Feng Xian'er walked over and narrowed her phoenix eyes slightly as she looked in the direction Ling Yun and the others had left.
"Shisan, this Ling Yun won't let things rest. He'll definitely stir up more trouble, and next time it might be even bigger than this."
Lin Shisan nodded.
"This disciple understands."
"What do you plan to do?"
The Little Black Cauldron flashed through Lin Shisan's mind, followed by the eleven Meridian-Congealing Pills. "Go into seclusion first and attempt to break through to the Meridian Opening Realm."
"You're a teachable boy."
With bright eyes and pearly teeth, Feng Xian'er gave a playful smile. "Your wife has arrived at just the right time. You can open your meridians through dual cultivation. Your chances will be better."
"I..."
"I..."
Lin Shisan and Gu Mengli both flushed scarlet at the same time.
They swallowed the words on their lips, but Feng Xian'er had already left.
Night fell, and the Bamboo Grove on Cold Moon Peak swayed and shimmered beneath the moonlight.
Lin Shisan sat cross-legged inside the Bamboo Hut, with eleven Meridian-Congealing Pills arranged in a row.
The four-pattern pill at the center glowed emerald green, like a slumbering star.
He drew a deep breath and was just about to take out a pill when someone knocked on the Bamboo Hut's door.
Gu Mengli.
Whether she was doing it deliberately or following Feng Xian'er's instructions, she had actually stayed rather than returning to the Gu Household, making no secret of it.
She even dressed it up as helping Lin Shisan open his meridians through dual cultivation.
Moonlight spilled over her, and her moon-white dress swayed gently in the night breeze.
Her dark hair cascaded loose like a waterfall, lending her dignified, elegant face a tenderness and allure it did not usually possess.