Chapter 716 102: Secret Tactics

In the deep silence of night, the moonlight was like water.

After once again guiding the Magical Power in Yao Rui's body, Li Ji'an went to sit quietly off to the side.

"Senior Chang'an, this is Spirit Food personally made by Miaozhen. Please have a taste." Wu Miaozhen came forward, holding a jar of Spirit Treasure in her hands.

"You have my thanks." Li Ji'an accepted it without letting any emotion show.

His Divine Sense had already seen through everything inside it; with his Tier Three Pill Master, Second Tier Physician skills, and his mastery of Immortal poisons, he could confirm there was no trickery involved.

He couldn't help but feel puzzled.

It had already been three days since Wu Miaozhen had deliberately touched his body again.

And in these three days, Wu Miaozhen had used no abnormal methods at all.

"Could it be I overthought it?"

He had originally assumed that since the other party had taken such pains to make him stay, then deliberately touched him, she must have had some purpose.

But now, it seemed she was more like she was trying to curry favor with him.

"Senior Chang'an is too polite. To be able to attend upon you is already the greatest blessing for a little woman like me." Wu Miaozhen smiled faintly, her rosy smile carrying quite a bit of charm.

Compared with Ning Sujin's mature steadiness and gentle understanding, Wu Miaozhen was like a youthful, innocent girl-next-door.

The youthful vitality radiating off her gave Li Ji'an a very fresh feeling.

"Hm?" Smiling as he looked at Wu Miaozhen's lovely face, Li Ji'an's heart suddenly gave a jolt.

"Something's wrong. How could I have this kind of feeling toward her?"

The next moment, he immediately shook his Sea of Consciousness.

"My Sea of Consciousness is still clear; I haven't been confused by any Illusion Technique."

With Divine Sense comparable to a Late-stage Core Formation Ascendant, and having tempered it with the Divine Grinding Soul Technique, even if Ning Sujin's Primordial Spirit could momentarily veil his Sea of Consciousness, once he shook it himself, he would still be able to detect any anomaly.

So from the start, he had not considered it from that angle.

And now this also confirmed it.

"I haven't been bewitched, then this is…" Once more scrutinizing Wu Miaozhen, Li Ji'an, while his Divine Sense was clear, still felt that youthful aura on her to be quite refreshing.

"My own true heart?" Li Ji'an chuckled wryly to himself.

There was nothing wrong with men always liking young, pretty girls.

"But this isn't the first time I've seen her; why didn't I feel this way before?"

"Could it be the Dragon and Phoenix Double Cauldron Technique acting up?"

Having confirmed his Sea of Consciousness wasn't under any influence, Li Ji'an pondered carefully and ultimately judged that it was most likely the effect of the latest Dual Cultivation Technique passed on to him by Tong Yaoyao.

The Dragon and Phoenix Double Cauldron Technique depended on both parties being genuinely affectionate for the Dual Cultivation to have the best effect.

If either he had no feelings for the woman, or the woman had no feelings for him, the Dual Cultivation would almost have no effect.

He surmised that perhaps because he had frequently dual cultivated with Ning Sujin over the past two years and gained much from it, his subconscious had developed some expectation toward this Dual Cultivation.

And aside from Ning Sujin, in these past two years, he truly hadn't encountered any Female Cultivator who could genuinely stir his heart.

But the Wu Miaozhen before his eyes, with her aura of youthful vitality, did cause a faint delight in him.

After ruling out any methods on her part, Li Ji'an no longer dwelled on the matter; still, although he found her youthful aura somewhat refreshing, his thoughts remained clear and his head cool.

The other party had made no move thus far, but he still could not relax his vigilance.

After all, she carried a Spiritual Treasure on her person, a great stroke of fortune.

Moreover, the matter of Yao Rui very likely might have been something she deliberately orchestrated; he had to guard against it.

Thus, in this mutually peaceful state, another half month went by.

Before long, the Water Spirit Charm in Yao Rui's body was nearly exhausted; the day of departure was just around the corner.

Li Ji'an still had not detected any abnormal behavior from Wu Miaozhen.

"It seems it truly was a misunderstanding."

"She's probably just trying to cling to me."

"Perhaps even the affair with Yao Rui was, in great likelihood, an accident."

That day, his Divine Sense once again locked onto Wu Miaozhen, who was quietly cultivating in the indoor Spirit Pool. Watching her, mind utterly focused, body bare, merging as one with the Water Spiritual Qi in the pool, Li Ji'an's thoughts grew ever more certain.

Unknowingly, midnight arrived.

Li Ji'an's Divine Sense would now and then sweep over Wu Miaozhen's young, smooth, youthfully fragrant body.

The main purpose was to see whether she would display any abnormal behavior.

"Hm~"

Suddenly, the Water Element Spiritual Qi in the Spirit Pool, which had been circulating normally, showed a slight abnormal fluctuation.

Yet Wu Miaozhen still did not notice, continuing to single-mindedly absorb and refine.

Li Ji'an's brows knit slightly as he quickly discerned the cause of the abnormal fluctuation in the Spiritual Qi.

Obviously, the spring beneath the Spirit Pool had become blocked, causing the previously stable Water Element Spiritual Qi to stratify.

"A Spiritual Qi vortex has already formed, and this girl still hasn't noticed."

"This degree of concentration is truly not bad. Unfortunately… her Divine Sense is still too weak to perceive the anomaly."

He had originally intended to quietly step in and clear the blockage in the underground Spiritual Spring, but at the instant he was about to act, a thought stirred in Li Ji'an's mind: "Perhaps I can use this to test whether she really is cultivating with no distracting thoughts."

Time flowed by slowly.

The Spiritual Qi vortex in the Spirit Pool gradually grew in size.

It had clearly already reached the point where it posed a threat to Wu Miaozhen's current cultivation.

Yet Wu Miaozhen still seemed completely unaware.

Li Ji'an's brows slowly furrowed. "This girl is truly this focused."

Boom~

At last, the Spiritual Qi vortex was drawn into Wu Miaozhen's body, completely catching her off guard; the Water Element Magical Power in her body collided with the Spiritual Qi vortex in an instant.

The collision not only produced a muffled bang, it also made Wu Miaozhen's delicate body violently tremble.

Immediately after, the Spiritual Qi vortex began to wrestle with the Magical Power in her body.

Wu Miaozhen also jerked awake abruptly from her cultivation.

An expression of extreme pain appeared on her face.

"Help…" In the next instant, her expression changed dramatically as she tried to call for help; however, the struggle between her internal Magical Power and the Spiritual Qi vortex left her unable even to cry out loud.