Chapter 643: Chapter 522: You and I Can No Longer Be Soft-Hearted

Xiao Mo took a step back, smiled faintly, and said politely, "Staying here would be quite inconvenient. I’m afraid I would tarnish your good name."

"Hehehe..." Hearing Xiao Mo’s words, Xiang Niang covered her mouth and giggled. "Is it that you’re afraid of ruining my reputation, Young Master, or are you afraid that I’ll ruin yours?"

Her gaze was captivating, her voice growing softer. "You’re overthinking it, Young Master. It’s best you stay here. In fact, you can only stay here. This is the Grand Elder’s will. Besides... if you’re willing, Young Master, your time here could be absolute ecstasy."

With that, Xiang Niang waved the scented handkerchief in her hand, swaying her hips as she turned and left.

Xiao Mo watched her retreating figure and couldn’t help but shake his head. He turned, walked back into his room, and closed his eyes to meditate.

Around noon, Xiang Niang called for Xiao Mo from the courtyard to come and eat.

Xiao Mo didn’t refuse and had lunch with Xiang Niang.

The lunch on the table was, for a change, normal.

However, Xiang Niang had changed her clothes.

In the courtyard, she was dressed in exceptionally revealing attire. The hem of her skirt barely covered the tops of her thighs, and her upper body was draped in an outer shirt as light as smoke.

Beneath the outer shirt was a dudou embroidered with peonies. The vibrant colors of the flowers made her skin look even fairer.

Because Xiang Niang’s figure was truly outstanding, the embroidered peonies on her dudou seemed to come alive, making them exceptionally eye-catching.

During the meal, Xiang Niang would even stretch out her long legs from time to time, pointing her ankles, trying to secretly tease Xiao Mo under the table.

But Xiao Mo silently dodged her every time, which made Xiang Niang pout coquettishly.

That evening, when Xiao Mo was in the courtyard kitchen drawing water for a bath, Xiang Niang tried to go in and help scrub his back. However, because Xiao Mo had set up an Array in advance, she couldn’t take a single step inside.

When Xiao Mo finished his bath and returned to his room, he found Xiang Niang had already taken off her clothes and was lying in his bed, warming it for him.

"Young Master, I’m so cold. Come warm me up." Xiang Niang sat up, clutching the blanket to her chest and revealing a sliver of snowy-white skin as she beckoned to Xiao Mo.

"I don’t need my bed warmed. And if you have no other business, please go back," Xiao Mo said calmly.

"And what if I don’t want to go back?" Xiang Niang blinked, her expression filled with amorous suggestion.

"That’s fine. I can rest in the courtyard." Xiao Mo backed out of the room and thoughtfully closed the door behind him.

"Hey? Young Master Xiao! Xiao Mo!"

"I’m completely naked in here! Are you even a man? Are you impotent? Or maybe you just don’t like women?"

Seeing Xiao Mo leave so decisively, Xiang Niang was so angry she shouted from inside the room.

Xiao Mo pretended not to hear and simply sat in the courtyard, meditating and cultivating.

As the night deepened, Xiang Niang saw that Xiao Mo was adamant about not returning to the room. Realizing his mind was made up, she had no choice but to go back to her own room to sleep.

The next morning, Xiang Niang pushed open the door and happened to see Xiao Mo getting dressed. Her gaze instinctively drifted downward.

Her eyes widened instantly, and she subconsciously gulped.

’He definitely is a man...’

"Although this is your courtyard, Xiang Niang, please knock before entering in the future."

Seeing Xiang Niang frozen in place, Xiao Mo sighed, waved his hand, and shut the door again, setting up an Array as he did so.

...

For the next six or seven days, Xiang Niang tried every trick in the book to seduce Xiao Mo.

For example, she went into town to buy some "shameless" clothes that could only be worn at home.

For example, she would deliberately get herself wet and walk over to Xiao Mo, letting her thin clothes cling tightly to her figure.

Or she would be alone in the next room, making amorous cries, intentionally letting Xiao Mo hear.

But Xiao Mo remained unmoved.

Xiang Niang just couldn’t figure it out.

When she tried to seduce Xiao Mo, he did have a physical reaction.

But his "big head" always seemed to be in charge, keeping him rational at all times.

Xiang Niang was even starting to doubt her own charms as a woman.

