Lu Xingzhou’s eyes held a smile as he said, “You say you want me, so you’ll just give it to me?”

Pei Chuyun pouted her mouth and replied, “How would you know if you don’t try?”

Looking at her little mouth in a pout, Lu Xingzhou lowered his head and kissed her. Pei Chuyun closed her eyes to welcome him.

Very quickly, she felt the world spinning around her, and she was already held horizontally by Lu Xingzhou and placed onto the bed.

Lowering her head to look at him burying his head and kissing her, a hint of tenderness appeared in Pei Chuyun’s misty eyes. She suddenly whispered, “Lu Xingzhou…”

Lu Xingzhou vaguely “hmm”ed, his voice muffled by whatever he was doing.

“My Yuan Yin… is very important.”

Lu Xingzhou paused slightly.

“If I use it to subdue you, that’s one thing… but if I give it away for free, my sect master will beat me to death. You were right to be wary of me before… but as long as I’m even half-sober, I won’t give it away for nothing…”

Lu Xingzhou stopped his actions, and his voice suddenly held a hint of coldness. “You mean, your Yuan Yin is going to be used on someone else in the future?”

Pei Chuyun stared at him intently. Lu Xingzhou raised his head to meet her gaze. Something flashed in both their eyes, too quick to see clearly.

After a long while, Pei Chuyun only softly said, “If you have the ability to take it first, then naturally I won’t give it to others.”

Lu Xingzhou was silent for a moment. “Even if it’s not your Yuan Yin… you still can’t give it to others.”

Pei Chuyun blinked her eyes in surprise, then suddenly laughed. “Heh… so you don’t want to just play with my body, you actually want to take me as your personal pet?”

Lu Xingzhou’s face remained straight, giving no answer.

“Ha… ha ha ha…” Pei Chuyun laughed so hard she almost pushed Lu Xingzhou off. “My young master, do you know what you’re saying?”

Actually, Lu Xingzhou knew that what she said today really meant “I’ll give it to you this once and go all out.”

But the implication of her words made Lu Xingzhou’s heart uncomfortable.

He himself didn’t know what he was thinking. He was clearly just greedy for her beauty. To be able to have the Hehuan Saintess give herself to him without trying to scheme against him was already an unprecedented feat. What more could he possibly want?

Her cultivation method was based on this from a young age, and the Hehuan Dao was based on this. If you tell her she can’t give herself to others, how is that different from telling her to betray her sect?

Seeing Lu Xingzhou stop and not move, Pei Chuyun flipped over, pressing him beneath her. She smiled and squinted as she scratched his chin. “Sometimes you’re smart enough to make my heart cold, but how come sometimes I feel you’re a bit stupid… actually thinking this…”

Lu Xingzhou said sternly, “Can’t I think that? Guess what I’m thinking right now?”

Pei Chuyun rolled her eyes. “You’re not thinking of leveling the unreasonable broken sect of Yaonu Hehuan Zong and tying up this little demoness, Pei Chuyun, who doesn’t know what’s good for her, and bringing her home to train, are you?”

“Ha…” Lu Xingzhou gave no answer.

Pei Chuyun leaned in close to his ear and whispered, “Don’t be angry… I said I’d compensate you today…”

As she spoke, she slowly kissed his neck, her slender hand unbuttoning his clothes, and slowly kissing down along the extent of his undone clothes.

Their skin had been close many times, but in her hazy memory, this was the first time Pei Chuyun had taken the initiative. Before, no matter how much she feigned charm, it was all just to tease and provoke Lu Xingzhou into taking the initiative.

Whether she was willing to take the initiative herself perhaps represented many things.

But precisely today, Lu Xingzhou’s mood wasn’t that invested. He didn’t know what he was thinking in his head.

It wasn’t until the boat entered warm and moist waters that Lu Xingzhou’s spirit finally woke up. He lowered his head with a strange expression to look at the little demoness bowing to serve him, feeling somewhat shocked.

