Originally, he thought that with his sword eyes and his ability to see through clothing, he could discern someone's inner self.
However, with the sword eyes as support,
Tang Yu could only see through a few garments, ultimately reaching a semi-transparent state.
This made Tang Yu understand instantly.
At this moment, the woman in front of him was probably a mid-stage Nascent Soul Realm expert.
However, she had used some kind of secret technique to conceal her cultivation, making her appear to have the power of the early-stage Golden Core Realm.
With this, Tang Yu confirmed that this woman was, without a doubt, the target.
According to the original plot of the book, this woman would appear around chapter 300.
In this place, after encountering the protagonist Lin Xuan,
the two have a confrontation that leads them to a relationship of both enemies and friends.
Then, little by little, she is conquered and eventually becomes part of Lin Xuan's harem.
She comes from a hidden family in the north of the Nine Clouds Continent.
Her family is much more powerful than the Hehua Sect.
This is also something typical of the protagonist.
Every woman he meets has a great background.
And the family forces behind them grow deeper and more unfathomable.
And yet, these family forces look down on the protagonist.
Eventually, the protagonist, with his determined character and talent, conquers the elders of the woman's family, gaining their recognition, and at the same time, winning the support of a powerful force.
Being stared at so intensely by Tang Yu,
Li Susu also noticed a little.
A mocking smile appeared at the corner of her mouth. All men are the same, what difference is there between mortals and cultivators?
How many can truly remain impartial and devoted to the Dao?
"What's your name, friend?"
"Lin Xuan," Tang Yu replied without thinking.
"Very well, friend Lin, this room will be yours. If you need fishing equipment, you can rent it at our inn."
"High-quality fishing gear costs only ten low-grade spirit stones per day, and we also sell bait."
"If you catch a good fish, you can sell it directly to our inn, and we'll give you a fair price."
After taking Tang Yu to the door of a room,
Li Susu opened the door and explained.
"Very good, very good."
Tang Yu nodded and entered the room to settle in.
Inside the room, the spiritual energy was much more abundant than outside, and there was a luxurious large bed.
Upon seeing the big bed, Tang Yu lay down on it, and his body instantly sank in.
"So comfortable."
After sighing, Tang Yu began to close his eyes to rest.
While Tang Yu was resting, Li Susu went down to the first floor and entered a room, extending her hand.
In the palm of her hand appeared a drop of light blue liquid, which, upon flying into the air and bursting, transformed into a curtain of water.
The scene within the water curtain showed Tang Yu lying in his room.
"Susu, another big catch?"
In the room, besides Li Susu, there was a tall man dressed in Daoist robes, whose cultivation level had already reached the peak of the Golden Core Formation.
With such power, he was already considered a first-class expert in the Tian Nan Du area.
When he asked Li Susu, a clear glint of admiration shone in his eyes.
"Judging by his cultivation level, he seems to be in the early stage of the Golden Core Realm, truly a big catch."
Li Susu nodded.
"Let's hope he's a good piece. Last time, that Golden Core Realm cultivator was so poor that his bell was ringing—he made us waste our time."
The Daoist man rubbed his hands, also somewhat excited.
In a certain sense, this inn could be considered a scam shop.
Generally, they don't kill people, unless someone is really wealthy, in which case they kill to silence them.
Most of the time, they play the game of the "immortal spirit."
First, Li Susu goes in to seduce the target,
and when the time is right, he and two other companions "catch" the woman and then cause her to be ruined.
With this trick, over the years they had truly profited quite a bit,
with spirit stones and magical artifacts in abundance.
Tang Yu, selected as the target, remained in his room for about two hours,
before going down to the first floor to rent fishing rods and bait to go fishing.
"I wish you a great harvest, Dao friend."
After receiving Tang Yu's spirit stones, Li Susu looked at him with a seductive gaze and smiled.
Tang Yu also smiled somewhat ambiguously and left the inn, looking back three times.
After leaving the inn, Tang Yu flew through the air straight to the underground river of Tian Nan Du.
