Chapter 11

"Furthermore, I feel that my Great Sun Scripture requires her existence."

Seeing Pei Yuhan cast a suspicious gaze, Lin Yi smiled slightly.

"I need her Red Pellet."

Lin Yi felt Pei Yuhan grip his palm again.

Pei Yuhan turned her head away, looking as if she didn't want to listen to him.

Lin Yi lowered his head and turned Pei Yuhan's small face towards him. "I'm sorry, but I have a reason I must do this this time, Yuhan… Please trust me just this once…"

No matter how carefully crafted a lie is, it cannot compare to a woman's own self-deception.

Lin Yi didn't need to preach any grand principles; he only needed to give his wife, Pei Yuhan, whose favorability had already reached 90, a reason, and she would deceive herself.

Even… for Lin Yi's sake, she would personally take action to capture Su Lingshu…

"Hmm? Lin Yi? Sister Yuhan? What are you two talking about?" Su Lingshu, who was walking ahead while looking at the flowers and grass by the roadside, turned around. She looked curiously at Lin Yi and Pei Yuhan, who had stopped walking.

"It's nothing." Pei Yuhan returned to her calm demeanor and shook her head at Su Lingshu.

"I was just thinking about where we'll stay tonight and how to send you away when the time comes. You know, Yuhan and I are husband and wife…" Lin Yi's words made Su Lingshu's face flush, and she quickly turned her head away.

"I, I will walk far away on my own. You, you should be quick…" The lingering suspicions in Su Lingshu's heart were completely swept away by Lin Yi's mischief.

After all… if a married couple is discussing intimate matters, why should she try to understand them?

It's just that… she really couldn't tell that Pei Yuhan would actually get together with her own disciple… and act so shamelessly…

Su Lingshu felt a bit of disdain in her heart.

Pei Yuhan watched Su Lingshu's back. Her eyes flickered, then she grabbed Lin Yi's palm and gently wrote a character on it.

"Good."

Chapter 18: Su Lingshu, I Need You to Assist My Cultivation

Before nightfall, Lin Yi's group still hadn't seen any households. It seemed they would have to sleep in the wilderness again tonight.

Yu Xiaotang went to gather firewood listlessly. After half a month of training, she no longer had any curiosity about the Mortal world, feeling that it was not as comfortable as being on the mountain.

"You're just going to sit here?" Lin Yi exchanged a glance with Pei Yuhan and then looked at Su Lingshu.

"I'll go hunting with you." Su Lingshu thought for a moment, then stood up.

Lin Yi was speechless. Going hunting with him was nothing more than watching from the side; she just wanted to slack off. It seemed that Xia Qianzhen in her youth was not such a cold and detached character after all.

"No need, I'm giving you a new task." Lin Yi shook his head.

"What?" Su Lingshu was a bit curious.

"To be my 'Untouchable'."

"What is an 'Untouchable'?" Su Lingshu blinked. She wore a purple dress, her purple hair falling softly over her shoulders. Her eyebrows were like distant mountains, her lips like vermilion. She carried an ethereal, Fairy-like aura.

Even though she was standing right there, it felt as if she had already flown far away; she was not a person of the Mortal world.

"An 'Untouchable' is just an 'Untouchable'." Lin Yi had no intention of explaining.

He exchanged another glance with Pei Yuhan, and Pei Yuhan nodded slightly at Lin Yi.

A sudden sense of danger welled up in Su Lingshu's heart. She wrinkled her delicate nose and instinctively took a step back.

"Su Lingshu, or… should I call you… Xia Qianzhen, Palace Master Xia?" Lin Yi's words made Su Lingshu's eyes flicker.

"I… I don't understand…" Su Lingshu stood her ground and shook her head. She knew it was impossible to escape from Pei Yuhan's hands. Not to mention Pei Yuhan, even in Lin Yi's hands, she had absolutely no possibility of escaping.

Su Lingshu was merely a Clone of Xia Qianzhen. She was currently only at the Foundation Establishment Stage. Even if she had Xia Qianzhen's memories, how could she, at the Foundation Establishment Stage, fight against a Golden Core Stage cultivator?

The gap between them was like heaven and earth…

"No need to hide it, Su Lingshu. Can you explain to us… why Xia Qianzhen had to create you, this Clone, and send you here?"

Pei Yuhan had already used the Divine Sense of a great Soul Transformation Stage cultivator to surround the place where Su Lingshu appeared and "saw" how Su Lingshu had manifested—

The young girl in purple had suddenly appeared in the forest, then provoked a demon wolf, and relying on the commotion of their battle, attracted Lin Yi, who was hunting.

