151: Easy to take

"I am a Personal Disciple of the Three Poisons Ancestor. Everyone in the entire Nether Fire Sect territory gives me some Face. I guarantee you, I will do better than Fellow Daoist Yu Feng!"

"Fellow Daoist Liu, how about it?"

Xu Bin was full of confidence. He had seen Liu Xuan's information and didn't think Liu Xuan would refuse.

Liu Xuan possessed a good item like the ice blue soul-stabbing talisman, yet he sold it at a low price to Yu Feng and Yu Lie, clearly not wanting to expose the matter.

In this case, if Liu Xuan didn't want it to become widely known, he only had one option: sell it to him.

"I promised Junior Brother Yu Lie that I would only sell the ice blue soul-stabbing talisman to him. I am a man of my word."

"This is difficult!"

Liu Xuan looked troubled.

Recently, being bored, he was in the mood to play along with these two to see what they were really up to.

Xu Bin saw Liu Xuan constantly staring at Senior Sister Lu Ping and smiled, "Fellow Daoist Liu, what do you think of my Junior Sister?"

"Peerless beauty, enchanting without being seductive, with an ethereal and refined temperament. She is indeed a rare beauty."

Liu Xuan gave an objective assessment, neither deliberately praising nor disparaging.

Lu Ping sat quietly in her seat, and upon hearing his words, she lowered her head slightly, a blush rising on her Face.

Xu Bin glanced at the two of them, his smile growing even brighter, "I heard that Fellow Daoist is extremely fond of beauty, and coincidentally, my Junior Sister admires Fellow Daoist. How about I make the decision to marry my Junior Sister to you as your Dao Companion?"

"Junior Sister!"

He looked at Lu Ping and asked, "Do you agree to Senior Brother's proposal?"

Lu Ping buried her head even lower, her ears red. That girlish shyness didn't seem feigned.

"Mm!"

With a barely audible sound, she nodded slightly.

"Fellow Daoist Liu?" Xu Bin looked at Liu Xuan, who was seated at the head of the table.

"Alright then!"

Liu Xuan put down his teacup. "Since you two are so sincere, from now on, the Talisman business and the Merchant Alliance business will be handled by you."

"Thank you, Fellow Daoist!"

Xu Bin cupped his hands in a salute, "Cooperating with me, Fellow Daoist will definitely not be disappointed!"

After discussing a few important cooperation details with Liu Xuan, he stood up to take his leave:

"I have already taken over all of the Yu family brothers' personnel. The Merchant Alliance business will continue as usual. For the Talisman business, I will personally come to trade with you when the time comes."

After speaking, he looked at Lu Ping beside him, "Junior Sister, from now on, stay by Fellow Daoist Liu's side and serve him well. You must make Fellow Daoist satisfied, understand?"

"Mm!"

Lu Ping nodded slightly.

After Xu Bin left, the hall fell silent. Liu Xuan watched Lu Ping below with interest, not speaking for a long while.

This woman had good acting skills and good patience. She maintained that shy demeanor the entire time, without saying a single word.

"Your Junior Brother has already left. How about you come back to Lake Heart Island with me to hold the Dao Companion ceremony?"

Lu Ping suddenly looked up at Liu Xuan, her pupils contracting sharply, then instantly returning to normal. She said in a weak voice:

"I... I am a Junior Sister!"

"Oh?"

"I misremembered."

Liu Xuan showed a confused expression, "However, it's strange that your Nether Fire Sect doesn't determine seniority by cultivation."

Lu Ping raised her head. Her Aura hadn't changed, but her entire demeanor was completely different from before.

"How did you see through it?"

She had cultivated the Dried Wood Breath Concealment Art to an extremely high Realm, and with a first-grade top-tier Magical Artifact jade pendant that concealed her Aura, even ordinary Foundation Establishment Cultivators couldn't easily discern her true cultivation.

How could Liu Xuan, merely a Qi Refining Mid-stage Cultivator, see through her cultivation?

Xu Bin was at the seventh level of Qi Refining, and she was at the eighth level of Qi Refining. The difference wasn't great. The fact that he could tell her cultivation was higher indicated that Liu Xuan wasn't simply judging the strength of her Aura, but could accurately discern her exact cultivation.

