Chapter 260: Luo Xinyi's Little Schemes

Chapter 260: Luo Xinyi's Little Schemes

Again, and again, and again—this was already the third time Qin Xuan had walked into the spatial passage created by the true phoenix feather, and he was already well-acquainted with the path.

That dizzying sensation of the world spinning was no longer able to affect Qin Xuan.

Unlike the dark and damp dungeon he had expected, when Qin Xuan's feet touched the ground again, he found himself inside a cave wreathed in red gauze and mist.

It was brightly lit, the stone walls were translucent and clear, and a faint, seductive fragrance permeated the air.

Taking a few more whiffs, one could feel the power of the Saint Yuan within their limbs and bones accelerating, as if it were about to boil.

Pushing aside the light red gauze curtains obscuring his vision, Qin Xuan walked a few dozen steps along the stairs, and the view before him suddenly opened up.

In a grotto with fist-sized night pearls embedded in the ceiling, the light from the pearls cast a bewitching purplish-red glow.

The furnishings in the grotto were simple, consisting only of a boudoir bed covered by light red gauze curtains and a massive purple crystal.

Inside the crystal, Luo Xinyi—sporting animal ears and draped in a translucent pinkish-white gauze—was sealed within, her posture graceful.

In her frozen, beautiful eyes, a look of resentment and sorrow was displayed.

"What is going on?"

Qin Xuan looked at the scene before him, feeling somewhat confused.

Wasn't it agreed that Su Youyu was the one being imprisoned?

Why is Luo Xinyi the one in the dungeon right now?

No, this isn't any dungeon; it's clearly a fox den designed to drain people of their essence.

"Stop messing around!"

"How is Su Youyu's true phoenix feather in your hands?"

Qin Xuan looked at Luo Xinyi inside the purple crystal and urged her impatiently.

Crack—

The crystal cracked and shattered into pieces, scattering all over the floor.

Luo Xinyi, who had been sealed inside, swayed her curvaceous waist, her ample bosom swaying in a way that dazzled Qin Xuan's eyes.

She approached with a graceful posture, wiggling up to Qin Xuan, then leaned on his shoulder and breathed hot air into his ear, "Master, during the time I haven't seen you, I have been well-behaved and kept my purity; I haven't even spoken to any other man."

Only then did Qin Xuan notice that behind Luo Xinyi, there was actually a fluffy fox tail.

It was flicking about vividly, appearing exceptionally flirtatious.

Cosplay, or role-playing?

I give up!

Even for Qin Xuan, Luo Xinyi's train of thought left him speechless.

Traveling thousands of miles from the Yaochi Sacred Land to the Mingyue Dynasty just to posture and pose in front of him?

What on earth is inside this woman's head!

Does she take him for someone who covets beauty?

"Enough!"

Qin Xuan forcefully pushed the ample-bosomed, gauze-clad Luo Xinyi out of his arms, straightened his face, and said solemnly, "Where is Su Youyu? And how did this true phoenix feather end up in your hands?"

Luo Xinyi darted her beautiful eyes left and right, biting her lip, which gave her a unique charm.

She wasn't doing it to be flirtatious on purpose.

It was just that she hadn't expected Qin Xuan to get angry, and she was feeling a bit panicked.

She had spent a long time setting everything up, just to give Qin Xuan a surprise.

Who would have thought it would end up like this?

"Su Youyu is in the dungeon." Luo Xinyi lowered her head, unable to see her own toes. Feeling guilty, she grabbed her fox tail and played with its tip, her two little feet turned inward, shoe-tip against shoe-tip. "She gave me the true phoenix feather herself."

"Cultivation is suppressed in that dungeon, so even the true phoenix feather cannot be used. She could only let me take it out to contact you, so it would be easier to rescue her."

Qin Xuan frowned, puzzled, and asked, "How did she get imprisoned?"

