Lan Yue opened the lid of the porcelain bottle. Inside were 3 medium-grade Qi Condensation Pills and one high-grade Foundation Establishment pill, and surprise immediately showed on her face.
"These pills… LeeXie definitely couldn't possibly possess them, could it be that he…" Lan Yue muttered. Thinking that Ri Guang might have traded with Mu Qingyao to obtain these pills, she felt even warmer inside.
She knew very well just how precious these pills were, yet Ri Guang could give them to her. That proved how great her place in his heart was.
Lan Yue revealed a warm, gentle smile, like a white lotus blooming in the dark night, bathing in soft moonlight, making it seem even more sacred.
"Ri Guang… I will definitely protect you. Even if you don't have a spirit root and the aptitude to cultivate, then I will… break those ridiculous shackles and help you become a God."
At this moment, her spiritual power transformed into a green dragon that coiled around her body.
Above Lan Yue's head, a pair of dragon horns grew out, emitting a green light as if carved from jade, a perfect work of art that would leave anyone who saw it mesmerized.
The pupils in her eyes gradually narrowed, turning into diamond shapes, shooting out dazzling green light.
Right then, a voice rang out: "Do you truly love someone like that? How pitiful, how disgusting…"
Hearing that voice, Lan Yue's gaze turned icy as she said softly: "Lan Yue, now, this body is mine. What I want to do, who I want to love, that is my right."
"Besides… you're only staying in my body. If you dare speak ill of my man one more time, I can let you feel a bit of my flames."
"Huh!" That voice snorted and said disdainfully: "That body is mine… I am the Saintess of the Jade Moon Sect, you are defiling my body."
"Fine!" Lan Yue said coldly. Her voice was like an iceberg drifting in the ocean, not only cold, but also lonely and carrying something terrifying: "Then as long as you disappear, this body will be completely mine, right?"
"You… very good. If you regret it later, don't blame me for not warning you today."
"My choice, I will never regret it. Besides… you will see just how correct my choice today is."
Lan Yue did not speak anymore. She swallowed the Foundation Establishment pill Ri Guang had just given her. Feeling the spiritual power filling her dantian, she began to cultivate.
…
In a somewhat messy room, clothes were thrown everywhere. On the floor, on the bed, on the chair, there were even porcelain bottles lying scattered all around.
Ri Guang saw the scene before him, fell silent for a moment, then looked toward the Grand Elder and stammered: "This… this is… your room… Grand Elder?"
The Grand Elder laughed awkwardly. She lowered her head slightly, her two index fingers continuously poking at each other, her cheeks flushed, and said with a smile: "Um… hehehe… I've been busy with many things lately so I forgot. I didn't clean up. It's definitely not because I'm lazy."
Ri Guang looked at her, his gaze dark, carefully observing the woman in front of him.
Skin white as snow with a faint blush, like roses hidden behind a thin layer of ice.
A beautiful, mature face, yet carrying a bit of innocence and childishness. Plump cheeks, extremely cute, making Ri Guang, just from looking, want to reach out and pinch them a little.
She wore a white robe, white hair like strands of silver silk flowing along a river.
Beautiful…
No, "beautiful" alone was not enough to describe her.
If the Grand Elder appeared on Earth, then even girls who had undergone dozens of plastic surgeries or used 99 beauty filters would not be able to compare to her.
But… after seeing her room, Ri Guang suddenly stepped back two steps, keeping some distance from her.
"Ah!" The Grand Elder saw his action, puffed out her cheeks, and shouted in a sulky voice: "What do you mean? I'm not dirty, okay, I bathe every day! If you don't believe me, you can smell me. I guarantee my scent will make you intoxicated."
Ri Guang stepped back one more step.
"You…"
He stepped back another step again.
Grand Elder: "…"
She pursed her lips, thrust out her chest, showing off the large breasts hidden beneath the thin robe. Those breasts were so large that one hand probably couldn't even hold them fully, trembling with each of her movements as if provoking Ri Guang.
But he did not feel interested. Instead, he felt the Grand Elder was like single women in menopause in Japan, in a room full of trash, drinking liquor or beer all day, not bathing for a week, reeking of foul stench.
"Um…" Ri Guang frowned and said softly: "Grand Elder, you and I are a man and a woman. It's better that we shouldn't get too close."
