Chapter 14

Chapter Twelve: Twin Sisters

Upon hearing the name Princess Ziyu, Xia Yuxuan was incredibly surprised: "What a coincidence!"

"Mother, who exactly is this Princess Ziyu?" Tuoba Ye couldn't help but ask.

Xia Yuxuan didn't speak, but smiled and looked at Tuoba Ye.

Tuoba Ye was initially very curious, but soon his expression changed: "It can't be that coincidental, can it?"

Tuer Ye opened his sleepy eyes: "Things often turn out to be this coincidental!"

"Princess Ziyu is Situ Yuer. I've seen her before, though she was very young, but it was clear she was a beauty in the making," Xia Yuxuan said with a smile.

Tuoba Ye could only shake his head and laugh bitterly. With his memories from his past life, he wasn't interested in a six-year-old girl.

The boss, upon hearing that Princess Ziyu was arriving, hurriedly apologized: "Madam, young master, I'm sorry, I need to go welcome the princess."

He rushed out, not daring to be negligent.

A moment later, four large men led the way, followed by a little girl in purple. She had bright, lively eyes and a round, fair face, looking very cute. Several maids accompanied her, exuding a powerful aura, and behind them was a large group of guards, all spirited and dignified.

"What a formidable army!" Tuoba Ye's eyes lit up.

Xia Yuxuan said, "This is the strongest imperial guard of the Warring States, naturally impressive. Let's go and pay our respects to the princess."

"Xia Yuxuan of the Tuoba family pays respects to the princess!" Xia Yuxuan bowed.

Zhan Meng and the others knelt down, but Tuoba Ye stood there, unmoving.

"Xiao Ye, hurry and bow," Xia Yuxuan tugged at Tuoba Ye.

Tuoba Ye remained unmoved: "No."

The little girl in purple, seeing Xia Yuxuan, smiled: "It's Aunt Xia, no need for formalities!"

Then she saw Tuoba Ye, and her face turned cold.

"Who are you? Why don't you bow?" a guard shouted.

Xia Yuxuan quickly said, "Princess Ziyu, let me introduce you. This is my son, Tuoba Ye. He's still very young and doesn't understand etiquette, please don't take it to heart."

"Hmph! I won't hold it against you!" Princess Ziyu, proud like a crane, raised her little head and turned to leave: "Boss, I want to choose a magical pet, take us there."

Tuoba Ye, feeling slighted by the little girl, was speechless but didn't bother to argue. It wasn't worth it to argue with a little girl.

However, he wasn't interested in such a proud little princess. If she was like this as a child, one could only imagine what she would be like when she grew up.

"Madam, young master, I'm sorry, I need to attend to the princess," the boss said.

Xia Yuxuan smiled, "No problem, we also want to look for suitable magical pets."

"Mother..."

Seeing Xia Yuxuan follow, Tuoba Ye had no choice but to follow. He didn't understand what Xia Yuxuan was up to.

The boss said, "Princess, we have tens of thousands of magical beasts here, the most powerful being the innate martial god level. What kind of magical beast are you looking for?"

Princess Ziyu said, "Of course, the best... the most beautiful, and the most powerful. It should be impressive, not like someone's useless rabbit."

Tuoba Ye didn't react, but Tuer Ye opened his eyes, a cold glint flashing in them.

Tuoba Ye felt Tuer Ye's agitation and murderous intent and quickly stroked him to calm him down, preventing him from losing control.

The guards of Princess Ziyu, their hairs standing on end, looked around but found nothing.

These guards were not simple; they had sensed Tuer Ye's fleeting murderous intent.

At this moment, the boss had his subordinates bring in several innate martial god level magical beasts.

The guards assumed it was the beasts' murderous intent and didn't investigate further.

"Princess, these are all innate martial god level magical beasts, and they meet your requirements. Choose whichever one you like."

There were five innate martial god level magical beasts: a majestic white jade tiger, pure white and five meters tall, a golden lion with a golden mane, equally impressive and good-looking; a four-tailed spirit fox with fiery red fur like silk, shimmering with flames; a celestial crane, standing out among the crowd, proud and independent; and a blue phoenix butterfly, a beautiful butterfly resembling a phoenix.

Princess Ziyu looked at the five magical beasts with interest, seemingly liking them all: "The white jade tiger is good, very impressive. The golden lion is also good, very powerful. The four-tailed spirit fox is very beautiful, and the celestial crane can carry me to the sky. Ah! What a beautiful butterfly!..."

A little girl is a little girl; even if she liked them, she shouldn't have been so loud about it.

"Princess, do you want all five magical beasts?" The boss's eyes were squinting with joy.

Innate martial god level magical beasts were very expensive and hard to sell.

Major forces and families preferred to buy innate martial god level warriors rather than magical beasts, as magical beasts were harder to command and their effectiveness was far less.

