27: Chapter 0027 A Visit

Jile Peak.

Inside Li Yunlu's Immortal Cave, the lamps flickered, as bright as day.

A man dressed in white sat intently at a desk, holding a classic text and studying it, making one involuntarily think of a diligent and studious scholar.

But in reality.

What Li Yunlu held in his hands was not a literary classic, but a book on dual cultivation.

It contained poems and paintings, lyrics and odes, and even more exciting short stories, which he read with great interest.

Not far away.

Hong Tao was painting with a brush, her expression looking slightly bored.

Her sisters were not in the cave; they said they had gone to seek revenge for Lvzhu.

This should have been a good thing, but for some reason, she felt uneasy, her emotions unable to settle.

"Hong Tao, are you worried about them?"

"Yes, Young Master. The night is late, and they haven't returned yet. I am worried..."

"No need to worry."

Li Yunlu interrupted, "With Liu He and Lian'er there, a mere Qi Refining level six Cauldron is nothing to fear. Even if Qin Yao takes action, she will surely not return."

As those words fell.

Hong Tao put down her brush and shook her head.

"Young Master misunderstand."

"Oh? Tell me your thoughts."

"I am not worried about Qin Yao and her servant, but about Liu He and the others. They are Hehuan Disciples themselves, low in character and superior in cultivation. It's hard for them not to covet their beauty."

"He dares?"

Li Yunlu slammed the book heavily onto the desk, a fierce light in his eyes.

Hong Tao's delicate frame trembled in fright; she quickly lowered her head, not daring to say more.

"Speak! Does he dare?"

Hearing this.

Hong Tao lightly opened her sandalwood lips.

"It's not a question of whether they dare, but that they are all Disciples of the Hehuan Sect. They don't have much of a sense of morality or shame. An inadvertent flirtation, an inadvertent threat, could very likely..."

Smash!

A teacup hit the ground and shattered.

Li Yunlu stood up abruptly, flying into a rage.

"No, they are my maidservants and will never be easily swayed. If Liu He dares to have designs on them, I will certainly tear him into ten thousand pieces."

Despite saying so.

Neither of them knew what the actual situation was.

Now that they had been gone for so long, even though Li Yunlu felt confident, he couldn't help but become irritable.

"Go quickly and see what's going on!"

"Yes, Young Master."

Hong Tao answered immediately.

The pressure of being alone with Li Yunlu was too great; she had wanted to leave for a long time.

However, just as she turned to walk out of the Immortal Cave, she quickly doubled back, her tone returning to calm.

"Reporting to Young Master."

"What is it now? Didn't I tell you to go investigate?"

"Senior Sister Qin Yao and Junior Sister Liu Zhu have specifically come to pay a visit. They are right behind me."

At the mention of Qin Yao.

Li Yunlu's anger instantly turned to joy.

His purpose in bribing Liu He to secretly take Gu Huan away was precisely to force Qin Yao to submit.

"It's been a long time, Junior Sisters."

Turning around to look.

Li Yunlu couldn't help but be stunned and dazed.

Qin Yao was in a white dress, like a winter plum blossom in fresh snow, beautiful beyond compare.

Liu Zhu was in a green dress, like a green willow in early spring, exquisite and charmingly lovely.

Both were beauties among ten thousand.

The only thing he found regrettable was probably the charm radiating from between their brows.

Their youthfulness had faded.

Revealing a sense of allure.

That was because they each possessed a Cauldron and had lost the symbol of purity.

However, this was the Hehuan Sect, where women with a healthy charm were actually more popular.

"Enough nonsense, hand him over." Qin Yao narrowed her eyes slightly, utterly disgusted by his gaze, and spoke without politeness.

Hearing this.

Li Yunlu smiled and didn't beat around the bush.

"Is the person Junior Sister Qin wants me to hand over your deeply beloved Cauldron?"

Hehuan Disciples would not fall in love with a Cauldron.

This was the consensus of the entire Hehuan Sect.

Li Yunlu stated it so bluntly just to crush Qin Yao's spirit.

"A Cauldron is just a Cauldron; it has nothing to do with deep love. Stop trying to change the subject and hand him over quickly, or I won't be polite to you."

Qin Yao was not stupid.

Nor did she have any interest in discussing meaningless topics with him.

Finding and taking Gu Huan away was her intention from the very beginning.

