Who is spreading rumors that my filial piety towards them has changed?

"Of course, Lord Earth Demon! But... I have something else to report. One of my traitorous disciples from many years ago has returned to this land. She has stolen the fruits of my years of cultivation and will affect our plans."

—Then you can take someone to handle it. Hua Xiuluo can lend you a hand. He's at your altar, right?

--it is good!

Chu Mingkong scratched his head. What the hell... could I be Hua Xiuluo?

"That's great. You're taking me to kill the Wind Shadow, right?"

But another problem immediately arose in front of Chu Mingkong: what should he do when Gu Mei came over and asked him a question...?

Won't they give themselves away right away?

Chapter 156 I Don't Accept Seduction

Chu Mingkong quickly left the spot, bypassing the gazes of the Moro and a few Kinara, and found a corner to "reflect on his mistakes," where he was alone.

He chose a location closest to the exit, so that if he were to be exposed, he could simply slip away.

Without any other mysterious backup plan, Chu Mingkong did not believe that the people here were capable of stopping him.

Nearby, several Moro whispered among themselves, but some were wary of Chu Mingkong's presence. Chu Mingkong had intended to stand there as punishment, but when he realized that the Moro were afraid of him and dared not speak, he started walking around the area. After turning a corner, he stopped and secretly eavesdropped.

"That aura has finally disappeared. The people inside must be a newly promoted Incense Master and the Yaksha who descended here with divine sense, right? It's truly terrifying that even a wisp of divine sense has such power."

"What level of power must that expert be at?"

"Who knows? I used to think I was already a powerful figure at the fourth level, but after coming here, I realized how ignorant and short-sighted I was. But do you know what realm Lord Asura is?"

"They must be at least at the sixth level of the Great Perfection, right? But what exactly is the relationship between these important figures? The Incense Clan seems to be above the Asura Clan, but they don't seem to be able to order the Asura Clan around at will."

Chu Mingkong raised an eyebrow, thinking to himself: That man is at the sixth level of the Great Perfection? Could it be that his soul strength is at the sixth level? I feel that his physical strength is very weak, probably only at the mid-fourth level.

"I'm a little envious of Lord Ashura at this altar. He's so familiar with so many Kinnara girls and has had intimate relations with them. Sigh..."

This long sigh was a heartfelt lament, similar to the sorrow of "not knowing the value of 'o' in youth, but shedding tears in vain in old age," but with a slight difference. These people who embark on cultivation are forced to maintain their purity, belonging to those who harbor evil thoughts but dare not act on them, unwilling to let a night of debauchery delay their path to becoming strong.

If the Yin-Yang Integration Technique weren't generally perceived as a half-baked practice with "easy cultivation but low potential" in the eyes of the world, many people would probably choose to cultivate this path of male-female cultivation.

"It seems that most of the Kinnara girls come from the Hehuan Sect. Do you think Hua Xiuluo possesses some kind of male-female cultivation technique and has reached this level through that?"

Chu Mingkong wanted to continue listening, but the chattering Moro suddenly fell silent, and the outside was completely quiet.

Gu Mei's voice rang out: "Where did Hua Xiuluo go?"

One of the demons pointed in the direction where Chu Mingkong had just disappeared: "I just saw Lord Asura walk over there."

Chu Mingkong's body tensed, his heart filled with trepidation. He wasn't afraid of being recognized, but if he was, finding Feng Ying would become an unnecessary obstacle. Moreover, this unknown organization was secretly observing the situation of the Tianji Empire, and he wanted to use this as a stepping stone to learn more about it.

Especially the matter of the dog emperor they mentioned.

Without making a sound, Gu Mei appeared in Chu Mingkong's peripheral vision, wearing a demon mask representing the incense smoke. She had changed into a new pair of shorts, which now covered the charred mark.

"Hua Xiuluo, Lord Yaksha just gave me a message: I need to trouble you, Hua Xiuluo, to help me deal with my rebellious disciple."

Should he answer? Chu Mingkong recalled what the henchmen had mentioned earlier: the status of the Incense Clan was higher than that of the Asura Clan, but they did not need to obey the Incense Clan. Moreover, Gu Mei was a newly recruited Incense Clan member.

Gu Mei's politeness suggests that she doesn't usually have much interaction with Hua Xiuluo's people, or at least they're not on good terms.

After careful consideration, Chu Mingkong nodded without saying a word.

Seeing Hua Xiuluo's cold reaction, Gu Mei gave a flirtatious laugh, a laugh that was ambiguous, sweet, and alluring. To Chu Mingkong, however, it had a certain sense of déjà vu, but lacked much romantic appeal.

Yes, when she first met Feng Ying, her laughter was exactly the same as Gu Mei's current seductive laughter in terms of tone, rhythm, and even the way her breasts swayed.

It turns out that was all acting, all trained...

"Hua Xiuluo, I've heard you're quite close to all the Kinnara girls. Now that I'm one of the incense followers, and since we'll be going on a mission together, why don't we find a quiet place for the two of us to discuss our plans?"