"Uh… I don't know either. Can you believe me?" Su Lingshu gave a sheepish smile. She knew everything was exposed, but she didn't understand why Pei Yuhan knew her origins so clearly…

"What do you think?" Lin Yi walked towards Su Lingshu.

Su Lingshu instinctively took a few steps back. Junior Sister Yu Xiaotang had already been sent away by Lin Yi, so she couldn't even try to take her hostage.

Su Lingshu really didn't know. She didn't know why her original self had created her, nor did she know why her original self had told her to find Pei Yuhan and join their group.

Or rather, she had revealed her identity to Lin Yi and the others, partly true and partly false, with the intention of gaining insight into Xia Qianzhen's schemes through Pei Yuhan.

After all… her original self hadn't placed any restrictions on her, right?

So it was quite normal for her to do this; perhaps it was even within her original self's expectations.

Thinking of this, Su Lingshu simply walked towards Lin Yi. She suddenly realized she didn't need to worry about this or that. Relying on the relationship between Pei Yuhan and Xia Qianzhen—the latter being the former's quasi-Master's wife—she might even receive some favorable treatment from Pei Yuhan.

After all, she was Xia Qianzhen's Clone; at the very least, Pei Yuhan could call her "Master's wife", right?

Could this also be within the original self's expectations?

"I surrender. I really don't know what schemes Xia Qianzhen has!"

Su Lingshu's prompt surrender left Lin Yi a bit confused.

But that didn't matter.

With a thought from Lin Yi, a rope from his storage ring, wrapped in his spiritual power, instantly bound Su Lingshu since she had given up resistance.

"This… what kind of binding is this!!!" Su Lingshu's face was beet red. She looked down at the ropes on her body. Under the ropes, her voluptuous figure, wrapped in the loose purple dress, was fully revealed.

She was Ye Linyuan's fiancée. Although Ye Linyuan didn't care much, being so exposed in front of another man…

"Tortoise shell binding." Lin Yi spat out the word with a smile.

Pei Yuhan also blushed a little. She walked behind Lin Yi and tapped him on the head.

But she only tapped Lin Yi once; as for the rest… let him be.

"Su Lingshu, I don't trust you." Lin Yi's expression became serious. "So, for the time being, I'm afraid you'll have to endure this. When you decide you want to talk, I will release you."

"But I really don't know what my original self is doing…" Su Lingshu wanted to cry but had no tears. If she had known, she would have confessed everything when they first met.

No… could this also be part of your scheme, original self…

Su Lingshu was suspicious, feeling both regretful, disheartened, and suddenly enlightened.

Pei Yuhan walked over and grabbed Su Lingshu's chin. She examined her for a while, making Su Lingshu's hair stand on end.

"You really do look like her." Pei Yuhan nodded.

"Xiao Yi, take her Red Pellet." Pei Yuhan's expression was cold.

"What?! Pei Yuhan! I am your Master Ye Linyuan's fiancée!" Su Lingshu struggled violently, but the more she struggled… the deeper the ropes on her body sank…

With her continuous struggling, she was soon panting. This rope was a Spiritual Artifact that had the effect of sealing spiritual power, turning a Fairy into a Mortal.

A faint flush appeared between Su Lingshu's brows, and her eyes were soft and alluring like water. The spiritual ropes sank deep into her fair skin. Her purple dress clung tightly to her delicate body, revealing her voluptuous yet slender thighs, smooth abdomen, and voluptuous… buttocks with an alluring curve…

The Fairy had fallen to the Mortal world.

"Heh, Xia Qianzhen is, but you are not." Pei Yuhan said coldly.

"I'll talk! I'll talk now! Xia Qianzhen is…"

"Too late." Pei Yuhan's light words made Su Lingshu despair.

"Pei Yuhan! You will die a horrible death!! You…"

"If you keep cursing… I will really take your Red Pellet." Lin Yi's clear, bright voice made Su Lingshu snap back to reality.

"No, good sister, and Xiao Yi, you two must be joking, right… Hehe hehe…" Su Lingshu looked at Lin Yi, her eyes shining with hope.

But…

"I'm not joking…" Lin Yi smiled and shook his head amidst Su Lingshu's renewed despair.