Luo Xinyi shrugged dismissively, "What's so hard to understand about that? Su Youyu is so timid, and our Holy Master has such a strong personality. With just a little threat, there's no way Su Youyu wouldn't submit."

"It's nothing more than Su Youyu revealing a secret of the Mingyue Imperial Dynasty under the Holy Master's threats. It seems to be a Forbidden Land called 'Shanwai Mountain,' which appears to be an unspeakable secret of the Mingyue Dynasty, and Su Youyu revealed it to our Holy Master."

Shanwai Mountain?

Hearing this familiar name, Qin Xuan rubbed his throbbing forehead, feeling a headache coming on.

Are you kidding me?

A sentence he casually mentioned at the Miaoyin Pavilion, and Ning Waner actually believed it?

The key point is that this stubborn bookworm who has read so many ancient texts would actually put righteousness above family.

She didn't even show mercy to her own sixth younger sister and locked her up?

Qin Xuan held his forehead, smiling bitterly.

He took out a star pill, handed it to Luo Xinyi, and instructed, "Give this star pill to Su Youyu and let her find a way to get out herself!"

On Empress Mingyue's side, this plan was intended to make those with ulterior motives believe it was real, which led to many of her trusted aides being severely injured. They are most in need of such great Medicinal Pills that can repair the body.

With this Medicinal Pill, it will be enough for Su Youyu to plead with Empress Mingyue.

Having her step forward isn't impossible.

It's just that when Empress Mingyue sees him, she will definitely raise the price on the spot.

This star pill is a good thing; the Alchemist Emperor had only accumulated about a hundred or so of them over thousands of years.

He had already given out three, and he only had one hundred and twenty-five left in his possession.

No, that's only one hundred and twenty-four left.

At this rate, they are going to run out!

"The Seven Pearls of Mingyue are their own people; nothing will really happen to them. Wasting a star pill is such a pity. This is an Emperor-grade Medicinal Pill specially supplied to the Imperial family! Even Great Emperor Ziyang rarely gets to consume one."

Luo Xinyi tucked the star pill into her cleavage like it was a treasure and started muttering with dissatisfaction.

Such a great pill—even her father had only ever smelled its fragrance; it was expensive to an unbelievable degree.

Even if a Saint King Realm expert were on the verge of death, after consuming a star pill, they could return to their Peak within ten breaths.

Qin Xuan said coldly, "Don't think about pocketing it!"

Empress Mingyue indeed wouldn't do anything to Su Youyu, but that stubborn Ning Waner could really lock Su Youyu up for a hundred or eighty years.

In that time, the villain points he could gain from Su Youyu would be worth hundreds or thousands of star pills.

The Phoenix Treasure Technique and the Dragon-Elephant Domain-Suppressing Scripture have not yet reached Perfection, and he still needs a massive amount of villain points.

Losing one Daughter of Luck is equivalent to losing a source of income.

"Fine, fine, I won't keep it for myself." Luo Xinyi pouted her little lips unhappily, swaying her curvaceous waist, and didn't even want to look at Qin Xuan anymore.

After such a long time apart, this is how he treats her.

It really is too upsetting!

Qin Xuan grabbed the fox tail, and said coldly, "Wait!"

Whimper!

Who knows where this fox tail connected to, but after being grabbed by Qin Xuan, Luo Xinyi let out a dainty sound like a whimper, her straight, slender, and white legs tightly pressed together.

Her face was flushed with shyness, and she seemed to be in a precarious state, stammering, "W-what is it again?"

"You started this fire, so you have to be responsible for putting it out yourself."

Qin Xuan pressed down on Luo Xinyi's head, tilting his own back, his voice filled with simmering anger as he said, "I am very fired up right now!"

I don't know how much time passed, but Luo Xinyi looked up, her large, watery eyes filled with resentment as she spoke, "It was just one star pill; you were still worried I'd pocket it."

"Since you couldn't bear to let me pocket one star pill, how could you be willing to let me pocket these two great pills?"