"This... this..."
Mo Lingxuan stood frozen in place, her entire body stiff, a blush spreading across her cheeks.
What did she just see?
If she guessed correctly, the blonde woman in the middle of the immortal pool was a powerhouse at the Third-Life Emperor Realm, right?
Moreover, the woman's back looked somewhat familiar.
Wait, isn't she Jia Mengluo of the Jialan Clan???
Mo Lingxuan blinked her big eyes, her little heart pounding wildly, her cheeks so red they looked ready to bleed.
As the little demoness of the Demon Palace and the daughter of the Demon Venerable, she knew many immortal powerhouses within her palace. The Jialan Clan, on the other hand, was merely a second-rate power. She and Jia Mengluo should have been people from two completely different worlds, but Jia Mengluo had achieved the Emperor Realm through the Great Dao of Dreams. Now at the Half-Immortal stage... she was ranked third on the Emperor Ranking.
Mo Lingxuan herself was also at the Third-Life Emperor Realm and ranked second on the Emperor Ranking, so naturally, she was familiar with this Jia Mengluo.
In her impression, this Jia Mengluo was supposed to be a very proud woman. So why was she now kneeling so humbly in the immortal pool, looking as if she had no dignity left at all?
[So he is Jiang Che? Tsk, tsk, tsk... The pretty boy is quite handsome. What a pity... he's a huge pervert.]
Mo Lingxuan grumbled inwardly.
[No, I should go. Before that little peach demon has the chance to tip off Jiang Che, I need to slip away.]
She had plucked over sixty Longevity Immortal Peaches this time. If these things were put up for auction... a single one would probably fetch more than a few dozen Immortal Spirit Stones, enough to make even an Immortal Venerable jealous.
She had committed a huge crime and needed to run away immediately!
[Uh... maybe I'll just take a few more glances?] Mo Lingxuan swallowed hard, poking her head out to peek toward the center of the immortal pool.
[Just two more glances! Yes! Just two!]
An hour later—
[Hiss, my legs are getting sore. Time to slip away, time to slip away.]
Mo Lingxuan activated the Phantom Spirit Pagoda and vanished from the vicinity of the immortal pool, as if she had never been there.
Right after Mo Lingxuan left, Jiang Che, who was leaning against a bluestone by the immortal pool, cast an indifferent glance toward the direction she had departed.
"Heh, what an audaciously bold fellow."
Just as he said this, Jia Mengluo's delicate body trembled violently beside him. "M-Master, did I anger you?"
Jiang Che yawned and looked at the woman beside him, revealing a gentle smile. "It's nothing. Mengmeng, you are so obedient, how could you possibly make me angry?"
"I just saw a little mouse, that's all."
"A little mouse?" Jia Mengluo lowered her head, thinking someone was about to suffer terribly.
This Jiang Che was far from being as gentle as he appeared on the surface. He was truly someone who sought revenge for the smallest grievance. If a man angered him... his ashes would be scattered to the wind that very night. If a woman angered him... she herself was a living example.
"Alright, get up. Don't let her run away later." Jiang Che stood up, a black long-sleeved python robe automatically draping over his body.
His long hair cascaded down, his sleeves fluttering, and his face revealed the ultimate charm of a wicked rogue.
"Here, consider this a reward from your young master." Jiang Che tossed out an object glowing with a golden light.
Jia Mengluo hurriedly caught it and looked closely... she was completely stunned. "This... this is..."
Merfolk's Tear? The supreme item that could purify the Merfolk bloodline? She had only heard that Ling'er and the other little mermaids who descended to the lower realm with her had obtained this item, allowing their bloodlines to break through the shackles of the Immortal Grade...
She never thought she would actually be able to obtain this item as well!
"Master, this is too precious!" Jia Mengluo bit her lip hard. She was truly terrified of Jiang Che now. If she could turn back time, she would absolutely never descend to the lower realm through dreams, let alone provoke Jiang Che in a dream.
But it was all too late now. She had lost her position as the Empress of the Jialan Clan and had gained a master for the rest of her life.
