230: Chapter 230 (Part 1): Everything is ready

Wu Yaoyao walked lightly to Ye Xuan's side. Her eyes, clear as water, gazed at him, revealing a hint of concern.

"Little girl, that was just a Huangxuan Realm evil cultivator! Why did you block the way in front of your brother so unhesitatingly just now?"

Ye Xuan stroked Wu Yaoyao's hair with deep affection, his gaze locked tightly onto her beautiful eyes as he asked softly.

Wu Yaoyao blinked her bright, large eyes and replied with a look of pure innocence, "Because Mengyao has a talisman gifted by Master, it can launch an attack at the Huangxuan Realm level!"

Ye Xuan frowned slightly after hearing this, unable to help but complain about Wu Yaoyao's master, "Only a mere Huangxuan Realm talisman? Your master is really stingy! Here, take these; these are Quasi-Saint Realm talismans."

As he spoke, Ye Xuan unhesitatingly pulled a large handful of Quasi-Saint Realm talismans from his robes and stuffed them all into Wu Yaoyao's hands.

Wu Yaoyao immediately felt a bit shy. She hesitated for a good while before finally, carefully putting the talismans away.

On that immortal peak, where immortal flowers bloomed everywhere and clouds swirled, stood a magnificent palace made of a Half-Emperor weapon.

Three beautiful figures sat around a jade table, as if they had descended from an immortal realm into the mortal world.

One of the immortals wore a peach-colored glazed immortal dress, with a thin, peach-colored veil covering her face. She was clearly the current head of the Luo Shen Clan, Luo Li—the Luo Shen.

Sitting opposite her were two women dressed in dark cyan immortal dresses.

The elder immortal had a graceful figure and skin as fair as snow. Although she wore a cyan veil, it could not hide her refined and otherworldly beauty, and she exuded an ethereal, transcendent aura.

At this moment, she was focused on playing a game of black and white Go with Luo Li.

As for the younger immortal, she was petite, delicate, and endearing.

She was chewing on a sweet, delicious immortal fruit from the jade table, her large, lively eyes blinking, and from time to time, she revealed two small, snow-white fangs.

"Hmm..." Just as Luo Li was fully focused on playing chess with the elder immortal opposite her, her lips suddenly curled up involuntarily, and she let out a low murmur.

This whisper was faint, yet it seemed to contain endless charm, making one unable to help but be captivated by it. At this moment, she was suffused with a faint, lazy aura, making her appear even more charming and enchanting, stirring the heart and soul.

"What's wrong?" Hearing the sound Luo Li made, the elder immortal who was playing chess looked up and asked with concern.

The elder immortal, wearing a bright, flame-like red glazed immortal dress, suddenly paused with the black chess piece she had been holding high. A trace of doubt appeared in her eyes, and she turned to look in the direction the strange sound came from—which was exactly where Luo Li was.

At this moment, the petite and cute immortal who was eating the immortal fruit with great relish also paused for a moment, but quickly returned to normal. She extended her fair, jade-like, slender hand, grabbed another crystal-clear immortal fruit from the exquisite jade table, put it into her mouth, and began to chew slowly.

"Sister Xiaoxi, I feel like someone is whispering about me!" Luo Li, wearing a tender, beautiful peach-colored immortal dress, murmured softly, as if talking to herself.

"Why would you make such a strange sound?" Holy Master Yan Xiaoxi, wearing a thin, dark cyan veil, responded with a slightly playful tone.

"Could it be... that this is the destined love trial I must experience?" Luo Li's heart tightened. On her stunningly beautiful face, hidden beneath the peach-colored veil, a trace of faint worry emerged, and her charming peach-blossom eyes were filled with a hint of sorrow.

"You, worrying all day long, afraid that the love trial will descend. But as far as I know, you haven't stepped a single step out of the Luo Shen Clan, right?" Holy Master Yan Xiaoxi's beautiful eyes paused slightly, and then she teased Luo Li mercilessly.

"Sister Xiaoxi, I'm just worried that if I go out, I'll encounter the love trial!" Luo Li replied coquettishly.

"A hundred years ago, my mother spared no expense, using a precious, incomparable divine medicine—the Beauty-Preserving Flower—to ask the previous Heavenly Secret Pavilion Master, who had already reached the Ninth Layer of the Saint Realm at that time, to calculate my destiny. That highly respected Heavenly Secret Pavilion Master asserted that after I came of age, I would encounter a [Love Trial]. This trial would be both a trial of emotion and a trial of life and death. Only by hiding within the Luo Shen Clan could I avoid this tribulation. And when my mother passed away, she repeatedly urged me never to step a single step out of the Luo Shen Clan. Sister Xiaoxi, you naturally know about these things!" Luo Li recounted softly, her words revealing a hint of helplessness and sorrow.

Hearing this, Holy Master Yan Xiaoxi could not help but feel pity for Luo Li. Poor child, she had not left the Luo Shen Clan a single step since she was born.

"That old fellow, the previous Heavenly Secret Pavilion Master, was indeed extremely accurate in his calculations," Holy Master Yan Xiaoxi sighed.

"However, Sister Xiaoxi, what is the reason for your visit this time? Could it be that you came specifically to keep me company and help me relieve my boredom?" Luo Li held a jade-white chess piece and elegantly placed it onto the sacred chessboard.

"Hmm... how should I put it? Recently, I accepted a new disciple named Ye Qingxian, who is an absolute little glutton. When she heard that the Luo Shen Clan has magical immortal fruits and fragrant spirit wine, she made a fuss and insisted on coming to take a look!" Holy Master Yan Xiaoxi explained with a smile.

Holy Master Yan Xiaoxi gently pointed with her slender, jade-like finger, and the little immortal, who was eating the immortal fruit with great relish, came into view.

"Qingxian, feel free to open your heart and taste these immortal fruits! I can't say much else, but I definitely have enough immortal fruits here!" Luo Li, dressed in a peach-red immortal dress with a graceful figure, looked at the ravenous Ye Qingxian with a smile. Her beautiful eyes, like blooming peach blossoms, revealed an air of magnanimity as she spoke softly to Ye Qingxian.

"Mm-hmm, thank you so much, Sister Luo Shen!" Ye Qingxian's mouth was as sweet as if it had been smeared with honey. She responded sweetly, then quickly grabbed another crystal-clear immortal fruit, put it into her mouth, and chewed it happily.

Surprisingly, from the moment she started eating until now, she had already swallowed nearly a dozen immortal fruits, but her round little belly seemed to have no change, as if it were a bottomless pit that could never be filled.

Hearing Luo Li's words, Holy Master Yan Xiaoxi's mouth, hidden beneath the dark cyan veil, could not help but twitch slightly. She looked helplessly at the little glutton Ye Qingxian in front of her, secretly complaining in her heart: "If she keeps eating like this, I'm afraid it won't be long before I'm eaten poor by this cute disciple of mine!"

"She truly lives up to the legendary Forbidden Physique—the Devouring Demon Body!" However, when noticing the divine physique aura emanating from Ye Qingxian, a trace of emotion flashed in Holy Master Yan Xiaoxi's beautiful eyes.