28: Chapter 28 The First Signs of a Battlefield!

The steam on the surface of the hot spring pool surged violently, like boiling water.

Accompanied by the faint sound of water sliding across skin, a slender figure forcefully broke through the dense white mist, stepping onto the warm bluestone by the pool side, one step at a time.

Fei Yuechan had already changed into a brand-new ice-blue moon-patterned long dress.

At this moment, the ten-thousand-year cold poison that had raged within her body for decades had been completely eradicated, replaced by a round, vast, and—due to her violently fluctuating emotions—nearly uncontrollable pressure of the Soul Transformation Stage.

Her stunningly beautiful face was currently intertwined with extreme shame, humiliation, and monstrous rage. Those beautiful eyes, which usually always exuded coldness and majesty, were practically on the verge of spitting out tangible flames.

A gentle breeze blew past, dispersing the last layer of mist that was obstructing her vision.

On the jade floor, Gu Yi was sitting cross-legged, wrapped in a large, black fox-fur cloak.

And in his arms, her eldest Disciple, Senior Sister Mu Qingxue—who had always been pure and unsullied, regarding Sect rules as more important than her own life—was holding onto Gu Yi's neck tightly like an obedient, gentle kitten, her eyes filled with the tenderness and attachment of a woman who had just experienced her first intimacy.

Recalling the few hours she had spent under the water just now, Fei Yuechan wished she could draw her sword on the spot and hack this Rebellious Disciple into eight pieces.

She had originally only been forced to dive underwater to hide because she had just experienced an absurd "hot spring healing" session, was barely dressed, and was too ashamed to face her eldest Disciple who had suddenly intruded. But who could have imagined that while hiding at the bottom of the pool, she would be forced to watch a complete "grand performance" live!

She had watched with her own eyes as this scoundrel of a Rebellious Disciple used an extremely righteous tone to fabricate nonsense about "Formation backlash" and "uncontrollable fire poison."

She had listened with her own ears as he guided Senior Sister Mu Qingxue step by step, tricking that girl—who was as simple as a blank sheet of paper—into willingly undressing, and even putting on a tragic, heroic posture as if she were generously sacrificing herself for her Revered Master, before walking into that Dual Cultivation Formation Plate he had brought from who knows where.

What made her most frantic was that she couldn't even rush out of the water to stop them!

If she had jumped out on the spot, Senior Sister Mu Qingxue would inevitably have asked why she was hiding in the water without any clothes on. The immoral truth that both Revered Master and Disciple had been devoured in this very place was something she, a dignified Peak Revered Master, could not bring herself to say, even if she died.

Thus, this newly advanced Soul Transformation Stage powerhouse just soaked in the water, gritting her teeth, and was forced to watch her precious Disciple being eaten by that Rebellious Disciple until not even the bone scraps were left.

"Hum—"

Accompanied by Fei Yuechan's killing intent, which was almost about to solidify, the air at the bottom of the cliff froze inch by inch, and countless ice shards fell rustlingly along her skirt.

Gu Yi keenly sensed this world-destroying aura.

He did not panic at all, and even lifted his head from Senior Sister Mu Qingxue's neck naturally. Facing Fei Yuechan's frost-covered face, he instantly put on an expression of mixed surprise and extreme weakness, as if he had just accomplished a great task.

"Revered Master! You have finally completely refined the fire poison and emerged from seclusion!"

Gu Yi rasped with a hoarse voice, his tone filled with undisguisable excitement and exhaustion, "That's great, it seems this method of Yin and Yang harmony really worked. Revered Master, you..."

Before he could finish his sentence, a gust of wind mixed with the aura of ice and snow rushed toward his face.

Fei Yuechan didn't listen to his high-sounding nonsense at all. She directly ignored the cover of the fox-fur cloak, reached out with her jade hand, and grabbed Gu Yi's right ear tightly.

"Hiss—ow, ow, ow! Revered Master, please have mercy!"

Gu Yi cooperated extremely well, sucking in a breath of cold air. His body tilted to the side following the force of Fei Yuechan's pull, and his facial features were exaggeratedly scrunched together, putting on a look of agony.

"You still know pain?!"

