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Outside the city of Chaoge in the Shang Dynasty.

The extremely thick clouds in the sky were forcibly torn apart by an extremely violent demonic aura.

The Qingqiu Empress—the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Ancestor Bai Yaoyao—was draped in an extremely luxurious white snow fox fur coat, her full head of silver hair flying wildly in the wind.

That face, so beautiful it could eclipse the heavens and earth, was now filled with extreme rage.

"That damned Su Daji! I sent you to the mortal realm to seek your fortune, and you dare to neglect your duties, hiding among these mortals instead of returning to Qingqiu! Today, I, the Emperor, will definitely drag you back and lock you up in confinement!" Bai Yaoyao gritted her teeth, muttering to herself in extreme anger.

She had initially thought that the Great Shang Dynasty was a mortal hell where people lived a life of primitive savagery, surrounded by quagmires and foul stench.

But when she extremely discreetly concealed her demonic aura and passed through the Nine Provinces Barrier to land on the outer ring of Chaoge City, the scene before her eyes completely shocked this ancient powerhouse.

A long, wide, and smooth gray avenue (cement road) stretches straight into the city.

On both sides of the road, rows of glass streetlights, inlaid with low-level spirit-gathering arrays and emitting soft light, were erected in an extremely extravagant manner!

This is not finished.

Bai Yaoyao walked into the city's most bustling commercial street, completely bewildered.

She watched helplessly as several ordinary old men with no cultivation were buying steaming hot meat buns in front of a bun shop.

What they held in their hands were not gold, silver, copper, or iron at all, but rather "spirit stone coins" that were cut extremely neatly and emitted faint spiritual energy fluctuations!

"What... what the hell is this place?" Bai Yaoyao swallowed hard in utter shock, her mind completely blank.

Using top-tier cultivation resources as mortal grocery money? Even the Heavenly Court doesn't have such an extravagant display!

She, the dignified Empress of Qingqiu, suddenly felt like a country bumpkin who had just crawled out of the deep mountains and forests and had never seen the world in this human city!

Following Su Daji's extremely faint breath, Bai Yaoyao stumbled and disoriented all the way to the area surrounding the Da Shang Business Department.

On an extremely upscale luxury pedestrian street, Bai Yaoyao's gaze was suddenly drawn to a shop with extremely luxurious decor and a sign that read "Nine Tail Haute Couture".

Inside the shop's extremely transparent one-way glass window, there was a wooden mannequin.

The model wore an extremely form-fitting white, high-slit modern cheongsam that perfectly accentuated the feminine curves. The fabric also shimmered with an extremely faint starlight-like sheen.

Bai Yaoyao stared at the dress, her eyes wide with amazement.

She had worn loose Taoist robes and animal skins in Qingqiu for thousands of years, and had never seen such a modern style that perfectly combined pure desire and ultimate allure!

"This is utterly indecent! Shameless!" Bai Yaoyao retorted with an extremely defiant snort.

But her body betrayed her, and she took a step forward, pushing open the shop door.

The shop was extremely warm. A fox spirit shopkeeper dressed in a fitted uniform immediately came to greet them with utmost professionalism.

"Esteemed guest, you have excellent taste. This is a limited-edition 'Starry Clouds and Water Cheongsam,' personally designed by our Minister Su in collaboration with the Weaver Girl, who recently joined us from the Heavenly Court. Not only is it beautiful, but it also comes with a dust-repelling array. The price is only five hundred top-grade spirit stones."

Bai Yaoyao didn't understand what spirit stone coins were at all.

She raised her chin arrogantly and pulled out a ten-thousand-year-old blood ginseng with roots that exuded an extremely rich blood aura from her storage space.

"I'll take this outfit. And this ten-thousand-year-old blood ginseng, take it as payment, keep the change!" Bai Yaoyao slammed the ginseng onto the glass counter with extreme arrogance, preparing to enjoy the other party's kneeling and worshipful gaze.

As a result, the fox demon shopkeeper reluctantly pushed the ginseng back.

"I'm sorry, sir. The Ministry of Commerce has strict rules. Our shop only accepts standard spirit stone coins issued by the Ministry of Commerce. Although your item is valuable, we do not barter. You will have to go to the 'Pangu Palace Central Bank' next door to exchange it for cash first." The shopkeeper refused politely but rigidly.

Bai Yaoyao froze on the spot.

She, the mighty Empress of Qingqiu at the peak of the Great Luo realm! She tried to buy clothes with a ten-thousand-year-old blood ginseng, but was actually refused by a mere clothing-selling demon?!

The worst part was that several other wealthy ladies in the shop, dressed in extremely luxurious clothes, were looking at her with the eyes of someone looking at a "poor country bumpkin," and were even covering their mouths and snickering.

"This...I..." Bai Yaoyao's cool and beautiful face instantly turned bright red, and the blush spread all the way to the base of her neck.

She wished she could use her perfected earth-遁法 (earth-遁法, a technique for escaping through the earth) to dig an extremely deep hole in the ground and crawl into it right now!

Just when this ancient empress was extremely embarrassed and was about to unleash her demonic energy in a fit of rage.

With a "ding-a-ling," the shop's door, adorned with the melodious sound of wind chimes, was pushed open with extreme force.

Lin Xuan, who had just escorted the exhausted Shi Ji back to the main bedroom of the Pangu Palace to rest, walked in wearing an extremely casual short-sleeved shirt and flip-flops.

Lin Xuan's extremely sharp gaze immediately locked onto the silver-haired beauty with a flushed face in front of the counter.

A Dao-level perception swept over it instantly.

Lin Xuan grinned widely, his heart leaping with joy. This was no ordinary customer; this was clearly an extremely rare and exquisite nine-tailed celestial fox, radiating an ancient aura!

The system's extremely crisp and pleasant notification sound rang out in my mind right on time.

[Ding! New female lead detected! Identity: Bai Yaoyao, Empress of Qingqiu. System rating: 98 points. Current status: Shocked by the economy of Chaoge and extremely depressed. Host, please win her over quickly!]