Longevity by Grinding Skills

Chapter 539: Chapter 539: Crush

As she spoke, her phoenix eyes shimmered, seemingly appraising Xu Yunfan with a casual glance. But deep within their gaze flickered a barely perceptible scrutiny and a sense of condescending superiority.

To her, this junior brother from Divine Sky Peak had a steadier aura than he did years ago, but his youthful face and the unremarkable fluctuations she sensed suggested he was still lingering at the Early-Stage Foundation Establishment Realm.

’This person must have had some fortuitous encounter to enter the Foundation Establishment Realm.’

She remembered how, back when Xu Yunfan emerged from the Divine Martial Realm, she could have decided his fate with a careless word. She never imagined that after 60 years, he would already be standing on the same level as her.

At the very least, he was no longer a mere fledgling and had gained his own standing.

His aura utterly lacked the profound weight of a Grotto Heaven Embryo on the verge of formation, a hallmark of the Middle Stage. This made her certain.

’Xu Yunfan is without a doubt a fledgling Daoist Master who entered Foundation Establishment no more than twenty or thirty years ago. His foundation is shallow—he’s the perfect prey for me.’

’With my Mid-Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivation, my battle-hardened experience, and my profound understanding of the art of Charming Divine Soul, capturing a Divine Sky Peak cultivator who only recently left Qi Cultivation behind will be child’s play.’

’And I can seize the opportunity to plunder the foundation he’d built from the Legacy of Divine Sky True Monarch. I became fixated on him ever since I learned that True Martial Peak had been renamed Divine Sky Peak and that Xu Yunfan had switched to cultivating the Divine Sky Nine Heavens True Scripture.’

’The Divine Sky Thunderbolt is the epitome of hardness and rigidity, its Magical Power vast and righteous. If I can plunder it properly, it might even allow me to break through to the Late-Stage Foundation Establishment Realm.’

If this True Scripture hadn’t been seized by the Pure Yang True Monarch of the Wansheng Sword Sect, she would have had designs on it long ago.

Now that Xu Yunfan had successfully cultivated it and returned, her interest was naturally piqued.

’When the time comes, even if my life in this world ends, I can rapidly awaken my Innate Wisdom after reincarnation. Reaching the Foundation Establishment Realm again will be a foregone conclusion.’

’This is my chance to truly advance on my path.’

’My next reincarnation is not far off.’

The trap she’d laid within the Sinking Star Sword was precisely the bait used to stir the meager Qi of Divine Sky within his body.

She hadn’t expected Xu Yunfan to be completely immune to Pu Yu’s Charm, but in the end, the outcome was just what she had hoped for.

At this thought, Daoist Master Bai Hua’s smile grew even more charming and alluring, like a man-eating flower in full bloom.

"Junior Brother Xu, if you’re so interested in the great path of Dual Cultivation, why waste your time with a novice? I have been immersed in this art for many years and am a true master. If you’re willing, I’ll personally guide you today. Let me show you the supreme Paradise of Yin and Yang in union, of heaven and earth finding bliss together. What do you say?"

Before her voice had even faded, her eyes, which seemed to contain swirling galaxies, suddenly glowed with a strange pink light.

The surrounding atmosphere grew strange. An air thick with desire, enough to stir the passions of any heart, began to spread.

"HUMMM!"

Following that, an intangible yet immensely powerful Mental Shock Wave of Charm, like a physical soundwave mixed with an aphrodisiacal, bone-dissolving Magical Power, shot straight at Xu Yunfan’s face.

This fluctuation, which targeted the Divine Sense, wasn’t a lethal attack. It was more like prying open the gates of its target’s Heart and Spirit to inject the seeds of delirious lust. It was meant to ignite their primal, instinctual desires, causing them to fall into depravity in an instant, willingly prostrate themselves before her, and become a puppet she could plunder at will.

The secret Foundation Establishment Divine Technique of Hundred Desires Peak: Desire’s Labyrinth.

It was the most enchanting Foundation Establishment Talent Divine Technique from the Heaven and Earth Interchange Yin Yang Separation and Reunion Scripture. If cultivated to its absolute peak, it could even bewitch the Celestial Lord, making the heavens and earth clear a path for its user and the sun and moon shine for them.