...
After leaving the immortal pool, Jiang Che went straight to the Immortal Herb Garden.
"Hey, hey, hey, hurry up and work! You must produce 500 catties of Fusang Immortal Leaves today!"
"And you, Yellow Springs Flower, we agreed on one round of petals every seven days. If you don't grow them out by tomorrow, I'll pull you up by your roots!"
Yaoyao was very angry and vented all her frustrations directly on these immortal and divine herbs. The entire Immortal Herb Garden had impressively turned into a labor camp, and Yaoyao was the camp's second-in-command.
"That's enough, Yaoyao."
A gentle voice rang out. Yaoyao looked back, and the arrogance on her face vanished in an instant, replaced by a look full of innocence. Her speed of changing faces was truly unmatched.
"Master!!!"
Xiao Taoyao clung directly to Jiang Che's embrace, wishing she could melt her entire body into his chest. This could no longer be described as simply being clingy.
"Good job." Jiang Che's large hand rubbed Yaoyao's head.
"Hehe!" Yaoyao smiled sweetly and bit Jiang Che's earlobe.
Afterward, Jiang Che leaned in and whispered a few words into Yaoyao's ear. The little girl's mouth gaped wide open. "M-Master, are we really going to do that?"
"Of course! There will be a reward afterward!"
Clearly, everything was under Jiang Che's control.
From the very moment Mo Lingxuan stealthily stepped onto the Realm-Breaking Immortal Boat, Jiang Che had sensed her.
Could just any random person enter his Realm-Breaking Immortal Boat? Did Young Master Jiang still have any face left if that were the case?
Without Jiang Che's permission, let alone a Great Emperor like Mo Lingxuan, even an Immortal Emperor wouldn't be able to enter.
Of course, when Mo Lingxuan entered the Immortal Boat, Jiang Che was busy doing things, but he still divided a sliver of his divine sense to keep an eye on her.
The world inside the Realm-Breaking Immortal Boat was simply too vast. If Mo Lingxuan was left to wander blindly, who knew when she would ever stumble upon the Immortal Herb Garden.
Therefore, Jiang Che directly utilized his authority as the Immortal Boat's administrator to secretly alter the spatial coordinates. This resulted in Mo Lingxuan bumping into his Immortal Herb Garden after barely taking a few steps.
Everything was deliberately orchestrated by Jiang Che. Otherwise, how could there be such a coincidence?
Since she was bold enough to trespass on his Realm-Breaking Immortal Boat, encountering such an enticing Immortal Herb Garden would naturally stir up her greed. After all, almost no immortal cultivator could resist the temptation of the Longevity Immortal Peaches.
This was essentially entrapment.
As for why Mo Lingxuan ended up in front of the immortal pool with Jiang Che and Jia Mengluo? Ahem... that could be considered a little wicked kink of Jiang Che's.
...
At this time, at the peak of the Fuxi Divine Mountain, almost all the powerhouses had arrived.
Even the Great Emperors who had been steadily climbing the mountain had mostly reached the summit by now. Those Great Emperors who usually claimed to be invincible in their respective domains were currently hiding in corners, not daring to speak. To put it bluntly... if you threw a random brick out here, it would probably hit an Immortal.
Who would dare to speak up?
There were also many powerhouses coming and going, discussing animatedly among themselves. These powerhouses had almost all gathered here from the Nine Great Heaven Realms, having emptied their family fortunes just to bid on a single Immortal Pill.
Of course, there were also many cultivators harboring malicious intentions, coming here to murder and rob.
But no matter what, at least on the Fuxi Divine Mountain, everyone was behaving very honestly!
Even an Immortal Emperor would not dare to unleash their wrath so casually. The Jiang family might mean nothing to them, but the Taiqing Sword Immortal backing Jiang Che was more than enough to force anyone harboring malicious intentions to completely behave themselves.

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ver to a world of cultivation and returned invincible. Modern medicine is child's play compared to elixirs; technological might crumbles before true cultivation. My name is Qin Ning, Earth's sole cultivator!

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