Ye Tinglan was so touched she felt clingy, and at this moment, her trust in the young man was unparalleled.

She never in her wildest dreams imagined that the conversation on the other side would gradually start to go awry not long after she withdrew her divine sense.

In fact, the very next sentence was already a little off. Dugujian Li lowered her head and mumbled softly, “You… treat her very well.”

“What, do you think I just desire her, or that I’m just trying to spite you?” Lu Xingzhou squinted at her. “Change your name. How about Bai Yu?”

Dugujian Li didn’t understand why he always included “Yu,” but her face uncharacteristically flushed, and she squirmed uncomfortably. “It’s… it’s not what you told me before…”

“I told you before, this is a matter between two people. If she’s unwilling, can I mind-control her? Do you really think she’s an ignorant maiden from a secluded chamber, easily tricked by a few sweet words?”

“Of course not…” Dugujian Li steadied herself and finally whispered, “You are quite worthy, but you already have a lover, isn’t that a bit… that…”

Lu Xingzhou asked, “You care about that?”

Dugujian Li flushed, not knowing how to answer.

She had no intention of finding a man, so what did she care about? Even if he had three palaces and six courtyards, she wouldn’t mind. The problem was Shifu; knowing that the other party had Shen Tang, what was Shifu thinking now?

Dugujian Li naturally didn’t know that Shifu harbored thoughts of forgetting her emotions later, which also meant that having three palaces and six courtyards wouldn’t matter. For Dugujian Li, this was the most perplexing point; she simply couldn’t imagine a scene of Shifu and Shen Tang fighting over a man, which would be the end of the world.

Especially since the identities of these two women were not as simple as ordinary women fighting over a man.

One a Princess of Daqian, the other a Guoshi of Daqian. If you two fight over a man, won’t Daqian first descend into civil strife?

But the parties themselves couldn’t possibly be unaware of these things. If they didn’t care, what could she, a little white-haired disciple, say?

After a long pause, she turned her head and said, “I don’t care at all.”

Lu Xingzhou asked, “You really don’t care?”

“Of course not.”

Lu Xingzhou’s smile seemed to hold a deeper meaning.

Dugujian Li: “?”

She suddenly realized, and angrily exclaimed, “I’m talking about her, not myself!”

“What about yourself then?”

“What does it have to do with me? You can find ten thousand women and it has nothing to do with me… Mmm, mmm…” Dugujian Li’s voice grew louder and louder. Lu Xingzhou suddenly reached out and covered her mouth.

Dugujian Li didn’t expect this scoundrel to suddenly attack. Just as she was about to resist, Lu Xingzhou’s voice urgently sounded, “Someone’s coming. Do you still remember what we’re supposed to be pretending?”

Dugujian Li: “…”

She was a Third-Grade, and Lu Xingzhou was still only a Fourth-Grade, yet Lu Xingzhou reacted to the outside commotion first.

Ye Tinglan’s imagined “pure and unblemished heart” of her disciple had actually long since collapsed when she was alone with a man discussing such topics. Her CPU was a tangled mess.

Now it was even more chaotic. The two were originally sitting side-by-side. Now, Lu Xingzhou had one arm around her shoulder and one hand covering her mouth. She was unconsciously struggling, a living image of a cold female swordswoman being forced, incredibly realistic.

Footsteps were already approaching from outside.

Lu Xingzhou whispered in her ear, “It needs to be more realistic. It’s best to seal your cultivation, but that’s too prone to errors, so we won’t do that. For now, just say that you’ve been poisoned by us and are being controlled. You need to act more convincingly.”

Dugujian Li said indignantly, “I can’t act.”

“You just need to not use your power; the rest can be played naturally,” Lu Xingzhou said, then leaned in to kiss her face.

Dugujian Li instinctively wanted to unleash her Qi to push him away but suppressed it, only using the strength of her body to push.

