46: Chapter 46 Liu Ruyan Rescues Her

Liu Ruyan!

The Sect's Saintess!

His one-night—no, three-night lover!

Back in the back mountain of the Waste Pill Room, the woman he had muddle-headedly helped to achieve a Golden Core Breakthrough!

Those scenes flashed through his mind in an instant.

The dim room, the lingering faint fragrance, and those few soft groans that still made his heart race whenever he thought of them...

Baili Yunche hurriedly lowered his head, fearing that Liu Ruyan would notice him.

He remembered very clearly that this Saintess lord had found him very displeasing to the eye from the very beginning.

If Elder Qingfeng hadn't punished her to go to the Cliff of Reflection to reflect on her faults, he probably would have been slapped to death by this fiendish woman with a single palm back then!

She doesn't see me...

She doesn't see me...

He prayed silently in his heart, shrinking his entire body back into the crowd.

"Greetings, Saintess!"

Everyone in the hall bowed in unison, their voices neat and uniform.

Even Steward Wang Ganju, a Golden Core deacon, slightly bowed to show respect.

The Sect's Saintess and Saint held a status superior to all Golden Core deacons, second only to Nascent Soul Elders, truly making them below one person and above ten thousands.

Liu Ruyan walked into the hall with unhurried steps, her mature and alluring voice ringing out in the grand hall, stirring up wicked thoughts in people:

"Deacon Wang, what has happened here? Why such a commotion?"

As she spoke, her gaze casually swept across the entire audience.

Baili Yunche pressed his head even lower.

But that gaze still lingered on him for a brief moment.

When Liu Ruyan's gaze swept past Baili Yunche, her eyelashes trembled slightly.

Steward Wang Ganju hurried forward, respectfully and briefly reporting the cause and effect of the matter.

After listening, Liu Ruyan nodded slightly, her voice still lazy:

"Oh? It turns out to be just the death of a Utility Disciple, what did I think it was? Is there any need to make such a fuss?"

She turned her head, her gaze falling on Baili Yunche with a half-smile at the corner of her lips: "You must be Baili Yunche?"

Baili Yunche braced himself and raised his head, locking gazes with those enchanting eyes for a brief moment before nodding.

He inwardly sneered in his heart—this woman actually refused to acknowledge him after pulling up her pants!

He had after all lent a helping hand to assist her in breaking through the Golden Core Stage, and now look at her, pretending not to know him!

"Come with me." Liu Ruyan spoke indifferently, her tone unquestionable, "I happen to have something to find you for."

As she spoke, she turned and walked towards the outside of the hall, completely ignoring anyone else.

Baili Yunche was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly followed.

"Wait!"

Fei Yangyang's expression changed, blurting out.

He had gone through great trouble to set up this scheme, and just as he was about to drive Baili Yunche into a desperate situation, how could a Saintess pop up halfway?

Liu Ruyan paused her steps and slowly turned her head.

Her gaze fell on Fei Yangyang, her voice still calm, yet a few degrees colder: "Is there something the matter?"

Stared at by those icy eyes, Fei Yangyang's heart skipped a beat, feeling a chill rise from his spine.

He gritted his teeth and braced himself to say, "Your Highness Saintess! This Baili Yunche has not yet used the Heart-Inquiring Talisman to prove his innocence, for you to take him away now..."

Before he could finish his words, Liu Ruyan had already spoken.

"Is your matter important, or is my matter important?"

Her voice was still unhurried, yet carried an irresistible majesty.

The pressure of the Golden Core Stage was vaguely released, pressing down on Fei Yangyang.

Fei Yangyang's face turned pale as a sheet, as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

His lips trembled slightly as he hurriedly bowed and said, "I wouldn't dare! Naturally, the Saintess's matters are the most important!"

His voice was even trembling.

Although he usually acted imposing in front of Utility Disciples and gathered friends among the Inner Sect Disciples, even if you gave him ten guts, he would not dare to offend the Sect's Saintess.

That was a figure standing at the very pinnacle of the entire Sect's pyramid!

A single word from her could make him suffer endlessly!

Fei Yangyang inwardly cursed his luck at this moment. The Saintess had always been aloof and ice-pure, ordinarily showing complete disdain for such trivial matters.

How come she happened to manage this kind of business today?

He did not understand why the Saintess would take away that trash Baili Yunche.

Liu Ruyan did not look at him again, turning and continuing to walk outside the hall.

Baili Yunche kept his head down, following closely behind her step by step.

Amidst the astonished gazes of the crowd, the two of them, one after the other, disappeared at the entrance of Zhishi Hall.

As the person involved, Baili Yunche had also not expected that he would escape a calamity just like this.

It seemed that this ice-cold Saintess still had a tiny little place for him in her heart...

He comforted himself, yet his steps did not dare to slow down in the slightest.

Until the figures of the two completely disappeared from sight, whispers once again sounded inside Zhishi Hall.

"What do you all say... Why did the Saintess take Baili Yunche away?"

"Who knows. Who dares to ask about the Saintess's matters?"

"Shut up!" an older Disciple sternly reprimanded,

"Have you forgotten that Utility Disciple from back then? Just because he gossiped idly about the Saintess, his eyeballs were gouged out by the Saintess herself! Do you want to keep him company?"

The person who spoke earlier turned pale, hurriedly covering his mouth and not daring to say another word.

The crowd receded like a tide.

Fei Yangyang stood in place, his fists tightly clenched, his knuckles turning white.

He looked at the direction where Baili Yunche disappeared, his eyes filled with unwillingness and venom.

Just a little bit more...

Just that tiny bit!

As long as the Heart-Inquiring Talisman was used, Baili Yunche would be exposed on the spot, his reputation ruined, and his cultivation crippled by the Sect to be expelled from the mountain gates!

Yet coincidently, the Saintess appeared.

Coincidentally, the Saintess took him away.

Fei Yangyang took a deep breath, suppressing the fury in his heart, and secretly gritted his teeth: "Consider yourself lucky."

Liu Ruyan's Immortal Cave was located on Zixia Peak.

Zixia Peak was one of the nine main peaks of the Xuanyang Sect, its peak shrouded in purple rosy clouds all year round, dreamy and illusory.

Clouds and mist coiled around the mountains, and Spiritual Qi was like threads and wisps, converging into visible spiritual mist that slowly flowed along the mountain paths.

Countless exotic flowers and rare herbs spread across the peaks, some of which even Baili Yunche could not name, having only seen a few brief descriptions in the pill book Su Bingqing had given him.

This truly deserved to be the place where the Saintess cultivated.

Following behind Liu Ruyan, Baili Yunche crossed layer after layer of Restrictions, stepped over white jade-paved stone steps, and finally entered her bedchamber.

The moment the room door was pushed open, a faint fragrance rushed towards his face.

That fragrance was neither thick nor light, just right, like the scent of mountain stream orchids mixed with morning dew, carrying a trace of an elusive sweetness that made one's mind drift slightly upon smelling it.

The furnishings inside the room were not as luxurious as he had imagined, but rather simple and elegant.

A carved wooden bed, a guqin, a bronze mirror, and a few landscape scrolls hung casually on the wall.

Yet every piece of furnishing exuded extraordinariness.

That guqin was pitch-black all over, with spiritual light faintly flowing across its body, obviously a Magical Artifact of a not-low grade.

Baili Yunche stood at the doorway, his gaze sweeping across the room before finally landing on Liu Ruyan.

She was currently with her back facing him, walking slowly toward the window.

The hem of her deep purple long dress dragged on the ground, swaying gently with her steps, outlining her slender waist and rounded hip curves.