Dao Companion Crippled, Coveters Move

Chapter 462 448: Fairy Ye Is Going into Seclusion, Shang Miaoyan Is Eager to Make a Move

The night was late and quiet, the candlelight flickering.

Ye Liyuan, having just shared a tender, loving moment with Pei Yuhang, was curled up in his arms. Her black hair spilled over his arm as she looked up at him. Her almond-shaped eyes shimmered with moisture, yet held a touch of resolve.

"Ah Han, I'm preparing to go into seclusion."

Pei Yuhang was taken aback, a little surprised. His long fingers gently brushed away the light sheen of sweat on his Dao Companion's shoulder as he whispered,

"Liyuan, you're going into seclusion tomorrow? Didn't we agree to visit Senior Sister?"

Ye Liyuan shook her head gently in Pei Yuhang's embrace. She bit her lower lip, her long eyelashes casting a faint shadow beneath her eyes.

"Ah Han, I want to be able to help you sooner. Only by catching up to your cultivation level will I be able to stop hiding under your wing like I always do."

"I've also had a recent insight into the Sword Dao, so there's no time like the present. I might as well enter a long seclusion... Tomorrow, you'll have to visit Senior Sister by yourself, Ah Han. I'm sure she'll understand."

Hearing this, Pei Yuhang held his Dao Companion a little tighter.

"Liyuan, your Dao Heart is shining brightly right now. It seems you've completely emerged from the shadows of your past. Go into seclusion with peace of mind. I'll wait for you."

Ye Liyuan nodded. Then, as if she'd thought of something, the tips of her ears suddenly turned bright red, and her voice became as soft as a mosquito's buzz.

"Mm... actually, besides wanting to share Ah Han's burdens, there's another reason I want to go into seclusion..."

"What is it?"

Pei Yuhang asked, puzzled. But the person in his arms suddenly drew closer, her soft lips gently touching his collarbone.

His Dao Companion's shy voice reached him, carried on her hot breath against his neck:

"Haven't we always wanted... a little baby? But we've been trying for so long with no success."

She looked up, her eyes shimmering like a pool of spring water, yet filled with earnestness.

"I looked through the ancient texts and found out that the higher a Cultivator's cultivation, the harder it is for them to conceive a child with a Dao Companion of a lower realm..."

"Perhaps after I reach the Void Refining realm, I'll be able to... give Ah Han a cute baby."

Pei Yuhang's breath hitched. Fairy Ye's gaze was so intense it felt like it could melt his very soul.

A warm current surged through his chest. His Adam's apple bobbed, and his voice grew hoarse.

"Can we make one now?"

Ye Liyuan froze, then her cheeks flared crimson, a faint pink blush spreading to her neck.

She lowered her head shyly, her voice nearly melting into the night. "We can't... we can't make one now..."

As Ye Liyuan spoke, her fingertips gently pressed against his chest as if to push him away, yet she was reluctant to. "Besides... didn't we just..."

Pei Yuhang chuckled softly. His warm breath brushed past her ear as he gently nipped her reddened earlobe, his voice low and bewitching.

"We can, Liyuan. We can."

How could Ye Liyuan possibly resist such seduction from Sword Immortal Pei? Her body trembled, and the Fairy's resolute Dao Heart was instantly conquered.

She put up a token bit of resistance, a final display of a Fairy's reserve and aloofness, before obediently closing her beautiful eyes.

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「The next morning.」

Pei Yuhang went to the back mountain and began preparing a place for his Dao Companion's seclusion.

Coincidentally, the secret chamber engraved with various Spirit Gathering Arrays that Ye Liyuan had used when she was severely injured was still there. Pei Yuhang didn't need to exert much effort; he just had to refurbish it.

The noise Sword Immortal Pei made early in the morning naturally alerted Fan Xuan on the back mountain, and... Shang Miaoyan.