The entrance to the underground river was a natural hole, through which cultivators would occasionally enter and exit.
After descending with the rod and bait,
he soon saw an incredibly wide underground river, whose waters were filled with spiritual energy, although this energy was firmly trapped within the water.
Tang Yu used his divine sense to sweep the area, but it was instantly repelled.
There was a powerful restrictive formation in the water.
Not only did it keep the spiritual energy trapped in the water, unable to be refined, but his divine sense couldn't penetrate it either.
"This has something to it."
After murmuring to himself, Tang Yu finally understood why he had seen so many cultivators return empty-handed.
Fishing here has nothing to do with cultivation.
Everyone is simply a fisherman, and to catch a fish, each must rely on their own skills.
After finding a quiet place to sit, Tang Yu began preparing the bait to fish.
In this underground river, there is a great variety of fish, and the most famous is the Golden-Bearded Dragon Fish.
It is rumored that in a certain sect, they carefully raised a Golden-Bearded Dragon Fish for hundreds of years.
This fish, after leaping over the dragon gate, transformed into a celestial dragon with destiny, which caused the sect's fortune to rise, and for a hundred years, their experts kept breaking through and having extraordinary encounters.
However, Tang Yu doesn't believe much in these rumors; in his opinion, coming here and hoping to get rich by fishing is almost the same as going to a casino.
He bought a small bucket of bait at the inn, which cost him ten medium-quality spirit stones.
In the end, after the whole process, the cultivators who sold the bait were the ones who made a lot of money.
After fishing for four hours patiently, when the bait ran out, Tang Yu had a good haul.
He weighed two Golden Beard Dragon Fish and about ten other fish.
After packing and storing the fish, Tang Yu left quietly while other cultivators watched him enviously.
After successfully returning to the inn, it was already midnight.
The boat was anchored in the sea of clouds, as if one could reach out and grab the full moon.
The innkeeper, Li Susu, was taking a walk on the bow, enjoying the moon.
Bathed in the moonlight, she looked especially enchanting at that moment.
Seeing Tang Yu return with a good haul,
Li Susu immediately moved her body in a seductive posture and approached him, smiling.
"Congratulations, Dao friend, it seems that your fishing was very successful today."
"More or less, thanks to the innkeeper. How much are these fish worth, Madam?"
"Let me take a look."
Li Susu took the basket of fish and, after inspecting them one by one, offered her price with a smile.
"About four high-quality spirit stones. If Dao friend is willing to sell them, our inn will buy them. If this price doesn't seem fair to you, there are several shops downstairs that also buy them."
"Since the innkeeper is so beautiful, I don't mind making a little less."
Tang Yu leered at Li Susu's bust.
Noticing that look, Li Susu maintained a warm smile on her face, but her eyes now had a hint of coldness.
Compared to the big fish earlier, this man was the most impatient and lecherous she had seen.
After giving Tang Yu the spirit stones,
Li Susu pointed to the seats at the bow of the ship.
"Since the moon is so beautiful tonight, if you don't mind, why don't we enjoy the moon together and chat?"
"Talking with a great beauty like the innkeeper is no problem, but I'm afraid that if the owner of the inn sees me, he might get angry with me."
Tang Yu smiled perversely, with a rather lecherous laugh.
"He?"
Li Susu laughed coldly and said, "What could he do? He's been out with that slut enjoying pleasures and romance for a while now, why would he care about this old woman?"
"That's not right. If someone like Miss Susu can be called an old woman, then there's no beauty left in this world worth calling a beauty."
Tang Yu started to flatter her.
Li Susu's face lit up, and with a playful tone, she said, "Don't start with that, I no longer believe in men's lies."
"These are sincere words, by the way, I'm an expert in the divination technique. If Miss Susu doesn't mind, let me see your palm and calculate your fate."
Tang Yu seized the opportunity and didn't hesitate to try reading her palm.
As the two joked and flirted, in a room on the ship, the restaurant owner, dressed in a Taoist robe, and two other cultivators were watching from behind the window.
The three had grim expressions.
