Villain: Fairy, please offer your loyalty

On the roof of the palace, Ma Yunlu, like a nimble night cat, evaded several patrolling imperial guards.

She was extremely confident in her skills.

This stealth technique was something she honed by fighting demonic wolves in the Western Liang desert.

She was confident that she could kill the man named Gu Fan with a single blow as long as she got close to him.

Ma Yunlu gently lifted the glazed tiles of the sleeping quarters and drifted inside like a fallen leaf.

A faint, cool fragrance permeated the bedroom.

She pulled out the dagger from the outside of her thigh, held her breath, and walked step by step toward the large dragon bed.

The bed curtains were drawn low, and a figure could be vaguely seen lying inside.

A ruthless glint flashed in Ma Yunlu's eyes, and she pounced like a cheetah, her dagger aimed straight for the man's throat.

puff.

The dagger pierced the bedding, but there was no sensation of it hitting flesh.

empty.

Ma Yunlu's heart skipped a beat, and he knew something was wrong.

"Coming to my room in the middle of the night dressed so scantily, are you trying to keep me warm?"

A lazy voice came from behind.

Ma Yunlu turned around and saw Gu Fan wearing a loose silk nightgown, leaning against a recliner by the window, looking at her with a half-smile.

"Prepare to die!"

Without uttering a single word, Ma Yunlu lightly touched the ground with her toes, transforming into a streak of silver lightning as she lunged at Gu Fan once more.

The Grandmaster's true energy was poured into the dagger, producing a sharp whistling sound as it cut through the air.

Gu Fan didn't even dodge; he simply extended two fingers and casually pinched the dagger that could cut through iron like mud.

No matter how hard Ma Yunlu tried, the dagger seemed to be stuck to Gu Fan's finger, remaining completely still.

"Too slow, too weak."

"You can only scare people in a rural place like Xiliang."

Gu Fan shook his head and tightened his fingers.

A crisp snapping sound.

The dagger, infused with black iron and refined gold, broke into two pieces.

Ma Yunlu was thrown back several steps by the force of the recoil, his chest heaving with blood and qi.

Knowing she couldn't win, she turned around and tried to jump out the window to escape.

"Since you're here, don't be in such a hurry to leave."

Gu Fan snapped his fingers.

A pink silk ribbon flew out from his sleeve and, as if it were alive, wrapped around Ma Yunlu's ankle.

Ma Yunlu cried out in surprise, lost her balance, and fell heavily onto the thick carpet.

Before she could even get up, the pink ribbon began to wrap around her calf.

The way the ribbon is tied is extremely elaborate.

Not only were her hands tied behind her back, but her chest and waist were also deliberately tightened.

Her tight-fitting fish-scale armor already accentuated her stunning figure, and now, bound by the pink ribbon, it exuded an indescribable allure.

"Let me go!"

"A scholar can be killed but not humiliated!"

Ma Yunlu struggled desperately on the carpet, only to find that the more she struggled, the tighter the ribbon became.

Gu Fan walked up to her, squatted down, and admired this perfect work of art.

"This is called Tortoise Shell Binding, it's quite popular in the Immortal Realm."

"How does it feel? Does it feel like all the meridians in your body are locked up?"

Gu Fan stretched out his finger and poked Ma Yunlu's puffed-up cheek.

Ma Yunlu turned her head and opened her mouth to bite his finger, but Gu Fan easily dodged it.

"You were born in the Year of the Dog."

Gu Fan stood up and clapped his hands.

"You can sleep on the carpet tonight."

"Reflect on your actions carefully. Tomorrow, I'll take you to see a grand spectacle."

Gu Fan yawned, turned around, and lay down on the dragon bed.

Ma Yunlu was tied up so tightly that she could hardly turn over. She could only stare at Gu Fan's back with her big eyes open.

She wanted to curse, but somehow a fairy fruit was stuffed into her mouth, and its sweet taste silenced all her words.

That night, Ma Yunlu did not sleep a wink.

The next morning.

Sunlight streamed through the French windows and onto the carpet in the bedroom.

Ma Yunlu felt sore all over, and the pink ribbon was still tightly tied around her body.

Gu Fan sat up from the dragon bed, stretched, and looked at the little wildcat with red eyes on the carpet.

Good morning! Did you sleep well last night?

Ma Yunlu spat out the fairy fruit that had already turned into juice from her mouth and glared at him fiercely.

"Just kill me, stop talking nonsense!"

Gu Fan smiled, shook his head, and snapped his fingers.

The pink ribbon loosened and flew back to his sleeve.

Upon regaining her freedom, Ma Yunlu's first reaction was not to attack, but to rub her numb wrists and cautiously retreat to the corner.

She knew she was no match for this man.

"Let's go for a drive."

Gu Fan ignored her hostility and walked straight out of the bedroom.

Ma Yunlu hesitated for a moment, but still followed.

She wanted to see what tricks this man was up to.

In the square outside the palace, there was a futuristic-looking, streamlined flying boat.

This is a mode of transportation that Gu Fan took out from the Primordial Demon Sect. It's more understated than the Nine Dragons Incense Carriage, but it's extremely fast.

Gu Fan was the first to board the flying boat and waved to Ma Yunlu, who was staring blankly below.

"What are you standing there for? Come on up."

Ma Yunlu gritted his teeth and leaped onto the flying boat.

A transparent protective shield rose around the airship, and then it soared into the sky.

"What are you standing there for? Come on up."

Ma Yunlu gritted his teeth and leaped onto the flying boat.

A transparent protective shield rose around the airship, and then it soared into the sky.

The intense push-back sensation made Ma Yunlu feel dizzy.

When she came to her senses, she looked down and saw that the entire city of Luoyang had become a small black dot.

"Where are you taking me?"

Ma Yunlu, gripping the railing of the flying boat, suppressed his fear and asked.

"Isn't your Xiliang region short of food?"

"I'll take you to buy the goods."

Gu Fan leaned back in his leather seat, fiddling with a cloth bag filled with golden seeds.

The flying boat was extremely fast, and in less than half an hour, it had already crossed thousands of mountains and rivers and arrived in the skies above Xiliang.

Below lies an endless expanse of desert and Gobi.

The parched land was barren, and the fierce winds whipped up clouds of yellow sand, creating a desolate and lifeless atmosphere.

Ma Yunlu looked at the land that had nurtured her, and her eyes dimmed.

The life in Xiliang was too harsh.

Years of severe drought have robbed this land of its life, forcing the soldiers to rely on plunder to survive.

"Watch closely."

Gu Fan stood up, walked to the railing, and untied the cloth bag in his hand.

He scattered the golden seeds, which emitted a faint aura of immortality, across the earth below.

"What are you doing?"

"Scattering seeds in the desert will never result in any food growth!"

Ma Yunlu thought Gu Fan had gone mad.

Gu Fan ignored her and simply snapped his fingers.

"rain."

As his words fell, dark clouds gathered over the once cloudless sky above Xiliang.

Boom!

A thunderclap exploded.

A torrential downpour began.

This is no ordinary rain; it is spiritual rain imbued with rich spiritual energy.

Rainwater fell into the arid desert, making a hissing sound.

What happened next completely robbed Ma Yunlu of her ability to think.

The golden seeds sprouted and took root at an illogical speed the moment they came into contact with the spiritual rain.

Green shoots sprout from the soil, rising with the wind.

The lifeless desert below has turned into a green ocean.

Golden waves of wheat rippled in the wind, and the heavy ears of wheat exuded a sweet fragrance.

Even the barren Gobi Desert is now covered with lush and juicy pasture grass.

"This...how is this possible..."