Shi Yue naturally refused, but he couldn't think of a suitable reason to turn her down. After all, Liao Yuyan's status carried weight; he had to show respect for the people behind her.
Seeing this, Xu Tianyang hurriedly smoothed things over. "All right, Junior Sister. This is the first time Fellow Daoist Shi has met us. You can't expect him to listen to you play the first time you meet. Your music is far too powerful. The last time Elder Chen heard you play the Forgetting Sorrow Tune, he forgot what had happened over the past few days and nearly let something important slip. Your Soul Annihilation Tune targets the Divine Soul. Fellow Daoist Shi is only at the Nascent Soul Early Stage—how could he withstand it?"
"I only thought that because his spiritual sense seemed quite powerful! The Sorrowful Soul Tune didn't affect him in the slightest."
"My spiritual sense is only a little stronger than that of other cultivators at my level. If Fairy Liao played a more powerful tune, I might not be able to withstand it." Shi Yue declined as tactfully as he could.
No one else knew, but he was well aware of his own limits. If he hadn't cultivated the Spirit Splitting Art, he couldn't have withstood the Sorrowful Soul Tune.
Seeing this, Liao Yuyan didn't press him further.
"Fellow Daoist Shi, if I'm not mistaken, you're a Sword Cultivator too. I can faintly sense an elusive Sword Intent aura from you," Xu Tianyang said meaningfully.
"That's right. But Fellow Daoist Xu, you're a Sword Cultivator as well, aren't you? Otherwise, you wouldn't have sensed the Sword Intent on me." Shi Yue made no attempt to hide it.
Neither Liao Yuyan nor Xu Tianyang was an ordinary person. The more of his strength Shi