But upon seeing clearly that it was him, Yuan Shu breathed a sigh of relief. She casually tossed her short dagger back into her Divine Tree space and stumbled backward to sit on the chair behind her.
Opposite her, Ji Yun was still glaring with wide eyes. "Yuan Shu, you haven't answered me yet. What were you trying to do just now? Were you going to kill me?"
Yuan Shu frowned. Delaying for this amount of time seemed to have worsened the throbbing restlessness within her body.
Especially after hearing Ji Yun's voice, her craving for dual cultivation almost reached its peak.
She called out somewhat weakly, "Ji Yun."
Ji Yun was taken aback. Was this soft, powerless voice really something Yuan Shu would make?
Looking closely, he finally seemed to realize that something was wrong.
Why did Yuan Shu's complexion look so awful? Her exposed skin was flushed a deep red, and her body was trembling slightly.
"Ji Yun, take off your clothes."
She bit the tip of her tongue to force herself to stay awake, raising her eyes to stare straight at him.
Ji Yun snapped back to his senses, his eyes widening. "Wh-what did you say?"
"I said take off your clothes. Strip. I want to see you naked."
Yuan Shu spoke, her voice indifferent, yet uttering incredibly indecent words.
Ji Yun grabbed his own lapels, his eyes wide with horror. "Y-y-you, don't try anything funny!"
Even though they had been intimate many, many times—sometimes with Yuan Shu taking it by force, sometimes with him pestering her relentlessly, and other times with both entirely willing.
But, how could she just demand he strip the moment they met?
What did she take him for?
Seeing Ji Yun's disobedience, Yuan Shu furrowed her brows.
The throbbing of her body made it seem as though she couldn't even manage the action of standing up.
Otherwise, she would have already gone over and stripped him herself.
"Yuan, Yuan Shu, let's, let's talk, let's talk first..."
Perhaps Yuan Shu's gaze was too calm. Being stared at by her, Ji Yun's Adam's apple bobbed. His throat felt a bit dry, and he opened his mouth to squeeze out this dry sentence.
The next second, Yuan Shu suddenly smiled, looking at him with a hint of mockery in her eyes.
"You don't want to strip?"
Ji Yun bit his lip and didn't speak.
Even if he were to strip, it shouldn't be like this. He didn't come looking for her just for that kind of thing.
He was here for her as a person...
"Then forget it. I'll go find someone else."
Yuan Shu withdrew her cold gaze, clenched her fists, and supported her body to stand up from the chair, stumbling as she tried to walk outside.
Ji Yun, however, was frightened by Yuan Shu's words just now.
Find someone else?
Yuan Shu said she was going to find someone else?
No, on what grounds? Why should she go find someone else?
His heart tightening, Ji Yun took a large stride over and grabbed her wrist.
"Yuan Shu, do you have a heart? I, if I don't let you sleep with me, you go find someone else, you... mmph."
Ji Yun flew into a rage out of humiliation and was just about to curse at her.
But he didn't expect that Yuan Shu, who had stumbled from his pull, would steady herself, turn around, wrap her arms tightly around his waist, and tilt her head up to kiss him.
!
Ji Yun's eyes widened. In his daze, his lips and teeth had already been pried open.
The familiar scent of pear blossoms quickly surged over without reservation, accompanied by Yuan Shu's entanglement.
By the time he reacted, he was already uncontrollably catering to her.
Having not seen her for a while, his body missed her terribly!
It was just that he felt, besides his body, his heart also missed her, and he had just been preparing to express his longing.
He never expected Yuan Shu to be so impatient!
One of Yuan Shu's hands had already familiarly pulled open Ji Yun's lapels, stripped off his belt, and tossed it onto a nearby clothes rack.
Afterward, she took the initiative to embrace his lean waist, pressing her entire body against him.
Ji Yun was pushed back step by step by Yuan Shu until his back hit the room's door, his lips and teeth completely surrendering.
His mind began to go blank, and even his initial thought of wanting to talk to Yuan Shu was swallowed up by instinct at this moment.
In his mind, there was only that agile little tongue and the scent of pear blossoms enveloping him.
