164: Chapter 164 Instead of sleeping in the middle of the night, are you cosplaying as a door god?

Hearing Cao Kun's wild talk, a deep sense of curiosity flashed in Pei Qinglan's beautiful eyes.

She quietly scrutinized the handsome young man before her.

Half-step Body Integration Stage.

That was a terrifying existence capable of sweeping across an entire province with a single hand!

Even in the Central Continent, where prodigies were as common as clouds, such a cultivation level was enough to establish a sect and become a titan of a region.

Let alone fighting against one, an ordinary Soul Transformation Cultivator...

...would have their liver and gallbladder shattered and their Dao Heart collapsed just by facing the Spiritual Pressure emitted by a Half-Step Body Integration expert.

Yet this Young Master Cao was clearly only at the Early Soul Transformation Stage.

On what basis did he dare say he would intercept and kill the people from the Taichu Holy Land?

Pei Qinglan's heart was in a state of upheaval.

The person valued by the Empress of Great Yan was definitely no arrogant and ignorant fool.

This arrogant Young Master Cao must be hiding a world-shaking trump card capable of toppling a Half-Step Body Integration powerhouse.

"Master~"

A sweet and cloying cry interrupted Pei Qinglan's thoughts.

Yu Linglong noticed that Pei Qinglan had been staring at Cao Kun, and her sense of crisis instantly exploded.

She immediately twisted her plump and supple waist, pressing herself against Cao Kun.

Her skirt swayed gently, and her fair little foot, adorned with a silver anklet, hooked around his calf.

It was a provocative gesture that made one's heart flutter.

"It's late~ Don't waste time on irrelevant people~"

"We still have to go back to our room to Cultivate~"

After saying that, she gave Pei Qinglan a provocative side-eye.

A vixen competing for favor—her main strategy was to declare her sovereignty.

A woman like Pei Qinglan, who had lived for thousands of years, could easily hear the blatant order to leave.

Instead of being even slightly annoyed, she let out a giggling laugh.

Her full chest trembled slightly with her laughter.

"This Fairy is right; a moment of a spring night is worth a thousand pieces of gold."

"Since Young Master Cao has an appointment with a beauty, Qinglan won't disturb you further."

Pei Qinglan flipped her delicate hand, and a private transmission Jade Slip, carrying her body fragrance, landed on the table.

"This is Qinglan's private transmission Jade Slip."

"If Young Master has other needs tonight, feel free to send a message at any time; Qinglan will be waiting here at Treasure Pavilion."

After saying that, she swayed her plump, upturned buttocks and walked gracefully toward the booth's entrance.

As she left, she didn't forget to look back with a smile and throw Cao Kun a flirtatious wink.

Only then did she leave in a leisurely manner.

The booth door closed.

The smile on Pei Qinglan's face vanished. She summoned the manager waiting outside.

"Go, activate the heavenly observation mirror."

The manager was taken aback.

"Manager, the people from the Taichu Holy Land have already cleared the area outside. Are we going to intervene?"

"We won't intervene; that's the rule."

Pei Qinglan stepped in her high-heeled soft boots toward the Formation control room.

"I want to see for myself whether this Young Master Cao is arrogantly ignorant or truly possesses heaven-reaching capabilities!"

...

Inside the booth, the atmosphere was a bit sour.

Yu Linglong was so angry she gritted her teeth, her cheeks puffing out slightly.

"Stinking vixen! Shameless!"

She angrily grabbed the Jade Slip with the body fragrance from the table, making a move to throw it out the window.

Cao Kun was quick and agile, catching her soft, boneless little hand in one move.

He smoothly stowed the Jade Slip into his Storage Ring.

"Keep it. You never know when it might come in handy later."

Yu Linglong pouted her red lips and gave Cao Kun's waist a resentful pinch.

"Hmph! Master is just a big pervert who abandons the old for the new!"

"I think you just lust after her body!"

"Nonsense, am I that kind of person?"

Cao Kun laughed heartily, ignoring Yu Linglong's playful little tantrum.

With a thought, he moved the jade box containing the ten-thousand-year soul nourishing wood into the System space.

[Ding! Top-Grade Heaven And Earth Treasure 'ten-thousand-year soul nourishing wood' detected. Meets task requirements.]

[Long-term Hidden Task: Reshape the Physical Body for Empress Jiuyou. Current Progress: 2/3.]

Cao Kun raised an eyebrow in satisfaction.

Only one last top-tier divine object was needed to completely transform that bad-tempered Empress in his Purple Mansion into his own Top-Grade Jade Beast.

He had been craving that legendary-grade blind box for a long time.

With a thought...

...he tossed the previous nine-cycle soul molding fruit and this piece of ten-thousand-year soul nourishing wood into his Purple Mansion together.