Gu Mei moved closer to the man in bone armor, gently placing one hand on his chest and slowly moving it down, but Chu Mingkong reached out to stop her hand from continuing to reach down.

"A fool wouldn't take advantage of a good deal." If it were anyone else, Chu Mingkong might have given in on a whim, but he wasn't that into extreme tastes...

After seeing her charred "lace," it's impossible to have any ideas.

It's really hard to imagine that it's so difficult for a cultivator's physical body to "age." Gu Mei has probably seduced more men than she has eaten rice.

In their first battle years ago, if Gu Mei hadn't seduced most of the men in the tribe to pay for her life, she would have been dead long ago.

Now she's trying to seduce him again, probably looking for a backup plan to use as a second life.

Chu Mingkong didn't want to speak, but he couldn't help it. He tried his best to make his childish voice hoarse as he said:

"I'm not interested in criticizing you, but I am interested in dissing you."

Gu Mei has seduced so many married men, making so many men fall head over heels for her and give her their lives. Her heart is no longer turbulent when it comes to relationships between men and women, so why would she get angry over his one or two words?

"Hua Xiuluo is really cold-hearted. This is quite different from the way the Kinnara girls describe you. I suppose Hua Xiuluo has some misunderstanding about my benzoin. Let's have a drink and have some fun. You can try my hip-swaying skills. Then we can talk about my beautiful disciple."

Hua Xiuluo should have heard of the name 'Wind Shadow,' right? If not, surely the beautiful assassin who inherited the title 'Withered Bone Phantom' would pique Hua Xiuluo's interest upon hearing that name?"

If I hadn't killed that Hua Xiuluo, I'm afraid I wouldn't be the one plotting against Feng Ying with Gu Mei right now... Chu Mingkong nodded:

"Alright, but we'll only talk about Wind Shadow. I have absolutely no interest in women. Women are best when they're young. As for that 'Withered Bone Phantom' on the Red Powder Skull List, I can barely force myself to accept her."

Gu Mei: "......"

She had never seen such a shameless person! Although they hadn't had much contact before, how could she not have inquired about how dissolute Hua Xiuluo was, as described by Kinnara?

Could this be his way of playing hard to get?

Just as Gu Mei nodded in agreement and was about to take Hua Xiuluo away to discuss important matters, a graceful woman wearing a similar incense mask appeared and stopped Gu Mei.

Before she could even speak, she had already seductively wrapped her arm around Hua Xiuluo's arm.

"You old woman, you really don't know what's good for you, you even dare to steal my man!"

Chu Mingkong frowned. Hua Xiuluo, someone who could be killed with a single pinch, was actually a winner in life?!

But who is this woman? Is she Hua Xiuluo's true Daoist partner?

Chu Mingkong sensed the aura of the Hehuan Technique from this woman.

Chapter 157 Wrong Size

Knowing little about Hua Xiuluo, Chu Mingkong worried that the more he said, the more mistakes he would make. While silence could be explained by a bad mood, repeatedly making mistakes was a serious problem. He needed to keep Gu Mei calm and use her to find Feng Ying.

Right now, this girl who just stuck to him has given Chu Mingkong an excuse to get away temporarily.

He put his arm around the slender waist of the girl who had just arrived, and then said to Gu Mei in a calm tone:

"If your disciple's matter truly threatens the plans of you important figures, I will certainly do my utmost to assist you. I had previously arranged to discuss something with her, Anxi Xiang, please make yourself at home, I will not keep you company."

The woman gave a smug chuckle at Anxixiang, her soft, boneless body pressing even closer to Chu Mingkong's.

"Please help yourself to the benzoin. Your little tricks can only fool the stupid men in the Crescent Moon Kingdom. You're even setting your sights on Hua Xiuluo? Isn't that ridiculous? Besides, if you really have such an idea, you should think about how to replenish your physical body and blood. Who can your body attract?"

Gu Mei was very concerned about her appearance, health, and vitality. The woman's words ignited a fuse in Gu Mei's heart, and the surrounding temperature seemed to drop to freezing point. Gu Mei glared fiercely at the other woman.

"Bewitching Incense, you speak so righteously, but don't you also harbor other ulterior motives towards Hua Xiuluo?"

Chu Mingkong secretly cheered for the two of them, "Let them fight! It would be best if they fought to the death, leaving no time to worry about me. Otherwise, if they ask me any sensitive questions, I'll be in trouble if I can't answer them."

The woman known as the Bewitching Incense smiled disdainfully, her free slender hand climbing up her soft breasts, her fingers deftly plucking and kneading like the strings of a zither, showing off her youthful and beautiful body to Gu Mei, without uttering a word but already provoking the most powerful mockery.

"I won't bother with you, lest the higher-ups blame me for causing trouble. That would really make me a victim of someone else's actions. I'm going to talk to Hua Xiuluo now."