"I have seen countless women and am a little sensitive to a woman's Aura. Please don't take offense, young lady."

Liu Xuan waved his hand with a smile, "These are all minor matters. Let's proceed with the Dao Companion ceremony first."

"Alright!"

Lu Ping nodded slightly, but the next moment, she suddenly erupted, waving her hand. A puff of black smoke shot out, heading towards Liu Xuan.

If soft tactics didn't work, then hard tactics would. So what if he could see her true cultivation? She wanted Liu Xuan to know that strength was everything.

The Red Pine Sect had always been stable. The individual combat power of its Cultivators was far from that of Cultivators from chaotic places like the Nether Fire Sect.

Even if Liu Xuan was also a Qi Refining Late Stage Cultivator, Lu Ping had absolute confidence in taking him down.

"Misty smoke?"

Black whirlpools appeared in Liu Xuan's pupils. He instantly saw the essence of the black smoke. Being proficient in Alchemy, he immediately saw through it.

"Hiss~"

Taking a deep breath, a large amount of black smoke was directly inhaled into Liu Xuan's body. With the Body Refining method operating, he was not only not dizzy, but his Divine Soul was slightly excited, feeling a little high.

"Not strong enough!"

"Whoosh~"

"Inhale~"

To Lu Ping's dumbfounded expression, Liu Xuan inhaled all the black smoke in two breaths... What kind of method was this!!

Daoist Magic? Magical Artifact?

Fortunately, she was experienced in combat and immediately suppressed the doubt in her heart. The Magical Artifact sword at her waist flew out, transforming into a green sword light that flew towards Liu Xuan.

"Clang!"

Liu Xuan slightly shifted his body and casually pointed a sword finger at the sword's body. The Magical Artifact sword's spiritual light instantly dimmed, losing the support of its magical power and falling to the ground.

"The sword technique is powerful, but it lacks spirituality, making it inferior."

Liu Xuan responded with ease, even having time to comment.

Lu Ping's delicate brows furrowed. A small white bone arrow flew out from her sleeve. Afterwards, regardless of whether it could harm Liu Xuan, her figure flickered, and she fled towards the door at an extremely fast speed.

Liu Xuan was definitely not a Qi Refining Mid-stage Cultivator. He was at least Qi Refining Late Stage or even Qi Refining Perfection, and he was the kind of Qi Refining Perfection with supreme combat power.

It wasn't that she hadn't fought against Qi Refining Perfection Cultivators before. The pressure Liu Xuan exerted on her was several times stronger than that of a typical Qi Refining Perfection Cultivator.

She couldn't deceive him, couldn't defeat him, and this was Liu Xuan's base camp. Fleeing was the best option.

Liu Xuan was just about to deal with the small bone arrow as he had with the green Magical Artifact sword, but he found that halfway through its flight, the small arrow transformed into an illusory 'ghostly shadow' that pounced towards him.

"Holy crap!"

The ghostly shadow had a ferocious Face and emitted gusts of Yin wind. Never having seen such a thing, he was startled.

The heavenly origin sword instantly flew out. The verdant wood magical power in his Dantian transformed into scorching Tri-Yang magical power. A scorching sun carrying terrifying magical power and Sword Intent met the attack.

"Sizzle sizzle~"

"Boom~"

The Aura from the sword alone evaporated the ghostly shadow. The heavenly origin sword stopped by the wall, and the terrifying high temperature scorched the wall black.

If Liu Xuan hadn't stopped in time, the entire hall would probably have been blown away by a single sword strike.

The ghostly shadow looked scary, but he didn't expect it to be so fragile.

At the entrance of the hall.

Lu Ping's figure was blocked by a group of Black Crystal Bees. She continuously cast several Daoist Magic spells and Talismans, but they were all blocked by the aggregated Black Crystal Bee Swarm.

She stopped, attracted by the terrifying scorching Aura behind her. Turning back, she happened to see the might of Liu Xuan's full-power strike.

"This..."

It turned out Liu Xuan had only been playing with her all along. A sword technique of this power could instantly kill her.

'Even the strongest Core Disciple in the Sect, the Senior Brother at Qi Refining Perfection, probably couldn't achieve this level, right!'

She thought to herself.