325: Romantic love between men and women is just an illusion.

The aura on An Yunmiao's body was like a ball of raging fire, its intensity so scorching that even Liu Xuan felt alarmed.

With Golden Core Perfection cultivation, and being a Genius valued by the Soul Transformation Immortal of the Beast Taming Sect's main sect, her strength was truly extraordinary!

The big bear beside her, similar in size to a large mountain, was even more terrifying; its aura felt three parts stronger than that of the Nascent Soul Crane Demon, Young Master Yun Xu, whom he had met last time.

'Another Nascent Soul Great Demon!!'

Between Young Master Yun Xu last time, this Big Black Bear this time, plus the five Elders, the Beast Taming Sect Southern Branch had at least twelve Nascent Soul combatants. No wonder they could act as the vanguard to attack the Peach Blossom Sect.

Liu Xuan ordered someone to immediately go to the Artifact Refining Hall to notify An Yunxi that her sister had arrived, then personally opened the Formation barrier and performed a Daoist salute, "I am Liu Xuan. Greetings, Senior Sister Yun Miao, greetings, Senior."

"Senior Sister Yun Miao?" An Yunmiao looked at Liu Xuan, her Divine Sense sweeping over him, "Are you that Liu... Liu Xuan my sister mentioned?"

"Not bad! Your cultivation is average, but you look quite decent, no wonder you could deceive my sister."

An Yunxi would mention a little bit about Liu Xuan's situation every time she wrote home, and the Beast Taming Sect's spies had also reported some intelligence on him, so An Yunmiao knew a little bit about Liu Xuan.

"You are Liu Xuan?" The Big Black Bear beside her stared fiercely at Liu Xuan, its aura suddenly pressing down on him, looking as if it were about to attack immediately.

"Fatty, stop!"

Just as Liu Xuan prepared to control the grand Formation to resist, the Big Black Bear was stopped by An Yunmiao.

The fierce aura on the Big Black Bear immediately vanished, and it looked at An Yunmiao with a simple, honest, and confused expression, "Young Miss, didn't you say we were going to teach Liu Xuan a good lesson when we saw him?"

A trace of embarrassment flashed across An Yunmiao's face, then she scolded sternly, "If he is to be taught a lesson, it will be by me. What are you meddling for?"

"Rash and impatient, without a shred of discipline! I punish you with no meat for a month!"

"Oh!" The Big Black Bear looked at An Yunmiao strangely, then stared closely at Liu Xuan, feeling that the Young Miss's attitude today was a bit odd.

Clearly, every time the Young Miss read the letters sent back by her sister before, she had been very disgusted with this person called Liu Xuan. They had agreed on the way to teach him a lesson first upon meeting, so why did she suddenly go back on her word?

'Going back on her word is one thing, but why punish me with no meat for a month...'

An Yunmiao also realized she had been a bit unusual just now, but it wasn't intentional; it was just that Liu Xuan was too handsome!!

Saying he looked "decent" was just her saying one thing while meaning another; in reality, Liu Xuan was more handsome than any man she had ever met, and had more temperament than those scholars in the academy.

She wasn't a fangirl, but everyone appreciates beauty. The slight disgust she had for Liu Xuan was originally just based on hearsay, and it vanished the moment she saw him in person.

At this moment, Liu Xuan didn't know that his appearance, which he had always felt was useless, had actually saved him once!

The incident happened suddenly. If the Nascent Soul Stage Big Black Bear had really attacked just now, even if he could win, his true strength would very likely have been exposed.

"Don't be afraid! Fatty has no ill intentions; he's just undisciplined. He won't attack you without my command."

An Yunmiao smiled broadly and comforted him.

"No worries!" Liu Xuan also resumed his gentle smile, "Senior probably has some misunderstanding about me."

"Please come in, the two of you. I have already sent someone to notify Senior Sister Yunxi. Let's talk inside!"

The look in An Yunmiao's eyes held a few more points of appreciation for Liu Xuan. Having just experienced the threatening Aura of the Nascent Soul Great Demon, Fatty, he could still recover his composure so quickly; his Heart-Nature was rare!

