563: Chapter 357: Lou Ji’s Normal Dao Domain 563: Chapter 357: Lou Ji’s Normal Dao Domain The air was still for a mont,
Xu Yuan stared at the graceful and voluptuous woman standing at the doorway, tentatively asking,
“Sister, had you noticed her from the beginning?”
Lou Ji spoke lightly, with a hint of scolding,
“Of course, I noticed her the night you ca to see .
Since you didn’t want to talk about it, naturally, neither did I.”
Hearing this, Xu Yuan felt a ripple of surprise in his heart.
Spiritual beings like Lingyun Exotic Spirits can be broadly categorized into two types according to ancient and modern records.
One type has a living body, like Yuchu, capable of producing Will-spirit and Origin Qi, which can be detected.
The other type is like Luo Xiran, with non-living bodies, but with spiritual intelligence, existing between non-living and living.
The forr can generally be understood as spirits that have taken the form of trees, while the latter, in terms of Xu Yuan’s previous life, wouldn’t even count as carbon-based life forms.
As long as Luo Xiran played dead, she was just an inanimate object.
This was also why Tianyan’s Yantian Art could not detect her.
And yet Lou Ji was able to sense her?
While pondering,
the curtains in front of the window lattices in the side room moved without wind,
and a woman in a plain blue skirt gradually ford from a collection of blood-red silk.
Seeing the other party appear in this manner, Lou Ji’s beautiful eyes looked over the woman with interest.
She appeared to be around thirty, with willow-leaf eyebrows, an oval face, bright eyes, gentle and graceful glances, bangs over her forehead, a delicate high nose, and a pale purple ribbon outlining her willowy waist and the curves of her bosom.
“…..”
The two won stared silently at each other,
Lou Ji’s frivolous and impolite gaze mildly furrowed the newly-appeared Luo Xiran’s brows, but upon seeing the other’s revealing and carefree attire, she understood.
It seems she’s a temptress.
Hmph, sure enough, all those around this little devil lack propriety.
Thinking this, Luo Xiran suddenly heard the enchantress opposite her speak teasingly,
“Another woman?
Ever since you, Changtian, began cultivating, it seems there are only won around you?”
Xu Yuan rolled his eyes and pointed at the floor beneath their feet, gesturing towards the room downstairs,
“Li Junqing doesn’t count as a man?”
Lou Ji smiled playfully, not dwelling further on teasing, closed the room’s door, and then walked slowly towards the inside.
With each step, her hips swayed gently, exuding charm.
As she walked, she whispered to Luo Xiran,
“Your original body doesn’t seem to be these strange plants.”
Just at a glance, Lou Ji recognized that Luo Xiran’s current body was made of plants.
Luo Xiran neither confird nor denied, standing still, watching the voluptuous woman walking toward her with chest and buttocks pronounced,
“rely so small tricks, controlled by the Magic Artifacts of my original body,” she explained.
Approaching closer, Lou Ji, slightly taller, stood with her back straight, smiling faintly,
“Your thods are far from trivial, not only controlling life through death but also by common world standards, controlling external things through a dium would have so delay, yet I don’t feel this in the slightest from you.”
Luo Xiran’s expression was serene, with a faint smile on her lips,
“Chief Lou flatters ,” she said.
As she spoke,
Her gaze swept around casually before she continued as if it were nothing,
“This otherworldly floral fragrance intoxicates invisibly; you were able to find because of this, right?”
“…….”
With those words, the room suddenly fell silent.
Lou Ji’s enchanting eyes narrowed bit by bit.
And Luo Xiran still maintained her tranquil composure as she said,
“Your constantly active Dao Domain is what truly can be called a remarkable talent.”
Xu Yuan watched from behind the tea table, his gaze shifting between the two won whose chests were nearly touching.
The conversation was a probe of each other’s depths but was quite informative for the current Xu Yuan.
First,
Luo Xiran’s thods for transforming herself into a spiritual being were exceedingly rare and mysterious.
Second,
Lou Ji, the old lady, was actively keeping her Dao Domain open all the ti.
Could it be the fragrance of flowers?
At this thought, Xu Yuan suddenly recalled the faint scent he would sll every ti before eting Lou Ji.
The fragrance preceded the person.
He had simply assud it was the fragrance of her costics, but now it seed that it was the Dao Domain?
A constant Dao Domain…
Xu Yuan licked his lips.
This was sothing valuable; once his cultivation reached the necessary level, he would have to ask his sister to teach him.
Luo Xiran spoke in a clear voice,
“Chief Lou, if I’ve spoken out of turn, please forgive .”
“Not at all,”
Lou Ji’s voice ca with a seductive laugh, her slender, serpentine eyes shining with a cold light: “You truly surprise , being a spiritual being and yet able to detect my Dao Domain.
I just wonder why you would follow Changtian.”
Luo Xiran’s reply was straightforward,
“Because this youngster saved my life, and now I am repaying the kindness he has shown .”
“Is that so…”
Lou Ji raised an eyebrow, then her voice beca slightly more solemn,
“From the Pri Minister’s Mansion in Dayan, Lou Ji.”
“…..”
Hearing this, Luo Xiran did not imdiately speak, but instead glanced sideways at Xu Yuan, who was beside her.
A mont of silence ensued,
“Sister, this is the sworn sister I’ve newly acknowledged.”
“…” Luo Xiran.
