Half a month later, at Yang Yao’s residence, a ripple of spiritual energy slowly spread from within the house.
Inside, within the medicinal bath, Yang Yao gently exhaled turbid breath, her cultivation realm on the verge of breaking through.
The last time Xu Lin removed the poison for her, he had already discovered that Yang Yao was long at the Half-Step Heavenly Firmament Realm, having crossed the shackles of the True Mystery Realm.
It was only a matter of time before Yang Yao entered the Heavenly Firmament Realm. Observing again today, he hadn’t expected that Yang Yao was about to truly step into the Heavenly Firmament Realm.
The spiritual energy within her body had already filled to a certain extent; all that remained was for nature to take its course.
Xu Lin even suspected that with the cleansing of her root bone in the medicinal bath just now, on one hand it removed any hidden remnants of poison in the finest detail, and on the other hand it had long been enough for Yang Yao to step into the Heavenly Firmament Realm.
But she seemed to be deliberately suppressing it, in no hurry to step into the Heavenly Firmament Realm.
“What a strange person.”
Xu Lin sat somewhere in the room, leisurely brewing tea for himself, savoring it alone.
He marveled at Yang Yao’s talent. As expected of a villainess who could go toe-to-toe with the protagonist, yet he didn’t quite understand why she suppressed her realm.
Faintly hearing Xu Lin’s words, Yang Yao frowned, slowly opened her eyes, and looked toward him.
She hesitated for a moment, then spoke,
“You don’t need to use needles this time?”
The previous few times, Xu Lin had needed to apply needles. Only this time did he merely have her soak in the medicinal bath, soaking for half a day at that.
But after several sessions, she had truly felt the wonders of this medicinal bath.
Not only did it remove poison, it also cleansed her root bone, making it increasingly pure. Even her Dark Lotus Mysterious Body had benefited greatly.
Xu Lin playfully gazed back at the stunning beauty in the tub. From his current angle, there was a sense of partial concealment, adding a subtle nuance.
“I didn’t have intimate contact with you this time. Are you disappointed?”
Yang Yao furrowed her brows, her expression cold and stern, with only disgust surfacing on her face.
In her eyes, aside from the hatred for Xu Lin from her Past-Life Memories, she now felt even more that he was a lecher.
“No need. This time the medicinal bath can cleanse on its own. Three baths, and your Bone Poison has been completely eliminated.”
Xu Lin waved his hand. He felt that if he continued teasing, Yang Yao would surely grab a sword and chase him like last time.
While sipping tea, a faint luster surfaced in his eyes as he reminded her,
“You’ve soaked about long enough. The medicinal power of the herbs and spiritual plants in the bath has been fully absorbed by you. Soaking further won’t do much.”
The Dark Lotus Mysterious Body truly was peculiar. By Xu Lin’s estimation, unlike using silver needles to force the medicinal power into the body for cleansing, normally it would take a full day.
He hadn’t expected Yang Yao to absorb all the medicinal power so quickly.
Although Yang Yao still held reservations about Xu Lin in her heart, this fellow’s needle technique and medicinal bath did have merit.
She gazed at Xu Lin, frowned, and the moment she rose from the tub, she channeled spiritual energy and lightly struck the surface of the bathwater with one palm, causing splashes to fly straight toward Xu Lin, intending to obscure his line of sight.
Xu Lin, who was just holding a teacup and sipping tea, noticed this and sneered, knowing Yang Yao’s intent.
But immediately after finishing the poison removal, she was already acting as if she wanted to turn hostile, which truly made him shake his head inwardly.
Couldn’t she just have him turn around like Jiang Luo did, or close his eyes? She really treated him like a rogue.
Seeing the splashing water approaching, Xu Lin channeled spiritual energy into the water in his cup, then splashed it forward.
The tea water, infused with spiritual energy, carried a chilling sharpness, like a sword edge cleaving through the splashes, passing by Xu Lin’s sides without a single drop touching him.
At the same time, Yang Yao kicked off from the bottom, leaping from within the splashes, and with one hand summoned the clothes hanging nearby into her grasp.
She turned gracefully like a dancing butterfly, and in an instant the clothes were wrapped around her, landing lightly like a descending immortal.
Her toes touched the ground, and residual water droplets slowly dripped down her thighs.
A moment ago she was a stunning beauty in the bath; now she had become a cold fairy. Perhaps describing her as a Demon Girl would be more fitting.
“Accompanying a ruler is like accompanying a tiger. You’re not even the Sect Master of the Sunset Sect yet, but your manner and style already carry a hint of it.”
Xu Lin commented simply.
Inwardly he grumbled,
‘It’s not like I haven’t seen it the previous times. Just because I accidentally touched her once last time, does she need to be so wary?’
Setting down the teacup, Xu Lin stood up, pretending to brush water droplets off his robe.
“Since the Holy Maiden is fine now, my task is complete. If there’s nothing else, I’ll be going back to sleep.”
With that, Xu Lin prepared to leave.
Yang Yao was the type of woman with outstanding looks, but she couldn’t help wearing a stern face, and every meeting carried the momentum of wanting to grab a sword and chop him.
If he couldn’t afford to provoke her, couldn’t he at least avoid her?
“Wait.”
Before he took a few steps, Yang Yao called out to stop him.
Xu Lin tilted his head to look,
“Considering that I helped you truly eliminate the Bone Poison, has the Holy Maiden’s conscience finally awakened, and you’re going to let me leave the Sunset Sect?”
He said this, but both Xu Lin and Yang Yao knew it was impossible.
Without Xi Ranchen’s word, Yang Yao couldn’t make that decision, nor did she intend to let Xu Lin go, especially at this critical juncture.
Although she didn’t know why Xu Lin left his sect, according to her Past-Life Memories, she still worried that Xu Lin would go on to become that person’s Guide again.
Without beating around the bush, Yang Yao spoke directly,
“Something is about to emerge in the Luo Xu Mountains. Both the Righteous Path and the Demon Sect are paying attention this time. Master told me to relay to you: when the time comes, you will go with me and the Sunset Sect disciples as the Saint.”
“Huh?”
Xu Lin was startled inwardly, with a hint of bewilderment on his face.
“Why am I going? During the Grand Tournament, I helped you put on a show, and I didn’t get a single benefit. Now you want to use me like a beast of burden again?”
The Luo Xu Mountains — that was no good place.
At this point in time, an Ancient Demon Court ruin was about to emerge there, containing secret arts left by those great demons, and even more exaggerated things.
All factions would gather, a true grand melee plus battle royale.
“Master said your eyes might be of use.” Yang Yao directly stated Xi Ranchen’s meaning,
“So she told me to bring you.”
“Still with you?”
Xu Lin was reluctant in every way,
“Impossible, I absolutely won’t go. Also, aren’t you worried I’ll take the chance to slip away?”
Despite Xu Lin’s attitude, Yang Yao felt the same inside. If not for Master’s order, she wouldn’t want to be with this fellow either.
“It’s not up to you.”
Yang Yao raised her hand, fingertips wreathed in Demonic Aura, grimly stirring the Restriction within Xu Lin’s body,
“As for what you said, don’t entertain any ideas. To be safe, Master has already given me your second-layer Restriction to command. Whether you want to go or not, you’ll come with me.”
Xi Ranchen intended to hand over all remaining Restriction to Yang Yao. After all, her hatred toward Xu Lin was not the slightest bit fake.
But recalling that Yang Yao might not withstand Xu Lin’s glib tongue — if she carelessly got tricked by him and released all the Restriction, then the cooked duck would truly fly away.
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