"Where did you catch it?"
Yuan Shu pretended not to know the identity of this spirit beast and reached out a finger toward it with a smiling face.
Seeing it was Yuan Shu, the little creature haughtily turned its head away, wearing an expression that clearly showed it didn't want to see her.
The smile at the corners of Yuan Shu's mouth deepened.
Su Lingxi didn't like Yuan Shu, so naturally, her spirit beast wouldn't like her either.
She reached out and tapped the spirit beast cage, giving a soft snort as she threatened, "Little thing, whether you live or die right now depends entirely on my mood."
"Giving me attitude? Believe it or not, I'll skin you, pull out your tendons, and boil you into a pot of soup later."
Xiaobai originally didn't take it seriously. After all, love me, love my dog; hate me, hate my dog.
Its master disliked Yuan Shu, so of course, it disliked her too.
But it never expected this Yuan Shu to be so hateful as to want to turn it into soup!
Xiaobai's expression changed, becoming visibly frightened. It shrank into a ball, watching Yuan Shu warily.
"It really is intelligent. You know how to be scared?" Yuan Shu curled her lips into a smile.
"It is indeed very intelligent. Earlier, when we went down the mountain, it kept following behind the group, seemingly wanting to find a master."
"After I noticed it, I casually set up a trap, lured it over, and caught it."
"It's quite silly, it got caught right away."
Seeing that Yuan Shu was interested, Shu Linyuan hurried to explain.
Xiaobai cowered in the corner of the spirit beast cage, looking as if it wanted to cry but had no tears.
It had followed its master Su Lingxi's orders to shadow Shu Linyuan.
But right now, it was merely a divine beast in its infancy stage, and it absolutely didn't dare to get too close to Shu Linyuan.
It hadn't been able to find any useful clues for its master.
It had even lost track of him several times before!
It felt that as its master's divine beast, this work efficiency was too low, so it thought about getting a bit closer.
It never expected that Shu Linyuan had discovered it long ago and deliberately set a trap, catching it in one fell swoop.
The spirit beast cage cut off its spiritual communication with its master. Even if it wanted to cry out for help, it couldn't!
Now it had even been caught by Shu Linyuan and presented to the enemy, Yuan Shu!
Boo hoo hoo, if it had known that tracking Shu Linyuan would lead to this, it wouldn't have done it for anything!
It was just an infant baby, it still needed its master's care.
Watching Xiaobai sob, Yuan Shu seemed to be able to guess what it was thinking at this moment and couldn't help but smile.
Little thing, quite unique!
Honestly, if it were someone else's spirit beast, she might have considered sending it back.
But since it was Su Lingxi's spirit beast...
No matter what it was doing following Shu Linyuan, since it was here, it shouldn't even think about going back!
She had heard that when this Snow Fluff Beast entered its growth stage, it would possess a special skill called Illusory Dreamscape.
She wondered if it was what she imagined it to be.
Yuan Shu was very interested.
"Thank you, Sixth Senior Brother, I like it very much."
Yuan Shu accepted it without any psychological burden.
Hearing this, the tears on Xiaobai's face flowed even more fiercely.
Good heavens, it had actually been delivered right into the enemy's lair!
Boo hoo hoo, if its master found out, she would definitely beat it to death!
After accepting the Spirit Fluff Beast, Yuan Shu casually tossed it into a corner of the room, covered it with a black cloth, and casually cast a barrier over it, preparing to leave it hanging for a few days.
After all, it was a spirit beast with a master; taming it wouldn't be easy.
Moreover, she remembered that Su Lingxi had already formed a blood contract with the Spirit Fluff Beast.
This was also a problem.
If she didn't want Su Lingxi to know the Spirit Fluff Beast was with her, she had to find a way to break this blood contract before letting it out of the spirit beast cage.
This blood contract was a type of pact between a spirit beast and a cultivator. After the blood contract, the spirit beast and the cultivator would be connected in mind, and within a certain range, they could communicate privately within their sea of consciousness.
