A damp, turbid breath carrying the hidden fragrance of secluded orchids washed over him.
Watching that devastatingly beautiful face draw ever closer, Wei Tu's heart stirred. He reached out to brush aside the cascade of black hair hanging before him, then instinctively raised his arms and gathered Su Xin's soft, boneless yet quite voluptuous body into his embrace.
The two were swept away by desire.
After a long while, their lips parted. Wei Tu's expression remained unchanged as he looked at the flushed Su Xin and advised her,
"Martial Aunt, while your primordial yin remains unbroken, you can still regret this... You know how cold-blooded Wei can be."
"I will protect the Azure Spirit Sect. But beyond that, I cannot give you more. Nor can I give the Azure Spirit Sect more."
They gathered for profit and scattered for profit.
At this moment, Su Xin's offering of herself was for the same reason as Xue Qiongyu's... yet the support he would give Su Xin was destined to fall short of what he gave Xue Qiongyu.
—The favor Xue Qiongyu had shown him might not have outweighed Su Xin's, but she was one of his own whom he could completely control.
At its root, nurturing her was no different from nurturing a spirit pet like the Blood-Winged Mo.
But Su Xin had been the first benefactor he encountered after ascending. Out of "respect," he could never restrict her freedom.
And it was precisely because of that "respect" that he would not easily accept her offering herself to him.
"I have already given my answer to Supreme Elder Wei. Why must Supreme Elder Wei keep asking superfluous questions now?"
Su Xin panted softly a few times before replying in a gentle voice.
The implication was clear.
She wanted only to be his