"Brother Pei, I'll look for Fan Xuan's whereabouts for you when I get back. You shouldn't spend every day gloomily poring over books and scriptures. I can see Sister Liyuan is worried sick."
Listening to Lin Qianyan's words, Pei Yuhang sighed softly. "I really have been unfair to Liyuan. So much has happened recently. I've probably neglected her a lot."
"What about ?" Lin Qianyan suddenly lifted her gaze, a hint of cunning glinting in her eyes.
"Hm?"
Startled, Pei Yuhang turned his head and t her fiery gaze.
The Jade Pool Saintess's usually dignified face was now flushed a crimson red. Her eyes and the arch of her brows were filled with an ineffable tenderness and an air of romance.
Lin Qianyan had already risen and drawn close to him. She tilted her face up slightly, her delicate lips parting as she exhaled a sweet, floral scent.
"Brother Pei, have you been neglecting a little too?"
"Qianqian, not here… This is my room with Liyuan."
Pei Yuhang turned his head away in resistance.
"Oh, Sister Liyuan's room? That makes it even more thrilling..."
As Lin Qianyan spoke, she pointed to the wardrobe.
"Brother Pei, I know that besides the bunny outfit you bought for Sister Liyuan, you also bought her a deer one and a kitten one.
She's never worn the other two. How about I wear them for you?"
At such a tempting suggestion, Pei Yuhang couldn't help but imagine the sight of the pure Jade Pool Saintess in such an outfit, and he let out an unconscious grunt.
But his eyes widened a mont later, and he demanded angrily, "Wait, Qianqian! How do you know about my life with Liyuan as Dao Companions!"
"Sister Liyuan told ."
"Why would she tell you sothing like that!"
"You don't need to worry about that. That's our business, as best friends!"
Lin Qianyan smiled mischievously, then lightly grazed the back of Pei Yuhang's hand with her fingertip, sending a ticklish sensation over his skin.
"So? Isn't Brother Pei tempted?"
"No way! You can't wear Liyuan's clothes!"
Pei Yuhang refused again, his tone righteous, but after a mont's hesitation, he added, "I can have new ones custom-made for you in the future."
"TEE HEE… Brother Pei, you really are a pervert!"
Lin Qianyan leaned in, pressing herself against Pei Yuhang.
But in the end, she restrained herself, giving Pei Yuhang's cheek a brief, dragonfly-light peck before pulling away.
"Alright, Brother Pei, there are so matters at the Sect I need to attend to. I should be heading back."
She spoke with forced composure, but she couldn't hide the shyness and reluctance swirling in her eyes.
She rose and walked to the door, then glanced back with a smile, her eyes shimring. "As for all the tis Brother Pei has troubled for help… Qianqian doesn't help for free, you know. You'll have to find a good chance to compensate later."
In the end, Lin Qianyan couldn't bear to say goodbye to Pei Yuhang.
She longed to spend more ti with Brother Pei, to share a few intimate monts.
But the room was Sister Liyuan's love nest, after all. And while the idea was thrilling, Lin Qianyan didn't consider herself a shaless scoundrel like Shang Miaoyan or Lu Ruoxi, so she chose to take her leave.
She summoned a small skiff and slowly ascended into the air. Gazing at the receding courtyard and the handso, white-robed figure seeing her off from the doorway, Lin Qianyan couldn't help but smile.
It wasn't until the figure vanished completely from view that she retracted her gaze. She smoothed her slightly rumpled clothes, composed her thoughts, and resud the dignified bearing of a Saintess before flying toward the Jade Pool Sacred Land's Special Envoy's Office.
...
...
The night was black as ink, and a deep silence reigned.
Pei Yuhang gently opened his eyes. By the moonlight streaming through the window, he gazed at the tranquil face of the person sleeping beside him.
His Dao Companion's long lashes cast faint shadows in the moonlight. Her breathing was even and deep. Occasionally, she would let out a soft laugh or a low murmur in her sleep. Her legs, wrapped around his thigh, would shift and rub against him from ti to ti.
'She must be having a pleasant dream.'
Just a mont ago, Pei Yuhang had been dreaming himself.
He dread that he and Fan Xuan had escaped the Yin Yang Sacred Land together, all those years ago.
They returned to Lishui Village, but believing Qianqian was dead, he was consud by grief.
Fan Xuan comforted him. They changed their nas and went to live in the wilderness. And over a long, peaceful, and harmonious life, they fell in love…
But the price was never seeing Liyuan, Qianqian, or Yueqiu again.
Pei Yuhang let out a complicated sigh. He didn't know whether to call it a nightmare.
Or perhaps it was just him being needlessly sentintal.
'I've already found such a wonderful, happy life, but I'm still not satisfied. I just want more, and more…'
'At first, I thought just having Liyuan would be happiness enough.'
'But my ambition swelled along with my desires. Now, I even see myself as a man of fickle affections.'
'It's laughable, really. Shang Miaoyan, the woman I despise most, is truer to the concept of "pure love" than I am. At least she has always focused solely on tornting .'
'While my tenderness… it can't be reserved for just one person.'
'Looks like I'll be sleepless for the rest of the night.'
Pei Yuhang shifted carefully, afraid to disturb the slumber of his Dao Companion. He quietly draped a robe over his shoulders, rose to his feet, and murmured:
"I'll go for a walk outside."
He pushed open the door, and a biting chill assailed him.
