It must be said, Jun Xiaoyao has quite the way with women; he really knows how to play the game.
Before him, Xia Guihua looked like a beautiful painting.
Jun Xiaoyao felt a bit restless, his hands itching to create.
Hearing his words, Xia Guihua's delicate face flushed, and even her translucent earlobes turned deep red.
Yet, she did not refuse.
"I am afraid I am showing off before an expert."
Jun Xiaoyao smiled slightly.
Xia Guihua had paper and a brush, which she handed to Jun Xiaoyao.
Jun Xiaoyao began to paint with the Taiyuan Brush.
He concentrated his magic power at the tip of the brush.
A moment later, a peerless beauty emerged from beneath Jun Xiaoyao's brush.
Her skin was as white as snow, a golden Mystic Bird mark sat between her brows, and a delicate blood-moon brand rested on her back.
She appeared both noble and ethereal, yet mysterious and alluring.
Xia Guihua was stunned.
"Xiaoyao, have you ever Cultivated the Dao of Painting?"
She couldn't help but ask.
"Never," Jun Xiaoyao replied.
Xia Guihua was truly astonished.
These techniques and methods were definitely not inferior to her own.
In fact, they held an even more profound Dao aura.
"What a Prodigy..."
Xia Guihua couldn't help but murmur.
Exceptional people could draw inferences about other things from one instance; even for things they had never done before, they could match the level of a Grandmaster.
One could only say that Jun Xiaoyao was simply born to be a Prodigy.
However, what surprised Xia Guihua even more was yet to come.
She saw the beauty in Jun Xiaoyao's painting detach from the scroll, transforming into a torrent of magic power that surged directly into Xia Guihua's body.
And the blood-moon demonic pattern on Xia Guihua's back began to be slowly suppressed.
"I have infused this painting with Chaos Power, which can temporarily assist you in suppressing that power within you."
"What you need to do now is to ensure no one discovers your true nature," Jun Xiaoyao said.
"I understand," Xia Guihua nodded.
Since Jun Xiaoyao had helped her this much, she could not give up on herself.
Then, Xia Guihua put on her clothes.
"It seems my painting was for nothing," Jun Xiaoyao said, shaking his head slightly as he looked at the scroll that had turned back into a blank sheet of paper.
Xia Guihua bit her lip slightly, glanced at Jun Xiaoyao, and hesitated before saying, "In the future, if you wish, Guihua can... let you paint me again, just like this time."
Heaven knows what a fatal temptation it was for Xia Guihua to say those words with such a shy and timid expression.
However, seemingly realizing the ambiguity in her words, her face flushed crimson, and she added, "Of course, I mean letting you paint, not anything else..."
Jun Xiaoyao laughed.
"And what if I wanted something else?"
"That... I..."
Xia Guihua couldn't find her words.
She felt as if her face was so hot it was starting to steam.
Why did Jun Xiaoyao always like to tease her so much?
"Alright, let's talk about that after we resolve your issues."
Seeing Xia Guihua, who had been teased until her face was red, Jun Xiaoyao paused his offensive.
Xia Guihua was not on the same level as him.
A king teasing a bronze player was no fun.
This pure-hearted little Imperial Princess was completely at Jun Xiaoyao's mercy from start to finish.
"By the way, Xiaoyao, there is one more thing I need to tell you."
Xia Guihua adjusted her emotions and then said.
"What is it?"
"It is about the immortal cauldron."
"Oh?"
Jun Xiaoyao became interested.
"Earlier, when the demonic pattern appeared on my back, the power of the Heavenly Fate Mystic Bird hidden between my brows also reacted."
"Perhaps due to the power of the demonic pattern, the Heavenly Fate Mystic Bird's power was triggered."
"And at that moment, I had a vague intuition, sensing the location of the immortal cauldron."
"Where?" Jun Xiaoyao asked.
Logically speaking, the secret of the immortal cauldron was extremely important to the Great Xia Sacred Dynasty.
The immortal cauldron was also a significant artifact of the Ancient Sacred Dynasty, and its importance was beyond doubt.
