Martial arts have become extinct worldwide, yet I am forced to have a large family.

"Spanking?"

Upon hearing these flippant words, Xu Huanhuan was not frightened at all; instead, she laughed even harder.

A pair of white-stockinged legs clamped Yang Xian's body, the movement carrying a hint of mockery.

"Handsome Yang, have I driven you crazy? You're starting to talk nonsense."

"You're in such a state that you can barely move, and you still want to hit me?"

"If you can do it, then go for it! If I even flinch, I'll admit defeat!"

She smiled even more triumphantly, confident of victory.

Yang Xian's gaze sharpened: "You said it yourself!"

The voice just fell.

Yang Xian, who was originally tightly bound, suddenly jolted.

The rope that was said to be able to bind a martial artist of the fifth realm was actually as easy as an ordinary hemp rope, and he broke free from it with ease.

The next second, the world spun around.

Xu Huanhuan felt a blur before her eyes, and an irresistible force came over her. By the time she reacted, the balance of power had been completely reversed.

Yang Xian grabbed her by the back of her hand and pressed her firmly onto the soft cushion beneath her.

The aura surrounding Jiang Mengyun instantly dissipated, and she reverted to her own playful appearance with red hair and pigtails.

"hateful!"

Xu Huanhuan struggled a couple of times, but found that Yang Xian's strength was astonishing, and she couldn't move her body at all.

She cried out in shock and anger, "How did you break free of the ropes?"

"Well, I should thank you first!" Yang Xian said, pressing Xu Huanhuan down and looking down at her. "If you hadn't helped me untie yourself, I really wouldn't have been able to break free!"

"I untied it?" Xu Huanhuan's little head buzzed, and she subconsciously repeated the sentence in a low voice.

"When did I untie it?"

She tried hard to recall what had just happened.

She was clearly bending down, unbuttoning Yang Xian's shirt one button at a time, preparing for the next step of "in-depth communication".

The feeling of fingertips gliding across the fabric, the crisp sound of unbuttoning—these are still vivid in my memory.

How did it turn into untying the rope?

Could it be... an illusion?

The moment the thought crossed her mind, Xu Huanhuan turned her head with difficulty to look at Yang Xian.

really!

Yang Xian's shirt was mostly intact, except that the top two buttons were undone.

So all that effort she put in, teasing him and unbuttoning his clothes, was actually not what she was doing.

Instead, it was the precious rope that bound his hands and feet?

"Do you also know illusion magic?"

Xu Huanhuan opened her mouth in disbelief, "That wasn't mentioned in the intelligence report!"

In order to deal with Yang Xian, the girl thoroughly investigated his background.

He's clearly a melee fighter, so when did he learn mental techniques?

"I don't know illusion magic," Yang Xian nodded, admitting frankly, "but I know how to raise Gu worms!"

"Gu? Gu worm?" Xu Huanhuan's mind was even more confused.

"That's right!" Yang Xian's answer was crisp and clear.

After getting the "Ten Thousand Poisons Manual" from Nan Shunian for free, Yang Xian borrowed a few Gu worms from her to cultivate.

He managed to raise a few decent Gu worms by exchanging some "food" through the system.

One of them is called "Illusion Heart Gu".

Unlike Xu Huanhuan's illusions, this thing cannot create a grand and realistic illusion out of thin air.

However, it can silently attach itself to the target, subtly interfering with and distorting the target's five senses and mind.

Make the other person treat the rope like clothes, and the act of untying the rope like unbuttoning a button—it's that easy.

Having been in physical contact for so long, Yang Xian had already found an opportunity to let the "Illusionary Heart Gu" quietly crawl onto Xu Huanhuan's body.

Originally, it would have taken some time for this Gu worm to take effect.

But Yang Xian didn't expect that his unintentional remark about a "fake" would cause Xu Huanhuan to lose control of her emotions and become completely flustered.

This gave the "Illusionary Heart Gu" an opportunity to completely bewilder Xu Huanhuan's senses in the shortest amount of time.

"Okay, okay, I admit defeat this time."

Xu Huanhuan suddenly gave up resisting, and a pitiful look appeared on her pretty little face, her voice becoming soft and sweet.

"Yang Xian is such a handsome guy~"

"Please, have mercy and let them go! They'll never do it again!"

Please, please!

She blinked her big, watery eyes, looking exactly like a wronged little wife.

Behind her, Yang Xian watched her performance with a blank expression.

It has to be said that this woman's acting skills are truly top-notch; her appearance alone is enough to soften any man's heart.

Unfortunately, he had been deceived by this woman too many times and had long since become immune to her.

"Playing the victim doesn't work on me."

"Mmm~ No!" Xu Huanhuan started to wriggle her body and whine:

"You're a grown man, you can't really be that petty, can you?"

"Could you really be so heartless as to spank a weak woman like me?"

"Don't worry, I'm not that vulgar!" Yang Xian replied coldly.

See? Men are all like that; they respond better to gentle persuasion than force.

If I just beg him a few more times, he'll definitely...

But before she could even feel happy, Yang Xian's next words completely threw her into a panic.

"but……"

Yang Xian's gaze fell on her face, and he spoke slowly.

"Judging from what you just said, it seems there's another face hidden beneath this one..."

He continued to hold the twin-tailed girl firmly with one hand, while his other hand slowly reached towards her cheek.

Xu Huanhuan's body froze instantly, and fear appeared in her eyes.

She glanced out of the corner of her eye at the approaching hand and screamed:

"Don't!"

"Please spank me! Please! Spank me!"

"No! Don't touch my face!!"

However, it was too late.

Yang Xian's fingers had already touched the edge of her cheek, and his fingertips felt an extremely subtle sensation that did not belong to her skin.

Without hesitation, he gently lifted it off.

He removed a human skin mask, as thin as a cicada's wing and almost indistinguishable from real skin, from Xu Huanhuan's face.

The girl's hair color also changed from a bold light red to white.

"Give me back my mask! Give me back my mask now!"

Xu Huanhuan struggled frantically, her composed and playful demeanor completely gone.

Then, she actually managed to break free from Yang Xian's grasp.

But instead of running away, she covered her face with her hands and screamed hysterically:

"Give it to me!"

But Yang Xian, holding the mask, looked at the white-haired girl in front of him who was completely different from before, and smiled.

"Sure!" He waved the mask in his hand. "Let me see your real face, and then tell me why you're wearing this mask. I'll give it back to you!"

"How can a grown man like you be so concerned about a girl's privacy?" Xu Huanhuan's voice came from between her fingers, trembling with anger.

"You've caused me so much trouble, it wouldn't be right if you didn't pay up!" Yang Xian's smile remained unchanged.

"You don't have to tell me!"

"Then I'll have to personally take you out and properly introduce you to the entire school's teachers and students as the Xu family's great magician!"

"Let's just say it's..."

"Your punishment!"