At that point, one could truly say that when their time comes, all of heaven and earth will lend them their power.

Daoist Master Bai Hua was determined to succeed with this strike.

She could almost see Xu Yunfan lunging at her, his eyes glazed over, his breathing heavy, and his face flushed.

Even another Mid-Stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, if caught off guard by this technique at its full power, would find their Heart and Spirit shaken, leaving them vulnerable to her.

Against cultivators of the same Realm, this Talent Divine Technique had never failed. Even those who managed to struggle free would invariably flee in a panic, let alone someone like Xu Yunfan, who was merely at the Early-Stage Foundation Establishment Realm.

However, Xu Yunfan stood his ground, utterly motionless.

The bewitching pink wave—potent enough to mesmerize thousands of Cultivators and set their bodies ablaze with lust—vanished like a stone in the ocean as it came within three feet of him, failing to create even the slightest ripple.

The natural and open smile on his face didn’t change in the slightest. His eyes were as clear as a Cold Pool beneath the eternal ice of the nine heavens—deep, calm, and frigid, without a single trace of lust or confusion.

He just watched Daoist Master Bai Hua quietly, his gaze holding no anger, no surprise, only a barely perceptible trace of... amusement?

As if he were watching a clown perform a play of her own making.

"Senior Sister Liu, you’ve gone to such lengths to put on this seductive display. I must admit, I do have a certain interest in... mature women. If you don’t mind, why not come to my Divine Sky Peak for a chat?

As it happens, I have a few lingering questions about the Hundred Desires Devouring Essence Technique I was cultivating. Perhaps I’ll have to ask for your guidance, Senior Sister."

"Huh?!"

The charming smile on Daoist Master Bai Hua’s face suddenly stiffened.

It was as if an invisible hand had seized her by the throat. All her seductive charm froze on her face in an instant, leaving only profound shock and disbelief.

’My carefully woven Desire’s Labyrinth, which contained a massive mental and Magical Power impact, actually failed?’

’It vanished without a trace, and he didn’t even bat an eye.’

’How is that possible? He’s just a "novice" who recently reached Foundation Establishment!’

’Even if he cultivated some kind of Clear Heart Technique, he shouldn’t be able to ignore Hundred Desires Peak’s Secret Technique so completely.’

’Unless...’

A chilling thought shot through her mind like a bolt of lightning.

Under her stunned and uncertain gaze, the smile on Xu Yunfan’s face seemed to deepen slightly, carrying an all-knowing composure as he slowly began to speak.

His voice was calm and steady, yet it struck Daoist Master Bai Hua’s heart like a Heavy Hammer:

"Senior Sister Liu Yunhua," he said, stating Daoist Master Bai Hua’s name with perfect accuracy. "Did you know that it has been nearly fifty years since I first entered the Foundation Establishment Realm?"

As his voice fell, Liu Yunhua’s pupils suddenly contracted!

’Nearly fifty years?!’

’Not twenty-odd years?!’

Liu Yunhua reacted in an instant. The information Chu Chengnan had given her was completely wrong. It seemed her opponent had used some kind of Knowledge Barrier Method to lead her thinking astray.

An icy chill shot up from the base of her spine and straight to the top of her Skull.

A terrible premonition grew wildly like a poisonous vine.

’That Chu Chengnan... a true smiling tiger. To think he’d planted a thorn in my side just like that.’

But before she could react in any way, before the horrified expression could even fully form on her face...

"BOOM!"

A silent thunderclap exploded between the two.

It was a terrifying roar that could only be perceived on the level of Divine Sense.

Xu Yunfan moved.

He didn’t form any seals or perform any hand signs. Not even the slightest glimmer of Spiritual Power, the kind that should erupt from a typical Foundation Establishment Daoist Master, escaped his body.

He simply took a single step forward.

But with just this simple step, the world was thrown into upheaval.

With him at the center, the projection of a "world," infinitesimally small yet boundlessly vast, suddenly descended.

At its core was the phantom image of a seed, the size of a grain of rice, pitch-black all over, its surface densely covered with infinite and profound silver Thunder Patterns.

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