Lin Xuan did not answer at once, but lowered his head and sank into thought.
Be threatened?
With Lin Xuan's nature, how could he be the sort to obediently submit?
If necessary, he would rather fight until the fish died and the net split. Of course, unless he had no other choice, he would not do that.
In truth, danger and opportunity existed side by side. The key was whether one could seize it. Looking at the Peacock Fairy before him, a plan quietly surfaced in Lin Xuan's mind.
Be a bodyguard?
Hmph. As for who was using whom, they would just have to wait and see. The corners of Lin Xuan's mouth lifted slightly. The problem that had plagued him all this time might well be solved with ease because of this woman's appearance. The only trouble was that golden glow inside the sea of qi in his dantian.
Speaking of which, Lin Xuan also found it somewhat strange.
The other party was indeed a Demon Cultivator of the Transformation Realm, but he was no ordinary Core Condensation Realm immortal cultivator either. Besides, the Peacock Fairy had clearly suffered serious injuries. Logically speaking, even if he was no match for her, he should not have been utterly powerless to fight back. Yet that golden glow just now—whether it was the Nine Heavens Spirit Shield or Sword Qi—had not been able to obstruct it in the slightest. Something with that kind of power, unless it was...
Lin Xuan recalled a certain ancient classic he had once read, and a gleam flashed through his eyes. There was even a faint trace of joy and excitement hidden within it. However, with Lin Xuan's shrewdness, he naturally concealed it extremely well; it vanished in a flash.
"Well? Have you thought it through, fellow