The heavy rain stopped abruptly, and a gust of biting cold air rushed toward him.
A short-haired woman appeared out of thin air in front of Lin Wu, her figure tall and her back slender.
The woman had a languid expression, and her sharp features possessed a neutral beauty.
Her light brown, wheat-colored skin was lustrous and translucent, and a cross-shaped scar on her cheek added a touch of heroic sharpness.
“Thank you for the rescue, Elder Leng Yu.”
Lin Wu bowed slightly, clutching his chest and pretending to be defeated.
Leng Yu’s playful gaze swept over the Golden Core state within the youth’s body, and she suddenly tore off her Red Lotus Pure Garment, revealing her well-proportioned physique.
The fairy’s body under the tight-fitting clothes had clear lines and distinct muscle textures; she was a body cultivator who had entered the Dao through Ice Flesh and Jade Bones.
The Golden-Eyed Beast lunged forward irritably, spitting mud.
The foul-smelling, fishy water was frozen into ice before it could even touch Leng Yu. She raised one hand, easily blocking the monster’s massive head, and grabbed its long whiskers, throwing the giant beast over her shoulder despite it being a hundred times her size.
Boom!
A loud noise echoed from the depths of the blessed land; a Fourth-Realm demonic beast was like a toy in the hands of a Soul Transformation cultivator.
The Cold Pool Golden-Eyed Beast fell sprawled in the swamp, and then there was no more movement.
Lin Wu watched, breaking into a sweat; the Disciplinary Elder was even stronger than he had imagined.
However, the weaknesses of a body cultivator were known to all.
“I’m sorry to have disappointed you.”
“Disappointed? A white lotus direct disciple at the peak of the Golden Core stage—you’ve hidden yourself quite deeply!”
Leng Yu shook her arm and shook her head with a laugh, as if she had heard some kind of joke.
“You disguised yourself as a cultivator from the Ethereal Palace and played everyone for fools, taking the top spot this year. You’re a bit wicked, but it suits my appetite perfectly. We’ll talk later about what your identity was before you joined the Snow Lotus Sect. Whether your trial results count depends on your answer!”
Lin Wu nodded in agreement, allowing the bloody scent on his body to dissipate into the air.
Leng Yu’s nose wrinkled slightly as she reached out to hook her arm around the youth’s shoulder, extending her cold tongue to lick the bloodstains on his cheek.
“What’s wrong with you, little brother? You didn’t even think to catch it; what a waste!”
Another female rogue!
After one mouthful, Leng Yu shuddered and couldn’t help but take another lick.
Then she couldn’t stop.
“You’re too close, Senior.”
“Don’t talk, slurp, I’m… helping you heal your wounds, mm!”
Leng Yu pressed Lin Wu against her chest, her cold kisses sliding all the way from his chin to his earlobe as her appetite grew.
Lin Wu had a strange expression; this older sister’s developed chest muscles were not as rock-hard as he had imagined, and their elasticity was surprisingly good.
Though they couldn’t compare to the Sect Master Fairy’s marshmallows.
“Um, it’s a bit itchy.”
“Just endure it. I was wondering why Qiu Ming and Xia He were so impatient. To think Junior Sister Dong Ling was hiding such a good thing and enjoying it all by herself—she really deserves to die!”
The examiner was stealing for herself, gradually revealing her bloodthirsty nature, and the damp, cold current seemed eager to drill into his ears.
As the storm was inhaled, the small wounds that had already healed were torn open again.
The sound of a surging spring echoed through his eardrums and into his mind, as if what was flowing away wasn’t blood, but brain matter!
Lin Wu didn’t know whether to laugh or cry; it felt as if an electric current was running through his limbs, numbing and tingly, and it was actually quite comfortable.
Leng Yu enjoyed herself thoroughly, completely unaware of a circular grand array slowly rising beneath her feet, with blood-red light soaring into the sky.
“Hmm?”
Coming back to her senses, Leng Yu found her hands and feet already bound by several chains.
An ambush?
Lin Wu dodged backward and picked his ear, letting out a long sigh as his waist felt weak.
Everything before was just an appetizer; the setup across the entire Hunting Grounds was all for the sake of this blooming red lotus before him.
“Interesting. I haven’t even taken you to the Leng Yu Hall to verify your true identity yet, and you already can’t hide anymore?”
Crack!
Leng Yu gave a contemptuous smile and easily tore the crimson chains apart. With a flick of her finger, she shot out a water droplet, shattering the stagnant light beam cast by the Bright Mirror Magic Treasure.
“Trivial tricks. You probably don’t know how many devious scoundrels I’ve personally planted into the ice prison’s breeding ground!”
A burning sensation that ordinary people would find unbearable was nothing more than a pot of strong liquor to her, completely leaving her unaffected.
