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"She is indeed a beauty..."

Zhou Yuan caught a glimpse of the fleeting spring light and sighed inwardly.

But he came here on business, not to be some kind of "flower thief".

"Who are you? Why are you trespassing on my Wonderful Sound Sect?!"

Zi Ling quickly calmed down and questioned him sharply.

At the same time, she quickly summoned a purple flying sword magic weapon and held it in front of her.

With his other hand, he secretly made a hand seal, trying to contact the person outside the room—

However, there was no response.

The restrictions on this room are ridiculously strong.

Communication methods simply cannot get through!

Zi Ling's face turned deathly pale.

She realized that the black-clad man before her possessed unfathomable strength. He was able to bypass the members of the Myriad Sounds Sect, silently infiltrate her boudoir, and instantly set up such a powerful restriction... This was something no ordinary Core Formation cultivator could accomplish!

Could it be that... the Extreme Yin Island sent people to deal with me?

"You're Fairy Ziling, right?"

Zhou Yuan spoke, his voice altered by magic, hoarse and deep, "Your Miaoyin Sect should still have a section of Heavenly Thunder Bamboo, right?"

Zi Ling was taken aback upon hearing this, then shook her head and said, "Senior, the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo of my Miaoyin Sect was stolen long ago. Where would there be any Heavenly Thunder Bamboo left?"

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"Aren't you going to tell the truth?"

Zhou Yuan frowned, too lazy to waste any more words.

He raised his hand and waved it, and a surge of powerful magic power erupted, instantly imprisoning Zi Ling's cultivation!

Immediately afterwards, a small immobilization spell froze her in place, rendering her unable to move!

A look of despair flashed in Zi Ling's beautiful eyes.

Is my innocence going to be ruined here today?

However, Zhou Yuan did not touch her.

He simply raised his hand and took the storage bag from her waist into his hand, forcibly breaking through the restrictions on it with his divine sense to examine it carefully.

Inside the bag were spirit stones, magical artifacts, pills, materials... as well as some of the woman's personal belongings, and even a few pieces of clothing worn close to her skin.

The only thing missing is the Thunder Bamboo.

Zhou Yuan raised his head and looked at her with icy eyes.

"Tell me, where is the other section of Thunder Bamboo?"

Zi Ling stared at him, and a thought suddenly flashed through her mind.

Why is he so concerned about the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo?

—The fact that the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo was divided into two parts was unknown to anyone in the sect except for my mother and myself.

—And this person before me not only knew of the existence of the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo, but also knew that there was "another" section...

—More importantly, not long ago, a mysterious and powerful figure killed Wu Chou.

She suddenly spoke:

"Are you Elder Zhou?"

Zhou Yuan was slightly taken aback.

He wasn't too surprised, after all, he had expressed his interest in Thunder Bamboo on several occasions before.

With Zi Ling's intelligence.

It's not surprising that they could guess their own identity.

"You just need to tell me where to put that half of the Thunder Bamboo with its roots."

Zhou Yuan did not deny it, his tone still cold, "Confess honestly, and I might spare your life."

Zi Ling didn't answer, but instead asked a question in return:

"Elder Zhou...have you ever been to Water Heart Island?"

Zhou Yuan was silent for a moment.

Seeing his reaction, Zi Ling became even more certain of her guess.

"No one in the sect, except my mother and I, knew that the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo was divided into two parts."

She said slowly, "And Elder Zhou, you not only know that there's another section, but you also know that the remaining section has a root..."

"So, you're the mysterious powerful figure who killed Wu Chou, right?"

"Not bad." Zhou Yuan nodded. "However, my patience is almost at its limit."

Zi Ling looked at him and suddenly smiled.

That smile contained relief, gratitude, and a hint of complex emotions.

"My mother once said that Elder Zhou was a man of great hidden talent, not as simple as he appeared. It seems... my mother's intuition was right after all."

She paused, then said softly:

"I can give you that half of the Thunder Bamboo."

Zhou Yuan raised his hand and waved it, releasing her from her restraints.

Zi Ling flexed her wrists, turned around and walked to a corner of the room, then bent down and gently pressed her wrist on the ground.

The seemingly ordinary floor tiles slowly separated, revealing a small hidden compartment.

She took out a jade box from a hidden compartment and handed it to Zhou Yuan with both hands.

Zhou Yuan took it, opened it, and saw—

Inside the box, a section of Thunder Bamboo, several inches long and with its roots intact, lay quietly!

The bamboo roots are dense.

This is exactly what Zhou Yuan desperately wants!

Zhou Yuan nodded in satisfaction, about to put it in his pocket.

"Elder Zhou, please wait."

Zi Ling suddenly spoke.

Zhou Yuan looked up at her.

Zi Ling stood before him, her beautiful eyes fixed on him, and whispered:

"Zi Ling once swore an oath—if a female cultivator helps me avenge my mother's death, I will become sworn sisters with her; if a male cultivator…"

She paused, her cheeks flushing slightly, but she still looked directly into his eyes:

"Then I devoted myself to him."

As soon as she finished speaking, she raised her hand and gently untied the only cloth covering her body.

The light-colored fabric slipped to the ground, revealing an exquisitely beautiful body.

Her skin was like solidified cream, and her curves were like mountains and rivers.

Every inch is as perfect as God's most exquisite masterpiece.

She stood there, without any attempt to conceal herself, letting his gaze fall upon her.

Zhou Yuan looked at her, a hint of admiration flashing in his eyes.

He did not reject Zi Ling.

He stepped forward, embraced Fairy Ziling's slender waist, and then picked her up and laid her flat on the soft couch.

That night, spring was in full bloom.

……

The next morning.

Zhou Yuan got up and dressed.

Zi Ling sat on the edge of the bed wrapped in a thin blanket, her face still flushed from last night, exuding a lazy and contented aura.

……

The next morning.

Zhou Yuan got up and dressed.

Zi Ling sat on the edge of the bed wrapped in a thin blanket, her face still flushed from last night, exuding a lazy and contented aura.

Zhou Yuan glanced back at her and said calmly:

"Since you are my woman, from now on, I don't want to see anything I don't want to see..."

He had previously told her, while embracing her on the bed, that he wanted to take her back to Wuyadong.

But Zi Ling shook her head and refused.

The reason is that she does not want to share a husband with other women. Since you already have a beautiful woman by your side, Zi Ling will not insist that she stay.

"In this life, I will never have any connection with any other man besides you..."

Zi Ling nodded firmly.

Zhou Yuan remained silent for a moment.

Then, he took out several bottles of pills to enhance his magical power from his storage bag and placed them by his bedside.

"Keep these and cultivate diligently."

Zi Ling looked at the bottles of pills without much reaction. She devoted herself to Zhou Yuan purely because of the vow she made back then!

"Thank you... Elder Zhou."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yuan said no more.

He picked up the jade box containing the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo, and with a flash, disappeared from the room.

Zi Ling, wrapped in a thin blanket, stared in the direction he had left, remaining motionless for a long time.

……

Boundless Cave.

Zhou Yuan pushed open the cave door and went inside.

"Zhou Lang, you're back!"

A clear, crisp sound rang out, and Yuan Yao stepped forward, her face full of joy.

Zhou Yuan put his arm around her waist and kissed her lips.

"I'm back."

He smiled, but in his heart he thought of the beautiful figure he had been intimately entwined with the previous night.

Zi Ling...

That woman was different after all.