221: Chapter 221 Ye Chen is a good person!

The moment Cao Kun said "be a personal bed-warming maid," Empress Yue Chan was instantly provoked.

She abruptly broke free from Cao Kun's embrace.

Her fair cheeks were now dyed with a flush of shame and annoyance.

"Cao Kun!"

Empress Yue Chan's face was cold as she retorted stiffly:

"I am the dignified Empress of Great Yan! I hold the Luck of an entire nation. Do not push your Luck! How could I possibly be some bed-warming maid for you!"

Cao Kun wasn't angry at being pushed away.

He brought the fingers that had just been around Empress Yue Chan's slender waist to the tip of his nose and took a light sniff.

"Tsk, so fragrant. It even has that unique scent of a cold and elegant mature woman."

Cao Kun looked at Empress Yue Chan with a smile, his tone full of teasing:

"Her Majesty the Empress, your mouth is truly stubborn. However..."

He intentionally dragged out his voice.

"When I was holding you just now, your body was much more honest."

"So soft, you barely even struggled."

"What, now that Bi Yuntao is dead, you're going to pull up your pants and act like you don't know me?"

"You... you're shameless!"

Empress Yue Chan was so choked by these words that she couldn't speak.

She turned her face away angrily, secretly gritting her teeth.

This bastard is simply brazen! What does he mean by 'pulling up pants and not recognizing people'!

But in reality, Empress Yue Chan's current mood was extremely complex.

She wasn't nearly as angry as she pretended to be on the surface.

She looked down at Bi Yuntao's headless corpse on the ground, then felt the completely stabilized Body Integration Stage Realm within her, and a sense of daze rose in her heart.

It was too fast.

So fast it felt somewhat unreal.

She never imagined that on this risky venture of entering the Ancient God Ruins in disguise,

Her biggest heart-demon, Bi Yuntao, and the national luck backlash that could erupt at any moment,

Would actually be so easily resolved by Cao Kun on the very first day!

One must know that Bi Yuntao was at the Peak of the Late Stage Void Refinement Stage, held a portion of Great Yan's national Luck in his hands, and even had a connection with the Taichu Holy Land behind him.

Yet in front of Cao Kun,

This old fox couldn't even last a single round before being ground into the dirt, finally having to beg her, the Empress, for mercy.

Empress Yue Chan stole a glance at Cao Kun, who was wearing a wicked grin, and sighed silently in her heart.

Although this guy's style was brazen, his mouth full of nonsense, and he acted exactly like an unreasonable bandit,

She had to admit that staying by his side actually gave her an indescribable sense of dependence.

Just as the atmosphere between the two was becoming a bit subtle and ambiguous,

"Master! Master!"

A cheerful voice broke the silence.

Liu Rumeng, like a little girl seeking praise, came running back excitedly from the bottom of the pit in Blood Crystal Valley.

She was holding a large pile of Storage Rings in her arms, at least forty of them.

Behind her, she also used a spiritual energy net to carry dozens of round, golden glowing little things—those were the Luck Beasts.

"Master, look! They're all here! Not a single one missing!"

"Well done."

Cao Kun rubbed Liu Rumeng's head with satisfaction and took the pile of Storage Rings.

His Divine Sense probed into them.

"Holy crap?"

"Do the people from Taichu Holy Land always carry this much money when they go out?"

He wouldn't have known without looking, but one look gave him a shock.

These thirty-plus Core Disciples of the Taichu Holy Land were simply filthy rich!

Just Top-Grade Spirit Stones alone added up to over thirty million!

All sorts of top-grade Medicinal Pills, high-level Talismans, and Artifact Refining Materials were piled up like mountains.

Especially in that Head Disciple Ye Chen's Storage Ring, there was not only a set of top-grade Spirit Treasure level Formation Flags,

But also several ten-thousand-year-old Spiritual Plants that had long been extinct in the outside world.

"Tsk tsk, they didn't come to participate in the Daoist Inheritance Struggle, they clearly came to bring me warmth."

"Head Disciple is such a good person. Have a safe journey."

Cao Kun unceremoniously tucked all these Storage Rings into his own pocket.

"Master, what about these little things?" Liu Rumeng pointed at the dozens of golden Luck Beasts still fluttering in the spiritual energy net.

