After the main character who took the blame retired, the female lead quit.

Tie Yanran gripped the teacup tightly, her ears, visible beneath the mask, turning slightly red.

What's with this... arrogant vibe?

Xiao Yu's lips twitched slightly. He took another sip of tea to calm himself down.

No wonder when I approached him in Sword Prison, he acted like a cat with its fur standing on end, almost drawing his sword to attack me.

However, the atmosphere right now is so strange, completely different from when I was talking to Tie Qingyan.

"Are you nervous? To me..."

"How can it be!"

Bang!

Tie Yanran knocked over the teacup in her hand.

"No... I'm sorry, this cup is a bit too slippery."

He said this, and at the same time got up and found a rag to wipe it.

Xiao Yu rubbed the teacup in his hand, feeling a frosted texture; it wasn't exactly smooth.

"Let's make this clear first, I'm not as shy as Xiaoyan said. I'm just feeling a little unwell today. It's definitely not because you suddenly came in and I'm nervous or anything, absolutely not!"

Tie Yanran straightened the cup on the table, and beneath the mask, a pair of dark eyes stared intently at Xiao Yu.

"Okay, I...I understand."

So he heard it. Is the soundproofing in this room really that bad?

Phew...

Xiao Yu picked up his teacup and took another sip. In a daze, he seemed to hear a soft laugh.

Out of the corner of my eye, I could vaguely see a figure bending over at the doorway, quietly listening to what was happening inside.

"........."

At this moment, Tie Yanran, whose face was flushed, did not notice this. He straightened his teacup and obediently sat down opposite Xiao Yu.

Under the table, a pair of slender, jade-like hands gripped her knees helplessly.

What an innocent and pure-hearted young man!

Xiao Yu mentally complained, but he picked up the cup and took another big gulp, not minding how hot it was.

"By the way, what was that thing you said you'd give me at the restaurant?"

Tie Yanran seemed to realize how much he had tried to cover up his mistake, and to avoid embarrassment, he changed the subject.

Xiao Yu tightened his grip on the cup.

Now it was his turn to panic.

"This...isn't anything special."

Xiao Yu tactfully drank the tea, but he finished it all. The cup was almost empty, but to avoid embarrassment, he pretended to take a sip.

To be honest, what he initially prepared for Tie Yanran was very simple—just a picture album.

It was Xiao Yu's treasured collection, the Fairy Beauty Ranking. Because he had always kept it in his storage ring, it luckily escaped being burned.

However, it wasn't as revealing as the one sold in the basement of the restaurant before.

Actually, when it comes to exposure, apart from the legs and the genitals of the Southern and Northern Hemispheres, nothing else that shouldn't be exposed was shown.

A gentleman may be attracted to beauty, but this is driven by emotion and restrained by propriety. Looking at picture books isn't a bad thing; after all, it's just a man's business.

How could there be no good men in this world, even the most handsome and ruthless ones?

Xiao Yu thought that sending this over privately shouldn't be a problem.

I'll do someone a favor while I'm at it; who knows, maybe I'll have someone protecting me when I sell this in the future.

But now, he has learned that the Tie Yanran in front of him is a child he once played with.

Xiao Yu instantly lost the desire to give this thing away.

Wouldn't giving it to him damage my lofty image in his eyes?

"It's okay, I'll really like anything you give me."

Tie Yanran said, feigning composure, and then glanced casually at the crumpled doll on the bed.

Beneath the mask, a beautiful smile curved at the corners of her lips.

That's it, Tie Yanran seems to be looking forward to it.

Xiao Yu looked embarrassed. He quickly looked at his storage ring and found that apart from the picture book, he didn't seem to have anything else worth mentioning.

Wait a minute! Something's not right, there seems to be another one.

It is a collection of miscellaneous discussions on cultivation, which is a list of geniuses from all five continents. It is similar to the Fairy Beauty Ranking, but one is a ranking of fairies and the other is a ranking of geniuses.

It not only tells the origins of the cultivation of various geniuses and their extraordinary abilities, but also includes some interesting anecdotes because it is a work compiled by the common people.

For example, the 27th ranked member of the "Post-90s Generation" list, Whirlwind Young Master, went to a foot massage parlor behind his partner's back. He picked out a pretty girl and was about to develop something with her when he realized she was his partner.

And then there's that guy in number thirty-six, who went to a brothel and took a fancy to a courtesan. Coincidentally, someone else also took a fancy to her, and they fought over her, neither willing to give in. When the two groups met, they discovered that the person opposite them was their own father.

The seventeenth-ranked senior sister of the Qingyun Fu Sect is known for her impressive breasts. She's a bit of a ditz, probably because she puts all her talent into cultivation. She doesn't know much about common sense. Once, when she was exorcising a ghost, she accidentally blew her own clothes apart with an explosive talisman, revealing her private parts. After thinking it over, she simply pulled out two talismans, stuck them on her chest, and thought that would be enough.

He ignored everything else, blocked the vital points, and swaggered out.

