Let's get back to the topic. We've been chatting normally all night, and I thought you didn't mind those awkward things. But it turns out you've been holding a grudge and waiting for the opportunity to bring it up?

Zhao Changhe was almost in tears. He didn't know how to respond.

What's even more embarrassing is that he was actually a little tempted this time, and couldn't justify saying he didn't want to do anything.

There's nothing he can do. As a virgin, Zhao Changhe had no choice but to say with a straight face, "I really didn't think about it before... it was just some idle talk with my brothers in the stronghold, don't worry about it."

Yue Hongling raised her eyebrows.

What do you mean you didn't think about it before? Does that mean you're thinking about it now?

Zhao Changhe said, "But can you stop touching me? I'm just a normal man... I can control myself with some deep breaths and abdominal contractions. There's really no need for that..."

Yue Hongling's hand almost left a bloody handprint as she gritted her teeth and said, "Who's touching you? I'm waiting for you to absorb external energy so I can help you guide your dantian and blend your internal energy. Do you think the method of breathing exercises is just about breathing? No one taught you how to do it properly!"

Zhao Changhe opened his mouth and hung his head. "Then go ahead and touch me."

Yue Hongling: "?"

How did it become like I'm taking advantage of you?

I came to you for help, and you came to me for advice. I selflessly taught you, and it was supposed to be a pleasant conversation. How did it turn out like this?

She gritted her teeth and increased the pressure. "Take a deep breath, focus your mind..."

"Boss, boss!" The door was pushed open with a bang, and a bandit ran in gasping for breath. "Something happened outside... um..."

Yue Hongling turned her head expressionlessly and slowly looked down at her posture of touching Zhao Changhe's lower abdomen. She didn't need to think to know what others would think she was doing.

Their reputation was completely ruined this time.

No, I'm not Yue Hongling. I'm a woman who looks a bit like Yue Hongling.

Zhao Changhe's face was stiff. "What's the matter?"

"Um, someone went to the back mountain just now and found that a trap had been triggered. It doesn't look like a wild animal did it, so there might be someone in the mountains."

Zhao Changhe was startled, and all his messy thoughts disappeared. He stood up suddenly and said, "You did a good job... we all drank a little too much tonight, and it's really the best opportunity for a night attack. I was careless... "

He took two steps and said to Yue Hongling, "Yue... Yue'er, stay in the house and don't go out. I'll go out and check the situation, and also arrange for someone to guard this place."

Yue Hongling twitched her mouth and turned her head without answering.Zhao Changhe walked out in big strides, and he could vaguely hear the bandits outside saying, "Boss, your sister-in-law really looks like Yue Hongling. So, the boss is secretly in love with Yue Hongling...”

Zhao Changhe left without saying a word, "It's none of your business... go and keep an eye on things, don't let your sister-in-law get hurt."

"Of course, it's on me! If your sister-in-law loses a hair, I'll twist my head off and use it as a chamber pot for the boss!"

"What nonsense, go do your work!"

Yue Hongling suddenly felt like laughing. Whose reputation was being ruined here? Others didn't know that this was the real Yue Hongling. In fact, her reputation was not bad at all. It was Zhao Changhe's secret love for her that could not be erased.

Will that Xia Shengnu come and kill him?

As she was thinking, she suddenly felt a movement in her heart, and her long sword was suddenly in her hand, "Who is the expert here? Why not show yourself?"

A muffled voice came from the treetops outside the window, "It's me."

The voice sounded weak and sickly.

"Cui Yuanyong?" Yue Hongling was dumbfounded. Oh no, now someone really knows that she is Yue Hongling...

No, what are you here for!

She was so angry that she wanted to kill someone, "You are more injured than me, why did you come to the mountain stronghold in the middle of the night? When did your Cui family start to care about this kind of low-level wanted criminal? If you really want to catch a wanted criminal, you don't have to risk your life like this, right?"

The sickly voice outside the window said, "I heard a rumor that the wife of the leader of the Beimang Mountain stronghold is quite beautiful and looks a bit like Yue Hongling. Zhao Changhe really likes her... I don't think it's right, maybe you were caught by the bandits by accident, so I came to check on you. But now it seems that I have come at the wrong time, not only that, but I also came at the wrong place."

Yue Hongling's face turned black as a pot, "When did you come?"

