*Bam*

Huangfu Meizhen raised an eyebrow at Zhao Meiyu, who had just arrived with a panicked expression. "What happened?"

"Haish!" Zhao Meiyu hissed with a strange expression, sitting in front of her. "I don’t know what happened to me, but my charm technique doesn’t work on that kid. Instead, his technique affects me, constantly making me think of him, even when I’m dual cultivating with Lin Feng."

Huangfu Meizhen raised an eyebrow. "Did he use charm techniques on you? How could his techniques affect you?"

"The main problem is that I couldn’t detect the movement of qi inside his body last night, so I’m not sure if he used his technique on me." Huangfu Meizhen was confused. "I tried to follow him when he left this sect this morning, but I lost track of him, and I couldn’t track his aura either."

"Does that mean he’s hiding his aura on purpose?"

"That’s for sure!"

"His cultivation is still at the Lower King Realm, so he shouldn’t be able to suppress his aura so deeply that you can’t track him."

Unfortunately, Huangfu Meizhen didn’t know Tang Xiao, and she also didn’t know that he had obtained many things from his future self’s memories. Not to mention, he also has Xiao Ai, who was always happy to help him by his side.

"Where is he now?"

"He has returned to his room in the inner courtyard to cultivate." Zhao Meiyu propped her chin on the table. "What if I approach him directly? He won’t be able to avoid me with his current cultivation, and I can use my other techniques to force myself on him."

Huangfu Meizhen frowned as she wanted Zhao Meiyu to approach Tang Xiao slowly so as not to arouse his suspicion, but her efforts in the past two days had clearly failed. Besides, she didn’t want her grandfather to know about her action in asking the female beast for help approaching him. "You can approach him directly, and you should succeed in making him obedient to you."

"Alright," Zhao Meiyu rose to her feet. "I’m going to make a move on him tonight, and I hope I succeed in doing that."

"How can he resist her charm? How can he use a technique without moving the qi in his body?" Huangfu Meizhen leaned back in her chair with her arms folded across her chest. "From the start, I knew that he was no ordinary man with his golden cultivation aptitude, but I’ve never heard of a cultivator who could use his technique without moving his qi. I must keep him in this sect forever because he can make this sect much better in the future, and I will use any means necessary to do so."

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Night fell quickly, and Tang Xiao opened his eyes after finishing his cultivation. He saw that Huo Yan had returned and was sleeping on her bamboo bed. He didn’t disturb her and left their room.

[Master, Zhao Meiyu has been keeping an eye on you while you cultivate, and she seems like she will take action against you soon. She also met Huangfu Meizhen earlier, and the female sect master has allowed her to use a more extreme approach to you.]

Tang Xiao wasn’t too worried about Zhao Meiyu as long as her charm technique didn’t work on her, and he thought of a plan to lure her to come to him to stop her. ’Are Yin’er and the others cultivating in their rooms?’

[My mistress and Xing Xing are in the soul cultivation hall; they decided to join that hall and the sword hall, Master. Mu Qingge also decided to join that hall, mainly because she felt she didn’t fit in with the other halls.]

’What about Mu Yan and Sun Xiang?’

[Mu Yan has decided to join the body cultivation hall and the medical hall, but she also plans to join the soul cultivation hall in the future. Sun Xiang’s cultivation is still at the Peak Xiantian Realm, so she can’t join the soul cultivation hall yet, so she decided to join the body cultivation hall for now. As for the martial arts hall, they decided to ignore that hall because they could learn it from Tantai Lingyan.]

’I originally thought Yin’er would join the spear hall.’

[Haha! My mistress originally wanted to join the hall, but she changed her plans after I explained to her about Xuan Huxiao’s character. She wasn’t afraid of him, but she knew you wouldn’t like it if he treated her rudely, so she decided to cancel to avoid future trouble.] Tang Xiao smiled at that because he had already seen the man’s actions yesterday. [For now, you’re the only one who hasn’t made up your mind, Master. If I think about it, the body cultivation hall and the soul cultivation hall are much more suitable for you because you’ve already mastered many weapons and martial arts, so you don’t need to join either hall.]

"Hey." Tang Xiao looked at the man who called him. "Are you a new disciple?"

