350: Chapter 350 Madam, you don't want to be captured and used as a furnace, do you?

Upon hearing this, Gu Xiyao trembled all over in fright, and her temper vanished completely.

If she were kicked out now, she would be captured by the people from the Tianxuan Immortal Sect immediately.

With no other choice, she could only walk over to the round table opposite Cao Kun, sit down, lower her eyes, and confess her true identity.

"I am not lying to you; I am indeed the fiancée of the Young Lord of the Tianxuan Immortal Sect."

"But I am also the Young Miss of the Gu Family in the Dongxuan Region."

"The reason I am avoiding people from the Tianxuan Immortal Sect is because... I do not wish to fulfill the marriage contract with their Young Lord, Ji Bo."

"Pfft, cough, cough, cough!" Cao Kun became interested upon hearing this.

In the Lower Realm, he had seen plenty of female Cultivators who would stop at nothing to climb the social ladder.

As the hegemon of the Dongxuan Region, the position of the Tianxuan Immortal Sect's Young Lord's wife was definitely a prize that countless female Cultivators would break their heads trying to snatch.

"You are choosing not to be a proper Young Lord's wife and are instead running out to experience the hardships of the world?"

Seeing that Cao Kun did not immediately stand up to open the door and hand her over, Gu Xiyao breathed a small sigh of relief and shook her head with a desolate expression.

"Do you think I want to run away?"

"The reason I was chosen by the Tianxuan Immortal Sect has absolutely nothing to do with mutual affection."

"It is because I possess the extremely rare Nine-Turn Profound Yin Physique."

"For a Cultivator who practices a Yang-based Cultivation Technique, this Physique is the perfect furnace."

"Ji Bo's Cultivation Technique went awry, damaging his Foundation, and he happens to need my Nine-Turn Profound Yin Physique to compensate for his physical defects."

"In order to curry favor with the Tianxuan Immortal Sect and trade for a spot to enter the Immortal Burial Ruins, my Family completely disregarded my wishes and treated me as a bargaining chip."

Speaking of this, Gu Xiyao gave a bitter smile, her eyes filled with sorrow.

"If I were to marry him, he would drain my Nine-Turn Profound Yin Origin. At best, my cultivation would be destroyed and I would become a cripple; at worst, I would die on the spot."

"I was forced into this, which is why I fled the Family overnight and hid my identity all the way to this Feixian City."

After listening, Cao Kun had already grasped the ins and outs of the situation. So, she was just a poor little thing sold out by her Family.

The System truly does not deceive me; this Nine-Turn Profound Yin Physique is indeed a good thing. A Physique that even the Tianxuan Immortal Sect's Young Lord covets—if I were to intercept it, wouldn't I just take off?

However, Cao Kun did not show any sympathy. Dealing with a little lamb like this, who had little experience in the world and still carried the arrogance of a noble Young Miss in her bones—helping her directly would only make her feel entitled, and she might even turn against him later.

Cao Kun tapped his fingers lightly on the table, sighed heavily, and put on a very troubled expression.

"Oh my, this is difficult."

"Fairy, this matter of yours involves too much Karma."

"I am merely a lowly Loose Cultivator, and I cannot afford to offend a behemoth like the Tianxuan Immortal Sect. The risk is too great."

Upon hearing this, Gu Xiyao's heart instantly leaped into her throat.

"I... I will not implicate you!"

"I only ask that you let me hide here until the search passes."

"As soon as the city gates open, I will leave immediately!"

"That won't work either." Cao Kun interrupted her mercilessly.

"What if they really find out I'm harboring you? Do you think I want to lose my life?"

"How about this." Cao Kun stood up and walked over to Gu Xiyao.

"I will risk my life to let you stay in this room for one night."

"Tomorrow morning, you will have to find your own way out."

"We are just passing acquaintances; I have done my utmost by doing this much."

Gu Xiyao became anxious. Feixian City was currently under total lockdown, and there were eyes from the Tianxuan Immortal Sect everywhere. It was impossible for her to slip away under the noses of the Tianxuan Immortal Sect.

Although the man in front of her was shameless, he had been able to make her disappear instantly in the lobby earlier.

To evade the Divine Sense search of a Tianxuan Immortal Sect deacon, he definitely had some hidden means. This was her only lifeline at the moment!

