# Chapter 714: A Siren's Beauty
Purple Mist Spirit Mountain was covered with purple bamboo. As a gentle breeze blew, the bamboo branches swayed and collided, producing a rustling sound, while bamboo leaves fluttered down like purple butterflies.
Mu Lingxi stood beneath the purple bamboo grove, her black hair moving with the wind. Her phoenix eyes gazed tenderly at Zhang Ruochen below, a playful smile hanging on her lips.
Zhang Ruochen stared at her for a full breath's time before shaking his head with a smile. "No."
Mu Lingxi's eyelids rolled upward, revealing large patches of white, clearly unconvinced. She let out a delicate snort. "Senior Brother Lin Yue, although I've only been at Liangyi Sect for three days, I've already learned many things."
"Apparently, your relationship with Senior Sister Qi Feiyu is quite intimate. You two are considered the golden boy and jade girl of Liangyi Sect. I wonder how many disciples secretly envy you."
Mu Lingxi's fingers supported her chin as she stared at the distant mist, speaking in a strange tone. "Senior Sister Qi is a fairy-like beauty, and Senior Brother Lin Yue is exceptionally talented. Both of you have outstanding sword dao talent—truly a match made in heaven. Even I, your little junior sister, think you two are a perfect pair. Two words: absolute match."
Mu Lingxi's personality was quite willful, and she was not a petty woman.
However, seeing her pouting lips, Zhang Ruochen couldn't tell if she was genuinely angry.
Zhang Ruochen stepped onto the stone stairs and walked upward. "Senior Sister Duanmu, I feel like there's meaning hidden in your words."
"There is meaning hidden in my words."
Mu Lingxi grabbed Zhang Ruochen's arm, lifted her sharp chin, and glared at him. "Didn't you say you came to Liangyi Sect to investigate some matters? How did you end up entangled with that vixen Qi Feiyu?"
Zhang Ruochen smiled slightly. "This isn't the place to talk. Let's go to my cultivation courtyard first."
Zhang Ruochen led Mu Lingxi to the cultivation courtyard, then released his spiritual power, completely enveloping the entire courtyard to prevent anyone from eavesdropping on their conversation.
"Senior Sister Duanmu, you actually dared to sneak into Liangyi Sect. That's too risky. Do you know that the master of Purple Mist Spirit Mountain is a Half-Saint? If he discovers you, the consequences would be unimaginable." Zhang Ruochen said sternly.
Mu Lingxi had already returned to her true form, but Zhang Ruochen was still accustomed to calling her "Senior Sister Duanmu."
Mu Lingxi had a maiden-like face, yet every smile and frown was extremely enchanting.
She walked forward step by step, forcing Zhang Ruochen to the corner of the wall, her soft body almost completely pressing against him. "The Half-Saints of Liangyi Sect wouldn't notice an outer disciple."
"Besides, before coming to Liangyi Sect, the High Priestess already helped me conceal my cultivation and aura. As long as no one who knows me sees me, no one can tell I'm the Holy Maiden of the Moon-Worshipping Cult."
For Mu Lingxi, although only a few short months had passed since their separation, each day felt like a year.
Finally reuniting, the emotions in her heart erupted like a volcano. She only wanted to hold Zhang Ruochen tightly and let herself melt into him.
Zhang Ruochen could clearly feel the warmth of two soft mounds against his chest and smell the faint fragrance emanating from Mu Lingxi. "Senior Sister, this... isn't quite appropriate."
"What's inappropriate? If Qi Feiyu can seduce you, so can I!"
Mu Lingxi raised her peerlessly beautiful face, her eyes wide open. Her slender arm reached up to her head and directly pulled off her hairband. With a swoosh sound, her waist-length black hair cascaded down, spreading across both sides of her cheeks.
Then, one of her jade hands pulled down the collar of her Daoist robe, revealing a moon-white undershirt, and above that, her sexy ribs and smooth, jade-like shoulders.
It had to be said, Mu Lingxi's appearance was extremely beautiful—two faint blue eyebrows, bright phoenix eyes, crystal red lips, and skin like congealed fat, snow-white and delicate.
Just one glance at her was enough to make one feel suffocated.
Appreciating a stunning beauty up close, watching her playful, captivating, and enchanting appearance, even Zhang Ruochen felt his blood boil. Especially below his lower abdomen, it seemed as if flames were burning, making it difficult to control his reason.
However, he noticed that Mu Lingxi's delicate body was trembling slightly, clearly also quite nervous.
At that moment, Mu Lingxi bit her red lips, as if making a major decision. Her hands moved downward, about to untie Zhang Ruochen's belt.
"Senior Sister..."
Zhang Ruochen immediately reached out and grabbed her wrist, his expression very serious. He slowly added, "Don't let the act become real."
Mu Lingxi found that Zhang Ruochen's hand was like an iron clamp, firmly holding her wrist. From this, she could already see Zhang Ruochen's determination.
Suddenly, Mu Lingxi understood. She still hadn't completely entered Zhang Ruochen's heart.
