Although the Hehuan Divine Tree had already suppressed the Xiushe, the Xiushe was still fighting it for power.
If possible, the more dual cultivation power she gathered, the better and stronger it would be.
Since Ji Yun still had energy, there was no need for her to be coy.
Ji Yun's movements were a bit inexperienced, but it didn't hinder the result.
This time, without Yuan Shu needing to guide him, he knew exactly what to do!
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The air was still thick with the sweet, cloying scent of their aftermath.
The light green quilt on the bed was a mess. Ji Yun leaned half against the bedpost, his bare body covered only in the crucial areas by a corner of the blanket.
Yuan Shu had already left.
He drew in a sharp breath. He... he had clearly wanted to teach her a lesson, so why did it end up developing like this?
When Yuan Shu made her move on him, he could have stopped her a hundred different ways, so why hadn't he?
Instead, he had uncontrollably submitted to her.
Ji Yun closed his eyes. Thinking of everything that had just happened, his Adam's apple bobbed uncontrollably.
His face instantly burned hot.
After a long time, he parted his lips slightly, involuntarily lifting his neck as he murmured that name in a low whisper, Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu...
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Bang!
A sudden muffled crash echoed through the dim space of her divine consciousness.
The massive figure of the Xiushe was blasted away by the power erupting from the Hehuan Divine Tree, crashing not far away, its life or death uncertain.
However, the Xiushe had already formed a lifebound contract with Yuan Shu. Since Yuan Shu was fine, it was surely fine as well.
How is it? Yuan Shu's gaze fell upon the Hehuan Divine Tree.
I am fine, Shushu. Thankfully, the power you sent arrived just in time. The Hehuan Divine Tree sounded somewhat exhausted.
Evidently, it had expended a great deal of energy tangling with the Xiushe during this time.
Rest well. Leave that Xiushe to me for now.
Yuan Shu offered a few words of comfort, watching as it slipped back into a dormant slumber, before walking toward the Xiushe nearby.
The Xiushe belonged to the class of fierce beasts, notorious for its lustful and wicked nature.
That was why it had originally resonated with the origin power of the Hehuan Divine Tree, which was also a special type of magical artifact.
Like the Hehuan Divine Tree, this Xiushe also required the power of Yin-Yang dual cultivation.
The reason it contracted with her back then was likely because of this.
It was just that Yuan Shu's strength had been low back then. Even against the divine consciousness of the Xiushe, which had lost its physical body, she didn't have the power to withstand a single strike.
Therefore, she had no way to deal with it.
But now, it actually dared to attack the Hehuan Divine Tree!
Even if she couldn't completely eradicate it, she absolutely would not let it off easy!
Making up her mind, Yuan Shu formed hand seals and directly summoned the Red Lotus Purifying Fire.
The Red Lotus Purifying Fire held absolute deterrent power against both the physical bodies and the divine souls of demonic beasts.
Weaker demonic beasts would only shiver in fear the moment they sensed its aura.
Sensing this power, the Xiushe's divine soul snapped its eyes open, its tongue flicking with a hiss.
Ignoring the pain of its divine consciousness being blasted away by the Hehuan Divine Tree, it slowly backed away.
Yuan Shu snorted softly, having no intention of letting it go just like that!
In a lifebound contract between a human and a demonic beast, the beast could not harm the master, but as long as the master did not take the beast's life, anything else fell within the bounds of the contract!
With her current strength, using the Red Lotus Purifying Fire to scorch it back down to the size it was when they contracted was entirely possible.
Since it had grown in secret and suddenly attacked the Hehuan Divine Tree, she would beat it back to its original form. Let us see if it would still harbor any ulterior motives once its strength regressed!
The Xiushe clearly sensed Yuan Shu's intent. Its snake pupils narrowed slightly into vertical slits, and it turned to flee!
It was currently only a soul body, and it had lost a lot of power tangling with the Hehuan Divine Tree.
If it were truly scorched by the Red Lotus Purifying Fire, it would absolutely be knocked back to its original form.
