Happy Here, Forgetful of Shu

Xiao Bai shivered, his composed expression from moments ago in front of the young woman instantly collapsing.

After the cool, ethereal fairy sat cross-legged beside him, changing into a bean yellow smoked shirt identical to Mu Yun's, the turmoil in his chest transformed into reverence for a towering peak, her snowy presence overwhelming. Only then did Xiao Bai recover, gritting his teeth and declaring with conviction:

"That's a classic misconception!"

—I'm only popular with powerful, fair-skinned, beautiful bad women!

Wind and fire flickered, the twilight stretching out.

After changing into the warm-colored smoked shirt, Master Yuhu seemed to become subtly gentle and virtuous, infinitely tolerant.

She held the teacup in both hands, her cherry-colored thin lips tracing the rim, making Xiao Bai feel completely overwhelmed.

"This is my first time seeing Princess Fei Yue at Snow Flame Sect. Even Junior Brother Lin Xizi, whom I haven't seen in years, turned into a woman and came to give you a gift."

And you still dare to say you're not popular with women?

Mu Yun suppressed a laugh and fanned the flames:

"Could it be that you're a male fox spirit? Though you lack Charm Arts, you have natural Alluring Bones?"

One jab, two down.

"Nothing else, just handsome."

Xiao Bai endured the double pressure, turning the grilled meat while saying calmly:

"Besides, among those of the same cultivation level, my Sword Dao isn't inferior to Lan Daozi's, and my Body Techniques are even better than your emperor father's. Isn't it normal to be popular with women?"

Satisfied with Xiao Bai's answer, Yu Hu took a sip of Peach Petal Tea and changed the subject:

"Regarding Lin Xizi's Swastika Spirit Sword, you'd best not take it to heart. This matter is a bit strange, and I have a bad feeling about it."

Mu Yun chimed in, mocking Xiao Bai:

"First of all, he needs to reach Foundation Establishment, which is still a hundred and eight thousand li away."

Yu Hu shook her head. She knew Xiao Bai's advancement speed best and seriously suggested:

"Take a few more Dao Companions, and you should reach Foundation Establishment very quickly."

Xiao Bai was moved to tears.

"Madam, you truly understand me—"

Before he finished speaking.

Whoosh!

Someone flew out of Hundred Herbs Peak.

A slender, fair hand tore off a piece of grilled meat and placed it into a cold mouth.

Her clear eyes rippled slightly, and two blushing peach shadows suddenly bloomed on her indifferent face.

"To let Martial Granduncle taste your skill, your grilled meat today is even more delicious than usual."

Mu Yun's face sank. He heard the hidden meaning in Yu Hu's words.

"Stop spouting nonsense! Only fox spirits are affected by Charm Arts. The Demon Race are beings of another dimension. How could they be influenced by mortals?"

As he spoke, he used the tip of his sword to shave off a piece of grilled meat and put it in his mouth.

His flickering gaze suddenly froze.

"This taste..."

Sky-Reaching Peak is the highest mountain peak in Snow Flame Sect, but it is not the geographical center.

The very center of Snow Flame Sect is actually a short mountain peak with its top cut off.

The rocks are like a forest, the trees hang upside down, the outside of the mountain is covered in snow, but the rock platform is filled with rolling earth fire, hot as summer.

It is the core node where the three Flame Veins of the Monster Beast Mountain Range converge—

Earth Fire Peak.

It is the place where Snow Flame Sect forges Spiritual Artifacts, and also where the Artifact Forging Elder and their disciples live and cultivate.

Forging Spiritual Artifacts is Snow Flame Sect's main industry for earning foreign exchange, so the usually low-key Earth Fire Peak holds a high status within the sect.

A row of mountain peaks, like a barrier, are arranged like swords, very similar to the Sword Fence on the top floor of the Main Affairs Pavilion.

Evening.

A golden sedan chair, pulled by two Eagle-Horse Beasts, slowly flew towards Earth Fire Peak.

Princess Fei Yue had caught up with Mu Yun at Hundred Herbs Peak in the afternoon and rushed to Earth Fire Peak in the evening.

This made the Artifact Forging Elder, despite his age, have to personally welcome her.

After all, after the Sect-State War, most of the Spiritual Artifacts forged by Snow Flame Sect were sold to the Xiahou Dynasty.