"Young Master! I beg you to help me!"

"As long as you can help me leave Feixian City and evade the pursuit of the Tianxuan Immortal Sect, I am willing to offer all my possessions as a reward!"

"I will never let you work in vain!"

Cao Kun looked at the Storage Pouch thrust in front of him without even lifting a hand.

"Fairy!" He leaned over slightly.

His gaze swept from Gu Xiyao's delicate cheeks down to her long, fair neck, finally resting on her ample chest which was heaving slightly due to her rapid breathing.

"I already said downstairs that I am not short of money."

"If you cannot come up with a sincerity that satisfies me, then please leave."

Gu Xiyao's body stiffened. She wasn't stupid; how could she fail to understand the lewd implications in Cao Kun's words?

Besides herself, what else could she possibly have that would interest a male Cultivator!

This seemingly handsome and refined Loose Cultivator in front of her was no different from Ji Bo. They were both shameless scoundrels who coveted her body and her Nine-Turn Profound Yin Physique!

She had struggled so hard to escape the wolf's den, only to run straight into the tiger's mouth.

"You... you are dreaming!"

Overcome with grief and indignation, Gu Xiyao resolutely turned around and strode toward the door.

Even if she were to rush out now and be captured by the people from the Tianxuan Immortal Sect, she would not suffer humiliation in front of this shameless scoundrel.

Watching Gu Xiyao's determined retreating figure, Cao Kun made no move to stop her.

Instead, he picked up the tea that had already gone slightly cold on the table and took a light sip.

Then, he leisurely tossed out a Soul-piercing remark that struck right to the heart.

"Fairy, have you thought this through?"

"If you step out of this door now, your arduous escape will have been all for nothing."

"Once you go back, you will still be drained of your Origin by that fellow named Ji Bo and reduced to a cripple."

Cao Kun set down his teacup, his voice echoing in the empty room: "There has never been a perfect solution in this world. If you want to gain freedom, you are destined to lose something."

"Will you keep your pure body and go back to serve as a furnace for that Young Lord, or will you use it to trade for a chance to live and completely break free from the shackles of fate?"

"Choose for yourself!"

Gu Xiyao's hand froze rigidly on the door bolt. Cao Kun's words flooded into her mind like a sudden enlightenment.

Yes. He was right! There was simply no way to have the best of both worlds. She had been the one to think of things too ideally.

What the Tianxuan Immortal Sect and the Gu Family valued was not her as a person, but the pure primordial yin Origin of her Nine-Turn Profound Yin Physique!

As long as her primordial yin remained, she would forever be prey in Ji Bo's eyes, and she would never be able to escape the fate of being used as a furnace.

But what if... what if her primordial yin were gone?

Then, for Ji Bo, who needed pure extreme yin power to neutralize his Yang fire, wouldn't she completely lose her utility value?

The Gu Family would certainly not dare to send a woman who had lost her chastity to the Tianxuan Immortal Sect's Young Lord. And the Tianxuan Immortal Sect would absolutely never want a damaged woman to be the Young Lord's wife!

As long as she gave her body to this Loose Cultivator here, she would completely lose her value for the marriage alliance, and she would completely avoid having to marry that Ji Bo, whom she found utterly disgusting!

Once this thought arose, it spread like weeds in her heart, impossible to suppress.

Rather than being caught and going back to benefit Ji Bo and those Family Elders who pushed her into the fire pit! It would be better to... better to let this scoundrel in front of her benefit!

At least this man in front of her was handsome enough, and he could protect her in this desperate situation. Giving it to anyone is the same, isn't it? Choosing it herself was better than being forced!

Gu Xiyao withdrew her hand from the door handle. She walked step by step back to the center of the room, to where Cao Kun was.

"Fine!"

"Since you want my sincerity, then I will give it to you!"

"I just hope that this massive blessing is something you, a mere Loose Cultivator, have the life to enjoy!"

Watching the determined yet slightly tragic look on the beauty before him, as well as the snow-white skin gradually revealed, Cao Kun finally revealed a triumphant, wicked smile.

"Rest assured, Fairy. This Young Master has no other merits, but I have a tough life and a large appetite."

"Oh!"

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Yu Linglong