Stop Messing with Me

In the Woman in Red's impression, cultivators of this age were mostly all talk and no skill.

Who would be willing to learn how to cook?

When she cast her gaze upon the pot of meat soup again, its rich aroma rushed at her face, as if it possessed some kind of magic that could instantly awaken one's sleeping taste buds.

Upon closer inspection, the broth in the pot was an enticing reddish-brown, with a thin layer of oil gleaming on its surface.

The chunks of meat in the soup were evenly sized, their grain clearly visible. After simmering for so long, they had become tender and juicy, melting in the mouth. The vegetables had also been cooked to perfection.

They retained their own texture and nutrients while fully absorbing the savory flavor of the meat juices.

One had to know that this was food prepared under extremely rudimentary conditions.

There were no high-end cooking utensils, nor a rich variety of seasonings, yet through the cook's superb skill and precise grasp of the ingredients' properties, he had somehow turned this ordinary pot of meat soup into something so delicious.

The Woman in Red nodded. "...Very tasty."

"Then eat more."

"You should have some too." The Woman in Red seemed to feel that it was inappropriate for her to be the only one eating.

"It's fine, you eat first."

"I said eat, so eat!"

Li Xuanxiao blinked and looked at the meat soup in the pot.

"What?"

"Nothing."

Good thing I saw this coming and took an antidote beforehand.

Li Xuanxiao picked up some meat and began eating.

"By the way, your name," the woman in red said.

"Murong Mo." Li Xuanxiao answered without hesitation.

The woman in red nodded. After a moment of silence, she asked again,

"You're not going to ask what my name is?"

"Mm, my master taught me that when traveling outside, don't ask what you shouldn't ask."

"Is your master that old fellow surnamed Huang?"

"He's my grandmaster." Li Xuanxiao told the truth.

The woman in red looked at the Sword Box on Li Xuanxiao's back. "He gave you the Sword Box. It seems he thinks highly of you."

"I'm merely keeping it for my eldest senior brother." Li Xuanxiao spoke modestly.

He was afraid that the next second, she would say,

This child may inherit the great legacy. He absolutely cannot be allowed to live!!

"Why do I suddenly feel so hot..."

The woman in red suddenly said.

Li Xuanxiao: (O_o)??

Are those really your lines? Where the hell did this take me?

In an instant, a vivid flush like the evening clouds climbed up the woman's fair, delicate cheeks at a speed visible to the naked eye, as though enchanted by magic.

That blush was like a red plum blossom blooming atop a snowy mountain, radiant and ready to drip, giving off a captivating glow.

It spread from the roots of her ears, gradually covering her entire face and adding several shades of bashfulness and charm to her already breathtaking features.

"You... what's wrong?"

"Could it be that this meat has too much blood and qi?" Li Xuanxiao asked tentatively.

The woman shook her head.

"What... seasonings did you add?"

Only then did Li Xuanxiao remember that when he had drugged it earlier, he seemed to have also added medicine meant to aid the union of man and woman.

Well, damn. I gave you so many poisons, and none of them did anything.

Yet one pill of that aphrodisiac was enough to affect you.

Li Xuanxiao made a snap decision and fed an antidote into the woman's mouth.

The Woman in Red's eyes had already become somewhat unfocused.

However, once the antidote entered her mouth,

the burning heat subsided moments later.

Li Xuanxiao let out a breath of relief.

His Pure Yang Body had nearly failed to remain pure.

Thus, two entire days passed.

Those two days felt exceedingly long to Li Xuanxiao.

He constantly simulated in his mind how to kill this woman, yet every final outcome ended in failure.

From the Woman in Red's perspective, Li Xuanxiao had carefully tended to her for two days.

It was an experience she had never had before.

Perhaps because her severe injuries had caused her to set aside her former nobility and coldness.

Li Xuanxiao was also extremely concerned about the wounds on her body, even changing her bandages once during that time.

"Parasites! Tetanus! I refuse to believe it..."

And so, under Li Xuanxiao's diligent efforts, the Woman in Red's external injuries healed even faster.

Li Xuanxiao resisted the urge to slap himself across the mouth.

Good for nothing, ruinous in everything!!

Over the past few days, whenever Li Xuanxiao went out, he deliberately left behind a few clues.

Since the Woman in Red had been wounded by someone, the person who injured her had to be somewhere near the Southern Border.

Li Xuanxiao hoped to lure that person over and cut the grass at the root as soon as possible.

Heaven did not disappoint those who worked hard.

That day, Li Xuanxiao went out as usual under the pretext of gathering spirit fruits in the wilderness, searching for an opportunity.

At that moment, his gaze was drawn to a figure within the waterfall.

A woman dressed in black slowly raised her head.

The woman coughed up blood and muttered to herself,

"Damn it, that bastard trapped me for so long."

The Woman in Black met eyes with Li Xuanxiao in the distance.

The evil aura on this woman before him was not the slightest bit weaker than the Woman in Red's.

Li Xuanxiao: ...

Heavens, can you stop messing with me like this?

Li Xuanxiao turned and ran.

The next second, as expected,

he was dragged back by the Woman in Black.

A rope infused with spiritual power bound Li Xuanxiao tightly and securely.

The Woman in Black then took Li Xuanxiao to a concealed cave.

"A Shushan Disciple?"

The Woman in Black took off her clothes, her back facing Li Xuanxiao.

"Can you treat injuries? Help me tend to my wounds, or I'll kill you!"

Li Xuanxiao felt that this plot seemed somewhat familiar.

Hadn't this happened already?

Li Xuanxiao took out his little medicine bottles from his Storage Ring.

It was still the same combination of Five-Poison Powder, Heart-Piercing Ointment...

And it was still completely useless.

Li Xuanxiao felt utterly helpless at that moment.

Compared with the woman in red, the woman in black had a far more violent temper.

Her favorite phrase was, "Don't try anything funny, or I'll kill you!"

"Don't let your eyes wander, or I'll kill you!"

"I'll kill you! I'll kill you!"

"What are you looking at? I'll kill you!"

"..."

Could this Woman in Black be in league with that Woman in Red?

Li Xuanxiao secretly pondered.

So, once again using the excuse of going out to collect dew,

Li Xuanxiao returned to the previous cave.

When the woman in red saw that he had returned, she raised an eyebrow slightly.

"I thought you ran away. Where did you go for so long?"

"Hehe, nothing. There wasn't any dew nearby, so I went farther away to find some."

Li Xuanxiao first spouted some irrelevant nonsense, then probed indirectly, asking the woman in red whether she had companions nearby and who had injured her.

The Woman in Red shook her head and said in a low voice, "The less you know, the safer you'll be."

Li Xuanxiao had no choice but to give up on extracting information from the Woman in Red.

So he found another excuse to run out.

Then he turned back toward the Woman in Black's cave.

As he walked, Li Xuanxiao suddenly had a feeling.

Why do I seem like some scumbag man drifting between a mistress and a lover!?