Chapter 225: I Want You to Fulfill Our Agreement Today

"How could you possibly win the Top Ranking Challenge of Tianwai Island? You'd only be wasting your time. Haven't you already become the Tenth Prince of the Tianyu Dynasty? That status is quite good. From now on, just be your Tenth Prince and cultivate properly on Tianwai Island; you don't need to worry about the affairs of the Lingerie-Sect anymore."

Ruo Lan extended two fingers, gently pressing them against the chest of Jiang Xun, who had walked up to her, to stop him from advancing further, then smiled.

"Oh, so the Lingerie-Sect doesn't want me anymore, is that it?" Jiang Xun said upon hearing this.

"Yes." Ruo Lan nodded again: "It has nothing to do with you anymore. Go on. Since you've returned, just take Tu Qing and the others with you as well. Do as you please."

"I thought they hadn't done anything, but it turns out she had already staked herself. I'm afraid the entire Lingerie-Sect is her bargaining chip. Letting you leave is to protect you, right? She even told you to take Tu Qing and the others."

Si Yuyan said upon hearing this.

Jiang Xun could figure this out without Si Yuyan having to say it.

"You've promised the entire Lingerie-Sect to the Lingyun Saint Emperor, haven't you?" Jiang Xun looked at Ruo Lan and asked.

"What business is it of yours?" Ruo Lan turned her head away and said.

"You're asking to be disciplined, aren't you? You still owe me one, you know." Jiang Xun grabbed Ruo Lan's hand and said.

"I can't give it to you. I am now the woman of the Lingyun Saint Emperor. Do you want to try touching me?" Ruo Lan smiled.

"The Sect Master of the Lingerie-Sect... she must have been with countless men, right? Why would the Lingyun Saint Emperor accept her? Isn't he afraid of others gossiping?"

Si Yuyan asked in confusion.

As a Saint Emperor, he shouldn't be interested in a woman who has been with countless men.

"That is everyone's prejudice against the Lingerie-Sect; a Sect Master doesn't necessarily have to be with countless men." Jiang Xun shook his head: "Master's cultivation was passed down to her by the Grandmaster, and she doesn't practice the Lingerie-Sect's techniques."

"Ah?" Si Yuyan was stunned upon hearing this.

"Did you give it to him?" Jiang Xun then looked at Ruo Lan and asked.

"Yes." Ruo Lan nodded.

"Master, you and Senior Sister Ming Ning have the same habit of lying; she learned it from you without even realizing it." Jiang Xun said, looking at Ruo Lan, who had turned her head away.

From the moment she said "What business is it of yours," Ruo Lan had been feeling guilty.

"Originally..." Ruo Lan shook off Jiang Xun's hand: "After the Top Ranking Challenge ends, the Lingyun Dynasty will send people to take over the Lingerie-Sect. Even if you returned, it would be of no use; you could only stay on Tianwai Island with peace of mind. How did you know the Lingyun Dynasty was interfering?"

Ruo Lan had already begun making arrangements when Jiang Xun left the Lingerie-Sect for Tianwai Island. First, she contacted people from the Lingyun Dynasty, which led to contacting the Lingyun Saint Emperor, and she offered the Lingerie-Sect to the Lingyun Saint Emperor on a silver platter.

However, the Lingyun Saint Emperor felt it wasn't enough; he also wanted Ruo Lan.

He wanted to make Ruo Lan voluntarily become the top headliner of the Lingyun Dynasty's Comforting Soldiers Mansion. As for what that entails, it goes without saying; it was pure humiliation.

In order to preserve herself and the Lingerie-Sect, Ruo Lan had no choice but to reveal her secret—that she was still a virgin—to the Lingyun Saint Emperor.

Upon hearing this, the Lingyun Saint Emperor was indeed extremely interested and immediately changed his mind, letting Ruo Lan be his concubine—that is, a consort.

For Ruo Lan, this was the best possible outcome, so she had no choice but to agree.

At this moment, Tu Qing, Gu Qing, Liu Ruoyun, Yin Ningyu, Hua Bairui, Ming Ning, and Lin Qingwan were no longer in the Lingerie-Sect; Ruo Lan had sent them to the former Baihua Sect to swap them with Yu Yan and Li Mengqiu.