Yet, Xia Guihua did not hesitate in the slightest and directly told Jun Xiaoyao the location she had sensed.
"If my sensing is correct, that immortal cauldron should be in the Hunxu Star Realm."
"Hunxu Star Realm?"
Jun Xiaoyao's eyes flickered with a strange look.
Just then, a long-absent mechanical voice rang in his mind.
"Ding, congratulations to the host, a new sign-in location has been refreshed. Please sign in at the secret location in the Hunxu Star Realm!"
Jun Xiaoyao's expression remained unchanged as he looked at Xia Guihua.
"Guihua, are you really just telling me like this? After all, this immortal cauldron is very important to the Great Xia Sacred Dynasty, right?"
Xia Guihua's lustrous eyes were fixed on Jun Xiaoyao.
"You can protect me like this and consider so much for me; can't I do something for you in return?"
"Let alone just a clue about the immortal cauldron, even if you truly wanted the immortal cauldron, you could take it."
After what had just happened, the relationship between her and Jun Xiaoyao had undergone a substantial change.
They could both wholeheartedly consider each other's well-being.
Jun Xiaoyao was slightly dazed.
The Xia Guihua before him reminded him of Jiang Shengyi.
Both were the same—considering him, giving for him, and never calculating gains or losses.
Seeing the warmth hidden in Jun Xiaoyao's gaze, Xia Guihua blushed and lowered her head slightly.
"Then, are you not coming with me?" Jun Xiaoyao asked.
"I will not for the time being. Although I have your Chaos Power to assist, suppressing this demonic pattern will still take some time," Xia Guihua said.
If she did not suppress the demonic pattern, she would find it difficult to move about, as others might detect something amiss.
"Alright, then you should go into seclusion for a while."
Jun Xiaoyao agreed with Xia Guihua's approach.
At the moment, Xia Guihua's secret truly could not be exposed.
Afterward, Jun Xiaoyao departed.
"Hunxu Star Realm."
He muttered to himself.
At the Origin Academy, Jun Xiaoyao had learned some information about the Origin Universe.
That Hunxu Star Realm seemed to be the star realm where the Ancient Imperial Clan, the Li Clan, resided.
It was the Family that Li Xinghe and Li Peiyu had come from.
"Will it be the same as what I am thinking, the Li Clan..." Jun Xiaoyao thought to himself.
On the other side of the Origin Academy.
Outside the Hall of Discipline.
Covered in blood and in a wretched state, Chen Xuan walked out, limping.
His aura was withered, not a single patch of good skin could be seen, and his expression was somewhat dull, as if his Soul had suffered a severe shock.
"Chen Xuan, how are you?"
Yuan Lingxuan, who had been waiting outside, saw Chen Xuan walk out and stepped forward with concern.
Seeing Chen Xuan in this state, Yuan Lingxuan felt a pang of pain in her heart.
"I... am fine..."
After a long while, Chen Xuan finally came to his senses.
"How could you be fine?" Yuan Lingxuan's eyes turned slightly red.
Having his Cultivation crippled by the Spirit-Shattering Millstone, how could Chen Xuan be fine?
She took out a sacred healing pill for Chen Xuan to take.
However, Chen Xuan grabbed Yuan Lingxuan's sleeve.
"Senior Sister, I have something to tell you!"
"Speak."
"That person who ambushed me and took away the heavenly dao staff is undoubtedly Yun Xiao!" Chen Xuan said with a firm, decisive tone.
"What?"
Yuan Lingxuan's eyelids twitched, unable to believe it.
It was that Imperial Son of the Yun Sheng Imperial Palace who had ambushed Chen Xuan?
"This... how is this possible?"
Yuan Lingxuan shook her head, instinctively feeling that this was too bizarre and unable to think of any reason.
What was Jun Xiaoyao's status?
And what was Chen Xuan's status?
Would a person of that status need to go to such lengths to deal with a mere Chen Xuan?
"It is absolutely true, I am certain of it. Senior Sister, you just need to bring an Elder from the Grass Hall to Yun Xiao, search him, and you will definitely find the heavenly dao staff!"
Chen Xuan said with conviction.