"Haha~"
On the other side, Jin Yue'er, who was on her way back to her residence, let out a sly laugh.
A faint, multicolored glow shimmered.
Her long golden hair slowly retracted, transforming into black locks.
Her delicate face subtly shifted, gaining a few sharper angles, her brows thickened, and her eyes turned darker and larger.
Within a few breaths, even her physique changed into that of a young man.
"Haha~ I'll give Sister Xue a surprise!"
Jin Yue'er touched her face, which was even fairer and more tender than her own.
Her eyes were brimming with glee and mischief.
Without another word, she dashed off toward her residence.
Pushing open the courtyard gate, she rushed inside, quickly entered the house, found the bedroom, and began knocking loudly on the door.
Knock knock!
Inside the room, Qian Renxue, who had already finished washing up and was sitting cross-legged on the bed preparing to cultivate, couldn't help but look curiously at the door...
Is that Yue'er?
But since when has Yue'er been so polite?
Qian Renxue felt puzzled. Usually, aside from Jin Yue'er, no one else ever entered this room.
Knock knock knock!
While Qian Renxue was still lost in thought, the knocking on the door continued relentlessly.
Helplessly, Qian Renxue put on her shoes and went to see for herself what little trick Jin Yue'er was up to this time.
Click!
The door opened, and Qian Renxue complained without even looking, "Yue'er, why didn't you just come in? Why knock so hard? Doesn't your hand hurt?"
But before she could finish, Qian Renxue clearly saw the person standing before her, and her eyes immediately widened in astonishment.
She stared, exclaiming in surprise.
"Xiao Tian?!"
Ye Tian stood expressionlessly at the doorway, staring straight at Qian Renxue.
"Xiao Tian, what are you doing here?"
The astonishment in Qian Renxue's eyes quickly turned to delight as she stepped forward and grabbed Ye Tian's arm. But as she smiled joyfully, she soon noticed something amiss.
"Wait, why are you wearing Yue'er's clothes?"
Qian Renxue was utterly confused.
The person before her wasn't wearing the casual white Taoist robe but instead Jin Yue'er's vest and black wide-leg pants.
It looked rather mismatched...
Hearing this.
Ye Tian immediately began complaining to Qian Renxue, indignantly saying, "Xue'er, after knocking me out, that Yue'er actually stripped me naked and changed me into her clothes. Do you know where she ran off to?"
"What? Yue'er knocked you out and stripped you naked?!"
Qian Renxue was stunned.
She was only shocked and didn't doubt Ye Tian's words, as such an outrageous act was indeed something Jin Yue'er was capable of.
In fact, Jin Yue'er wouldn't hesitate to do something even more outrageous!
Thinking this, Qian Renxue hurriedly grasped Ye Tian's forearm and asked with concern, "Then, Xiao Tian, aside from stripping you, did she do anything else inappropriate to you?"
"??!"
Ye Tian was clearly taken aback for a moment before retorting, "What counts as inappropriate?"
"..."
Qian Renxue was momentarily speechless, her face quickly flushing red.
But since Jin Yue'er had already stripped Ye Tian naked, she must have had her fill of fun, right? Perhaps even more than that.
She had to get to the bottom of this.
When she saw Yue'er again, she would demand a proper explanation!
Stealing from your own best friend's territory is truly despicable!
Qian Renxue blushed, stammering as she gave an example, "L-like touching you, kissing you, and things like that?"
"Oh~ so that's what you call going too far."
Ye Tian nodded with sudden understanding.
His voice was also perfectly imitated, leaving Qian Renxue unable to find any flaws.
"So, did it happen or not?"
Qian Renxue pressed further.
Ye Tian placed his hand on the button of his collar, nodded solemnly, and condemned, "Yes, of course it did! When I woke up, my face and body were all wet..."
"What?!"
Hearing this, Qian Renxue couldn't help but change her expression, letting out an embarrassed and angry exclamation.
"Is Yue'er some kind of dog?!"
Qian Renxue gritted her silver teeth tightly. She had only ever kissed Ye Tian's face and lips!
"Haha~"
Seeing Qian Renxue like this, Ye Tian finally couldn't hold back his laughter.
Qian Renxue, seeing this, looked confused and asked, "Xiao Tian, what are you laughing at?"
"I'm laughing at you!"
"Why laugh at me?"
Qian Renxue shyly covered her face with both hands, keenly noticing that Ye Tian was unbuttoning his collar, and exclaimed in surprise, "Xiao Tian, what are you doing?"
"Can't you tell? I'm taking off my clothes."
Ye Tian couldn't help but chuckle.
"Taking off your clothes?"
Qian Renxue was stunned. Looking at the frivolous smile on Ye Tian's face, the more she looked, the more she felt it was both eerie and familiar.
But before Qian Renxue could think further.
Ye Tian dropped a shocking statement, "Yes, not only am I taking off my clothes, but I'm also taking off my pants."
