When I stopped licking, the lady panicked.

The women of the Hehuan Sect are indeed very different from ordinary women, a fact that Lin Xuan clearly sensed when he cultivated with her.

She hugged Lin Xuan tightly, coiling around him like a python, her fingers digging into his back with all her might.

"ah!!!"

……

After a while, Liu Yao woke up from her unconsciousness.

She felt much lighter, and the chaotic internal energy that had been surging within her body stabilized.

Moreover, her cultivation was slowly recovering, and she even showed signs of breaking through to the Heavenly Profound Realm.

Lin Xuan, however, was still fast asleep.

He seemed to be having a dream. In the dream, he was in a dark cave. The cave was very narrow, but it gave him a sense of déjà vu.

As they went deeper, the cave became narrower, more humid, and increasingly stuffy.

Mucus began to seep from the stone wall, and the passage became narrower the further in you went.

Finally, after Lin Xuan passed through the narrow passage, everything became clear.

It seemed to be a cave dwelling, with stone beds, stone tables, stone benches, and so on.

Lin Xuan wandered aimlessly through this familiar yet strange place. Suddenly, he noticed a huge statue of a demonic beast in the very center of the hall.

The statue spread its wings and looked down at Lin Xuan, with four bony claws growing from its ribs, making it look extremely ferocious.

Lin Xuan frowned, then suddenly noticed that the statue's eyes had lit up.

Then, the statue spoke, saying, "Find me."

……

Lin Xuan suddenly woke up and sat up in bed.

"Master?" Liu Yao asked softly, "What's wrong?"

Lin Xuan looked around, and his chaotic thoughts gradually cleared.

Liu Yao took out a handkerchief and gently wiped the sweat from Lin Xuan's forehead.

Lin Xuan remained silent, sitting quietly on the bed for a while before finally coming to his senses.

"Find some clothes for yourself," Lin Xuan said, taking out new clothes from his luggage and putting them on before tossing the luggage to Liu Yao.

Liu Yao looked at the clothes and said, "Master, these are all men's clothes."

"We'll have to make do for now," Lin Xuan said.

"Yes." Liu Yao obediently changed into a loose-fitting outfit.

After changing her clothes, Liu Yao got out of bed, knelt in front of Lin Xuan and performed a deep curtsy, saying, "Thank you, Master, for saving my life. I have no way to repay you except my life, which I offer to serve you."

Lin Xuan raised his hand, gesturing for her to stand up.

"Thank you, Master." Liu Yao stood up obediently.

Lin Xuan opened the door and saw Yun Xiyue standing in the doorway with an unhappy expression.

"Come in," Lin Xuan said.

Yun Xiyue snorted, shoved Lin Xuan aside, stormed into the room, sat down angrily in a chair, crossed her arms, and turned her head away, as if to say: Come on, explain yourself.

But Lin Xuan seemed not to see her at all, and arranged for the others to come in and sit down.

Fortunately, the room they booked was big enough for all of them to stay together.

Seeing that Lin Xuan was ignoring her, Yun Xiyue couldn't hold back any longer and angrily asked, "Lin Xuan! Who exactly are they?"

Lin Xuan said expressionlessly, "The maids in the manor."

"Do you think I'm stupid? This figure... is she a maid in the manor? Are you planning to take a concubine?" Yun Xiyue accused.

Lin Xuan looked at Yun Xiyue coldly and said, "Are you questioning me?"

"I..." Yun Xiyue stammered.

"Don't tell me I didn't want to take a concubine. Even if I really did, it's none of your business," Lin Xuan said coldly.

Yun Xiyue opened her mouth, but said hesitantly, "I...I am the young mistress of the Lin family. Even if you want to take a concubine, then...that must be with my consent."

"Oh? So when you married me, did you get your Zhan-gege's consent?" Lin Xuan mocked.

Yun Xiyue was speechless.

Lin Xuan said, "I told you long ago that you could leave, but you've been refusing to leave."

"If you like your Zhan-gege so much, why don't you go with him?"

Yun Xiyue was speechless and blushed when she was retorted.

In the past, Lin Xuan would never have dared to speak to her like that. If Yun Xiyue had spoken even slightly louder, Lin Xuan would have scurried over to coax her.

But now, everything has changed.

She didn't know why, why Lin Xuan suddenly stopped licking her.

Lin Xuan stopped talking nonsense and silently lay down on the bed to rest.

The three female slaves stood quietly by, without uttering a word.

As for Mu Mu, she slept quietly on another bed.

Yun Xiyue looked at Lin Xuan with a pitiful expression, but in the end, she chose to go to bed to rest.

As night deepened, Yun Xiyue couldn't fall asleep no matter what she did.

She thought of her elder brother Yun Cheng's instructions, and also of Xiao Zhan's disheveled appearance.

Her thoughts are in turmoil, and she doesn't know what to do.

She was thinking of her Zhan-gege (brother Zhan), but the thought of Xiao Zhan's pathetic state in front of Lin Xuan completely destroyed any goodwill she felt for him.

Whenever she thought of this, Yun Xiyue felt terrified, feeling that she had changed her mind and that she was a bad woman.

"Lin Xuan, my second brother... was it really you who crippled him?" Yun Xiyue suddenly asked.

Lin Xuan didn't turn around to look at her, and coldly replied, "Yes."

"Why? Why did you treat my second brother like this? Since you won, why did you have to kill him and cripple his cultivation?" Yun Xiyue asked angrily.

Lin Xuan said, "He deserved it; he has no one to blame but himself."

"What?" Yun Xiyue asked incredulously.

Lin Xuan said, "If you don't believe me, just ask around and see if I, Lin Xuan, have done anything wrong."

Yun Xiyue remained silent.

After a moment, she hesitated and asked, "My father sacrificed so much for my second brother. You've ruined all the hard work our family has put in. Don't you feel any remorse?"

"Guilt? What guilt is there to speak of when acting on behalf of Heaven?" Lin Xuan retorted.

Yun Xiyue stopped talking and silently took out the poisoned dagger. Looking at Lin Xuan in front of her, she hesitated whether to stab him.

If this knife strikes, Lin Xuan will surely die, and I can then go find Brother Zhan.

But now that I have lost my virginity to Lin Xuan, if Brother Zhan finds out, will he still want me?

I can't kill him; I haven't obtained the Northern King's Decree yet.

No, my elder brother said that this dagger is poisoned. As long as I stab him, Lin Xuan will be at my mercy, and the Northern King's Decree will also be implicated.

Thinking of this, Yun Xiyue raised her dagger and aimed it at Lin Xuan's back.

However, just as she was about to succeed, she hesitated again.

If I really did stab him, how would I face myself? And do I still really like Zhan-gege now?

Lin Xuan is clearly no worse than Zhan Gege, and I've lost my virginity to him multiple times. Do I really hate him? Do I really want him dead?

Yun Xiyue was extremely conflicted. Finally, she gritted her teeth, steeled her heart, and decided to stab him.

Stab him, you must stab him! He ruined my family's business, ruined my second brother, and ruined my innocence.

I must avenge my second brother and my father!

Yun Xiyue, don't be so soft-hearted, kill this lecherous man!

Yun Xiyue stabbed him with her knife.