Lu Bu Was Never One to Hold Grudges

"Is Sister Yun Zhi still going to retrieve that Purple Spirit Crystal?" Lu Bu asked.

"Yes." Yun Zhi nodded. "That thing is... very important to me."

"Oh, I see..." Lu Bu muttered. It seemed Nalan Yanran had indeed reached the Da Dou Shi level because of the Purple Spirit Crystal—or rather, the pills refined from it.

"You said you're an alchemist?" Yun Zhi sized Lu Bu up. After eating, her chaotic thoughts had calmed considerably, and she had returned to being the elegant, noble, untouchable Dou Emperor she had been before... well, temporarily without any cultivation.

"Yes." Lu Bu smiled as he ate roasted meat.

"I have a friend who's an alchemist. After we're done in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, I can introduce you to him..." Yun Yun said. Her lips, stained with grease as she bit into the meat, looked glossy and beautiful.

"Ahaha, there's no need." Lu Bu shook his head with a laugh. His alchemy was only limited by medicinal ingredients, not anything else. No one in the Jia Ma Empire could teach him alchemy.

"You..." A brief look of astonishment crossed Yun Yun's pretty face, followed by irritation. After all this time, he was the first person to reject her so directly.

Lu Bu smiled. Yun Yun was clearly trying to repay him this way. Once she did, they would be even, and their relationship would become ordinary, unable to go any further.

Under normal circumstances, Lu Bu would not deliberately entangle himself in a woman's feelings. But the problem was... this was Yun Yun!

Emperor Wu's hiding place should be within the Misty Cloud Sect. Lu Bu had not forgotten the grudge from being hunted down back then. He thought every day of personally paying Emperor Wu back!

Therefore, his relationship with Yun Yun could not become ordinary. She had to be firmly tied to his chariot. The day he ascended the Misty Cloud Sect would be the day Emperor Wu died!

Lu Bu had never liked holding grudges in his life. As long as he got his revenge, that was enough!

Of course... Yun Yun really was irresistible. That was another reason as well.

Seeing Yun Yun's stunned expression, Lu Bu smiled. "My alchemy is decent. I don't need to learn from anyone else."

After saying that, he sat down cross-legged and began cultivating.

Yun Yun snorted unhappily. This little bastard was truly arrogant. He had studied alchemy for a few days and already thought highly of himself. His alchemy was decent? Could it compare to Gu He's?

Just then, silver formation patterns lit up beneath Lu Bu as he sat cross-legged. The energy of heaven and earth slowly began to gather, forming a small vortex of energy above his head in the blink of an eye.

Yun Yun stared at Lu Bu in surprise. A formation like this could actually be carried around? Then the bright yellow Dou Qi rising from Lu Bu's body shocked her once more. This fellow's cultivation technique seemed to be no lower in grade than her own.

"What a mysterious fellow..." Yun Yun muttered. Yet she was still displeased. He was only a Dou Shi. Even if he knew alchemy, how capable could he be?

"Forget it. I won't bother with this bastard." Yun Yun found a place in the cave to sit down and began dissolving the seal inside her body. Without strength, she was nothing.

By evening, the three sat beneath the waterfall, silently gnawing on roasted meat.

Since Xiao Yan was also here, Lu Bu brought Yun Yun and Xiao Yan together to introduce them to each other. After all, they would be seeing each other constantly.

However, both of them chose to give fake names. One said his name was Yao Yan, while the other said hers was Yun Zhi.

Unfortunately, Yun Yun did not know that these two still knew her true identity.

"Ahem... I can see that you two are quite talented. Are you interested in cultivating somewhere else?" Yun Yun asked softly. The atmosphere was a little awkward, so she intended to start a conversation. Of course, she genuinely wanted to recruit them too.

At such young ages, these two were already nearly as strong as her disciple. If they joined the Misty Cloud Sect, their futures would be limitless.

"Oh? Where?" Lu Bu asked with a smile. Naturally, he knew where, but wasn't he just worried that Miss Yun Yun would feel awkward?

Didn't she see that Xiao Yan beside him had worn a cold face the whole time, barely acknowledging Yun Yun? Without this woman backing her, Nalan Yanran could never have gone through with breaking off the engagement.

Half the humiliation he had endured was thanks to this woman!

"The Misty Cloud Sect!" As expected, Yun Yun began promoting her sect.

"Not interested!" Xiao Yan glanced at Yun Yun and replied flatly, continuing to chew his roasted meat.

"Yao Yan, you..." Yun Yun frowned, displeasure appearing on her face.

"Ahem... Sister Yun Zhi, your roasted meat is about to burn!" Lu Bu reminded her. This woman was so clumsy that she had held the meat directly in the flames. Before long, it had turned into charcoal.

"Ah..." Yun Yun cried out and hurriedly raised the wooden skewer in her hand.

But even the skewer had caught fire. With a light shake, there was a snap, and the roasted meat on the thin stick broke off and fell straight into the fire.

With no other choice, Yun Yun could only start roasting again. Without Dou Qi, she was just an ordinary woman. Apart from being a little pretty... no, apart from being very pretty, there was nothing special about her.

"Little Bu, what about you?" Yun Yun asked softly as she roasted the meat.

Lu Bu rolled his eyes. This woman was really single-minded. He had clearly changed the subject, yet she had dragged it right back.

"Ah... does the Misty Cloud Sect have any pretty female disciples?" Lu Bu grinned. "If it does, I can consider it."

Xiao Yan's face darkened. Yun Yun's pretty female disciple—wasn't that his fiancée, Nalan Yanran?

Damn it, was he about to be cuckolded?

A flash of displeasure flickered in Xiao Yan's eyes. He was extremely unhappy. Although he had already cast Nalan Yanran aside, the Three Year Agreement had not yet passed.

"I'm full. You two carry on." Xiao Yan put down his roasted meat and returned to his cave with an unhappy expression.

Yun Yun looked at Xiao Yan in confusion, not knowing how she had offended him again. But soon, a trace of anger flashed in her eyes as well. It was one thing for her goodwill to be treated like dirt, but what was with him throwing his temper at her?

"Sister Yun Zhi, my brother has a bit of a bad temper. Please don't mind him." Lu Bu laughed it off. But from this moment onward, there was no longer any chance for Xiao Yan and Yun Yun to reconcile.

He had saved a young lady from a scumbag, after all. His merit was boundless!

"Forget it. I won't bother with him." Yun Yun said gloomily. The anger she had felt these past two days was more than she had felt in the first half of her life.

"Then what about you, Little Bu? Will you go to the Misty Cloud Sect?"

Here she went again!

Lu Bu rolled his eyes. This woman really was stubborn.

"Can you introduce me to some pretty female disciples? Hehehe..."

Yun Yun's pretty face darkened. "Little Bu, I remember you saying that you weren't a lecherous man!"

"Ah, well... ahem, of course I'm not. But at my age, isn't this exactly the right time to find someone?" Lu Bu said shamelessly. "Look... this and that... such and such..."

After Lu Bu's stream of nonsense, Yun Yun quickly forgot about the matter. By the time she realized what had happened, she discovered that Lu Bu had never given her a direct answer at all.

"Detestable fellow..." Yun Yun bit her red lips, a trace of grievance rising in her heart. She clearly wanted to help him, yet he showed no appreciation whatsoever!

In the cave next door, Xiao Yan finished cultivating and scratched his head irritably. This Yun Yun really was no good!