Her slender, elegant eyebrows lifted slightly, her eyes like autumn water. "You're leaving?"
Gu Junshi didn't reply.
She didn't feel obligated to account for herself to him.
Danyan waved his sleeve, and a clean, ethereal breeze brushed past her face, dispelling the concealment charm that Zhiyang Daoist had placed on Gu Junshi.
The character "狐" (fox), as if burned into the bone, was revealed on Gu Junshi's cheek. Because her skin was thinner and more translucent than that of ordinary people, like jade flawed, it made her appear even more incomplete and regrettable. Yet, strangely, coupled with her extremely clear and cold demeanor, it inexplicably made her appearance not seem ugly at all.
Was this what they called an aura boost?
He fixed his gaze on the character "狐" and said with a light smile, "You bear the Soul Locking Curse placed by the Sect Master. If you leave the Great Evolution Sect like this, aren't you afraid of death?"
Gu Junshi still didn't answer.
Danyan, however, assumed she was momentarily at a loss for words upon hearing this. After all, women were generally timid, and when it came to matters of life and death, they instinctively sought reliance from men. Reading a book.
"Why don't you come back with me... I'll break this curse for you?"
He smiled at her, gentle and harmless.
Generally, when an unfamiliar man and woman invite each other to "go back," it's invariably with ulterior motives.
What bad intentions could Danyan, who blocked her path, possibly have?
He merely thought – as long as the hoe swings well, no wall is too stubborn to dig through.
He once thought that killing this mortal would cripple Liu Jiang Fusheng, but later, when Danyan saw the numerous beauties surrounding him, he suddenly changed his mind.
Losing a loved one would undoubtedly bring sorrow, but it would be a temporary pain. With Liu Jiang Fusheng's future achievements, he would never lack admirers, and abundant tenderness and affection would eventually make him forget everything.
Therefore, he believed that sometimes complete loss was worse than keeping him dangling, letting him experience the pain of constant longing and unattainability.
If he were to snatch Liu Jiang Fusheng's beloved, making him experience the feeling of being cuckolded, that would likely be a deeper, more profound anger and pain than death itself.
The thought of such a future scene sent a thrilling current of excitement through Danyan's refined and slender body, his eyes filled with a dark, interwoven, peculiar anticipation.
Finally, Gu Junshi spoke, "You say you can break the Soul Locking Curse?"
A demonic curse that even Zhiyang Daoist was helpless against, and he, with his Golden Core cultivation, was confident he could break it?
"You don't believe me? If I break it for you..." Danyan slowly approached her tentatively, his crescent-moon-shaped eyes curving. "How will you repay me?"
Upon closer inspection, Danyan realized that Gu Yi's eyes were very beautiful. The full, flowing contours swept down, the corners of her eyes narrowing into elongated slants. Because her dark eyelashes were relatively straight, they semi-covered them, resembling a pair of rich wings gathered by the frost of a full moon.
However... was she a face-puller?
It seemed he had never seen her smile.
When looking at people, her gaze was placid and unwavering.
When ignoring people, she was indifferent and silent.
When speaking, her tone was even...
He suddenly had an uncontrollable thought.
He wanted to see her smile at him.
Not a cold sneer, a scoff, or a slight, chilling tug of the lips.
But a natural smile.
Seeing him lost in thought while staring at her, Gu Junshi wondered what he was thinking.
She didn't believe he could break the Nine-Tailed Fox's Soul Locking Curse, unless he possessed some special magical artifact. Moreover, she hadn't forgotten his earlier malicious act; he might have forgotten, but she hadn't intended to let it go.
"No need for you to break it."
These four words, so definitive, completely shattered Danyan's triumphant composure.
He narrowed his eyes in seriousness, thinking she was still holding onto hope for Liu Jiang Fusheng. "Gu Yi, I saw Fang Rui looking for you. You might not know, but you can't compete with her. Her father is the Pavilion Master of the Heavenly Tide Pavilion among the Thirteen Heavens. She herself possesses great talent, a single spirit root, and from all aspects, she is extremely well-matched with our Junior Brother Fusheng." His tone shifted, a sigh of near pity escaping him. "And you are merely a mortal."
"A mortal..." Gu Junshi mused over the word. She didn't know how many times someone had commented on her being just a mortal. She didn't argue with him on this, only asking, "You want me to go with you, and you want to break my Soul Locking Curse, are you expressing your affections for me?"
Danyan hadn't expected her to reduce a romantic overture between a man and a woman to such a plain and uninteresting matter. His ambiguous teasing had not elicited butterflies in her stomach, but rather, the butterflies in his heart had abruptly crashed into a wall. He replied dryly, "Yes, I suppose..."
It wasn't that he didn't want to play hard to get, but seeing her eyes, he figured if he "played hard to get" any longer, she would undoubtedly turn and leave without a word.
"Then I'm worthy of you?" she asked.
Danyan hadn't anticipated her asking this. After a moment of thought, he gazed at her with feigned sincerity and affection. "I don't care about those things."
He lifted a strand of her hair that had fallen onto her shoulder. "He is not suitable for you, but I am different."
"How are you different?"
"You don't care about your reputation, nor about the status of a Dao companion. You can enjoy fine clothes and food by my side, doing as you please..." He leaned closer to her. His face, once praised as divine by the Eleven Heavens, was flawless and divinely gifted.
The folds in his eyes were deeper, making him appear more refined and handsome than someone with peach blossom eyes. He looked at everyone as if with deep affection. "As long as you come to my side."
However, facing this irresistible male beauty, Gu Junshi's face showed no blush, and her heart remained unfazed.
All lies.
He was driven by profit, ambitious, and scheming.
Yet, he despised her while also deigning to seduce her. What was his plan?
Just then, a dazzling white light shot forward. The surrounding quiet air seemed to explode. Like a streaking comet, it passed directly between their noses, stirring up gales and falling leaves, the chill brushing against their faces like a caress.
Danyan quickly retreated a few steps, avoiding its dangerous trajectory.
The sudden, chilling glint had been almost entirely directed towards his side, as if there were some deep-seated hatred between them.