Lou Ji glanced at him upon hearing this and spoke with earnest,
“Changtian, are you sure about this?
It’s ti you took responsibility for your choices.”
Xu Yuan knew Lou Ji was giving him a hint and softly said,
“I understand.”
Luo Xiran’s identity couldn’t be disclosed to Lou Ji.
If she were inford, with Lou Ji’s character and thods, she would definitely place so restrictions on Luo Xiran.
Just as Xu Changge had once ordered Gui Qi to plant a heart demon knot within Old Man Luo.
But the problem was that Luo Xiran was different from Luo Daofan.
The old man was a captive of the Pri Minister’s Mansion, while Luo Xiran was a partner; there was a fundantal difference between the two.
“In that case, I won’t say more,” said Lou Ji upon hearing this and sighed softly, handing over a jade bottle to Luo Xiran, “Judging from Changtian’s earlier aning, Your Excellency seems to have quite so research in pharmacology.
You may take a look at this object.”
Luo Xiran took it and examined it, then her eyes suddenly narrowed.
Lou Ji noticed the change in her expression and asked softly,
“Your Excellency, have you discovered sothing?”
“….”
Luo Xiran did not respond but clenched her fair, jade-like hand slightly, and the jade bottle cracked with a “clack”.
Lou Ji raised her hand and imdiately constructed a barrier out of Origin Qi in front of Xu Yuan, frowning as she said,
“This object is dangerous….”
“Don’t worry.”
Luo Xiran’s voice was steady, and when she opened her hand again, only the fragnts of the jade bottle remained, the blood-colored liquid within having dissipated into nothingness.
A hint of surprise appeared in Lou Ji’s beautiful eyes.
In her perception, Wanyao Valley’s bizarre dicine had already dissipated into nothingness within the other’s body.
After a brief pause, she asked softly,
“Your Excellency, that body of yours is quite convenient, isn’t it?
However, did you find anything?”
Luo Xiran lifted her eyes to glance at her and said in a low voice,
“The dicine is rather strange, sowhat similar to what I studied in the past, but the chanism behind it is already completely different.”
Ghost….
Xu Yuan’s thoughts condensed slightly.
A glimr flickered in Lou Ji’s eyes, realizing that Changtian might have stumbled upon a treasure, and she spoke softly,
“Shall we sit down and discuss this in detail?”
Luo Xiran shook her head and softly said,
“There’s no need.
The chanism of this dicine is to sever the connection between a cultivator’s Sea of Consciousness and their body, allowing the body’s desires to take control of everything.
Chief Lou could try to develop an antidote around Gu Tianlian.”
Upon hearing this, Lou Ji’s gaze turned sowhat peculiar.
Realizing her reaction, Luo Xiran asked in a low voice,
“Has Gu Tianlian beco extinct?”
Lou Ji’s peculiar look faded, replaced by a hint of realization,
“It has been extinct for nine thousand years.”
That’s not good.
Upon hearing her words, Xu Yuan instantly realized that Lou Ji had deduced Luo Xiran’s identity.
And before he could gather his thoughts, Lou Ji’s breezy voice rang in his ears,
“Changtian, this sworn sister of yours seems a bit too old, right?
She won’t even tell her na to Sister.
Is it because she’s related to one of your friends older than you?
“Her…
she must be a Luo, right?
“Don’t be nervous, even though Sister knows, I won’t do anything to her.
After all, it’s our Changtian’s own judgent ~”
“……”
No one was a fool; the mont Lou Ji ntioned nine thousand years ago, Luo Xiran also realized that her cover might have been blown.
Luo Xiran’s calm eyes carried a hint of wariness.
From the conversation between Xu Yuan and Lou Ji, she had understood that this woman, beautiful in appearance, had a heart like a venomous serpent.
For the sake of Xu Yuan, she might do sothing unfavorable to her.
However, after transmitting a ssage to Xu Yuan, Lou Ji did not seem to have the intention of exposing Luo Xiran’s identity and continued as if nothing had happened,
“Your Excellency, according to ancient texts, the pharmacology of Gu Tianlian is for calming the spirit and Soul Fortification.
I have already tried to make an antidote by using similar herbs as a guide.”
Luo Xiran’s bright eyes narrowed slightly, but she remained silent.
Xu Yuan directly used his will-spirit to transmit a ssage, speaking with certainty,
“She won’t make a move against you.”
Luo Xiran pondered for a mont, nodded slightly, then addressed Lou Ji,
“An elixir for Soul Fortification is ineffective?
It seems that the dicine undergoes so changes upon entering the cultivator’s body.
Detailed research is needed and relying solely on pharmacology may not be enough to develop an antidote.”
Pharmacology is a precise science; a slight error can lead to a world of difference.
Once a dicine enters the body, it can cause many subtle changes.
Every kind of Elixir dicine, every kind of dicinal liquid, is the result of countless trials and adjustnts.
Lou Ji chuckled upon hearing this,
“Do you an we need a person to test the dicine?”
Luo Xiran’s eyes showed surprise,
“Are there dicinal test subjects in Xuanying Attic?”
Lou Ji shook her head, her fair lotus-like arm rising slightly as she gestured towards the door,
“We don’t have dicinal subjects, but we’ve captured a few live specins.
Ever since we left Guangyang Prefecture, I have been testing dicines in my spare ti.
“Elder Luo, why not co with and have a look?”
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