A moment later…
Inside her boudoir, Lin Shengyu sensed that Senior Brother had already left.
She quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
Then she smiled foolishly and touched her face, her beautiful eyes curving into crescent moons as she no longer hid the shyness and joy in her heart.
Senior Brother praised me for being pretty.
She kept replaying Senior Brother’s sincere tone in her mind.
Senior Brother still did not know that she could see now.
His sincere expression was completely unpretentious—it was heartfelt praise.
Lin Shengyu raised her small hand.
The sensation of Senior Brother’s slender waist and back seemed to linger on her palm.
She gazed at it, her little face slightly flushed.
Even though she knew this was her own boudoir and no one would come, she still glanced around.
Then, as if she could not help it, she gently licked her palm with her fragrant tongue.
The moment her tongue tip touched her palm, she jerked it back as if electrocuted, feeling even more ashamed.
Actually, every time after Senior Brother helped dispel the demonic poison from her, a wave of desire would rise within her.
The initial intense pleasure had grown weaker with each repetition.
Or rather, her body had developed some resistance, which left her extremely unsatisfied.
Every time she saw Senior Brother drenched in sweat while dispelling the poison, she felt both happy and heartbroken, followed by a faint urge to lick him.
That desire grew louder and more intense as the pleasure faded, and now she could barely hold it back….
She had a special fondness for Senior Brother’s slender waist.
She always felt that for a man, his waist was so delicate.
She really wanted to know what it would feel like to touch it.
If possible… she even wanted to sit on it… and then….
Lin Shengyu hurriedly stopped this dangerous thought.
She bit her silver teeth lightly and secretly cursed herself for being shameless.
Senior Brother had been so good to her, yet she still wanted to do something so excessive.
If Senior Brother knew, he would definitely get angry.
While secretly scolding herself, she could not help feeling a faint melancholy.
One could deceive anyone, but never oneself.
In her heart she called it shameless and vulgar, but in reality, although she felt very shy, she truly wanted to touch Senior Brother’s body…
It was just that she really lacked a proper reason.
Lin Shengyu lay back down on the bed.
Her true nature had always been like this.
It was only when facing Yun Hao that shyness usually took over, making her seem like a proper young lady from a noble family.
In truth, she was still a clever and mischievous girl.
Her pair of jade feet kept kicking idly on the bed.
She looked up at the window, wanting to see through the bamboo forest to Senior Brother and Grandfather.
She remembered Grandfather’s words.
…to become husband and wife with Senior Brother….
At the thought, she hurriedly buried her little head into the silk pillow.
Her snow-white jade feet kicked even faster, and her body twisted restlessly.
Husband and wife…. husband and wife… Would Senior Brother be willing to become husband and wife with me? Senior Brother did say I’m pretty…. He wouldn’t hate becoming husband and wife with me, right…
The young girl’s face was full of shyness.
She felt uneasy, but even more so filled with anticipation.
She looked toward the bamboo forest and stared blankly.
………….
Yun Hao walked through the bamboo forest.
Now that the hairpin had been given to Junior Sister, everything he needed to do today was done.
Judging by the time, quite a while had already passed.
He would say goodbye to Elder Lin and head back.
He had promised Eldest Senior Sister he would return to the peak early.
He quickened his steps toward Lin Xian, who was half-reclining on a bamboo chair, bowed respectfully, and said,
“Elder Lin, I have already spent some time playing with Junior Sister. Today this disciple has important matters to attend to, so I’ll take my leave first.”
Yun Hao waited quietly for Lin Xian’s reply.
But after a long moment, the old man on the bamboo chair showed no response.
Yun Hao felt puzzled and was about to speak again when Lin Xian opened his eyes and uttered a seemingly casual remark.
“How is your practice of Shattered Star coming along?”
Yun Hao was stunned.
He did not understand why Elder Lin was suddenly asking about this.
Still, he answered respectfully,
“In reply to Elder Lin, this disciple has already mastered Shattered Star proficiently.”
The moment he finished speaking, the world spun.
In the blink of an eye, he found himself on the desolate snowy grounds where Elder Lin had been teaching him for the past month.
Before he could steady himself, Lin Xian’s calm voice reached his ears.
“Swing your sword at me and use Shattered Star with full power.”
Yun Hao’s heart shook with alarm.
He hastily waved his hands and shook his head in refusal.
No matter the reason, how could a disciple swing a sword at his elder?
Swinging a sword at one’s master was an act of betraying one’s teacher and ancestors in any sect—it would leave a stench for ten thousand years.
He, Yun Hao, could not do such a thing.
Lin Xian watched Yun Hao shaking his head and waving his hands while babbling incoherently and could not help but smile wryly.
He walked up to Yun Hao, patted his shoulder, and spoke the truth.
