Enduring humiliation for three years, seizing the elixir, the treasure, and the holy maiden.

Outside the cave dwelling, artificial hills are scattered about, and several unidentified spiritual lotuses grow in the flower pond.

Its profound heritage needs no further explanation!

One look and you know that this kind of layout is a place that only elders in the sect can live in.

Speaking of which, back when I was a disciple of the Luoyun Sect in the lower realm...

As a disciple of the Supreme Elder, he held a very high seniority and interacted with the elders on an equal footing.

The house that Wang Yuyan shared was also extremely dilapidated.

If we're talking about satisfaction, it has to be Lin Wanwan's Bamboo Grove Pavilion.

But this place has more style than the bamboo forest.

I just pushed the door open.

Su Chen sensed that something was wrong.

Why does it smell like the fragrance of children cultivating immortality?

The place was exquisitely decorated, spotless.

It is clear that there are monks living here.

I walked a few steps further in.

At the very back was a plain white gauze curtain that hung down to the ground.

The moment the lid was lifted, Su Chen was completely stunned.

On the soft couch, a graceful figure lay on her side.

The hem of her plain gauze skirt flared out, revealing her small, jade-like feet.

I was sleeping soundly.

Su Chen hadn't reacted yet.

"Didn't I tell you already!"

"No one may disturb this saintess."

"I am already married, junior brother, take care!"

The female cultivator had already been awakened; her scream almost lifted the veil.

A delicate hand haphazardly pulled her outer garment over her body.

Immediately afterward, a burst of spiritual energy pierced through the air.

Spiritual power at the Void Refinement stage!

Su Chen's expression hardened, and with a flick of his fingertips, a layer of spiritual light appeared in front of him, forcefully intercepting the spiritual power.

The spiritual energy surged, and the gauze curtains were torn to shreds.

Eyes facing each other.

Su Chen then got a clear look at the face opposite him.

Almond-shaped eyes, eyebrows like distant mountains.

It was Lin Zhiya.

That usually aloof face was now so black it looked like ink.

"And you still say you're not a lecher!"

Su Chen released his spiritual energy and shrugged.

"How would I know?"

"The sect said they would give me a new cave dwelling, so Liu Yu led me here."

Lin Zhiya opened her mouth, but ultimately didn't utter a curse.

I already had a pretty good idea of ​​what was going on.

It's likely that the Supreme Elder pulled this stunt to bring the two together.

I wanted to get angry.

But this breath, stuck in my chest, spun around twice, and then dissipated.

That's it.

That day in the palace, I knelt, shed tears, and made my promise.

Su Chen is now nominally her fiancé.

Living in this cave dwelling is something that can be said to be blameless.

If we force them out now, the gossips within the sect will likely start whispering all sorts of things.

In the end, it was Lin Zhiya who lost face.

Lin Zhiya tightened the collar of her outer garment and sat cross-legged again.

She quickly composed herself and regained her saintly composure.

"Su Chen".

"I'll make three rules with you."

Su Chen casually pulled up a chair and sat down, then poured himself a cup of tea.

The tea was warm, but it tasted quite good.

"explain."

"Before we have formally performed the dual cultivation ceremony and officially become Daoist partners, you are not allowed to touch me in the slightest."

Lin Zhiya stared at him with her almond-shaped eyes.

"You can only stay in that small house on the side."

"When I am cultivating, I am not allowed to enter the inner hall without permission."

Su Chen took a sip of tea and nodded.

"OK."

Lin Zhiya was somewhat surprised.

She had expected that this roguish man would inevitably argue with her.

"I usually stay in seclusion."

Su Chen put down his teacup and stood up.

"Don't bother me."

After saying that, he went to the side room without even turning his head back.

The door closed.

Lin Zhiya sat on the soft couch, momentarily lost in thought.

After a while, her jade-like feet curled up.

The man she hates most is now sharing a room with her.

And so naturally he instructed himself not to disturb them.

And yet, I just couldn't bring myself to say a single word of refusal.

waste!!!

