Gazing at Yun Xiao’s receding figure, A’Luo’s mind was in turmoil.
Ever since her Master was injured, causing her cultivation to regress, her Master’s temperament had drastically changed. She no longer cared about A’Luo’s safety or whether she was tired; she only cared if A’Luo could bring her glory.
When leading sect disciples out for training, everyone thought that since her cultivation was high, she could retreat safely even if she encountered danger.
Only this demon cultivator felt guilty for implicating her, and even went alone to kill the City Lord of Tianlan City to avoid dragging her into trouble.
She had even given her the Nine Revolutions Golden Lotus, which everyone desired, so A’Luo could improve her cultivation.
A’Luo put away the Nine Revolutions Golden Lotus, dismissed the defensive array, and chased after her.
Before Yun Xiao could speak, A’Luo took out three array disks and threw them to her, reminding her, “Return to the Cold Pond sooner to make the Suppressing Marsh Pill.”
With that said, she turned and left immediately.
Her cultivation was lower than Yun Xiao’s. Going there would not only fail to help Yun Xiao but would also become a burden. It was better to follow Yun Xiao’s arrangement and wait for her good news at the Cold Pond.
Three days later, Yun Xiao, having taken the Appearance Changing Pill, appeared in Tianlan City.
Learning from previous lessons, she had inquired clearly on her way. The City Lord of Tianlan City was an itinerant cultivator. Even if she killed him, no sect would pursue her.
She used spirit stones to bribe the City Lord Manor’s guards and successfully infiltrated the compound.
Avoiding people, she reached the main courtyard. Just as she was about to step inside, a stern voice shouted from behind her.
“Hey, which courtyard are you from? The City Lord is in seclusion. You may not approach without a summons.”
Not wanting to alert her target, Yun Xiao quickly lowered her head and admitted her mistake. “I’m sorry. I—I’m new here and got lost.”
The person sized her up cautiously, confirmed that Yun Xiao had no spirit qi fluctuations and posed no threat, then raised a hand to urge Yun Xiao to leave quickly.
Yun Xiao nodded in assent and, under the guard’s watchful eye, turned into the back courtyard.
If the main courtyard was off-limits, other courtyards had fewer restrictions.
It took her an hour, but before dark, Yun Xiao finally figured out the layout of the City Lord Manor.
At night, the City Lord Manor initiated lockdown. She swiftly climbed over the wall and entered the main courtyard.
After only a few steps, she sensed an array set up in the courtyard.
Unfortunately, this array was merely a formality in front of her. She passed through the array and forcefully pushed open the door of the main house.
No one was inside!
Not wanting to search the entire courtyard, Yun Xiao decided to create a disturbance herself.
In just a few breaths, she sensed a divine sense spying on her. She immediately launched a divine sense attack.
The figure of the City Lord of Tianlan City appeared above the main courtyard. Recognizing Yun Xiao by her aura, he gritted his teeth and hissed, “What a beast! You dare to come to my door and provoke me? Today, this Daoist will ensure you never return!”
Villains die because they talk too much. Yun Xiao understood this principle deeply. She ignored the City Lord of Tianlan City and immediately attacked.
During the exchange, the City Lord of Tianlan City quickly realized that Yun Xiao had broken through again, and her control over lightning spirit energy was becoming increasingly strong.
When high-level cultivators fight, the surrounding area for dozens of miles is affected.
Not wanting Tianlan City to be destroyed by his own hand, the City Lord led Yun Xiao outside the city.
With no further concerns, he unleashed his full strength against Yun Xiao.
Yun Xiao was completely unafraid, filled with fighting spirit. She attacked the weakest points of the human body, regardless of whether she would be criticized for it.
The battle lasted for three days and three nights. Yun Xiao swallowed a spirit grass, summoned a lightning bolt as thick as a water bucket, and smashed it straight toward the City Lord.
Having only recovered half of his spirit qi, the City Lord, despite his full resistance, could not avoid the outcome of having his injuries compounded.
He struggled to stand straight, attempting to negotiate with Yun Xiao. “Let’s call a truce now. I will give you two hundred thousand high-grade spirit stones.”
Yun Xiao blurted out, “If I kill you, everything in the City Lord Manor will be mine.”
Unwilling to delay further, she used the Rain Summoning Art with one hand and a water-bucket-thick lightning bolt with the other, attacking the City Lord.
With the aid of the rainwater, the power of the lightning was maximized, causing the City Lord to spit out clotted blood.
Striking the host while they are down, Yun Xiao expertly blasted the City Lord’s escaping Nascent Soul into dust.
Returning to the City Lord Manor, she casually grabbed a guard and found the manor’s storeroom. She stuffed everything, usable or not, into a storage bag.
Knowing that she shouldn’t linger, she threw out the flying spirit artifact A’Luo had given her and left Tianlan City.
A’Luo, who had already returned to the Cold Pond, was soaking herself in the icy water to refine the Nine Revolutions Golden Lotus.
Had she not known her Nine-Tailed Fox identity, she definitely would not have consumed the Nine Revolutions Golden Lotus directly. Human cultivators’ physiques are not as strong as demon cultivators’. Directly consuming the lotus would prevent them from fully absorbing its medicinal properties, requiring it to be refined into a pill first.
It took her a full seven days to completely refine the Nine Revolutions Golden Lotus. Her divine sense was now comparable to a Soul Transformation cultivator, and her cultivation had increased by a small stage, reaching late-stage Nascent Soul.
“A’Luo, I’m back!”
It was Yun Xiao’s voice.
A’Luo changed into a clean robe, cast a cleansing spell, and quickly rushed out to meet her.
