Ye Qiu awkwardly straightened his body, feeling somewhat relieved that Qian Renxue hadn't erupted, while also inwardly cursing himself for being so useless.
He had been with Liu Erlong for so long, yet a slightly more playful move still made his heart pound.
Qian Renxue didn't pay much attention to Ye Qiu's expression; she just coldly waved her hand, and several brocade boxes appeared on the table.
"I'm not in a hurry to hunt for spirit rings right now, after all, you're still too weak."
...Ye Qiu looked at her in surprise, speechless.
Qian Renxue also noticed his gaze, and as her brows furrowed, a blush suddenly spread across her face.
In the past few months, the two had sparred again, and Qian Renxue still found it difficult to gain an advantage over Ye Qiu.
"What I mean is that your mental force is still too weak, and the spirit ring age limit you can add for me is a bit low; I'm not very satisfied!"
Qian Renxue gritted her teeth, glaring at Ye Qiu as she spoke fiercely.
"Oh, I see," Ye Qiu nodded. He could currently only allow Spirit Beasts of around Twenty-Three Thousand Years to sacrifice themselves. Although this exceeded the maximum age limit for a sixth spirit ring, it was only by Three Thousand Years.
Given Qian Renxue's discerning eye, it was normal for her to be unsatisfied.
"Then what are these?" Ye Qiu asked curiously, looking at the brocade boxes on the table.
"These are all heavenly materials and earthly treasures that I specially obtained from Spirit Hall that can enhance mental force."
"Spirit Hall has such things?" Ye Qiu looked at her in surprise.
"Of course! These are treasures collected by my grandfather and the others!"
With that, Qian Renxue opened one of the brocade boxes, revealing a strange flower lying inside.
She pushed it towards Ye Qiu, saying seriously, "This is a nearly Ten Thousand Year Golden Sun Flower, which has miraculous effects on improving mental force. These past few days, you who love to linger among flowers, please take some time to refine it properly!"
"Mm, I will!"
Ye Qiu chuckled and nodded, his eyes swirling with a blood-red light as he put away the brocade boxes.
He wanted to ask her if she was truly not afraid of him becoming too strong to defeat her by helping him like this.
But he was also afraid that saying it would ruin the hard-won eased relationship between them.
He quietly looked at Qian Renxue's profile; she was indeed breathtakingly beautiful, beyond reproach.
Qian Renxue frowned her sword-like brows and gave Ye Qiu an annoyed glance.
"Why are you staring at me?"
"Because... because you're beautiful!" Ye Qiu smiled softly, reaching out to grasp her soft hand, slowly interlocking their fingers.
"You!" Qian Renxue's face flushed with shyness as she glared at Ye Qiu and let out a cold snort.
"Do you even need to say that?!"
"Have I been too good to you lately? You're even daring to be playful with me now!"
Qian Renxue felt shy in her heart, but her face was covered with an icy coldness, though the fiery red color made it anything but cold.
"Mm! You are indeed very good to me..." Ye Qiu nodded calmly, still smiling gently, and slowly moved his face closer to Qian Renxue.
Qian Renxue watched Ye Qiu getting closer and closer.
She saw the unprecedented affection in his eyes, and felt the warm breath hitting her face.
Her relatively steady heartbeat suddenly began to pound violently, her deep, gradient-golden eyes started to ripple, and her long eyelashes fluttered, as if trying to fan a breeze to cool her cheeks.
Ye Qiu slowly leaned in front of Qian Renxue, looking at her delicate, slightly bitten thin lips.
He slowly leaned in, and their red lips met.
Ye Qiu gently nipped her slightly parted upper lip, which seemed to want to welcome him, and Qian Renxue slowly closed her eyes.
The two sat together on a short stone bench, face to face, their red mouths and white teeth touching, slowly swaying their heads, gasping for breath.
"Ying Ning~"
A soft cry sounded, and Qian Renxue's eyes snapped open, a coldness bursting forth from her deep, gradient-golden eyes.
"Ah, hiss~!"
Qian Renxue bit down hard, and Ye Qiu cried out in pain, quickly pulling back.
The hand not held by Ye Qiu directly pushed Ye Qiu away, and she raised her hand, intending to slap him.
Looking at the blood at the corner of his mouth, after a moment of hesitation, she merely clutched her collar tightly, glaring fiercely at Ye Qiu.
Her pretty face, completely dominated by shyness, suddenly gained a few points of anger, and her eyes almost spat fire.
She directly snapped, "Bastard! I told you not to touch me!"
"My apologies, I couldn't help myself for a moment!" Ye Qiu wiped away the blood from the corner of his mouth. Although there was still a slight metallic taste in his throat, it didn't stop him from smiling.
Looking at Ye Qiu's smiling face, Qian Renxue felt a little flustered in her heart; she was already starting to fear that she wouldn't be able to bring herself to harm him, afraid that she would be the first to fall!
Just tasting a bit of the metallic sweetness, her heart felt a slight ache.
Qian Renxue frowned, no longer looking at Ye Qiu. She took a sip of tea, rinsing away the bloody taste from her mouth, then lowered her head to tidy her clothes.
After a while, she said coldly, "If there's a next time, I'll cut out your tongue and make you a mute!"
After speaking, she raised her head again and looked at Ye Qiu, and her heart trembled again when their gazes met.
Ye Qiu still looked into her eyes, nodding faintly.
"Mm, I understand!" As he spoke, he only held Qian Renxue's hand even tighter.
Sincerity is indeed the ultimate weapon. This was true; Qian Renxue's help had indeed stirred a sense of compassion in Ye Qiu.
Recently, Qian Renxue seemed to react less strongly when he mentioned other women.
That just now was the best proof.
Perhaps this time for the Spirit hunt, he could take Zhuqing with him.
Zhu Zhuqing had just broken through to Level 40, so letting them meet might have an unexpected effect.
Zhuqing's personality was also suitable; although she would get jealous, she was very sensible, not like Ning Rongrong...
In short, conquering Qian Renxue had to be done step by step. Now that he could mention his other women, he would gradually let her see them, slowly desensitize her, and chisel away at that ice layer bit by bit.
Qian Renxue gritted her teeth, looked at Ye Qiu's smiling face, and suddenly found it somewhat annoying. She snorted coldly and let him hold her hand.
After Ye Qiu had arranged these matters in his mind, he took a sip of tea and suddenly felt a slight stinging pain. It turned out that the wound on his tongue had not yet healed.
He ignored it and turned to look at Qian Renxue.
"When do we start today's cultivation?"
Qian Renxue also noticed his small action. She didn't answer Ye Qiu's question but frowned and glanced at him.
"What are you doing? Why aren't you healing it?! Are you trying to pull some kind of trick?"
"Huh? How could I be!" Ye Qiu exclaimed in surprise, then smiled and said, "I'm just making sure I learn my lesson, so I won't make the same mistake next time!"
Hearing his answer, Qian Renxue's brows furrowed even deeper.
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