71: Chapter 71 You actually want to... give me a bath?

Inside the room on Forgetting Love Peak, the steam was rising, as if even the air had been set ablaze.

Ye Qingwu's hand was pressed against Xu Chen's burning chest. Originally meant only to examine his meridians, it now felt as if it were stuck there by a magnet, impossible to pull away.

The sensation was far too real.

Firm muscles rose and fell with his breathing, and every heartbeat felt like a heavy hammer striking her fingertips, sending tremors all the way up her arm to her heart.

"Se... Senior..."

Ye Qingwu's voice trembled slightly. She wanted to pull her hand back, but she found that her strength seemed to have been softened by the soak in the hot water.

"What? Haven't you finished the examination yet?"

Xu Chen leaned against the edge of the bath barrel, tilting his head back slightly, his deep eyes flashing with a playful light. Instead of avoiding her, he deliberately puffed out his chest, making their contact even closer.

"I see Senior is examining me very thoroughly."

"Even here... you won't let it pass?"

Xu Chen's gaze followed Ye Qingwu's arm downward, finally resting on her jade-like hand, which had unknowingly slipped down to his abdominal muscles.

Boom!

Ye Qingwu felt a buzzing in her head, and her entire face instantly turned so red it looked as if it might drip blood.

She finally realized with horror that her hand had unknowingly 'crossed the line'!

"I... I'm doing this to check your Qi Sea!"

Ye Qingwu jerked her hand back as if she had been electrocuted, stammering out a defense.

"The Qi Sea is where spiritual energy gathers... it's the most likely place for problems to occur..."

"Oh—"

Xu Chen elongated the sound, wearing an 'I understand' expression.

"So that's how you check a Qi Sea by touching it like that."

"It seems Senior not only has superb swordsmanship, but your 'Bone Reading' technique is also top-notch."

"Xu Chen! Shut up!"

Ye Qingwu was dying of shame and indignation. As the grand Supreme Elder of the Sword Sect and a powerhouse of the Saint Realm, when had she ever been teased like this? And by a junior she had just met!

This was simply... simply outrageous!

"Fine, fine, fine, I'll shut up."

Xu Chen raised both hands in a gesture of surrender, but as he lowered them, he 'accidentally' kicked up a splash of water.

Splash!

The scalding medicinal liquid splashed out, accurately drenching Ye Qingwu.

The plain training robe she was wearing was already thin, and now that it was soaked by the medicinal liquid, it instantly became translucent, clinging tightly to her body.

In that instant.

Her graceful curves were completely exposed.

Her full breasts, slender waist, and those long legs that were trembling slightly due to panic...

Where was the Supreme Elder now?

She was clearly a peerless begonia just emerged from the water, delicate and dripping, tempting one to sin.

Xu Chen's gaze instantly froze.

Although the system rating was 99, this visual impact was definitely a perfect 100!

"You... what are you looking at!"

Ye Qingwu noticed Xu Chen's burning gaze and subconsciously tried to cover her chest, only to find that the soaked clothes couldn't hide anything at all. Instead, it only added to the 'trying to hide but only making it more obvious' temptation.

"Looking at the scenery."

Xu Chen didn't look away, but instead appreciated the view openly.

"Senior, this Nine Revolutions Body Refining Soup is indeed powerful."

"Not only can it refine the body, but it also has... X-ray vision."

"You! Shameless! Scoundrel!"

Ye Qingwu was so angry her whole body was shaking. She turned around to flee from this suffocating place.

"Don't go."

Xu Chen suddenly reached out and grabbed her wrist.

"Senior, the medicinal bath isn't finished yet."

"And..."

Xu Chen gave a slight, forceful pull.

The defenseless Ye Qingwu cried out in surprise as she lost her balance, her whole body lunging toward the bath barrel.

Although she managed to steady herself at the last moment by bracing her hands against the edge of the barrel, her exquisite face was forced right in front of Xu Chen's, the distance between them less than an inch.

They could even clearly feel each other's breath.

"You... what do you want to do?!"

Ye Qingwu's eyes widened as she looked at Xu Chen, who was inches away. Her heart was beating so fast it felt like it would jump out of her throat.

The Innate Alluring Bone inside her body seemed to receive some kind of summons at this moment, unexpectedly starting to heat up uncontrollably, making her whole body soft and unable to muster any of her Saintly dignity.

"I want to ask Senior something."

Xu Chen looked directly into her eyes, his voice low and raspy.

"I respected you as a master and wanted you to help me check my body."

"But what about you?"

Xu Chen's gaze wandered wantonly over her water-soaked neckline.

"Dressing like this and getting all handsy with me..."

"You actually want... to bathe me?"

"I do not!!"

Ye Qingwu screamed in shame and indignation, tears almost welling up in her eyes.

Wronged! She was being greatly wronged!

You were the one who took off your clothes and jumped in yourself! You were the one using such frivolous language! How did it turn into me wanting to bathe you?

"No?"

The corner of Xu Chen's mouth curled slightly as he suddenly leaned in close to her ear and whispered:

"Then why is Senior's heart beating... so fast?"

"Is it because..."

"You also want to try the benefits of that 'Special Constitution'?"

Boom!

Those words were like the last straw that broke the camel's back.

Ye Qingwu felt all the blood in her body rush to her head, and her rationality completely snapped.

"Xu Chen! Just you wait!"

She suddenly erupted with a surge of Saint spiritual energy, shaking off Xu Chen's hand, and then, like a startled rabbit, she dashed out of the room in a disheveled state.

She even forgot to close the door.

"Phew..."

Watching that figure flee in panic, Xu Chen didn't give chase. Instead, he leaned back comfortably into the bath barrel and let out a long sigh.

"Tsk tsk, this 99-point top-tier beauty is indeed something else."

"Even her escape is so graceful."

He scooped up a handful of hot water and splashed it on his face, the smile in his eyes growing deeper.

After tonight's ordeal, this high-and-mighty beautiful master's Dao Heart must be a total mess, right?

Once the Dao Heart is in chaos, is 'Falling into the Demonic Path' far behind?

"However..."

Xu Chen looked down at his own body, which had been stirred into a state of agitation, and gave a bitter laugh.

"Killing a thousand enemies at the cost of eight hundred of my own."

"It looks like I can only rely on this barrel of medicinal soup to cool down tonight."

...

At the peak of Forgetting Love Peak.

Ye Qingwu ran all the way to the edge of the cliff. Only when the cold night wind blew on her did her burning cheeks cool down a little.

She clutched her chest with both hands, gasping for air, but the scene from just now refused to leave her mind.

That man's bare chest, those eyes that seemed to see through one's heart, and that sentence... 'You want to bathe me?'

"Aaaaah! Bastard!"

Ye Qingwu shouted in shame and anger toward the sea of clouds.

"I, Ye Qingwu, swear! If I ever let you into my room again, I'll... I'll take your surname!"