For a moment, Yino felt an unprecedented sense of murderous pressure.
This cultivation level was even more terrifying than the Nascent Soul stage Yino had initially estimated.
Far surpassing Liuli and Yuebai, and even Yuyan who had now reached the Divine Transformation stage…
He widened his eyes, and though somewhat incredulous, looked at the Hundred Spirits Pavilion Master with unprecedented reverence.
On the other side.
Xinyao seemed to notice her momentary loss of composure, and quickly suppressed her aura, while slightly pursing her lips, resuming the gentle, doting tone she had used when speaking with Yino earlier.
“It’s nothing, I just saw some dirty things I shouldn’t have seen.”
Speaking of this, Xinyao narrowed her eyes.
On the surface, she was talking to Yino, but those phoenix eyes beneath the spirit kite mask were staring directly at the red fox girl hiding in the corner.
“Yino.”
“Since you already know about your aunt’s phoenix bloodline, you should naturally have some understanding of your own bloodline.”
“Since you didn’t want the silver leaf grass earlier, this pure phoenix crystal is my gift to you for refining your bloodline.”
“As for the pure phoenix crystal you promised to give your aunt, don’t worry about that. Given the friendship between your aunt and me, I will personally deliver your gift to your aunt in the future.”
Xinyao spoke calmly. Although her peripheral vision remained fixed on that foxgirl, her words methodically summarized what she had been discussing with Yino.
Hearing the Pavilion Master speak this way, Yino naturally had no objections, though thinking about the second pure phoenix crystal for his aunt, he still felt it was a loss—it would be better if Yino could keep that second crystal for himself too.
“Very well, you’ve seen enough of the treasure pavilion.”
“Let’s end here for today.”
“The back door leads to the resting room, where servants have prepared tea for you. The young lady accompanying you will also be waiting for you there. Go rest and properly refine the pure phoenix juice I fed you.”
“Since the Pavilion Master is so generous, I shall take my leave.”
Yino took a deep breath, turned to leave, and also signaled with his eyes for Jinyue to follow him.
But once again to Yino’s surprise, the red fox girl crouching in the corner didn’t follow his cue.
Hey, what are you doing now?
Yino walked while questioning in his mind.
But Jinyue responded calmly with a light smile: [So you’re actually worried about me?]
Of course, why aren’t you coming?
I can’t leave—this Pavilion Master obviously wants me to stay for tea.
Tea?
Yino raised an eyebrow, completely unable to understand what the two women had done in the illusion.
He couldn’t help but look back, only to see that in the depths of the treasure pavilion, Jinyue had already stood up and was stretching lazily, seemingly unconcerned under the gaze of the red-robed girl opposite her.
This is women’s business—you men should stay out of it!
Jinyue was still smiling coquettishly.
Unconsciously, Yino had already walked out of the secret mechanism door of the treasure pavilion chamber.
He turned around, gazing from afar at the two girls in the room.
Creek—
The mechanism door was slowly closing.
But just as the gap was about to close in the final second, Yino saw through the crack that the red-robed girl transformed into a blur and flew over.
“—?!”
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“Jinyue, what are you plotting by clinging to Yino?!”
“You’d better explain yourself clearly today, or you won’t leave the Hundred Spirits Pavilion alive!”
In the treasure pavilion, Xinyao’s foot stepped forward beneath her red robe, her jade hand transforming into a pale golden phoenix feather pressing hard against the red fox girl’s throat, pinning her against the wall with such brutal force that her feet left the ground.
Even so, the red foxgirl couldn’t suppress a morbid cold laugh—
“Haha! Hahaha!”
“I’ve signed a soul contract with Yino. You’d better put me down quickly, or if I really can’t breathe, Yino will know you’re attacking me!”
Jinyue’s small face turned red from suffocation, but her cherry lips still mockingly sneered.
When mentioning Yino, she didn’t forget to raise her right hand, proudly showing off the red holy mark on the back of her right hand and the ring on her ring finger.
This was the storage ring Yino had given her at the Mountain Temple.
Although this storage ring had nothing to do with the holy mark contract, Jinyue displayed these two items together, naturally making the other think that this ring was also part of her bond with Yino, like some kind of token of love.
Instantly, the red-robed girl’s already angry face became even more furious with embarrassment.
Meeting Jinyue’s gaze, all the phoenix clan totems on her body radiated golden light, and the spirit kite mask that had been hanging on her face finally could not withstand the spiritual energy load and shattered.
Crack—!
As the mask fell off, Jinyue finally saw the other’s true face.
Her almond eyes first focused their pupils, then the corners of her lips curved upward slightly, as if a certain speculation in her heart had finally been confirmed.
Thud!
At the critical moment of suffocation, the spirit kite girl retracted her phoenix feather, dropping the red foxgirl from the wall.
“Jinyue…”
“From today onward, stay far away. Yino is not a man that demonic witches like you have any right to covet.”
“For Yino’s sake, this lady will spare your life today, but if you don’t appreciate it, don’t blame me for telling Yino your true identity as a witch in the Western Region!”
Xinyao turned her face away. Although she had taken a step back, her tone still revealed her disgust for the red foxgirl before her.
As her threatening words fell, Jinyue could no longer control the morbid playful smile at the corners of her lips:
“It doesn’t matter. You can go tell Yino who I am right now.”
“But in return, I’ll also tell him that the true identity of the most mysterious Hundred Spirits Pavilion Master of Western Province City—is actually the aunt Yino often mentions, the one who has cared for him in the Grand Tutor’s Mansion since he was a child!”
Xinyao was indeed frightened by Jinyue’s illusion at that moment.
She had been proudly stepping on Yino, but in the blink of an eye, Xinyao suddenly felt the scene before her blur.
She rubbed her eyes, only to find that the young man she had been stepping on suddenly had black flames erupting behind him, while many ancient and demonic runes spread all over his body like long snakes.
Xinyao was startled—she had never seen Yino like this.
The terrifying and ominous demonic aura, like an abyss of demons, caused Xinyao to instinctively back away two steps. She wanted to withdraw her leg, but when Xinyao exerted force, she felt an extremely terrifying grip.
Like a foot sinking into a quagmire.