34: Chapter 34 The Change in Leng Hanshuang's Attitude

Hanpo Peak, Inner Hall.

It was still that secret chamber forged from Ten-thousand-year Profound Ice, but today's atmosphere was completely different from the last time.

The air was no longer that bone-piercing cold.

Instead, it was filled with a faint, strange fragrance—a mixture of a woman's body scent and Pure Yang Qi—that made one's heart flutter upon smelling it.

Leng Hanshuang was still sitting on that massive cold jade bed, but she had changed into a brand-new white palace dress embroidered with subtle ice lotus patterns.

Her complexion had regained its rosiness, and her skin, which had previously appeared somewhat withered due to the cold poison...

...was now crystal clear and supple, as if she had grown ten years younger.

Her cultivation had also completely stabilized at the Great Perfection of Spirit Transformation, and there were even faint signs of an impending Breakthrough.

But the most obvious change was in her eyes.

Those Phoenix eyes, which were originally as indifferent as a ten-thousand-year-old glacier...

...were now like the surface of a lake where ice and snow had just begun to melt, rippling with a complex and blurred watery light.

When Su Yun walked into the secret chamber, those eyes fixed on him without blinking.

There was scrutiny, shyness, resentment, and a trace of... longing that even she herself was unwilling to admit.

"Disciple Lin Chen pays his respects to the Sect Master."

Su Yun bowed in greeting, his face wearing a perfect amount of respect and a hint of... aloofness.

He knew that when dealing with a woman like Leng Hanshuang—who was cold on the outside but passionate on the inside and possessed extremely strong self-esteem—he couldn't just force himself on her like he did with Lin Rou.

He had to play some mind games.

He had to make her take the initiative to come to him.

Leng Hanshuang didn't tell him to rise; she just watched him quietly for a very long time.

So long that Su Yun was starting to feel a bit impatient before she finally spoke slowly, her voice cold yet carrying an imperceptible tremble.

"That day... about that matter, you..."

She wanted to ask, how much do you still remember about what happened that day?

But the words reached her lips and she just couldn't say them.

It was too shameful.

She, the dignified Sect Master of the Mysterious Maiden Sect, had actually done such... shameless things in front of an unconscious Disciple.

Although it was under the influence of the medicine, those clear, frantic memories were like a brand seared into her mind, impossible to banish.

Especially the unprecedented, Soul-shivering experience this man had given her; it had left her with a taste for it, making her unable to sleep at night.

"Replying to Sect Master."

Su Yun acted as if he didn't notice the conflict in her words, looking up with a "clueless" expression and asking.

"I wonder what matter the Sect Master is referring to? That day, in order to expel the poison for you, I exhausted my mind and spirit. I don't remember much of what happened afterward."

"I only vaguely remember... it seemed like you, Sect Master, were holding me and wouldn't let me go..."

Su Yun's words were half-true and half-false, but they instantly caused Leng Hanshuang's face to flush red all the way to the tips of her ears.

"Nonsense!"

She instinctively scolded him harshly, but there was no conviction in her voice.

Because what Su Yun said was the truth.

At that time, it really was her who had taken the initiative to cling to Su Yun and wouldn't let him leave.

"This Disciple wouldn't dare to talk nonsense," Su Yun said with a "wronged" look. "If I have said something I shouldn't have, I beg the Sect Master's forgiveness."

Seeing Su Yun's "pure and innocent" appearance, Leng Hanshuang felt both angry and ashamed, yet she couldn't lash out.

She couldn't very well say, "Yes, that's right, I was the one who took the initiative, now hurry up and submit to me," could she?

If she did, how could she continue to be the Sect Master?

The atmosphere in the secret chamber fell into an awkward silence for a while.

After a long time, Leng Hanshuang took a deep breath, forcibly suppressed the strange feeling in her heart, and changed the subject.

"What is this about your life-and-death battle with Li Changfeng?"

Her tone regained the majesty of a Sect Master.

"Replying to Sect Master."

Su Yun spoke neither humbly nor arrogantly.

"It was Elder Li Changfeng who publicly threatened to take my life. I had no choice but to resort to this."

"Ridiculous!"

Leng Hanshuang's elegant brows furrowed.

"Do you know he is at the Late Nascent Soul Stage? You are currently only at the Early Stage of the Golden Core; how can you be his match? You are joking with your own life!"

