I let you tame beasts, and you've already formed a contract with your stunningly beautiful mast

"Just... just a few days ago."

"A few days ago?"

Liu Rumeng took a deep breath and felt her blood pressure soaring.

She's only been away from the sect for two months!

Two months!

My precious little cabbage, which I've painstakingly protected for twenty years, has been eaten by a pig?

And judging from this, not only did they manage to push it over, they even took the pot away!

"How many days was that?" Liu Rumeng persisted, determined to get to the bottom of it.

Leng Qingyue bit her lip, her eyes darting away.

"Three...four days, I guess."

Liu Rumeng's vision went black, and she almost lost her balance.

"Three or four days?"

She grabbed Leng Qingyue's shoulder and shook her violently, her voice distorting.

"My God! Qingyue, you're actually this kind of person!"

"You can marinate like this in just three or four days?"

"Did you sleep in the bed? Or did you never even get out of bed?"

"I never knew you were so celibate! You always seem so detached from worldly desires, but you're actually quite the ladies' man!"

"No...it's not what you think!"

Leng Qingyue waved her hands repeatedly, trying to salvage her image in her best friend's eyes.

"The cold poison within my body is becoming uncontrollable; if it isn't resolved before I reach the Core Formation stage, my life may be in danger!"

"He was the antidote my master found for me. We were only practicing together at night to neutralize the cold poison!"

Upon hearing the words "dispel the cold poison," Liu Rumeng paused slightly.

She looked at Leng Qingyue suspiciously.

indeed.

Although Leng Qingyue was beautiful in the past, her face always had a sickly paleness, and her lips were also bloodless.

But now.

Her complexion was rosy, her skin glowed, and even the perpetual chill between her brows and eyes had dissipated considerably.

Instead, it added a touch of...feminine charm?

Even if it's for detoxification...

Liu Rumeng released her grip, her brows furrowed, and began searching her mind for a list of suspects.

"For someone as picky as you to take a liking to him, he must be no ordinary person."

"Is that Lin Feng, the chief disciple of Heavenly Sword Peak? I heard he's always had feelings for you, and he also has a single metal-type spiritual root, making him incredibly powerful in attack."

Leng Qingyue shook her head.

"It wasn't him."

"That... is Zhao Wuji from the Weapon Refining Hall? Although that guy looks a bit rugged, his fire-attribute spiritual power is pure, which is just right to counter your cold poison."

Leng Qingyue shook her head again.

"No, not exactly."

Liu Rumeng was getting anxious.

"It can't be that Ye Fan who's always nagging, can it?"

Seeing her best friend's increasingly outrageous guesses, even including the old sweeper in the outer sect who was only at the Qi Refining stage as a suspect.

Leng Qingyue sighed.

She looked up, her cheeks burning hot.

"It's Cao Kun."

The air suddenly became quiet.

Liu Rumeng stared wide-eyed at Leng Qingyue, as if she had heard something utterly unbelievable.

Three full breaths passed.

"Who?!"

Liu Rumeng picked at her ears, thinking she had misheard.

"Cao Kun." Leng Qingyue repeated it again, her voice more firm than before.

"ha?!"

Liu Rumeng completely lost her temper.

She pointed in the direction of the outer gate servants' quarters, her fingers trembling.

"You mean Cao Kun?"

"That...that old man who was sent back to the outer sect to die because his spiritual root was destroyed?!"

Liu Rumeng felt her worldview had collapsed.

Of course she knew Cao Kun.

He was a brilliant and talented person back then, but unfortunately he became a failure later on.

The last time she saw Cao Kun was half a year ago when she was picking up supplies at the outer gate.

The man had gray hair, a wrinkled face, and would pant heavily after taking just a few steps. The decaying smell emanating from him could be detected from three miles away.

"Qingyue, have you gone mad?!"

Liu Rumeng cupped Leng Qingyue's face in her hands, examining her from left to right, her eyes filled with terror.

"Did the cold poison invade your brain and damage it?"

"That's Cao Kun! That old codger with one foot in the grave!"

"How old is he this year? Ninety-nine, I suppose?"

"What are you after? Is it his age? Or his ability to take care of people?"

"You're only twenty! You're old enough to be his great-granddaughter!"

Liu Rumeng became increasingly angry as she spoke, and she was completely out of sorts.

Such a beautiful and healthy cabbage of our own, and it was actually gouged out by a toothless old pig!

And they kept chiseling for several days!

"No!"

Liu Rumeng grabbed Leng Qingyue's wrist with surprising strength.

"Qingyue, you've definitely been deceived by him! That old man must have used some kind of evil magic to bewitch you!"

"Come on! Take me to see him!"

Seeing her best friend's strong reaction, Leng Qingyue quickly explained:

"No, Rumeng, you've misunderstood."

"Cao Kun... he's different now."

"He regained his youth, and his cultivation level has also..."

"Restore my ass!"

Liu Rumeng wouldn't listen to a word, grabbed Leng Qingyue and rushed out, her murderous intent palpable.

"Do you understand what a 'last gasp' is? That's a 'last gasp'!"

"Hurry! If we're too late, he might die in his bed, and then you'll have to wear mourning clothes for him!"

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[Leng Qingyue +5!]

Current number: 30

[Congratulations, host, you have earned 500 mission points!]

[Ding! +5!]

[Current: 48!]

[Reward: 500 Mission Points!]

The system notification that suddenly sounded in his mind made Cao Kun pause for a moment.

"Huh? What did Qingyue do? How come her points suddenly increased by 5?"

"Increased stats remotely? Is this girl secretly praising my looks?"

Cao Kun stroked his chin, feeling quite pleased with himself.

However, his eyes lit up instantly when his gaze fell on the second clue.

Yu Linglong, 48 points!

We're just one step away from the 50-point mark!

Based on the system's usual practices, 20 points will get you a bronze gift pack, and 50 points will get you a silver gift pack, or even a gold gift pack!

This isn't a master, this is a walking gold mine!

Cao Kun lowered his head and looked at his beautiful master lying to one side.

As if sensing Cao Kun's aggressive gaze, Yu Linglong trembled slightly.

She struggled to open her peach blossom eyes and glared at Cao Kun with annoyance.

"You traitor... what are you looking at?"

Although his voice was still a little hoarse, his tone was fierce.

"What else do you want to do?"

Yu Linglong tried to get up, but found that her waist was sore and weak.

He raised his long leg... and kicked.

"Master, how could I not think of what you're saying?"

Cao Kun seized the opportunity to grab that smooth, jade-like ankle.

"Just now, your disciple observed the celestial phenomena and discovered that your inner knot is almost completely untied, Master."

"It was just a tiny bit off."

Cao Kun held up two fingers, gesturing a tiny distance.

"roll!"

Yu Linglong didn't believe his nonsense at all and kicked her long legs wildly.

Don't give me that.

All she wants to do right now is rest.

That feeling just now... was even more terrifying than undergoing tribulation.

His dignity as a Golden Core Elder shattered at that moment.

She had to get rid of this traitor as soon as possible, find a place to bury herself, and calm down.

however.

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