Shen Tang doted on him immensely, and she had never done this…

Although Hehuan demonesses received a different education from a young age and their openness towards these matters was incomparable to other women, Pei Chuyun was ultimately still an unmarried maiden, and as the Saintess, she had her pride.

To make her willing to do such service, wasn’t it already enough to be proud of?

Feeling his unbelievable gaze, Pei Chuyun slightly raised her head and glanced at him, then shyly lowered her head again and continued to serve.

Actually, it was also very dangerous for a Hehuan demoness to do this. Even kissing was dangerous. This also belonged to a kind of intimacy, much more serious than kissing. If she wanted to play fancy tricks, it’s estimated that Lu Xingzhou might not necessarily be able to withstand it at this time.

But it was still much better than direct intercourse. It could exactly test Miss Ye’s cunning.

Lu Xingzhou raised his guard a bit, ready to summon the Yang energy of the Fire Pig at any time. But ultimately, he discovered that his imagined guard and cunning were meaningless. Pei Chuyun didn’t use any gongfa from beginning to end, she was truly just trying to make him comfortable.

Lu Xingzhou subconsciously gently stroked her hair, his expression somewhat dazed.

This little demoness… she could actually do this much.

It wasn’t until the spirit spring entered that Pei Chuyun paused slightly, her expression suddenly becoming very strange. The hint of charm seemed to disappear, replaced by extreme anger.

Then, in Lu Xingzhou’s dumbfounded stare, she quickly put on her clothes and rushed out of the room, kicking open A Nuo’s door with one foot. “You stinky little ghost, what exactly was in the spring water you tricked me into drinking!”

A Nuo opened her eyes from cultivation, greatly surprised. “How… could you have drunk it?”

The sounds of fighting transmitted from inside the room. Not long after, with a “bang,” a little girl screamed and flew into the air. “Anyway, you voluntarily drank it now, what are you still blaming me for…”

A Nuo would have been beaten to death if she had known that this secret would be revealed so quickly.

Pei Chuyun returned to the room with her fists clenched in anger. Looking at Lu Xingzhou’s dumbfounded expression, she stroked her beautiful hair again and smiled calmly. “Young master, are you satisfied with this compensation?”

Lu Xingzhou, who thought he was eloquent, couldn’t utter a single word from beginning to end.

Pei Chuyun sighed and leaned to his side to lie down. “No matter what, I’ve already investigated everything I needed to about the Pei family. I should go back to the sect to find other answers…”

Lu Xingzhou finally regained his ability to speak. “What if I still want to keep you for a few more days?”

Pei Chuyun smiled slightly. “Do you want me to help you deal with the He family and Ye Wufeng, or do you want me to serve you for a few more days? And see if we can go further while we’re at it?”

“Neither,” Lu Xingzhou hugged her and said in a low voice, “I just purely don’t want you to leave.”

“But I always have to leave, I’m not your maid,” Pei Chuyun said in a low voice. “Unless you really take me as a captive and control me so I can’t leave…”

Lu Xingzhou thought for a moment. “How about a few more days… You and I just entered the Pei Residence today and triggered a bunch of Pei Qingyan’s memories. If you disappear that night, the Pei family will probably be suspicious. You should at least wander around in front of Pei Yu for a few more days, maybe you can get some more information?”

Pei Chuyun smiled. “Okay.”

Actually, both of them knew clearly that this was just an excuse.

But the little demoness, who was always the one being deceived, was clearly not deceived this time, yet she pretended to be deceived.

The next day, Pei Chuyun rarely got up earlier than Lu Xingzhou. There was no other reason, she just wanted to beat A Nuo again while Lu Xingzhou wasn’t up.

As a result, A Nuo, who usually didn’t sleep much, was still sleeping in this time. Pei Chuyun sulked in the courtyard for a bit, then angrily rushed to the inn to get breakfast.

