“Ah?!”
Lu Luo stared blankly at the handsome young man in the bath barrel, and her heart began to pound faster.
Was that the old man?!
Could it be that he had been disguising himself all along, and that this was his true appearance now?
No matter how powerful a disguise technique was, it might fool her, but it could not fool Chu Zixue. Aside from that possibility, she could not think of anything else.
So handsome, and still a yang spiritual root, with a supreme-grade dao foundation…
Her original thought of simply escaping Ye Bufan’s grasp quietly changed at that moment.
…
Ye Bufan paid no attention to the outside world.
He was fully immersed in the Demon Ape Great Art. As the medicinal liquid was absorbed, purple crystalline light appeared on his body, and his physique grew stronger and stronger.
“Phew!”
The next morning, Ye Bufan exhaled and felt his strength surge dramatically.
“His current physique was enough to stand toe-to-toe with a Qi Refining level four demonic beast.”
He was very satisfied with that.
Body refinement was much harder than Qi Refining, and reaching this level in one night was something an ordinary body-refining cultivator simply could not compare to.
And that was thanks to the power of the technique.
At the same time, because of the side effects, his magic power had become even more refined than before!
Lu Luo, who had been guarding him the whole time, had her beautiful eyes flashing with surprise.
After Ye Bufan woke up, he showed no sign of mental confusion at all and instead was extremely clear-minded, completely contrary to previous practitioners of the Demon Ape Great Art.
“Unless… this person’s will is unimaginably firm.”
Lu Luo thought to herself, and her gaze toward Ye Bufan flickered with a strange light.
“Master, this servant will bathe you…”
Lu Luo wore a shy expression as her small hand touched Ye Bufan’s back, wiping away the grime expelled through cultivation.
Her pretty face drew close, and her breath was fragrant like orchids.
This was an enormous contrast to her earlier attitude.
If Ye Bufan wanted to, he probably could have slept with this girl on the spot.
“My pure yang body would be of great use to me if I used it well.”
A flash of inspiration crossed Ye Bufan’s mind. Since he could reverse side effects, if he, this cultivation cauldron, spent a spring night with Chu Zixue…
Others became weaker and weaker as cultivation cauldrons, with their cultivation drained dry.
I, as a cultivation cauldron, become stronger and stronger, and my cultivation surges wildly!
“Forget it. That woman is too powerful, and the risk is too great.”
…
By noon, someone knocked on the courtyard gate.
“Inspection!”
Ye Bufan, restored to his elderly appearance, heard a somewhat familiar voice from outside and narrowed his eyes.
Before he could open the door, with a bang, the courtyard gate was smashed open directly.
Three young men in gray robes rushed in, their eyes sweeping back and forth across the courtyard.
Ye Bufan did not recognize the horse-faced young man at the front, but he had heard his voice before.
Lu Luo’s bootlicker… Zhou Wangchen.
“Junior Sister, Senior Brother is carrying out the important duty of inspection and searching for that genius with a supreme-grade dao foundation, but… hmm? Why is there an old man here?”
Zhou Wangchen frowned when he saw Ye Bufan.
He had spent quite a few spirit stones to become an inspection disciple, and his purpose was to see exactly who the pretty boy kept by Lu Luo was.
He also wanted to probe around and lay the groundwork for refining a corpse puppet.
The higher-ups said it was supreme-grade Foundation Establishment, but only he knew that it was Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment!
Just thinking about turning a Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment cultivator into his own corpse puppet made Zhou Wangchen’s heart burn hot.
“There is no one here who you are looking for.”
Lu Luo’s pretty face turned ashen, and Zhou Wangchen’s rude barging in made her very unhappy.
One had to know that in the past, if she had not allowed it, he would not even have dared knock on the door.
“Junior Sister, I was also sent by Elder Xu to search for that genius, so please do not blame me.”
Zhou Wangchen quickly put on a flattering smile, his gaze drifting over Lu Luo’s curvy figure.
He then wandered around inside and outside the courtyard on his own.
As for Ye Bufan…
He could not even be bothered to look at him again.
A Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment cultivator simply could not possibly be an old man.
After a long while.
A gray-robed young man said, “Senior Brother Zhou, it seems that mysterious fellow disciple is not here.”
He was not surprised either.
The four elders of Demonic Sword Peak had dispatched several batches of inspection disciples to search everywhere, but they had still not found him.