Empress Yue Chan spoke up from the side to remind him: "These Luck Beasts cannot leave Blood Crystal Valley for too long; they must be refined on the spot as soon as possible."

"Otherwise, they will soon dissipate and return to the Divine Ruins world."

"So much trouble?" Cao Kun reached out directly and grabbed a Luck Beast from the spiritual energy net.

It felt slightly cool and very elastic, like squeezing a ball of cotton.

Cao Kun applied a little pressure with his palm.

With a "puchi" sound,

The Luck Beast turned into a cloud of incredibly pure golden mist.

It flowed along Cao Kun's palm and directly into the space between his eyebrows.

"Weng—"

Cao Kun only felt his spirits lifted.

Not only did it make his spiritual energy circulation smoother,

But even his Divine Soul felt a wave of cool comfort.

At the same time, in the vast starry sky outside the Ancient God Ruins,

Cao Kun's name on the heavenly dao golden list flashed, and his rank shot up by a large margin.

Countless old monsters watching from the outside were stunned.

Of course, Cao Kun, who was inside the Divine Ruins, couldn't see this scene of himself showing off.

Not only that, but several fragmented images flashed through his mind.

In the images,

An ancient powerhouse whose face couldn't be seen was holding a long sword, splitting a mountain range spanning ten thousand miles with a single stroke.

The Heavenly Dao Laws contained within that Sword Intent were clearly imprinted in Cao Kun's mind.

"Good stuff."

Cao Kun opened his eyes and licked his lips.

Although the images were incomplete, with only a few movements, they would add up.

It would be of great benefit for his future Breakthrough to the Void Refining Stage and his comprehension of the Heavenly Dao Laws.

"Since the shelf life is short, let's divide them up quickly."

Cao Kun had always been a person who valued efficiency.

With a wave of his hand, he threw a small portion of the Luck Beasts from the net, along with some useless Magic Treasures and resources he had just seized, directly into the Demon Suppressing Tower.

That group of gold-swallowing beasts in the tower were currently working hard on their cultivation; these Luck Beasts would be perfect snacks for them.

There were roughly thirty or so Luck Beasts remaining.

Cao Kun looked at the three women before him.

"Come, come, everyone gets a share. Refine them quickly, don't let them go to waste."

Like handing out cabbages,

Cao Kun grabbed a dozen Luck topics and stuffed them into Liu Rumeng's arms.

Then he grabbed ten more and threw them to Empress Yue Chan.

Finally, he looked at Feng Jiuyou, who had been standing obediently to the side.

Cao Kun casually grabbed the remaining seven or eight Luck Beasts and handed them to Feng Jiuyou.

"Take them."

Feng Jiuyou was overwhelmed by the unexpected favor.

She was terrified of being locked in the small dark room again; those three days of dark torture had completely destroyed her pride.

Now, she didn't dare to hope for any benefits from Cao Kun's hands.

As long as Cao Kun didn't lose his temper and lock her back in that terrifying place, she would thank the heavens.

Seeing Cao Kun push several Luck Beasts toward her,

Feng Jiuyou's eyes turned red.

Her delicate body trembled slightly as she looked up at Cao Kun, her voice as soft as a frightened kitten:

"Thank you... Big Brother Cao."

"Alright, stop acting pitiful and refine them quickly."

Cao Kun waved his hand.

Feng Jiuyou nodded obediently and began to refine the Luck Beasts in earnest.

On the other side, Empress Yue Chan looked at the ten Luck Beasts in her hands, staring at Cao Kun in disbelief.

"You... you're really giving them to me?" Empress Yue Chan couldn't help but confirm.

She was well aware of Cao Kun's 'plucking feathers from a passing goose' personality; he would even strip the underwear off a Taichu Holy Land Disciple to sell for money.

He would actually take the initiative to share such precious Luck Beasts with her?

"What? Her Majesty the Empress looks down on them? If so, give them back."

Cao Kun made a move to take them back.

"Who said I look down on them!"

Empress Yue Chan quickly took a step forward, protecting the dozen or so Luck Beasts in front of her.

She looked at Cao Kun with a complex gaze, that strange feeling in her heart growing stronger and stronger.

This bastard, though his mouth is unforgiving, he's actually quite generous when it comes to doing things.

In Empress Yue Chan's heart, her evaluation of Cao Kun unknowingly rose a few more points.

Empress Yue Chan