36: Chapter 36 The Ultimate Tool for Long-Distance Relationships! Master, your disciple has come to "check up" on you.

Junior Sister Lin Wanying only had the cultivation of the Foundation Establishment Stage, after all. Having hidden in the wooden chest, trembling with fear for most of the night, her tensed nerves finally relaxed completely. After rolling around on the jade couch a few times, she fell into a deep sleep like a young kitten guarding its food.

Gu Yi stood where he was, watching her vibrant back, and shook his head with a smile.

He gently pulled over a Heavenly Silk quilt, covered Junior Sister Lin Wanying, and then slipped out of the inner chamber to the spacious outer room of the guest cabin.

It was deep in the night, and the sea of clouds outside the cabin was isolated by a Formation; not a whisper of wind could be heard.

Gu Yi sat down in a rosewood armchair and let his mind sink into his dark Sea of Consciousness.

The pale blue System interface unfolded silently. He skillfully opened the villain shop, his gaze resting on a special item emitting a soft, flowing light.

[Holographic Heart-Link Mirror]: A communication Magic Treasure secretly crafted by an ancient Dual Cultivation Sect (Improved Version).

By injecting the Qi of both parties, one can ignore the barrier of thousands of miles of space and establish a private holographic projection Divine Thought connection. Exchange Price: 300 Villain Points.

"Exchange." Gu Yi thought silently to himself.

As the crisp transaction sound faded, a palm-sized, ancient bronze mirror, neither gold nor jade, appeared out of thin air in his palm. The surface of the mirror was like a bottomless pool of autumn water, engraved with circles of complex and mysterious concentric Formation patterns.

Gu Yi forced a wisp of the purest True Qi from his Creation Immortal Body from his fingertip and injected it into the mirror. He closed his eyes, and the image of his Revered Master, Fei Yuechan, appeared in his mind—her cold, peerless countenance, and the isolated, cold Qi unique to a Soul Transformation Stage Cultivator within her.

The Heart-Link Mirror emitted a vibration like the ringing of a sword, and golden ripples spread across the autumn water on the mirror's surface.

Just as the connection was about to be established.

The string of beads made of polished millennium soul-nurturing wood on Gu Yi's wrist flashed with a deep purple light.

"Oh, you little rascal, not sleeping in the middle of the night? You just coaxed your fresh and tender Junior Sister to sleep, and now you're turning around to flirt with your Revered Master who is far away in the sky?"

The seductive, bone-chilling voice of the Dao Integration Stage remnant soul, Ji Meier, rang directly in Gu Yi's Sea of Consciousness. She had clearly sensed the special fluctuation of the Magic Treasure, and her tone was full of the mischievousness of someone watching a show.

Gu Yi didn't even lift an eyelid, only transmitting a retort in his Sea of Consciousness: "Watch quietly. If you dare to say one more word, I will cut off the Divine Sense nourishment from the millennium soul-nurturing wood for the next month."

Ji Meier was choked up for a moment and let out a coquettish huff, but ultimately obediently restrained her voice, leaving only a trace of her Divine Thought to secretly peek from the side.

Outside, the Heart-Link Mirror left his hand and floated in mid-air.

A soft beam of light projected from the mirror, slowly interweaving and condensing in the Void Realm three feet in front of Gu Yi into a holographic projection image that perfectly replicated even the water vapor.

The background of the image was an open-air spirit spring shrouded in mist. The surroundings were the ten-thousand-year-old ice unique to the bottom of Guhan Cliff, yet the spirit spring was bubbling with milky, warm spring water.

Deep within the white mist, a peerlessly beautiful back, skin whiter than frost and snow, was quietly soaking in the spring water. Her black hair was dampened by the water vapor and loosely pinned behind her head. The warm spring water barely covered her delicate collarbones, and large swathes of fair, flawless skin were vaguely visible amidst the ripples.

It was none other than the number one beauty of the Xuantian Sect, the Soul Transformation Stage Peak Revered Master, Fei Yuechan.

As a Soul Transformation Stage powerhouse, Fei Yuechan's intuition was exceptionally sharp. The moment the Divine Thought connection was established, she sensed something amiss.