Fei Yuechan glared down at him, her chest heaving violently from her heavy breathing. She lowered her voice, squeezing out every word through gritted teeth, "You unfilial little beast! What good deeds have you done here while I was regulating my breath? How could Senior Sister Mu Qingxue... how could she have become like this!"

The huge commotion here finally woke Senior Sister Mu Qingxue, who was still immersed in the warm afterglow.

She lifted her head from Gu Yi's arms, and those eyes, which had originally been a bit dazed, instantly regained clarity the moment she saw that the person who arrived was Fei Yuechan.

"Revered Master!"

Seeing Fei Yuechan grabbing Gu Yi's ear with a face full of rage, Senior Sister Mu Qingxue immediately became anxious.

She instinctively wanted to get up to salute, but forgot that she was only wearing a fox-fur cloak and nothing underneath. As soon as she moved, the edge of the cloak slipped a bit, revealing a large expanse of suggestive scenery and a few ambiguous red marks.

She exclaimed, quickly reaching out to wrap the fox-fur cloak tightly around herself. Her cold, peerless, pretty face instantly flushed red, and her voice became as timid and anxious as a mosquito's buzz.

"Revered Master... you have just woken up, please do not get angry. Junior Brother Gu... he didn't do anything wrong."

Hearing her eldest Disciple still pleading for this scoundrel despite her current state, Fei Yuechan felt her vision go black, and her blood pressure surged to her head.

"He didn't do anything wrong?! He tricked you into this state, and you're still protecting him?!" Fei Yuechan looked at Senior Sister Mu Qingxue with a feeling of frustration that she couldn't live up to expectations, and the fingers grabbing Gu Yi's ear added a bit more force.

"Revered Master, you've misunderstood!"

Senior Sister Mu Qingxue hurriedly explained, her clear eyes filled with seriousness and heartache, "To save you, Junior Brother Gu forcibly set up that extremely dangerous Yin and Yang Formation. Not only did he consume a large amount of Pure Yang True Qi, but he also had to endure the pain of the Formation's backlash at all times. As the eldest Disciple, it is only right that I cooperate with Junior Brother to transfer the Extreme Yin Power into your body, Revered Master. Although the healing process... although it is somewhat unspeakable, as long as Revered Master is safe, what does it matter if I sacrifice a little of my reputation?"

This "gratitude" speech, every word dripping with blood and pure, without any Impurities, echoed clearly at the bottom of Guhan Cliff.

Fei Yuechan was stunned.

She looked at Senior Sister Mu Qingxue, who was full of sincerity and even carried a hint of grievance and shyness, and then looked down at Gu Yi, whose ear she was grabbing, his face clearly saying, "I have suffered all the grievances, but for Revered Master, I won't say anything."

A sense of powerlessness, absurd to the extreme, struck her deeply.

Healing? Transferring Extreme Yin Power into her body?

What kind of poisonous tongue did this little bastard have to be able to trick this silly Disciple, whose mind was filled only with swords, into willingly taking off her clothes, and even after being devoured, turning around to count money for him and express her gratitude here?!

"You..." Fei Yuechan pointed at Gu Yi's nose, her fingertips trembling uncontrollably. She didn't even know whether she should tear apart Gu Yi's deceptive mouth first, or slap this silly Disciple, who was an emotional idiot, awake first.

Just when Fei Yuechan was in a dilemma.

"Giggle giggle..."

A string of crisp, silver-bell-like, yet fatal, seductive, and teasing laughter abruptly sounded in this oppressive Shurafield.

Accompanied by this laughter, a piece of millennium soul-nurturing wood on Gu Yi's chest flashed with a faint purple light. Immediately after, an enchanting figure with extremely exaggerated, fiery curves, wearing semi-transparent purple gauze, slowly condensed into a semi-substantial state in mid-air.

Ji Meier, with her snow-white, jade-like bare feet, lazily hovered three feet above the ground. Her soul-snatching fox eyes swept back and forth across Fei Yuechan and Senior Sister Mu Qingxue, her eyes full of fanatic excitement, enjoying the spectacle, unbothered by the chaos.

"Oh my, the spring breeze at the bottom of Guhan Cliff today is truly noisy. From the high and mighty, majestic Revered Master above, to the pure and unsullied Sword Cultivator Disciple below, they have actually gathered here, lining up to serve as 'healing medicine ingredients' for our good Junior Brother."

