ragginovel Chapter 638 Seduction? It was actually her!
Chapter 638 Seduction? It was actually her!
The night was as dark as ink, and Wan Gu City fell silent in the darkness.
Chen Fan sat cross-legged on a futon in a side room of the inn, closing his eyes to regulate his breathing.
Occasionally, the low chirping of unknown insects could be heard from outside the window, sounding particularly clear in the quiet night.
The night wind from the grassland seeped into the room through the cracks in the stone wall, carrying a dry and desolate atmosphere, causing the lamp in the corner to flicker.
Just then, Chen Fan suddenly opened his eyes.
It wasn't a sense of alertness, but rather that he sensed a familiar divine consciousness.
That divine sense was extremely powerful, far exceeding the capabilities of ordinary early-stage Nascent Soul cultivators.
Like an invisible tentacle extending from the depths of the Myriad Gu City, it silently pierced through the two isolation barriers he had set up in the room, circled around him once, and then withdrew.
The whole process was as fast as lightning. If he hadn't cultivated the Fixed Word Technique, which gave him a perception of the surrounding energy far exceeding that of his peers, he probably wouldn't have been able to detect it at all.
This divine sense did not carry any killing intent or aggression; it was more like a test or a lure.
The other party didn't seem to care about being discovered. In fact, when withdrawing their divine sense, they deliberately left a faint trace, like a dim light in the darkness, waiting for him to follow the trail.
Chen Fan sat on the futon in silence for a moment, his face expressionless, but several thoughts were already racing through his mind.
In this City of Ten Thousand Gu, there are very few people who possess such powerful divine sense.
The Gu King is only at the half-step Void Refinement stage; it's impossible for him to do such a thing personally.
Of all the people Chen Fan had seen during the day, only the Gu woman he had met at the city gate was the only one.
Why did she lead me out?
Chen Fan didn't hesitate for long.
He stood up, tucked the Black Soul Banner into his waistband, and added a protective barrier of the Fixation Spell to his body before pushing open the door and silently slipping out of the inn.
Since the other party invited him using their divine sense, they must want to meet him privately.
If they really wanted to harm Chen Fan, with the Gu Nu's early-stage Nascent Soul cultivation and the millions of Gu worms in the Myriad Gu City, there would be no need for such a complicated process.
He wanted to see what this messenger of the Gu King was really up to.
The City of Ten Thousand Gu at night is completely different from the city during the day.
The street stalls had long since closed, and the cultivators who had come and gone had all returned to their lodgings. The entire city was like a sleeping giant beast, with only the Gu patterns and arrays on the city walls still glowing with a faint dark green light in the night.
Occasionally, a few nocturnal Gu worms would emerge from the cracks in the rocks, their compound eyes flashing with an eerie red light in the darkness. Sensing the immortal and demonic aura emanating from Chen Fan, they would all retreat back into their shells.
Following the trail left by that divine sense, Chen Fan crossed two deserted main roads, bypassed the majestic Gu King Palace in the center of the city, and exited Ten Thousand Gu City through an inconspicuous side door.
The grasslands outside the city stretched out in the night, seemingly endless.
The moonlight poured down like mercury, turning the dark green sea of grass into a desolate silvery white.
The night wind was even more biting than during the day, carrying a dry and chilly feel, making the grass rustle.
In the distance, several low mounds could be vaguely seen, barren of grass, their exposed yellow earth gleaming a pale white under the moonlight.
The trail of divine consciousness meandered across the grassland, eventually stopping behind a mound about three miles from the city.
Chen Fan stopped in front of the mound and scanned his surroundings.
This place is extremely remote. There is no human habitation within several miles. Only a few strange trees with twisted branches stand alone on the top of the mound. The trunks are covered with dark green vines, and among the vines, you can vaguely see a few thumb-sized firefly insects slowly flying around, emitting a faint green light.
"Since you have led me here, why don't you come out and meet me?" Chen Fan's voice was calm and carried far across the silent grassland.
As soon as he finished speaking, a soft laugh came from behind the mound.
The laughter was clear and melodious, like pearls falling onto a plate, carrying an indescribable allure, completely different from the hoarse and shrill voice of the Gu woman during the day.
A figure slowly emerged from behind the mound.
Chen Fan's pupils contracted almost imperceptibly.
The person who came was not the old woman whose face was as withered as tree bark during the day.
Standing before me was a young woman who looked to be no more than twenty years old.
She wore a dark green gauze dress with intricate insect patterns embroidered on the hem, which shimmered faintly in the moonlight.
She had a slender figure and a slim waist. She walked barefoot on the grass, with a string of tiny silver bells tied around her ankles, making a crisp tinkling sound with each step.
What makes her most captivating is her face.
That face was so exquisite it was almost unreal, its features as if carved from white jade, its eyebrows like distant mountains, its eyes like autumn water, and a faint smile on its lips.
Those eyes were a rare dark green, with faint insect patterns flowing deep within the pupils, like a bottomless pool of water that made one want to drown in them at first glance.
Her cultivation level was still at the early stage of the Nascent Soul stage, but her aura was completely different from that during the day!
The nauseating insect smell was gone from his body; instead, there was a strange, delicate fragrance, like the scent of some unknown spiritual flower blooming deep in the grasslands—pure and intoxicating.
"As expected, Lord Chen has arrived." The woman stopped three feet in front of Chen Fan, her lips parted slightly, her voice soft yet composed, "I thought Lord Chen would pretend not to notice."
Chen Fan looked at the Gu woman before him, who was completely different from before, and his expression remained calm: "You went to so much trouble to lure me out, surely not just to change your face for me? If you have something to say, just say it."
Upon hearing this, the Gu woman covered her mouth and chuckled softly, her laughter like silver bells swaying in the night breeze.
She didn't answer immediately, but slowly raised her slender hand and gently touched a withered tree beside her.
The dark green vines on the withered tree instantly came to life, winding down like countless thin snakes, weaving a rattan table and two rattan chairs between the two people.
A pot of spiritual tea and two jade cups appeared out of nowhere on the rattan table. The tea in the cups was emerald green and clear, filled with spiritual energy.
"Please have a seat, Venerable Chen." The Gu woman sat down first on the rattan chair, her posture as elegant as that of a noble lady from a high-ranking family.
She picked up the teapot and poured a cup for Chen Fan, then filled her own cup before slowly speaking, "I invited you out here today on the orders of the Gu King, to discuss a deal with you."
Chen Fan didn't sit down, but stood there with his hands behind his back, looking at her calmly: "Our family has no connection with the Gu King, what deal is there to discuss?"
"Why should you belittle yourself, Venerable Chen?" The Gu woman picked up her jade cup and took a sip of spiritual tea. Her dark green eyes gleamed with a deep light under the moonlight. "You are the best in both alchemy and formation in Zhao Kingdom, and you single-handedly stormed Demon Abyss Island in the Boundless Sea to slay Li Jiuyuan. Such a person is a rare sight even in my Great Desert Grasslands. Although the Gu King resides on the grasslands, he knows the heroes and valiant men of Tiannan Star like the back of his hand. He said that it would be a waste of a talent for someone like Venerable Chen to be relegated to a lowly position as a top-ranking Venerable in Zhao Kingdom. If Venerable Chen is willing to stay in my Great Desert Grasslands, the Gu King is willing to treat him as the Grand Preceptor."