The consequences were predictable; she made headlines that very day. Fortunately, her junior sister, who was with her, reacted quickly and covered her with her clothes. Even so, the sharp-eyed painter monk still spotted her and painted her portrait.

This is considered good. Geniuses always have some quirks. For example, the Five Poisons Sect's Holy Maiden with the Five Elements Poison Body likes not to wear clothes, saying that clothes restrict her nature. Her debut at Xuanlei Mountain shocked everyone. No... she really doesn't wear clothes!

Later, although her poison skills, combined with her own Five Elements Poison Body, did indeed make her a formidable force, defeating the senior disciple of Xuanlei Mountain, her overexposure led to Xuanlei Mountain being shut down, and her challenge to the sect failed.

It is said that afterwards, she was imprisoned in a forbidden area by the patriarch of the Five Poisons Sect, and was not allowed to leave until she changed this bad habit.

Overall, it was quite interesting, and Xiao Yu treated it all as entertainment.

He hesitated for a moment, then glanced again at the expectant eyes beneath Tie Yanran's mask.

finally.

This one will do; it's better than giving away a picture book. In fact, he specially made sure to cover both books with the same cover so that he could flip through a few pages on the road without being noticed.

"Alright then, it's nothing precious, I hope you won't mind."

As he spoke, he probed the depths of his storage ring with his divine sense. In order to put Brother Fan and the others' clothes inside, Xiao Yu moved all the things inside.

It will take some time to get them now. Just as Xiao Yu was about to take out the two books after finding them,

Across from him, Tie Yanran's eyes flickered, as if he had thought of something. He stammered, "..."

"Um...can I call you Yu, just like Xiao Yan does?"

"what?"

Xiao Yu's eyes shifted, and he looked at Tie Yanran.

"Ah...it's nothing, nothing at all. It's just that the things you give me don't need to be very expensive."

"Oh, it's just an ordinary book, but it's probably quite rare to see on this Demon Gathering Island."

Xiao Yu was startled. Tie Yanran had been so hesitant just now; he thought she was going to confess her feelings to him!

Nantong won't do!

Even if she's prettier than a woman...

Xiao Yu recalled Tie Qingyan's shy expression and thought, "I guess so."

While pondering, Xiao Yu took out a book, looked at it carefully to make sure he hadn't mixed it up, and then handed it to Tie Yanran across from him.

Tie Yanran took it and flipped through it casually. The first thing that appeared before him was a naked woman with purple hair and an eerie aura. Although the pale green poisonous fog around her body covered her vital parts, it only made her more erotic. A feeling of wanting to have sex with her was overwhelming. She was no different from the woman in the picture book he had confiscated on Demon Gathering Island.

Tie Yanran: "..."

Xiao Yu, unaware of Tie Yanran's unusual behavior, explained from the side:

“The people above are among the most capable outside. You can learn from them, take their strengths and discard their weaknesses. After all, you’ve been on the Demon Gathering Island all this time, so you need to understand the average level outside.”

Tie Yanran flipped through the pages again, and this time she was greeted by a woman with a youthful face and huge breasts. The size of her white, bulging breasts was something she had never seen before. In particular, there were only two thin yellow talismans pasted on her chest. Her milky white peaks were divided into northern and southern hemispheres by the yellow talisman paper. The key was that the talisman paper was not long enough to completely cover her peaks, so the lower hemispheres were also exposed.

A few lines of text were attached to the side: Mo Shuiyao, ranked seventeenth, a talisman cultivator, also a water cultivator...

"........."

His gaze fell upon the mountain peak. To learn? To adopt its strengths? Or to settle for the average?

Tie Yanran clenched her fists. Due to her own nature, she had always been very sensitive to things like the chest, especially since these words came from Xiao Yu's mouth.

Speaking of which, could this book in his hand be the Fairy Beauty Ranking? It's so erotic. Tie Yanran once saw it in his father's study. It was also a ranking of women. Later, his mother found out and punished him by making him kneel on a washboard for three days.

He remembered that the bigger the woman's breasts, the higher she ranked; none of the women on the list had small breasts.

"How was it? Not bad, right? Actually, Brother Tie, you don't need to underestimate yourself. With your abilities, you can make a name for yourself outside. I have high hopes for you, Brother Tie."

With his Golden Core realm cultivation, Tie Yanran would easily be ranked among the top twenty in the outside world.

Liu Shicheng should be higher, after all, he is a rare and powerful sword cultivator with the strongest innate ability.

As Xiao Yu spoke, he didn't notice that Tie Yanran's ears were getting redder and redder across from him.

Iron chest?!

With a click.

He forcefully broke off a corner of the table made of Phoebe zhennan wood.

"What's that sound?! Brother Tie, be careful!" Xiao Yu exclaimed alertly.

next moment.

Boom!

The table was flipped over.

"Iron chest? You're the one with an iron chest, you bastard Xiao Yu!!"

With his cultivation at the Golden Core Realm erupting, Tie Yanran's veins bulged as he became enraged.