Carrying Yang Ze in her arms, Cang Yue stepped out of the ruins only to be greeted by the sight of the old hag, Jian Yu, who was looking at her with a smile.

"What?" Looking at her annoying smiling face, Cang Yue wanted to punch her in the throat, but upon realising the disparity between the two of them, she held back and just asked in frustration. From her looks, it was as if she were waiting for her.

"How was the trial?" Ignoring her hate-filled gaze, Jian Yu asked in a soft tone. She truly was surprised. She wasn't expecting Cang Yue to pass the trial, and from the looks of it, she even managed to get her hands on the Soul Gem. Although she didn't know why the man was still unconscious, his rosy complexion was proof of his normal condition.

"Barely managed to pass it, no thanks to you." Cang Yue almost flew into a rage.

"You purposefully sent me there knowing what the trials were all about, didn't you?"

She didn't believe that the leader of the Sword Sect would mistakenly send her to a trial that needed a righteous heart. She knew that the old hag did it purposefully.

Although she didn't know why the old hag did it, it might have something to do with taking pleasure in others' misfortune. Perhaps she wanted to see her despair and helplessness as she failed the trials.

"I was betting on you passing the trials."

"Oh really?" Listening to her answer, Cang Yue just sneered in response.

"Hmm..." Jian Yu just nodded in response.

"...."

"...."

The two of them just stood there in silence before Cang Yue let out a cold snort.

"Good for you."

With these words, she ignored the old woman as she made her way forward. She had a much more important matter than to pay attention to the old hag.

But before she could take a few steps forward, the old woman's voice sounded in her ears again.

"How about the two of us have a small talk."

"About what?" Cang Yue asked without even turning her head.

"About the trials. About what you faced there."

The moment Jian Yu finished speaking, Cang Yue let out a forced laugh before shaking her head in response.

"No, thanks."

She was in no mood to talk to another person, especially not to the old hag who tricked her.

"Hmm..." Jian Yu wasn't disappointed. She was expecting such an answer.

"You do know that you owe me, right?"

Her words made Cang Yue pause in her footsteps as she continued further.

"Let me get this straight... I have helped you two times already. But you aren't willing to even tell me what happened in the trial, right?"

Her words hit Cang Yue's nerves. For a moment, she couldn't help but clench her fists and grit her teeth in frustration. Just as Jian Yu said, she had asked for help, and the old woman had helped her two times. If she couldn't even fulfil such a simple request about what went on in the trials, then she would be a truly ungrateful bastard.

Perhaps in the old woman's mind, this was an effective trick. There was no doubt that anyone else would have just given up.

Perhaps this trick might have worked on others, but... Who was Cang Yue?

She was the saintess of the Dulaity sect and one of the most murderous persons, even in the history of the sect, whose entire foundation was built on murder and pillage.

To her, it felt more like a tantrum instead of a threat.

"I don't care." She just gave a flat reply. "You helped me out of the goodness of your heart."

"I, on the other hand, couldn't care less."

"Now just move along." She took another step forward, but before she could walk further, that annoying voice of the old hag sounded in her ears once again.

"Now that I think about it... That man isn't a member of the Sword Sect, right?"

Cang Yue's eyes narrowed into slits as her eyes was filled with murderous intentions. After losing her sister and even her mother, Cang Yue's life was bleaker than ever. And in her pitiful, tragic life, Yang Ze was her only hope. Whether she loved him or not was an entirely different matter, but one thing was certain... she definitely needed him.

He was her reverse scale... a taboo. She could tolerate others laughing at her or disrespecting her, but she could not tolerate anyone targeting him.

In the next instant, a thin, long needle appeared in her hand, ready to strike if the old woman did something extreme.

Jian Yu ignored her obvious reaction before continuing further.

"As a mortal man, he had overstayed his welcome here. I guess it is time for him to get out of the sect."

Listening to her words, Cang Yue almost wanted to attack her. But in the end, she held back as a mocking smile appeared on her face.

"I am a grand elder of the Sword Sect. He is my guest." She didn't point out everything, but the meaning behind her words was obvious. As one of the Grand Elders of the Sword Sect, she could easily accept a disciple, recruit more people and even bring her own personal servants if she wished to.

"Oh, right." Jian Yue suddenly made an expression of realisation. "About that..."

"Do you know that the position of a Grand Elder could be challenged by an Elder?"

"I mean... If words got out and a few elders decided to take their chance..."

"Well, in that case, what are we going to do?"

Cang Yue's breathing almost stopped before she flew in rage.

"I was appointed by my mother. Do you really have the courage to do something this stupid?" She couldn't believe that Jian Yu would be crazy enough to do it.

Regardless of what Jian Yu's relationship with her mother was, the two of them were playing their parts. For the outside world, she, the daughter of Yun Ning, was appointed as the Grand Elder of the Sword Sect to humiliate them.

If they dared to remove her at this time, it would be akin to slapping Yun Ning's face.

