Let me explain, it's not what you think.

"Tell me, what's your plan?"

Meiji didn't rush to speak, but slowly sat down at the table.

"The method is... pregnancy!"

Lin Xi's pupils suddenly contracted.

"What did you say?"

"Pregnant," Meiji repeated, as casually as if she were talking about what to eat for dinner.

"Senior sister, do you think Master can stop us from getting married if we get pregnant?"

Lin Xi stared at her, remaining silent for a long time.

Lu Chen's image suddenly appeared in her mind.

With five elemental spiritual roots, every strike is guaranteed to hit its mark. He defected from the Joyful Union Sect and left his mark on the righteous alliance and even the demonic sects...

Now that you, Meiji, are his... do you still want to?

"That Lu Chen you mentioned? You want to use him?"

Meiji nodded with a smile: "Senior sister is so smart."

"You're really crazy." Lin Xi turned to leave.

"Hey, hey, senior sister, don't go! I was just teasing you!" Meiji quickly stood up and grabbed her.

"Smack!" Lin Xi slapped Mei Ji's buttocks hard, sending ripples through the air.

"Stop teasing your senior sister! Confess the truth right now!"

"Oh, Senior Sister, I'm not a child anymore, please don't hit me! My method is still the same, except... I'll have Master do it!!"

Lin Xi: "!!?"

"This is even crazier than if I did it. Goodbye!"

She turned and left.

"Senior sister, don't you want to see your childhood sweetheart anymore?"

Lin Xi stopped in her tracks.

Seeing that there was a chance, Meiji walked around to her front and looked up into her eyes.

"Senior sister, I know you have feelings for him. Do you think I don't know how many pills and spirit stones you've secretly saved up over the years? You've been thinking of taking them back to him."

Lin Xi didn't speak, but just clenched her sleeves tightly.

"But can you go back? Your master won't let you go back. How can a core disciple of the White Lotus Sect marry a good-for-nothing? She'd rather lock you up in the sect for life than let you go."

"So you came up with this despicable method?" Lin Xi's voice trembled slightly.

"Despicable?"

"Senior sister, let me ask you, what do you want? You want to be with him. Only if Master breaks the rules too, will we have a chance!"

Lin Xi remained silent.

"Think about it, what will she do once Master is pregnant? Abort her unborn child? That would be extremely damaging to her cultivation!"

"So she won't. Since she won't, then she's breaking the White Lotus Sect's rules, and we can get what we want!"

"But Lu Chen..."

"I'll handle Lu Chen's side. That kid's got too much debt to worry about right now, so what difference does one more or one less make?"

She paused, and a meaningful smile curved her lips.

"Besides, you're so beautiful, senior sister, how could he possibly refuse you?"

"What do you mean? You don't mean you want me to be a lobbyist, do you?" Lin Xi glared at her.

"No, no, no, they don't necessarily need to meet."

"What do you mean?"

"What I mean is... as long as we get the energy, that's all that matters. Whether we see the people or not doesn't matter."

Lin Xi stared at her for a long time, then suddenly understood something, and her expression changed slightly.

"You mean...?"

"yes."

"Lu Chen and the others will definitely be staying overnight. Lin Tian will come looking for me later, and then he'll be the only one left over there. Senior Sister, you can just sneak over, grab the stuff, and that'll be it, right?"

"You're crazy," Lin Xi said firmly.

"I am the Holy Maiden of the White Lotus Sect, you want me to steal one..."

Before she could finish speaking, her face was already flushed red to the roots of her ears.

"What are you stealing? You put it so harshly," Meiji said coquettishly.

"I didn't ask you to do anything else, I just... took a little bit."

"Just energy?"

"It's all about energy! We need to scheme against our master; without that, how can we get pregnant?"

Lin Xi's face turned completely red, burning from her cheeks all the way down to her neck.

She gritted her teeth and said, enunciating each word clearly, "Meiji, are you itching for a beating again?"

"Oh, senior sister, don't be angry! I'm just thinking of you. It's better for you to go yourself than for me to go for you, right? It's so inconvenient for me..."

"It's not convenient for me either!"

"What should we do then?" Meiji Bear shrugged.

"Someone has to go, right?"

Lin Xi bit her lip and remained silent for a long time.

"Let's go together," she finally said, her voice barely audible.

"What?"

"I said let's go together!" Lin Xi's voice rose a few decibels, and her face turned red again.

"You came up with this idea, so don't think you can wash your hands of it! We're all going together!"

Meiji stared at her for a while, then suddenly smiled, her eyes crinkling into crescents.

"Okay, okay, let's go together. Whatever Senior Sister says goes."

She took Lin Xi's arm, leaned close to her ear, and whispered.

"Shall we... wait until it gets dark?"

Lin Xi didn't say anything, but her ears turned even redder.

……

Dark as ink.

Most of the lanterns in Zuixianlou were extinguished, leaving only a few dim yellow lights swaying under the eaves.

Lin Tian was so drunk by Mei Ji that he was completely disoriented and fell fast asleep on the table.

Wang Feng also drank a lot of alcohol in silence and tried to process it in his room.

Lu Chen went back to his room alone, closed the door, leaned against the door panel, and let out a long sigh.

He's been having a really exciting time lately.

His past was exposed, and Jiang Huaiyu was still in his cave... He, Zhuang Jingbai, was also not behaving himself; he came out for a while and was arrested on the spot by Meiji...

It's really tough for him!

He rubbed his temples, walked to the bedside and sat down. Just as he was about to take off his shoes, he noticed that his "Contrarian" technique suddenly emitted light and began to attack the magic runes on the back of his hand.

"Um?"

Lu Chen quickly calmed himself down and investigated the situation.

The one who was singing a different tune began frantically channeling energy into the magic rune. Before long, the magic rune transformed into a mountain with a river flowing at its base.

"What's going on? Could it be that it evolved and the space has become larger?"

Lu Chen quickly checked the magic rune space, only to find that it was still the same size.

He tried channeling spiritual energy into the magic runes, but found that they were still growing slowly, just like before, without any special effect.

"That bizarre entry made me excited for nothing!"

"Forget about all that, let's focus on cultivation!"

After muttering to himself, Lu Chen began to meditate and cultivate. After all, he had five elements spiritual roots, which required five times more spiritual energy than other spiritual roots. He had been exploited for the past few days, so he needed to consolidate his cultivation today.

But not long after he entered meditation, the door was pushed open.

Two dark figures flashed in, moving as fast as ghosts. Before Lu Chen could react, a hand covered his mouth.

"Don't make a sound."

It was Lin Xi's voice, as cold as the winter wind.

Lu Chen's eyes widened.