Straight, slender long legs appeared unobstructed in his perception, illuminated by the fiery red light of the divine fire space.
Yao Qianci's eyes widened slightly. His divine sense involuntarily landed on the Chiyang Fire, following the path it crawled over.
The smooth, fair skin was as tender as a peeled egg, lingering with a faint body fragrance.
Yao Qianci's Adam's apple began to roll uncontrollably again, his eyes staring unblinkingly at Yuan Shu as her clothes gradually disappeared.
Until the Chiyang Fire crawled over everything, burning Yuan Shu's clothes to ashes.
Yao Qianci seemed to hear his own thumping heartbeat again.
His divine sense attached to the direction closest to Yuan Shu. With a casual lift of his head, he was met with Yuan Shu's fair and exaggerated curves.
This was not him taking advantage of her precarious situation; it was an accident brought about by the Chiyang Fire.
He was just... generously admiring!
Having lived for over two hundred years, although he practiced asceticism and had never had a female cultivator by his side, he was still a normal man.
Previously, he just wasn't interested in others.
But now, he clearly felt the throbbing of his body.
That strong desire to get closer, and closer still, made his emotions surge.
He thought of the kiss from before, the seductive scent of pear blossoms seeming to dissipate between his lips and teeth again.
Yao Qianci took a deep breath, his perception landing on the cluster of medicinal plants controlled by Yuan Shu.
At that time, the medicinal plants were almost fully condensed, and it was time for the pill fusion stage.
With a thought, a slight fluctuation bloomed and rippled in the medicine cauldron, landing on the cluster of medicinal plants and shaking it so much that it began to split!
In the next second, Yuan Shu had already furrowed her brows and hugged the medicine cauldron again.
She only had one set of ingredients for refining the Cloud-Piercing Barrier-Breaking Pill. If she failed to form the pill this time, she would have to refine it again later!
Yuan Shu did not dare to be the slightest bit careless.
Yao Qianci's eyes curved in a smile, and his divine sense quietly attached itself to the place where Yuan Shu was embracing.
He sniffed deeply, letting that alluring pear blossom scent slowly fill his divine sense.
If he wasn't afraid of being discovered by Yuan Shu, he would have even wanted to groan in pleasure.
...
Yuan Shu seemed to feel that faint, teasing sensation again. It was very light, and upon careful feeling, it seemed as if it wasn't there.
She frowned and looked down; the Chiyang Fire was hovering in front of her chest.
?
No, could it be the Chiyang Fire's doing?
Is this guy really a perverted fire?
However, if it really was it, Yuan Shu was actually less nervous.
She had the Red Lotus Purifying Fire in her body. If the Chiyang Fire wanted to hurt her, the Red Lotus Purifying Fire would not allow it!
Yuan Shu breathed a slight sigh of relief, gathered her thoughts, and focused all her attention on fusing the pill.
Finally, the fragrance of a completed pill came from the medicine cauldron again.
As a tier-five pill, this fragrance was on par with the Clear Spirit Heart-Protecting Pill from just now.
Taking a few more breaths could prolong one's life!
Inside the alchemy room, the gathered elders looked at Yao Qianci, who was sitting cross-legged in meditation, and then at the place where Yuan Shu was previously.
They couldn't help but open their mouths to take large gulps of the pill fragrance permeating the air.
"It's the Cloud-Piercing Barrier-Breaking Pill! To think Guest Elder Yuan actually succeeded in refining this ancient recipe again, it's truly astonishing!"
"As expected of the guest elder highly regarded by the peak master. This strength is truly enviable!"
"The peak master has great judgment, his eye for talent is truly accurate!"
"Indeed, indeed..."
Within the divine fire space, Yuan Shu looked at the eight Cloud-Piercing Barrier-Breaking Pills that flew out of the medicine cauldron again and smiled in gratification.
After going out, she would hand one over to the Chiyang Hall, and she could keep the remaining seven.
Tier-five pills were not cheap.
It was another windfall, very nice!
The corners of Yuan Shu's mouth curled up, but she didn't know that Yao Qianci inside the medicine cauldron was looking shocked.