Finally, Zhou Wangchen turned his gaze onto Ye Bufan.
“Junior Sister, who is this old man? A Qi Refining stage cultivator is not qualified to stay in the area where elite disciples live.”
Zhou Wangchen stared at Ye Bufan, his brows tightly furrowed.
Ever since he discovered that there was a Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment cultivator in Lu Luo’s courtyard, he had kept a puppet watching it, making sure no one left.
Where had that Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment cultivator gone?
“My cultivation cauldron.”
Lu Luo replied dismissively.
“A cultivation cauldron? An old man as a cultivation cauldron?!”
The three inspection disciples all froze, looking at Lu Luo and then at the old man, their faces full of disbelief.
It was not unusual for female cultivators of the Heavenly Demon Sect to capture people as cultivation cauldrons for their own cultivation.
But Lu Luo was pretty, and she had always disdained doing such things.
Not to mention taking an old man as a cultivation cauldron!
If word got out, many fellow disciples who admired her would probably have their hearts broken.
“I never expected Junior Sister to be so unrestrained in private, and to have such a heavy taste…”
The two inspection disciples looked at Zhou Wangchen with pity.
Lu Luo would rather catch an old man to play with than pay any attention to Senior Brother Zhou, that bootlicker.
“A cultivation cauldron…”
Zhou Wangchen’s face turned red, and he felt as if he were wearing a green hat, which was a tremendous humiliation.
“Impossible. How could Junior Sister take a liking to an old man? Something must be wrong somewhere.”
Zhou Wangchen gritted his teeth and suddenly stepped forward, seizing Ye Bufan’s wrist.
The latter slightly frowned and did not act rashly. He pushed the Divine Concealment Art to its limit, suppressing the restless Foundation Establishment dao platform.
“A low-grade yang spiritual root?”
Zhou Wangchen suddenly understood that it was not Lu Luo’s taste that was the problem.
He said with a broad smile, “Junior Sister, if you run into a bottleneck, tell Senior Brother, and Senior Brother will think of a way to find you a Breakthrough Pill.”
“There is no need to find a wretched old man as a cultivation cauldron. That would be too insulting to your status.”
If he had not been afraid that Junior Sister would fly into a rage on the spot, he would have slapped this old man to death long ago.
“A Breakthrough Pill? Where could one possibly find such a precious medicine?”
Lu Luo said impatiently, “Is the inspection over yet? Leave quickly!”
With that, she chased the three of them out, and the courtyard gate slammed shut with a bang.
“So it was a yang spiritual root. No wonder.”
The two inspection disciples also understood and then shook their heads.
Although a yang spiritual root was the best cultivation cauldron, the other party was still an old man after all.
As for Zhou Wangchen, his face was livid.
“I just checked him, and that old man is not Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment. Then who could it be?”
“No, that Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment cultivator is definitely hiding inside. I just failed to find him. I’ll come back to investigate tonight!”
Zhou Wangchen’s eyes flickered.
He stared through the crack in the door at Ye Bufan in the courtyard, killing intent flashing in his eyes.
Whether it was the pretty boy with Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment or this old man cultivation cauldron… they both had to die!
“Fortunately, Junior Sister’s brows have not relaxed, so she is still a virgin. I’ll take her down tonight!”
After seeing the cultivation cauldron, Zhou Wangchen no longer planned to bootlick; he was going to use force!
“Let’s go! We’ll report back to Elder Xu.”
With a cold face, Zhou Wangchen hurried toward a grand hall on the mountaintop.
That was Elder Xu’s cave residence.
At present, the few Core Formation elders of Demonic Sword Peak were extremely covetous of the mysterious supreme-grade Foundation Establishment cultivator.
That was a Nascent Soul seed!
Even if they could not take him as a disciple, they would still try to build a good relationship with him.
Meanwhile, in the courtyard…
Lu Luo let out a long sigh of relief and looked at Ye Bufan as she said softly, “Master, after the inspection, once the blockade on Demonic Sword Peak is lifted, you will be able to leave the Heavenly Demon Sect.”
Generally speaking, the Heavenly Demon Sect did not place many restrictions on disciples.
“I’m afraid it won’t be that simple.”
Ye Bufan flicked his fingernails and remained noncommittal.
That Zhou Wangchen’s eyes were off.
“I hope he can behave himself and let me leave here safely.”