Lu Xingzhou grabbed her, and had already kissed her delicate, flawless cheek, which was cool and refreshing, like ice cream.

Dugujian Li knew what he meant by “it’s not like it hasn’t happened before,” but judging from the previous arrangements, it wasn’t supposed to happen, and she was calm inside, but then it suddenly did.

It had indeed happened before, and far more than that. There was tongue involved, which Shen Tang had never even experienced at that time!

That damned contact, Dugujian Li could have actually forgotten, it was just an accident, nothing to dwell on.

But Shen Tang’s three questions deepened the memory of her shame and anger. That was one thing, but what truly made her unable to forget it to this day was that the accident had boosted her cultivation.

At that time, she had only just reached Fourth-Grade not long ago, and was still a long way from the significant hurdle of Third-Grade. Logically, that disturbance to her mental state should have been a greater hindrance, making the Third-Grade hurdle even further away… but that wasn’t the case.

At that time, Lu Xingzhou, using an anti-replenishment method, had given her his own cultivation… and not only that, but combined with the result of Yin and Yang harmony, she received a tremendous boost. In the subsequent brief cultivation process, her Fourth-Grade cultivation rapidly increased, reaching the Third-Grade threshold by the time she went to the capital.

This was an extremely rare period of rapid growth in Dugujian Li’s life, even for someone who had been called a genius since childhood.

Dugujian Li’s physique was special, but it didn’t fully manifest in terms of cultivation speed; it was more about power. As for cultivation speed, although it was significantly faster than ordinary people, it couldn’t completely overwhelm other geniuses. On the contrary, compared to geniuses like Shen Tang and Pei Chuyun, due to her excessive coldness, she was a typical example of “isolated Yin cannot produce life,” and her cultivation speed was actually slightly hampered, making her less efficient than Shen Tang and Pei Chuyun.

When she first met Pei Chuyun, the little demoness was already in the Upper Fourth-Grade, while she was still far behind… yet their time to break through to Third-Grade was roughly the same.

The effect of that passionate kiss at that time accounted for at least seventy to eighty percent of this, not just a small boost.

This was it, the little white-haired girl now thought of that day every time she cultivated. It even brought up other associated memories, like the earlier wheelchair vibrations, which were so intense they made her wet.

Otherwise, why did she always feel so strange every time she saw Shifu sitting on his lap?

How easy was it to treat this man as just a passerby?

She thought it would be better after Third-Grade… and it was indeed much better. After Third-Grade, her mind became colder and more detached. After their parting in the capital, it seemed they had indeed managed to be fine on their own.

But then they met again, and it became like this.

She was kissed again, and she didn’t dare to struggle and hurt him. Her physical struggles, on the contrary, seemed more like foreplay, and made the man seem more aroused.

At least, that’s how it would appear to outsiders.

The little white-haired girl’s mind was in a mess, but she didn’t realize that Lu Xingzhou was actually quite polite; he merely restrained her from struggling, but the kiss remained only on her cheek, never truly reliving old memories.

Instead, it was the little white-haired girl herself who was thinking in her mind when he would use his tongue… and whether she should bite him…

With a “creak,” the door opened, and Ling Qixuan’s voice sounded, “Oh… I am truly sorry to have interrupted Lord Panguan’s pleasure.”

Lu Xingzhou raised his head, his eyes still carrying suppressed desire, though whether it was acting or not, no one knew. “Since Sect Master Ling knows he’s being impolite, why doesn’t he leave?”

With the outsider’s arrival, Dugujian Li struggled even more fiercely. Lu Xingzhou held her tightly and threatened in her ear, “Behave yourself.”

Dugujian Li glared at him, mortified.

Ling Qixuan smiled wryly. “Then I won’t disturb Lord Panguan’s enjoyment. This Ling will wait outside.”

He finished speaking and made a motion to withdraw.

