11: Chapter 11 The alluring woman's probing: This little guy is interesting!

The night was deep, and the cold moon hung like a hook.

The cold wind on the outskirts of the back mountain seemed to carry a bone-chilling mockery, scraping across Lin Tian's flushed cheeks again and again.

He gripped the sword hilt tightly.

After venting his impotent rage at the empty forest path, the stifling frustration of punching cotton made his chest heave violently.

"Senior!"

Lin Tian took a few deep breaths of the icy air, forcibly suppressing the evil fire in his heart. He probed his Divine Sense into the mysterious black iron ring on his right hand, his tone carrying a sense of grievance as he sought validation.

"You saw it just now, didn't you? That Gu Yi is arrogant to the extreme! He is just a prisoner demoted to Guhan Cliff for punishment; what right does he have to act so high and mighty in front of me?"

Inside the mysterious black iron ring, within the grey Divine Soul space.

Ji Meier was lying lazily on her side in mid-air, savoring the intoxicating lingering fragrance brought by that wisp of millennium soul-nurturing wood just now.

Hearing Lin Tian's complaint, a trace of undisguised contempt and impatience flashed through her soul-stealing, fox-like eyes.

A child is just a child; encountering a little setback only makes him scream and shout, unable to control even the most basic emotions. It is truly a waste of this barely passable flesh and blood.

Although she was full of disdain in her heart, when Ji Meier's voice reached Lin Tian's mind, she put on a weak tone that carried the kindness of a Senior.

"Cough, cough... Little Lin, do not be impetuous."

She sighed with pretense, "Just now, in order to stabilize this wisp of Divine Soul, I immersed all my focus in the star and moon Spiritual Qi you channeled, and did not notice what happened outside. The path to immortality is long; why disturb your own Dao Heart for an irrelevant passerby? Hurry and collect your focus, and continue to Cultivate."

Lin Tian was choked by this "profound and righteous" lecture. Although he was still indignant, he could only grit his teeth, sit cross-legged again, and close his eyes, forcing himself to enter a state of Cultivation.

He had no idea that at the same time his "kind grandmotherly" Senior was brushing him off, another condensed and highly penetrating Divine Sense had silently pierced through the barrier of the mysterious black iron ring. Like a soft, boneless vine reaching out in the night, it accurately pursued Gu Yi, who had already walked a hundred zhang away.

Gu Yi, who was strolling in the forest, only felt a slight heat between his eyebrows.

A charming voice that seemed to carry a warm, fragrant breeze rippled directly deep within his mind.

"Little guy, why are you walking so fast? You only let this concubine smell a wisp of that tiny piece of wood, and then you turned and ran. This heartless style of yours really makes this concubine sad."

Gu Yi's footsteps paused imperceptibly for half a beat.

A flash of surprise passed through his eyes.

He had originally thought that this Dao Integration Stage Divine Soul had just awakened and would at least put on the airs of a high-level Senior or observe cautiously for a few days. He did not expect this enchantress to be so direct, and even dare to play this "dual-operation" game right under Lin Tian's nose.

He quickly steadied his mind, a calm smile curling the corner of his lips, and responded back with a Divine Sense transmission.

"Senior's words wrong this Junior. The medicinal properties of that millennium soul-nurturing wood are overbearing. This Junior was afraid that since Senior has been asleep for too long, you would be too weak to withstand it, so I emphasized a gradual approach. If I really stuffed it all to you at once, I fear your delicate Divine Soul would not be able to bear it."

Hearing this, Ji Meier inside the mysterious black iron ring let out a silver-bell-like, charming laugh.

This laughter echoed in Gu Yi's mind, as if thousands of little brushes were gently scratching at the tip of his heart.

"Oh, listening to your tone, are you an expert who knows how to cherish the fairer sex?"

Ji Meier changed to an even more enchanting posture, the charm in her Divine Sense growing thicker, even carrying a hint of explicit teasing. "However, you are so young, what do you know about 'not being able to bear it'? When this Venerable roamed the Central Plains back then, what kind of great storms had I not seen? I am only afraid that your small frame has too shallow a Foundation to satisfy this bottomless appetite of mine."

Gu Yi was not intimidated by the off-color remarks of this Dao Integration Stage expert; instead, he took the opportunity to counterattack.

"Whether the appetite is deep or shallow, one must try it personally to know. As for whether this Junior's Foundation is solid enough..."

Gu Yi paused deliberately, displaying a wisp of the Origin Qi of his Chaos Creation Immortal Body through the Divine Sense channel, extremely subtly, for just an instant.

"I dare not boast about other things, but as for lasting endurance and the capital for nourishment, I guarantee it will make Senior crave more, and you will never look down on those leftovers again."

Feeling that fleeting Chaos aura, a trace of undisguised shock finally appeared in Ji Meier's illusory eyes.

If the millennium soul-nurturing wood just now only displayed Gu Yi's "financial resources," then this wisp of Creation aura, which stood above all things, truly revealed his terrifying potential and Foundation.

This little Golden Core Stage Cultivator was simply a bottomless pit wrapped in mysteries!

Looking again at Lin Tian, who was huffing and puffing while absorbing the thin Spiritual Qi outside, the scales in Ji Meier's heart tilted dramatically at this moment.

Lin Tian was just a pauper who could only provide coarse grain buns, while this scheming Gu Yi before her not only held a life-saving Immortal Pill in his hand, but was also a humanoid tonic emitting an alluring fragrance.

A good bird chooses its tree to perch on; what was there to hesitate about?

Ji Meier put away the condescending playfulness from the beginning, and her tone added a hint of substantive inquiry.

"Little guy, you paint a very round picture. Since you know this Venerable's background, you should be clear that to nourish a Dao Integration Stage Divine Soul to reshape a Physical Body, the Heaven And Earth Treasure required would be enough to hollow out your Xuantian Sect ten times over. You, a discarded disciple punished to face the wall at Guhan Cliff, what will you use to fulfill your 'Manchu Han Imperial Feast'?"

"That is not something Senior needs to worry about."

Gu Yi stood with his hands behind his back, facing the mountain wind, his Divine Sense transmission steady and confident.

"Since this Junior dares to cast this bait, I naturally have the strength to fill Senior's appetite. On the contrary, Senior, cooped up in that dark and gloomy iron lump all day, listening to a little brat's impotent rage—isn't this life a bit too stifling for you?"

He glanced at the sky; the distant horizon was already faintly showing a fish-belly white.

"The night is deep, and this Junior must return to Guhan Cliff to accompany Revered Master. Senior might as well consider it carefully; the fragrance of that soul-nurturing wood can be considered the deposit this Junior has paid. If you have thought it through, at this time tomorrow night, outside Luoye Peak, this Junior will sweep the bed and welcome you."

After saying this, Gu Yi did not give Ji Meier a chance to continue bargaining and unilaterally cut off the Divine Sense connection.

Inside the mysterious black iron ring space.

Ji Meier listened to the abruptly stopped lingering sound in her mind and was slightly stunned. Then, she could not help but stick out her clove-like tongue and lick her illusory red lips.

Playing hard to get, advancing and retreating with measure.

This kid not only has the goods, but his methods of manipulating people's hearts are far superior to that Lin Tian outside, who only knows how to draw his sword and shout blindly.

"Interesting... really too interesting."

Ji Meier looked at Lin Tian, who was still cultivating with his eyes closed outside the space, and a look of undisguised pity flowed from the depths of her eyes.

Little Lin, oh Little Lin, do you know that your good Senior Brother just stripped you down to your underwear right in front of your face?