"Hmm? Master?"
The gentle, surprised tone mingled with joy echoed through the rain, descending into the grand hall.
A figure in flowing robes burst into the grand hall, instantly brightening the somber atmosphere.
When Zhu Nanzi saw Lu Jin'an, her originally delicate and cold face, as yet unopened like a flower bud, blossomed like the frosty plum blossoms of a snowy mountain. Even in simple attire and light makeup, she was as poetic as a painting.
With flowing black hair like flowing clouds, she walked lightly and quickly. In an instant, she was standing in front of Lu Jin'an, naturally sitting on his lap, her hands encircling his neck, her eyes curved up as she asked with a voice like a babbling brook, "How did you end up here, Master?"
It was not unexpected for Lu Jin'an that Zhu Nanzi arrived. He had already been thinking that if Zhu Nanzi's purpose of coming here was to recruit disciples for Qing Miao Palace, then he might have the chance to meet her again and surprise her.
Facing Zhu Nanzi, who seemed to have been apart for a long time despite it being only a night since their last parting, Lu Jin'an as he embraced her waist, feigned surprise and asked, "How did you end up here too?"
"Of course, I was attracted by Master." Zhu Nanzi's sky-blue eyes glistened with a joyful sheen, as she softly leaned into Lu Jin'an's embrace and breathed like a rose: "Master and my lady really have too much fate~"
Hearing her coy and charming whining, smelling the fragrance drifting from her hair, and feeling the softness of her body under her clothes, Lu Jin'an's body reacted instinctively without his brain's control.
Zhu Nanzi's eyes were curved, and her shallow breaths grew turbulent: "Xiang..."
"Be good!" Lu Jin'an quickly lifted his hand to cover her tender little face: "I still have things to take care of."
"Humph~" Zhu Nanzi inhaled the scent of his neck, lost in it, though she stopped cooing, she didn't leave Lu Jin'an's lap: "The lady won't disturb Master."
"Isn't it still Master Lu last night?" Lu Jin'an teased.
"It's not that easy to change a habit of more than a year and a half," Zhu Nanzi looked at him with a glance: "It's not like you, calling me 'lady' so few times~"
"It's mainly because I didn't expect to see each other so soon." Lu Jin'an smiled and turned his head to look at Lin Mu and the girl who walked over to him.
The girl is most likely the reason for Zhu Nanzi's trip; otherwise, she wouldn't have come over.
"Hus…" Zhu Nanzi paused her words and changed the title, after all, seeing each other so quickly again, Master's heart must still be wary of the 'poisoning by wife' thing: "I didn't expect to see Master Lu again so soon either."
"That's good," Lu Jin'an said softly, "at least I get to see you again before I leave."
Zhu Nanzi's eyes were somewhat hazy, Master's words are really good to listen to~
"That's it for now," Lu Jin'an patted Zhu Nanzi's soft waist, indicating her to get up.
Zhu Nanzi left obediently, and as Lu Jin'an got up and took a step, she followed him step by step, her eyes filled with him.
At this moment, standing at the entrance of the grand hall, Huan Wu stared dazedly at Lu Jin'an, feeling a bit confused.
Hasn't this guy been turned into a sword spirit? How can he be here?
If he wasn't refined into a sword spirit, why didn't he go back with the Holy Maiden last night? And why didn't the Holy Maiden mention him at all last night?
She had always thought that the Holy Maiden was upset because she had refined her heart's beloved into a sword spirit, but...what is the current situation now?!
What happened last night?
Huan Wu couldn't make sense of it, and then she felt a gaze sweeping over her. She turned her head and locked eyes with a young girl of a similar age, and then began to appraise the girl in return.
Lu Jin'an came to the front of Lin Mu and stopped, and Zhu Nanzi followed, pointing at the same time while making a soft supplementary explanation: "I came because of this girl called Xiao Li."
Lu Jin'an looked at her in 'surprise' and said, "I came for this Lin Mu."
Hearing this, Zhu Nanzi's eyes lit up. Could it be that she and Master are really that fated?
She came here for two reasons, one was to enter the mortal world, and the other was to bring back Xiao Li. She didn't expect that Master's reason for coming here could also be related to her... wait a minute!
Could it be that Master came to the Nan Zhuo Domain to enter the mortal world, which is why he didn't refuse her marriage proposal in the first place?
Plus, he also wants to be refined into a sword spirit, so he could be from another sect practicing the Forgotten Path and cultivating the Martial Saint. It's a perfect match!
Zhu Nanzi's voice carried a note of joy: "Master, is it for recruiting disciples?"
Lin Mu and Xiao Li exchanged a glance at the words, though their tension due to the two strangers remained, they felt a bit more relaxed.
"Not." Lu Jin'an shook his head: "I came to kill him."
His voice fell, and Lin Mu's face immediately changed, without any hesitation, he pulled Xiao Li and retreated backward.
However, the Zhenzhao Realm is nothing in the face of the Tongsheng Realm.
Lu Jin'an stopped in his tracks, and in the blink of an eye, he broke through Lin Mu's spiritual defense with his hand and grabbed the other's neck. He then slammed him hard to the ground.
Bang!
The powerful and heavy grip on the neck, with a forceful push, immediately caused the floor beneath Lin Mu to crack like a spider web. Lin Mu himself spat out blood, and his expression instantly twisted into a fierce one with pain. He grabbed Lu Jin'an's wrist with both hands, but it was futile.
"Are you afraid that I might kill you..." Lu Jin'an looked down on Lin Mu with a calm expression: "Or are you afraid of something else, huh?"
"Lin brother!!!" Xiao Li screamed and rushed over, even though she encountered Zhu Nanzi blocking her way, one step away, she did not hesitate to launch an attack.
However, the gap between Xiao Li and Zhu Nanzi is even greater than the one between Lin Mu and Lu Jin'an. Because Xiao Li is only at the Yunding Realm... Even though she has awakened the Perfect Immortal Body in this moment of anger, she is still at the Yunding Realm.
Zhu Nanzi simply had a cold look, and the attacking Xiao Li suddenly lost control and knelt on the ground, her entire body bones groaning under the heavy burden. She tried to reach out, but could only emit painful but worried sounds: "Lin... Lin brother..."
Seeing this scene at a distance, Huan Wu's face turned pale. The Master's intention was to bring back Xiao Li with the Perfect Immortal Body. Now the Holy Maiden's actions...
"If Master wants to kill Lin Mu, then I'll kill Xiao Li," Zhu Nanzi raised her chin and turned her head to look at Lu Jin'an, her originally cold expression showing an unhealthy kind of admiration: "Otherwise, leaving her here would be a liability... but it's not just a liability..."
"With Master's strength, he wouldn't even need to look at her directly. But she couldn't let her future bug him like a fly," Zhu Nanzi explained with a smile.
Hearing the Holy Maiden's voice, Huan Wu's lips quivered, and she ultimately did not utter a word of dissuasion.
Not to mention that Xiao Li's Perfect Immortal Body is no match for the Holy Maiden's Pure Immortal Body, but it is also more important for the Holy Maiden to accompany her husband in completing the journey of entering the mortal world and consolidating her spiritual resolve.
The Palace Master would definitely not punish the Holy Maiden excessively for a stranger's Perfect Immortal Body. After all, she has been raised by her since childhood.
After her state of mind was calmed, Huan Wu looked at the scene in front of her, and her expression gradually became weird.
It's rather interesting to see one couple bullying another couple...
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