Inside the Purple Mansion.

Within the boundless ocean of Chaos Qi.

Feng Jiuyou had originally been closing her eyes to condense her soul body.

Sensing the arrival of these two top-tier divine objects, her eyes lit up.

She pounced directly on them.

She hugged the soul-nourishing wood tightly with both hands, opened her red lips, and began to suck the ancient Divine Soul Origin contained within.

"Mmm... Such rich Origin power... It feels so good..."

As the rich Origin power nourished her parched remnant soul...

...an indescribable feeling of comfort spread throughout her body.

She couldn't help but let out a soft, delicate moan.

But she soon realized that Cao Kun's Divine Thought was watching her.

Feng Jiuyou immediately pulled a long face.

She raised her snow-white chin, feigning a high-and-mighty posture, and muttered in an extremely tsundere tone.

"Hmph, consider that you bastard still have a bit of a conscience."

"For the sake of these two spiritual items, this Empress will reluctantly look after you a bit from now on."

Cao Kun sneered inwardly as he listened to these words that lacked any deterrent power.

Total tsundere.

Eating mine and using mine, yet still acting like a big shot with me.

Wait until your Physical Body is reshaped; then see how Master Cao puts you into eighteen different positions.

"Refine it obediently and stop your nonsense."

Cao Kun couldn't be bothered to deal with this tsundere Empress.

He cut off his Divine Thought directly.

He took Yu Linglong's soft little hand.

"Let's go. Time to meet our 'wealth-delivering boys'."

...

Meanwhile.

Outside Treasure Pavilion, the long street was silent.

The night wind swirled fallen leaves on the ground, adding a touch of Killing Intent.

The once bustling street was now completely deserted.

The entire street had been thoroughly cordoned off by the people from the Taichu Holy Land.

They had spent a large sum of money to bribe the city guards of Yuheng Province.

Tonight, no one would come here to interfere.

An inescapable net had been cast.

Xiao Zhe's eyes were venomous as he stared fixedly at the doors of Treasure Pavilion.

"When he comes out later, Elder Zhao, don't kill him just yet."

"I want to personally chop off that kid's five limbs, inch by inch."

"I'll turn him into a human stump and hang him on the city walls of Yuheng Province to dry in the wind!!"

The utter humiliation of being toyed with could only be washed away with blood.

Without tearing that bastard from Heaven Room No. 1 into ten thousand pieces, his Dao Heart would never be at peace!

Zhao Wuji stood with his hands behind his back and snorted coldly.

"Zhe'er, don't worry. He's just an ant."

"I have a hundred ways to make him wish he were dead."

From distant high buildings and behind inn windows...

...many high-level Cultivators and provincial prodigies who hadn't left after the auction were extending their Divine Sense to watch this scene from afar.

Everyone was holding their breath, waiting to see this good show.

"With this lineup, the Taichu Holy Land is playing for keeps."

"Nonsense! If you spent a million Top-Grade Spirit Stones to buy a piece of scrap metal that can't be refined, wouldn't you kill someone to vent your anger?"

"With Zhao Wuji, a Half-Step Body Integration expert, personally blocking the door, this kid is finished."

"Even if he's backed by a major force in the Central Continent, distant water can't put out a nearby fire. He's definitely losing a layer of skin tonight!"

The crowd was filled with pessimistic predictions for Cao Kun.

No one had any faith in that arrogant madman from Heaven Room No. 1.

In the face of a Half-Step Body Integration powerhouse,

a Prodigy who hadn't grown up was, in the end, no different from an ant on the ground!

Creak!

The doors of Treasure Pavilion swung open to both sides.

A man and a woman walked out side by side, their steps composed.

The man wore a dark-gold yin-yang dharma robe, his features handsome.

The woman had a seductive figure and a natural fox-like charm, obediently holding the man's arm.

They were Cao Kun and Yu Linglong.

The moment they stepped out the door, the Killing Intent on the long street instantly locked onto them.

Sensing the spiritual power fluctuations on the two of them, which were only at the Soul Transformation Stage,

Xiao Zhe jumped out directly.

His sword tip pointed straight at Cao Kun's face as he roared sharply.

"Early Soul Transformation Stage?!"

"Hahahaha! And here I thought you were some kind of formidable character."

"After all that, you're just a clown who doesn't know death when he sees it!"

"Today, no matter which power stands behind you, no matter who your father is, you are doomed!"

Zhao Wuji didn't waste any words. With a fierce light in his eyes, he took a step forward.

He wanted to use the most humiliating method...

...to trample this ant, who dared to make a fool of the Taichu Holy Land, under his feet.

He wanted to see the tearful, pleading expression on this kid's face.

Yu Linglong