Another one hundred percent success rate, and another perfect eight tier-five pills. Just what kind of astonishing pill formation rate did Yuan Shu possess?
How could she be so outstanding?
Yuan Shu put the refined pills back into the divine tree space and conveniently took out another set of clothes.
Just as she was about to put them on, she caught a glimpse of the Chiyang Fire wrapped around her ankle out of the corner of her eye.
Yuan Shu, "..."
With this perverted fire around, even if she put on these clothes, they would probably be reduced to ashes again later.
After a slight hesitation, to avoid losing another set of clothes, Yuan Shu put the clothes back into the divine tree space.
Anyway, there was only her and this cluster of fire in this space.
There was no one else to see, so whether she wore clothes or not didn't really matter.
Thinking this, Yuan Shu patted the medicine cauldron in front of her, and then flicked the Red Lotus Purifying Fire towards the bottom of the medicine cauldron again.
The medicine cauldron heated up again, and Yuan Shu also arranged the ingredients she had just taken out for refining the Profound Dao Comprehension Pill one by one.
When the temperature of the medicine cauldron was just right, she picked up the ingredients at hand, threw them into the medicine cauldron one by one, and began to condense them.
This process went very smoothly, and the spiritual energy released from the medicine cauldron assisted her in condensing them very quickly.
Until it was time to fuse the pill again.
The familiar surge of energy came once more. Without needing to say a word, Yuan Shu naturally hugged the medicine cauldron again.
Yao Qianci's body tightened. Almost the instant Yuan Shu hugged it, he sent his divine sense to meet her.
The pill fusion began, and Yuan Shu concentrated all her attention on controlling the cluster of medicinal plants.
Yao Qianci originally wanted to force himself not to disturb her, but upon making eye contact with those curves that were close at hand, his Adam's apple bobbed, and he had already uncontrollably leaned in.
If today passed, there would never be another chance like this to get close to Yuan Shu.
If he was gentle, it shouldn't affect Yuan Shu.
What's more, he had the cover of the Chiyang Fire on the side.
Yao Qianci's long eyelashes trembled, his divine sense rising and falling with her chest, his whole person tense to the extreme.
Yuan Shu felt that faint touch again. Looking down, the Chiyang Fire had wrapped itself around her once more.
"Hiss."
She gasped in a breath of cold air. Did this perverted fire only pick the time when she was fusing pills to tease her?
Anger rose in Yuan Shu's heart. She distracted herself to control a wisp of the Red Lotus Purifying Fire to overflow, pushing the Chiyang Fire on her chest down.
But...
That faint touch did not disappear.
?
Yuan Shu's eyes widened slightly. It wasn't the Chiyang Fire?
Her gaze landed on the medicine cauldron in front of her.
No way, is this a perverted cauldron too?
What kind of pervert nest had she poked into?
Yuan Shu frowned. However, at this very moment, the cluster of medicinal plants was still under her control, and she had no extra spiritual energy to care about these things.
Taking a deep breath, she suppressed the anger in her heart and focused on fusing the pill.
...
Yao Qianci originally only wanted to secretly and gently touch her, but it seemed he accidentally failed to hold back his strength and was a bit too heavy.
He saw the faint red marks appearing on the fair skin in front of him.
He was so startled that he instantly sobered up.
He carefully looked up at Yuan Shu's face and, seeing no signs of anger or displeasure, finally breathed a slight sigh of relief.
Did she not notice?
Thinking about it carefully, it made sense. At such an important time as pill fusion, Yuan Shu should be devoting her entire mind and spiritual energy into fusing the pill, so it was completely normal for her not to notice this small anomaly.
Then could he be a bit bolder?
Yao Qianci's eyes flickered.
After today, he would still be Peak Master Yao of Yaoyun Peak, and Yuan Shu would still be Guest Elder Yuan of Yaoyun Peak.
They could only stop at courtesy.
Yao Qianci's gaze landed on Yuan Shu's small face.
Her eyes were closed, her long, curled eyelashes covering the bottom of her eyes, casting a faint layer of shadow.
On her small, melon-seed-shaped face were charming and lovely features.
Her expression was calm; she indeed hadn't noticed anything unusual.
Since that was the case...
