At this moment, Dantai Jinglian shifted her gaze to Su Lingyuan, who was seated right next to Chu Ge, a half-smiling, half-teasing expression appearing on her face.
"Little Lingyuan~"
At that single call, Su Lingyuan shuddered involuntarily as a number of rather unpleasant memories surged into her mind.
Seeing the meaning in Dantai Jinglian's eyes, she quickly understood and obediently gave up the seat beside Chu Ge.
What then entered the view of the assembled elders was Chu Ge seated at the very center—
with Great Elder Dantai Jinglian on one side and the Pavilion Master of the Spirit Medicine Pavilion, Shui Qianrou, on the other.
The sight stunned the elders into silence. Though this arrangement was clearly inappropriate, not a single one of them dared to say a word.
After all, they knew very well what kind of temperament Dantai Jinglian had.
"Martial Aunt's attire today is quite different from usual,"
Chu Ge spoke softly.
Though she was his senior, Chu Ge felt no real restraint in front of Dantai Jinglian. On the contrary, he was rather casual.
At the same time, his gaze once again unconsciously fell upon that fullness that threatened to burst forth.
Lustrous and snow-white, lofty and full—
While its overall scale still couldn't compare to freakishly powerful figures like Su Lingyuan or Shui Qianrou, it could still be called a towering peak.
And that deep, shadowed hollow between them was like a black hole, forcefully dragging one's gaze into its depths.
At this very moment, Chu Ge was completely hard-controlled by that dark, wicked abyss—utterly unable to look away!
"Hehe, it's fine. Others can't see it."
Dantai Jinglian smiled lightly. Not only did she show no aversion to Chu Ge's gaze, she instead displayed herself even more openly.
Today's outfit had been worn especially for Chu Ge alone.
She had even used a small trick—
In the eyes of all the Taihuang elders and everyone else, everything appeared completely normal.
But in Chu Ge's eyes, her appearance was strikingly bold, every moment radiating an alluring, seductive aura like a bewitching demoness.
However, because the holders of the diary copies were immune to illusion techniques between one another, Su Lingyuan and the others could also see it.
"So that's how it is."
Chu Ge understood at once, nodded, and didn't think too deeply about it.
He simply assumed that Dantai Jinglian wanted to dress this way, yet didn't wish outsiders to see it.
But just as Chu Ge summoned great willpower to tear his gaze away from that dark, alluring ravine and look elsewhere—
Dantai Jinglian turned her head, leaned close to his ear, and whispered:
"Actually… this was specially worn for you today, little nephew. So… do you like it?"
Her voice became irresistibly seductive, tinged with a sweet, cloying softness.
Her hot breath brushed against Chu Ge's cheek, and in an instant, a loud buzzing rang through his mind as his thoughts blanked out for a moment!
His whole body trembled slightly, and an uncontrollable blush crept onto his face.
"Li—…"
The word "like" nearly slipped right out of his mouth before Chu Ge barely managed to snap back to his senses.
Just a tiny bit more, and he would have fully fallen for that bewitchment!
Dantai Jinglian's smile only grew brighter.
Especially when she saw that Chu Ge's usually calm, unruffled expression was now tinged with undeniable red, a surge of incomparable satisfaction rose in her heart.
"I'm just joking. I am your martial aunt after all.
Little nephew… you mustn't harbor improper thoughts toward your martial aunt~"
Though her words said that, Chu Ge clearly saw—
After finishing her sentence, Dantai Jinglian even lightly stuck out her tender pink tongue and swept it across her luscious lips.
'Demoness!'
Chu Ge cursed inwardly. He finally understood why Su Lingyuan always called her a bad woman behind her back.
Even he himself had nearly been caught off guard and had his heart disturbed by her.
His emotions—his very state of mind—had been seized by her!
A demoness capable of bringing ruin to a nation like this truly deserved to be called a "bad woman" without the slightest injustice!
The girls beside Chu Ge had witnessed every bit of this scene in full.