Like the Eight Dragon Guards, if they all became innate martial god level warriors, they could be generals, but magical beasts couldn't.

Usually, magical beasts were bought by young disciples of major families for protection.

Princess Ziyu glanced at Tuoba Ye and said, "Send them all to the palace, I want them all."

Tuoba Ye pretended not to see and ignored her.

"Princess, do you need anything else? Please let me know quickly," the boss was so excited that his fat jiggled.

"I'll just look around," Princess Ziyu said coldly.

"Mother, weren't you going to choose female slaves? Let's go," Tuoba Ye said.

Facing the proud little princess, Tuoba Ye didn't know what to do; she clearly didn't like him.

"Perfect, I'll also choose a few female slaves," Princess Ziyu smiled.

Xia Yuxuan happily said, "Princess, let's go together."

Tuoba Ye was very frustrated. He really didn't want to get entangled with the princess, to avoid future troubles.

Moreover, the emperor's intention to marry the princess to him was clearly not good, so he was even less willing to interact with the princess.

He kept giving Xia Yuxuan signals, but she pretended not to see and walked with Princess Ziyu.

With no choice, Tuoba Ye followed behind.

When it came to choosing talent, he needed his keen eyes.

He had cultivated a thread of divine consciousness, and with a sweep, nothing could escape his eyes.

"These are all young female slaves, all under twelve years old. Please choose, Princess and Madam," the boss led them to the place.

Tuoba Ye scanned the area and had a clear idea in his mind.

Among the girls, he found a pair of twin sisters who were quite good, around ten years old, with delicate features, and most importantly, they had good spiritual roots.

In the Divine Martial Continent, those with good spiritual roots were one in ten thousand. Many who had spiritual roots had defective ones, making it hard to achieve high levels even if they cultivated.

The twin sisters couldn't compare to Zhan Meng's supreme single spiritual root, but they had three attributes. One of the attributes was particularly prominent, so if they cultivated, they wouldn't advance too slowly.

Compared to the five-element balanced defective spiritual roots, such spiritual roots were much better. If they participated in the Immortal Edges Assembly, they would definitely be noticed by cultivation sects. Unfortunately, they had been trained as slaves, their spirits broken, limiting their future achievements.

Tuoba Ye had his eye on them but didn't choose them. Seeing Princess Ziyu's casual attitude, he suspected she had no good intentions.

So, he pulled Xia Yuxuan aside and casually pointed out two female slaves with decent potential, preparing to buy them.

"Boss, I want these female slaves," Xia Yuxuan pointed them out one by one.

"Aunt Xia, I'm short a few female slaves. Can you let them go to me?" Princess Ziyu smiled.

Xia Yuxuan smiled, "If the princess wants them, I'll let them go. I'll choose again, hoping the princess can also find satisfactory female slaves."

Then, Tuoba Ye selected some more female slaves for Xia Yuxuan to choose from.

Of course, the female slaves he chose were still quite good, except for the twin sisters.

Three times in a row, the female slaves Xia Yuxuan chose were taken by Princess Ziyu.

"Princess, I'll also choose some female slaves. Do you want to follow?" Tuoba Ye said with a cold face.

"I've already chosen, you can go ahead," Princess Ziyu was very pleased.

Tuoba Ye chose two female slaves, and Princess Ziyu indeed didn't compete. He then casually chose the twin sisters.

To avoid drawing Princess Ziyu's attention, he only bought six female slaves, all around the same age and with good potential.

Compared to the first three batches he chose, they weren't much different, but ordinary people couldn't see their potential. Besides, he had successfully bought the twin sisters, which was more important. The twin sisters, though young, could be cultivated into powerful cultivators with proper training.

If they could be cultivated, they would be a great asset to the Tuoba family, making them fearless.

As for Princess Ziyu, though she lacked discernment, she had experts around her who could see the potential of the first three batches of female slaves, which was why she bought them first.

However, the experts behind her were clearly not as good as Tuoba Ye, unable to discern the presence or quality of spiritual roots. Some with less obvious potential were also missed by the experts.

Even the experts of cultivation sects couldn't tell with the naked eye if someone had spiritual roots. They used specialized spirit instruments to test potential, which made the presence of spiritual roots clear.

The twin sisters' potential was already above average. Though not supreme, they had the qualifications to join good cultivation sects.

Tuoba Ye bought them to cultivate himself, not planning to let them join cultivation sects.

He had some cultivation techniques, though not particularly good, they were enough to cultivate the twin sisters to the Nascent Soul stage.

The Divine Martial Continent was a declining third-grade cultivation world, with the strongest cultivators not exceeding the Soul Division stage. There were likely few Soul Division cultivators. Therefore, Nascent Soul cultivators were top-notch figures in the Divine Martial Continent.

If a family could cultivate two Nascent Soul cultivators, they would be among the top families in the Divine Martial Continent, which was enough for Tuoba Ye.