Escape

The silent night was soundless. Stars dotted the sky, and moonlight spilled like water across the waist of Jiangliu Mountain.

Several wild rabbits chased and frolicked in the valley.

The morning breeze swept through, clouds and wind tangled without end.

Xiao Yu looked at Bai Yue lying off to the side on the ground.

Bai Yue's face was ashen, as if all her vitality and spirit had been drained away.

Moreover, her cultivation had returned to the second level of Body Tempering overnight.

Xiao Yu's cultivation, meanwhile, had reached the eighth level of Body Tempering.

Hearing that Xiao Yu was already awake, Bai Yue subconsciously tugged at the corner of her clothes.

It was as though all her former glory and pride had vanished into thin air.

Bai Yue slowly rose to her feet, her expression growing ever more melancholy.

Those people from the Profound Spirit Sect had actually stood by and watched her die yesterday...

Where was she supposed to go now?

What was she supposed to do...

The Hehuan Sect, the righteous sects—every last one of them was a man-eating ghost!

What righteous sects? In the past, they had all been respectful and deferential whenever they saw her.

One by one, they had shouted about eradicating demons and defending the Dao.

Yet now that they saw her in trouble, they actually kicked her while she was down...

And that bastard too—once she escaped this predicament, she would grind his bones to ash!!!

She would make sure he died without a burial ground!

As he dressed, Xiao Yu swallowed and sneered incessantly.

But seeing her like that, he found it rather amusing.

"After all, we've been through hardship together. Don't look at me like that!"

"You don't honestly think righteous cultivators would still revere you as the sacred maiden of the righteous path in your current state, do you? I may not understand the cultivation world, but I understand human nature!"

"People respected and admired you because your cultivation used to be high, and you were a sect master."

"You have two choices now! First, teach me cultivation! As long as I don't die, you won't fall into anyone else's hands. Or do you want a few more men?"

Bai Yue said nothing.

No one knew what she was thinking.

Xiao Yu grinned. "The second choice is to follow me from now on! Become my human pet, my cultivation furnace~ You choose~"

Bai Yue suddenly trembled all over upon hearing that, her expression becoming increasingly resentful. "Wishful thinking...!"

But after saying that, she froze where she stood.

Recalling everything from yesterday, those erotic scenes were still vivid before her eyes.

Her brows immediately knitted together.

She was an immortal maiden of the righteous path and had always kept herself pure.

Yet she had actually...

If word got out, how could she still show her face among the righteous sects?

Some female cultivators from the righteous sects had never accepted her position as the sacred maiden of the righteous path to begin with.

And now she had actually become entangled with the demonic path.

If those women found out, what kind of end would await her...

Perhaps Xiao Yu was right. She was no longer the sacred maiden of the righteous path whom countless people revered.

Xiao Yu chuckled softly. "Enough. Give up on the thought of running away! From now on, I'm your master!"

"If you want to eat, behave yourself. Otherwise, you can eat shit! Heh!"

After saying that, he took out the storage bag he had obtained yesterday and examined it.

A low-grade magical artifact, the Eagle Claw Saber; Hehuan Pills; Soul-Mesmerizing Incense; half a bottle of Bloodburst Pills; First Half of the Joyful Union Art; Phoenix-Attracting Art; eighteen spirit stones.

When he saw the Phoenix-Attracting Art, his eyes immediately lit up. "Hiss..."

Bai Yue, beside him, could not see anything.

She felt utterly disgusted inside.

A disgust she could not put into words!

Yet she was somewhat afraid now—afraid Xiao Yu would tell others about what had happened between them.

She was a sect master. If people learned that she had been involved with the demonic path, she likely would never be able to return for the rest of her life.

If she escaped, she had to kill him!

Only the dead could keep secrets...

Xiao Yu picked up the Joyful Union Art and began reading it.

His gaze grew increasingly serious as he read it word by word.

[Use the other's qi to circulate the heavenly cycle; use the other's blood to open the meridians; use the other's spirit to condense primal essence. Yin and yang harmonize, the five elements engender one another!]

Xiao Yu read it word by word. There were illustrations in the manual as well.

Looking at the image of two little figures sitting face-to-face in meditation, Xiao Yu could not help glancing at Bai Yue beside him.

Back when he watched movies, it seemed ordinary cultivators cultivated by circulating their own qi through the heavenly cycle.

This Joyful Union Art used the other person's qi...

If he mastered this art, then coupled with Bai Yue's Innate Dharma Body—

His cultivation probably would not be slow!

When Bai Yue saw that Xiao Yu had remained silent for so long, she grew a little nervous. "Can you take me with you... I'll apologize to you..."

Xiao Yu nodded slightly. "Mm. Then I'll put you in my ancestral magical artifact, the Safe House, first!"

Bai Yue could not see, so she truly believed it was some kind of magical artifact and allowed herself to be taken inside.

Xiao Yu cautiously stepped out of the cave.

At the eighth level of Body Tempering, he could already tread along tree branches.

He held the Eagle Claw Saber at his side and sped away with Ghost Step.

Before long, he had left that mountain peak.

The sky was beginning to brighten, and the crimson sun in the distance slowly raised its forehead.

Inside the interrogation room, Bai Yue's stomach had been growling for quite some time. "Grrr... grr~"

She had not eaten for four days.

And she was thirsty now...

She had no idea what this Safe House magical artifact was, or whether there was anything to eat inside.

"Can you give me something to eat... What do you want to learn? I can teach you..."

Looking at the berries on the tree, Xiao Yu chuckled softly. "Will you eat berries?"

Bai Yue hurriedly said, "I want meat... Can you catch a chicken for me? Before I met you, I'd been rushing around and fighting the entire time. Not a single grain of rice had passed my lips..."

Xiao Yu was momentarily speechless. This woman still wanted meat?

So she hadn't had enough yesterday!

But just then, Bai Yue spoke with a solemn expression. "I have the Nine-Turn Spirit Art, Jade Maiden Sword Art, Five Elements Goddess Art, Limitless Blade Art, Mysterious Maiden Free-and-Easy Art, Divine Origin Art, Eight-Part Wave-Devouring Ruler, Heaven-Slaying Nine Forms, and more..."

The moment Xiao Yu heard that, his expression turned immediately mocking. "Do you take me for an idiot?!"