Chu Mingkong was disappointed. "You're done arguing already? Aren't you going to fight? You all look like villains. Why are you being so civilized? You'd rather have a verbal fight than a physical one?"

The scene of the Enchanting Incense "self-touching" was indeed erotic, but it didn't stir any emotion in Chu Mingkong's eyes; he remained completely unmoved. Perhaps because he was used to seeing the sizes of Zuo Qiuchi, Aunt Gu, and Madam Zhen, he now thought the Enchanting Incense was flat-chested.

The two stopped arguing, and Chu Mingkong could no longer sit idly by and watch them fight.

Left with no other choice, Chu Mingkong had to follow the Enchanting Incense Girl and leave the altar. Back in the outside world, the dark forest seemed exceptionally bright. The trees that Chu Mingkong had knocked down with his gun had grown back, everything remaining as it was, as if no battle had ever taken place.

He followed the Bewitching Incense all the way through the deep forest, where insects and birds were scarce. He would walk for half a day before he could hear the sound of a bird flapping its wings.

"That's enough. How much longer do we have to walk?" Chu Mingkong asked.

The Enchanting Incense stopped in her tracks. The eyes behind the mask narrowed slightly, alluring and seductive, like the misty, alluring lakeside in March or April.

"Hua Xiuluo is in such a hurry~ In the past, when I was doing the cultivation of nourishment with my disciples who were chosen as Kinnaras, didn't we always hide far away, afraid of being seen? Today, you're so impatient, you're already thinking about serious matters after only walking a short distance?"

They're going to be so wild, even having sex in the woods?

Chu Mingkong had no intention of getting entangled with her; he was just using her to temporarily escape from Gu Mei. He was afraid that this woman with an unclear identity might be poisonous.

"It seems you have a lot of complaints, Miss Enchanting Incense. Perfect, I'm not in the mood today, especially after being seduced by that Benzoin. It's making me feel nauseous and vomit-inducing. If it weren't for Lord Earth Demon ordering me to cooperate with her, I wouldn't even want to acknowledge this woman. Goodbye!"

He turned to leave after he finished speaking, but the alluring fragrance hugged his back and stopped him from leaving.

She sneered inwardly, "You've taken so much of the vital essence from so many of my Hehuan Sect's low-level disciples, and now that you've achieved some skill, you think you can just leave without spitting it out?"

It's difficult for women to cultivate together through mutual cultivation, but with a middleman, it's not difficult at all. First, win over this Flower Asura to cultivate together with the female disciples through mutual cultivation. Once he has absorbed enough power, she can then use the Bewitching Incense to replenish all her energy from the Flower Asura.

She was certain that Hua Xiuluo wouldn't reject her; he was just playing hard to get.

During her interactions with Hua Xiuluo, she intentionally or unintentionally hinted that he could use the "Dual Absorption Technique" to absorb his cultivation, a fact that even frightened her. However, the "Dual Absorption Technique" initially given to Hua Xiuluo by the Bewitching Incense was incomplete.

If two people who both possess the art of sexual cultivation meet and both attempt to absorb each other's cultivation during intercourse, who will succeed in absorbing the other's? Unless there is a significant difference in their strength and cultivation level, the person with the higher-grade sexual cultivation technique will have the upper hand.

Therefore, as long as Hua Xiuluo has the idea of ​​"absorbing the cultivation of the Bewitching Incense" and cultivating with her, then all his cultivation, including the power he has absorbed from the female disciples of the Joyful Union Sect these days, will eventually become the contents of her Bewitching Incense!

"Come on~ Hua Xiuluo, now that your 'Hehuan Sutra' is complete, cultivating with me will achieve the best results. I've been waiting for this day for a long time. Does Hua Xiuluo want to see me cultivate with another man?"

Chu Mingkong stared intently at her. The operation of the Bewitching Incense technique was crystal clear to him; through the technique, her body was emitting an aphrodisiac fragrance. Moreover, he had a feeling that this woman seemed to want to absorb his technique?

The "True Scripture of Union" within his body was warning him, alerting him to his hostility towards this woman.

This was the first time he had felt this warning through the cultivation technique. It was both novel and unfamiliar, and Chu Mingkong chose to trust his intuition.

As expected, these evil forces are all very treacherous; even their own people are plotting against each other.

"I'm really not in the mood today. Why bother, Miss Enchanting Incense? Go find whoever you want. All I can say is, no appointments!"

Seeing Hua Xiuluo's reaction, the Enchanting Incense remained unperturbed. She had anticipated this and still chuckled ambiguously:

"We had an agreement that Hua Xiuluo would cultivate with me to help me surpass the other Saintess candidates. This heartless rejection is truly hurtful. If the adults find out how you've harmed the Jinna Luo girls and damaged the organization's vitality, Hua Xiuluo will be in a bad mood. Although I, as the matchmaker, will inevitably be punished, I'll just have to fight to the death."

"You're ruthless." Chu Mingkong said expressionlessly.