331: Chapter 331 Let me chop off your filthy root with one stroke.

Xu Ruyu smiled bitterly in his heart.

Sister Qingli, oh Sister Qingli, you're pushing me into a fiery pit!

But he still didn't give up and braced himself, saying, "Senior, this Junior truly has an urgent need for a secret Artifact Refining Room; this matter is of vital importance to my Hehuan Sect."

If Senior has any conditions, please speak. As long as this Junior can do it, I will certainly do my utmost!"

Taihao Clan stared at him, her eyes flickering as if she were contemplating something.

After a moment, a strange smile suddenly curled at the corners of her mouth.

That smile sent a chill down Xu Ruyu's spine.

"Conditions?" Taihao Clan spoke slowly, her voice carrying a hint of ill intent. "It's not impossible for you to borrow my Artifact Refining Room."

I have one condition. As long as you agree, I will immediately open the Artifact Refining Room for your use."

Xu Ruyu was delighted and hurriedly asked, "What condition? Senior, please say it!"

Taihao Clan stared into his eyes and said each word with absolute clarity:

"Drop your pants and let me chop off your filthy root with one stroke."

Xu Ruyu's smile froze on his face.

He suspected he had misheard her.

"Sen... Senior, what did you say?" His voice changed pitch.

Taihao Clan sneered and repeated, "I said, drop your pants and let me chop off that thing of yours that harmed my Master with one stroke."

As long as you agree, you can use the Artifact Refining Room however you like."

Xu Ruyu felt a surge of cold air rush from the soles of his feet straight to the crown of his head. He instinctively covered his crotch with both hands and took a large leap backward!

"Senior! This... this is absolutely out of the question!" His face turned pale, and his voice went out of tune.

Seeing him like this, Taihao Clan's sneer deepened. "What? Can't bear to part with it? Since that thing of yours loves to harm people so much, what's the use of keeping it? It's better to chop it off and be done with it."

Xu Ruyu clutched his crotch and retreated repeatedly, his mind in a state of utter chaos.

Holy shit! Is this woman crazy? Chop it off? Then how is he supposed to live? He hasn't even taken a wife yet! No, wait, he already has wives—Xiao Nianyin, Sister Qingli...

No, no, no, that's not the point! The point is, how can this thing be chopped off?

"Senior! This Junior has absolutely no intention of profaning the Artifact Spirit! That was just an illusion! It was an accident!" Xu Ruyu explained incoherently.

"An accident?" Taihao Clan's gaze turned even colder. "You slept with her and call it an accident? Then if I chop you today, it's also an accident. Will you accept that?"

Xu Ruyu was choked up, unable to speak.

Taihao Clan took a step forward, and Xu Ruyu took a step back. One advancing and one retreating, they began to circle around the Hehuan Tree in the courtyard.

"Senior, please calm down! Calm down!" Xu Ruyu shouted while retreating. "This Junior's visit is for the Dao of Artifact Refining! It's for the benefit of the Sect! It has nothing to do with personal feelings!"

"What does that have to do with me?" Taihao Clan said coldly. "I only know that you defiled my Master's purity. As her disciple, it is only natural and right to seek revenge for her."

"But that was an illusion!" Xu Ruyu shouted. "It was the Artifact Spirit's own trial! She constructed the illusion herself! If anyone is to blame, it should be herself!"

As soon as the words left his mouth, he regretted them.

Taihao Clan's gaze instantly turned cold to the extreme.

"What did you say?" Her voice sounded as if it were coming from the depths of Hell. "Say it again?"

Xu Ruyu felt his heart skip a beat.

He opened his mouth, but not a single word could come out.

Taihao Clan stared at him for a long time, then suddenly laughed.

That smile looked more painful than crying.

"Good, very good," she murmured. "Not only did you harm my Master, but you also dare to say such words. Xu Ruyu, are you truly not afraid of death, or do you think I don't dare to kill you?"

Xu Ruyu hurriedly waved his hands. "Senior, this Junior had no such intention! I misspoke, please forgive me, Senior!"

Taihao Clan ignored him and just stared at him, her gaze extremely complex.

There was hatred, killing intent, struggle, and a hint of... a complexity that Xu Ruyu couldn't understand.

After a long time, she took a deep breath and closed her eyes. When she opened them again, the killing intent had faded slightly, but the hostility remained thick.

"Forget it," she said coldly. "For the sake of your completing the Hundred Saint Tablets and optimizing the Forbidden Array, I won't kill you today. But listen well—"

She stared into Xu Ruyu's eyes and said word for word, "From now on, you are not allowed to step another foot into the place where my Master slumbers! You are not allowed to mention her again!

Furthermore, you are not allowed to... to have any more improper thoughts about her!

Otherwise, I, Taihao Clan, swear to the heavens that I will personally take your life!"

Xu Ruyu felt as if he had been granted a great amnesty and nodded repeatedly. "Yes, yes, yes! This Junior will remember! I will never dare to offend again!"

Taihao Clan gave him a cold look and turned to leave.

"Senior, wait!" Xu Ruyu hurriedly called out to her.

Taihao Clan paused in her tracks, not looking back. "What else is there?"

Xu Ruyu swallowed his saliva and asked cautiously, "About... the matter of the Artifact Refining Room..."

Taihao Clan whipped around and glared at him, her gaze looking at him as if he were an idiot who didn't know the meaning of death.

Xu Ruyu hurriedly waved his hands. "This Junior was just asking! Just asking! If Senior is unwilling, this Junior will leave right now and absolutely won't pester you!"

Taihao Clan stared at him for a long time, then suddenly sneered, "You really don't give up."

Xu Ruyu didn't dare to speak, only lowering his head in a submissive manner.