Without a safe method, Hao Shuai would never risk directly consuming Phoenix Blood. At the very least, he needed to follow Di Shitian's example and get his hands on a Dragon Core first.
After admiring the Phoenix Blood, a treasure in the jade bottle, for a while longer, Hao Shuai finally forced down his desire and stowed the bottle away in his storage space. Then he opened the Secret Chamber door, ready to go out and unwind.
"Hey~~ You're all here!"
Hao Shuai had barely opened the door when he saw Dongfang Bai and the others standing outside. Thinking of what he'd just done, he forced a smile and greeted them.
"Hmph, hmph~~ I could've sworn I just heard someone's voice," Yueyao said, glaring at Hao Shuai. She had just finished bathing.
"Darling, I heard it too."
"Brother Hao, I even felt someone touch me!"
"Could you all be imagining things?" Looking at the women who were all condemning someone, Hao Shuai decided he'd deny it to his dying breath.
"Hao Shuai, quit pretending. We know it was you!" Tong Piaoyun, the eldest among them, declared firmly.
"Right, it was you!"
"Get him~~"
"Get him~~"
As the indignant women gradually surrounded him, Hao Shuai backed away in alarm, trying to placate them. "My dears, stay calm! I really didn't— Ow~~ Who hit me in the face!"
"Don't you know you're not supposed to hit someone in the face? Your husband makes a living off this face!"
"Ow~ Don't hit my eyes~~ And not my waist~~"
"Ah~~"
At Hao Shuai's temporary residence in the Fengyun World
"These damn women really do need a beating every three days, or they'll climb onto the roof and tear it apart!" Hao Shuai grumbled as he walked into the living room, sporting