Taihuang Hall.
When Chu Ge and Su Lingyuan returned, they discovered that their master, Luo Huangjun, was already there. Besides her, there was also another graceful figure clad in red.
It was none other than the Grand Elder of the Taihuang Sacred Land—Dantai Jinglian.
"Master, Martial Aunt Dantai."
Chu Ge cupped his fists in greeting.
Luo Huangjun gave a light nod, while Dantai Jinglian playfully blinked at Chu Ge and revealed a faint smile, bewitching to the extreme.
Chu Ge was caught off guard for a moment, his heartbeat slowing by half a beat.
'This woman is truly a vixen!'
He couldn't help but sigh inwardly. Elder Dantai's charm was genuinely hard to resist.
"Chu Ge, return to your room first. There's no need to dwell on today's matters. Your master will protect you fully. Lingyuan, you stay behind," Luo Huangjun said.
Her tone was still as cold and detached as ever, yet her words made Chu Ge feel a warmth in his heart.
"Yes, Master." Chu Ge nodded in response.
Today could be considered his first real battle since beginning cultivation. Right from the start, he had fought someone beyond his realm, and later even faced a mighty expert.
To be honest, even with trump cards in hand, it had still given him quite a scare.
External aids were, in the end, merely external aids. Only one's own strength was true strength.
He had to cultivate harder—time to harvest more "wool"!
Ye Chen: ???
After Chu Ge left, only three women remained in the hall—and all three were holders of the diary copy. The atmosphere instantly turned somewhat strange.
"Hehe."
Dantai Jinglian broke the silence. With a light chuckle, she was the first to speak:
"There's no need to keep hiding it anymore. I don't know about the outside world—it'll take time to observe—but for now, within the entire Taihuang, only the three of us possess diary copies."
"I don't know what the distribution rules for these diary copies are, but based on certain shared traits among the three of us, I've identified some potential future holders. Perhaps these few people will obtain diary copies later on."
Luo Huangjun gently nodded and asked, "Which people?"
In truth, she had also made similar guesses, but she hadn't personally gone to investigate.
As for Su Lingyuan, her eyes were wide open at this moment, with a look of innocent bewilderment flickering within them.
Where on earth did this come from?
Why did it feel like she wasn't on the same wavelength as her master and that bad woman at all?
In just a few days, these two had already begun deducing the distribution rules of the diary copies—and had even taken action, screening out potential future holders.
And what about her?
Every day she just hugged her diary copy, giggling foolishly whenever she reached an interesting part!
She felt like a husky that had accidentally wandered into a pack of wolves.
Is this even a topic I'm qualified to participate in?
Fortunately, neither Luo Huangjun nor Dantai Jinglian expected her to contribute any discoveries.
"Junior Sister Qianrou and the pair of twin sisters she recently took in, as well as my own disciple," Dantai Jinglian said.
Luo Huangjun nodded and asked again, "Why these few?"
Hearing this, Dantai Jinglian gave a charming smile. She pointed at herself first, then at Luo Huangjun, and finally at Su Lingyuan.
"Look at the three of us. What traits do we share?"
"Good looks, all virgins, and none of us have ever had much contact with the opposite sex. Our backgrounds aren't poor either—we all possess a certain status, position, and authority."
Dantai Jinglian wasn't boasting here. If anything, she was being modest.
The appearances of the three women present were far beyond merely "not bad." Calling them peerless beauties of the mortal world would not be an exaggeration in the slightest.
"Junior Sister Qianrou, as a core elder, lacks neither strength, status, nor authority. The Shui family behind her is also a major clan. And her two disciples likewise come from great families."
"As for my own disciple—though she was an abandoned infant I raised since childhood—her cultivation is no longer weak, and she is the disciple of me, the Grand Elder. That alone speaks for itself."
After a brief pause, a hint of playful amusement flashed through Dantai Jinglian's eyes. In her uniquely languid, lazy voice, she continued:
"Most importantly of all, every single one of the people I mentioned is still a virgin and has never once had intimate contact with any man."
"I've already checked using the diary copy's inspection function—their 'appearance scores' are all above nine."