207: Chapter 207 How could I have fallen in love with this scoundrel!

This made his attitude toward Nangong Zili even more tolerant.

Furthermore, Ye Changge never expected that just a few sessions of Dual Cultivation would be enough to make this Core Formation Female Cultivator fall in love with him.

Who was Nangong Zili?

She was the Spider Gu Envoy of the Five Gu Sect, a Core Formation True Person, a formidable existence who had traversed the Cultivation World.

She was not some naive young girl fresh out of the gate, nor was she one of those gullible simpletons easily deceived by sweet words.

She had her own pride, her own persistence, and, more importantly, her own judgment.

How could such a woman easily lose her heart because of a few intimate encounters?

Moreover...

Ye Changge's mouth twitched slightly as he recalled their encounters during those first few days.

Back then, he had humiliated her in every possible way.

Furthermore, if it weren't for the Love-Locking Gu, he suspected that given Nangong Zili's temper, she would have long since slapped him to death.

How would she ever have engaged in Dual Cultivation with him?

However...

Ye Changge looked at Nangong Zili's stunning face, which was slightly flushed with shame and anger, and a trace of warmth welled up in his heart.

He could feel that her attitude toward him had slowly begun to change.

She was no longer as resistant as before. When she was lost in passion, she would even actively cooperate with him, wrapping her arms around his neck and letting out suppressed, melodious moans.

Although she always turned cold and aloof afterward, those moments of tenderness were real.

This gave Ye Changge some hope.

"Fine, fine, woman."

Ye Changge sighed and said in a helpless yet doting tone:

"You really do turn cold the moment you pull up your skirt."

"Hmm?"

Nangong Zili let out a cold snort from her delicate nose, her beautiful eyes narrowing as she glared coldly at Ye Changge.

She was currently in the aftermath of their intimacy, her face peach-blossom pink, the corners of her eyes still lingering with unspent passion. Her hair was disheveled, her clothes half-open, revealing a large expanse of skin as white as jade.

On her stunning face, the flush from their recent intimacy still remained, and her moist red lips were slightly pouted, carrying a hint of feigned anger.

This appearance, paired with the cold gaze she deliberately put on, had no deterrent power at all; instead, it added a touch of lazy, seductive charm.

To Ye Changge, it could be said that she had absolutely no dignity at all.

He even felt that this version of Nangong Zili was even more... enticing than the cold, aloof, and distant Spider Gu Envoy he saw on ordinary days.

He looked at her flushed face, gazed into her peach blossom eyes that contained anger yet could not hide their watery luster, and watched her slightly heaving, full chest, and an impulse could not help but surge in his heart—

He wanted to pin her down again and "cherish" her properly.

The word "tame" flashed through his mind, and Ye Changge quickly shook it away.

He certainly didn't want to be slapped to death by this Core Formation True Person.

Although Nangong Zili looked soft and vulnerable right now,

that was due to the influence of the Love-Locking Gu, combined with the lingering aftereffects of their Dual Cultivation.

As soon as Ye Changge said those words, he knew he was in trouble.

Sure enough.

Nangong Zili's peach blossom eyes, which had been filled with anger and allure, instantly turned cold, and a bone-chilling intent emanated from her phoenix eyes.

A cold snort escaped from her delicate nose—

"Hmm?"

Before the sound had even faded, a massive wave of Spiritual Pressure pressed down on Ye Changge without mercy.

That was the unique Spiritual Pressure of a Core Formation True Person. Unlike the sharp, exposed edge of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, it was like a mountain or a peak—heavy, vast, and carrying an overbearing aura of "I am the world."

Ye Changge's expression shifted slightly, and his body sank abruptly.

It felt as if a small mountain were pressing directly onto his back.

However—

The gap was too large.

"It seems the gap between Foundation Establishment and Core Formation is even greater than the difference between Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment." Ye Changge smiled bitterly in his heart.

He was now at the Foundation Establishment Second Layer with a perfect Dao Foundation, and he was cultivating the Immortal-grade Cultivation Technique, the Yin Yang Creation Art, so his combat power far exceeded others at the same level.

Yet, in the face of Nangong Zili's Spiritual Pressure, he was still like a fallen leaf in a gale, tottering, as if he would be crushed to pieces the very next moment.

One had to know that Nangong Zili had not yet fully recovered; her internal magic power had only restored to thirty or forty percent, and her injuries were far from healed.

Even so, she made him almost unable to breathe with just her Spiritual Pressure.

"There really is an insurmountable chasm between the False Core and the Core Formation Stage."

Ye Changge sighed inwardly.

He had encountered False Core stage Cultivators before.

He had even once thought that the gap between the False Core and Core Formation might not be as large as he imagined.

But now—

Facing the real Core Formation True Person, Nangong Zili, he finally understood just how ridiculously wrong he had been.

A False Core stage Cultivator had only "touched" the threshold of Core Formation; their internal spiritual power had begun to undergo a qualitative change, but it was still within the realm of spiritual power.

But for a Core Formation True Person, the spiritual power within them had completely transformed into magic power. That was a qualitative leap, the difference between ordinary iron and a divine Sharp Weapon.

If one were to say the False Core stage was a sharp long saber, then the Core Formation Stage was a Sharp Weapon forged a thousand times over.

No matter how sharp a long saber was, it could not cleave a divine Sharp Weapon.

Nangong Zili snorted coldly and slowly withdrew her Spiritual Pressure.

She didn't actually want to hurt him;

she was just furious at the phrase "turn cold the moment you pull up your skirt" and was merely giving him a little lesson.

As the Spiritual Pressure dissipated, Ye Changge exhaled a long breath.

Beside them, Xiao Caiyue and Ling Xiaotang observed everything, but they were already accustomed to it.

After all, during this period, the two of them often "quarreled" like this.

Calling it a quarrel was actually just Nangong Zili throwing a one-sided tantrum, while Ye Changge shamelessly took the hits.

Sometimes it was a verbal confrontation, with Nangong Zili being sarcastic and Ye Changge being cheeky;

sometimes it was a lesson through Spiritual Pressure, where Ye Changge would be pressed until he couldn't breathe, yet he never fought back.

The way the two got along left onlookers completely confused.

Every time Xiao Caiyue saw Nangong Zili "abusing" her husband like this, she felt somewhat uncomfortable.

After all, she was Ye Changge's legitimate Dao Companion, and seeing her husband treated this way, even if the other party was a Core Formation True Person, she couldn't help but feel indignant.

But she knew even more clearly that she was just a small Cultivator at the Foundation Establishment Early Stage, and when facing an existence like Nangong Zili, she had absolutely no room to interject.

And—

Ye Changge himself hadn't said anything.

Every time he was taught a lesson by Nangong Zili, he would just smile sheepishly, never refuting her, and never asking her to help.

Xiao Caiyue understood in her heart that her husband had a very special attitude toward this Spider Gu Envoy.

That special attitude was not fear, not wariness, but... a kind of indescribable tolerance.

It was as if no matter how the other party treated him, he would gladly accept it.

Although Xiao Caiyue felt a bit jealous, she couldn't say anything.

After all, Nangong Zili was under the effect of the Love-Locking Gu toward Ye Changge; that was an irresistible, fated bond.

And toward her, Nangong Zili had no such reservations.

If she were to annoy this Core Formation True Person, and the other party slapped her down, she feared that not even her bones would remain.