As soon as this sarcastic, stinging remark from Ji Meier came out, the air in the entire scene seemed to freeze in an instant.

Fei Yuechan's Soul Transformation Stage pressure erupted violently, locking onto Ji Meier in mid-air.

"Who are you?! Why are you hiding here!"

Fei Yuechan demanded sternly.

As a Peak Revered Master, she had completely failed to notice that there was such a powerful Divine Soul hidden on Gu Yi.

Furthermore, looking at this enchantress's naturally charming appearance and frivolous tone, one didn't need to guess to know she was no good. What made her even more terrified was that this enchantress's words just now clearly showed she knew the inside story!

Senior Sister Mu Qingxue was also startled by this sudden turn of events. She wrapped the fox-fur cloak tighter and stared vigilantly at the woman who was exuding a strong aura of seduction from head to toe.

Ji Meier didn't care about Fei Yuechan's pressure at all. With the protection of her contractual relationship with Gu Yi, plus her vision from her previous life as a Dao Integration Stage cultivator, a mere newly advanced Soul Transformation Stage cultivator really couldn't scare her.

Not only did she not restrain herself, but she went even further, floating to Gu Yi's side and extending a long, slender jade finger to gently lift Gu Yi's chin.

"This beautiful Revered Master, don't have such a big temper. Who I am is not important; what is important is that you two, Revered Master and Disciple, keeping each other in the dark like this, has truly opened my eyes."

Ji Meier covered her red lips, laughing until she trembled, her gaze piercing directly at Fei Yuechan's face, which was turning from green to white, mercilessly tearing away the last shred of decency.

"You are angry that he touched your precious Disciple, but this Disciple of yours still thinks she is using her body to help you solve your problems. Tell me, if she knew that you, the Revered Master, had already been comfortably 'detoxified' by this little nemesis in that steaming hot spring pool, then what would that righteous scene of undressing just now actually count as?"

As soon as these words were spoken, it was equivalent to dropping a Nine Heavens mysterious thunder on flat ground.

Senior Sister Mu Qingxue's clear eyes were instantly filled with confusion. She turned her head blankly, looking at her Revered Master, who was full of shame and indignation, and then at Gu Yi beside her.

"In the hot spring pool... already detoxified?" Senior Sister Mu Qingxue repeated these words muttering, her simple brain unable to process such a massive and complex amount of information for a moment.

If Revered Master had already been detoxified, then what Junior Brother Gu said earlier about only Yin and Yang convergence being able to save Revered Master's life... was he lying to her?

"Shut up!"

Fei Yuechan's face turned pale. Her biggest secret had been exposed in public, and the feeling of collapse from shame and indignation made her completely lose her reason. A flash of light appeared in her hand, and a frost sword exuding a terrifying, extremely cold aura instantly condensed and formed, its tip pointing directly at Ji Meier's throat.

"Enchantress, stop spouting nonsense! Today, I will slay you, this remnant soul that sows discord!"

Seeing that this Shurafield was about to escalate into a fight to the death, Gu Yi, who had been observing the situation from the side, finally couldn't sit still anymore.

He grabbed Fei Yuechan's wrist that was holding the sword, quietly transferring the gentle yet domineering aura of the Creation Immortal Body over, forcibly suppressing her rampaging True Qi.

"Misunderstanding! Revered Master, this is all a misunderstanding! Please listen to your Disciple's explanation first!"

Gu Yi pressed Fei Yuechan's arm tightly against his chest, while turning his head to glare fiercely at Ji Meier, mentally transmitting frantically: "You troublemaking enchantress, there should be a limit to fanning the flames! If you really provoke Revered Master into self-destructing her Primordial Spirit, we'll all be finished!"

Receiving the warning, Ji Meier pouted and drifted back two zhang very sensibly. She found a clean piece of bluestone to sit on, crossed her long, snow-white legs, rested her chin on her hands, and assumed a relaxed posture, waiting to see how Gu Yi would patch up this heaven-shaking lie.

Gu Yi took a deep breath, enduring Fei Yuechan's murderous gaze and the gaze filled with doubt and grievance from Senior Sister Mu Qingxue in his arms, his brain began to run at high speed.