I, the transmigrated villain, please wait, gentle master.

Chapter 80 The Taiji Hall Master's Criteria for Choosing a Partner

The Judge Temple is located at the other end of the Road to the Underworld, on the other side of the River of Oblivion.

Xia Changfeng followed Si Wuxie out of the market, only to see him stop, turn around and say to him, "You ride the sword."

Xia Changfeng did not refuse and reached for his waist.

This sword, named "Red Tassel," is a divine weapon forged from volcanic lava. It is not usually presented to the public in the form of a sword, but rather as a long, crimson whip that wraps around Xia Changfeng's waist, like a lurking, red-spotted snake.

Xia Changfeng untied the red tassel, and a brocade pouch that he had tucked into his belt suddenly fell out, forcing him to bend down to pick it up.

Si Wuxie, however, had sharp eyes and picked it up before him.

"Oh, whose love token is this? Why does it smell like... plum blossoms?"

Xia Changfeng: "..."

If I told you this belonged to the temple master, would you believe me?

This was the Qiankun Bag that he "casually" snatched back from the Black and White Impermanence.

Si Wuxie's expression changed. To be honest, the fragrance was somewhat similar to the scent on Mei Shiyu's body, as sharp and cold as frost and snow.

Xia Changfeng reached out to him and asked, "Give it to me, I forgot to return it to the Palace Master."

Upon hearing that it was Li Tingyun's bag, Si Wuxie examined it carefully.

It seems that it really is true; he had seen it in Eternal Town as well.

Si Wuxie chuckled, "Aren't you curious about what's inside?"

Xia Changfeng said, "...A little."

Si Wuxie said slyly, "Then let's open it and take a look. This matter is known only to heaven, earth, you, and me. As long as you don't say anything, Li Tingyun will never know."

Xia Changfeng glanced at him and said, "Okay."

Anyway, the Palace Master told him to listen to the old fox in everything.

Then I can only apologize!

The two opened the bag, and half a piece of unfinished pastry fell out. They shook it, and there were crumbs inside.

Si Wuxie laughed, mocking mercilessly, "Your Palace Master really has a childlike heart."

After saying that, he took out a bunch of plum blossoms from inside.

The plum blossoms were broken off along with the branches, and even after so much time, the few unopened buds were still so tender that you could squeeze water out of them.

Mei Shiyu once brought a heavy snowfall to Yongjie Town. Li Tingyun glanced back and saw plum blossoms blooming in the corner of the wall. Without thinking, he broke off a branch and secretly hid it.

He's the type to seize any opportunity and never hesitate to pluck a flower while it's in bloom; he's not one to hold back when it comes to people.

Si Wuxie seemed to have inadvertently discovered something extraordinary.

He suddenly asked, "Brother, you've been in the Taiji Hall for so long, do you know if your hall master has ever cared about his romantic luck?"

Xia Changfeng did not shy away from saying, "He has been searching for a top-grade furnace cauldron for a long time."

"is it?"

Si Wuxie thought to himself: Could it be that I'm wrong?

Deep down, I couldn't help but worry about Cheese's fate.

But if Li Tingyun was so eager to find a vessel for dual cultivation, why did he let Si Wuyou go so easily?

Si Wuxie then asked, "In your opinion, what kind of person does your temple master like?"

Xia Changfeng said with certainty, "In my opinion, he won't like anyone."

"Because he doesn't understand these things at all."

"His desire to find a furnace or cauldron is less about dual cultivation and more about alchemy."

“The biggest advantage of using the blood of the furnace body as a medicinal guide is that it can fuse various alchemy materials with conflicting attributes, which is why the Palace Master is so eager for it.”

"As for dual cultivation..."

To be honest, Li Tingyun possesses extremely strong cultivation talent, and dual cultivation is dispensable for him.

He devoted all the time and energy needed for dual cultivation to seclusion, and perhaps he could achieve an even greater breakthrough.

He generally doesn't do things that aren't cost-effective.

It would be better to stay home and refine elixirs.

If one had to name Li Tingyun's hobbies, the first would be fighting, and the second would be alchemy.

For no other reason than that these two things are very challenging.

Moreover, his interest in the latter has gradually surpassed that in the former.

