Immortal Roots and Spiritual Seeds, Yet the Ten Thousand Year Old Cold Centipede Has Six Nascent Souls?!

With the Immortal root and spiritual seed right there, Hao Shuai wasn't in a hurry to put the Heavenly Mansion Jade Lotus away. Instead, he looked toward the center of the lake.

At the heart of the lake stood a white jade platform about one zhang high, carved from a single piece of jade of exceptional quality. It gleamed like a mirror and spanned roughly two mu, making for a magnificent sight.

On the vast, empty platform, the only thing besides the central area was an oval-shaped couch. A naked woman draped in a thin veil lay on her side atop it, fast asleep.

The woman had skin like cream and a waist as slender as a willow branch. Her body was entirely bare save for a thin veil. Her graceful curves and snowy thighs, her tender breasts, were like flowers glimpsed through mist, making her all the more alluring.

A dozen or so men in Daoist robes stood nearby. Some wore feathered robes and starry crowns, with handsome, otherworldly features that made them seem like immortals. Some had old-fashioned faces and ornate Daoist garb, like cultivators from an unorthodox sect. Some wore short outfits and carried swords, looking like demons. Others had long beards reaching their bellies and bizarre appearances.

Eight or nine out of ten wore worried expressions. They stood silently on either side, exchanging glances without a word, their manner exceedingly respectful. Aside from the demoness in their midst, there wasn't another woman.

Seeing that the woman showed no sign of waking, Hao Shuai decided to put the Heavenly Mansion Jade Lotus away first. But just as he was about to act, the woman on the platform stretched and started to sit up.

The men and women standing nearby hurried over and dropped to their knees. Two