In an instant, the courtyard of the brothel vanished as the world around them shifted back into the mundane.
Mu Yanxi and Shangguan Yun returned to the living room of their dormitory, but Mu Yanxi had been bound by golden silk into the shape of a person and hoisted up.
“Ugh! Shangguan Yun, stop messing around and let me go!” Mu Yanxi was starting to get angry, but no matter how much she struggled, the golden silk wouldn’t budge even half an inch.
Furthermore, she couldn’t channel even a trace of mana. Mu Yanxi’s Entwining Silk Hand was on a completely different level from her senior’s; they were worlds apart.
Unexpectedly, Shangguan Yun, who had been smiling just a moment ago, suddenly darkened her expression upon hearing those words.
“What exactly did I do to make you so disrespectful toward me? You don’t treat me as your fiancée at all. You won’t even call me Yun’er.”
‘Oh no! I hit a nerve!’ Mu Yanxi realized instantly that while Shangguan Yun might have been half-joking before, she was truly angry now. ‘Did the original host used to call her Yun’er?’
“I… I’m sorry. Um, Yun’er?” Mu Yanxi could only lower her head and speak. One had to yield when under another’s roof, and Shangguan Yun was truly terrifying when she was angry.
“Hmph! You sound so reluctant.” Shangguan Yun curled her lip, but her face wasn’t as somber as before. Clearly, her anger had dissipated.
Soon, Shangguan Yun wore a smile again. She placed her palm against Mu Yanxi’s face and laughed. “It doesn’t matter. You’ll be mine soon anyway.”
As she spoke, her hand reached under the hem of Mu Yanxi’s cheongsam. Her other hand trailed down from her cheek, moving all the way to her chest, leaving a faint, tingling sensation wherever her fingers passed.
Mu Yanxi broke out in goosebumps. Shangguan Yun’s movements were far too practiced.
There was no telling how many girls she had touched back at the Chu Sect. The beautiful woman leaned in close, seemingly intent on forcing a kiss.
Right at that critical moment, a bell suddenly rang at the door. A girl’s voice called out from outside, “Why is the Forbidden Ward active? Or was it already on? I’ll have to use the jade token to deactivate it.”
Mu Yanxi breathed a sigh of relief. Her roommates had finally arrived. Shangguan Yun wouldn’t go as far as to engage in double cultivation in public, would she?
At the same time, she felt an overwhelming sense of shame. If her roommates saw her in this position, she wouldn’t be able to hold her head up for the next three years of her life at the Great Sect.
Shangguan Yun’s smile froze. She withdrew her hand and said, “I forgot to tie you up in the bedroom first. I was a step too slow. If I’d known, I wouldn’t have played around just now. How disappointing.”
The Forbidden Ward on the dormitory was deactivated at that moment. With a wave of Shangguan Yun’s hand, the golden silk formed by the Entwining Silk Hand instantly dissipated.
Mu Yanxi was relieved to be released before her roommates entered. Shangguan Yun had, in the end, saved her a bit of face.
The door unlocked, and two young women wearing cheongsams walked in.
One was a petite girl with a doll-like face, black hair, and red eyes. The other was tall with long silver hair, purple eyes, and a pair of cat-like ears.
‘A wolf demon?’ Mu Yanxi noticed the silver-haired girl’s obvious animal features immediately—the beast ears and the wolf tail swaying beneath her short cheongsam.
She hadn’t expected one of her roommates to be from the demon race.
Meanwhile, Shangguan Yun’s gaze fixed on the black-haired, red-eyed girl. The girl wore a fierce expression as she spoke.
“What are you looking at, Chief? Intentionally activating the ward—what kind of interesting game were you playing?”
“It was nothing. I was just marveling at the fact that the roommates the Great Sect teachers chose for me are truly special and interesting,” Shangguan Yun replied with a smile.
“Hmph. So you noticed?” the black-haired girl said playfully. “As expected of the Chief. There are still two roommates who haven’t arrived yet. I wonder what kind of people they are?”