133: Chapter 133 A New Mission, Goodbye Zhou Qingzi…

Inside the luxurious and secluded room, the Spiritual Qi drifted in wisps.

Xu Hongxia lay lazily on her side on a soft couch covered in Yao Beast furs, her breathtaking curves faintly visible beneath her fiery red gauze dress.

Her eyes darted around, keenly catching Qin Feng's unrestrained gaze, which seemed as if it wanted to devour her whole.

"What are you looking at?"

Xu Hongxia drew back the long, jade-like leg she had draped over the edge of the soft couch, the hem of her dress sliding down to cover her dazzling, snow-white calf.

She wasn't actually angry, just scolding him with a playful huff, "You brat, what are you looking at? With your level of cultivation, you're already letting your mind wander? Don't you know that cultivation starts with the heart?!"

"This Disciple is wrong. One should not look at what is improper."

Qin Feng lowered his head obediently to answer, but the corner of his eye still traced her graceful silhouette without leaving a trace, a shameless, roguish grin curling on his lips.

"I really can't be blamed, Revered Master. It's just that you were born too beautiful, like a fairy descending from the Nine Heavens, and I was momentarily stunned."

"Smooth talker. Save your sweet words for those naive female Disciples; I don't buy that."

Xu Hongxia rolled her eyes. Although she criticized him, in her heart, the more she looked at this newly accepted Personal Disciple, the more she found him pleasing.

Facing a Qi Refining Level 5 Iron-Armored Black Wind Leopard, he not only returned completely unscathed, but even his physical Qi and blood were more robust than before.

The key point was that he knew how to tell the truth—she really was beautiful!!!

As these thoughts flashed through her mind, she gave a gentle flick of her jade hand, and a green Medicinal Pill emitting a rich, medicinal fragrance formed an arc, landing precisely in Qin Feng's palm.

"This is a Second-Tier Qi Gathering Pill."

Xu Hongxia sat up straight, shedding some of her laziness, and said seriously.

"You completed this mission beautifully, and this is your reward. Since you possess the excellent talent of a top-grade Spiritual Root, don't waste it. This pill is enough to save you months of bitter cultivation."

"Thank you for the reward, Revered Master!"

Qin Feng held the warm, smooth Medicinal Pill, sensing the pure spiritual power contained within, and was overjoyed. On the path of cultivation, Medicinal Pills were definitely a shortcut.

Before Qin Feng could put the pill away, a hint of gravity flashed in Xu Hongxia's beautiful eyes, and she continued to instruct.

"Don't be so happy just yet; I have an even more important task to entrust to you. Seven days from now, go to the Yin-Yang Valley, deep within the Black Wind Mountain Range. There is a Second-Tier top-grade Spirit Medicine there—the Yin-Yang Twin Flowers—which is about to mature."

"Yin-Yang Twin Flowers?" Qin Feng raised an eyebrow slightly.

"Correct. This thing grows where the extreme Yin and Yang intersect. It only fully matures at a specific time each year, and the maturation period is extremely short, lasting only three days! Once these three days pass, its medicinal efficacy will completely dissipate into the heavens and earth."

Xu Hongxia tapped her long fingers lightly in the Void Realm and warned, "This Spirit Medicine is a core supplementary ingredient for refining Foundation Establishment Stage Medicinal Pills, and it has incredible miraculous effects on tempering the Physical Body. Remember, the more of this you collect, the more generous the reward I will give you!"

"Go back and prepare well. Depart on time in seven days; do not delay!"

Hearing the words "tempering the Physical Body" and "generous reward," Qin Feng's eyes lit up instantly.

Although he didn't like taking risks, if he could gain benefits, then it was like an immortal eating a peach of longevity—there could never be too many.

"Rest assured, Revered Master. Your Disciple guarantees that I will pluck every single Twin Flower in that valley and bring them all back for you!"

Qin Feng patted his chest in assurance, and after accepting the mission, he tactfully took his leave.

...

Emerging from Qingmu Peak, Qin Feng did not immediately return to his own courtyard.

"That foolish woman Mu Siyao is truly useless; she couldn't accomplish anything and only messed things up. To think she would bring her Qi Refining Level 9 sister here at such a critical juncture."

Qin Feng had a sweet stalk of grass he'd plucked from somewhere dangling from his mouth, his hands clasped behind his head, strolling leisurely along a secluded, tree-lined path in the Outer Sect.

It wasn't that he was afraid of Mu Wanqing, but he felt that a gentleman shouldn't stand under a dangerous wall.

Facing a Qi Refining Level 9 powerhouse head-on, even if he could win, it would definitely be a pyrrhic victory. That didn't align with his grand strategy of developing steadily and leeching rewards from the System.

"Once I digest this Qi Gathering Pill and make a trip to the Yin-Yang Valley, my strength will increase. At that point, whether it's Mu Wanqing or Mu Siyao, I'll make them all sing 'Conquer' on my bed!"

As he was calculating happily in his mind, a somewhat familiar water-blue figure suddenly walked towards him around the corner of the path ahead.

Qin Feng narrowed his eyes to look, and his footsteps faltered slightly.

The person who arrived was actually Zhou Qingzi, who had fled the Black Wind Mountain Range a few days ago.

Today, Zhou Qingzi looked very different from usual.

She wasn't wearing that rigid and conservative Sect attire, but had instead changed into a form-fitting, water-blue gauze dress.

The thin fabric wrapped tightly around her exquisite, shapely body, especially her slender waist that could be held in one hand and her long, straight, beautiful legs, which looked exceptionally eye-catching in the sunlight.

Even more bizarre was her temperament.

The arrogance she once held—that high and mighty, sharp-tongued attitude—had long since vanished.

At this moment, her head was slightly lowered, her hair falling lazily over her fair collarbone, and between her brows, there remained a lingering, inescapable trace of languor and lust.

The two of them bumped into each other squarely on the narrow mountain path, completely unprepared.

Seeing Qin Feng's face, which wore a wicked smile, Zhou Qingzi's body stiffened violently. A flash of undisguisable fear instantly appeared in her watery peach-blossom eyes, and even her legs couldn't help but tremble, as if she were reliving the storm by the water pool.

Facing this defeated opponent, Qin Feng naturally wouldn't be polite.

He swaggered over and looked down at her from a high position, casually provoking her:

"Yo, bitch, long time no see."

If this insulting remark had been made in the past, Zhou Qingzi would have definitely drawn her sword immediately and fought to the death.

But surprisingly,

Facing such humiliation, Zhou Qingzi not only felt no anger, but instead seemed to have triggered some strange switch.

Two strange flushes of red instantly rose to her cheeks, her breathing became a little more rapid, and she obediently lowered her eyes.

She nodded gently, her voice so soft and sweet it seemed like it could drip water, "It... it has been a long time."

Zhou Qingzi bit her red lips, raised her misty eyes to look at Qin Feng, and after hesitating for a long while, she unexpectedly uttered a sentence that caught him completely off guard:

"It's a rare coincidence... um... would you like to come inside and sit for a while?"

She extended her slender fingers, pointing to a rather elegant independent courtyard not far away, extending an invitation.

"Hmm?"

Qin Feng was slightly puzzled, but he only hesitated for a moment before the corner of his mouth curled up. He followed Zhou Qingzi into the courtyard without any hesitation.