Chapter 19: The Myriad Beauties of a Fairy

"Lin Yi! Pei Yuhan!! You adulterous couple!! You will definitely… Mmph, mmph, mmph, mmph…"

Finding Su Lingshu noisy, Lin Yi directly used his spiritual power to seal her small mouth.

"By the way, Su Lingshu, it is said that the women of your Xiuyi Tribe possess myriad beauties within. Is that true or not?" Lin Yi looked with a chuckle at Su Lingshu, who was shamefully tied to a large tree.

At this moment, Su Lingshu was half a meter off the ground, her elegant, long, and perfectly proportioned beautiful legs… on both sides of her waist.

A scene both elegant as a Fairy and extremely alluring.

Her purple dress was slightly disarrayed. Her delicate face, which could be angry or happy, still bore traces of tears. The marks of her struggle were imprinted on her snow-white skin, and the circles of light red marks made her brows furrow slightly.

A Fairy descended to the Mortal world; it was exactly like this.

Lin Yi's words made Su Lingshu's willow-leaf eyebrows stand up, but since her mouth was sealed, she could only glare at Lin Yi with hateful eyes.

"Xiao Yi, stop playing around. Quickly take her Red Pellet." The beautiful Fairy stood behind Lin Yi, her voice cold and clear, her brows slightly furrowed.

Pei Yuhan disliked Su Lingshu, especially when Lin Yi teased her; she felt a sense of sadness.

Once Xiao Yi takes her Red Pellet, I will imprison her in the Sword Sect.

As for letting Su Lingshu accompany them?

She never had such a thought; this journey only needed her, Lin Yi, and Yu Xiaotang.

"I'm sorry, Fairy Su. Master's orders are hard to disobey. Besides… being plucked by me isn't such a grievance, is it?"

Lin Yi's handsome face looked extremely detestable in Su Lingshu's eyes. A tear track silently flowed down her beautiful face, sliding past her chin and landing on the voluptuousness pressed by the spiritual ropes…

Su Lingshu closed her eyes in despair.

The winter wind and snow seemed to intensify again. Su Lingshu looked up, staring blankly at the specks of light drifting down from the snow clouds. Above the Nine Heavens of the Qiongming Domain, it seemed that a purple-haired Fairy was silently watching this side.

Xia Qianzhen… could this also be within your expectations?

Was it just to send your youthful self to Lin Yi as a Cauldron… that you made me come down to find him?

Lin Yi turned Su Lingshu's face back, causing the last glimmer of hope in her eyes to shatter.

Xia Qianzhen, you will die a horrible death too! I hope you also have your purity taken by Lin Yi!

A sense of anger suddenly surged in Su Lingshu's heart.

Lin Yi looked at Su Lingshu's expression of utter hopelessness. Her originally beautiful face was gradually growing cold, and a sense of death was flooding between her brows.

"I'm sorry, Fairy Su." After all, this was Lin Yi's first time doing such a thing, and his methods were not yet skillful. He still felt some reluctance in his heart, but after doing it more often, he wouldn't be like this.

Su Lingshu didn't speak, just looked coldly at Lin Yi. Her previous liveliness and spirit had all turned into dark, black hatred in this moment.

[Su Lingshu: 80/100 (Enemy)]

Looking at the pitch-black name on the favorability panel, Lin Yi suddenly smiled.

The reluctance in his heart was quickly cut away. He mocked his own naivety; he had already made up his mind long ago, yet he was still so wishy-washy.

Lin Yi revealed a gentle smile, the exact opposite of Su Lingshu.

He placed his hand on Su Lingshu's soft thigh and then leaned forward…

Su Lingshu's heart skipped a beat as she watched Lin Yi lean in.

"Mmph…" No matter how cold her face was, her lips were still warm. Lin Yi took Su Lingshu's first kiss.

Feeling the aura of the man before her, Su Lingshu felt her abdomen spasming. She felt a bit nauseous, and at the same time… her body was reacting truthfully beyond her control.

Lin Yi used his hand to clamp the Fairy's chin, forcing her to look at him.

Then…

Su Lingshu's pupils suddenly dilated. She felt her heart become empty. She glared hatefully at Lin Yi; in her eyes, Lin Yi's face seemed to be stained with a layer of blood.

Pei Yuhan silently watched this scene. Her Divine Sense, belonging to a great Soul Transformation Stage cultivator, had been monitoring this area, and a thin spiritual barrier isolated all the wind, snow, and prying eyes.

She frowned slightly, watching Lin Yi take everything from Su Lingshu. She always felt a bit sour in her heart, as if… Lin Yi no longer belonged to her alone.