"Oy!" the Grand Elder shouted in a sulky voice: "What's with that contemptuous look of yours? You have to explain it to me."
Ri Guang waved his hand and said calmly: "Grand Elder misunderstood me. My eyes have been crooked since I was born. It's not that I'm looking down on you."
"Liar!"
"I'm telling the truth. Look, my eyes always look at you with this kind of contempt. Ah no! My eyes are always like this."
"AGH!!!" The Grand Elder charged at him in annoyance.
Ri Guang ran away in fear. The Grand Elder flicked her hand, and a strip of silk shot toward him, binding him like a mummy, then dragging him toward her.
"Try smelling it… it's not stinky at all!" The Grand Elder forced his head into the middle of her soft breasts. A rose fragrance, mixed with a faint scent of alcohol, rushed into his nose, forming a strange yet stimulating symphony.
Fragrant… very fragrant…
Along with that came extreme softness, making him dazed, only wanting to lie still and enjoy.
But thinking of how the Grand Elder had lived amid that chaos for a long time, and that she even didn't bathe, he shuddered in fear.
Although he knew very well that Cultivators could use spiritual power to cleanse their bodies, so their bodies were always extremely clean, even carrying a faint, gentle fragrance of spiritual power.
Of course, the Grand Elder's Cultivation was extremely high, so she also had that ability. It was just that…
The image of that room earlier was still haunting Ri Guang, so he felt the Grand Elder's body was a little… dirty.
The Grand Elder pursed her lips and said: "Don't you smell it? I'm very fragrant, very very very fragrant…"
"Fine! Fine! Let go of me first!" Ri Guang felt like he was about to be crushed to suffocation by the Grand Elder's large breasts.
The Grand Elder snorted disdainfully, yet the look in her eyes toward him was full of gentleness, as if recalling something wonderful.
Sensing that the Grand Elder went silent, he hurriedly said: "Um… can you let go of me first? I… I'm having a bit of trouble breathing."
"Ah! Fine… hehehe…" The Grand Elder released him.
Ri Guang felt a bit strange. Although the Grand Elder's outward appearance was very mature and seductive, as if stimulating men's desire, her personality was… a bit naïve, very cute.
Those two opposites made him feel puzzled, but he also did not want to look into it much.
He also did not think the Grand Elder truly liked him. After all, this was the Hehuan Sect. Perhaps love existed here because he truly loved Lan Yue, and he thought she also loved him.
But if you said the Grand Elder liked him then… hahahaha… perhaps he should see a psychologist to talk about his delusion.
The Grand Elder seemed about to say something. Suddenly, she frowned and looked off into the distance. That was where the Sect Master lived. Her eyes carried a bit of weariness as she said softly: "Wait for me here. I'll be back soon."
After saying that, she summoned a White Crane, then flew toward the Sect Master's mountain.
"That direction is… the Sect Master Hall." Ri Guang muttered, remembering all kinds of rumors about the Sect Master.
He had heard that the Sect Master was a man who had lived more than 400 years, but his appearance was still like a 25-year-old youth, refined, exuding the aura of a scholar yet very powerful.
What was special was that he was very handsome, so handsome it drove the sect's female disciples crazy for him.
Of course, the Sect Master also had very high demands for dual cultivation. He needed the highest-quality women to dual cultivate with. Among them, the female elders were almost his primary dual cultivation targets.
Ri Guang recalled the Grand Elder's expression and thought that perhaps the Sect Master had called her.
He shrugged, not caring much. After all, that had nothing to do with him.
However, seeing the room's chaotic mess as if it had been visited by a bunch of hateful thieves, he could only sigh and start cleaning.
….
Elsewhere.
A woman wore a black robe. Her hair was a tangled mess, matted together as if she had not bathed for a month. Her robe was tattered, her body filthy, smeared with mud and dirt. The strange thing was that her eyes were covered by strips of white cloth, as if… she was blind.
In her hand, she held a walking stick. On her body was a rope. On that rope were uneven metal fragments threaded through, making it look like a strange kind of jewelry.
She tapped the ground with her stick, feeling her way as she walked. Suddenly, when she reached the edge of a cliff, she stopped.
In the distance was a vast grassland, a few small towns, and most notably, an area shrouded in mist at the farthest end.
She looked toward that place and muttered: "Lan Yue, at last… I've found you. Your head, is mine!"