Your Majesty, you don't want your secret to be known.

The empress slowly walked into the water, her soft hair floating in the water, surrounded by petals.

She scooped up a handful of liquid, and the clear liquid sparkled.

The warm water flows down her creamy arms, and her translucent skin exudes a holy glow, making her even more beautiful.

The hazy water vapor gently caressed the empress's rosy face. There was a shallow pool of clear water at her collarbone, and a bright red petal lay on it.

The empress gathered her long, shiny hair from the back of her head in front of her body, and after soaking her hair in warm water, it became scented.

Poolside.

Li Yunshu stood aside, watching in a daze.

He took a deep breath, and the empress's body fragrance blended with her incense, lingering in the air.

Now that everything has settled, he has begun to imagine what the empress's feet would look like wearing black stockings.

After all, the three-legged golden toad is still in his hands.

I won this bet.

Although the empress's cultivation is sealed now, she can't do anything to him.

But given the empress's vengeful nature, she will definitely settle the score in the future.

While soaking in the hot spring, Pei Xuanji took out the pill he had made earlier and swallowed it.

In the past, she was able to suppress the seal in her body by relying on the pills she made and taking hot baths every day.

Ever since that night at Jingming Temple, I have gradually lost my balance.

After the battle just now——

Pei Xuanji looked down at the runes on his body. The previous elixirs and hot baths were no longer effective.

Looking at Li Yunshu's reflection in the water, she bit her thin lips tightly, and even a trace of blood oozed out.

"come here."

Hearing this, Li Yunshu turned his head, looked at the empress's shoulders exposed above the water, and walked step by step to her side.

Through the water, one can vaguely see the runes on the empress's body, which have not diminished at all.

If absorbing pure yang energy could suppress the seal, then he knew what he should do.

Of course, he couldn't mention this matter and had to wait for the empress to speak up.

Pei Xuanji glanced at Li Yunshu who was standing blankly beside the hot spring and clenched his fists.

"Come down."

When she was more skilled, her tone of command was justified.

Now that she suddenly lost her cultivation, facing Li Yunshu again, she felt a little timid for some reason.

Li Yunshu hesitated for a moment, took off his boots and socks, and jumped directly into the water.

Standing in the hot spring, their eyes met, Li Yunshu motionless.

Pei Xuanji looked up at the formation in the sky. How could she say such words?

"The formation is complete. Unless you break it with human power, you will be trapped here."

"Once Your Majesty breaks the seal on your body, it will be easy to break this formation."

"You know it all?"

"I have read Sun's handwritten note. It says that only the forbidden-breaking pill uses the three-legged golden toad."

At this point, Pei Xuanji did not deny it.

"I can't refine that pill now, so - I can only find another way."

After saying that, she gave Li Yunshu a look that said you should understand.

Looking at the empress's appearance, Li Yunshu also knew that she was struggling.

Perhaps, the empress was waiting for him to speak first.

But he refused.

Li Yunshu pretended not to see the empress's eyes and bowed his head to show his loyalty.

"Your Majesty, please give me your orders. I will gladly serve you."

"You-are you really stupid or are you just pretending to be stupid!"

"I don't know what your Majesty means by this."

Pei Xuanji stretched out his index finger and poked his chest.

"You know full well!"

She simply didn't have that much time to waste here. Not to mention, she had been away from Da Chu for several days and the court was prone to turmoil.

Such a big commotion caused by this Blood Sea Soul-Transferring Formation will definitely attract the attention of all the major sects in the Western Zhou Dynasty.

When someone outside breaks the formation and discovers that she has lost all her cultivation, can she still leave Western Zhou alive?

Li Yunshu suppressed his smile and gave the empress a way out.

"Maybe there is a better way than taking it orally."

Pei Xuanji's eyelids drooped slightly, and her throat rolled involuntarily.

She turned around and pointed behind her.

"I can't take it orally!"

After saying this, the empress picked up the dragon robe on the ground, wrapped it around herself, and walked out of the hot spring.

"You, you hurry up and tell me when you're done."

Li Yunshu: ?????

He was just about to reach out and hold the empress's slender waist, but his hand was empty.

"How do I do it myself?"

Beside the hot spring, Pei Xuanji frowned slightly, as if he had made a great decision in his heart.

She blushed, turned her head away and closed her eyes.

I silently recited in my heart, all for the purpose of recovering my cultivation.

"Then you can do it as you see fit."

Li Yunshu blinked and laughed, then looked at his hands.

"I need your help."

Hearing this, Pei Xuanji opened his eyes.

"How to help?"

Li Yunshu looked at the empress from head to toe, as if he was answering a multiple-choice question.

"You should still remember the bet between us."

"It's already this late, and you're still thinking about the bet."

"Your Majesty's words are golden, you are not going to cheat, are you?"

"You just promised to give me the three-legged golden toad."

Li Yunshu crossed his arms across his chest, looking like a rogue.

"But your majesty didn't want it just now, and now the three-legged golden toad is still in my hand."

When he was facing the old woman from Western Zhou, he did think about giving the three-legged golden toad to the empress.

Who knew that the empress had the skill of transforming into a dragon and was not at all inferior to the old woman.

In order to prevent the empress from defaulting on her debt, it is better to cash in on this bet now.

Otherwise, when the empress really recovers her cultivation, she will be at the mercy of others.

Pei Xuanji wrapped the dragon robe tightly again and said unhappily.

"I didn't bring that thing."

Li Yunshu raised the storage ring in her hand and took out black stockings and high heels from it.

"I just saw it all."

The ring in his hand belongs to the empress. The empress's cultivation is sealed, so she can only rely on him to take out the elixir in the ring.

When he took the elixir before, he saw the black stockings and high heels in the ring.

Pei Xuanji stared at Li Yunshu's starry eyes.

"What do you want to do?"

In the hot spring, Li Yunshu walked to the edge and handed out the black stockings and high heels in her hand.

"Your Majesty, if you want to help me, you must fulfill your promise first."

a long time.

Pei Xuanji stared at the two things in Li Yunshu's hands without moving.

Seeing that she didn't move, Li Yunshu kept holding it.

The two of them stared until their eyes were almost dry, but they looked at each other in silence.

In the end, Pei Xuanji compromised.

If someone outside breaks the formation, both of them will die here.

Her life is much more valuable than this guy's life.

"I have a golden word and am willing to admit defeat."

She snatched the thing from Li Yunshu's hand, turned around and found a chair to sit down.

After taking a deep breath, she crossed her legs in the chair.

The whole process of putting on the black stockings took her nearly a quarter of an hour, and she was so tired that she was sweating.