Xu Nian looked at the exquisite woman in front of him, her cheeks still flushed with the remnants of her previous madness, and his head swelled with realization of what he had just done.
As he carefully recalled, he found the details of just now had become very blurry, but that feeling was crazily real.
"Uh, I didn't mean to happen... I'll take responsibility," Xu Nian opened his mouth and finally managed to say.
"Take responsibility? How will you take responsibility, is it okay if I ask you to die?" the exquisite woman said coldly.
"Okay!" Xu Nian, not knowing where his courage came from, uttered a word.
Upon hearing Xu Nian's words, the exquisite woman's eyes suddenly sharpened, her sword ready to end the man in front of her who had taken her body.
But in the end, she couldn't bring herself to do it; the blade brushed past Xu Nian's neck, leaving only a shallow cut.
"Just go, consider it repayment for saving your life. But after today, I hope you forget all this, keep your mouth shut, or I, Leng Yanran, will surely take your head," the exquisite woman said as she turned her body, her figure casting an extremely cold shadow.
Xu Nian took a deep breath; in that moment, he had walked a circle by the gates of hell.
He looked at the cold, enchanting figure in front of him, opened his mouth but didn't know what to say, so he just placed the Red Flame Fire Gold on a nearby rock and then leaped onto Little Xu Yu's back and left the cave.
Leng Yanran felt Xu Nian had gone far, so she turned around, preparing to leave. But just as she turned, she saw the Red Flame Fire Gold on the rock, glowing faintly.
Her delicate hand trembled as she slowly picked up the peculiar metal, overwhelmed with emotion.
For this metal, she had nearly died and paid the greatest price of her life.
Was this price worth it or not?
At this moment, Xu Nian was sitting on a black eagle's back, his mind equally troubled.
He knew that his loss of reason was definitely related to Emperor Ye Tian.
"Kid, are you still blaming me? Just look at the Spiritual Energy inside your body," Emperor Ye Tian's voice echoed in Xu Nian's ears.
Xu Nian was slightly stunned and cluelessly probed into his Dantian; the check almost made him fall off the black eagle's back.
"Six... Six-star Warrior, what on earth is going on?" Xu Nian asked, wide-eyed.
He was still a three-star Warrior last night; how had he suddenly become a Six-star Warrior? Could it be that he had consumed some miraculous spirit pill?
"Hmph, kid, you benefit yet still play innocent, I've told you before that getting that woman would greatly benefit you. She has a Xuanyin Physique, naturally suitable for Yin and Yang Dual Cultivation. Once engaged in the act, it is immensely beneficial to both you and her, it's just that your Cultivation was too low to be of significant help to her. Later when your Cultivation increases, find her, and naturally, you can repay her," Emperor Ye Tian's words echoed in Xu Nian's mind.
Xu Nian was momentarily stunned. So there were such good benefits?
A slight smile returned to the corner of his mouth as he shook his head and muttered, "What a pity..."
If Leng Yanran happened to hear these three words from Xu Nian now, one wonders if she would regret her earlier kindness in letting Xu Nian go.
"Sadly, I lost consciousness at that moment," Xu Nian reflected to himself.
Had he remained awake, the scene would have been marvelous.
"Leng Yanran, that name I will remember," Xu Nian silently told himself, his eyes brimming with determination.
He knew he was exceedingly insignificant at the moment, and any far-fetched desires were out of the question. Only by becoming stronger could he truly grasp what he wanted.
In the following days, Xu Nian let Little Xu Yu devour the corpse of the Fiery Flame Demon Tiger, keeping only a small piece for himself.
Yet even this small piece solidified his Divine Demon Refining Body Cultivation at the Fifth-star Star Realm level, with even a trend of shooting toward the peak.
After devouring all the flesh of the Fiery Flame Demon Tiger, Little Xu Yu fell into a deep sleep.
Xu Nian knew that Little Xu Yu might break through to the Silver Moon Battle Sect level or at least reach the Peak of Star Realm, so he let it focus on breaking through in the Demon Beast Ring.
As for the Crystal Core of the Fiery Flame Demon Tiger, Xu Nian dared not ingest it. Although his Dan Sea Species Green Lotus could ingest anything, his cultivation had risen fast enough. Hastening another breakthrough could cause a fluctuation in Spiritual Energy, so Xu Nian planned to let his Spiritual Cultivation consolidate for a while before devouring it.
Over the next month, Xu Nian hunted Peak-level Star Realm Demon Beasts in the Demon Beast Forest to refine his swordsmanship.
Now, his "Ling Feng Thirteen Swords" had fully reached the Realm of Divine Transformation, and the "Gale Sword" under Xu Nian's refinement had reached the entry-level.
It wasn't that Xu Nian wasn't capable, but the "Gale Sword" modified by Emperor Ye Tian was profoundly intricate, taking Xu Nian a month to master the basics, whereas others might need at least a year.
Xu Nian's sword gleamed sharply as it pierced an Eighth-star of Star Realm Level Earth Dragon, instantly slaying it.
Looking at the Earth Dragon before him, a flicker of joy passed through Xu Nian's eyes.
A few months ago, he was madly chased by an Earth Dragon of roughly the same strength.
Now, merely as an eight-star Star Warrior, he had become far too formidable for his opponents. If he were to unleash his full power, even Peak of Star Realm opponents might not gain any advantage against him.
"It's about time to return to the Academy, but first, it seems I have some debts to collect. I hope certain people haven't left," Xu Nian said, his lips curling into a slight smile, his eyes twinkling with mischief.
A little over a month ago, he was hunted down by Qin Shan and others, and had it not been for his wit, he might have been killed.
Now, it was time to take his revenge!
He believed that Qin Shan and the others were definitely waiting for him on the outskirts of the Demon Beast Forest, as they wouldn't leave.
Their task was incomplete, and they had lost a man to Xu Nian. Returning as they were would make it impossible for them to report back, so Qin Shan and his group must be watching, waiting for him to emerge.
This suited Xu Nian perfectly.
"I wonder what Qin Shan's face will look like when he sees me again; I hope it's quite a sight," Xu Nian smirked, then vanished into thin air, heading toward the outskirts of the Demon Beast Forest.
He, Xu Nian, had once said, "Offend Xu Nian by an inch and I'll retaliate by a thousand miles," otherwise, he wouldn't be called Xu Nian.
At this very moment, far on the outskirts of the Demon Beast Forest, Qin Shan and his group could never have imagined that in just over a month, the roles of the hunter and the hunted had invisibly reversed.