On this side, Yuan Shu couldn't be bothered to tease him much more. Seeing that the time was about right, she pulled Ji Yun and rolled onto the bed in the room.
A male cultivator delivered right to her door, and one she was already thoroughly familiar with at that.
How could she possibly let him go?
Ji Yun fell onto the bed, easily pinned beneath Yuan Shu. Amidst heavy breathing, pleasure arrived unexpectedly.
Ji Yun, "..."
It was like this again!
Yuan Shu had pinned him down again. She, she was ignoring his feelings again!
How, how could she be like this?
Ji Yun's face was flushed red, and for a moment, he didn't know if he was angry or seduced.
But soon, his brain slowly lost the ability to think, leaving only that swaying figure reflected in his vision.
...
"Deacon Ji, this is the Crimson Sun Sand newly dug out from another medicinal plant garden. It's a bit different from the previous batch. Shouldn't we go ask Guest Elder Yuan what's going on?"
Ji Qingyan had been very busy lately, so busy that he didn't even have time to go see Yuan Shu.
The Dark Frost Purple Radiance Grass in the medicinal plant garden required nourishment from wood-element spiritual energy every day.
There was also the Crimson Sun Sand appearing underground, the source of which needed to be found.
Having finally made it through this period, the Dark Frost Purple Radiance Grass had matured, and he directed the disciples in a successful harvest.
He had barely rested for a moment before the manager came over with the newly dug Crimson Sun Sand.
The new Crimson Sun Sand was no longer a uniform crimson red; it was mixed with some unknown black-gray substances.
Sensing it carefully with spiritual energy, there was a faint but very distinct fluctuation of dark-element spiritual energy.
"Guest Elder Yuan is highly knowledgeable and experienced. She previously identified the origin of the Crimson Sun Sand at a glance. She should have some idea about this new change in the soil," the manager explained.
Ji Qingyan examined the newly unearthed Crimson Sun Sand, hesitated briefly, and nodded.
"Alright, I'll go ask her personally."
The Peak Master had sent a message saying that something had also happened with the Crimson Sun Fire.
These mutated Crimson Sun Sands might be related to the changes in the Crimson Sun Cave. He had to figure it out as soon as possible!
It just so happened that the medicinal plant garden was fairly stable today, leaving him temporarily unoccupied.
After leaving a few instructions with the managers, Ji Qingyan headed toward Yuan Shu's guest elder courtyard.
Standing at the door, Ji Qingyan called out a couple of times. The courtyard was completely quiet, without a single sound.
The courtyard gate was ajar, yet it seemed like someone was home.
After a slight hesitation, he raised his hand, pushed open the gate, and walked in.
In the courtyard, the defensive barrier detected someone entering, and the transparent shield rippled slightly.
Ji Qingyan raised his hand and waved out a stream of spiritual energy, causing the barrier to quiet down again.
If Yuan Shu were in her normal state, she would definitely be able to sense this fluctuation.
But today's Yuan Shu was not normal.
It was also Yuan Shu's first time realizing that the lustful and wicked power of this beast soul could actually affect one's sanity!
Just how crazy she was acting toward Ji Yun was probably something only the victim, Ji Yun himself, knew.
The room was a complete mess. The clothes on Ji Yun's body had been reduced to strips of cloth during the tearing, scattered haphazardly across the floor.
On his body and neck were nail marks and bite marks, looking as if he had been in a fight, exuding a sense of brokenness amidst the decadent beauty.
The crimson-flushed corners of his eyes trembled slightly. As he turned his face away, a tear the size of a bean rolled down onto the pillow.
Even so, Yuan Shu did not let him off.
...
It was also Ji Yun's first time understanding why Yuan Shu had been able to grant him three days and three nights last time.
When Yuan Shu went crazy, three days and three nights probably wouldn't even be enough!
Just as the thought arose, his lips were once again blocked by Yuan Shu as she leaned down.
The faint scent of pear blossoms mingled with a seductive, bewitching fragrance, quickly shattering the sliver of reason he had only just managed to regain.
...