Tang Xiao nodded at him. "My name is Tang Xiao, and I joined this sect two days ago."

"I see." The man immediately approached him. "My name is Fei Cangyu, and I’ve been with this sect since my cultivation broke through to the Foundation Level. By the way, which is your house?"

"That one." Feng Cangyu gawked as Tang Xiao pointed towards his bamboo house. "Is there anything strange?" 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

Fei Cangyu put his arm around his shoulders and asked in a low voice, "Is that demoness trying to chase you away?"

"Demoness? You mean Huo Yan, right?"

"Yes," Fei Cangyu glanced at the bamboo house. "The people in this inner courtyard call her a demoness, mainly because of her hot temper and rude attitude. Several other disciples once tried to vote for that house, but she kicked everyone out."

"Oh." Tang Xiao nodded slightly. "I’ve checked all the bamboo houses here, and they’re all full. Perhaps she allowed me to stay with her because of that; otherwise, I would have slept outside if she hadn’t allowed me to stay there."

"You’re probably right about that." Fei Cangyu glanced at the bamboo house once again. "You must always be careful of her and not offend her, or she will kill you while you sleep."

Tang Xiao smiled amusedly at that. "Are the other King Level disciples outside the sect? Why haven’t I seen any of them since I joined here?"

"Yes," Fei Changyu answered him with a nod. "They left the sect in three groups to carry out different missions, and each group consisted of ten people. Usually, they won’t return to the sect for one to two months, and they’ll rest here after that. As for me, I just returned from visiting my family in the Taixu Kingdom, so I didn’t join them this time. By the way, there’s one person you should be wary of in this inner courtyard, and you shouldn’t mess with him when he returns."

"Who?"

"Situ Yunze."

Tang Xiao furrowed his brows. "Does Situ Yunze have a relationship with Queen Situ Lingshan?"

"That’s right." Fei Cangyu nodded. "Ever since she married King Taixu Wudie, Queen Situ Lingshan no longer interferes in the affairs of the Situ Clan, and some of its members have become too arrogant because of her status, including Situ Yunze. King Taizu and Queen Situ are quite fair and wise, but they won’t know anything about their actions because the people of the clan always cover them up, so I advise you to be careful of him."

"Thank you for the information, Brother Cangyu." Tang Xiao glanced away before continuing. "I have some business outside the sect, so I’ll be taking my leave first."

"Alright, you should go now, and I’ll cultivate in my room." After he left, Fei Cangyu looked at Tang Xiao’s bamboo house and shuddered. "I don’t know why that woman allowed him to stay with her, but he must be careful of her."

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Tang Xiao deliberately left the sect at a slow pace, and he glanced several times towards Zhao Meiyu’s hiding place. He was annoyed that the female beast kept watching him, making him uncomfortable.

After leaving the sect grounds, Tang Xiao flew to find a quiet area to confront Zhao Meiyu, while Xiao Ai continued to help him monitor her movements.

Some time later, Tang Xiao stopped and landed in a deserted area a little distance from his sect. He looked back, and Zhao Meiyu had already landed there. "Elder Zhao, I didn’t expect you to follow me all the way here."

"How do you know my name?" Zhao Meiyu asked with a hint of surprise.

"Everyone has secrets, right? Even though you’re an elder in our sect, we don’t know each other, so I won’t tell you anything." Tang Xiao activated his Heart-Seizing Technique again, causing Zhao Meiyu’s heartbeat to accelerate. "I don’t know what Sect Master Huangfu wants from me, but I hope you’ll stop spying on me. I didn’t join our sect to cause trouble, but I also don’t like it if someone keeps spying on me."

’How did he know that our Sect Master asked me to do something to him? Moreover, what kind of technique did he use on me to make me feel this way?’ Zhao Meiyu activated her charm again, but Tang Xiao remained unaffected by it. "Hehe! You’re wrong about that, kid. Sect Master Huangfu didn’t order me, and I wanted to approach you after I saw you in the dual cultivation area yesterday."

Tang Xiao shook his head. "You can fool others, but you won’t be able to fool me. Besides, I’m not interested in women who are still in a relationship with another man, so I hope you’ll stop bothering me."