“A’Luo, you haven’t seen me for half a month. Did you miss me?” Before A’Luo could reply, Yun Xiao continued on her own, “I missed you, and I was worried you were having a hard time with your qingre period.”
A’Luo paused, then said, “It was manageable.”
Before they separated, Yun Xiao frequently clung to her for intimacy. The physical desire was no longer as intense as it had been at the very beginning.
With the Cold Pond available, the period was not too difficult for her to endure.
Yun Xiao pouted, pulled A’Luo to sit on a large stone, and complained, “You don’t know, during the fight with that old coot, I had to divide my attention to suppress the lust in my body. If that old coot hadn’t been injured by me earlier, I wouldn’t have been so smooth this time.”
This wasn’t A’Luo’s first qingre period; how could she not know how difficult it was to endure?
Suppressing the desire alone was hard enough, let alone having to split her attention to fight a Soul Transformation cultivator.
She turned to face Yun Xiao, meeting her eyes. Whether it was Yun Xiao’s gaze being too passionate or the sun being too bright today, A’Luo felt scorched, and her heart rate quickened.
This feeling was too unfamiliar. She quickly turned her head away, her tone soft. “Where were you injured? Is it serious?”
Yun Xiao’s eyes darted around. She raised a finger to her chest, mixing truth and fabrication. “Here. I was stabbed by the old coot’s sword.”
A’Luo took out a bottle of pills and handed it to Yun Xiao. “This is a five-grade Rejuvenation Pill; it aids in wound recovery.”
Yun Xiao shook her head. “It still hurts even after taking the pill.” She then pressed her request. “How about you blow on it for me?”
Fearing A’Luo would see through her intentions, she explained, “I saw that when children in the mortal world get hurt, if someone blows on it, the pain goes away.”
Doubt arose in A’Luo. What kind of logic was that?
A’Luo turned her head and saw Yun Xiao’s eyes darting away, immediately realizing Yun Xiao was lying to her.
Yun Xiao was unaware that her little scheme had been exposed. She clasped A’Luo’s arm with both hands and gently rocked it, wheedling, “A’Luo, please help me!”
She had genuinely missed A’Luo during this time. She wanted to be intimate with her and make love to her.
Now that she had finally seen her, she naturally wanted to realize her desires.
It was a shame that A’Luo was only passionate in bed and remained icy cold on ordinary days.
The refusal that was on A’Luo’s lips was unconsciously swallowed when faced with Yun Xiao’s coaxing. She said stiffly, “Take off your robe.”
Yun Xiao’s peach-blossom eyes widened. This direct A’Luo felt so unfamiliar.
“Sh-should we go back to the cave?” she suggested.
“Why weren’t you shy on the flying spirit artifact?” A’Luo laughed in annoyance at Yun Xiao’s bashful manner. This person seemed to have forgotten who had tricked her into asking A’Luo to “blow on it.”
Now that A’Luo had agreed, Yun Xiao suddenly felt embarrassed.
Being exposed, Yun Xiao insisted stubbornly, “Who—who’s shy? What part of me haven’t you seen? What part haven’t you touched? It’s just being frank with each other. I can do it!” As she spoke, her hand moved to her belt.
A’Luo quietly watched Yun Xiao, wanting to see how long it would take for this person to remove her robe.
Just as Yun Xiao had said, they had already done the most intimate things in the world, yet now, simply asking Yun Xiao to take off her clothes caused her trouble.
Yun Xiao slowly untied her belt, exposing her chest.
Her ears and cheeks were burning. She dared not look into A’Luo’s eyes.
A’Luo was now certain that Yun Xiao was only brave with her words; when it came to action, she became overly sensitive.
And… quite cute.
Yun Xiao was flushed crimson under A’Luo’s gaze. In a fit of shy indignation, she threw herself on A’Luo, accusing her, “A’Luo, you’ve become naughty! I must punish you!”
A’Luo provoked her, “Can you, though?”
Yun Xiao huffed, “I can!”
She no longer suppressed the lust in her body. She leaned down and kissed A’Luo’s throat.
A’Luo felt a tingling sensation throughout her body as Yun Xiao’s shallow, rapid breaths fell upon her.
Yun Xiao raised a hand and covered A’Luo’s eyes, gently biting A’Luo’s lower lip, and then patiently covered A’Luo, silently declaring that this territory belonged to her.
A’Luo regretted her provocation. The aroused Yun Xiao was exceptionally fierce. Not satisfied with tossing A’Luo about, she even took out a dual cultivation manual and dragged A’Luo into practicing it.
Meanwhile, at the Tianyan Sect.
Xie Yunfan, who had emerged from seclusion, called out to a male disciple and asked, “What were you just saying?”
The male disciple dared not conceal anything. He bowed and said, “Greetings, Young Ancestor-Master. The rumors are everywhere down the mountain. The City Lord of Tianlan City was killed by a demon cultivator who uses lightning.”
Xie Yunfan pressed on, “What was that demon cultivator’s cultivation?”
“It seemed to be below the City Lord of Tianlan City. Also, that demon cultivator stole the Nine Revolutions Golden Lotus, and all the cultivators who tried to steal it were killed by the demon cultivator. There was also a female cultivator accompanying her, with a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivation.”
Xie Yunfan asked the person in his Sea of Consciousness through thought transmission, “Old Qiu, what do you make of this?”
“There are not many demon cultivators who use lightning. We can go and investigate.”
“Does that Azure Flood Dragon truly possess the Spirit Nurturing Ganoderma I need?”
“Even if it doesn’t possess the Spirit Nurturing Ganoderma, it has many high-grade spirit herbs. Either way, you will not lose out.“