Chapter 250 : Shooting the Arrow First, Drawing the Target Later

Chapter 250: Shooting the Arrow First, Drawing the Target Later

Looking at Lü Yang, who was desperately trying to restrain himself but still showed signs of discomfort, Divine Person Miaoyin maintained her smile while secretly sneering in her heart.

Heh, men!

In the next second, she deliberately took a step back.

Just a moment ago, she had been seducing him proactively, but now she had returned to her elegant and dignified demeanor.

She knew these men all too well.

Trying to seduce someone by throwing oneself into their arms was the lowest strategy.

The truly effective method was to tempt while appearing reserved.

Men, after all, desired more what they could not easily obtain.

Only by keeping them dangling, pulling and pushing, could one fully control them.

“How about it? Would fellow Daoist like to have a chat?”

Divine Person Miaoyin’s tone softened, as if the earlier provocative words had been an unintentional slip, as if she never meant anything by them.

The more unpredictable she appeared, the itchier it made one’s heart!

As expected, Lü Yang’s eagerness grew even more obvious as he quickly spoke, “Madam hasn’t yet mentioned why you sought me out this time?”

“I wish to make a trip to the【Ten Thousand Martial World】to gather Qi and increase my fortune.”

“Unfortunately, the dangers outside the sky are many, and I have no one to protect me.”

Divine Person Miaoyin sighed and said, “In the past, my husband supported me, but now that he has passed away, I truly cannot find a trustworthy helper.”

After speaking, she looked up at Lü Yang again.

Every word, every frown, and every smile vividly displayed the frailty and helplessness hidden beneath her elegance, especially after losing her husband.

Combined with her identity as the wife of a former superior, this was enough to move the hearts of many.

Lü Yang seemed no exception.

“I agree to this!”

He patted his chest and laughed, “It just so happens that I also plan to gather Qi outside the sky. I can accompany Madam, and we can look after each other.”

“Many thanks, fellow Daoist!”

Upon hearing this, Divine Person Miaoyin immediately showed a hint of gratitude.

The paleness on her delicate face was replaced by a charming blush.

“This time, I have invited only fellow Daoist. I hope fellow Daoist will cherish me.”

After speaking, Divine Person Miaoyin bowed slightly.

Her words stirred the imagination, yet her tone was utterly proper, as if she had no hidden meaning.

Lü Yang’s expression became even more uncontrollable.

However, Divine Person Miaoyin did not linger.

Seeing this, she directly rode a beam of escape light and drifted away with a fragrant breeze, without giving Lü Yang a chance to speak again.

“.”

After watching Divine Person Miaoyin leave, Lü Yang finally retracted his expression.

At that moment, Grandmaster Ting You quietly appeared behind him, looking at him with slight concern.

“Yuan Tu, you haven’t really fallen for her, have you?”

“Grandmaster must be joking.”

Lü Yang turned around.

The eagerness on his face just moments ago had completely disappeared, replaced by a cold indifference.

His eyes were calm as he softly spoke,

“She wants to harm me.”

After saying this, Lü Yang thought for a moment and added,

“To be precise, this woman is likely colluding with someone else, trying to set a trap to harm me.”

“.Eh?”

Grandmaster Ting You was momentarily stunned.

He thought, though he did want Lü Yang to be cautious of this woman and not be swayed by her beauty, wasn’t this a bit too extreme?

“Isn’t that going too far?”

“What’s too far about it?” Lü Yang glanced at Grandmaster Ting You and lowered his voice.

“Grandmaster, this is the Primordial Saint Sect! Such things are not surprising here!”

Such is the way of the Saint Sect!

Grandmaster Ting You wanted to argue but, after thinking it over, felt that since it was the Saint Sect, it wasn’t impossible either.

He could only change the topic and ask, “What makes you so sure?”

“The fact that she took the initiative to approach me!”

Lü Yang remained calm as he analyzed, “Why would she seek me out on her own? Could it be simply because she misunderstood me as being lustful and thought she could use that against me?”

—What else could it be?

Seeing Grandmaster Ting You’s strange expression, Lü Yang immediately guessed what he was thinking and couldn’t help but say, “Grandmaster, you know me well.”

