Shangguan Wuqing: Don't let anyone in

At the same time.

Lin Mo, who was waiting outside the office, also spotted Shangguan Wuqing and Zhuiming arriving at the entrance.

Before Zhuiming could speak, Shangguan Wuqing asked, "Old servant, someone just told me you were looking for me. What is it?"

Shangguan Wuqing's tone was flat, and little emotion showed on her beautiful yet heroic face.

It was as though she and Lin Mo were complete strangers.

"Captain Wuqing, I came to report a matter, but you seem to be busy right now. I'll come back later." Lin Mo cupped his hands and immediately turned to leave.

Fuck, wasn't this Zhuiming, captain of the Enforcement Hall's Azure Dragon Squad, who had given me that death stare a couple of days ago?

Lin Mo had already begun to vaguely piece together what was going on.

He had better hurry away from this nest of trouble before Zhuiming held a grudge against him.

Then he would truly be like a mute eating bitter herbs, suffering with no way to voice his misery!

"Wait!"

Zhuiming's thunderous shout rang out.

Lin Mo's sturdy frame jolted, and he instantly felt as though he had plunged into an ice cellar!

A sense of foreboding surged into his heart like a rising tide.

Shangguan Wuqing also sensed trouble and spoke before Zhuiming could. "Old servant, since you're already here, there's no need to rush off."

"I have time. Come inside and tell me the details of what you want to report."

Then Shangguan Wuqing turned to Zhuiming. "Senior brother, you know I dislike being disturbed while I'm working. Please head back first."

At her words, Zhuiming's eyes widened.

Wait...

"Senior brother? Was there anything else you wanted to say?" Shangguan Wuqing asked.

Zhuiming knitted his brows.

He wanted to lose his temper, but then remembered that his relationship with Shangguan Wuqing had only just begun to improve.

He could only force a strained smile and shake his head. "Nothing. Go ahead with your work, junior sister. I was just about to head back anyway."

Only after Zhuiming had gone far away did Shangguan Wuqing beckon Lin Mo into the office.

"Did something happen, old servant?" Shangguan Wuqing asked first.

"Yes."

Lin Mo nodded and said, "Someone has set their sights on me. Captain Wuqing, could you offer me some protection for a while?"

"Don't you live outside the Sect Leader's Purple Heaven Palace? Who would dare go there to trouble you?" Shangguan Wuqing was somewhat puzzled.

By all rights, the Purple Heaven Palace could practically be called the safest place in the entire First Saint Sect.

As long as one had not offended Sect Leader Liu Ziyan.

Then no one would dare cause trouble for them at the Purple Heaven Palace.

Lin Mo said helplessly, "You don't know the situation, Captain Wuqing. The Sect Leader has gone away, and there's no telling when she'll return. My little wooden hut is no longer safe."

"Is that so?"

Shangguan Wuqing pondered briefly, then said, "Why don't you tell me who has set their sights on you? I'll take care of it."

With Lin Mo in trouble, Shangguan Wuqing naturally would not stand idly by.

She was still counting on dual cultivation with Lin Mo to rapidly improve her own cultivation.

More importantly, thanks to his Pure Yang Sacred Body, coupled with his breakthrough into Foundation Establishment.

He had become twenty or thirty years younger overall.

Without realizing it, Shangguan Wuqing had become so enchanted by Lin Mo that she was sinking ever deeper, unable to pull herself free.

"I can't say, Captain Wuqing. All I can tell you is that this person isn't someone you can afford to offend. But as long as I'm here with you, she won't dare come trouble me," Lin Mo said with a bitter smile.

In terms of cultivation.

Su Yu might not be Shangguan Wuqing's match, but her standing in the First Saint Sect was far beyond that of a mere Enforcement Hall squad captain like Shangguan Wuqing.

Shangguan Wuqing was stunned.

Just what mighty figure have you offended?

Then Lin Mo continued, "Also, Captain Wuqing, that Captain Zhuiming just now seemed very hostile toward me."

"That makes my situation even more dangerous."

Shangguan Wuqing nodded. "I know. He became hostile toward you because of me, so I ought to take responsibility."

"In that case, stay at my place for a while."

"It just so happens..."

Shangguan Wuqing shed her earlier serious demeanor and revealed an alluring, seductive smile.

She slowly rose and sat on Lin Mo's lap, hooking her arm around his neck as her slender, snow-white hand slipped beneath his collar.

Leaning close to Lin Mo's ear, Shangguan Wuqing whispered softly, "I've recently encountered a bottleneck in my cultivation. Help me clear it, won't you?"

Based on her previous two experiences, Shangguan Wuqing was nine parts certain out of ten.

With one more session of dual cultivation with Lin Mo, she would most likely break through her bottleneck and enter the middle Golden Core stage.

If Zhuiming saw this scene, his Dao heart would probably shatter on the spot.

Before him, Shangguan Wuqing was cold and aloof, as though untouched by the mortal world's smoke and fire. Yet before Lin Mo, she was so bewitchingly seductive.

With Shangguan Wuqing teasing him like this, Lin Mo could barely sit still.

If this had not been the Vermilion Bird Squad Office, Lin Mo would have loved to devour Shangguan Wuqing right then and there, leaving nothing behind.

Lin Mo's hands also roamed freely over Shangguan Wuqing's body as he said with some concern, "Captain Wuqing, I have no objection to staying at your place for a while."

"I'm just worried that if Captain Zhuiming finds out, the situation might become difficult to handle."

"Who can guarantee he won't secretly follow us?"

Shangguan Wuqing realized that Lin Mo had a point.

Given Zhuiming's personality, he really might follow her or Lin Mo.

The next moment.

Shangguan Wuqing came up with a solution. "Don't worry. I'll keep him occupied later. Take that chance to go to my residence first."

"That's certainly a good plan!" Lin Mo's eyes lit up.

"Ah...!"

Shangguan Wuqing's delicate body suddenly trembled. She pushed Lin Mo's hand away and said, her breath fragrant as orchids, "Don't be so impatient, old servant."

"If you keep this up, I'll embarrass myself in front of all these junior brothers and sisters."

Lin Mo chuckled, suddenly struck by a bold idea. "Captain Wuqing, don't you think doing it here would be rather exciting?"

"You...!"

Shangguan Wuqing's cheeks grew even redder.

Her heart raced faster and faster, and an eager urge to try it actually rose within her.

After considering it for a moment, Shangguan Wuqing decided to throw caution to the wind.

Just as Lin Mo impatiently began to remove Shangguan Wuqing's clothes, she stopped him in time and said seriously, "Wait a moment. Let me tell the junior sister outside to keep watch and not let anyone in."

"All right."

Then Shangguan Wuqing straightened her slightly disheveled clothes and composed her flushed face.

She opened the reception room door and gave her instructions, then closed it and returned.

"All right, let's begin."