Shen Zhiyi buried her head in his chest and nuzzled against him.
"So comfortable..."
She purred like a kitten with her eyes closed.
A burst of extremely powerful sword energy instantly pushed her away!
Before Shen Zhiyi could even cry out in surprise, she found herself enveloped in a bubble formed from condensed sword energy.
This place is isolated from the world.
And isolate him as well.
“Sword Master…” Shen Zhiyi’s fingertips still held his warmth. She looked up and saw him turn sharply, a corner of his robe in a hurried and chaotic manner.
He turned his back to her and spoke in a cold voice.
"I will let it slide today because you are ignorant and naive." He paused. "If you ever overstep your bounds again, I will take your life immediately, even if we are in the secret realm."
He turned around.
His expression sharpened. "Did you hear that?"
Shen Zhiyi pouted and sat cross-legged in the bubble. "You stingy little thing, I just hugged you and you're already yelling at me to fight."
She suddenly realized that the bubble wasn't cold at all.
She groaned and swayed as she sat up.
"Didn't you say that you should follow the laws of nature?"
"Our Hehuan Sect's rule is to love and kiss, why aren't you following it?"
Cang Liu Yu narrowed his eyes.
"The Tao follows nature, and all beings are equal. Your Hehuan Sect indulges in pleasure to an extreme degree. This is a personal choice, not a rule."
"Oh~" Shen Zhiyi drawled, "Then why did you push me away?"
"What?" He frowned.
I don't understand why she asked that question.
Shen Zhiyi tilted her head and looked at her seriously, "If you treat me like everything else, then wouldn't I be no different from those flowers and plants?"
"If you were on the road, passing through the forest, and bumped into some flowers and grass, would you use such heavy sword energy to separate and push them away?"
If a rabbit jumped into your arms, would you wrap it up in its coat?
"You clearly still treat me differently."
Cang Liuyu: ...
"Nonsense and heresy." He reprimanded her, his eyes cold as he sat cross-legged opposite her.
"From now on, cultivate your mind and calm your spirit."
"Once your mind is free of distractions, I will take you out."
"Otherwise, if you delay the trial, you won't be able to explain it to the Hehuan Sect."
He closed his eyes and stopped looking at her.
Shen Zhiyi thought to herself.
If nothing had happened between us, I really wouldn't be able to explain it to the sect.
She looked around at the bubbles, then glanced at Cang Liuyu.
Seeing him with his head bowed indifferently, his face devoid of any expression, yet with features as exquisite as a painting, and unparalleled handsomeness, one felt an urge to pounce upon him and tear off his clothes…
She blinked.
Her eyes were bright and lively, with a sly glint in them.
"Sword Master says he doesn't care about me, but it's really warm inside the bubble."
"You're so good to me, it's hard for me not to have any ulterior motives."
“Thinking too much is not good for cultivation.” Cang Liuyu’s lips tightened, his tone as cold and deep as ever. “The sooner you calm your mind, the sooner you can get out.”
He shattered her illusions.
But for the first time, I questioned myself in my heart.
The sword energy couldn't block the cold; it merely drew the cold from her side to himself.
Why did he do that?
The water that had been flowing slowly beneath the frozen lake began to surge at this moment.
It was chaotic, aimlessly crashing against the bottom of the water.
The vast flow of time calms the mind and spirit.
They endured several times the bitter cold brought by the sword energy.
No.
That's not as she said.
However, her behavior was so outrageous that it would startle anyone.
His actions today were solely for his own peace of mind.
He was a practitioner of the ruthless path, long accustomed to austere and solitary cultivation.
It's the same as always.
It has nothing to do with her.
Seeing the frost melting on his eyelashes and even the freezing of his hair, Shen Zhiyi rested her chin on her hand and asked curiously, "Are you all so ruthless to yourselves in the Heartless Path?"
Cangliu Yu did not answer.
He seemed not to have heard her question.
Extremely bored, Shen Zhiyi started popping bubbles to play.
The sword energy had been keeping its distance from her, circling evenly.
But the moment her fingertips touched them, they went crazy, crowding together and pressing against her skin.
The quiet bubbles suddenly surged.
They spun eagerly, almost greedily, against her fingertips.
A few strands, especially those that were quite distinct, climbed up her arm and skin, licking and consuming her unique fragrance.
Shen Zhiyi suddenly felt hot all over.
He let out a low gasp.
She raised her hand and gently brushed the sword energy away from her skin.
However, his palm accidentally touched other sword energies.
Like a caress, it swept across a large layer.
The sword energy was restless.
They instantly embraced her, pressing themselves against her body.
She tried to push them away helplessly, but to little avail; it looked more like she was haphazardly fiddling with and caressing them.
Cang Liuyu suddenly opened his eyes.
There seemed to be cracks in her icy eyes, and even the corners of her eyes were tinged with red.
"Shen Zhiyi, don't touch it!"
His breathing was slightly erratic.
Completely unaware that her voice was already trembling.
But the person he yelled at seemed to be in more pain than he was.
She knelt there, her exposed skin almost entirely enveloped in sword energy.
Neck, wrists, ankles...
Even the collarbone...
She looked up at him with an innocent expression, her eyes misty with tears, her fingertips curling, her mind drifting, "Sword Master...they, they seem to be licking me..."
"How...how strange..."
It's so hot and I'm so thirsty, but for some reason, I keep sweating...
She stared at him, bewildered and at a loss.
She hoped he would rescue her from this hot and humid environment.
It's clearly an extremely cold illusion...
Why is it so hot?
"Sword Master, help me..." She reached out her hand to him.
boom--
The string that had been taut in Cang Liuyu's mind snapped.
The water beneath the ice rushed rapidly toward some unknown destination.
Its force was so great that it almost broke through the ice.
With a wave of his hand, he tore apart the illusion with immense pressure!
In the blink of an eye.
Shen Zhiyi was already outside the cave.
She landed on the grass.
Snap snap snap snap snap—
Five Phantom Orbs fell around them.
Cang Liuyu stood tall, his face cold, exuding a strong aura of icy chill.
He stared intently at her.
That icy gaze, like a sword of murderous intent, almost pierced her through.
Outside the secret realm, the elders rose in shock.
"Liu Yu tore through the extreme cold illusion! There are actually five Illusionary Spirit Orbs!"
"This is a rare opportunity!"
"It seems that the Sword Sect's ranking will once again be far ahead!"
"This female cultivator from the Hehuan Sect must have been arguing with Liu Yu over the Illusionary Spirit Pearl in the illusion, which displeased him."
The crowd whispered among themselves.
"The Joyous Union Sect was already infamous, and now it has incurred the enmity of the Sword Sect. It seems that the road ahead will be even more difficult..."
He hadn't finished speaking.
They were outside the glass bead when they heard Cang Liuyu say coldly:
"I'll give you all the beads."
"From now on, stay away from me."
Shen Zhiyi: ?
Sword Sect Elder: ? ? ?
Onlookers: !!!
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