"You said your name is Mu Fengyun?"
In the mountain woods, Yuan Shu chatted with the man as she led him back. Hearing him state his name, she froze for a moment.
"I am indeed Mu Fengyun. I belong to the Mu Estate in the city, and I am also a disciple of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect. Is something wrong?" Mu Fengyun looked up in confusion.
Yuan Shu didn't say anything; her memories simply drifted back to the book.
She remembered... the person who took the demonic beast's attack for Long Yunhui was named Mu Fengyun!
To think the world was this small, and she had actually run into Mu Fengyun now?
That meant the Purple Mansion Spirit Ginseng that Long Yunhui had traded away from her last time was used on the man standing right in front of her?
Thinking of this, Yuan Shu suddenly understood everything.
No wonder this guy looked so frail and weak. So he was the one who saved Long Yunhui and made Long Yunhui owe him a favor!
It would be a miracle if someone who needed a Purple Mansion Spirit Ginseng to save their life was in good health!
That Purple Mansion Spirit Ginseng really was a good item. In just a short amount of time, this heavily injured man was already able to get up and walk around!
"Miss?"
"Oh, my name is Yuan Shu. I am... from the Medicine Cloud Peak of the Falling Immortal Sect."
Yuan Shu smiled and gave a brief introduction before changing the subject. "Given your looks and talent, young master... ahem, you do indeed attract the unwanted attention of the Joyous Union Sect. It would be best to bring more people with you in the future."
Mu Fengyun's cheeks flushed slightly. He hadn't expected to encounter such a major incident while going out today.
Those two Joyous Union Sect disciples were incredibly audacious, actually attacking him in broad daylight!
"I will engrave your life-saving grace in my heart, Miss. Please return to the estate with me, so I may properly reward you."
Yuan Shu thought about the energy and the cost of the medicine she had expended on this trip, and nodded in agreement.
Mu Fengyun's slightly lowered eyes lit up, and he stepped forward to lead the way.
...
Meanwhile, in the mountain forest, Su Lingxi used a special method to track the scent of mimosa flowers in the air as she made her way over.
She walked for a long time without finding any trace of the people she was looking for.
"Where on earth did they go? Those two damn fools, didn't they agree to come help me? I really wasted my time saving their master's life!"
Su Lingxi muttered indignantly. Finally, the mimosa scent in the air suddenly grew stronger.
She looked up, her gaze sweeping toward a cave hidden by trees on the left, and her eyes lit up. "Over there!"
Only Joyous Union Sect disciples knew this special scent-tracking method.
By chance, Su Lingxi had saved a Joyous Union Sect elder, who then taught her this tracking method.
Hearing that she needed help with something, the elder had even sent two disciples to follow her to the foot of the Falling Immortal Sect's mountain for her to order around.
This was the first time she had used a communication jade talisman to contact the two of them, but she received no response even after sending several messages in a row.
Unable to hold back, she could only come looking for them herself.
As she hurried into the cave, a foul stench immediately hit her face.
Su Lingxi frowned, covering her nose as she looked around. With one glance, she spotted two corpses partially covered in dirt.
Their figures and hair ornaments actually looked a bit like those two Joyous Union Sect disciples sent by their master?
Enduring her disgust, Su Lingxi walked over and kicked the two people in the dirt. When she saw their faces clearly, a wave of horror washed over her.
It really was them!
Why would they die here?
Was it revenge?
Or were they targeting her?
No, they couldn't be targeting her.
Absolutely no one knew that she had saved a Joyous Union Sect elder!
Then the scene before her shouldn't have anything to do with her, right?
Su Lingxi comforted herself, took a deep breath, suppressed the fear in her heart, and turned to leave. However, her foot accidentally kicked a piece of cloth.
The cloth was wrapped in dark red patterned brocade, showing that its owner cherished it deeply.
Su Lingxi frowned, crouched down, and pinched the cloth with two fingers. She patted the dust off it against the wall before unrolling it.
The five large characters "Withered Wood Plucking Art" caught her eye. Below them were various illustrations of yin-yang dual cultivation and the circulation method for this plucking technique.
Su Lingxi's eyes widened slightly, and she snapped the cloth shut with a smack.
In all her life, she had never seen such a thing.
It was like an erotic painting!
The materials the Joyous Union Sect used to teach their disciples dual cultivation were extremely explicit, featuring all sorts of postures.
Su Lingxi had only taken one glance, but the scenes she had just seen floated uncontrollably into her mind.
She shook her head, originally intending to throw the manual back, but driven by some inexplicable urge, she opened a corner of it again.
What caught her eye was a single sentence.
[Yin and Yang harmonize, spirit and desire cultivate together. One night of joyous union, and the Dao foundation is swiftly formed!]
The Dao foundation is swiftly formed?
This cultivation method could actually allow one to rapidly establish their Dao foundation?
Su Lingxi swallowed hard, carefully shifting a corner of the cloth again. Slowly, pages of blush-inducing, heart-racing images revealed themselves to her.
Practicing this method could actually allow the body to bend to such an extent?
Su Lingxi's cheeks were burning, and waves of heat washed over her body.
She had heard that dual cultivation was a pleasurable experience.
To be able to increase one's strength while engaging in dual cultivation was undoubtedly an attractive prospect.
During the time Yuan Shu had been away from Azure Cloud Peak, she had been working hard to gain the favor of her senior brothers.
Even though Yuan Shu was no longer at Azure Cloud Peak, her senior brothers still ignored her.
They had even shut the door in her face several times.
Ever since she exhausted all her efforts to enter the Foundation Establishment stage, her strength had not improved at all.
This had made her feel terrible for a while!
Perhaps, she could try this?
Su Lingxi's gaze fell on the cloth.
The Joyous Union Sect's cultivation methods were despised by the world, but if she practiced it secretly, as long as no one knew, wouldn't it be fine?
Moreover, there were also instructions on how to refine aphrodisiacs on it. In the future, if she really took a fancy to a male cultivator, plucking his vitality would be easy!
The more Su Lingxi thought about it, the more she felt this was a good idea.
She even suspected that the reason Yuan Shu was able to change the attitudes of her senior brothers was because she had used this Joyous Union Sect's charm art.
Otherwise, what did she use to manipulate her senior brothers?
Su Lingxi gritted her teeth, carefully folded the cloth, and put it into her cosmos bag.
...
"Seventh Junior Sister?"
In the reception hall of the Mu Estate, Long Yunhui had been waiting for a long time. He had just heard the gatekeeper report that Mu Fengyun had returned, so he stepped out to welcome him.
He didn't expect that when he looked up, he would see Yuan Shu following Mu Fengyun.
"You two... know each other?"
Mu Fengyun's eyes flickered. He looked at Long Yunhui, then at Yuan Shu, and his brow furrowed almost imperceptibly.
"Yuan Shu is my Seventh Junior Sister. No, my former Seventh Junior Sister. Now she is a guest elder of the Falling Immortal Sect's Medicine Cloud Peak!"
Long Yunhui scratched his head and explained briefly.
Mu Fengyun's tense body slowly relaxed. "So Miss Shushu used to be Brother Long's junior sister."
"Brother Long and I are best friends. I hope we can become good friends too."
Mu Fengyun smiled. His handsome, fair face carried an affectionate smile, and his voice sounded very different from usual.
Long Yunhui, standing to the side, blinked in utter bewilderment.
Why did it seem like Brother Mu's eyes were sparkling as he looked at Yuan Shu?
And why was he pitching his voice so sweetly all of a sudden?
Long Yunhui shivered.
