"That was unexpected," Yu Xiang said, looking from a substantial height, standing at the peak of a tree where Tianlong held her in princess carry.

The wind whipped through her dark hair as she gazed down at the fox village below, violet eyes still processing everything that had just transpired.

Her body ached from Akane's spiritual pressure attack, but the pain was overshadowed by the adrenaline of their narrow escape.

"And why is that?" Tianlong asked, his strong arms supporting her weight effortlessly as they balanced on the swaying branch.

His crimson-gold eyes scanned the horizon, ensuring they were beyond immediate pursuit while his enhanced senses monitored the spiritual signatures below.

"I did not expect you to tell such a big secret to her," Yu Xiang replied, her voice carrying a mixture of admiration and concern.

The casual way he had revealed his dual cultivation abilities—information that could make him the target of every ambitious cultivator in the realm—had caught her completely off guard.

Tianlong chuckled, the sound rumbling through his chest where she pressed against him. "Didn't you also tell your secret to Zhao Chen?"

The comparison made her flinch, violet eyes flickering with uncomfortable recognition as memories surfaced. She looked toward him for a moment, studying his knowing expression.

"Zhao Chen is weaker than me," she said finally, her voice defensive. "But what about you? Do you know that woman can trap you in a basement and keep you there forever?"

The very real possibility made her stomach clench with worry. Someone of Akane's power level could easily overpower even a Great Vehicle Realm cultivator if she decided to act.

Tianlong shook his head, his expression remaining calm despite the legitimate threat. "She can't do that. You already know—if she tried to pull that off, I would just either run away or kill her. Or kill her beloved. There are many ways to manipulate her, don't you think?"

The casual mention of murdering someone Akane loved made Yu Xiang's breath catch. She shook her head, troubled by the cold calculation in his voice.

"How can you be thinking of using someone's naive heart?" she asked, her voice carrying genuine concern about the moral implications.

Tianlong's expression grew more serious as he shifted his grip on her, pulling her closer against his chest as they stood on the precarious perch.

"Do you know how strong she is?" he asked, his voice dropping to a whisper despite their isolation. "If not for me always using my artifact and energy to silence our words, she is literally watching over me from that distance. Nothing around a hundred miles is escaping her sight."

Yu Xiang's eyes widened in shock. "What?"

She immediately looked toward the direction of the village, her cultivator senses straining to detect the spiritual pressure she had somehow missed. When she finally perceived the true scope of Akane's surveillance abilities, her face went pale.

"Indeed, those power levels are really monstrous," she muttered, understanding dawning in her expression. "What is her power level, by the way?"

Tianlong looked toward the system screen that materialized in his vision, scanning the information with clinical detachment.

[Target: Kitsune Akane]

[Cultivation Level: Early Great Mahayana Realm]

[Status: Upper Realm Standard Entry Level]

The numbers confirmed what he already suspected—she was operating at the baseline power level for upper realm inhabitants.

"Why would it matter to you?" he said instead, deflecting the question while tightening his hold on her. "You aren't a man or dog whom she can fool."

Yu Xiang flinched at his words, recognizing the callback to her earlier crude comments about men being like dogs.

"You know I was kidding, right?" she said, her voice small with genuine regret.

Tianlong chuckled, but there was an edge to the sound. "But how would I believe you now? I don't think you were kidding."

"You already know," she said bitterly, unable to meet his eyes as shame colored her cheeks.

Looking into her violet eyes, he felt his expression soften slightly. "But I must say, you are really something else, huh? You didn't even flinch after getting trapped in that illusion."

The memory of those phantom blades carving through her flesh made Yu Xiang wince involuntarily. Her body remembered every cut, every moment of agony.

"You knew, yet you..." she began, accusation coloring her voice.

Tianlong chuckled, his grip tightening on her ass through her robes in a possessive squeeze that made her breath hitch.

"We both would have died if I reacted at that time," he said, his tone matter-of-fact about the impossible situation they had navigated.

Yu Xiang just breathed deeply, shaking her head as the full scope of Akane's power became clear. "Indeed, she's strong."

Tianlong nodded in agreement. "Of course she is."

After a moment of contemplative silence, Yu Xiang looked up at him with an expression that made his eyebrows raise in surprise.

"Then when are you going to get her?" she asked, her voice carrying an edge of anticipation that caught him off guard.

"Aren't you being so dirty?" Tianlong replied, studying her face with renewed interest. "Telling the man whom you should love to get another woman?"

Yu Xiang met his gaze without flinching. "I want to become strong."

The simple declaration carried absolute conviction, her ambitious nature fully revealed without shame or pretense.

Tianlong chuckled at her honesty. "But I still have to check your sincerity, don't I?"

Yu Xiang parted her lips, looking at him for a long moment before her expression shifted to something more vulnerable.

"I don't have anything to prove that..." she began, then paused as if considering her options.

Her hands moved to the ties of her robe, fingers working at the silk knots with deliberate slowness. The fabric loosened across her chest, revealing the pale expanse of her cleavage as she looked up at him with determination.

"Except something I find your weakness," she whispered, her voice carrying a mix of embarrassment yet determination.

She would have never expected to fall this low, which she would not have ever if not for the fact that how she saw this man under her control into just this scenario.

He had this big weakness which was making her feel for a moment under control, like how her body could chain him down.

It was as strange as if her ambition seemed to have merged with the hint of her desire to control him, pushing her to the limit while she looked at his face which remained settled on her chest as if completely overwhelmed by his expectations where she wanted to tease him.

But given her level where she was clearly at a disadvantage after being wounded, slowly recovering but still like an ant, she needed to make some compromises which she would recover back.

But for now, she wanted to see this man completely under her charm.

The wind stirred around them as she pulled the silk away from her shoulders, baring her modest breasts to the cool air.

Her nipples hardened immediately, partly from the temperature and partly from the way his eyes darkened with hunger.

"Xiang..." Tianlong's voice carried a warning note, though his grip on her ass tightened involuntarily.

"I need you to believe me," she said, her hands moving to cup her own breasts, fingers teasing the sensitive peaks as she arched against him.

Even though her mouth twitched clearly, trying to control her embarrassment evident from how red like a tomato her face had become.

"I need you to see how much I want this power... how much I want you."

The sight of her pleasuring herself while supported in his arms, dozens of feet above the ground with enemy territory stretching below them, sent liquid fire through his veins.

"You're being reckless," he murmured, though his body was already responding to her display, as he had never expected this woman to go this far.

Had ever any of his wives done something indecent like this?

This woman was clearly provoking him, when it should be him who should be seducing, not the other way around.

"Reckless? Don't you want to thoroughly see my body?" she asked.

Even though at heart her heart was thumping so loudly that he could hear from just his normal human senses. Forget the enhanced one making it vivid like drums.

As her lips trembled, eyes heavy, clearly pupils dilating, trembling rapidly as she couldn't even put out her words yet said it.

"S-so... y-you better get that... woman for me... Hone—" She pursed her lips as clearly was testing her luck but couldn't do anything as she inhaled before finally calling him with so much cringe crawling through her body as she closed her eyes, shutting them and averting her face.

"Honey..." The moment her voice slipped in such a way that the vibrations reached his ears, he felt his body halt for a moment, and a visible surge moved from his ears like a current directly down from his chest to the thing hanging between his legs.

—Swshhh

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