“Calm down. I’m asking you to swing your sword at me only to test how well you have practiced Shattered Star. There is no other meaning. Besides, with your Qi Refining stage cultivation, could you possibly injure me?”
“…Elder Lin, it is not a matter of strength. This disciple truly cannot bring himself to swing a sword at his elder.”
Yun Hao still refused.
He felt that Elder Lin could use the previous method instead—controlling some wooden puppets to spar with him.
That way, the results could be tested without putting any mental pressure on him.
Seeing Yun Hao continue to refuse, Lin Xian pondered for a moment before speaking firmly to him for the first time.
“You only need to swing at me without worry. This is my order.”
“This……”
Yun Hao looked at Lin Xian with difficulty.
He really did not want to swing a sword at Elder Lin.
But Elder Lin had given such a firm command….
“…This disciple has offended you!”
In the end he chose to obey Lin Xian’s words.
With a flip of his hand and a thought, the Cloud Abyss Sword appeared in his grasp.
The iron sword from before had already been destroyed, so he could only use the Cloud Abyss Sword against Elder Lin now.
Spiritual power surged and rippled around Yun Hao.
Lin Xian narrowed his eyes slightly.
Every time he watched Yun Hao use a spiritual technique, he found it unbelievable.
Normal cultivators did not cause the surrounding spiritual power to boil when releasing techniques.
Only those with special physiques that were naturally close to the immortal path could make spiritual power willingly assist them.
Yet when he had tested Yun Hao’s immortal aptitude earlier, he had not noticed anything special about his physique.
…..Lin Xian gave up thinking about it.
He was about to leave soon.
First he needed to settle the matter between Yun Hao and Yu’er properly.
If there was still time afterward, he could think about it then.
Yun Hao felt the spiritual power boiling inside his body and kept gathering strength.
This time he did not casually swing out Shattered Star like he had in the Black Beast Mountain Range.
Since Elder Lin wanted to see his full power, he would use his full power.
The Cloud Abyss Sword’s blade shimmered with pure white light.
Feeling the spiritual power in his hand that he could barely control, Yun Hao suddenly charged forward and slashed at Lin Xian with all his might.
“Shattered Star!”
The Cloud Abyss Sword carried terrifying spiritual power fluctuations as it flew toward Lin Xian.
Yet it stopped just a hair’s breadth away from him and could advance no further.
Yun Hao felt as if the Cloud Abyss Sword, which could cut through anything, had suddenly gone blunt when facing Elder Lin.
Even with his full strength, he could not press the blade down.
And yet this same sword had previously broken through the defenses of that Nascent Soul realm evil python!
Yun Hao felt the resistance and tried to pull the Cloud Abyss Sword back, but no matter how hard he tried, it was useless.
The sword seemed fixed in place—unable to cut down or pull away.
Lin Xian felt the violent spiritual power and nodded in satisfaction.
The Shattered Star that Yun Hao had just unleashed could not be blocked by ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators.
And yet he was only at Qi Refining stage and could already do this.
Perhaps his own supreme techniques could truly be carried forward through this boy.
He dispersed the spiritual power Yun Hao had gathered and gently released him.
Yun Hao staggered backward, breathing lightly.
The Shattered Star just now had consumed half the spiritual power in his sea of qi, and it had even been amplified by the Cloud Abyss Sword.
Yet he had not even touched the hem of Elder Lin’s robe before it was neutralized.
He adjusted his breathing and steadied his mind.
Lin Xian’s praise reached his ears.
“Not bad. Your Shattered Star already has the momentum of initial mastery.”
Yun Hao looked up at the somewhat pleased Lin Xian and said modestly,
“It is all thanks to Elder Lin’s excellent teaching that this disciple could master Shattered Star so quickly.”
Next, Lin Xian guided Yun Hao on many cultivation issues, including how Shattered Star should develop in the future and some other spiritual techniques.
He even shared part of his experience with the Wind Shadow Art.
This was extremely valuable for Yun Hao right now.
He listened attentively, and many of his doubts about cultivation were resolved.
Unknowingly, the two of them spent the entire day on the desolate grounds.
It was only when Yun Hao suddenly noticed that the sky had grown dark that he realized how much time had passed.
This is bad. I promised Eldest Senior Sister I would return quickly, yet I’ve already delayed for so many hours.
Anxious and fearful, he stood up at once to bid Lin Xian farewell.
He said that the sky was already dark and he would visit again another day.
Without waiting for Lin Xian’s reply, he prepared to leave in a hurry.
Lin Xian watched Yun Hao, who was eager to return to Sect Master Peak.
A trace of helplessness and sharp light flashed in the old man’s turbid eyes.
He used spiritual power to pull Yun Hao back to his side and made him sit down properly once more.
Facing Yun Hao’s stunned and puzzled expression, he said gently,
“No rush.”