Although she was scolding him, Su Yun could hear a trace of concern hidden in her words.

"Thank you for your concern, Sect Master."

Su Yun chuckled inwardly, but on the surface, he maintained an air of righteousness.

"But there are things a man must do and things he must not. He insulted me in public and threatened to kill me. If I didn't accept the challenge, wouldn't that make him think I, Lin Chen, am a soft persimmon that can be squeezed at will?"

"Furthermore,"

Su Yun looked up, his eyes burning as he looked at Leng Hanshuang, saying each word deliberately.

"I believe that in three months, I will definitely be able to defeat him!"

Seeing the confident and spirited look in Su Yun's eyes, Leng Hanshuang's heart skipped a beat for no reason.

This man seemed to have a kind of magic that made people unconsciously want to believe in him.

"Fine." Leng Hanshuang sighed and took out a Jade Slip and a white jade bottle from her Storage Ring, tossing them to Su Yun.

"Inside this is the insights I've gathered over many years of Cultivation, as well as a Low Grade Heaven Rank defensive Divine Ability called 'Ice God Armor'. In this bottle are three 'Nine Apertures Golden Core' pills, which are enough to help you raise your cultivation to the Middle Stage of the Golden Core within three months."

"Take care of yourself."

She was essentially giving Su Yun private tutoring to help him improve his strength.

"Thank you for your generous gift, Sect Master!" Su Yun took the items, feeling overjoyed.

As expected of the Sect Master, she was truly generous.

However, just as he was preparing to take his leave...

Leng Hanshuang called out to him again.

"Wait."

Her voice was somewhat hesitant.

"That day... although the cold poison in my body was cleared, it seems... it left behind some side effects."

"Every night of the full moon, my body becomes inexplicably hot, and my spiritual energy flows in reverse. I need... I need the reconciliation of Extreme Yang Qi to calm it down."

After saying this, her face turned so red it looked like it was about to drip blood, and she didn't dare look at Su Yun again.

Su Yun was laughing like crazy inside.

Here it comes! Here it comes! The fish has taken the bait!

What side effects?

That was clearly a side effect of the Nine Yang Imperial Phoenix Technique, giving her a taste for it and making her body develop a dependency.

Now, as long as Su Yun beckoned with a finger, this ice mountain Sect Master would obediently lie down on the bed herself at any time.

But Su Yun wouldn't do that.

What he wanted wasn't a Puppet controlled by desire, but a woman who was willing to fall for him.

"So that's how it is." Su Yun showed an expression of "sudden realization," which then turned into "difficulty."

"Sect Master, this... I'm afraid it might be inappropriate?"

"You are the Sect Master, and I am just an Inner Sect Disciple. If word of this gets out, I'm afraid for your reputation..."

He deliberately brought up her reputation to force Leng Hanshuang to make the choice herself.

Sure enough, hearing this, a flash of struggle appeared in Leng Hanshuang's eyes.

But soon, that struggle was replaced by an emotion called "longing."

She remembered the unprecedented, ultimate experience Su Yun had given her that day.

She also remembered Lin Aotian's resolute back as he left.

On one side was the within-reach ultimate bliss and the Great Dao.

On the other side were ethereal promises and waiting.

How should she choose?

At that moment, Su Yun added more fuel to the fire.

" Moreover，"

He sighed and said with a "helpless" look.

"Revered Master Lin Rou... she keeps a tight leash on me. If she found out I was coming to 'treat' you in the middle of the night, she... she would be angry."

He deliberately mentioned Lin Rou.

This move was truly ruthless.

Hearing the name "Lin Rou," an imperceptible flash of... jealousy and unwillingness crossed Leng Hanshuang's ice-blue Phoenix eyes.

Why?

Why can that woman possess him openly and rightfully?

While I, the dignified Sect Master of a sect, have to suffer here for the sake of so-called reputation?

I am also... a woman who has... had intimate contact with him!

At this moment, all her reserve and all her scruples were swept away by a strong sense of possessiveness.

"Don't worry about Lin Rou's side."

Leng Hanshuang suddenly looked up, her eyes burning as she looked at Su Yun, her attitude firm.

"From today on, you will move to Hanpo Peak to live."

"I will personally... guide your cultivation."