"You know this person?" Shen Linghan's blue ice-like eyes showed a hint of confusion.
"You already know I despise men." Su Yaoyun rolled her eyes at her, not giving a direct answer.
"Then why make such a fuss?" Shen Linghan frowned.
"I was just feeling heartache," Su Yaoyun teased with a mischievous glint in her pale pink eyes. "I didn't expect there to be a second person in this world who's seen that flawless, ice-jade body of yours."
"Heh." Shen Linghan gave a cold laugh. "He merely saw through my disguise technique. Nothing serious."
"How do you know he didn't see your true form?" Su Yaoyun added sharply.
"…"
"He didn't say anything at the time, nor did he show any sign," Shen Linghan retorted.
"Tsk tsk." Su Yaoyun smiled, her jade hand covering her lips. "Just because someone notices something doesn't mean they have to tell you."
Shen Linghan's icy little face froze for a moment—she had to admit, Su Yaoyun had a point.
"Ah, my dear Xiao Hanhán," Su Yaoyun said with mock concern, "can't you go out for a walk once in a while? You stay cooped up in the academy all day, cultivating and nothing else. You have no clue how the world works."
Shen Linghan's crystalline eyes flickered slightly, and she awkwardly muttered, "I'm not used to dealing with people."
"So what am I then, a ghost???" Su Yaoyun exclaimed in disbelief.
"Are you even human?" Shen Linghan replied with a cold smirk.
Su Yaoyun's seductive playfulness faded. Her tone turned serious as she firmly said, "I wasn't before, but I definitely am now."
Shen Linghan was momentarily stunned, staring deeply at Su Yaoyun. "You really don't plan to return to the Abyss?"
"That wretched place? Full of monsters and freaks—no humanity at all. Who would want to go back?" Su Yaoyun said disdainfully.
"Won't that cause problems?" Shen Linghan seemed to know about Su Yaoyun's origins.
"There's already a problem."
"Hm?"
"The God Realm seems to be in turmoil, though it's not confirmed yet."
"The one who smuggled me here has already contacted me twice. She told me to wait and observe for another two years. If it's confirmed that the God Realm is cut off, she'll come find me to open the Abyssal Channel together."
A cold aura burst from Shen Linghan, her voice like ice. "Refuse her."
Su Yaoyun shook her head. "You know my strength. Creating this physical body consumed too much power. I can't beat her."
"Even with me, we can't?" Shen Linghan's voice turned frosty.
"She's possessing the current Pope through her Nightmare Technique. Her unparalleled talent even earned her a god's inheritance. The two of us together wouldn't be her match!" Su Yaoyun spread her hands helplessly.
Seeing the ice-cold beauty radiating killing intent, Su Yaoyun hurriedly shouted, "Don't even think about saying something stupid like 'let's fight her anyway.' She's not alone, you know. The Pope's surrounded by an army of titled Douluo from Spirit Hall!"
"Then why not just tell them the Pope's been possessed?"
Su Yaoyun rubbed her forehead and sighed. "Please, I beg you—go out sometime, experience life a little, will you?"
"Hm?"
Seeing the ever-cultivating ice goddess, Su Yaoyun patiently explained, "We're so well-hidden that even divine beings wouldn't easily spot flaws in our cover. If you show up with no evidence and accuse their Pope, we'll be lucky if Spirit Hall doesn't hunt us down."
"Oh." The icy beauty replied calmly.
Sigh. "We'll just take it one step at a time," Su Yaoyun sighed. "I've managed to repair part of my physical body. I should be able to cultivate to Soul Saint level now. Hopefully, strengthening my body will help restore some of my spiritual power."
"How is that possible? How did you break your limits?" The ice beauty's calm eyes rippled in disbelief.
A faint warmth spread in Su Yaoyun's lower abdomen at the memory; her cheeks flushed slightly. She stammered, "Honestly, I'm not quite sure myself."
"You'd better find out," Shen Linghan said urgently. "If your body's strength can match your divine soul, and we join forces, we might actually take her down."
Heh… Su Yaoyun muttered inwardly, Find out how? By getting… "beaten up" again? No way! Even if that little man was… perfect in every sense, I'm not the type to sell myself for power.
She grumbled silently, not daring to say it out loud.
"Where did this defying-heaven opportunity come from? If you can't figure it out, I'll go with you next time to see for myself," Shen Linghan said, her icy eyes filled with curiosity and urgency.
Su Yaoyun gave her a strange look. "You want to see it?"
Shen Linghan nodded, frowning. "I only have five years until my next heavenly tribulation."
Su Yaoyun's body trembled. "Do you have confidence?"
"That's exactly why I'm asking so many questions—because I don't." Shen Linghan snapped.
"Compared to other soul beasts, don't you have a special method to transcend tribulation?" Su Yaoyun asked.
Shen Linghan shook her head. "If not for hiding in the academy and perfectly blending my aura with that of humans—weakening the heavenly tribulation slightly—I'd already be dead."
Su Yaoyun sighed, her eyes complex. "This opportunity might not suit you, but if the time truly comes, I'll let you try it."
Shen Linghan's icy blue eyes lit up with faint joy, and she nodded slightly in understanding.
"The God Realm is really unfair," Su Yaoyun complained. "These heavenly tribulations are designed to exterminate soul beasts!"
"Who knows?" Shen Linghan's lotus-like feet touched the ground, the silver beads around her ankle jingling softly. She gazed out the window in silence, her pale lips pressed together in quiet defiance.
"I'll go first—don't let me interrupt your cultivation." Su Yaoyun stood up and headed for the door.
"Oh, right," Shen Linghan suddenly said. "Take better care of that student who got in through the back door."
"Oh?" Su Yaoyun's expression turned sly. "Since when does our icy beauty care about other people—especially a man?"
Shen Linghan's cold gaze swept over her. "I'm merely fulfilling a request."
"Hmm?" Su Yaoyun's tone grew even more suspicious. "Didn't you say you were forced into that?"
"I think that person's not bad," Shen Linghan replied, pulling out a crystalline, jade-like eight-petaled immortal orchid from her robes. "He even gave me this immortal herb when he left."
"Hehe…" Su Yaoyun squinted, finding that herb increasingly unpleasant to look at. Suddenly, she was more certain than ever of her little suspicion.
Waving her hand, Su Yaoyun said with a sly smile, "Don't worry. I'll give that little man some special attention."
Creak.
The door closed. Shen Linghan paused for a moment, frowning slightly. Why did Su Yaoyun's tone just now sound… off? Like she put special emphasis on a few words?
Inside a pink, delicately decorated room filled with faint fragrance, a fiery beauty lounged lazily amidst flowing veils. Her pink eyes shimmered faintly as she stared at the translucent immortal herb in her hand.
"An azure-black immortal flag, divine eyes that see through essence, and he casually takes out a spirit herb like this?"
"I remember he even said that in half a month, he could help me deal with that Dark Devil Evil God Tiger."
The alluring woman murmured as she recalled the memory, her pink eyes glittering like starlight—she seemed to have discovered a shocking secret, though she still hesitated slightly.
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