47: Chapter 47 Silver Frost Fruit

[A secluded deep pool is hidden deep within the mountain forest, and you are immersed in the chilly pool water. Your plain white skirt spreads across the water surface like clouds and mist, a few strands of dark hair cling to your fair neck, and your entire person looks as ethereal and cold as a lotus emerging from the water.]

[It has already been the eighth day of entering the Wanshou Mountain Range. The battles of those high-level cultivators have nothing to do with you. You vaguely guessed that you all seem to have been used as bait, but so what?]

[Without strength, you deserve to be at the mercy of others.]

[In addition, the sect's second batch of reinforcements has arrived, and the preceding members of Doujian Peak can choose to retreat.]

[You did not leave directly. After shaking off the entanglement of your infatuated junior sister Zhou Xiaonuan, you wandered around the periphery of the Wanshou Mountain Range to see if you could stumble upon any opportunities.]

["This junior brother~ You have been following me all the way, aren't you going to come out and meet?"]

[Amidst the misty water vapor, you suddenly turned your head and smiled, a trace of slyness hiding in the depths of your eyes.]

["Teacher, have I been discovered?"]

[On the treetop two hundred meters away, Lin Bufan, who was hiding in the shadows, felt a shock in his heart.]

["Indeed."]

[The Ring Old Man gloated.]

["This female should have consumed heaven-and-earth treasures that enhance divine sense. This old man told you long ago that you could just confess honestly. You insisted on being coy and hesitant, and now I'm afraid you are regarded as a peeping lecher."]

[Hearing this, Lin Bufan awkwardly touched his nose. After locking eyes with your gazing eyes, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and come to the pool's edge.]

["Is it pretty?"]

[Seeing that he was still staring intently at the water, the corners of your eyes lifted, and the smile in your eyes deepened.]

["Very... Sorry."]

[Seeming to finally realize his behavior was inappropriate, Lin Bufan reluctantly turned around. With the teacher present, he wasn't worried about being sneak-attacked.]

["Heehee~"]

[A soft chuckle rang out, immediately followed by rippling water sounds.]

["Alright~ Junior brother, you can turn around now."]

[Hearing your voice, Lin Bufan hurriedly shook his head.]

[After turning around, his heart felt inexplicably disappointed. You before him were already fully dressed, calmly sizing him up.]

[The previous teasing seemed to be just an illusion, and the flirtatious scenery he imagined did not appear either.]

[You naturally knew what this kid was thinking, but the more easily something is obtained, the less worthless it is. And the more high-and-mighty the fairy is, the more it can arouse people's desire to pull her off the altar.]

["Junior brother, if you have something to say, you can say it directly."]

[Seeing him display a conflicted expression, you chuckled inwardly, but kept a strictly professional tone on the surface, as if it were just the most normal communication between fellow disciples.]

["Senior... Senior sister, I..."]

[The man's delicate face flushed red. Seeing that you had no intention of holding him accountable for the previous matter, he finally gritted his teeth and said loudly:]

["I want to dual cultivate with you!"]

["Why?"]

[Your brows and eyes lowered, your tone as usual, as if you were merely asking: Have you eaten?]

["I have practiced a secret technique capable of seeing through Senior Sister's constitution."]

[!!!]

[You abruptly raised your gaze, your eyes filled with incredulous shock, and an undisguised killing intent swept out like a cold wave.]

[Lin Bufan's expression changed drastically, and he subconsciously took two steps back, rapidly assuming a defensive posture.]

["On what grounds?"]

[Your tone grew a bit colder, but the hand tightly gripping the sword hilt relaxed again, as if suppressing your killing intent.]

[Seeing that you didn't directly make a move, Lin Bufan quietly breathed a sigh of relief and quickly spoke:]

["I can produce things that Senior Sister needs in exchange."]

["Oh? What item?"]

[Seeing your skeptical expression, Lin Bufan spoke with confidence:]

["An extremely profound body-refining cultivation technique and a thousand-mile escape talisman."]

[This guy actually wants to get it for free!]

[You secretly complained in your heart. You already had cultivation techniques, and although the thousand-mile escape talisman was precious, having more of them was just so-so.]

[It seemed this Son of Fortune who had not yet grown up had been almost hollowed out by you.]

[Seeing you remain silent, Lin Bufan panicked inwardly and continued speaking:]

["Or Senior Sister can propose what is needed, and this junior brother will do his best to find it for you."]

[Improving aptitude was certainly important, but Lin Bufan wouldn't say that out loud. He was even more lusting after this senior sister's... figure and beauty.]

["I don't need body-refining cultivation techniques, and I also have a thousand-mile escape talisman."]

[Seeing him show regret, you hid the smile in your eyes before continuing:]

["I need heaven-and-earth treasures with yin-cold attributes. If they are precious enough, I can agree to do... dual cultivation with you."]

[By the end, it seemed hard for you to speak of, but you still lightly bit your red lips and agreed.]

[Hearing this, Lin Bufan's body shuddered.]

[Then, an egg-sized fruit that was snow-white all over, with light blue spiritual patterns flowing across its surface, was handed before your eyes.]

[silver frost fruit!]

[Your eyelids twitched, and you hurriedly suppressed the excitement in your heart.]

[Growing in extreme yin places, it blooms once every hundred years, bears fruit once every three hundred years, and matures only after another thousand years. It is extremely hard to find, and it is precisely the main medicinal material for that body-refining cultivation technique to break through to the second stage.]

["Senior Sister, is this enough?"]

[Seeing him look extremely nervous, you pondered inwardly.]

[This item should be the best spiritual object he could possibly produce. Even if there were better things, they were presumably related to his own Dao path and he would never take them out.]

[Oh well, being able to obtain the silver frost fruit is already a huge profit.]

["Yes."]

[After a long while, amidst Lin Bufan's increasingly disappointed gaze, your pretty face flushed red, and you gently nodded.]

["Really? That's great!"]

[Lin Bufan's face turned joyful, and he hurriedly handed the silver frost fruit into your hands. Perhaps feeling it wasn't enough, he took out another thousand-mile escape talisman and shoved it over.]

[You lowered your head and obediently accepted them together.]

[At a time like this, you must absolutely not refuse the other party's good intentions, otherwise he would only think that you were looking down on him!]

["Then Senior Sister... When shall we..."]

[The next moment, under Lin Bufan's shocked gaze, you slowly retreated into the pool.]

[Come on, you beast. We are all good friends who know each other inside and out, what dates are there to pick?]

[Looking at the dissipating mist of desire, you gave him a charming smile.]

["Junior brother~"]

[You were only draped in a loose thin gauze, with your collar slightly open, revealing skin as delicate as jade. A morbid blush rose across your pretty face, your white teeth lightly bit your lower lip, and your flowing eye gaze shimmered brilliantly, making you look exceptionally pitiful and endearing.]

[Lin Bufan only felt his blood and Qi surge, and he actually plunged straight into the chilly pool water.]

[Splashes of water flew everywhere.]

["Ah~"]

[Accompanied by your soft cry, the pool water violently swayed.]

[The night wind suddenly rose, yet it could not smooth out the ripples on the pool's surface.]