All the time it spent sleeping and cultivating would be wasted!
Too late to run now!
Yuan Shu scoffed coldly. The Red Lotus Purifying Fire in her hands suddenly expanded, forming four walls of fire that pressed in toward the Xiushe!
A look of terror crossed the Xiushe's face as it turned and quickly slithered through her sea of consciousness.
But this was Yuan Shu's sea of consciousness. Earlier, afraid of hurting the Hehuan Divine Tree, she hadn't dared to use the power of her sea of consciousness. Now, she had no such reservations!
Yuan Shu lifted her eyes coldly, and the powerful pressure of her sea of consciousness bore down on the Xiushe!
The Xiushe's fleeing form suddenly stalled. In just an instant, it was firmly trapped in the center by the four walls of fire!
The Red Lotus Purifying Fire continued to press in on the Xiushe, the walls of fire extending or shrinking at her will.
No matter which way the Xiushe tried to escape, it was blocked by the fire walls a step ahead.
Alongside this, the absolute pressure of Yuan Shu's sea of consciousness glared down like a tiger watching its prey.
The Xiushe's expression changed. Coiling into a ball, its gaze darted constantly between the walls of fire and Yuan Shu.
Seeing that the walls of fire were about to touch its body, the Xiushe's vertical jade-gold snake pupils suddenly trembled and turned a pale pink.
A peculiar mental connection appeared in Yuan Shu's divine consciousness, like a taut bowstring being plucked.
Twang!
An indescribable wave of tingling pleasure radiated from deep within her body!
Yuan Shu's eyes widened slightly. Before she could react, another wave of tingling pleasure hit her!
She drew in a sharp breath, her knees buckling as she dropped to a half-kneel on the ground with a thud.
Immediately following was an increasingly intense and dense sensation, rippling through her body like waves of water.
This feeling... it was as if she had been dosed with an aphrodisiac?
No, even aphrodisiacs didn't produce such an intense sensation!
Yuan Shu herself was a master of playing with drugs. Whether it was for enhancing pleasure or capturing people, she had used them all!
But there had never been a drug that could cause such a fast, dense, and overwhelming reaction!
Even someone as battle-tested and experienced as her could barely withstand it!
Yuan Shu's body trembled, and the knee supporting her on the ground couldn't stop going weak.
The sensation was too intense, at least hundreds of times more potent than an aphrodisiac!
Her hand controlling the Red Lotus Purifying Fire shook. The fire that had just formed an enclosing trap shifted out of place, revealing a flaw.
The Xiushe's pink eyes lit up. Almost the instant the gap in the Red Lotus Purifying Fire wall appeared, it violently lunged out!
After gaining its freedom, it did not choose to continue fleeing within the sea of consciousness. Instead, deciding to go all the way, it darted to Yuan Shu's ankle and slithered up her pant leg!
The cool, jade-like snake scales gliding over her calf brought about a very peculiar tactile sensation.
Yuan Shu's body shivered, and her waist was immediately wrapped by the Xiushe's tail.
She gasped, opening her eyes wide in shock, her reflexes prompting her to try and pry the snake out of her clothes.
Another wave of extremely intense tingling pleasure surged from deep within her body.
Because this feeling was too overwhelming, Yuan Shu couldn't even control the soft moan that escaped her lips.
Spiritual energy brushed past her waist, and the sash around Yuan Shu's waist came undone, falling to the ground.
Master...
A clear, breezy male voice appeared in her mind, giving Yuan Shu a momentary flash of clarity.
But then she was swept up by the suddenly enlarged body of the Xiushe in front of her and dragged into the depths of her sea of consciousness.
...
Deep within the quiet, grayish-blue sea of consciousness, an incredibly massive ink-blue serpent was coiled into a ball.
In the center of the layers upon layers of entwined snake body, a glimpse of snow-white was faintly revealed.
If one looked closely, they could see that it was a pair of delicate woman's feet.
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