217: grasp

"Great, this is wonderful. I never expected that while the Sect Master ignored us and Revered Master's old friends all hid away, Big Brother Shennian would actually be willing to help."

Xiao Qingyue paced back and forth in the hall, her pretty face shedding its usual icy frost to reveal a hint of warmth. "Regardless of whether Big Brother Shennian succeeds, Qingyue will keep this kindness engraved in her heart!"

Xiao Ziyue also smiled happily. "Sister, you have to be better to Big Brother Shennian in the future. You mustn't let down his devoted heart!"

"Don't worry, I am not that kind of loose woman. I won't look for any other men to be my Cauldron anymore; I will pamper Big Brother Shennian for the rest of my life!" Xiao Qingyue's tone was solemn.

In this moment filled with warmth, Su Quan's somewhat ill-timed voice rang out.

"Uh, well... ladies, have you considered that this Big Brother Shennian might be taking advantage of your urgency regarding your Revered Master's suppression to trick you out of your treasures?"

"Su Quan, what nonsense are you talking about?"

Xiao Qingyue's expression turned cold, her willow-leaf eyebrows shooting up. "How could Big Brother Shennian be that kind of person? He is a legendary Descendant of the Immortal Emperor! Do you, a mere Golden Immortal, even know what Realm an Immortal Emperor is?"

Whether he's a Descendant of the Immortal Emperor or not, I don't know, but I myself am a genuine descendant of two Emperors.

Su Quan muttered to himself.

Xiao Qingyue scrutinized the youth with a wary and suspicious gaze, saying coldly, "On the contrary, you are someone of unknown origin and identity who followed us sisters back to the Sect. You're the one more likely to have ill intentions toward our treasures."

"Fine!"

Su Quan rolled his eyes; he shouldn't have spoken up.

Seeing this, Xiao Ziyue quickly stepped forward to defend him. "Sister, Young Master Su isn't that kind of person. Maybe... Young Master Su was just giving a well-intentioned reminder!"

"Well, thank you very much for this 'well-intentioned' attempt to splash dirty water on Big Brother Shennian!"

Xiao Qingyue spoke with heavy sarcasm.

She already didn't have a good impression of Su Quan, and now she disliked him even more.

"Oh, Sister, say less. I'll take Young Master Su to find a place to rest first."

"Hmph!"

Xiao Qingyue turned her head and walked toward her own sleeping quarters.

Xiao Ziyue helplessly stuck her tongue out at Su Quan, then led him outside, heading toward a side hall located deep on the right side of the mountain peak.

"Young Master Su, my sister has a bit of a temper. Don't take what she just said to heart."

"It's fine. I actually admire her devotion—how she can defend the person she likes at every turn and trust them implicitly."

Su Quan wore a faint smile, while inwardly he was criticizing her wildly.

She's so stupid and easy to trick!

She's being PUA'd and she's still standing there all happy!

"Actually, actually I could also..."

Xiao Ziyue spoke up, summoning her courage.

As soon as she finished, the atmosphere became a bit delicate. The girl's face flushed crimson, and she lowered her head shyly.

Seeing this, Su Quan also stopped talking. He made his own face look a bit redder and tilted his head slightly to the side in a bashful gesture.

After a moment of silence, it was Xiao Ziyue who spoke first.

"Young Master Su, I want to apologize to you. I... I shouldn't have casually told outsiders that you are my Dao-Protecting Cauldron."

"Because the status of a Dao-Protecting Cauldron is extremely important in our Hehuan Sacred Sect. For another female cultivator to try and lay hands on someone's Dao-Protecting Cauldron means forming an irreconcilable blood feud."

"So, doing that can save a lot of unnecessary trouble."

"Young Master Su... are you angry with me?"

Su Quan didn't say anything. With a serious expression, he stared straight at the girl until her heart fluttered like a trapped bird. She was caught between anticipation and fear, her emotions pulled to their peak.

Only then did he burst into a smile.

His already peerless face instantly bloomed like a thousand flowers, making the sun, moon, and stars pale in comparison.

"You dummy, I didn't even deny it!"

Xiao Ziyue was already dazed. The youth's momentary brilliance was deeply etched into her Divine Soul, impossible to erase.

She subconsciously asked, "Then Young Master Su... are you willing to be my Dao-Protecting Cauldron?"

"Hmph!"

Su Quan appeared to be a little angry.

He crossed his arms and sat sideways, refusing to look at the girl.

The meaning he conveyed was: I'm mad, go ahead and guess why!

"Ah, Young Master Su... please don't be angry. If you're unwilling, then I won't force—"

Xiao Ziyue explained in a panic, only to see Su Quan stomp his foot and say with mock indignation, "Oh, you dummy! This kind of thing... how can a boy like me be embarrassed enough to..."

He didn't finish the rest of the sentence.

But even if Xiao Ziyue's reaction was slow, she could still feel Su Quan's intent.

Intense joy surged into her heart. In a moment of heat, she pulled Su Quan into her arms.

"Young Master Su, I'm sorry, I understand now. I'm too stupid, I'm the world's biggest dummy!"

"As long as you know!"

Su Quan was very well-behaved, his face flushed pink.

He quietly curled up in the girl's embrace; the unique virgin fragrance on her body was intoxicating.

He never expressed anything directly, yet he could give a woman infinite room for imagination just through his tone and demeanor. This was the highest Realm of manipulating women.

One could only say that the iron-blooded man Su Quan from his previous life had, under the System's lure, successfully turned into the kind of bad man that women loved most.

Xiao Ziyue just kept giggling foolishly. At this moment, she felt she was the luckiest woman in the world.

However, Su Quan had no intention of letting her off.

He naturally wrapped his arms around the woman's slender waist and, with a somewhat sorrowful tone, began his emotional act: "Sister Ziyue, did you know? From the day you saved me, I knew I could never leave you again in this life."

"I haven't had a mother or father since I was young. My Family suffered a total extermination, and I could only wander the world alone, enduring all the hardships of the human Realm. Fortunately, I managed to Cultivate to the Golden Immortal Realm using some resources left by my Family, which saved me from the insults of many bad people."

"I know many men envy and are jealous of my looks, but I don't like them at all. Because of this face, many female cultivators look at me with eyes full of that disgusting desire. I hate them. I once thought that women were all creatures who only thought with their lower bodies!"

"But then I met Sister Ziyue. Sister Ziyue was like a peerless war god descending from the heavens on seven-colored clouds and clad in golden armor, rescuing me from the mire and fulfilling all my fantasies about a future Dao Companion."

"Most importantly, I didn't see that pure desire in Sister Ziyue's eyes. Instead, there was only tender love. That kind of gaze was unfamiliar to me and made me fearful. Sister, you know that I've never enjoyed this kind of affection since I was a child."

As he reached the emotional part, Su Quan's eyes grew sore, and he forced out two drops of tears.

Then he leaned into the girl's ear and murmured softly.

"I'm really so scared!"

"Scared that this is all a dream!"

"Scared that after the dream ends, Sister Ziyue won't want me anymore, and I'll go back to being all alone."

*Hiccup*~ Waaaah!

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