I'm such a failure as a saintess.

A single man and a single woman living together.

No matter how eloquently you describe it, who would believe that nothing happened?

It's estimated that the news will spread throughout the entire clan by tomorrow.

Even more terrifying is...

My mind was suddenly filled with images of desire that I had never experienced.

It's utterly shameful!

That rascal, he probably won't do anything to me while I'm asleep.

He subjected them to all sorts of humiliation and wanton abuse...

Lin Zhiya, what are you thinking?!

...

A violent burst of spiritual energy erupted from the summit of the mountain.

The aura of someone in the Void Refinement stage was chaotic and disorderly.

Several disciples below the peak looked up, none daring to approach.

"Senior brother, please, please don't be angry..."

A disciple at the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm stood outside the cave, his voice trembling.

"I only heard it from someone else."

"The Holy Maiden's cave is now truly inhabited by Senior Brother Su."

"It was personally instructed by the Supreme Elder."

Inside the cave, the azure longsword hummed incessantly.

Han Yue's moon-white robe was billowing wildly as spiritual energy surged through it.

He reached out and pressed his hand against the sword, his knuckles turning white from gripping it so tightly.

The newly formed Qi of the Void Refinement stage was now trembling so badly it was almost about to dissipate.

His Dao heart was almost shattered.

No.

impossible.

Han Yue gritted his teeth.

It's impossible for my senior sister to throw away all the feelings she's had for a man she's only known for a short time.

They must have been forced into it.

A rogue cultivator from the mortal realm is not worthy of living in the Holy Maiden's cave.

Sending spiritual fruits and foods day and night.

The saintess always kept her distance from him.

He was about to confess his feelings to the saintess.

but...

The only solution now is to master the final strike of the Rain Sword Intent.

Only after that sword strike is completed can I fight Su Chen again.

"All junior brothers, step back."

Han Yue waved his hand.

"I'm going into seclusion."

"Senior brother, your foundation is not yet stable. If..."

"Step back."

The stone door of the cave slammed shut with a loud crash.

The junior disciples also figured it out.

Han Yue is now being tortured to the point of near madness.

Such an unstable Dao heart will lead to trouble for a cultivator.

...

Three chimes came from the direction of the mountain gate, echoing through layers of clouds.

This bell sounded different from usual; it was the sound of the ancestral bell.

All disciples of the Haori Sect, regardless of which peak they are on, must gather at the main hall.

In the square in front of the main hall, a dark mass of people quickly gathered.

There are quite a few Nascent Soul cultivators here, and over a hundred Void Refinement cultivators as well.

On the cloud platform, several Nascent Soul elders with unfathomable auras stood with their hands behind their backs.

On the main jade steps, the figure of Master Yunmeng appeared somewhat blurry in the wisps of incense smoke.

"The battle between good and evil has been going on for several days."

Master Yunmeng's voice was not loud, but every word was delivered to the ears of every disciple.

"Many of our disciples have died or been injured."

"This time, we must send another elite disciple to provide support."

The square fell silent for a moment.

"Cultivators at the late Nascent Soul stage and above, and cultivators at the Void Refinement stage, are all welcome to volunteer."

Master Yunmeng paused for a moment.

"If I can come back alive this time."

"The sect will never treat you unfairly."

"You may enter the sect's sacred ground and study the cultivation techniques inscribed on the sacred stele for three days."

These words immediately shattered the deathly silence in the square.

The Holy Stele was erected for three days.

Su Chen sat upright in the side seat, toying with a spirit stone in his hand.

I heard every hushed whisper from all around me.

"The Holy Stele... that was left by a powerful being in the Tribulation Transcending stage, above the Mahayana stage."

"I've heard that even just a glance at it can be of great benefit to one's cultivation."

"One of my senior brothers once gained half a day's worth of experience and immediately broke through two minor realms upon returning."

"Three days? Such an opportunity is worth risking my life for."

Su Chen rubbed his fingertip on the spirit stone.

...