Dual cultivation makes you stronger, everyone else is a prodigy, and I'm the only one slacking

Cui Xiu felt uneasy under her gaze.

Cui Xiu asked, "Why are you staring at me like that?"

"Nothing much." Yu Luoning smiled and raised her eyebrows. She leaned closer, her bright eyes fixed on Cui Xiu. "Xiu Xiu, I suddenly think you're really pretty."

Choi Soo: "..."

Cui Xiu originally wanted to scoff and mock the woman for spouting sweet talk again. But for some reason, upon hearing her nonsense, the corners of her mouth involuntarily curved into a faint smile.

"You have good taste."

"I have good taste, but I don't know if someone this good-looking is easy to pursue?" Yu Luoning said quietly.

Cui Xiu stared at her stiffly, her long, deep purple pupils darkening further.

"You little fish... you've got some nerve."

Yu Luoning blurted out, "With such beauty before you, you naturally become bolder. Who told you to be... so pleasing to my eye?"

Cui Xiu's hands trembled slightly beneath his purple robes. His ears burned slightly. He looked away and said coldly, "You smooth talker. Since I suit your taste so well, you'd better behave yourself from now on and stop flirting..."

"it is good."

Cui Xiu was suddenly interrupted. He looked at Yu Luoning in disbelief, never expecting that this womanizer would agree so readily.

He paused for half a second, then said, "You..."

Yu Luoning said sincerely, "It's impossible to pretend that this never happened. Don't worry, I will take responsibility for you."

When Cui Xiu heard this, it was as if she had heard the biggest joke in the world.

His barely suppressed anger surged up again, and he sneered, "Take responsibility? What are you going to use to take responsibility? What about your lovers? Your cousin Shi, Little Chicken, and Little Star Seashell—where do you plan to put them?"

Yu Luoning lowered her eyes. "This is a premise, you've always known that, haven't you? If you're willing, I'll take responsibility for you; if you're not, I won't bother you."

Cui Xiu suddenly became agitated, nearly having a heart attack from anger. "You mean...you mean you want me to serve you alongside them? You want to enjoy the blessings of having two women on each side?"

"You're dreaming."

Yu Luoning touched her nose, coughed and laughed, "That's not what I meant... What I meant was, I'll serve you all, hehe, you're all people I cherish, no distinction between big and small."

"Yu, Luo, Ning!"

Enraged, Cui Xiu suddenly reached out and grabbed Yu Luoning's chin with such force that he almost crushed her bones.

His purple eyes churned with murderous intent and jealousy.

He gritted his teeth and said, enunciating each word clearly, "You wish! I'd rather strangle you right now than share a woman with anyone. Once we're out of this lousy formation, I'll kill all your lovers one by one. Let's see how you still act then!"

"No, if you want to kill them, you'll have to step over my dead body..."

The air froze instantly.

Looking into Cui Xiu's gloomy eyes, Yu Luoning felt a sense of unease.

With Cui Xiu's cultivation level and strength, he truly can keep his word.

Yu Luoning panicked and quickly said, "Even if you feel humiliated, you shouldn't take your anger out on them. This whole thing started because of me, and all the blame lies with me. If killing me would make you feel better, I would have no complaints whatsoever."

"You think I wouldn't dare kill you?"

Yu Luoning stood with her eyes lowered, not uttering a word.

Cui Xiu sneered and stopped looking at her. He was already dressed neatly, and with a wave of his hand, the barrier set up around him disappeared.

Neither of them uttered a word.

At this moment, Bai Rongling, who was in the corner, slowly opened her eyes.

His gaze swept quickly over the two of them.

The pinkish-red mist that was still swirling inside the hall not only did not dissipate, but its color became even more intense.

An ominous premonition came over me.

Bai Rongling asked, "What happened? Didn't you...?"

Yu Luoning's eyes widened, realizing something was wrong. "We've done everything we were supposed to do, followed all the instructions exactly, so why hasn't the formation been broken?"

Cui Xiu's face was extremely gloomy, and the murderous aura around him was almost uncontrollable and violent.

Just then, above the main hall, the remnant soul of the Hehuan Sect's patriarch, Lianfei, reappeared.

Her silvery laughter remained unchanged. "Oh, you two are such innocent and greedy little rascals! It's been five days already, and I thought you two weren't going to come out."

Yu Luoning blushed and hurriedly asked, "Senior, we've done everything we could, why is the great formation still not broken?"

Dense powdery mist gathered in the air.

Lianfei looked down at them, her eyes full of wicked amusement.

"When did I ever say that this great formation could be broken by just two people?"

In an instant, the air froze as if dead.

Bai Rongling, who had been tormented by passion for five days and five nights, was startled by these words. Her pupils dilated, and red blood vessels were clearly visible in her usually cold eyes.

The murderous intent in Cui Xiu's eyes became even more tangible. He said viciously, "Old hag, what do you mean?"

"Of course, it means exactly what it says." Lianfei stretched out a slender finger, pointed at Cui Xiu, and then at Bai Rongling on the other side, laughing heartily.

"My Great Emotional Array requires everyone within it to be included. The three of you barged in, making you the three key points of the array. You two enjoyed yourselves over there for five days, leaving him to suffer alone in a corner. With such an imbalance, how could the array possibly break?"

At this point, Lianfei's smile faded, and she reminded them, "You've already wasted five days! The grand formation only has two days left, so hurry up!"

Upon hearing this, the three immediately understood what it meant.

This means that Bai Rongling must also be included.

At that moment, all the color drained from Bai Rongling's jade-like cheeks beneath the mask. His whole body tensed, his pupils contracted sharply, and he couldn't believe what he was hearing.

Is he... destined to be unable to escape?

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All the details have been deleted; there's no other way, otherwise I wouldn't be able to upload it (shrugs helplessly).