The person and the bear followed Liu Xuan to fly towards the guest hall in the North Garden at the mountaintop. In a short while, attendants served various Spirit Fruits, Spirit Wine, and Spirit Food... all served according to the highest standards.

An Yunmiao looked down on these low-level goods, but the Liu Family's food focused on being delicious, which happened to suit the Big Black Bear's taste. Ignoring An Yunmiao's gaze, it wolfed down the food.

"Sister!"

An Yunxi jumped down from the Big Black Bear's shoulder, then flew to her sister An Yunmiao's side and threw herself into her arms.

"Sister, you've finally come! I missed you so much, wuwuwu..."

"You're so grown up and still crying! What does that look like?" An Yunmiao hugged her sister, her eyes full of doting affection.

Her younger sister had been pampered at home since childhood; when had she ever been away from her for so long? If it weren't to temper her Heart-Nature, she would absolutely not have let her sister suffer so much!

Thinking of this, she began to check her sister's cultivation status, and the result was unexpectedly good. An Yunxi's Divine Soul had condensed quite a bit, and even her cultivation was about to reach Peak Foundation Establishment!

"Junior Sister Yun Xian said you were learning Artifact Refining and that your cultivation had improved greatly. I didn't believe it at first, but I didn't expect it to be true!"

An Yunmiao was very gratified. Her sister being able to temper her Heart-Nature through learning Artifact Refining was much safer than fighting and killing, and she could be more at ease.

Yun Xi wiped her tears and left her sister's embrace, pointing at Liu Xuan, "It was all taught to me by Junior Brother Liu. He is more of a Genius and more interesting than any Artifact Refiner I have ever met!"

"Sister, Junior Brother Liu is the most talented Cultivator I have ever met. He knows everything: Alchemy, Artifact Refining, Talismans, Formations... there is nothing he cannot do. Even Third Senior Sister seeks his advice!"

"All these years, Junior Brother Liu has been taking care of me. When Big Black Bear and I were injured at the Peach Blossom Sect, it was he who saved us. Later, Big Black Bear and I stayed at the Liu Family. Even the intelligence sent to you... was all obtained by people he sent to help me."

An Yunxi started praising Liu Xuan again, even describing how Liu Xuan had taken them in back then as having saved them, making Liu Xuan blush a little as he listened.

"Sister, Junior Brother Liu is really very good. He didn't deceive me. Will you accept him as our Junior Brother?"

An Yunxi had taken it upon herself to accept Liu Xuan as their Junior Brother on behalf of her father back then; in reality, she had not obtained the consent of her father and sister. Having said so much, she just wanted to let her sister accept Liu Xuan first, and then have her father accept him later.

'It's over!'

Seeing her sister's current appearance, An Yunmiao realized the situation was more serious than she had imagined.

Unlike those who had cheated her sister out of money before, Liu Xuan was even more ruthless; he was cheating her sister out of her affections.

Her sister had not entered the world deeply; if she suffered setbacks in her emotions, the impact on her cultivation would be hard to predict. Now, she couldn't just casually make a move against Liu Xuan!

Now that her sister was following Liu Xuan to learn Artifact Refining, her cultivation was indeed developing in a good direction. If Liu Xuan were gone, it would be hard to guarantee whether her sister would lose interest in Artifact Refining.

"Alright, alright, alright!"

An Yunmiao dotingly flicked her sister's nose, "Sister will agree to whatever you want!"

"However..."

"Sister, romantic love is merely a delusion. Excessive indulgence will only hinder your Dao path. I do not wish for you to go astray..."

After finishing, An Yunmiao turned her gaze to Liu Xuan. Her words were spoken to her sister, but also to Liu Xuan, warning him not to have any overstepping thoughts.

"Sister~" A hint of nervousness and a trace of shyness appeared on An Yunxi's face, "Junior Brother Liu and I are not what you think. We are just good friends."

"Besides, Junior Brother Liu... he has countless Dao Companions and countless children. How could there be any romantic love between us?"

An Yunxi's tone was a bit dejected, but she covered it up very well.