On their wedding night, they had a different bride!

But after only two steps, her pace suddenly halted.

An inexplicable palpitation caused alarm bells to ring in her heart. Having struggled for so many years in a Demonic Sect like the Yin Corpse Sect, she had long developed a cautious nature.

Her beautiful eyes looked once more at the two silent corpses in the room. The joy in her eyes faded, replaced by calmness and lingering fear.

She flipped her palm, and a pitch-black Flying Sword, emanating eerie cold Qi, landed in her grasp.

"Go!"

she cried softly.

The Flying Sword let out a sharp whistle, transforming into a black streak, and stabbed straight toward Su Qinghan's heart on the ground.

This action was not a test, but a killing blow.

If it pierced her,

Su Qinghan's body would certainly be left with a bloody hole.

In the nick of time!

Su Qinghan suddenly opened her eyes, exerted force with her waist, and executed a swift yet clumsy roll.

"Pffft!"

The pitch-black Flying Sword barely grazed her body before burying itself entirely into the hard bluestone floor, the hilt still buzzing faintly.

Su Qinghan had just stabilized herself and hadn't even caught her breath.

The figure of Xue Linglong had already flashed over, holding a dark rope that had appeared in her hand.

The rope was like a Spiritual Snake, fast and urgent. Su Qinghan didn't have time to react before she was tightly bound.

"She really was pretending to be dead!"

Xue Linglong sneered, showing no surprise, as if everything was within her control.

Lin Yuan was extremely anxious.

With Su Qinghan restrained, his Qi Refining Fourth Layer cultivation meant he had no power to fight back against the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining Xue Linglong.

[Cultivation: Qi Refining Fourth Layer: 0/400 (Can add points)]

[Ninth-Rank Alchemist: 99/100 (Can add points)]

[First-Grade Fire Control Art: 99/100 (Can add points)]

[usable attribute points: 55]

Now, the only thing he could rely on was the upgraded Fire Control Technique.

He focused his mind and allocated points to the First-Grade Fire Control Art.

In that instant, an indescribable torrent forcefully drilled into his mind. Knowledge about fire appeared out of thin air; he understood every subtle flicker and change of the flame, as if fire was no longer an external object but a part of his body that he could manipulate and use at will.

"This is the Second-Grade Fire Control Art?"

Lin Yuan was ecstatic. Although his cultivation was low, as an Alchemist, he was extremely familiar with fire.

The Second-Grade Fire Control Art was only barely mastered by the highly esteemed Third-Grade Alchemist in the Pill Room where he worked.

He abruptly raised his hand and gently flicked it toward Xue Linglong.

Two fireballs, seemingly unremarkable and even a bit dim, slowly flew out from his palm.

"Hmph!" Seeing this, Xue Linglong curled her red lips in disdain. "A Fireball Art from a mere Qi Refining Fourth Layer Cultivator dares to show off in front of me? Overestimating your abilities!"

She waved her sleeve, and a bone-chilling black Qi whistled out, transforming into two small black snakes that immediately moved to swallow the two flames.

However, in the next moment, the expression on Xue Linglong's face instantly froze.

"Whoosh..."

The two small snakes formed from the cold black Qi let out sharp squeaking sounds the moment they touched the fireballs. Not only did they fail to extinguish them, but they were ignited themselves, instantly incinerated into wisps of green smoke.

Meanwhile, the two fireballs seemed to grow brighter, their momentum unchecked, as they struck two separate locations.

One flew straight toward Xue Linglong's face.

"How is this possible!"

Xue Linglong looked horrified. Her Xuan Yin Qi was the ultimate Yin and cold, specifically countering flames. Furthermore, how could a spell cast by her, a Ninth Layer of Qi Refining Cultivator, be incinerated by a Fireball Art from a Qi Refining Fourth Layer Cultivator?

This was simply preposterous, but the situation was critical, leaving no time for thought. She turned sideways.

The fireball flew past her cheek by a hair's breadth, the scorching heat wave singeing off a few strands of her hair.

"Boom!"

The fireball heavily struck the wall behind her, and the sturdy wall was directly scorched, leaving a large black pit with traces of melted rock around the edges.

The other fireball, at this moment, landed on the rope restraining Su Qinghan.

Although the rope's Materials were sturdy, it instantly ignited under the fireball and snapped with a sound.

A look of wild joy appeared in Su Qinghan's eyes. She formed hand seals, and Spiritual Qi surged in her palms.

Instantly, an Ice Cone radiating cold Qi condensed into shape.

Before Xue Linglong could recover, the Ice Cone was pressed firmly against her fair neck, its sharp tip piercing the delicate skin and drawing beads of blood.

Seeing this scene, Lin Yuan let out a long sigh of relief. As long as Xue Linglong was killed, the crisis would be resolved, and he would at least save his life.

However, Su Qinghan's subsequent actions completely caught him off guard.

"Bang! Bang!"

Su Qinghan did not deliver a killing blow. Instead, she suddenly struck, her long, fair fingers rapidly tapping several points on Xue Linglong's body like lightning, directly sealing her Meridians and Dantian, confining her cultivation.

Then, she quickly snatched the Storage Pouch from Xue Linglong's waist and flashed a strange smile at Lin Yuan.

"A pleasant cooperation."

"Enjoy yourself!"

Lin Yuan froze, his face full of question marks. Enjoy? Enjoy what?

The next moment, he understood.

Su Qinghan took a pink Jade Bottle from the Storage Pouch and violently smashed it onto the ground.

"Bang!"

The Jade Bottle shattered, and a pink gas instantly spread.

A sickeningly sweet fragrance immediately drilled into their nostrils.

"Joyful Union Powder..."

"Damn it! You repay kindness with malice!"

Lin Yuan paled in shock, but before he could finish speaking,

Su Qinghan leaped out of the room and slammed the heavy door shut behind her.

Lin Yuan immediately rushed toward the door, but the stone door seemed to be propped up from the outside by something and couldn't be opened.

Then, a pair of snow-white hands embraced him from behind!

...The sun was high in the sky.

Lin Yuan slowly opened his eyes.

A sweet, cloying scent that hadn't fully dissipated lingered at his nose, mixed with the smell of sweat, making the air ambiguous and dangerous.

The bed beneath him was already wrinkled and messy.

[Cultivation: Qi Refining Fourth Layer: 0/400 (Can add points)]

[Ninth-Rank Alchemist: 99/100 (Can add points)]

[Second-Grade Fire Control Art: 0/200 (Can add points)]

[usable attribute points: 144]

His gaze was fixed firmly on the number in the last column.

One hundred forty-four points!

This meant that in a single night, his attributes had surged by ninety points.

His original guess was that the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining Xue Linglong could provide him with a maximum of nine attribute points.

In other words, they had 'bitterly cultivated' face-to-face ten times last night!

"Holy crap! When this woman wakes up, the first thing she'll probably do is tear me into ten thousand pieces!"

Lin Yuan was startled. He slowly turned his head to look beside him.

Xue Linglong was still asleep, a faint flush on her exquisite face, her breathing steady.

However, a cold killing intent suddenly flashed in Lin Yuan's eyes.

"Since that's the case, I might as well strike first and turn this demonic woman directly into..."

Thinking this, he flipped his palm, ready to condense fire and burn Xue Linglong to ashes.