165: Chapter 165: Setting a Trap for the Peak Master

Lin Zhirou's expression changed instantly!

"Who is inside?!"

She suddenly turned her head, staring at the inner chamber's door with a fierce gaze.

Cold sweat instantly poured down Xiao Yuan.

"No... No one!"

In his heart, however, he couldn't help muttering, "You Junior Martial Uncle Leng, you don't laugh early or late, but you laugh at a time like this! You're deliberately trying to make things hard for me!"

Lin Zhirou refused to believe it and walked straight toward the inner chamber.

Xiao Yuan wanted to stop her, but was glared back by a single look from her.

She shoved the door open...

Leng Youyue was squatting in the corner, covering her mouth, her shoulders twitching as she laughed so hard tears were almost coming out.

The two of them met each other's gaze.

The air suddenly fell silent.

Leng Youyue stopped laughing.

Lin Zhirou stopped speaking as well.

Xiao Yuan stood at the doorway, feeling like he wanted to die.

Lin Zhirou slowly turned her head to look at Xiao Yuan, her gaze indescribably complex.

"So... you said you were Cultivating just now? You mean... Cultivating... with her..."

As her words fell, a clear sense of sourness appeared in her eyes, along with an indescribable trace of loss!

Xiao Yuan opened his mouth, unable to utter a single word.

Leng Youyue stood up from the corner, patted her skirt, and said with an innocent face, "I just came to ask a question, and I was about to leave."

"Ask a question?" Lin Zhirou sneered. "You asked it all the way into the inner chamber?"

"I... I got lost!"

"Lost? With your Golden Core cultivation, you got lost in a palm-sized Immortal Cave?!"

Leng Youyue: "..."

Xiao Yuan: "..."

It was over, completely over.

Inside the Immortal Cave, Leng Youyue and Lin Zhirou were glaring at each other, on the verge of starting a quarrel...

"Dong!"

The Formation outside the Immortal Cave was triggered once again.

The three of them froze simultaneously. Xiao Yuan was completely numb. "Not again..."

Leng Youyue and Lin Zhirou looked at Xiao Yuan in unison, their gazes filled with grievance.

The meaning was clearly: "You brat, just how many people have you provoked?"

Xiao Yuan looked completely innocent, spreading his hands to indicate: "I really didn't provoke anyone! You all delivered yourselves to my doorstep!"

He raised a finger to his lips, motioning for the two to stay quiet.

The two women rolled their eyes at him, glared at each other once more, and reluctantly hid in the inner chamber.

Xiao Yuan closed the inner chamber door, took a deep breath, straightened his clothes, and walked over to open the Restriction.

However, a wave of doubt surged in his heart. "How come there was no sound this time?! The previous two both announced their identities."

With slightly knitted brows, he projected his Divine Sense past the Restriction to see who had come...

Then, he was completely dumbfounded.

Standing at the entrance was a figure in white clothes, with an ethereal and refined temperament, carrying a hint of majesty between her brows...

The Peak Master of Dan Peak, Peak Master Yun Ruowei!

Golden Core Peak, a woman who was almost at the half-step Nascent Soul stage!

Xiao Yuan's brain buzzed.

Peak Master?!

Why was she here too?!

No wonder there was no voice transmission earlier. Figuring she was a Peak Master, she probably felt embarrassed to speak up and simply waited quietly.

Xiao Yuan swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

If he guessed correctly, this Lord Peak Master was most likely here for the Dual Cultivation Technique as well.

Otherwise, why would a Peak Master run over to a mere Disciple's Immortal Cave in the middle of the night?

To drink tea?

But the problem right now was... he had already hidden two Golden Core Elders in his Immortal Cave!

If he didn't let her in, it wouldn't make sense.

If he let her in... and she found two others hiding in the inner chamber, that scene was simply unimaginable.

Although nothing serious would happen, the problem was that he would die of social awkwardness...

Xiao Yuan gritted his teeth and finally braced himself to open the Restriction.

The Immortal Cave door opened, and Peak Master Yun Ruowei walked in gracefully.

Dressed in snowy white robes with her hair pinned up high, she possessed an ethereal and refined aura, radiating an aura of "I am the Peak Master and I am very majestic."