What secret was hidden in Zhang Ruochen's heart that made him completely seal himself off? Any woman who approached him was like a moth flying into a flame.
"Hmph! Who wants to make the act real with you?"
Mu Lingxi let out a delicate snort, immediately pulled her hands back, pulled her white Daoist robe back up, and elegantly turned around to straighten her disheveled clothes. "I was just testing to see if you could be seduced by a beautiful woman. Not bad, you passed the test."
She turned around again, as if she had completely forgotten what just happened. Staring at Zhang Ruochen with bright eyes and white teeth, she smiled. "Before coming to Liangyi Sect, I thoroughly investigated Qi Feiyu. Do you want to know her background?"
Zhang Ruochen said, "Is she from the Moon-Worshipping Demon Cult?"
Mu Lingxi's starry eyes rolled, clearly dissatisfied with the words "Moon-Worshipping Demon Cult," but she didn't argue with Zhang Ruochen. "Qi Feiyu is not only from the Moon-Worshipping Cult, but her status within the cult is also quite high."
"Every three years, the cult selects the woman with the best constitution from all over Kunlun Realm, appoints her as 'Holy Maiden,' and pours massive resources into her, using all their strength to cultivate her into the strongest among her peers."
"Qi Feiyu is one such Holy Maiden. Calculating the time, she should be nine years older than me."
The Moon-Worshipping Demon Cult had very high requirements for every woman appointed as Holy Maiden. If they couldn't reach the corresponding cultivation level at the appropriate age, their Holy Maiden status would be revoked.
Moreover, some Holy Maidens were assassinated before they could grow, or died during training.
Therefore, even though a Holy Maiden was selected every three years, the Moon-Worshipping Cult now only had twelve Holy Maidens. Several of them had hidden their identities and were lying low within various top forces of Kunlun Realm.
The cult's publicly known Holy Maidens actually numbered only four.
Zhang Ruochen was quite surprised. He never expected Qi Feiyu's status in the demon cult to be so high.
"Does that mean the Qi Clan is a force of the Moon-Worshipping Demon Cult?" Zhang Ruochen asked.
The Qi Clan was a medieval aristocratic clan that had always been on good terms with Liangyi Sect. If it truly was a demon cult force, the Eastern Domain would likely face violent upheaval soon.
"Not exactly."
Mu Lingxi shook her head. "The cult has indeed been planning to completely control the Qi Clan, but the Qi Clan's foundation is quite deep. After two hundred years, they still haven't fully succeeded."
"Right now, the cult only controls four of the eight main branches of the Qi Clan—roughly half of the Qi Clan's power."
Zhang Ruochen became even more puzzled. "Since the Moon-Worshipping Demon Cult hasn't completely controlled the Qi Clan, why did they dare to appoint Qi Feiyu as Holy Maiden?"
"Because Qi Feiyu is the daughter of Lin Suxian," Mu Lingxi said.
Zhang Ruochen frowned. "Who is Lin Suxian?"
Mu Lingxi sighed. "Speaking of Lin Suxian, she was also a legendary woman. She was once a Holy Maiden of the cult and the number one beauty of Kunlun Realm two hundred years ago."
"In that era, wherever Lin Suxian went, countless talented geniuses would follow. Countless heroes fell at her feet."
"Someone once slaughtered ten million beings in a ruin realm just to win her smile. Another person killed seven Half-Saints in a single day just to see her face."
"The number of people who died because of her is countless. The number of men heartbroken over her is incalculable."
Zhang Ruochen hadn't lived in that era, but hearing Mu Lingxi's description, he still sighed with emotion. "Truly a siren's beauty."
Mu Lingxi said, "In her entire life, Lin Suxian only loved one man."
Zhang Ruochen laughed. "I'm afraid that man would be envied by everyone in the world."
"So what if they envied him? In that era, no one of the same generation could withstand a single move from him," Mu Lingxi said proudly.
"Who?"
Zhang Ruochen was also curious. Such a formidable figure couldn't be unknown.
"Luo Xu," Mu Lingxi said.
Zhang Ruochen was very surprised. "Senior Luo Xu!"
Zhang Ruochen was no stranger to the name "Luo Xu."
He was the patriarch of the Luo Holy Clan and Luo Shuihan's great-grandfather.
Like Zhang Ruochen, Luo Xu was born in Demon Ridge and was the pride of all martial artists in Demon Ridge.
He was just an ordinary youth with mediocre talent, but through his own efforts, he climbed to the peak step by step, defying heaven to become a saint, truly a legendary figure.
If one hundred years ago was the era of the five heroes from the "Heroes' Ode," then two hundred years ago was the world of Luo Xu alone. As Mu Lingxi said, in that era, no one of the same generation could withstand a single move from him.
Zhang Ruochen nodded repeatedly. "A hero matched with a beauty—truly a legendary tale. Wait... If Senior Luo Xu and Lin Suxian were lovers, why is Qi Feiyu Lin Suxian's daughter?"
"Who says beauty and hero must be a perfect match?"
Mu Lingxi's mood was quite heavy. She sighed. "In this world, there is a force that no human power can resist."