“Never mind,” Lu Xingzhou said irritably, holding Dugujian Li tightly. “Thinking about someone waiting outside while I’m doing things, how can I let loose and enjoy myself?”

Ling Qixuan chuckled apologetically. “It was my oversight.”

“It was also I who sent Yinfeng to find you.” Lu Xingzhou motioned, “Sit. Let’s finish discussing the matter first.”

Ling Qixuan then apologized and sat down across the table.

Lu Xingzhou continued to hold Dugujian Li on his lap, not letting her go. Dugujian Li’s face was flushed with shame and anger. She instinctively struggled, but the way she dared not use force was incredibly realistic.

Completely natural acting.

Ling Qixuan had no doubts at all. He wouldn’t for the life of him imagine that the Panguan from before Yanluo Dian, a man who seemed to have left Yanluo Dian but could still walk alongside Yan Jun, was actually having an affair with the Tianyao Saintess…

But this white-haired girl’s cultivation didn’t seem to have been crippled… Combined with what Elder Yinfeng said about her being “given to Panguan by Yan Jun,” the current situation looked very much like the girl had been poisoned to make her unable to resist. Yanluo Dian was indeed a demonic path, and Yan Jun was outrageously depraved, giving women to his men to play with such things without even batting an eyelid…

Ling Qixuan coughed twice and initiated the conversation. “When Yan Jun rejected my proposal and even got angry, I thought Yan Jun wouldn’t dare to do anything to Tianyao’s direct disciple…”

Lu Xingzhou said, “Although Yan Jun and Tianyao Sacred Land are at odds, they have never formed a blood feud. Rashly dealing with their Saintess does not align with Yanluo Dian’s strategic plan.”

“Then, Lord Panguan, this is…”

“I’ve left Yanluo Dian now,” Lu Xingzhou said with a smile, extending his index finger to lightly tap Dugujian Li’s chin. “Yan Jun did release the Saintess, but I, Lu, admired her beauty and captured her back. That was my personal action, and it has nothing to do with Yanluo Dian.”

Ling Qixuan understood completely. It was done by a temporary employee, not Yanluo Dian’s business. Everyone understood such things and was skilled at playing along.

It was just that you actually liked this white-haired monster; your taste was really heavy.

“Speaking of which…” Lu Xingzhou scratched the little white-haired girl’s chin and leisurely said, “At that time, Yan Jun suddenly got angry and opposed Sect Master Ling’s proposal, and I didn’t have time to speak. In fact, I didn’t want to object. Sect Master Ling should have been able to tell?”

“Indeed, I did notice Lord Panguan’s hesitant expression at the time,” Ling Qixuan laughed. “So, what does Lord Panguan mean now?”

“Now I want to play with this little white-haired girl, but what happens after I’m done? If I let her go, I can’t bear her revenge; if I kill her, I don’t quite have the guts… Considering that Sect Master Ling seems to have a use for her, how about we make a deal?”

Ling Qixuan roughly knew what he was going to say. “Lord Panguan, please speak.”

“Sect Master Ling can first construct the grand array you desire, and when I’m tired of her, Sect Master Ling can use her as the array core. Of course, it must be kept secret, and Tianyao Sacred Land must not know.”

“When a direct disciple falls, Tianyao Sacred Land has methods like fate牌回溯…”

“Isn’t that something Sect Master Ling needs to consider? Otherwise, why would I give her to Sect Master Ling to fill the array core? Can’t I handle it myself?”

Ling Qixuan looked at Dugujian Li’s mortified expression, pondered for a moment, and then smiled wryly. “Lord Panguan is helping so much. Besides wanting me to clean up, what else do you want?”

“First, I get a little beauty. Second, I also want some sincerity from Sect Master Ling. Sect Master Ling can go back and think about it, what does Ice Prison Sect have that I like?” Lu Xingzhou said with a smile, “Let’s stop here for now. I want to enjoy myself. Sect Master Ling, please return. We can discuss this again tomorrow.”