Chapter 7: "Since You're Already Here!"

Lin Fengmian felt his head growing increasingly dizzy, and muttered groggily, "Are you sure you want to know? Knowing won't do you any good!"

Liu Mei suddenly grabbed him tightly, smiling sweetly, "Speak?"

"I'll talk! I'll talk!"

Sweating profusely, Lin Fengmian quickly said, "I don't even know what kind of relationship I have with her."

"Although she met with me privately a few times, she never said much, only instructing me not to tell others that I know her."

He was, of course, making things up on the spot, but Liu Mei showed a pensive expression.

Liu Mei was inclined to believe that Lin Fengmian had a significant connection with Master Xie. After all, she hadn't even told him about Master Xie's seclusion.

Her hand tightened slightly as she said with a faint smile, "If you dare lie to me, when Master Xie comes out, you know what will happen!"

Lin Fengmian, caught between pain and pleasure, nodded repeatedly, "I swear by this jade pendant on me. If I'm lying, not only will you kill me, but Master Xie won't spare me either."

Liu Mei smiled in satisfaction, her hand loosening slightly and continuing its gentle movements, making Lin Fengmian gasp.

Shuddering, he asked in a trembling voice, "Senior Sister, is it really worth risking so much for a little bit of my essence?"

Liu Mei rolled her eyes at him, "Who said I was going to drain you?"

She wasn't lying—she genuinely had no intention of draining him dry. Lin Fengmian's unique status made him someone that both Master Xie and her own master had taken special interest in. If she really drained him, she knew she would face severe consequences.

Liu Mei's mind wandered back to a day when her master had only glanced at Lin Fengmian from afar and his face had drastically changed. Upon returning, he had given her strict orders.

At all costs, she was to make Lin Fengmian submit to her, no matter what.

She had long suspected there were things she didn't know about Lin Fengmian, but so what?

A master's order cannot be defied.

"Senior Sister… Senior Sister…"

Lin Fengmian's voice pulled her out of her reverie. Liu Mei smiled coquettishly, her hand moving even more sensuously as she said, "Since you're already here, how about letting me help you relieve some tension?"

Lin Fengmian was tempted, but reason got the better of him. He quickly forced a smile and said, "I wouldn't dare trouble Senior Sister."

Liu Mei's face instantly darkened, her mood changing as fast as flipping a book. She released him and kicked him off the bed, coldly huffing, "Coward."

Scrambling up from the floor, Lin Fengmian hurriedly grabbed his clothes. His eyes couldn't help but steal glances at Liu Mei's voluptuous body, but he quickly averted them.

"Thank you, Senior Sister, for your mercy!"

Without daring to linger, he quickly moved toward the door.

"Wait!"

Just as he was about to leave, Liu Mei called after him, startling him into a cold sweat.

"Go to Qingjiu Peak and find me a *normal* man to help me relieve some tension."

Liu Mei emphasized the word "normal" with a hint of sarcasm, her frustration evident.

Damn kid. It was the first time I've stripped down to seduce someone, and I actually failed. Are you even a normal man?

Hearing her mocking tone, Lin Fengmian nodded and said, "Yes, Senior Sister."

He hurried out of the room, silently swearing to himself that he would repay today's humiliation a hundredfold.

Just you wait for me to get the chance—I'll make sure you find out if I'm a "normal man"!

Lin Fengmian wasted no time and quickly returned to Qingjiu Peak to find a suitable candidate to send over to her.

"Well, if it isn't the dashing Lin Fengmian! Still haven't made it into the inner sect yet?" came the mocking voice of his rival, Wang Ming.

"Exactly, why are you back so soon? Could it be that you're... not up to it?"

"Yeah, looks like that's the case..."

His group of sycophants joined in, openly mocking Lin Fengmian without a trace of respect for their senior brother.

Although Lin Fengmian had been on Qingjiu Peak for a while, he had never formed any factions. Furthermore, his cultivation was only at the fifth level of Qi Refining, so his standing on the peak wasn't high.

Having repeatedly failed to pass the exams to enter the inner sect, he had become the butt of jokes for these "green onions." They clearly looked down on Lin Fengmian.

Feigning anger, Lin Fengmian retorted, "You guys aren't up to it either! Do you have any idea how difficult Senior Sister Liu's tests are?"

Wang Ming snorted, "Please. There's hardly anyone who doesn't make it into the inner sect after being tested by Senior Sister Liu. I thought you were finally going to bloom like a tree that never flowers."

He wasn't wrong. Since Liu Mei had reached the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage, she rarely took on partners for dual cultivation. However, every time she did, she would send them into the so-called "inner sect."

Lin Fengmian, as if trying to prove himself, reddened and shouted, "Senior Sister Liu is in a good mood today, and she's looking for another person to test. If you're so great, why don't you go?"

The "green onions" lit up at this, clamoring, "I'll go! I'll go!"

They had never had the chance to get close to Liu Mei before, and hearing this, they fought for the opportunity.

"What's all the noise? It's mine!" Wang Ming forcefully claimed the spot, intimidating the others into silence.

Lin Fengmian led him toward Hongluan Peak without acknowledging his taunts along the way.

Upon reaching the Honglian Courtyard, Wang Ming leered lasciviously, saying, "Kid, watch as I show you how it's done."

Lin Fengmian gave a sinister smile, "Then let me congratulate you in advance on entering the inner sect, Wang Daoist."

Better you than me. Lin Fengmian bore no sympathy for Wang Ming, having held a grudge for a long time. If this guy died, he'd only be too happy to collect the corpse.

"Why are you standing outside? Get in here already!"

Liu Mei's seductive, soul-stirring voice drifted from inside, sounding eager and hungry.

Wang Ming, now practically panting with desire, licked his lips and hurried in, closing the door behind him. From inside, came Liu Mei's sweet and flirtatious voice, mixed with Wang Ming's labored breathing—sounds that easily stirred the imagination.

Normally, Lin Fengmian wouldn't have reacted to these sounds, but today he couldn't help feeling stirred.

There was definitely something wrong with that breath Liu Mei blew at him earlier, and the fragrance in the room had been laced with something as well!

He didn't dare stay long, quickly leaving to cool off somewhere.

Half an hour later, Lin Fengmian figured Wang Ming was likely a dried-up corpse by now, so he returned.

It wasn't that he doubted Wang Ming's abilities—it's just that no man had ever lasted more than half an hour with Liu Mei.

He knocked gently on the door and called out, "Senior Sister Liu?"

"The door's unlocked. Come in," came Liu Mei's lazy yet seductive voice.

Lin Fengmian opened the door and, like before, looked around for Wang Ming's body.

But to his surprise, there was no corpse on the floor this time.

Perplexed, he looked up toward the bed, where Liu Mei lay wrapped in a blanket, her chest partially exposed.

Have you started sleeping with corpses?

To his shock, there was no body on the bed either.

Did she eat him?