She turned around, causing a splashing sound. Her wide water sleeves brought up a spray of milky water as she instinctively shielded her chest. Those phoenix eyes, which had been slightly closed, snapped open, and a sharp, icy glint flashed across her eyes.

When she saw Gu Yi projected in front of her, propping his chin on the back of his hand and looking at her with a half-smile, the icy glint in her eyes instantly froze, replaced by astonishment and panic.

"Rebellious Disciple! You... what Demonic Technique is this!"

Fei Yuechan's voice trembled slightly with shame and anger.

She never imagined that while she was bathing far away in the Sect's Forbidden Ground, Gu Yi's figure would appear out of thin air here. This sense of reality, as if they were standing face-to-face and could even feel each other's breath, made her forget to even raise her Protective Aura for a moment.

A blush, hotter than the hot spring water, quickly spread across her fair cheeks.

Gu Yi sat in the rosewood armchair, his gaze lingering wantonly on the holographic projection.

"Revered Master, that is where you are wrong. This Disciple is thousands of miles away in the Central Plains, missing your teachings day and night. I specially sought out this rare Magic Treasure just to catch a glimpse of your noble countenance and relieve the pain of longing. How could it be a Demonic Technique?"

Gu Yi's tone was full of innocence, but his deep eyes were filled with laughter.

In his Sea of Consciousness, Ji Meier couldn't help but burst into laughter filled with lewd remarks again, teasing the cold Fairy for her current embarrassment. Gu Yi unilaterally blocked the voice that was full of filth.

In the holographic projection, Fei Yuechan finally regained her senses.

She was mortified with shame and anger. With a wave of her sleeve, a surge of cold True Qi wrapped up the white gauze robe nearby, instantly wrapping her proud figure tightly.

"Shut up! You unruly, Rebellious Disciple! Instead of properly stabilizing your Realm on the flying boat, you create such things in the middle of the night to spy on your Revered Master! What kind of decorum is this!"

She forced herself to maintain the airs of a Revered Master, gritting her teeth as she scolded him. At this moment, she was drenched, her black hair sticking to her face, and her cheeks were as red as if they were dripping blood. There was no Killing Intent in those phoenix eyes; instead, they revealed a watery, caught-in-the-act look that had a unique charm.

Gu Yi let out a low chuckle and leaned forward, as if wanting to get close to her cheek through the layer of holographic light.

"Revered Master, has it been forgotten? In the Immortal Cave at Wall-Facing Cliff, there was long ago no decorum to speak of between you and me." Gu Yi's voice dropped very low, carrying a hoarse, seductive tone. "The night wind in the Central Plains is very cold. These past few days, this Disciple has been missing the temperature of the hot spring at the bottom of Guhan Cliff especially."

Once these explicit words were spoken, Fei Yuechan on the other end of the holographic projection stiffened, and the absurd scenes from before they parted uncontrollably surfaced in her mind.

"You... shameless!" Fei Yuechan was furious to the extreme, water shimmering in her beautiful eyes. "If you dare to spout nonsense again, when this Revered Master comes out of seclusion, I will definitely break your legs!"

Gu Yi knew when to stop, knowing that the heat for this tsundere Revered Master was just about right.

He reined in his playfulness a bit and put on a serious expression: "This Disciple knows he was wrong. It is late; Revered Master, rest early. Although the spirit spring water is good, soaking in it for too long is also draining."

Fei Yuechan thought this absurd communication was finally about to end and was just preparing to heave a sigh of relief.

However, the corners of Gu Yi's mouth curled up into a wicked smile again, and his voice was soft but transmitted over, word for word: "Remember to think of me before you sleep. This is an order, not a negotiation."

"You! Get lost!"

A soft rebuke filled with shame and anger came from the other side of the holographic projection. Accompanied by a violent splashing of water, the soft beam of light instantly dissipated, and the surface of the Heart-Link Mirror returned to its ancient, dark dullness.

Gu Yi put away the mirror and placed it properly into his storage ring. Recalling the moment Fei Yuechan's earlobes turned deep red at the very end, the smile in his eyes grew even richer.