"You're willing to offend me for a lowly Cauldron? Are you sure you're not joking?"

Li Yunlu truly found it incomprehensible.

There were as many lowly Cauldrons as one could want; why was Qin Yao so uniquely fond of Gu Huan?

This only made him feel disgusted, and a jealous fire began to burn fiercely within him.

"Do we look like we're joking?"

"If you don't release him, I'll burn your Immortal Cave down."

Liu Zhu cared about Gu Huan even more than Qin Yao did. Her delicate face showed a fierce expression, like a cornered rabbit.

At the same time.

Li Yunlu and Hong Tao's confusion deepened.

They couldn't imagine what kind of magic that Cauldron had to make these two women care so much.

"Good, good, good! Interesting!"

"Since you're willing to make an enemy of your Senior Brother for this person, then I won't be polite either. If you want me to release him, fine. You, and you—from now on, you'll obediently be my maidservants."

Li Yunlu said with a savage voice.

He singled out Qin Yao and Liu Zhu, forcing them to compromise.

The moment those words were spoken, the atmosphere on the scene became extremely heavy, as if both sides were about to come to blows.

Just then.

A cheeky laugh rang out from outside the Immortal Cave.

Gu Huan barged into the cave with a humble expression, bowing and cupping his hands to the four of them.

"I was wondering why my Master wasn't in her cave; it turns out she's here as a guest. And this handsome and dashing Young Master, could he be Senior Brother Li Yunlu? I've heard much about you."

The Young Master Lvzhu had mentioned, the person backing Zhou Guanlian, was the Li Yunlu before him.

Visibly.

The expressions on the four faces were all different.

"Gu Huan!"

Qin Yao felt as if she were dreaming, murmuring in a lost voice.

"Gu Huan, why are you here?" Liu Zhu appeared much more excited, her face full of sincere smiles as she immediately ran to him and started hopping around.

"Cough, cough!"

Gu Huan feigned a cough, reminding Liu Zhu to mind her image.

The latter understood and immediately restrained her excitement, becoming as well-behaved as a rabbit that had just eaten its fill.

"Impossible!"

"How could you appear here?"

Li Yunlu roared almost in a scream, staring at Gu Huan with murderous intent.

If he appeared in the Hehuan Sect, then where were Liu He and the other Law Enforcement Disciples? Where were Zhou Guanlian, Bai Lan, and Huang Ju?

Hong Tao was already dumbfounded with fear, slumped onto the ground with eyes full of terror.

She had made a mistake.

A very major mistake.

Gu Huan was not as simple as he appeared on the surface. Qi Refining level six was just his camouflage; he had actually fooled everyone.

"Senior Brother Li says such strange things. My Master is here, so why can't I come looking for her?"

"Respected Master, wouldn't you say so?"

Gu Huan smiled at Qin Yao.

The latter was equally dazed and smiled subconsciously.

"Naturally."

"Since my person has returned, Qin Yao will not disturb Senior Brother Li any further. Farewell."

Although Qin Yao had many questions.

The priority was to leave Jile Peak and talk after returning to Hehuan Peak.

The three quickly turned and left without meeting any resistance.

Li Yunlu was questioning his life; a situation he had never imagined had appeared so openly.

"Why is it like this?"

"Who can tell me what is going on?"

Liu He at Qi Refining level ten, plus two Law Enforcement Disciples, as well as Zhou Guanlian, Bai Lan, and Huang Ju—six people in total.

Why couldn't six people keep an eye on a single Qi Refining level six Cauldron?

This was too strange!

Hong Tao didn't answer; she gritted her teeth, got up, and chased after them, blocking Gu Huan's path.

"Where are they?"

"Who?"

"Don't beat around the bush with me. You know who I'm talking about."

Seeing Hong Tao's face full of anger, Gu Huan didn't find her frightening. Compared to the deceased Zhou Guanlian and the others, this woman gave off a more straightforward impression.

"Before I answer you, there's a question I've been very curious about in my heart."

"Were those four fans painted by you?"

Upon hearing this, Hong Tao felt a hair-raising chill as if she had fallen into an ice cellar, and she stumbled back two steps.

The refined and elegant man before her was ten thousand times more dangerous than she had imagined.

Although she didn't answer.

Gu Huan already understood.

"The old place. You'll know once you go there."

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