Inside the wooden cabin, Shang Miaoyan sensed Pei Yuhang's aura and immediately got up. She wanted to change into a nice, yet understated, outfit to see Pei Yuhang, but when she opened the wardrobe, she found that Fan Xuan's clothes were all either black bodysuits or black, form-fitting dresses...

"Fan Xuan, don't you have any other clothes?"

Fan Xuan, who had spent the night on a cold floor mat, immediately came before the Holy Daughter upon hearing her name.

"Holy Daughter, I am an assassin. I have no other clothes besides black bodysuits..."

"..."

Shang Miaoyan was silent for a moment before changing into a black, form-fitting dress.

At the same time, Fan Xuan's body melted into the shadow at Shang Miaoyan's feet. Shang Miaoyan's aura was completely concealed by Fan Xuan's, which was why Pei Yuhang hadn't been able to see through the disguise before.

After using magic to take on Fan Xuan's appearance, Shang Miaoyan slowly walked out the door.

She strolled about casually, eventually arriving "by chance" next to Pei Yuhang, who was creating the secluded chamber.

Shang Miaoyan recognized the chamber Pei Yuhang was preparing as a secluded room engraved with a Spirit Gathering Array. 'But... if Pei Yuhang were going into seclusion, wouldn't he usually go to the Cold Spring beneath the Cold Palace Sword Mansion? Why has he suddenly come to the back mountain?'

'Is he preparing it for someone else...?'

Shang Miaoyan's eyes flickered, and she asked nonchalantly,

"Pei Yuhang, what are you doing?"

Pei Yuhang glanced at the "Fan Xuan" before him and hesitated, but ultimately decided not to tell her that his Dao Companion was going into seclusion.

He had a feeling that Fan Xuan wasn't as pure and innocent as he remembered.

'Liyuan's seclusion is a major event. It's best if no one else knows about it.'

"Xiaoxuan, you can't live on the back mountain anymore. I... have a use for it."

"Then where will I live? Hmm... you can't make me live outside, you know. Even though Shang Miaoyan is gone, she still has a warrant out for me."

Shang Miaoyan blinked her pretty eyes and began to cultivate a perfectly pitiful look, gazing at Pei Yuhang like a cute kitten afraid of being abandoned.

"You... you can stay in the empty room next to mine from now on."

'Next door?'

Shang Miaoyan was slightly stunned and said subconsciously, "If I live next door to you, won't Fairy Ye get angry?"

"Liyuan is... away on business..." Pei Yuhang paused, then continued, "She probably won't be back for a while. If you just stay quietly in the room next to mine during this time, there shouldn't be any trouble."

"Oh."

She tilted her head, her hair tumbling over her shoulder.

In the distance, a canary flew into a spider's web. No matter how the little bird flapped its wings, it couldn't break free.

Shang Miaoyan found the bird's chirping grating. Her eyes narrowed, but then she remembered Pei Yuhang was nearby and suppressed the faint killing intent bubbling up inside her.

She watched Pei Yuhang's busy back and said, "Just let me know ahead of time when you want me to move out of the back mountain. I won't disturb you any further."

"Mm."

Seeing Pei Yuhang nod, Shang Miaoyan left with a calm expression. She waited until she rounded a mountain path, certain she was beyond Pei Yuhang's senses.

The corners of her mouth, which she had been struggling to keep straight on her fair, pretty face, finally broke into an irrepressible grin.

'An incense stick's worth of time passed... I can laugh now!'

Shang Miaoyan cupped her cheeks with her hands. The surging excitement made her let out a low, infatuated laugh. When she lowered her hands, her face was covered in a pathological flush.

"Oh, *Xiaohan*, you're still so adorable... Believing I wouldn't figure out that Sister Liyuan is going into seclusion. 'Away on business,' hehehe... So very cute, thinking you could fool me like that!"

She licked her thin, long tongue, took a deep breath, and then turned to look in Pei Yuhang's direction, murmuring under her breath:

"This is perfect—if Ye Liyuan goes into seclusion, you... will be completely mine. I can only imagine the look on Sister Liyuan's face when she comes out will be just *priceless*!"