“Am I the type to indulge in carnal pleasures?”

Upon hearing this, Grandmaster Ting You silently retorted in his heart.

It was precisely because he knew Lü Yang too well that he was worried Lü Yang might lose his head over beauty.

Seeing this, Lü Yang could only explain helplessly,

“I won’t deny that she’s trying to toy with me, but that’s just a common tactic among Saint Sect practitioners. It doesn’t prove anything.”

“Looking beyond appearances to the essence, no matter what tactics she used, the very fact that she took the initiative to approach me is already wrong!”

“Because she is the one in control.”

“She holds the detailed information about the【Ten Thousand Martial World】. If I wish to gather Qi there, I must rely on her. I am the weaker side.”

“In this situation, any competent Saint Sect practitioner would hold their position to maximize their benefits. Yet she came to me on her own.”

“Such behavior must mean she has another agenda, and a significant one at that!”

“So significant that she believes I would never agree, so significant that she humbled herself to seek me out, which can only mean she intends to take my life!”

Grandmaster Ting You listened with a stiff expression:

“This is just your suspicion, right? Most of it is speculation. You’re drawing the target after shooting the arrow, assuming from the start that she means you harm.”

Lü Yang’s assumptions could be explained in many ways.

For example, Divine Person Miaoyin might have lost her composure after the death of Chong Guang.

Or maybe she hadn’t thought it through.

Or perhaps because Lü Yang had spoken face-to-face with True Lord Feixue, she feared Lü Yang already possessed information about the【Ten Thousand Martial World】.

Lü Yang did not deny this.

After all, he had indeed started by assuming that Divine Person Miaoyin had ulterior motives before reasoning backward to find her motive.

However, he didn’t think there was anything wrong with that.

“With a Saint Sect practitioner, one can never be too cautious!”

Unless it was someone like Madam Ruo Xiang, whose cultivation was lower than his own, Lü Yang might treat them more casually.

But Divine Person Miaoyin was completely different.

Because she had already reached the peak of the Foundation Establishment Mid-Stage!

Moreover, as Chong Guang’s former Dao companion, who knew how many treasures she had secretly acquired?

If they truly fought, she might even surpass Ye Guyue.

Lü Yang would never dare to take someone like her lightly.

“Better to believe it than not.” Lü Yang thought to himself, then stood up.

“I need to visit the Manifestation Pavilion and prepare in advance.”

At the Sky-reaching Sea of Clouds, on Mount Wenda.

This was Divine Person Miaoyin’s personal Dao ground.

At the deepest part of a grand hall, Divine Person Miaoyin landed with a fragrant breeze, riding her escape light, and then closed the hall.

This was because this hall was actually a top-grade spiritual treasure, named【Do Not See Without Courtesy Court】.

Its mystical properties were similar to Lü Yang’s【Star Concealing Radiance】.

Once the doors were closed, all causality was hidden.

Everything that happened within was nearly impossible to trace, unless a True Lord personally intervened to deduce it.

Inside the hall, Divine Person Miaoyin took out a round mirror.

The mirror’s surface was smooth.

She lightly brushed it with her hand, channeling her magical power.

In an instant, brilliant light appeared on the mirror, revealing many scenes within the light.

Soon, a voice emerged from it:

“Fellow Daoist, coming to me at this time is quite the coincidence.”

The voice was clear and sounded like that of a scholar.

As the mirror gradually revealed the figure, it indeed showed a handsome young man.

“Suo Huan.”

Divine Person Miaoyin spoke calmly and slowly:

“I have found you a supreme-grade Qi.”

“.Oh?”

The young man named Suo Huan raised his eyebrows and said,

“Supreme-grade? That’s not something to claim lightly. Is the Qi you speak of a thing, or a person?”

“Of course, a person!”

Divine Person Miaoyin replied softly:

“After a hundred years of cultivation, one lifetime reaching the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment, now seeking perfection in the mid-stage, don’t you agree this is supreme-grade?”

Upon hearing this, Suo Huan immediately narrowed his eyes and said,

“Indeed, it is supreme-grade…”