Leng Yu grinned fiercely, her ferocity instead being stimulated; she only wanted to continue drinking this pot of strong wine.
“As expected of a Soul Transformation body cultivator.”
Lin Wu smiled without saying a word, rubbing his forehead as if he had a headache.
At this moment, a woman in red slowly walked out of the mist, her curvaceous figure moving with a graceful stride.
“Senior Sister, please see clearly. This person has hidden his cultivation and consecutively eliminated several of my Qiu Ming Hall’s best disciples. I’m afraid he is a spy from another sect lurking within the Snow Lotus Sect. I have long been suspicious and have come specifically to uncover the truth!”
Leng Yu rubbed her hands and walked toward Lin Wu, giving Qiu Ming a brief, sideways glance, treating her only as someone coming to steal her meal.
“I don’t need your help. A mere young thief—I alone am enough to capture him.”
In the next second, a bone-clinging ice spike was driven into Leng Yu’s back!
“Uh?”
With Qiu Ming’s cultivation, even with a sneak attack, a full-strength strike could only leave a shallow wound.
But the magic treasure was dipped in poison, and a faint black light permeated Leng Yu’s crystalline Dao body in the blink of an eye. Fellow disciples knew best the nemesis of the Ice Flesh and Jade Bones.
The curvaceous woman showed a charming smile, humbly serving beside the youth in white with the utmost respect.
Leng Yu hurriedly gathered Qi in her Jade Mansion to prevent the potent poison from corroding her ice flesh, saying in disbelief: “You… are you crazy!?”
Qiu Ming sighed; she was indeed crazy.
Since she was already on this sinking ship, if Lin Wu were exposed, she, as his blood slave, would not escape death either.
It was all the fault of greed!
Suddenly, a childish voice echoed through the marshland as another red-clothed loli stepped on a jade ring and drifted over.
“Senior Sister, don’t panic. Fortunately, I followed you in to take a look. I thought Junior Sister was sneaking into the blessed land for some reason, but it turns out she’s working with this brat from the inside out. What a sect traitor!”
Xia He stood with her hands on her hips and gave a disdainful smile.
Leng Yu breathed a slight sigh of relief, though she was still extremely enraged.
“You’ve come at the right time! The sect traitor Qiu Ming has colluded with the spy Lin Wu and harbors ill intentions. We must not let them escape the blessed land!”
As the words left her mouth, a pair of Jasper Bracelets shot out, binding Leng Yu’s hands.
Xia He Hall was famous for artifact cultivation, and their Grade Four magic treasures specialized in attacking the soul.
A Soul Transformation body cultivator might have a powerful external technique, with their Ice Flesh and Jade Bones refined to be comparable to Grade Five magic treasures, but their soul was no stronger than that of a Nascent Soul cultivator.
???
For a moment, Leng Yu felt an unbearable pain in her sea of consciousness, filled with shock and fury.
“You! Both of you!?”
The Disciplinary Elder had been backstabbed three times in a row, and her anger instantly flared.
Lin Wu couldn’t help but laugh; this bold older sister fit his stereotype of a body cultivator perfectly, not being much smarter than the Little White Lotus.
The two elders blushed slightly, their expressions tense, finding it absurd themselves.
Two Nascent Soul cultivators were actually listening to a Golden Core brat, conspiring to scheme against a Soul Transformation cultivator?
If they wanted to die sooner, they might as well just say it!
Lin Wu, of course, hadn’t expected to subdue the Disciplinary Elder just like this; all his painstaking efforts were merely to earn the chance for an equal conversation.
“Wait a moment. Right now, Senior’s soul is bound, and you’ve been poisoned by the Violent Aconite. If you recklessly move your Jade Mansion, I’m afraid you’ll damage your Red Lotus foundation. Why not calm down and talk about a deal, how about it?”
“Slippery brat, do you think I would still believe you!?”
Leng Yu arched her back and roared, filled with suspicion and uncertainty.
The Ten Halls of the Red Lotus actually had two traitors; this was no small matter.
Killing the three of them was a minor issue, but if she were to force a move, she would likely suffer a severe loss of vitality afterward.
“Believe it or not, I have come here to bestow a fortune upon you. Within a year, I guarantee you will enter the Ice Lotus Realm.”
Xia He and Qiu Ming’s hearts pounded for some unknown reason; they hadn’t received such a promise!
“With just you?”
Leng Yu clenched her fists, enduring the pain in her sea of consciousness.
Lin Wu smiled and said, “Does the Disciplinary Elder still remember how Mu Bingxin crossed three major realms in three years and caught the attention of the Golden Lotus Fairy?”
Leng Yu’s eyebrows twitched.