As soon as the words fell, under Qian Renxue's horrified gaze, Ye Tian made a show of pulling out his belt.
Whoosh!
What followed was Qian Renxue covering her pretty face and letting out a scream.
"Ah! Xiao Tian, you pervert!"
"Pfft, haha~"
Ye Tian, with his clothes in disarray, grabbed his falling pants.
Pointing at Qian Renxue, he burst into loud laughter.
Gradually, the laughter transformed from a male voice into a female voice familiar to Qian Renxue.
"Haha~ Sister Xue, you're so funny!"
"Hahaha! I'm dying of laughter..."
Qian Renxue covered her eyes, her heart filled with shock.
"Yue'er?"
"That's Yue'er's voice!"
As soon as the words fell, Qian Renxue quickly lowered her hands and looked in astonishment at the young man before her.
"Haha~ Sister Xue, it's me."
Jin Yue'er held her chest, which was heaving from laughter, and said triumphantly.
Not only did she revert to her own voice, but she also slowly restored her appearance to its original form.
Her black long hair turned golden, and her black eyes transformed into a light gold.
"What's going on?!"
Qian Renxue felt a mix of shock, anger, and embarrassment. She had actually been tricked by Jin Yue'er...
To be fair, it wasn't entirely Qian Renxue's fault.
After all, if someone else had done something like drugging someone and stripping them of their clothes, Qian Renxue might have been suspicious. But if it was Jin Yue'er, Qian Renxue would have believed it.
Because Jin Yue'er had never been a normal person.
"Haha~"
"This is the Soul Bone Skill from the Head Soul Bone Ye Tian gave me!"
Jin Yue'er pointed at her own head and laughed.
"Head Soul Bone?"
Qian Renxue was startled.
Of course, she knew that Ye Tian possessed a Head Soul Bone. In fact, Qian Xunji had entrusted Bibi Dong to give it to Ye Tian right in front of her and her grandfather.
She just never expected that Ye Tian would give that 40,000-year-old soul bone to Jin Yue'er.
Qian Renxue quickly understood.
Ye Tian was doing all this to cooperate with the Nation Theft Plan they were about to execute.
Yet even so, Qian Renxue couldn't help feeling a bit sour inside, her jealousy lingering.
And right now, Jin Yue'er was still there, heedless of the danger, laughing and teasing.
This made Qian Renxue angrier the more she thought about it, and unconsciously she clenched her fists.
Gritting her teeth, she said, "Yue'er!"
"Haha~"
Jin Yue'er narrowed her crescent eyes, looking smugly at Qian Renxue.
"Sister Xue, if I had really taken off my pants just now, you definitely would've peeked, right? Haha~ Now you can sleep holding Ye Tian…"
Thump!
Before Jin Yue'er could finish, a dull thud sounded beside her forehead.
A sharp pain shot through her, making tears well up in Jin Yue'er's eyes as she hurriedly raised her hands.
She cried out loudly.
"Ah, my eye!"
"Serves you right!"
Qian Renxue retracted the fist she had just smashed into Jin Yue'er's eye socket and said fiercely.
After a moment's thought, still not satisfied, she swung her fist again, hitting Jin Yue'er's other eye socket.
"Ah—Sister Xue, have mercy!"
"Yue'er won't dare again."
Jin Yue'er covered both eyes, and her pants, now without a belt, slid right down. With a thud, the fallen pants tripped her, sending her tumbling to the ground.
"Ouch! Waa—!"
"It's not funny at all! It hurts so much!"
"Hmph!"
Watching Jin Yue'er rolling on the ground, her pants completely off, Qian Renxue felt most of her anger dissipate.
Then it occurred to her—what Yue'er said wasn't entirely unreasonable.
With the Nation Theft Plan underway, her chances to see Ye Tian would surely grow fewer. Bringing Yue'er along might indeed help ease the pangs of longing with that trick of hers————
At the summit of the Central Divine Mountain, that absurd little episode remained unknown to Ye Tian.
Night fell from the sky, draping over the earth.
At Wisteria Residence, the evening banquet had ended, yet the master bedroom remained brightly lit.
Inside the bathroom.
A bewitching silhouette swayed within, jade hands raised high as water trickled down, flowing over peaks and valleys before cascading from the flat abdomen.
Before long, a sheer gauze appeared in the hands of the shadowy figure behind the door.
She was in the midst of dressing.
Ye Tian had long grown accustomed to this kind of alluring shadow play that offered nothing to the eyes.
Hardly worth a glance!
If Ye Tian dared to reach out, he could feel the warmth of that body firsthand.
Click!
The bathroom door slowly opened, releasing a wave of warm steam.
Bare, slender jade feet, without a stitch of clothing.
They left faint wet marks on the floor as they stepped.