There were many types of such contracted beasts, and the Spirit Fluff Beast was one of them.
Yuan Shu had just checked; the contract between the Spirit Fluff Beast and Su Lingxi was the most common master-servant contract.
Others might not have a way to resolve it, but Yuan Shu actually did have a method to break a master-servant contract.
It was just a bit troublesome.
"Shushu."
Shu Linyuan had originally wanted to wait for Yun Sheng to finish pouring the tea and leave before getting close to Yuan Shu.
But he didn't expect this handyman disciple Yun Sheng to have no tact at all. After pouring the tea, he just stood in the corner of the room like a block of wood.
It made his teeth itch with anger, but it wasn't appropriate to verbally scold him and tell him to leave.
He could only approach Yuan Shu looking aggrieved, reaching out to gently hold her hand.
Hearing his voice, Yuan Shu turned her head and saw Shu Linyuan looking pitiful. He cupped her hand, brought it to his cheek, and gently kissed it.
Yuan Shu's heart stirred. "Have you bathed?"
"Yes." Shu Linyuan nodded quickly.
Before coming to see Yuan Shu, he definitely had to scrub himself clean. How could he let Yuan Shu be disgusted by him?
Furthermore, this time, he had sneaked back a step ahead of Shen Qi.
All to see Yuan Shu first.
In those pitiful dark eyes, there was an obvious longing and hope.
Yuan Shu's lips curled up, and she glanced sideways at Yun Sheng behind her. "You may step down first."
Yun Sheng's Adam's apple bobbed. "Yes."
Almost the moment Yun Sheng turned to leave and pulled the door shut behind him, Shu Linyuan stood up and moved behind Yuan Shu.
He grabbed her wrist, used a little force, and pulled her directly into his embrace.
Taking advantage of the momentum, he sat on the edge of the bed, scooped Yuan Shu up with both hands, and settled her onto his lap.
"Shushu, I missed you so much."
He tilted his head back and gently kissed Yuan Shu's small, delicate chin. Seeing Yuan Shu's dazed expression, his heart stirred.
Holding her waist tightly, he kissed her lips.
The familiar scent of pear blossoms entered his mouth, carrying Yuan Shu's unique aura. It was like a seductive hook, sparking a fire that burned out of control.
Shu Linyuan kissed her passionately, his hands already misbehaving as they slipped from her waist to elsewhere.
Yuan Shu let out a soft moan and wrapped her arms around his neck.
Clothes scattered, and the creaking sound of the canopy bed soon rang out.
...
Outside in the courtyard, Yun Sheng, who was sitting cross-legged in meditation, woke from his cultivation state with a gloomy face.
He turned his head. Beneath his tightly furrowed brows, those beautiful and unique cherry-pink eyes stared unblinkingly in the direction of the door.
In the past, his strength was only at the first level of Qi Condensation, and he couldn't clearly hear the movements inside the room at all.
But now, with his improved strength came increasingly sensitive hearing.
He could hear every single one of Yuan Shu's soft moans crystal clear!
Jealousy and resentment bred within his chest. He felt miserable and in pain.
Shen Qi could get her love, and Shu Linyuan could also get her love. Only he...
He liked her very much too!
Yun Sheng clenched his fists and took a deep breath before he managed to suppress the anger in his chest.
Miss Yuan had said that once he reached the Foundation Building stage, he could, he could...
Thinking of Yuan Shu's beauty during her medicinal bath, his heart suddenly fluttered, and his body trembled slightly uncontrollably.
He could do it, he definitely could!
One day, he would definitely be like Shen Qi and Shu Linyuan, and obtain her love!
But right now, the most important thing was to cultivate diligently!
...
The night was dark and quiet, the moon climbing above the treetops. Suddenly, an unusual noise rang out from outside the courtyard.
It startled the two people in the room who were in the midst of their passionate entanglement.
"Shu Linyuan, get out here right now!"
