"You have a crush on my Chunxiang and want to steal her away, which is why you're doing this so secretly."
"I'm telling you, don't even think about it." Gan Xiuming stood up, supporting his injured hand, and glanced at Wen Yeci with utter disdain.
"That's not it, I..." Wen Yeci was at a loss for words, so anxious that he paced back and forth. How could he make Gan Xiuming believe him?
He was, after all, just a young cultivator who considered himself righteous, and with his speech silenced, his words became barren and powerless.
Just then, the battle ended.
Tu Longjian walked over, carrying the gruesome bear head in one hand and a knife in the other. His clothes were soaked in blood, and he exuded a chilling aura.
She glanced back and forth between the two of them a few times and quickly realized what Wen Yeci was up to. He was still up to no good and even after being silenced, he still wanted to remind Gan Xiuming.
"Lin Fengmian, I need to talk to you." It seems she needs to have another 'friendly' heart-to-heart talk with Wen Yeci.
Tu Longjian threw the ferocious bear head into Wen Yeci's arms, causing the clean-loving man to instinctively take the bear head but then let go, his face turning pale.
Under Gan Xiuming's gaze, which was filled with deep resentment, he followed Tu Longjian cautiously toward a secluded place.
Feng Tianhe and Dai Qing, who were happily dividing up their spoils, seemed to sense something and turned to look at each other at the same time, quite in sync.
Wen Yeci wiped the sweat from her brow under pressure and waved at them with a forced smile, but she did not receive the same friendly response as before.
From the two men's cannibalistic gazes, he read an emotion similar to that in Gan Xiuming's eyes.
However, the other female cultivators also noticed something amiss and began staring intently at him.
Bathed in the lifeless, gloomy gazes of a group of people, Wen Yeci, walking behind Tu Longjian, felt immense pressure.
What, does everyone think he's won Tu Longjian's favor? There's so much disagreement.
After being stared at for a while, his mentality suddenly became a little twisted. He decided to give up and straighten his back, following Tu Longjian with a smile on his face, as if he were not going to his death, but on a sweet date.
Feng Tianhe clenched his fist, threw down the bearskin in his hand, and muttered in a low voice, "Bitch."
Dai Qing looked somewhat disappointed, muttering to herself, "So she likes skinny guys. Are they going to practice dual cultivation?"
Feng Tianhe raised his eyes and stared coldly at him, "Shut up, don't talk nonsense!"
He'd tolerated Dai Qing for far too long; she was always fawning over his sister, trying to curry favor with him. But before he could even get rid of her, Lin Fengmian showed up.
Feng Tianhe was already thinking about how to drag Lin Fengmian into a sack and throw him far away when he returned, and how to give a perfect explanation so that his sister wouldn't find out that he was the kind of terrible person.
As soon as Tu Longjian was out of everyone's sight, she threw a punch at Wen Yeci's face.
The fist carried a gust of wind, but without any spiritual power, and Wen Yeci was knocked to the ground.
Looking coldly at Wen Yeci, who was curled up on the ground, Tu Longjian said in a cold voice, "I can't kill you, but I can beat you up."
"Don't be so ungrateful, or don't blame me for being ruthless."
Wen Yeci gasped in pain. Although he had been punched, he seemed to smell the fragrance that had accompanied him for that brief moment. His face ached, but his heart felt a little numb.
He persisted, unwilling to give up, saying, "I'm only trying to help you. You can't keep making the same mistake, or you'll attract the attention of Heaven."
"Thank you, I know." Tu Longjian smiled and helped him up from the ground, but the next moment he gripped his wrist so tightly it hurt.
"But what's it to you?"
Wen Yeci seemed to be choked by Tu Longjian's vulgar words, coughing repeatedly and blushing.
"You...you..."
Tu Longjian patted him on the back considerately and said, "You can leave now, so I won't see you off."
She looked directly into Wen Yeci's eyes, serious and solemn.
“I know what I’m doing. No one could advise me before, and no one can now.”
"I will bear any consequences. I have no way out; this is my only choice."
"If you truly care about me, then don't expose me. From now on, let's go back to dust."
"You walk your sunny path, I'll cross my narrow bridge."
"Forget me. Goodbye forever." With that, Tu Longjian walked back, leaving Wen Yeci standing there, stunned.
His mind was filled with the last line, "Never again," and he felt a deep sense of loss.
Fine, since Gan Xiuming won't listen to him anyway, he'll just go against his conscience this once.
"Please spare his life, but don't leave him with inner demons. That act that defied the laws of nature should only happen once, and never again."
He called out to Tu Longjian's departing figure, but the other man still ignored him.
The two returned to the group, and although Wen Yeci cleaned herself up, some red marks were still left on her face.
Dai Qing looked at him, blushed slightly, and lowered his head. Was it that intense? He hadn't expected Ah Xiang to like this kind of thing. He could do it too, even though he was inexperienced. He would learn from him.
Wen Yeci forced himself to maintain his composure, bid farewell to everyone, and left the group alone.
He had largely completed his mission, and once the gate to the realm opened, he could return to the pavilion to report. However, regarding Tu Longjian's plundering of others' fortune, he silently reflected on his sins and did not reveal a single detail.
Gan Xiuming's favorability +5, total 95.
Gan Xiuming was very pleased to see Wen Yeci being driven away by Tu Longjian.
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Several months passed, and Tu Longjian began to show faint signs of breaking through to the Golden Core stage.
Others were both happy for her and worried about her.
"Sigh, breaking through to the Golden Core stage is a good thing, why does it have to happen now?" Fang Milu sighed quietly, resting her chin on her hand and watching Tu Longjian's focused cultivation.
Peng Nana frowned and said, "I wonder why the Lingxu Ancient Realm hasn't opened yet."
"Yes, our cultivation levels have increased significantly in recent days, as have those of other cultivators. However, the ancient world has not opened as scheduled after the day the exit was to open."
After Feng Tianhe finished speaking, he patted the head of the Moon Wolf Dog beside him, with a blade of grass still dangling from its mouth.
"The Ancient Realm of Spirit Void has a Golden Core restriction. If the Venerable One forcibly breaks through, it will damage his foundation. However, if he forcibly suppresses the surge of power within his body, it will also harm his body."
Nachin was very distressed. The once lively girl had already begun to resemble a young master.
Dai Qing patted her shoulder and comforted her, "At worst, we can break through the secret realm together and let the Venerable One go outside to break through."
At this moment, Peng Nana suddenly spoke up, asking with doubt and wariness, "You've been calling Chunxiang 'Lord' the whole way, why?"
Nachin stepped forward and gave her a friendly steppe bow. "We have recognized her as our master. The Lord's friend is our honored guest. However, this matter involves a secret within our tribe, and we cannot speak of it."
"You're being so mysterious. Just don't hurt Chunxiang," Fang Milu muttered.
"That's natural."
Outside the Lingxu Ancient Realm, a group of elders gathered here.
The day had arrived for the opening of the Spirit Void Ancient Realm. They exerted their combined efforts, but found that they could not open it no matter what they did.
"How strange!" A Taoist priest with an air of otherworldly wisdom stroked his beard.
"Even with all the Nascent Soul cultivators working together, we still can't break through this Foundation Establishment cultivator's training realm," said True Person Huai Mei, frowning.
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