I'll make you the furnace and the cauldron, so you can refine Yin and Yang and prove the Great

For the next two days, Li Hanshan continued to search for traces of late-stage second-tier monsters deep within the Monster Beast Mountain Range.

The ninth inner core came from a Gale Eagle. This beast was as fast as lightning; the wind blades created by its flapping wings could slice through ancient trees as thick as a person's embrace. Li Hanshan used his divine sense attack technique to blast it down from the sky, and then used the Flowing Light Sword Technique to sever its head in one strike.

The tenth was a jade-scaled venomous python. This python hid deep in a swamp, its body covered in jade-green scales, and the poisonous mist it exhaled could corrode all the vegetation within a radius of dozens of feet. Li Hanshan concealed his aura and, from dozens of feet away, pierced its skull with a clean and swift sword strike.

Ten late-stage second-tier inner cores, all complete.

Calculating the time, it had been less than ten days since they set off. Li Hanshan put the last inner core into his storage bag and nodded in satisfaction. He knew that when he returned with this result, Steward Lu's expression would be quite something.

He flew towards the outer edge of the Demon Beast Mountain Range on his flying sword. It had taken him five days to venture deep into the mountains, but the return trip was much faster.

As he approached the outer edge of the mountains, darkness fell. The last rays of the setting sun filtered through the layers of tree canopy, casting dappled golden light through the forest. He planned to fly out in one go, but as he flew over a mountain peak, he heard a faint sound of water.

Fall?

He flew towards the sound of the water. A moment later, the view suddenly opened up before him. A waterfall cascaded down a cliff hundreds of feet high, and the mist, illuminated by the setting sun, transformed into a magnificent rainbow.

Below the waterfall lies a pool of emerald green water, its surface shrouded in mist. And within that mist, a graceful figure appears and disappears.

It was a woman taking a bath. She stood sideways in the pool, the water just above her waist, outlining a breathtaking curve.

Although we can't see the front, the side view is just as impactful.

Li Hanshan's mind went blank, his heart raced, and a primal urge surged within him. He stared intently at the figure, his gaze greedily fixed on her, as if he wanted to see every inch of her exposed skin.

wrong!

He bit his tongue hard, and the sharp pain brought him back to a sliver of clarity.

What is he doing? It's not like he's never seen a woman before. Hua Nongying and Liu Ruoxue are both stunning beauties. How could he be so mesmerized from this distance?

Seduction!

Having witnessed Hua Nongying's experience, Li Hanshan knew perfectly well that he had just been bewitched.

His current spiritual strength is comparable to that of the peak Foundation Establishment stage, making ordinary seductive arts completely ineffective against him. However, the seductive arts of the woman before him had silently affected him, and if he hadn't reacted in time, he would probably have already succumbed to them.

"Walk!"

Without the slightest hesitation, he summoned his flying sword and flew away.

"what?"

A soft exclamation came from the pool.

The next moment, a figure blocked his way.

The woman had already put on an extremely thin gauze dress, but it couldn't cover up her exposed cleavage at all. If it were an ordinary person, they would probably fall for her after just one glance.

Golden Elixir!

Li Hanshan was startled.

Although the woman did not deliberately display her aura, Li Hanshan, who had encountered Jin Dan multiple times, felt that she was definitely a Jin Dan.

Judging from her appearance, she's a demoness from the Hehuan Sect at the Golden Core level!

His heart involuntarily tightened; if this demoness wanted to use her sexual energy on him, then he would be in trouble.

"To think that someone at the Foundation Establishment stage could break free from my seductive arts is quite remarkable."

The woman tilted her head, sizing him up, and smiled meaningfully: "Which peak are you a disciple from?"

Li Hanshan clasped his hands in a fist salute, his face remaining impassive: "Junior Li Hanshan, a core disciple of the main peak. I was unaware that you were cultivating here in seclusion, senior. I apologize for any offense I may have caused. Please forgive me."

"Li Hanshan?"

The woman's eyes flickered, and her red lips parted slightly: "So it's you. That old man who became a full-fledged official at a hundred years old and established his foundation in a year? You look much younger than the rumors say."

As she spoke, she took a few light steps closer to Li Hanshan. A faint, delicate fragrance wafted over, causing the restlessness that Li Hanshan had managed to suppress to resurface.

He quickly activated the Yang Scripture technique to suppress his desire once again.

A hint of surprise flashed in the woman's eyes, then she smiled: "You have quite the composure. No wonder you were able to win over Hua Nongying."

Conquer Hua Nongying?

Li Hanshan didn't know who this woman was, but no matter who she was, the most important thing to do now was to stay away from this witch.

He clasped his hands in a fist salute again: "I dare not disturb your enjoyment, senior. I will take my leave now."

"What's the rush?"

The woman chuckled softly, and with a swift movement, she blocked his path once more. She was even closer now, so close that Li Hanshan could see the water droplets clinging to her eyelashes and smell the delicate, orchid-like fragrance emanating from her.

"Since we've bumped into each other, it must be fate." She raised her slender hand, her fingertips gently touching Li Hanshan's chest. "Your pure yang energy is quite abundant. I've been in this Demon Beast Mountain Range for several months and am in dire need of a suitable Daoist partner. Why don't you stay and keep me company for a few days?"

Daoist partners?

What you lack is probably not a Daoist partner, but a furnace or vessel!

"Senior is too kind," Li Hanshan said calmly, though secretly he was ready to run away at any moment. "This junior is nothing but a hundred-year-old cripple; how could I possibly be worthy of your attention, senior?"

The woman looked at him with a half-smile: "A hundred-year-old cripple? You went from a mortal to a Foundation Establishment cultivator in just one year. Your crippled body is far more impressive than those young geniuses."

"This junior is just..."

"Alright, enough with the nonsense." The woman interrupted him. "I'm only interested in your pure yang energy. If you cooperate obediently, I'll only absorb a few breaths of your pure yang energy; it won't harm your foundation. If you resist..."

She didn't finish her sentence, but the warning in her eyes was already very clear.

Li Hanshan's heart sank.

The trip to the Monster Mountain Range was originally going exceptionally smoothly, and we even gained unexpected benefits.

Even though he encountered the fake Core Demon, in the end this guy became one of his gains.

But to his utter surprise, he encountered a demoness at the Golden Core level here, and this demoness even wanted to suck his breath a few times.

He didn't believe that the other person just wanted to take a few puffs.