Pei Yuhan, Treated as Prey

Two pressures, one red and one purple, collided. The brilliant decorations of the Sword Sect's front hall showed faint signs of cracking, and the tall, magnificent buildings swayed slightly.

"Fellow Daoist Yu, it's truly as they say. Becoming the Saintess of your esteemed sect, your talent is unparalleled. In our sect, only one person in a thousand years could compare."

Although Rao Yuexi didn't know why the Saintess of the Qingyou Dao Sect seemed hostile towards her, as a veteran Nascent Soul cultivator of the Sword Sect, she didn't want to make a scene. So, she withdrew her hand first.

Her originally indifferent, slightly narrowed phoenix-like eyes opened, and she looked directly at the fellow Nascent Soul cultivator before her. Her address also changed from "Saintess Yu" to "Fellow Daoist Yu."

Yu Zhiwen snorted coldly, her pearly white teeth biting down hard on her lower lip beneath the black veil, a faint trace of blood seeping out. Though furious, she didn't want to ruin the main business at hand.

If she fought with this old woman now, she wouldn't be able to enter the Xuanyuan Sword Sect to find Xiao Han!

However, her resolve to take Xiao Han with her only strengthened.

Rao Yuexi? What a wicked old woman!

To think that a dignified Alchemy Grandmaster and a mighty Nascent Soul cultivator would harbor such wicked intentions towards a young boy a hundred years her junior!

Xiao Han... my Xiao Han...

Once sister finds you, I'll take you away from this dangerous place immediately!

"Hmph, I've long heard that True Lord Rao has mastered a pure Core Fire. But such fierce flames, and yet I've never heard of True Lord Rao having a Dao companion."

"Can your Yin energy suppress it?"

"Fellow Daoist Yu is a newly advanced Nascent Soul cultivator. Have you heard of our sect's True Monarch Hanyuan?"

"Oh?"

"True Monarch Hanyuan is my junior sister. Naturally, I have a way to suppress the Core Fire, so I don't need your so-called matters of men and women, Fellow Daoist Yu."

"Then I must have been presumptuous earlier. If that's the case, why don't we both calm down and discuss everything at the banquet tonight?"

Old woman, you're lucky you didn't touch my Xiao Han, or I would have killed you!

Kill you, kill you, kill you...

In Yu Zhiwen's eyes, her Xiao Han must have suffered under Rao Yuexi's lewd power but remained loyal to her, his sister. That's why Rao Yuexi, unable to win his affection, resorted to such despicable actions.

My Xiao Han has been coveted by such an old woman for so long; he must have suffered immense grievances! Once sister finds you, I'll take you away from here immediately!

However, another problem arose: she didn't have permission to enter the back mountains of the Xuanyuan Sword Sect, and she didn't even know Xiao Han's name...

Yu Zhiwen and her entourage followed Ji Xiu's guidance to the cave dwelling prepared by the Xuanyuan Sword Sect.

"True Person Yu, this is what True Lord Rao has prepared for everyone..."

"Step down."

Ji Xiu followed behind, his face extremely fawning. After all, she was not only the Saintess of the Qingyou Dao Sect but also a newly advanced Nascent Soul True Lord!

This made Ji Xiu, whose cultivation had stagnated, unconsciously want to curry favor. Her presence felt so familiar, reminding Ji Xiu of the scene a hundred years ago when a female cultivator surnamed Jiang achieved Nascent Soul...

Yu Zhiwen sat on the lotus platform, her purple star-like eyes gazing at the sky as she began her spiritual energy divination.

A red silhouette darted into the cave dwelling, prostrating herself on the ground like a dog, utterly devoid of dignity.

"Hong Yue."

"Master... Sub... subordinate is here."

Hong Yue's voice trembled involuntarily. Although she had been abused by her current master for thirty years, she had never known that her master had already achieved Nascent Soul...

Hong Yue recalled what Yu Zhiwen had said before. Previously, Yu Zhiwen had only felt like she was threatening her. After all, she was a peak Core Formation cultivator, even with hopes of reaching Nascent Soul. No matter how much the Sect Master doted on the Saintess, they shouldn't kill her casually...

But starting today, Hong Yue no longer dared to show any disrespect to her master.

She truly would die if she were found out for killing her master's mortal dependents back then!

"Hong Yue, investigate this Rao Yuexi. Does she have any men she's involved with?"

"Me... Men?"

"Hmm?"

A cold glint flashed in Yu Zhiwen's beautiful eyes, making Hong Yue tremble even lower.

"Yes! Subordinate understands..."

"Also, tell True Lord Rao that the Saintess's cultivation went awry due to today's fight, so she won't be attending the banquet tonight."

"Yes..."

After Hong Yue left, Yu Zhiwen quickly entered a state of cultivation, attempting to amplify the spiritual energy she had intercepted from Rao Yuexi today and follow it...

Xiao Han... my brother...

Sister is about to find you~

Xuanyuan Sword Sect

Front Peak

Pei Yuhan, along with some Foundation Establishment cultivators, led the remaining envoys from the Qingyou Dao Sect who had not yet reached Core Formation to tour various locations within the Xuanyuan Sword Sect.

Pei Yuhan introduced them as he walked ahead, his expression calm and his tone carrying a slight, cold detachment.

The group of male cultivators behind them, however, wasn't impressed. Instead, they regarded the person leading them with hostility, merely following the group around on a tour with straight faces.

Another group of less-than-proper female cultivators chatted with some of the Xuanyuan Sword Sect cultivators beside them, causing the cheeks of some of the Xuanyuan Sword Sect's male cultivators to flush red, their speech becoming hesitant and stumbling.

"Fellow Daoist... we're just exchanging insights between our two sects, there's no need to be so close, is there?"

"This young master is truly an upright cultivator, unlike those crude male cultivators from our Qingyou Dao Sect..."

A group of female cultivators chirped like orioles and swallows. The female cultivators from Xuanyuan Sword Sect who had come to greet them looked with cold faces at the disgracing male cultivators of their own sect, mentally cursing these shameless seductresses countless times.

"Senior Sister, these shameless temptresses are truly shameless. Look at Junior Brother Zhang..."

"And that flirt, actually getting so close to True Person Pei. Didn't she notice True Person Pei isn't paying her any attention?"

Pei Yuhan listened to the constant barrage of sweet voices around him, his heart calm, only finding the noise a bit bothersome.

"True Person Pei~"

A coquettish voice came from behind Pei Yuhan. This seductive voice, which made his spine chill, caused Pei Yuhan's body to stiffen involuntarily...

This made Pei Yuhan recall the wolf-like senior sisters he had encountered during his Foundation Establishment...

Without even guessing, he knew that someone who could speak those three words so seductively was definitely not a proper immortal maiden!

Pei Yuhan unconsciously touched the storage ring his master had gifted him.

"Oh dear, True Person Pei, as our Qingyou Dao Sect's guide, shouldn't you take good care of us guests~"

"But from the looks of it, my sisters and I, True Person Pei seems unwilling?"

"That's right, True Person Pei..."

"True Person Pei, we sisters..."

As the first person spoke, the tigresses from Qingyou Dao Sect who had set their sights on the prize that was Pei Yuhan from the beginning launched their attack.

After all, you, Pei Yuhan, are just a pretty vase sent by the Xuanyuan Sword Sect. And this vase keeps a cold face, shouldn't we sisters have some fun?

Another group believed that this noble Sword Immortal should naturally maintain a cold demeanor, and then it would be up to them to completely break this banished immortal-like man!

[Hiss, writing this chapter, why do I feel a chill down my spine?

Could it be that some reader is being hounded by a beautiful, yandere woman?]