Just after finishing breakfast and returning to the courtyard, she heard a knocking sound from outside the courtyard.

“Who is it?” Pei Chuyun unhappily wiped her hands and went to open the door.

With one glance, she saw a middle-aged man with a square face standing outside. His tiger eyes were like electricity, staring at her.

Pei Chuyun frowned slightly. “And you would be?”

“First-class Zhen Yuan Hou, Commander of the Zhen Bei Army, concurrently in charge of the Ministry of Revenue matters, He Xingyuan.”

“I can’t remember that many names.”

“Lively and sharp-tongued little maid.” He Xingyuan chuckled, “Have Lu Xingzhou come see me.”

“My young master is sleeping,” Pei Chuyun directly closed the door. “Really no family manners.”

He Xingyuan, who was given the cold shoulder, stood there dumbfounded. After several breaths, he finally reacted. He had been shut out by a maid, and even called ill-mannered!

The followers behind him were even more furious. Just as they were about to kick the door, He Xingyuan waved his hand to stop them and said faintly, “Don’t give them anything to use against us.”

The followers urgently withdrew their feet and said angrily, “This maid is too rude!”

“A mere maid wouldn’t dare be so presumptuous. This is Lu Xingzhou giving us a taste of his power,” He Xingyuan sneered. “Truly a rebellious child.”

It was funny to say, the more ambiguous Lu Xingzhou’s identity was, and the more he revealed that he fundamentally had no such intentions, the more the He family believed he was.

In the cultivation world, changing appearance was not too difficult to understand. On the contrary, it made the He family feel that this boy really forgot his ancestors. It was one thing to lose his surname, but he even lost the appearance his parents gave him, and was still so vain as to make himself look so handsome.

From beginning to end, they never thought about how excessive they were towards a concubine’s son in the first place.

Lu Xingzhou’s voice transmitted from the courtyard. “Wasn’t someone knocking on the door just now?”

The maid’s voice answered, “No, an old dog just bumped into the door, that’s all.”

He Xingyuan: “…”

Lu Xingzhou chuckled, “That’s not a good thing to say.”

After all, they were indeed related, and quite closely. If the He family were dogs, then he wouldn’t seem that clean either.

As a result, when He Xingyuan outside heard this, his face actually improved a bit. He finally opened his mouth again. “If Young Master Lu is awake, He has some matters to discuss.”

Footsteps transmitted from inside the door, and the door creaked open again. This time, what peeked out was a round, smooth little fat face. “Big uncle, who are you?”

“He Xingyuan.”

“Do you have a visiting card?”

He Xingyuan: “?”

A Nuo looked at him with disdain. “Indeed no family manners, you don’t even understand the basic etiquette of visiting people.”

He Xingyuan strongly suppressed his anger. “Lu Xingzhou, is this your attitude?”

Lu Xingzhou’s voice transmitted from the courtyard. “I told He Jin the other day, tell your esteemed self to bring a gift and beg me. Now you don’t even have a gift, not even a card. I refuse to see you. A Nuo, close the door.”

“Bang,” the courtyard door closed. He Xingyuan was given the cold shoulder for the second time.

There might have been many pedestrians on the street, carefully hiding to the side and watching the show, their expressions all very wonderful.

Lord He Hou being shut out twice by his “biological son” and getting snubbed, probably the old men and women in the capital could use this matter as a topic of conversation this month while cracking melon seeds.

The old men and women on this street were not just any old men and women. This inn was located near the Sheng Yuan Yao family on this street, not far from the Pei Residence. Basically, everyone who could live in the same area as them were court officials, and their identities were not low. It was even more impossible for He Xingyuan to forcefully rush into others’ courtyards in front of these people. He had to maintain some face.

He Xingyuan took a deep breath, his face alternating between green and white. He faintly instructed his left and right. “Go, prepare a gift, write a good visiting card, and visit formally.”