After entering, she didn't speak, only looking calmly at Xiao Yuan.

Her gaze carried a hint of scrutiny and inquiry. Clearly, Xiao Yuan taking so long to open the Restriction had made her somewhat suspicious!

Xiao Yuan felt his hair stand on end under her gaze, and cold sweat was about to pour down.

Especially since he could clearly sense that Peak Master Yun Ruowei's Divine Sense had already swept through the Immortal Cave.

That was the Divine Sense of a Golden Core Peak expert! That was no joke!

His heart leapt to his throat... What if the Peak Master's Divine Sense probed into the inner chamber and discovered two Golden Core Elders hiding inside...

Social death would be getting off lightly; he would probably be branded a scumbag on the spot!

Xiao Yuan quickly spoke up, interrupting her Divine Sense probing: "Peak Master! Is there something you need me for?"

Peak Master Yun Ruowei frowned and withdrew her Divine Sense.

Indeed, randomly scanning someone else's Immortal Cave with Divine Sense was impolite. Even as a Peak Master, it was somewhat improper.

She looked at Xiao Yuan, opened her mouth, but stopped herself.

That expression was extremely complicated.

Xiao Yuan's heart beat wildly.

Well, judging by this posture, it was almost certainly for Dual Cultivation.

But the Peak Master was, after all, a Peak Master; she had her pride, her majesty, and couldn't lower her status.

Peak Master Yun Ruowei remained silent for a good while before recovering her cold and majestic appearance, speaking indifferently:

"How is the sorting of the dan bell Legacy progressing? Have you found a Medicinal Pill that can help this seat make a Breakthrough?"

Xiao Yuan's heart stirred.

His brain spun rapidly. Thinking of his own goal...

If he really helped the Peak Master find the Pill Formula to Breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Realm, once she broke through to Nascent Soul and her Witch Bloodline was completely activated, then his chances of performing Dual Cultivation with her to activate his own Bloodline would be completely gone.

A Nascent Soul powerhouse! They could crush him to death with a single finger!

Since she delivered herself to his doorstep, he had to take this opportunity to plant a seed in her heart! Make her seek him out for Dual Cultivation herself...

Xiao Yuan took a deep breath, a troubled expression appearing on his face.

"Peak Master, this Disciple has indeed found the Pill Formula for the Medicinal Pill."

Peak Master Yun Ruowei's eyes lit up: "Oh?"

Xiao Yuan continued, "However..."

"However what?"

"The Pill Formula states that if you use the Medicinal Pill to Breakthrough, the success rate is only thirty percent."

Peak Master Yun Ruowei's expression changed slightly. Thirty percent? That was far too low. The probability of failure was too high...

Seeing this, Xiao Yuan quickly added, "However, the Pill Formula also states that there are two methods to increase the success rate."

"What methods?"

"The first is to push the Golden Core Peak Realm to a higher Realm, infinitely close to Nascent Soul. When breaking through like this, the success rate can be increased to fifty percent."

Peak Master Yun Ruowei frowned. She had been stuck at Golden Core Peak for many years; how could advancing further be easy?

Although a fifty percent probability was a bit low, it was still a fifty-fifty chance...

However, what left her helpless was that although her cultivation was close to the half-step Nascent Soul, she... was still not at the half-step Nascent Soul.

Furthermore, she now found that trying to improve her cultivation was becoming increasingly difficult! By the time she raised her cultivation to be infinitely close to Nascent Soul, who knew how many years that would take?!

Now, the emergence of the dan bell had plunged Dan Peak into crisis; she... could not wait!

"What is the second method?" She looked at Xiao Yuan, her voice somewhat eager.

Xiao Yuan gave a dry cough, her heartbeat sounding like a drum, but his face remained deadpan.

"The second... is to receive support from powerful energy during the Breakthrough. Ideally, that kind of energy would have the harmony of Yin and Yang and the mutual generation of the Five Elements. In that case, the success rate can be increased to eighty percent, or even ninety or one hundred percent!"

After he finished speaking, he secretly observed Peak Master Yun Ruowei's reaction.