55: Chapter 55 Come, sit next to me and tell me properly.

Seeing this, Rong Qingliu stopped insisting on clearing the room. She stepped forward a few paces, her eyes fixed on Hua Xunhuan, and lowered her voice, saying word by word, "I just came back from Ningyin Hall.

Xiao Nianyin, using the Sect Master's order, accessed the 'Heavenly Charm Mysterious Maiden Heart Sutra'."

"What?!"

Hua Xunhuan, who had been lazy and charming just a moment ago as if she were boneless, suddenly sprang up from her soft chair upon hearing this, her movement so swift it stirred a fragrant breeze.

The seductive smile on her face vanished instantly, replaced by a look of extreme shock and suspicion. Her brows furrowed tightly, and those soul-stealing eyes were now as sharp as knives, piercing straight toward Rong Qingliu.

"Rong Qingliu!" Hua Xunhuan's voice rose a few pitches, filled with disbelief. "Have you suffered a Qi Deviation from your Cultivate and come here to talk nonsense just to amuse yourself with me?

In the entire Cultivation World, who doesn't know that Xiao Nianyin thinks the world of herself? She prides herself on being pure and noble, and has always looked down on women like us who rely on Charm Techniques as if we were nothing.

She would voluntarily access the 'Heavenly Charm Mysterious Maiden Heart Sutra'? This is ten times more absurd than hearing the sun rose in the west or that pigs could fly!"

Facing Hua Xunhuan's intense reaction, Rong Qingliu's expression remained calm. She simply added, "I suspect her action is for the sake of her newly accepted so-called 'Personal Disciple,' Xu Ruyu."

"For that Personal Disciple? Hahahaha..." Hua Xunhuan burst into loud laughter as if she had heard the world's biggest joke. Her laughter echoed in the vast and decadent hall, carrying unabashed mockery. "Rong Qingliu, oh Rong Qingliu, do you even hear what you're saying?

Xiao Nianyin, that 'Stone Woman' who hasn't spared a glance for a man in hundreds of years and is as cold as ten-thousand-year-old profound ice—she would access the 'Heavenly Charm Mysterious Maiden Heart Sutra' she usually despises for a Personal Disciple who just joined and is reportedly a waste without a Spiritual Root?"

She laughed so hard her body trembled, her full chest heaving, causing several young men nearby to stare in a daze.

"If these words reached the ears of Xiao Nianyin's long-dead Revered Master," Hua Xunhuan finally stopped laughing and wiped the tears from her eyes, her tone becoming even more biting, "I'm afraid that old woman would jump out of her coffin in a rage and point at your nose, cursing you for talking nonsense and tarnishing her beloved Disciple's reputation!"

Rong Qingliu watched Hua Xunhuan's exaggerated reaction, her face still expressionless as she said indifferently, "Believe it or not.

I have delivered the news. How you judge it is your business."

After saying that, she spoke no more. Her figure flickered, turning into a purple light, and she vanished directly from Xunhuan Hall, coming and going like the wind, swift and decisive.

Inside the hall, only Hua Xunhuan and those few handsome young men, looking at each other in confusion, remained.

Hua Xunhuan looked in the direction where Rong Qingliu had disappeared. The smile on her face receded like the tide, and her eyes gradually became deep and inscrutable. Her previous frivolity seemed to be just a mask.

She slowly sat back down on the comfortable soft chair, her fingertips unconsciously twirling a strand of her hanging hair.

"Xiao Nianyin... accessing the 'Heavenly Charm Mysterious Maiden Heart Sutra'?" she repeated in a low voice, her red lips curving into a playful yet cold arc. "For that Personal Disciple? Heh... this is truly getting more and more interesting."

"Revered Master~" The handsome young man who had tried to pass a spirit fruit with his mouth earlier saw that Hua Xunhuan seemed to have calmed down and boldly approached again. With a flattering sweet smile and a voice that could cloy anyone, he said, "Your servant will massage your legs again. You got up a bit too quickly just now, don't tire yourself out..."

