340: Chapter 340 Master-Disciple Dialogue: Do you also want to be with him...?

Taihao Clan cleared her throat, straightened her face, and put on a serious expression: "Since Master has said so, then... then I won't hold what happened before against you."

Xu Ruyu was delighted in his heart: "Thank you, Senior!"

"However—" Taihao Clan prolonged her voice, staring at him with burning eyes, "you must teach me those Array Pattern and those formulas!"

Xu Ruyu nodded repeatedly: "Of course, of course! If Senior wants to learn, this Junior will definitely teach everything without reservation!"

Taihao Clan nodded with satisfaction, but then thought of something, and her expression became somewhat subtle.

She looked at Xu Ruyu and suddenly asked a question:

"You... you and my Master... what are your plans for the future?"

Xu Ruyu was stunned and scratched his head: "This... I don't know either. Senior Yue Ling... she didn't say anything..."

Taihao Clan stared at him with a deep gaze, her thoughts unknown.

After a long while, she suddenly sighed, turned around, and walked out of the Artifact Refining Room.

When she reached the door, she stopped and stood with her back to Xu Ruyu, her voice somewhat ethereal:

"Refine artifacts well. If you don't refine a Spiritual Artifact that satisfies me..."

She paused and didn't continue.

Xu Ruyu asked nervously: "You'll castrate me?"

Taihao Clan did not answer.

After a moment of silence, she suddenly spoke, her voice carrying a hint of subtlety that even she hadn't noticed:

"You said just now that something called 'Plasma Welding Flame' has a temperature much higher than Earth Fire?"

Xu Ruyu was taken aback and nodded quickly: "Yes, Senior. After being compressed with source energy and sprayed out, the maximum temperature can reach..."

"Enough." Taihao Clan interrupted him, "Make one for me tomorrow as well."

Having said that, she left quickly, disappearing into the corridor.

Leaving Xu Ruyu alone, standing in the Artifact Refining Room, it took a while for him to regain his senses.

He looked down at the "poqi type i" in his hand, then at the deep pit on the testing wall, and finally at the direction where Taihao Clan had disappeared, unable to help but smile.

This hurdle is... cleared?

Although the process was thrilling and he was almost castrated, the result was good.

Moreover, there was also... Yue Ling?

Xu Ruyu thought of the Artifact Spirit's shy appearance, her gentle gaze, and that sentence "you can just call me Yue Ling from now on," and his heart skipped a beat for some reason.

He shook his head, tossing those messy thoughts out of his mind, picked up the Engraving Needle again, and began to study the next weapon.

Whatever, the priority is to refine artifacts first.

As for the rest...

We'll talk about it later.

...

Inside the inner layer of the Illusory Moon Well, in a thatched cottage.

Taihao Clan pushed open the door and entered the room.

Master Yue Ling was sitting by the window, staring blankly at the bamboo forest outside. Moonlight spilled through the window lattice, casting a soft glow over her.

"Master." Taihao Clan walked over and sat down beside her.

Yue Ling turned her head, looked at her, and smiled slightly: "What's wrong?"

Taihao Clan opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but didn't know where to start.

Seeing her like this, a flash of understanding crossed Yue Ling's eyes.

She reached out, gently held Taihao Clan's hand, and said softly: "Little Taihao, do you want to ask why Master treated that Xu Ruyu..."

Taihao Clan nodded, then shook her head, and finally whispered: "Master, do you... do you really... like him?"

Yue Ling was silent for a moment, her gaze drifting out the window, and she said softly: "Like? Master doesn't know either.

It's just... that day in the illusory realm, when he touched me, I felt a... feeling I've never had before.

That feeling made my heart palpitate, made me tremble, and also made me... unable to forget."

That shy blush appeared on her face again.

"Moreover, his 'Dao' is very special. I can feel that it is a path that can lead to a higher level.

Perhaps, by following him, I can... go even further."

Listening to this, Taihao Clan's heart was filled with mixed emotions.

Looking at her Master's shy and timid appearance, she suddenly felt that her Master seemed... much younger.

"Then... what do you plan to do?" she asked.

Yue Ling shook her head: "I don't know. Let's leave it to fate."

She turned her head, looked at Taihao Clan, and smiled: "But as for you, Little Taihao, do you also want to follow him and learn those Array Pattern?"

Taihao Clan's face turned red, and she said stubbornly: "Who... who wants to learn from him! I just... just feel those things are a bit interesting..."

Yue Ling smiled and poked her forehead: "Stubborn. You've been like this since you were a child, unable to look away whenever you see something novel.

I'm afraid Xu Ruyu's Artifact Refining method has completely hooked your soul, hasn't it?"

Having her thoughts exposed, Taihao Clan's face turned even redder, and she lowered her head without speaking.

Seeing her like this, Yue Ling couldn't help but laugh.

As she laughed, she suddenly sighed.

"Little Taihao, you said just now that you wanted to castrate him?"

Taihao Clan was stunned and whispered: "That... that was before... now that Master has said so, how would I dare..."

Yue Ling shook her head, the smile on her face becoming somewhat subtle.

"Master isn't asking if you still dare. Master is asking you—"

She looked into Taihao Clan's eyes and said word by word:

"Would you really have the heart to castrate him?"

Taihao Clan was stunned.

She opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but found her throat terribly dry.

Would she have the heart?

She thought of Xu Ruyu's focused eyes when refining artifacts, those exquisite Array Pattern, and that incredibly powerful "poqi type i"...

If she didn't castrate him, she could watch him refine artifacts every day, study those Array Pattern every day, and learn that unheard-of knowledge every day.

If she did castrate him...

Taihao Clan shuddered.

She didn't dare think about it anymore.

Seeing her like this, Yue Ling smiled slightly and said nothing more.

She turned her head and continued to gaze at the bamboo forest outside, her gaze drifting into the distance.

There, in the direction of the Artifact Refining Room.

That young man was still there, focused on refining artifacts.

Perhaps, this is fate.

The night in the Illusory Moon Well was quiet and long.