240: Chapter 240 This body is good for keeping out gentlemen, but not for perverts!

Across the crimson wasteland, two figures streaked past, one following the other.

"Take it."

Cao Kun threw something casually.

A golden Luck Beast drew a parabola in mid-air, falling accurately toward Empress Yue Chan behind him.

Empress Yue Chan reflexively caught it, her dark gold spiritual power flickering as she sealed the Luck Beast in her palm.

This was already the fortieth Luck Beast she had received in half a day.

Along the way, Cao Kun was like a tireless scavenger.

Whenever he encountered a stray Luck Beast, he would snatch it up.

When he found a group of them, he would wipe out the entire nest.

But he didn't keep a single one for himself, tossing them all to her.

Empress Yue Chan stopped in her tracks, not immediately refining it as she had before.

Instead, she warily narrowed her long, phoenix-like eyes.

"Cao Kun, what exactly is your scheme?"

When things are this unusual, there must be a catch.

Empress Yue Chan didn't believe for a second that Cao Kun possessed such noble, selfless character.

This little thief was full of schemes; it was impossible for him to do a deal at a loss.

"You give me all these Luck Beasts and don't keep a single one for yourself."

"Are you trying to use this to blackmail me into agreeing to those lewd and shameless demands of yours?"

Empress Yue Chan hadn't forgotten that back in Blood Crystal Valley, this bastard kept talking about making her his personal chambermaid.

Upon hearing this, Cao Kun immediately went into drama-king mode.

He took an exaggerated half-step back, clutching his chest in agony as if he had suffered a massive injustice.

"Your Majesty, those words are far too hurtful!"

"In your heart, am I really the kind of lewd, shameless villain who takes advantage of people?"

Empress Yue Chan's red lips curled slightly as she sneered back without hesitation.

"Are you not?"

Being exposed to his face didn't embarrass Cao Kun in the slightest; instead, he shamelessly leaned two steps closer.

"Cough, how can you generalize like that?"

"I'm only lewd toward you alone."

Cao Kun spoke the lines of a scumbag with full confidence, his warm breath hitting Empress Yue Chan's fair earlobe.

"If others wanted me to be lewd with them, I wouldn't even be interested."

"What do you call this? This is called exclusive treatment!"

Exclusive treatment?

Empress Yue Chan's ears warmed slightly at these words, which were so blunt they were practically molestation.

In a war of words, she, the dignified Empress of Great Yan, was actually no match for this rogue!

"Glib-tongued and nonsensical."

Empress Yue Chan gave a cold huff and turned her head away, no longer looking at his punchable face.

But her body was very honest.

Spiritual power flowed through her palm, directly crushing the Luck Beast and refining it completely.

With the infusion of Luck, the mark on her forehead, which was already bright, now shone with a brilliant golden light.

Unknowingly, Empress Yue Chan found that she had actually begun to get used to Cao Kun's shameless yet strangely generous way of interacting.

From helping her resolve the major threat of Bi Yuntao, to standing up to Yin Tianzheng, and now to this bounty of Luck Beasts.

Even though this bastard had a mouth that made one want to sew it shut,

when it came to getting things done, he was ten thousand times more reliable than those hypocrites from the Central Province who spoke of nothing but benevolence and morality.

Even...

a faint warmth grew in her heart that she was unwilling to admit even to herself.

...

Half a day later.

The two finally walked out of the wasteland.

An ancient and vast bluestone square appeared ahead.

In the center of the square stood a towering platform shaped like an ancient altar.

The high platform was built of ninety-nine dark gold dragon-patterned stone steps.

Each step was several dozen feet high and carved with complex, profound ancient array patterns, like a ladder to the heavens.

Moreover,

the top was wreathed in thick golden Luck mist.

The low, desolate sound of dragon roars faintly echoed from within, shaking the Divine Soul.

At this time, thousands of Prodigy Cultivators from all directions had already gathered around the square.

To avoid unnecessary trouble, Empress Yue Chan proactively cast a royal secret technique.

She changed back into her plain-looking shadow guard appearance.

Cao Kun shook his head as he watched from the side.

"This disguise of yours protects against gentlemen but not against perverts; it's purely self-deception."

Empress Yue Chan frowned and said coldly, "What is inappropriate? This secret technique of mine is a closely guarded secret of the Great Yan royal family. Where is the problem?"

Cao Kun sighed and looked her up and down.

"The face is ordinary. But your figure..."

He pointed at the magnificent curves threatening to burst from her dark gold palace dress and the seductive sway of her willow waist as she moved.

"Wherever you go, you're like a searchlight in the dark."

"Even if you had the head of a pig, with this body, you'd still attract a pack of dogs in heat."

"Disguising yourself without binding your chest—do you think all those old perverts are blind?"

Empress Yue Chan followed his gaze, looked down, and immediately glared at him in shame and annoyance.

"A dog's mouth can't spit out ivory! Only your eyes are so wicked!"

"What kind of place is that ahead?"

Cao Kun knew when to stop and shifted the topic, pointing at the high platform in the center of the square.

Empress Yue Chan explained via Divine Sense transmission, "That is the Ascending Dragon Platform, one of the iconic Opportunity sites in the Ancient God Ruins."

"Legend says that if one can withstand the terrifying pressure of the Heavenly Dao and reach the top of the Ascending Dragon Platform, they will not only obtain a massive amount of Luck marks at once but also have a very small chance of receiving a special Law baptism bestowed by the Divine Ruins' Heavenly Dao."

"That kind of baptism has unimaginable benefits for comprehending Laws and achieving a Breakthrough in Realm."

Cao Kun looked at the crowd around the Ascending Dragon Platform with interest.

He noticed that although these thousands of Prodigies were staring at the Opportunity at the top with fanatical eyes,

the vast majority were just idling below and watching, not daring to step forward at all.

Only a few dozen people were struggling to climb the dark gold stone steps.

And for these dozens of people, every step they took appeared extremely difficult.

A few were even bleeding from their facial orifices, lying on the stone steps with their lives hanging in the balance.

"Looks pretty interesting."

"Come on, let's join the fun. Since we're here, we can't leave empty-handed."

Just as Cao Kun was about to lead Empress Yue Chan toward the Ascending Dragon Platform,

not far away, several young Prodigies wearing golden robes and possessing extraordinary auras noticed the two who had just arrived.

To be precise,

the golden-robed youth leading them had noticed Empress Yue Chan's stunningly hot figure.

This golden-robed youth was the Young Sect Master of the Jinxuan Sect, a first-rate Sect in the Central Province, named Jin Wuyu.

His cultivation was also quite good, having reached the Late Void Refinement Stage.

Jin Wuyu recognized the style of the dark gold palace dress on Empress Yue Chan as a symbol of the Great Yan Dynasty at a glance.

But he didn't care.

The Great Yan Dynasty was merely a power from the Northern Region tucked away in a corner; it wasn't worth mentioning before their Central Province great Sect.

Moreover, he had just swept his Divine Sense over the youth in the black-and-white Daoist robe next to Empress Yue Chan.

"His aura is unstable; he's just an Early Void Refinement Stage." Jin Wuyu sneered inwardly.

The elders of his Sect had indeed strictly warned them not long ago.

If they encountered a Soul Transformation Stage Cultivator from the Great Yan Dynasty named Cao Kun, they had to stay away.

But Jin Wuyu and his group hadn't been to Blood Crystal Valley.

They had no idea that Cao Kun had already successfully crossed the Seven-Colored Lightning Tribulation there and broken through to the Early Void Refinement Stage!

Empress Yue Chan