20: Chapter 20 Master, don't be afraid, your disciple will help you make a decision.

The atmosphere inside Han Po Hall became extremely bizarre because of Lin Rou's phrase, "my man."

The Disciples of the Mysterious Maiden Sect were all dumbfounded, feeling as if their worldviews had been overturned.

The usually majestic and unattainable Elder Lin Rou had actually... actually publicly hooked up with a Qi Refining Stage Disciple?

And looking at that intimate posture, she was clearly in love to her very bones, even being able to say something like "my man."

This gossip was too big; it was overwhelming!

Mo Fan's face had turned completely black; he felt like a clown standing there being humiliated by turns.

Immediately after, he stared deathly at Su Yun, his eyes looking as if he wanted to swallow him alive.

A pretty boy living off a woman, on what basis?!

On what basis could he gain Lin Rou's favor? On what basis could he make Leng Hanshuang change her mind?

"Let's go!"

Mo Fan couldn't stay a moment longer. He squeezed three words through his teeth, flicked his sleeves, turned around, and led the Medicine King Valley Disciples out of the hall without looking back.

That retreating figure was full of wretchedness and resentment.

Su Yun watched Mo Fan's departing back, his heart blooming with joy.

Trying to snatch a woman from me? Keep dreaming!

Even though we're both villains, it's clear that I, the King of Villains, am still a bit stronger than you.

As the people from Medicine King Valley left, the atmosphere in Han Po Hall finally eased slightly.

Leng Hanshuang sat back on her throne, but her gaze drifted from time to time toward Su Yun, who was being held by Lin Rou, her eyes filled with extreme complexity.

There was shock, curiosity, struggle, and a trace of... anticipation that she herself was unwilling to admit.

"Lin Rou," Leng Hanshuang's voice carried a hint of exhaustion, "watch your words and deeds. This is unseemly!"

Although it was a scolding, anyone could hear that there was no strength behind it.

"Sect Master, I am telling the truth."

Instead of restraining herself, Lin Rou held Su Yun even tighter, her chin tilted high like a cat protecting its food.

"Junior Brother Lin Chen is my man. No one should even think about making a move on him."

The way she said it, she might as well have named names and said, "Even you, the Sect Master, won't do."

Liu Yuqin stood to the side, watching Lin Rou's display of sovereignty, her silver teeth gnashing in anger.

This old vixen is too shameless!

In front of so many people, she dares to get handsy with Su Yun!

If the occasion weren't wrong, she would have wanted to rush up and snatch Su Yun away.

"Everyone, dismiss."

Leng Hanshuang didn't seem to want to dwell on this topic any longer and waved her hand tiredly.

"Yes."

The crowd bowed and left the hall one after another.

Lin Rou pulled Su Yun along, walking past Liu Yuqin with her head held high, even giving her a provocative look.

Liu Yuqin stomped her feet in anger but was helpless.

...

The night deepened.

At the summit of Hanpo Peak, the stone door to the inner hall, which was covered in ice and snow year-round, remained tightly shut.

Liu Yuqin stood outside the secret chamber, having already waited for two full hours.

She thought to herself that Revered Master must be having a battle within her soul right now.

During the day, Su Yun had already proven with facts that he was the only antidote.

Moreover, through her own observations, she clearly felt that Revered Master was not acting normally.

But the shackle in Revered Master's heart, that man named "Lin Aotian," still prevented her from severing it herself.

"Revered Master, oh Revered Master, why are you so stubborn?"

Liu Yuqin sighed in her heart, but her gaze gradually became determined.

Since you cannot make this decision...

Then as your Disciple, I can only give you a hand.

Liu Yuqin took a deep breath and carefully took out a black jade bottle from her Storage Ring.

This was something she had previously "taken" from Su Yun at the Soul Severing Abyss.

At that time, to make her more "obedient," Su Yun had given her a bottle of special "mood-enhancing" potion, which was the System-produced "obedience potion."

However, she had never been willing to use this bottle of medicine.

Now, it was finally time for it to be useful.

"Revered Master, don't blame me."

Liu Yuqin looked at the closed stone door, a flash of decisiveness in her eyes.

"I am also doing this for your own good, and for the good of the Mysterious Maiden Sect."

"Only if you live and Breakthrough to the Void Refining Realm can the Mysterious Maiden Sect remain prosperous forever."

"As for Lin Aotian... what he cannot give you, I will help you find it back!"

Liu Yuqin no longer hesitated and quietly walked to the ventilation opening of the secret chamber.

This was the only place where the entire secret chamber connected to the outside world, usually used for exchanging Spiritual Qi.

She opened the stopper of the jade bottle and, wrapping a wisp of colorless and odorless medicinal gas with her spiritual power, precisely sent it into the vent.

This "obedience potion" was incredibly domineering; anyone below the Soul Transformation Stage would fall upon contact.

Although Leng Hanshuang was at the Great Perfection of Spirit Transformation, she was currently heavily injured and her mind was agitated, making this her weakest moment.

Furthermore, this potion was colorless and odorless, making it extremely difficult to detect.