What Bibi Dong wore was still the Taoist Robe Ye Tian had given her—white. That Bibi Dong wore the Taoist Robe as sleepwear was something Ye Tian found helpless, yet he didn't know what to say about it.
After all, the loose Taoist Robe was indeed suitable as sleepwear.
And this madwoman wore the robe he'd given her in such a provocative way—with her style of wearing it, there was simply no way she could go outside.
Before, Bibi Dong would symbolically wrap a white cloth around her chest.
But at some point, unbeknownst to him.
She didn't even wear a breast-binding cloth under the robe anymore. If not for Bibi Dong tightening the collar a bit, Ye Tian suspected her body might just leap out and expose itself.
If the upper part was like this, the straight legs below had even fewer restraints added.
The Taoist Robe, which should have been paired with pants…
Had been worn by Bibi Dong as a loose, high-slit nightgown.
Her long hair, dampened by water, was pinned up with a hairpin.
If she were to take Ye Tian's horsetail whisk, she would look exactly like a bewitching Taoist priestess or enchantress!
As for these things, unless Bibi Dong deliberately presented herself before Ye Tian's eyes, he paid them no mind.
At this moment, Ye Tian was sitting cross-legged on Bibi Dong's bed.
Having just finished regulating his breathing, Ye Tian slowly opened his dark eyes and met Bibi Dong's lively purple gaze. After a brief pause, he shifted his gaze away.
He took a piece of brocade cloth from the Green Pearl Bracer and spread it out on the bed before him.
"Why do you seem so unwelcoming toward me?"
Bibi Dong swayed her waist, her slender legs flashing through the slit of her robe as she sat before the dressing table and picked up a comb.
Her phoenix-like eyes stared at the reflection in the mirror, then shifted to Ye Tian.
"Teacher seems to be in a very good mood as well."
Ye Tian answered evasively, though he wasn't entirely wrong.
From dinner onward, Bibi Dong's cheerful mood had been unmistakable. She had continuously served dishes to Ye Tian and Hu Liena.
Even now, her buoyant energy hadn't completely subsided.
"Hmm?"
Bibi Dong raised an eyebrow, glancing back at Ye Tian with a strange expression. "Can I not laugh?"
"No."
Ye Tian shook his head gently.
He then took out various medicinal herbs from the Wishful Treasure Pouch and arranged them on the brocade cloth, among which was even a lump of night-brightening sand—bat droppings.
"If not, then why are you so unwelcoming?"
Bibi Dong asked, puzzled.
Seeing the assortment of medicinal materials Ye Tian had laid out, she found it even more peculiar.
Stopping her combing, she inquired, "Are you going to refine pills?"
"Isn't that obvious?"
Ye Tian took out all the usable herbs and finished arranging them.
Bibi Dong frowned slightly. Ye Tian's tone seemed deliberately provocative. Changing the subject, she asked, "Then, my dear disciple, could you kindly tell your teacher what kind of pill you intend to refine?"
"Zombie Pills."
Ye Tian calmed his mind, closed his eyes, and expanded his Nascent Pill Domain.
Red and blue light reflected in Bibi Dong's eyes. Upon hearing the words "Zombie Pills," she immediately understood the root of the issue. The corners of her lips curled upward, and she couldn't help but chuckle.
"So that's it..."
"Indeed, you really should refine more Zombie Pills. I originally planned to have a good night's sleep and discuss it with you tomorrow, but it seems I won't need to waste my breath now."
After saying this, the slight annoyance Bibi Dong had felt earlier due to Ye Tian's coldness vanished without a trace.
After all, she was the one who had schemed to send Ye Tian's two little girlfriends far away. It was only natural for him to be a bit sulky.
Let him sulk. Those two troublesome girls were already gone.
How many days could Ye Tian's little tantrum last?
She wasn't in a hurry...
If, with all this ample time, she still couldn't win Ye Tian over, then she would have to find a suitable opportunity for a "crow riding an airplane" move.
"Mm, I'll do my best."
Ye Tian nodded. When it came to Zombie Pills, the more, the better.
"Tonight, Teacher will have to rest alone."
"No problem. Once you're done these next few days, you can make it up to me later."
Bibi Dong looked into the mirror, not turning her head as she replied.
Ye Tian's lips trembled slightly as a milky white mist rose from the top of his head, condensing into a crystal-clear Pill Spirit above him. As the red and blue domains around him rotated, the medicinal herbs placed on the brocade cloth before him began to tremble one after another...
Three days passed in the blink of an eye.
Ye Tian went nowhere during this time. He didn't even enter the master bedroom for the following two nights, spending all his days and nights within his Eternal Heaven, tirelessly refining Zombie Pills.
He continued until the medicinal ingredients for refining Zombie Pills were completely exhausted.
After that, he took the opportunity to refine a few extra Soul Ascension Pills and Body Tempering Pills, intended for the development of the Longevity Pavilion.