Then even if her mother didn't want to take action, she would have to.

"Of course not." Jian Yu just shook her head with a smile. "I am merely reminding you that without the strength of the Soul Tempering realm, it is hard for a 'Grand Elder' to keep their subjects safe."

"With the hatred of so many sect members and even elders towards you. I wonder how good the safety of the man in your arms would be."

"...."

"...."

Cang Yue didn't speak anything for a good while before gritting her teeth and speaking in a hoarse voice.

"FIVE MINUTES." She didn't want to spend any more time with the old hag. Besides, she had to take care of this bastard who has completely changed now.

"You can go back. I think I have something important to do." Jian Yu just let out a gentle smile before turning around.

"Twenty Minutes."

Cang Yue shouted once again, but Jian Yu's figure slowly began to drift away.

In the end, Cang Yue looked at Yang Ze's unconscious face before gritting her teeth and shouting again.

"One hour."

Jian Yu's figure immediately stopped as she turned around with a smile.

"I will take out my best wine."

*Snort

Cang Yue just let out a cold snort before heading towards the house. She couldn't take Yang Ze with her. It was better to let him sleep in his room peacefully.

Jian Yu just gazed at her departing back before turning around and heading to her luxurious manor.

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After carefully putting him on the bed, Cang Yue took one last look at Yang Ze before walking out the door.

Were it an ordinary person, they might have stayed unconscious for a long... long time because of Cang Yue's strike. But not Yang Ze...

Not only did he have the Amulet of Life that restored his energy, but he also had the Mighty Vigour talent and his cultivation, which had reached the peak of Foundation Forging.

With these three combined, it didn't even take him five minutes to wake up.

"Umm!?" Yang Ze just looked around in confusion for a moment before he remembered the scene of Cang Yue striking him unconscious.

Sitting on the bed with a smirk on his face, he couldn't help but remember her soul-stirring, exquisite face, that perfect body and those large, milky breasts.

"Kinky..." Thinking about the cold expression on her face as she sat there half-naked and struck him unconscious, Yang Ze couldn't help but lick his lips. "But I like it."

Immediately jumping out of his bed, he looked around only to see the dimly lit room that was sparsely decorated.

The first thing that attracted his attention was the mirror on the wall.

"Well, well." Without wasting another moment, Yang Ze jumped in front of the mirror as he looked at his reflection.

"Tch... Stupid mask." Looking at the appearance of a man in his late thirties, he clicked his tongue in annoyance before pulling it out, finally revealing his earth-shattering face.

"Man..." He couldn't help but utter in a soft voice. Even though he knew he was absolutely stunning, he still couldn't believe it. Gently stroking his face with his finger, he felt the soft and delicate touch as his eyes brightened with excitement.

He was perfect in every sense. He didn't believe that there was a single woman out there who could resist his face.

If he were to go out like this, he would be drowning in women.

"But I won't do it." With a smirk, he wore the mask before letting out a meaningful smile.

"I can prove that as a person from modern Earth, I can make any woman fall in love with me, even with such an ordinary appearance." The more he spoke, the more arrogant he got.

"But..." He finally shook his head in regret.

"How wonderful it would have been if I were just a bit taller."

Even though his appearance and overall look were like a heavenly immortal, his height was still short. Compared to the women, he could only reach till their breasts even standing on the tip of his toes.

"I need to find a way to increase my height." He decided to look for anything that could increase his height.

"But before that..." With a smile, he adjusted his clothes first and, after making sure he was properly wearing the mask and nothing was amiss, walked out of his room.

And the moment Yang Ze stepped out of his room, his footsteps paused as his eyes narrowed into slits and his breathing almost stopped.

In front of him was the figure of an exquisite beauty who was sitting there with an emotionless face, with a cup of wine in her hand.

She didn't seem to be aware of Yang Ze's presence as she put the cup to her cherry red lips before gulping down the wine.

Yang Ze could only swallow his saliva as he watched her drink wine in such a seductive state. He couldn't believe that there was a woman out there who would look this charming with a cup of wine in her hand.

But his eyes didn't last on her face for too long. Instead, they were drawn by her large breasts, which were twice the size of Cang Yue's.

It was only now that the woman seemed to notice his presence as she turned her head to look at him with a confused expression.

Looking at her blood red eyes and that expression... Yang Ze almost couldn't control himself.

"Ahem." Clearing his throat, he controlled his riling emotions as he walked in front of Xiao Ruolan swaggeringly.

Xiao Ruolan only looked at him in confusion. She couldn't put her fingers on it, but she felt that the Yang Ze in front of her was different from the one she knew.

She wanted to ask him if he was fine or if there were still some problems with his health. After all, she was partly to blame for what happened to him.

But before she could even open her mouth to speak, Yang Ze stepped forward with a smile.

"This... beautiful lady."

His words only made her more confused.

But the next words he spoke almost made her jump up in fright.

"Are you a forbidden pill?"

"Cause one taste of you and I will directly ascend to immortality."

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