Chapter 261: Chapter 133: The Audacious Lin Xuankong, Princess Be My Guard!
CREAK CREAK.
Several large boulders, moved by the Shadow of the Black Soul, revealed the entrance to a mountain cave.
Riding atop the Tier Seven Corpse Scorpion, Lin Xuankong paused at the cave entrance and glanced to one side.
"Mr. Mu has come out of seclusion!" Celestial Sect Elder Hua Yanluo looked over. Upon seeing the Tier Seven Corpse Scorpion beneath Lin Xuankong’s feet, her pupils contracted slightly.
Third Princess Xiaoo Ying’Er stared fixedly at Lin Xuankong, her eyes flickering. She watched until Lin Xuankong, standing on the Corpse Scorpion, moved beside her. Only then did the Third Princess’s gaze shift, and she spoke, "Congratulations to Mr. Mu for refining two more powerful Spirit Puppets... A Late Stage Tier Seven Demon is quite formidable, and it’s challenging to capture one intact. Even in our Great Xia Dynasty, there aren’t many Late Stage Tier Seven Spirit Puppets!"
Hua Yanluo respectfully added, "Let alone three Late Stage Tier Seven Spirit Puppets, just one is enough for Mr. Mu to be unrivaled in the Great Marsh Prefecture! With three Late Stage Tier Seven Spirit Puppets, and two Late Stage Tier Seven Corpse Scorpions capable of affecting the Cultivation of Tier Eight Demons... Mr. Mu is definitely considered one of the top experts, even across the Six Prefectures of Nanjiang!"
Not far away, Zheng Yunrui, Liy Ruoqing, and Liy Ruo Ying all wore expressions filled with reverence.
Especially Liy Ruoqing, who looked at the Tier Seven Corpse Scorpion under Lin Xuankong’s feet, his heart filled with emotion. Second Uncle obtained the Demon Capturing Array, but after a hundred years of effort, he only managed to refine a Demon Prison Cage that could suppress Tier Five Demons! Yet with his newly refined Tier Seven Demon Prison Cage, Mr. Mu easily obtained three Late Stage Tier Seven Spirit Puppets!
The same Refining Method for treasures, the same Secret Technique, yet in the hands of different people, the disparity is so immense!
Liy Ruo Ying, on the other hand, couldn’t help but sigh... Every few days, when I see Elder Mu again, the gap between us feels like it has widened many times over. Is this what they call being left hopelessly behind?
As the Liy Family Brothers were lost in their thoughts, Third Princess Xiaoo Ying’Er, standing before everyone, spoke softly, "Mr. Mu, Ying’Er has been studying the Demon Capturing Array recently and has encountered many new points of confusion. Might I ask for your guidance?"
After a moment of thought, Lin Xuankong looked at Xiaoo Ying’Er. "Coincidentally, I also have an important matter I wish to consult the Third Princess about. How about we go to my mountain cave for a private, detailed discussion?"
A private discussion? Xiaoo Ying’Er’s expression froze.
As a princess raised in the Imperial Palace, she had always adhered to strict decorum. Never before had she been alone with a man... Indeed, no man had ever dared invite her to a private meeting!
This was especially true after she awakened the Profound Phoenix Strange Vein and became the Celestial Sect Saintess. With titles like Celestial Sect Saintess, Third Princess of Great Xia, possessor of the Profound Phoenix Strange Vein, and peerless prodigy—adorned with such honors—how many men in the Great Xia Dynasty wouldn’t feel abashed in her presence? How many Martial Cultivators would dare to be anything but respectful upon meeting her?
Now, hearing Lin Xuankong invite her for a private discussion in a cave, the Third Princess couldn’t help but be stunned.
Hmm, the first time in her life a man had invited her to be alone with him...
Naturally, Lin Xuankong’s invitation to Xiaoo Ying’Er held no untoward intentions.
Over the past eight days, his Yin Talisman Technique had continuously improved, reaching the Perfection Realm of Returning to the Essence, and his Transcendence Fifth Layer Cultivation had also reached the Perfection Realm. Therefore, he planned to ask Xiaoo Ying’Er if she possessed any Wood Spirit Object, or had any news regarding one!
It was just that recently, everyone present had been treating him as some supreme expert, assuming he had already reached Sixth-Layer Perfection. Lin Xuankong had been put on such a pedestal that he felt too embarrassed to tell them he was only at the Fifth Layer... What could he do? Even Lin Xuankong had a little bit of pride! That was why he planned to ask Xiaoo Ying’Er about the Wood Spirit Object privately.
How could the others possibly know Lin Xuankong’s thoughts? Hearing that he actually wanted to invite the Third Princess into the cave alone, everyone’s expressions became incredibly expressive!
Liy Ruoqing was filled with awe. Elder Mu is truly audacious! If it were me, even if my courage were magnified a hundredfold, I would never dare to invite the Third Princess to be alone... Are you kidding? Alone with the Third Princess in the same place?
Zheng Yunrui, with her hair buns, looked at Lin Xuankong, her expression brimming with gossip, and secretly gave him a thumbs up.
The girl with hair buns had long admired ’Mu Shiba’ immensely. In her mind, if the Third Princess of Great Xia were to end up with anyone, ’Mu Shiba’ would undoubtedly be the foremost candidate!
At this moment, Zheng Yunrui was already imagining what might happen between the Princess and Elder Mu in the cave, what might transpire after they left the Secret Realm, what their children should be named, and what she should give as a full-month celebration gift for their child...
In the crowd, Celestial Sect Elder Hua Yanluo frowned deeply.
Though she was quite wary of ’Mu Shiba,’ in Hua Yanluo’s heart, the status of the Celestial Sect Saintess was paramount. No matter how strong Mu Shiba was, he was neither an Immortal Sect Saint Son nor an Immortal Sect Leader’s True Inheritance! The disparity in their statuses was as vast as that between the clouds and mud! This fellow, how dare he invite the Third Princess to accompany him alone into the mountain cave?
Of course, Hua Yanluo, being old and cunning, wouldn’t risk offending either the Princess or ’Mu Shiba.’ In her anxiety, she could only repeatedly shoot meaningful glances at her attendant, Qiing.
The attendant Qiing had been itching to speak for a while. Seeing Elder Hua’s signal, she immediately piped up, "M-Mr. Mu, the Princess is of such noble status, how could she possibly be alone with a man? You—you are being far too disrespectful to the Princess, and far too arrogant and audacious!"