Why Don't You Take Off Your Armor?

"Shouldn't you give me some special treatment or a gift as compensation?"

Qian Renxue licked Ling Qianyue's "wound" until no trace of blood remained.

Hearing this, Ling Qianyue's eyes flashed with amusement. He gently touched the bite mark on his shoulder blade, as though he could still feel its unique warmth. "Whatever you want."

Tilting her head, Qian Renxue thought for a moment, a hint of mischief flashing through her eyes. "I want you to accompany me for a month. During that month, you must come whenever I call—train with me, go shopping with me, talk with me. In short, you have to stay by my side. I'll make time to appear as Yun Zhaoyao, so you don't need to worry about my identity being exposed. 'Xue Qinghe' will remain at the Crown Prince's Estate."

"Alright, I promise."

Qian Renxue raised a brow. "Also, you can bring Zhu Qing along."

"Huh?" Ling Qianyue froze.

"What do you mean, huh? It's not like she doesn't know me. There's no harm in bringing her."

Qian Renxue waved a hand and settled back into her seat, amusement glinting in her eyes. "Does refining the immortal herb take a long time?"

Ling Qianyue pondered for a moment. "The fire attribute contained within your Six-winged Angel martial soul is already infinitely close to the ultimate level—powerful and pure. For you, refining the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower actually won't take very long. You should be able to absorb it initially within one or two hours, then spend a few days fully assimilating its medicinal effects."

"One or two hours?" Qian Renxue glanced at the sky outside. "If I remember correctly, the academy is on break today, isn't it?"

Ling Qianyue nodded, inexplicably feeling that the atmosphere had become somewhat strange.

"Good. Since there's nothing to do today, come to the secret chamber with me."

Qian Renxue walked straight to one side of the bookshelf and gently pushed an ordinary-looking book. The bookshelf silently slid aside, revealing the door to a hidden chamber behind it.

She turned back toward Ling Qianyue, a smile curling across her lips. "Come. Stand guard for me."

Ling Qianyue sighed and followed her inside.

Outside, in the shadows.

Porcupine Douluo scratched his head with a conflicted expression and looked at Snake Lance Douluo beside him. "Snake Lance, are you sure it's alright for Young Master to keep going like this? Why do I feel like Young Master is actively... doing that with Ling Qianyue?"

You know too much!

Snake Lance Douluo casually glanced at Porcupine Douluo. "Why are you worrying about that? Can we stop anything Young Master wants to do? What can you do, report it? If you report it upward, it'll only reach the Great Enshrined. And if the Great Enshrined finds out, he'll probably reprimand the two of us first for failing in our duty."

"Just pretend to be asleep. We didn't see anything, and we can't hear anything."

As he spoke, he considerately set up a soundproof barrier outside the secret chamber.

Porcupine Douluo felt like his head was itching, as though he were about to grow a brain. "But what if they can't hold back? The Great Enshrined will strike us dead."

"Relax. A bearer of the Six-winged Angel martial soul can't lose their virginity before reaching Soul Sage."

"But..." Porcupine Douluo hesitated before speaking again. "Doesn't that immortal herb raise her by a lot of levels? Ever since that brat Ling Qianyue came along, Young Master's cultivation speed has recovered somewhat. She's already reached level 59 in these past few months. If that immortal herb raises her another four or five levels, and absorbing a soul ring raises her a little more, she'll probably reach Soul Sage within a year or two. By then..."

Snake Lance Douluo fell silent. He raised his head and let out a long sigh. "How about we bring in two people to rotate shifts with us?"

Inside the secret chamber.

Qian Renxue sat cross-legged on the floor, a faint golden glow surrounding her body. With her eyes closed and her mind focused, she began refining the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower.

Ling Qianyue sat opposite her, quietly watching.

As time passed, the air within the secret chamber seemed to grow increasingly scorching.

The Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower's medicinal power rapidly spread through Qian Renxue's body, merging with her martial soul and bringing her an unprecedented increase in strength.

Fine beads of fragrant sweat continually seeped from Qian Renxue's forehead. Her entire body seemed filled with a violent, searing energy.

Sitting opposite her, Ling Qianyue felt waves of heat rushing toward him. The air in the secret chamber seemed as though it had been ignited.

Whoosh—

Part of Qian Renxue's clothing had already turned to ash, exposing skin as white as jade and beautifully contoured.

Within that scorching space, her delicate body glistened with fine sweat, appearing all the more alluring. That sacred angel now carried a touch of sensuality.

"Cough."

Ling Qianyue coughed lightly, forcibly shifting his gaze away.

Perhaps it had been an illusion, but in the final instant before he looked away, Ling Qianyue seemed to see the faint curve of a smile on Qian Renxue's lips.

After an unknown amount of time, white wings unfurled from Qian Renxue's back, shielding her and blocking the spring scenery that was nearly exposed.

Unfortunately, that half-hidden state only made the sight before him even more tantalizing. Ling Qianyue felt his heart stir and hurriedly steadied his mind again, but to little effect.

He gave a bitter smile inwardly. She isn't doing this on purpose, is she? Is she just here to torment me?

He closed his eyes and calmed himself, but Qian Renxue's figure lingered in his heart, refusing to fade.

Time passed second by second.

"Why did you close your eyes?"

A pair of slender arms gently wrapped around him from behind. At some point, Qian Renxue had silently come up behind him. Her soft, tender warmth brushed against his ear, startling Ling Qianyue and making his body stiffen involuntarily.

"Don't worry. I'm just a little tired. Let me lean against your back for a while." Qian Renxue's voice was gentle, carrying a trace of laziness.

As she leaned against him, she gradually moved in front of Ling Qianyue. Her arms hooked around his neck, and her eyes were entirely crimson.

Ling Qianyue cried out inwardly. He could clearly feel Qian Renxue's soft body pressed tightly against his, while her faint fragrance drifted straight into his nose, making it even harder for him to calm his mind.

"Whew—It's so hot."

Qian Renxue panted softly, her cheeks flushed. Her usually cold eyes now looked somewhat unfocused from the heat.

She clung tightly to Ling Qianyue, as though he were the only source of coolness in the secret chamber.

"The medicinal power of this Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower is truly overbearing. It feels even more intense than I imagined," she murmured softly.

"Doesn't your martial soul have purification abilities? Help me ease this burning sensation."

Ling Qianyue silently activated the Shattered Star Sword's purification ability, and a crisp, cool aura enveloped the two of them.

Qian Renxue stretched out her legs, her soft limbs naturally crossing as they rested on Ling Qianyue's thighs.

"Not bad. Give me more."

A trace of mischief flashed in Qian Renxue's eyes as she buried her head in Ling Qianyue's embrace, leaning her entire body against him.

"But it seems the effect still isn't enough. Why don't you take off your armor?"