The protagonist stole my spiritual root? Hey, heroine, give birth to me!

This princess is so hard to please! She wouldn't let me explain just now, but now she wants me to explain! If you didn't have the cultivation of a Golden Core cultivator, I would definitely let you know what it means to be haunted by nightmares!

So Chen Xuan patiently explained.

"You mean, someone kidnapped you and brought you to my royal secret realm? Trying to incite conflict between my Zhou family and the Xuan Yang Sect?"

"Well, that's pretty much what happened. After the man in black led me into the secret realm, he disappeared."

"Why did you disappear? Why didn't they just kill you? Wouldn't that have been better?" Zhou Jingqi immediately saw the blind spot in Chen Xuan's words.

Furthermore, Chen Xuan possesses cultivation.

"Um... I'm not too sure about that either. I don't know what he was thinking," Chen Xuan said.

"..."

Zhou Jingqi stood with her hands on her hips, staring at Chen Xuan with wide eyes and great suspicion.

Clearly, she was very dissatisfied with Chen Xuan's answer!

"Huh? No, I didn't expect there to be such a person. Chen Xuan, it's good that you're lucky!" Zhou Jingyi was very nervous when she heard this, and finally breathed a sigh of relief when she learned that Chen Xuan was not seriously injured.

"Yeah, luckily I was lucky!" Chen Xuan smiled and patted the girl's head.

"Alright, I'm aware of your situation. The royal family will handle it. Now, please leave. I will send someone to escort you back to the Zhao family," Zhou Jingqi said coldly.

"Um, well..."

"What? You don't mean you're planning to stay overnight at Jingyi's place?"

"No, you can't!" Zhou Jingyi blushed, making an X shape with her arms. (Referencing Senior Purple Taro)

"No, that's not it. I just happened to be here once in a while, so I had to let Jingyi take me out for some fun!" Chen Xuan explained, mainly because he wanted to take Gao Yueting with him.

"You really do have some ulterior motive! Now, get out of here immediately!" Zhou Jingqi's gaze was sharp.

"Alright, alright, don't be impulsive, I'll leave now! I don't really want to stay in the water anyway." With that, Chen Xuan was about to get up.

"Well, then I won't stay here either. I'll take Chen Xuan for a walk!" Seeing Chen Xuan stand up, Zhou Jingyi wanted to follow him.

But just then, a melodious voice rang out: "Is Jingqi inside? Let your teacher take a bath too!"

"Master? What brings you here?" Upon hearing this voice, Zhou Jingqi's expression changed. She hurriedly grabbed Zhou Jingyi, looked at Chen Xuan, and whispered, "Quick, hide!"

"I don't think I need to hide, I can just openly gurgle and gurgle..."

Before Chen Xuan could finish speaking, Zhou Jingqi had already pushed him into the water.

"How dare you be so open and aboveboard! If my master sees me not cultivating and still hanging out with you, Chen Xuan, I'm doomed!" After saying that, she stretched out her jade foot and stomped on Chen Xuan's foot to vent her anger.

After stepping on it, he quickly pulled Zhou Jingyi and hid behind a rockery.

Seeing this, Chen Xuan also quickly hid.

Immediately, a familiar white dress came into view, and two women gracefully descended from the sky, landing by the spirit spring.

She was stunningly beautiful and elegant, like a fairy.

She had eyebrows like distant mountains, eyes like autumn water, skin as white as jade, and a slender figure, like a lotus emerging from the water, pure and beautiful beyond compare.

Both women had long, flowing hair and graceful figures, exuding the charm of mature women in every gesture.

"Speaking of which, it's been quite a while since I've had a bath!" Lin Yunhan said with a smile to another beauty.

However, the other one was clearly uninterested, his face showing longing.

Seeing her best friend remain silent, Lin Yunhan simply pulled her along and, with elegant steps, walked into the spiritual spring.

"Jingqi, what's going on today? Why didn't you come to greet Master?" She lightly stepped forward and slowly walked towards where Zhou Jingqi was.

"Quick, my master is here! You better hide well!" Zhou Jingqi saw Chen Xuan following her, grabbed him, and then put him into the water, while she and Zhou Jingyi leaned against the artificial hill.

Having been pressed down twice by this woman, Chen Xuan was quite annoyed. He grabbed Zhou Jingqi's small foot underwater and whispered, "Where can I hide? Hiding like this will definitely get me discovered. I might as well just openly 'glug glug'..."

Zhou Jingqi couldn't hear a word of Chen Xuan's telepathic messages.

All she knew was that Chen Xuan had touched what belonged to her. This was an experience she had never had before, and in a reflex, she immediately trampled Chen Xuan under her feet, her cheeks flushing red.

"I'm telling you, if you dare to make any more moves, I will kill you!" she transmitted viciously.

Helpless, Chen Xuan had no choice but to conceal his presence.

……

"So you're here. I called you earlier, but no one answered."

After pulling Han Wanqing to their side, Lin Yunhan leaned comfortably against a rock, enjoying the soothing effect of the spring water.

"Uh, just now, I was thinking!"

"Yes, my sister is thinking!"

"Jingqi is thinking, what are you doing?" Lin Yunhan glanced at Zhou Jingyi sideways.

These two little princesses are such amateurish liars, it's so easy to see through them at a glance!

However, she didn't intend to expose the two of them. It's normal for a little apprentice to have some secrets, as long as it's not about romantic love or hiding any man.

"I...I was cultivating just now! Yes, I was so engrossed in my cultivation that I lost myself in it!" Zhou Jingyi said.

Zhou Jingqi: "..."

Lin Yunhan: "..."

Han Wanqing: "..."

"Alright, alright, I'm not a rigid person. You all have your own secrets, and I won't pry too much, as long as it doesn't affect your cultivation."

The two sisters finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"But why is Jingqi's face so red today?" Lin Yunhan asked.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Jingyi turned around and looked back; indeed, it was very red.

"Yes, sister, are you feeling unwell?" Zhou Jingyi thoughtfully swam over to her side, wanting to see what was wrong.

Until... she accidentally stepped on someone!

Zhou Jingyi's body stiffened for a moment before returning to normal. However, her face also became slightly flushed.

'Huh? Someone stepped on my post? This looks like Xiao Jingyi; I'll teach her a lesson later!'