"Jinghong, you're drunk."
"I'm not!"
"You really are."
"I'm not drunk—I've just wanted this for so long."
An hour later, you walked slowly out through the restrictions around the cave dwelling.
Looking up, you saw the same lone moon hanging high beyond the sky, its pale light spreading across the ground like snow.
You straightened your robes, descended the stone steps, and flew straight back to your own cave dwelling.
The restrictions opened. Inside, Shu Xue emerged gracefully from the inner chamber. A faint blush touched her cheeks, and she had changed into a plain white fur robe that made her figure look even more shapely.
"Sect Master Chen—now?"
You merely waved a hand, closed the restrictions, and turned into the quiet room. "What is it with today...?"
The next day.
The Taihua Sect and Three Immortals Island prepared to leave Golden Pouch Mountain.
Divine Crow True Person came to see them off in person, his face glowing. "Sect Master Chen, Jinghong True Person, I asked you to stay a few more days, yet you insist on leaving. You haven't even seen all of Golden Pouch Mountain's scenery."
You smiled. "Another day, Divine Crow True Person. Another day."
Beside you, Shi Jinghong gave you an aggrieved look. "Sect Master Chen, what clever methods you have."
"One Body-Sealing Curse and an Illusion Art, and you trapped me for an hour..."
"You made me... you made me..."
At that, her cheeks flushed scarlet. She seemed to remember last night again, and her slender legs pressed slightly together.
After you immobilized her in the cave dwelling last night, her mind had reeled, nearly sending her into qi deviation.
With just one layer of Illusion Art, you had made her—
At the thought, the blush on Shi Jinghong's cheeks deepened like crimson clouds.
She