Ten days after the great win of Iris, Envoys from the imperial capital city arrived to pick up the winners of the competition but they had to wait for a month because Iris was unconscious. It turns out that her internal wounds were quite severe coupled with the fact that she dealt a strong qi strike further increasing the wounds.
The moment Iris could move again after much difficulty, she was told that Long Chen had been selected to be the direct disciple of the sect master of the second largest sect, The Ming yue sect!. Iris was quite Surprised but was genuinely happy for her brother. Her mother Long miao had been brought to the Song city where she was given a large manor and made head Liberian of the biggest Library in Song city. Long miao was given lots of servants and guards at her disposal and because of her kind natural, most of the guards and servants devoted their all into serving her.
It was obvious to the people of the Song city that their city Lord was trying to curry favour with Iris who would likely become a Sect disciple in a big sect or even a big external power. The Envoys from the imperial capital city praised Iris for her determination and talents after being briefed about her. The Envoys even stayed and waited until Iris woke up and even gave her extra one week to stay with her mother and brother before they would depart.
In this one week, Song Lin shamelessly kept trying to get close to Iris. He would send gifts and treasures over every morning while Long Chen would just send it over to the storage.
"Young master, another batch of treasures has entered the manor this morning" A servant reported to Long Chen.
"Can this guy be anymore shameless than this?!" Long Chen asked rhetorically.
"Big sis clearly doesn't even see him as a person, yet he still Shamelessly clings to her" Long Chen said again feeling frustrated for his sister.
"Little Chen,....." Iris calls from behind as she enters the front yard.
"Big sis!" Long Chen turned with a smile on his handsome face.
"Let's go see those treasures. Afterall, we're leaving in two days from now. We'll be far away from each other and you might need some. Besides, I still need to buy high level body Strengthening pills and I hear they are quite expensive" Iris said.
"Hmm..... that's true. Alright let's go see those treasures" Long Chen said and hopped towards his sister like a cute fur ball.
"This way young master, young miss" the servant said and led them towards the Storage.
Iris and Long Chen entered into the storage and saw a good number of treasures laying on a huge table.
"Big sis look!" Long Chen said and picked up two rings.
"That idiot actually sent you rings! Who does he think he is? Just because he is the favourite son of the city Lord he thinks he can just send useless stuffs like this?!" Long Chen said angrily.
"Little Chen calm down. Let me see those rings" Iris said to have Long Chen place them on her opened palm.
"Uh..... young miss.....if I may..." The servant said while looking at Iris to give her permission to speak.
"Go on" Iris said simply.
"Young miss, young master; that's not just an ordinary ring. It's a Spatial ring or space ring as it is called. It contains an empty space where one can store their treasures and it can only be opened by the one it recognize as it's master" the servant explained respectfully.
"A space ring?! How does it recognize it's master?" Long Chen asked now feeling excited.
"Young master, young miss, you just need to drop your blood on it and it will recognize you. Only, this space ring is actually the lowest kind. The middle level and high level space rings are sold in the imperial capital city. But I heard that every high level space ring has been confiscated by the royal family so, only the middle level space rings are for sale and a very expensive" the servant concluded while Iris looked at her suspiciously.
"How do you know so much about these things?" Iris asked.
"... My father used to be among the renowned space ring forgers but he was framed for hiding high level space rings instead of submitting them to the royal family" the servant said and took a deep breath before continuing.
"Father was executed while I and my mother were banished here, to the southern region which is the least prosperous region. This is why I know so much about space rings. I lost my mother five years after our banishment and started working as a servant until I was able to get a job as a servant in the city Lord's house" The servant concluded.
"I see" Iris said while Long Chen stared at her with eyes dripping with pity.
Iris gave one of the space rings to her brother who was back to being excited to see the magical ring. He immediately bit his finger and let his blood drop on the ring which made a slight sizzling sound. Iris did the same thing and wore the ring on her finger like her brother did.
"How do you open it?" Long Chen asked, all the while still staring at the space ring on his finger.
"Young master, young miss, inject your qi into it and it will open"the servant said.
The Long siblings injected their qi into their various rings and it showed the space within it.
"This space rings can now only be opened by you young master and young miss and will not recognize another master until it's master dies" The servant said.
"Alright" Long Chen replied.
"What is your name?" Iris suddenly asked the servant.
"Your humble servant is Ning Xi young miss" the servant replied respectfully.
" Ning Xi. Your age and your qi level?" Iris asked again.
"Your humble servant is twenty seven years old this year and my qi spirit level is the Orange spirit middle level" the servant Ning Xi answered.
"I see. Ning Xi, I want you to take special care of my mother and also, I have a mission for you. You'll be the head of the servants of the Long family. You have to take care of my mother while I and my brother are away and I'll be expecting reports from you every two months. Take this" Iris said a gave her a black pill she purchased from a mysterious Pharmacist.
"This is Frozen moon poison when you send the reports about the Long manor and my mother every two months, I'll send you a pill that will suppress the poison for two months. Until you prove yourself Loyal to the Long family, I will not detoxify you. Do you dare to try?" Iris asked with her brow raised elegantly.
"If it will prove my Loyalty, then I'll do it" Ning Xi said and swallowed the black pill.
"You have courage...I like it. Don't worry, the poison will not affect your cultivation. It will only make you feel extreme cold and chill every two months and if you do not have the pill to supress it, you might turn into a block of ice, dying slowly and feeling your internal organs get frost bites. I had to do this because I cannot joke around with my mother's safety. Do you understand me?" Iris asked.
"How did you get such vicious poison Big sis?!" Long Chen asked looking terrified.
"I bought it from a mysterious Pharmacist as well as the formula to create the Suppressing pill and the detoxifying pill." Iris said simply. If only she knew that the mysterious Pharmacist was actually a disciple of the Sage pavilion!.
"Since you've taken the poison, Auntie Ning Xi be faithful to my mother" Iris said.
"Yes young miss. Rest assured I will serve madam with my life" Ning Xi answered to which Iris nodded.
Long Chen took his leave since he wanted to show his space ring to his mother while Iris remained with Ning Xi.
"There is something I need you to do Auntie Ning Xi" Iris said with an air of mystery.
Iris told Ning Xi her plan and Ning Xi immediately went to carry it out. By the next day, there was news about all the embezzlement that Song Lin did and the news of him Secretly trying to poison his brother Song Mo because he was ahead of him in Cultivation and he feared that Song Mo will threaten his claim to the Office of City Lord After their father died, spread like wild fire!.
Soon, the masses began to protest about not wanting such Vicious Person as their next City Lord and City Lord Song Bao had no option but to Declare Song Mo Next in line while demoting Song Lin to a mare officer just to pacify the people who wished that Song Lin was executed!.
And of course, all this was Iris's doing since she wanted to make sure her mother had a Comfortable life in the Song city.