"Granny, let me think it over a little more..."
Xue Qiongyu hesitated.
The "attachment" Granny Tu spoke of was not simply working under Wei Tu. A "lone wolf" like Wei Tu, who had no intention of building a faction, had no need for her in that capacity.
Put more bluntly, this "attachment" meant asking whether she was willing to become Wei Tu's concubine and serve him with her beauty.
A concubine... not a Dao companion!
Because, compared to Wei Tu now, she was practically worthless.
Granny Tu possessed the "keen eye" of an old cultivator—she had not dressed things up for Xue Qiongyu out of affection, nor deliberately elevated her status. Instead, she had been even more direct, plainly pointing out the only real asset Xue Qiongyu currently possessed—her beauty!
Now, she needed Wei Tu more than Wei Tu needed her.
Her beauty, her primordial yin, her noble status—after Pei Hong issued the Cultivation Realm Kill Order, and after Wei Tu's strength capable of battling an Integrated Body Great Talent unfolded before her eyes—all of it had instantly become worthless.
But—
Precisely because it was too real, amid her overwhelming sense of absurdity, a trace of resistance also rose within her.
After all, when Wei Tu had first abducted her, Granny Tu had still been teaching her to cherish herself, warning her not to be bewitched by Wei Tu's false tenderness and be tricked out of her body and spiritual treasures.
"Yu'er, Granny's words may be cruel, but this is also the best way for you to survive in the Cultivation Realm right now."
"Besides, concubine... is merely your lowest expectation, not necessarily the status Wei Tu can give you... Pillow talk can sometimes be more enticing than naked benefits."
Granny Tu sighed softly and continued.
Yet Xue Qiongyu, upon