As he spoke, he reached out with hands that were more delicate than a woman's to hold Hua Xunhuan's bare, jade-like feet.

Hua Xunhuan lowered her head, her gaze falling on the young man's handsome but fawning face. The cold arc at the corner of her mouth deepened, and she slowly broke into a smile that was absolutely charming, her eyes as soft as if they could drip water.

"Jiaonu..." She reached out, her fingertips gently caressing the young man's smooth cheek, her voice soft and sweet. "You are the most attentive, the one who understands my thoughts best, and the one who pleases me most..."

The young man was so infatuated that his Divine Soul was turned upside down. He stared blankly at Hua Xunhuan, unable to even speak clearly: "To... to be able to please Revered Master is a blessing Jiaonu has earned through several lifetimes of Cultivate... Jiaonu is willing to serve Revered Master forever..."

"Is that so?" Hua Xunhuan's smile became even sweeter, but there was no warmth in her eyes, only a deep, bottomless cold pool. "Then you shall... stay forever."

The moment the words fell, her jade hand, which had been gently caressing the boy's cheek, suddenly flipped over, palm down, and pressed onto the crown of the boy's head without warning!

"Ugh...!"

The infatuation on the young man's face froze instantly, turning into extreme terror and bewilderment. He only had time to let out a short, muffled groan.

In the next moment, a strange, ghostly blue flame that seemed to flicker with seductive flames erupted from Hua Xunhuan's palm, instantly swallowing the young man's head and his entire body!

The flame was not hot; instead, it exuded a chilling cold. It burned silently but carried a hair-raising aura of destruction.

In this Ghostly Blue Charm Fire, the young man's body didn't even have time to struggle. Like snow under the hot sun, it quickly melted and vaporized, leaving not a trace of ash behind, as if he had never existed in this world.

This sudden, terrifying turn of events scared the other young men until their Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering. They collapsed on the ground, forgetting even to beg for mercy, only able to stare with terrified eyes as that ball of ghostly blue flame, after consuming 'Jiaonu', split into several small flames like a living thing and pounced accurately toward them...

In an instant, the area beside the soft chair, which had been full of life and a romantic atmosphere just moments ago, was empty. Only a very faint smell of burning and a lingering chill remained in the air.

Hua Xunhuan acted as if she were simply brushing off non-existent dust from her sleeves. She lazily clapped her hands and called out to the empty hall, "Qingyan."

"Disciple is here."

The female Disciple who had retreated to the back hall earlier now walked out quickly and returned to the soft chair. She kept her head down and her posture respectful, acting as if she had seen and heard nothing of what had just happened.

"Come, sit down."

Hua Xunhuan patted her snow-white thighs, which were still slightly warm and had just been massaged by the young men. She beckoned to Qingyan, her voice returning to that hooked sweetness.

"You said before that you saw Xiao Nianyin's newly accepted little Disciple near the Spirit Pool in the Back Mountain?

Come, sit by Revered Master's side and tell me everything... everything you know about that Xu Ruyu."

Qingyan's body stiffened almost imperceptibly. Then she obediently stepped forward and was pulled by the wrist by Hua Xunhuan, who led her to sit on those soft yet seemingly infinitely dangerous thighs.

Hua Xunhuan's arm naturally wrapped around Qingyan's slender waist, while her other hand pinched her chin, forcing her to look up and meet her gaze.

The distance between them was so close they could feel each other's breath, and their posture was extremely intimate.

"Tell Revered Master," Hua Xunhuan's breath brushed against Qingyan's ear, her voice soft like a lover's whisper, but her eyes flashed with a cold and interested light, "that little fellow who made our arrogant Sect Master break protocol to access the 'Heavenly Charm Mysterious Maiden Heart Sutra'... exactly what kind of person is he?"