After punishing Yueming and sending her away, Li Qiushui restored peace to the camp.

  Li Xunran came boung over like a cheerful little mare. "Senior Brother Lin, I'm sorry for what happened before."

  Lin Hao remained indifferent to Li Xunran's apology. He despised the deceitfulness of women, especially since he had been dragged into their schemes. However, sidering she was ag uhe Senior Sister's orders, he couldn't be too harsh.

  To clear up a small doubt in his heart, he asked, "What's the deal between you and Mu Xuan? Surely you didn't bring that sdrel into this just to gain my trust?"

  Li Xunran raised an eyebrow and began to spill the beans. "Senior Brother Lin, Mu Xuan's involvement was an act. He's beeerio bee Dao panions and never hides anything from me. When I found out he wao deal with you, I thought of using him to elimihreat for you while also staying close to you without raising suspi. So, I preteo spire with him against you to gain his trust and used that as a pretext to approach you."

  "So, that night, I didn't really io assassinate you..."

  Lin Hao sneered internally. This woman was truly dangerous. She seemed harmless but could easily take a life with a flick of her hand.

  He uood everything now. Senior Sister had orchestrated a grand scheme to deal with Yueming, and he was just a pawn in it.

  Seeing that he had no more questions, Li Xunran tactfully turned around and brought over two cups of spiritual tea. "Senior Sister, Senior Brother, after such a fierce battle, Yueming has suffered greatly. You must be exhausted. Have some tea to rex."

  After the intense fight, Lin Hao was indeed parched. He snorted coldly, took the cup, and drank it all in one go.

  Li Qiushui also took a sip of tea. However, soon after the tea went down, both of them felt weak in their limbs.

  Li Qiushui's eyes fshed with fusion as she excimed, "Xunran, did you give us the wrong tea? Did you make us drink the poisoned one? Quickly, give us the antidote!"

  Li Xunran's lips curled into a mog smile as she said smugly, "I didn't make a mistake. I intended for you to drink the drugged tea."

  Li Qiushui's eyes were filled with bewilderment. Someone she had cultivated i for years had betrayed her!

  "Who is it? Who's your master?"

  "Hee hee!"

  A voice echoed through the forest like a rk before the person appeared.

  "It's you!"

  Cui Qing'er from Little Bamboo Peak, one of the twelve Qi Refining Great Perfe experts of the outer sect, on par with her!

  Li Qiushui's eyes showed a hint of surprise. She hadn't expected Cui Qio be the one scheming against her!

  To think, this woman had a good retionship with her. They had joihe Xuan Yiogether and pleted many tasks side by side.

  Cui Qing'er wore a purple low-cut dress, draped with a sheer veil as light as cicada wings. Her eyes were like autumn water, her brows like distant mountains, and her graceful curves were faintly visible.

  Such a beauty would make aake a sed look, even Lin Hao, who was in a state of calm.

  Smack!

  Cui Qing'er kicked down one of Li Qiushui's fidants, using them as a human stool. They had just detoxified themselves, and their strength hadn't fully recovered. Faced with such a situation, they dared not resist.

  Cui Qing'er smiled brightly, her beauty dazzling and captivating, with areme allure hiddeh her pure demeanor.

  Enting... This woman was born with an innate charm!

  Lin Hao bit his tongue lightly to calm himself, his mind rag to find a way to break the situation.

  He erplexed. When did Senior Sister make su enemy?

  "Cui Qing'er, we have no grievances. Why harm me?" Li Qiushui struggled to trol her disfort and asked in fusion.

  "There are plenty of reasons to harm you. For instance, I once had a Senior Brother I liked, but he liked you. Because you heartlessly rejected him, his mind was disturbed, and he went mad while cultivating..."

  "Li Qiushui, do you feel your body heating up?"

  Lin Hao was feeling hot all over.

  Upon hearing this, he g Senior Sister. She wasn't just hot; she was sweating!

  "I had Li Xunran add ara ingredient to the tea, a drug that turn a pure fairy into a prostitute. Just like Yueming, I want to see you lose your cultivation and fall into despair!"