’But looking at herself in the mirror, Xiang Niang felt that while she couldn’t compare to Miss Jing Ci, she was still very beautiful.’

’And she’d already gone this far—what more could he possibly want?’

’If it had been any other man, she’d probably be pregnant with a little fox cub by now.’

However, what gave Xiang Niang some small comfort was—

—that when she wasn’t around, the other promiscuous foxes in the alley would also come to seduce Xiao Mo, sometimes several at once!

And Xiao Mo, as always, remained unmoved.

’But still...’

’This can’t go on forever...’ Xiang Niang knew.

On the ninth day in the small alley, Xiao Mo woke up and walked out into the courtyard. He found breakfast laid out, but Xiang Niang was nowhere to be seen.

Xiao Mo sat in the courtyard eating, knowing full well where Xiang Niang had gone.

...

"Xiang Niang pays her respects to the Grand Elder!"

In a courtyard at the summit of Wangyue Peak, Xiang Niang, who had arrived early, folded her hands before her and bowed respectfully.

"Rise." Tushan Meng nodded and poured herself a cup of tea, her tone unhurried. "How are things progressing?"

"Reporting to the Grand Elder..." Xiang Niang’s eyes darted back and forth as she quickly organized her words. "I’ve tried everything I can, but that Xiao Mo... he... he still remains unmoved..."

"Unmoved?" Tushan Meng looked up, her gaze falling on Xiang Niang’s charming face. "Did you truly do your best?"

"Elder... I really did try my best. That Xiao Mo is definitely a normal man, but his self-control is truly rare..." Xiang Niang’s voice was tinged with grievance, and her eyes were welling up with tears.

Back when she left Tushan to pick up Tushan Jing Ci, Xiang Niang had been called into a courtyard alone by Tushan Meng and instructed to seduce Xiao Mo.

Tushan Meng had promised that if Xiang Niang could successfully charm Xiao Mo, she would be allowed to enter Wangyue Peak and receive special cultivation from Tushan.

Xiang Niang had been very tempted by this offer from the start.

Moreover, when she met Xiao Mo, she was surprised to find he was handsome, his Primordial Yang was intact, and his Dao rhyme was profound. If she could dual cultivate with him, it would be of immense benefit.

But who would have thought that this Xiao Mo was practically a rock!

She had even used her Charm Technique, but for some reason, thanks to whatever Cultivation Technique he practiced, Xiao Mo was always able to keep his Dao Heart clear and bright.

"If you can’t do it, then I’ll find someone else," Tushan Meng said lightly.

"I can, I can... I can do it..." Xiang Niang said hurriedly. She couldn’t bear the thought of letting another vixen snatch away this juicy piece of meat that was Xiao Mo. "Please, Elder, just give me a few more days. I will not fail to meet your expectations!"

"You don’t have many days left." Tushan Meng set down her teacup. "If all else fails, you can use force. But remember what I told you before."

"I understand, Elder. It will all be because Xiang Niang lusted after Young Master Xiao. It will have nothing to do with you, Elder, nor will Miss Jing Ci find out," Xiang Niang replied.

"As long as you understand. You may go." Tushan Meng waved her hand dismissively.

"Yes."

Xiang Niang bowed and retreated.

The moment Xiang Niang’s foot crossed the threshold on her way out, another woman drifted into view, appearing at Tushan Meng’s side.

"This human man you’ve arranged for your daughter really has an upstanding character," Tushan Meng said, putting down her teacup and turning to her disciple.

Tushan Xinhua shook her head. "I know Xiao Mo’s character. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have left him by Jing Ci’s side, and Jing Ci wouldn’t have fallen for him."

"His greatest fortune is to have earned Jing Ci’s affection." Tushan Meng paused, her tone turning grave. "His greatest misfortune is also to have earned Jing Ci’s affection."

She lifted her head, her gaze drifting toward the Moon God Tree.

"If he’s sensible and marries one of the fox spirits, he can become a Tributor of our Tushan in the future."

"But if, after Jing Ci emerges from her baptism in the Moon God Tree, he remains obstinate and refuses to touch any other woman..."

Tushan Meng turned, looking directly into Tushan Xinhua’s eyes, her gaze deep and cold.

"Xinhua, don’t forget—when that time comes, you and I can no longer afford to be soft-hearted."

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