After doing all this, Liu Yuqin quickly left the scene as if she had never appeared.

...

Inside the secret chamber.

Leng Hanshuang sat cross-legged on the cold jade bed, operating her Cultivation Technique with all her might, trying to suppress the cold poison that had begun to riot in her body again.

However, the more she suppressed it, the more violently the cold poison recoiled.

Streams of bone-chilling cold Qi rampaged through her Meridians, as if they wanted to freeze her internal organs into ice shards.

"Puff!"

Leng Hanshuang spat out another mouthful of black blood, her face turning as pale as golden paper.

Just then, she suddenly smelled an extremely faint and strange fragrance.

That scent was very strange; it didn't smell like flowers or pills. It smelled... like something that made one feel drowsy.

"Not good!"

Warning bells rang in Leng Hanshuang's heart as she immediately realized she might have been set up.

She wanted to forcibly lift her spirits and seal her nose and mouth, but it was already too late.

A strong sense of dizziness and heat rose from her heart simultaneously.

Her rationality was fading rapidly, while her body became unusually sensitive and empty.

Especially when Su Yun's face flashed through her mind.

And when she thought of that domineering pure Yang Qi on his body, this emptiness and longing were magnified a thousand times over.

"Who is it..."

Leng Hanshuang used her last ounce of strength, wanting to see clearly who was plotting against her.

But her eyelids were as heavy as a thousand pounds. Finally, in a world of darkness, she completely lost consciousness.

...

Another hour passed.

After confirming that the medicine's effects had fully taken hold, Liu Yuqin returned to the entrance of the secret chamber.

This time, she no longer hesitated and directly pushed open that heavy stone door.

Inside the secret chamber, Leng Hanshuang lay on the cold jade bed with her clothes disheveled.

Her originally cold and exquisite face was now flushed with an abnormal red; her breathing was rapid, and she was unconsciously murmuring something.

"Hot... so uncomfortable..."

Seeing this scene, a trace of reluctance flashed in Liu Yuqin's heart, but it was quickly replaced by decisiveness.

She quickly walked out of the secret chamber and headed straight for Xiuyun Peak.

...

"What did you say? The Sect Master's cold poison has attacked her heart, and she's about to die?!"

In the Xiuyun Peak Sleeping Quarters, upon hearing Liu Yuqin's "bad news," Lin Rou suddenly sat up from Su Yun's embrace, her face full of shock.

Su Yun also frowned.

So soon?

It shouldn't be. Even if Leng Hanshuang was weak, she shouldn't have reached the point of being unable to hold on so quickly.

"It's absolutely true!"

Liu Yuqin had a face full of anxiety, and her tears were about to fall.

"I just went to visit Revered Master and found her unconscious, her aura weak, and her entire body covered in frost! Junior Martial Uncle Lin Rou, now only Junior Brother Lin Chen can save her!"

Lin Rou's face instantly turned ugly.

She subconsciously glanced at Su Yun, her eyes full of reluctance and vigilance.

Sending her "treasure" to save that ice-face?

She was a hundred times unwilling!

However, if Leng Hanshuang really died, the Mysterious Maiden Sect would surely fall into chaos, and she wouldn't benefit then either.

More importantly, Liu Yuqin had come personally to ask. If she blocked Su Yun from going...

If word got out, it would be said that she, Lin Rou, watched someone die without helping and intended to murder the Sect Master!

She couldn't bear that accusation!

"Junior Brother Lin Chen!" Seeing Lin Rou hesitate, Liu Yuqin directly knelt before Su Yun with a "thud."

"I beg of you, please save my Revered Master! As long as you can save her, I... I, Liu Yuqin, am willing to serve you as a beast of burden, forever and ever, by your side!"

This high-and-mighty Saintess was now crying like a pear blossom in the rain, looking so pitiful that anyone who saw her would soften their heart.

Looking at Liu Yuqin kneeling before him, Su Yun's heart was suddenly as clear as a mirror.

Good heavens, this girl is really acting the part.

First the drugging, then the tragic plea; she's hell-bent on sending her Revered Master to my bed!

"Saintess, please get up quickly!" Su Yun hurried forward to help Liu Yuqin up, looking full of "righteousness."

"Saving lives is the duty of us Cultivators! Not to mention saving the Sect Master! This matter is my bounden duty!"

As he spoke, he turned to look at Lin Rou, a hint of "helplessness" in his eyes.

"Cousin Aunt, look..."

What else could Lin Rou say?

With things said to this point, if she blocked him again, she really would become a criminal.

"Humph!"

Lin Rou let out a cold snort from her nose and said reluctantly,

"If you're going, then go quickly! But I'm warning you, saving someone is one thing, don't throw your own life away!"

Her words were openly showing concern for Su Yun, but secretly they were a warning to him: don't develop any real feelings for that ice-face!

"I know, Cousin Aunt."

Su Yun responded verbally, but he was laughing inwardly.

Leng Hanshuang, you, the toughest bone in the Southern Region—today, I'm going to see exactly how tough you are!