Chapter 2291
Inside the karst cave, Lu Ye and Qing Rou sat facing each other, scarcely two feet apart. Her soft, alluring eyes brimmed with curiosity.
On the White Jade Platform, countless talents had gathered. All fifty thousand cultivators were in the Merging Dao Realm, except for one person.
When Qing Rou had first seen Lu Ye, she had nearly thought her eyes were deceiving her. It was simply too unreasonable. True, the strength of so many Merging Dao cultivators varied, but they were still all in the Merging Dao Realm.
Then an Entering Dao cultivator had suddenly appeared, standing out from the flock like a crane among chickens—impossible to miss.
Especially to a cultivator like Qing Rou, who could perceive another's cultivation.
Once her interest was piqued, the rest had been easy. She had used an argument with someone else to draw Lu Ye's attention, then taken the initiative to approach him, eventually becoming traveling companions with him.
Even if she had failed to catch Lu Ye's attention then, she had other means. In any case, she would certainly have lured Lu Ye into the trap.
No matter how vigilant Lu Ye was, he had never expected someone to approach him in such a roundabout way.
"Senior Brother, I wasn't mistaken, was I? You really are in the Entering Dao Realm?" Qing Rou leaned forward slightly, bringing her pretty face closer to Lu Ye's. Her breath was fragrant as orchids.
"You can see that I'm in the Entering Dao Realm, so why call me Senior Brother?"
"It's only a form of address." Qing Rou straightened again. "If you can clear up my doubts, never mind calling you Senior Brother—even calling you Grandfather would be fine."
"What do you want to know?"
Yet Qing Rou did not ask directly. Instead,