The excuse was to distribute combat power evenly between Xuwang Mountain and the Baihua Sect, so that if someone attacked, the odds of victory would be higher with a pincer attack.

Naturally, the disciples of the Baihua Sect would not follow them to the Lingyun Dynasty later, which could be considered leaving a place for Tu Qing and the others to settle down.

Qin Miaoyin would remain here because Ruo Lan was preparing to give Jiang Xun some final instructions before leaving; naturally, she would send her away afterward.

Although this would force her to submit to another, and the female disciples of the Lingerie-Sect might also be sent to the Comforting Soldiers Mansion or even be used for alchemy, it still saved the lives of Tu Qing and the others, as well as the majority of the sect. The result was far better than being completely wiped out.

As for Jiang Xun winning...

She had never even considered that possibility.

Nor did she expect Jiang Xun to completely replace the Tenth Prince of the Tianyu Dynasty.

Logically, relying on the Tianyu Dynasty would have yielded a better result in this situation, but at the time, Ruo Lan could only contact the dynasty in Dongming. By the time Jiang Xun had completely replaced Tian Zeyan, it was already too late.

She certainly didn't count on the Tianyu Dynasty going to war with the Lingyun Dynasty for the sake of a fake prince, and it would also expose Jiang Xun's identity as a Great Elder of the Lingerie-Sect, which would be bad for Jiang Xun's future.

"I have plenty of ways to know about your little maneuvers. Master, I have already entered the final stage. My only opponent is Ling Shangtian, and dealing with him will be easy. Why didn't you discuss it with me before you did anything?"

Jiang Xun looked at Ruo Lan and said helplessly.

"You? You're at the Spirit Transformation... Mid-Stage?" Ruo Lan stopped mid-sentence, looked at Jiang Xun in surprise, and then added: "Even if you are at the Spirit Transformation Mid-Stage, didn't you say yourself that Ling Shangtian could break through to the Void Refinement Realm at any time? How could you possibly be a match for someone in the Void Refinement Realm?"

"Sigh, forget it. It's useless to talk about this now." Ruo Lan then waved her hand: "Take Qin Miaoyin and go to the Baihua Sect. Tu Qing and the others are all there."

"The Baihua Sect!?" Jiang Xun was shocked upon hearing this: "Big sister, are you trying to get them killed? The whole world knows the Baihua Sect was merged into the Lingerie-Sect. If someone wants to find the whereabouts of the Lingerie-Sect, they will definitely go to the Baihua Sect first!"

"Do you take me for a fool?" Ruo Lan glanced at Jiang Xun: "Everyone from the Baihua Sect is now scattered throughout Huanyi City. Huanyi City has a population of over a million; no one will be able to find them if they go there."

The reason the disciples of the Lingerie-Sect could not be scattered was because they needed to perform Dual Cultivation and harvest Qi; the disciples of the Baihua Sect naturally did not have such worries.

"That's good then." Jiang Xun breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this, then said to Si Yuyan: "You should step aside."

"Why should I step aside... oh." Si Yuyan was about to retort, but then she realized.

Jiang Xun didn't hide anything from her, except when he was doing 'that'...

She hurriedly hid herself.

Jiang Xun grabbed Ruo Lan by the wrist and walked toward the bed.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Ruo Lan shouted as she followed Jiang Xun, and she was thrown directly onto the bed by him.

"Today, I want you, Master, to fulfill the promise from last time and cut off your thoughts of marrying the Lingyun Saint Emperor." Jiang Xun looked at Ruo Lan and said.

"Be careful, or I won't be polite to you," Ruo Lan shouted upon hearing this.

"If you can bear to, then just kill me. Anyway, without the Lingerie-Sect, all my efforts up to now have lost their meaning."

As Jiang Xun spoke, he leaned down and kissed her.

Ruo Lan's body trembled visibly.

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"The Lingerie-Sect has been ruined by you this time. What are we going to do about the Lingyun Dynasty?"

Two hours later, Ruo Lan, with sweat on her forehead and slightly damp hair, leaned into Jiang Xun's arms and said.