Appointments and Commendations, Ten Thousand Demons Body Forging (Requesting Monthly Passes)

"Leaving early and returning late every day—I wonder what he's been busy with!?"

Inside the room, Li Xiangjun gazed listlessly at the scenery beyond the window.

Outside, green ponds and blue lotus leaves swayed beneath the gentle breeze, their shimmering surface rippling in fine waves.

Ever since that day, Chen Ping'an had not touched her again. He left early and returned late every day; even when he returned, he spent most of his time inside his room.

Chen Ping'an had already reached the Jade Balance Grandmaster realm. She did not dare investigate him rashly and could only speculate in secret.

She had infiltrated Chen Ping'an's side with an important mission: to obtain more information for the Holy Sect's great cause. Yet since Chen Ping'an returned, she had not gained any further useful clues.

To avoid arousing suspicion, she could only remain inside the residence for most of each day. Her channels for gathering information had been limited to begin with, and Chen Ping'an—the greatest source of intelligence—had stopped being intimate with her.

That had cost her many opportunities!

If she could stay by Chen Ping'an's side, she could come into contact with far more affairs. Yet now that opportunity had been lost, leaving her inexplicably despondent.

Chen Ping'an not touching her should have been a good thing.

But if she lost her source of information, then even a hundred deaths would not redeem her. It meant all her previous efforts had become sunk costs.

"Should I take the initiative and seduce him again?"

Li Xiangjun clenched her silver teeth, deeply conflicted.

It was not a question of whether she should seduce him, but that she had tried once before—and failed.

That had dealt a tremendous blow to her confidence.

Disappointment, unwillingness, relief—countless emotions tangled together, making her doubt herself.

"Could