Snow still fell over the Cold Palace Sword Mansion. Flakes like goose down wove a silver veil against the inky sky. The white mist of his breath vanished instantly in the swirling snow, and the soles of his boots made a faint CRUNCH on the packed snow.
Now that Pei Yuhang had reached the Void Refining Realm, his Divine Sense spread out unconsciously, blanketing the entire mansion. He was finally beginning to truly understand the aning of the so-called Unity of Heaven and Man.
Within his perception, he could see the shape of every single snowflake with perfect clarity.
'Wait…'
'There's a spot that's not right. The snowflakes are falling, but they're being deflected by an invisible silhouette!'
"Who is it?!"
With a flick of his finger, Pei Yuhang shot out a blast of Sword Qi. The hidden person yelped in surprise but had no ti to dodge.
RRRRIP—
The sound of so kind of leather tearing.
The Breath-Avoiding Divine Gauze Robe worn by the voluptuous, slender Fairy was slashed open.
Pei Yuhang stared at Senior Sister Lu, who stood under a paper umbrella, and froze.
Snow slid from the umbrella's edge with a soft RUSTLE, revealing her increasingly slender figure. A plain white sash cinched a waist that one could span with a single hand, and her delicate collarbones were faintly visible between the lapels of her robes.
But even though his senior sister was elegantly dressed, her complexion was far worse than he rembered. Her exquisite, light makeup couldn't conceal the pale, weary exhaustion on her beautiful face.
"Senior Sister!"
Pei Yuhang cried out instinctively, wanting to rush over and stop her.
He had so many questions for this woman.
'In any case, I can't let her think she can atone for her past sins just by running away and hiding from everyone.'
However, Lu Ruoxi showed no sign of stopping. Her eyes were panicked, devoid of their usual strategic composure and grace.
She spun around in a hurry, dropping her paper umbrella, and ignited an Earth Shrinking Talisman. She vanished before Pei Yuhang's eyes in a wisp of green smoke.
Pei Yuhang watched Lu Ruoxi leave again and gritted his teeth.
'Senior Sister, if you're too scared to face , then why did you co here?'
Pei Yuhang heaved a long sigh. He then turned his gaze to the depths of the nearby bamboo forest and said coldly:
"You've seen enough. Co out."
RUSTLE RUSTLE—
The bamboo leaves rustled softly, but there was still no other movent.
"Think I'm bluffing? I could sense you spying on back when I was at the Divinity Transformation stage. Now that I'm at Void Refining, do you really think you can hide from ?"
Pei Yuhang's eyes narrowed. He made a grasping motion with his hand, and a terrifying suction force erupted from his palm, sending the heavy snowfall into a chaotic whirl.
Seeing that Pei Yuhang had truly found them, the figure in the bamboo forest imdiately tried to escape.
But Pei Yuhang wasn't about to let her off so easily. He was in a foul mood from failing to catch his senior sister.
"You lackey of Shang Miaoyan! I warned you before! If you ever tailed again, I wouldn't let you off easy!"
Pei Yuhang took a single step and appeared a thousand ters away in an instant, blocking the path of the fleeing black shadow.
"Get out here!"
Pei Yuhang slamd a palm into the ground and dragged a tall, masked woman out from her hiding spot.
"Let go of !"
Jiu struggled, twisting her hips. Pei Yuhang snorted coldly and jabbed a finger into an acupoint on her waist.
A ticklish numbness that seed to pierce straight to her spine spread from her waist throughout her entire body. Jiu's body convulsed violently, and then her limbs went as limp as noodles, completely devoid of strength.
"Speak. Why did Shang Miaoyan send you to the Cold Palace Sword Mansion?"
Pei Yuhang pinned the masked woman against a wall and demanded coldly.
"…No comnt."
From beneath the mask ca Jiu's heavy breathing.
"Hmph. That woman, Shang Miaoyan, certainly has a knack for training her dogs. Do you think I'm helpless just because you won't talk?"
Pei Yuhang reached for her mask. "Let's see what kind of secret face is hiding under there!"
"Wait!"
Jiu's voice finally lost its indifference and beca panicked.
"You can't take off my mask! Only the Holy Daughter is allowed to know the identities of the Red Lotus Guard. If you find out who I am, she'll use a Forbidden Curse to execute imdiately!"
Pei Yuhang's fingers hovered over her mask. He didn't pull it down, but his voice remained hard as ice.
"So what? You people from the Yin Yang Sacred Land are all cut from the sa cloth. Not a single one of you is any good.
Do you think I don't know how many n's corpses you've stepped on to get where you are today on your cultivation path?
Even death would be too good for you!"
'Pei Yuhang knew exactly how miserable the lives of Cauldron Slaves were in the Yin Yang Sacred Land.'
'His own treatnt had been the best, the most fortunate. The rest of the n, especially those at the bottom, were treated worse than pigs or dogs.'
However, upon hearing Pei Yuhang's words, Jiu didn't beg for rcy or repent. Instead, she retorted stubbornly:
"Bastard, don't you dare insult ! We of the Red Lotus Guard do not cultivate the Yin Yang Dao! My cultivation is the result of my own efforts! I don't need n like you to 'assist' !"
Pei Yuhang looked at the woman pinned beneath his hand. Her anger didn't seem feigned. But she was a disciple of the Yin Yang Sacred Land, and he believed there were no good people there—the only good one was now long gone… 'She's probably still trying to deceive ,' he thought.
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