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"Just now... when you voluntarily leaned on him and reached down. Indeed, a woman's intuition is almost zero at such times... He left, and you suddenly became very alert. I didn't do anything and you found me..."

"Clang!" The sword aura was cold, and the killing intent soared.

"Cui Yuanyong, go to hell! Why did I join him? Why did I fall into a trap? It was all your fault from beginning to end!"

"Ding ding ding ding!" The sound of the long sword clashing echoed in the distance.

"Cough cough... Cui was just trying to be kind and accidentally disturbed your peace. Why are you so angry..."

"I... I'll kill you!"

"Indeed, it's hard to raise women and villains... Goodbye."

"If I hear any rumors outside, my family and your family will be at odds!"

..."So it was a misunderstanding? The other party had no ill intentions?" Zhao Changhe, who had returned to the room, rubbed his hands and looked at Yue Hongling, who was red with anger, and suddenly thought to himself, could this Cui Yuanyong's real profession be a spy...

Look at how this turned out...

But to be honest, he really didn't want to turn things into this. Yue Hongling and he really didn't have that kind of relationship, and it could only bring trouble to both parties. It not only made their relationship difficult, but Yue Hongling might even have to avoid suspicion and not have any friends in the future.

He didn't know whether to thank this Cui brother or cut him.

However, just when he thought that they might not even be friends anymore, Yue Hongling suddenly spoke up, "There's a spy in your stronghold."

Zhao Changhe was stunned, nodded and said, "Yes, you only fell into the pit in the evening, and it wasn't even midnight yet, but Cui Yuanyong had already heard about it in the city. Obviously, someone had been gossiping."

Yue Hongling asked, "Do you know who it is?"

"Uh-huh."

"Do you need help dealing with it?"

"Not for now. I can handle it when the time comes... Of course, if you want to vent, you can deal with it now."

"Since you have a plan, there's no need." Yue Hongling said lightly, "It was a misunderstanding, so let's not think too much about it. You sit still, and I'll guide your breathing."

Zhao Changhe was dumbfounded, "You...still..."

"What? Why can't I do it? Cui Yuanyong is from a prominent family, and he shouldn't be so vulgar as to believe in rumors like a country bumpkin. Besides, Yue Hongling has a clear conscience and is doing what I should do. What does it matter what others say?" Yue Hongling glanced at him and suddenly smiled, "Why, do you think I would break off our friendship over such a small matter? What fault do you have in this matter that I would be angry with you?"

"I..." Zhao Changhe pursed his lips and finally didn't say anything else, sitting quietly.

Yue Hongling was still the same in his heart, bold and straightforward, with a clear distinction between right and wrong, and had not been overturned.

The setting sun, Hongling, cannot be restrained. How could she be troubled by mere worldly rumors?

Zhao Changhe sat quietly there, while Yue Hongling still pressed her hand against his belly. The gentle true energy entered his body, and merged with the inhaled breath, demonstrating, "Remember this feeling. Take three long breaths and two short breaths, gradually adjust your breathing. When you get used to it, you won't have to do it deliberately anymore."

"I understand."

"I'll teach you the mantra, you write it down..."The fragrance of his female master still lingered, her hair brushing against his face. Zhao Changhe, however, could no longer indulge in such thoughts. A clear and decisive voice reached his ears as he immersed himself in the circulation of his breath and inner energy, gradually entering a state of meditation.

Yue Hongling had long since removed her hand and was sitting beside him, eyes closed as she healed her injuries.

After an unknown amount of time, Zhao Changhe opened his eyes. A flash of light seemed to pass through the darkness, and electricity crackled in the empty room.

Second level of Xuan Guan.

Yue Hongling also opened her eyes almost simultaneously, giving a slight smile. "You were only supposed to familiarize yourself with the technique during the first transmission, yet you broke through with a single burst without hesitation. Your dominance is just like your name, unstoppable like the flow of a river."

"You flatter me. I think my name is pretty unremarkable. By the way, that last sentence of yours would make a great proclamation for Chaos Chronicles. Damn that book..."

Yue Hongling ignored him and furrowed her brows. "Your technique...it's so strong...I've never heard of such a powerful technique at only the second level of Xuan Guan. Yet it doesn't seem to have any specific attributes, just pure and vast...what kind of divine technique is this?"