He always wins fights, which is boring. It's better to refine pills.

He had blown up hundreds and thousands of alchemy furnaces, but his scientific research results were slow to materialize.

If the maximum score is 100, Li Tingyun's cultivation talent is 101, and his alchemy talent is -1.

To put it nicely, he was refining elixirs; to put it bluntly, he was defusing bombs.

He has already destroyed all the alchemy rooms in Taiji Palace and Sixiang City.

The snow lotus seeds of the Nether Pool, a top-grade spiritual medicine, were harvested by him until only a single, lonely seedling remained.

If he had acted any faster, Wang Wu might not be saved today.

It was precisely because there was nothing good to waste that Li Tingyun was able to calm down and cultivate the Yin Meridian Technique near Yongjie Town. Along the way, he even went and wreaked havoc on the protagonist's nine clans. The rest is history.

Xia Changfeng said that Li Tingyun didn't understand what it meant to "like someone," but that didn't mean he didn't have his own criteria for choosing a partner.

The entire Taiji Palace had been searching for a suitable match for him for a long time, and they were looking for someone according to the same criteria: "fair skin, beautiful face, long legs, gentle, considerate and virtuous."

But after Li Tingyun had seen batch after batch of beauties who met his standards, he said four words: "Better to have none than to have something of bad quality."

He threw all these beauties into the alchemy furnace; it was such a waste.

Xia Changfeng preferred to believe that the Palace Master was a lunatic who didn't treat people like human beings, let alone fall in love with someone.

Impossible, absolutely impossible.

"Fair skin, beautiful face, long legs... gentle, considerate, and virtuous?"

Si Wuxie pondered for a moment and said, "Your Palace Master's vision is exactly the same as mine. Great minds think alike."

Xia, neither gentle nor virtuous, asked in a cold voice, "What, have you taken a fancy to some gentle and virtuous woman?"

Si Wuxie laughed it off, but the Vermilion Bird Heart in his chest was acting up again. Sweat beaded on his forehead, and he waved his Lingyun Fan faster and faster.

"okay!"

He scoffed, "I haven't taken a fancy to any of these women. I don't like women at all!"

Xia Changfeng's anger subsided by half in an instant.

Si Wuxie added, "But I don't like men either."

Xia Changfeng asked him, "So what do you like?"

Si Wuxie smiled and beckoned to him with her finger, signaling him to bend down.

Then, she whispered in his ear with her fan, "I like perverts."

Xia Changfeng: "..."

Undeterred, he pressed on, wanting to see what other shocking things the old fox might utter.

He asked, "So, how perverted do you like?"

"For example, a man dressed as a woman, calling himself 'this humble servant' and calling me 'master'."

Si Wuxie asked, "So, little brother, do you want to give it a try?"

"What the hell-"

"Have you forgotten the contract we signed?"

"I fucking—"

"You have to listen to everything I say."

Xia Changfeng glared at him coldly, "If you're joking, I can ignore it. But if you're serious, I will never let you off the hook!"

"We'll deal with the future later."

Si Wuxie teased, "I want to see you dressed as a woman right now."

Seeing that he didn't look like he was joking, Xia Changfeng practically grabbed him by the neck and dragged him in front of him, saying, "Don't play with fire, or you'll get burned."

Si Wuxie said, "So what?"

"I just want to see what you'll look like as a girl. This is an order; do you dare disobey?"

The fox's chin rested on the back of Xia Changfeng's hand, and the hot breath it exhaled made him restless.

Perhaps it was the blazing fire hidden in Xia Changfeng's icy gaze that looked truly terrifying, for Si Wuxie had no choice but to soften his stance and offer a "reasonable" explanation for his outrageous demands.

“You can’t just come with me to the Judge’s Temple like this, can you? We’ll definitely have to disguise ourselves. Why don’t you dress up as my personal maid? A delicate woman by my side won’t arouse Cui Jue’s suspicion.”

This explanation sounds reasonable, but it is actually full of loopholes.

Xia Changfeng retorted, "Can't I disguise myself as a servant or page? Why do I have to disguise myself as your maid?"

"I already told you that."

Si Wuxie innocently replied, "I like perverts."