanted was taken away, the cub immediately cried out anxiously.

Mu Shiyue stroked its head with one hand and opened the bottle with the other.

Then, a sweet fragrance drifted out from inside.

“Yip! Mmm mmm!”

Smelling the fragrance, the cub cried even more fiercely, clutching Mu Shiyue’s knee and standing up to reach for the bottle.

Everyone sniffed, “Is this honey?”

“Yes.” Mu Shiyue nodded. “Cliff Honey.”

Cliff Bees, as the name implied, built their hives on cliffs.

Only the queen bee was a first-rank spirit beast, but the hive acted collectively, and its attack power was very strong.

Once an enemy invaded, they would swarm out in full force, never giving up until the enemy was killed.

So, harvesting cliff honey was not an easy matter.

But the effects of cliff honey were excellent. Eating it could stabilize restless spiritual power, calm the mind, and make cultivation twice as effective.

Thus, the price of cliff honey was extremely high. Even a small bottle cost several lower-grade spirit stones.

“This bottle is a magical artifact, right?” Jiang Yunnuan noticed something unusual.

“Yes.” Mu Shiyue nodded. “The capacity inside is quite large.”

“Yip~”

The little cub, smelling the sweet fragrance, was already frantic, clutching Mu Shiyue’s knee, almost wanting to leap up to snatch the bottle.

It’s a bear, how could it not like honey?

Among this pile of treasures, it only had eyes for the honey.

“Alright, I’ll let you drink it.” Mu Shiyue picked up the little cub with one arm and went to the kitchen to find a bowl.

Watching her departing back, the few disciples looked at each other, hesitated for a long time, but still did not follow.

At last, they lowered their heads to look at the things on the ground.

“So many good things!”

Of course, there were too many things here.

Besides the eye-catching few large stones, there were all sorts of miscellaneous materials, a pile of mid-grade spirit stones, and among them were several high-grade spirit stones.

There were also several bottles filled with pills, a few oddly shaped magical artifacts, a heap of miscellaneous things…

The owner of this storage bag should’ve been a girl, because there were also many rouge, powders, jewelry, and beautiful dresses inside.

Previously when they’d looted those bandit men clean, even if they’d combined all their assets together, they couldn’t have gathered a single high-grade spirit stone.

Indeed, this is the disparity of the world.

After looking through these things clearly, Jiang Yunnuan’s expression darkened.

Qin Yiwei noticed her expression and couldn’t help but ask with concern, “What’s wrong?”

This obviously wasn’t just the look of being shocked by an unexpected windfall.

“…Nothing.” Jiang Yunnuan shook her head stiffly, but didn’t answer.

Qin Yiwei frowned, and her heart had a rough guess.

“You know the owner of this storage bag?” She did not beat around the bush and asked directly.

Jiang Yunnuan’s eyes widened instantly, “How did you know?”

Qin Yiwei sneered in her heart, “I guessed from your expression.”

Jiang Yunnuan bit her lip, her expression complicated.

“If there’s something, you can tell us. We can help you. We are fellow disciples.” Qin Yiwei pulled her hand, speaking sincerely.

“That’s right, if there’s something, you can tell us.” Chu Jingzhuo keenly sensed something was wrong and also declared his stance.

“Yes, we will help you.” Xin Jinrui, though confused, also nodded along.

Seeing her fellow disciples’ attitudes like this, Jiang Yunnuan’s heart warmed.

She hesitated for a moment, and under Qin Yiwei’s encouraging gaze, opened her mouth, “This storage bag should belong to the Jiang family head’s youngest daughter.”

“The Jiang family head? Which Jiang family?” Xin Jinrui was momentarily confused, the phrasing was a bit awkward.

Chu Jingzhuo reacted at once, “It’s your father’s daughter, your younger sister?”

“I don’t have such a younger sister!” Jiang Yunnuan’s face turned cold. “I also don’t have a father!”

At this, even Xin Jinrui could hear the resentment in her words.

“She is your stepmother’s child?” Chu Jingzhuo frowned.

Jiang Yunnuan didn’t answer, but her attitude told everything.

Qin Yiwei knew more than they did, but she acted as though she was learning about this for the first time, “How did you recognize it?”

Jiang Yunnuan kept silent, her eyes full of flames of anger.

Following her gaze, Qin Yiwei suddenly pulled out a beautiful red dress from the pile of clothes.

“There’s the word Nuan on this!” Qin Yiwei said in surprise. “Her name also has Nuan in it?”

Jiang Yunnuan gnashed her teeth, “This is my dress!”

“Your dress?!” Xin Jinrui cried out. “Why would your dress be in someone else’s storage bag?!”

Chu Jingzhuo reacted the fastest, “She stole your dress, didn’t she? That’s why Third Senior Sister, you never wear red dresses.”

Jiang Yunnuan’s expression immediately turned even colder.

Even without her saying it, everyone understood.

Before, they’d only heard her say that her father married a stepmother, and that she couldn’t bear to stay, so she ran away.

Only now did they realize how difficult her life at home had been.

“This dress is very beautiful, Old Third, is it yours?”

Mu Shiyue’s voice broke the tense atmosphere.

Jiang Yunnuan lifted her head and saw Mu Shiyue walking over, holding the Iron-Eating Beast cub, which was drowsy after drinking the honey.

“Old Third, you would definitely look very good in red!” Mu Shiyue, not knowing what they’d just said, gave her own opinion.

Jiang Yunnuan had a fairy-like appearance and pale skin. Wearing red would make her especially beautiful.

But as soon as these words came out, the expressions of several disciples turned strange.