War is war, business is business; everyone has to survive.

Of course, this also owed credit to One Sword Fox's indiscriminate killing on the battlefield. One must know, at that time, she was a supervisor for the Dao Supervision Palace.

At the Earth Fire Peak mountain gate, Gongshuzi cupped his hands in greeting.

"Princess, here to get Master Gao to make toys again?"

The bright and charming young woman, wrapped in a pink dress, curtsied slightly, looking every bit the princess.

"You are Master Gao; he can only be considered a talented apprentice."

"Please, come in."

After having a cup of tea in the main hall, Fei Yue, led by two female disciples, entered Master Gao's cave abode.

Master Gao's so-called cave abode was a personal artifact forging workshop that connected through the inside of the mountain.

Master Gao was the chief core disciple of Earth Fire Peak.

Anyone with "chief" in their title was undoubtedly a genius, like Lan Daozi, or the former One Sword Fox.

Deep within the cave abode.

A tall, thin young man was using sandpaper and files to carve spell seals onto a great blunderbuss.

He had iron rings sealing his eyes and ears, and the spell seals on the rings glowed with a dark red light, giving off a chilling sense of indifference and oppression.

After the two accompanying female disciples left, Princess Fei Yue lightly stepped deeper into the cave abode and used the black diamond storage ring on her right middle finger to appraise the spell seals on the blunderbuss's outer wall.

"Perfect quality, but I need quantity and speed more. Can't you ask your junior brothers and sisters for help?"

Master Gao focused on his carving, not lifting his head as he said:

"They are too far behind... This isn't something that can be mass-produced."

"You'd better hurry."

Fei Yue gently stroked the blunderbuss's barrel, her lively eyes suddenly becoming as deep as the earth fire.

"Let me give you a piece of information: the Demon Alliance is gathering a large army. It's very likely they will launch a major attack on the Snow Flame Sect within a month. You need to speed up."

Master Gao, however, shook his head.

"Once a demon becomes a demon, it can never return to being a spirit beast... No matter how the world changes, someone has to make things, right?"

Chaoge City, Yellow Rock Mountain.

Dao Supervision Palace Dungeon, eighteenth floor.

This is where the most heinous criminals within the Cambrian Kingdom were imprisoned.

And most of them were powerful individuals with backgrounds!

Otherwise, they would have been reduced to dust long ago.

For example, this old man with a flushed face and his entire body covered in black floral patterns.

His Dantian was impaled to the prison wall by a sword, and his four limbs and hundred bones were strung together by Pythagorean Chains connected to the foundation.

Every part of his body capable of exerting force was firmly locked down, rendering him immobile.

The old man was an Elder from a certain Demon Sect, and he had survived until today by keeping the location of the Demon Sect a secret...

Not only was he alive, but he even encountered a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to escape.

He knocked his head against the three-foot-thick iron wall and shouted with his dry throat:

"Hey, neighbor, did you hear? Master Yuhu of the Snow Flame Sect actually took a young laborer disciple as her Dao Companion. They just finished the Sect Tour Ceremony."

Although he couldn't use a shred of spiritual power, he still managed to transmit his dry, hoarse voice to the next cell.

Unfortunately, there was no response from next door.

He continued to shout as if no one else was there:

"I also heard that this laborer disciple is not only young and strong, handsome and charming, but his swordsmanship is also extraordinary, so much so that he made Master Yuhu forget her status."

The next cell was silent. After a long time, the sound of dripping wine and a woman's drunken echo came.

"Heaven wants to rain, and my mother wants to marry. What do such trivial matters have to do with me?"

Seeing an opportunity, the old man continued to stir the pot.

"Stop pretending! Who in the world doesn't know you fancy Master Yuhu? Don't you want to go out and see? How about we break out? With our cooperation, we can definitely get out!"

After he finished speaking, the sound of beautiful snoring, like the rustling of bamboo forests, came from next door, along with a thick, bone-penetrating smell of wine, like being drenched in valley rain.

"Happy here, forgetful of Shu... Only a fool would go out."

PS: There is no yuri in this book's harem, only a big sister type who likes to call other roommates her 'first wife,' 'second wife,' and 'third wife,' similar to a girls' dorm.