"This guy is really greedy. If he had hooked a bigger fish, he might have held back, but this bastard can't wait to strip Susu of her clothes and do his thing."
The restaurant owner, dressed in the Taoist robe, said angrily.
"I say we just kill him now."
Another cultivator was also indignant.
"Forget it, making a noise by killing him would be too much. In my opinion, just cutting off one of his hands would be enough."
The third cultivator snorted coldly.
The three were Li Susu's companions.
The four had allied to set a trap for her, but the three were all attracted to her.
Li Susu's plan was that whoever reached the Yuan Ying level first would become her Dao companion.
That's why the three were secretly competing, but if someone like Tang Yu showed up, then they would unite against him.
After chatting for two hours, Li Susu began to think that, aside from how rude this man was, talking to him wasn't so bad.
Especially in topics like music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, this man had a great command of them, which made her feel like she had found someone she could get along with.
If it weren't for the fact that this man was so vulgar, she might have even considered being his friend.
The two went from talking about art to discussing astronomy, geography, cultivation paths, and their childhoods.
While conversing, Tang Yu suddenly changed the subject.
"Miss Susu, I really feel like we've gotten along well since the first meeting, and now that we're friends, I'm not going to hide some things I have in mind."
"You can say whatever you want."
"I want to see your..."
Tang Yu finished speaking and his eyes landed on a part of Li Susu.
At that moment, Li Susu's eyes glimmered with a murderous intent.
The little sympathy she had for him vanished instantly.
This damn man, just moments ago he was talking about such sincere things.
And now he wants to see me?
"Alright, anyway, my late husband isn't home these days, let's go to Friend Lin's room."
Li Susu thought about killing him, but her face showed a flirtatious smile, and she even threw Tang Yu a seductive glance.
"Then hurry up."
Tang Yu quickly stood up and started running towards the room.
When Li Susu also entered the room, Tang Yu grabbed her hand, closed the door, and went directly to the big bed, not forgetting to activate several seals to prevent the noises from leaking out.
Once he sat her on the edge of the bed, Li Susu placed her hands on her waist, pretending to undress, but actually planning to use her spiritual sense to contact the three cultivators and have them come out to execute the trap.
With her power level much higher than theirs, she didn't need their help.
But her cultivation method was quite peculiar, and she was there precisely to observe the many facets of human nature, using it to understand her own Dao.
Those three cultivators were her observation targets, so she was behaving this way.
Just when she was about to alert the three cultivators with her spiritual sense, Li Sùsù realized a terrifying fact.
She couldn't transmit her spiritual sense!
At the same time, her vital energy was being restricted, and she couldn't move.
"What's wrong, Sùsù, take off your clothes."
Seeing Li Sùsù's surprised expression, Tang Yu smiled maliciously.
Li Sùsù opened her mouth but couldn't make any sound; her eyes were filled with anger and contempt.
This damn bastard, just like her, had used some secret technique to hide his cultivation level!
Had he also manipulated the room with some kind of formation?
Or was he using some magical artifact?
At that moment, the three cultivators were still waiting in the small room.
They knew that Li Sùsù had entered with Tang Yu.
According to the plan, as soon as she sent a signal with her spiritual sense, they would act.
If she didn't send a signal, it meant she hadn't caught his attention, and they would have to wait longer.
Half an hour had passed, and the leader of the cultivators was already starting to get impatient. He frowned and said:
"Why haven't we heard from Sùsù yet? Is she still talking to that pervert?"
"That pervert really knows how to talk,"
someone agreed.
"They're just sweet words; I don't think he can hold himself together being in the same room as Sùsù. I think in another half hour, this guy will fall."
Another cultivator snorted.
"Alright, let's keep waiting…"
Just as the leader of the cultivator group finished speaking, he suddenly detected a powerful energy emanating from the ship—very quickly!
He used his spiritual sense to investigate.
And realized it was the big fish, the target of the day, leaving!
The other two also noticed something strange.
Just when they thought that Li Sùsù had been discovered by Tang Yu, a scream of fury and pain from a woman echoed.
"Lin Xuan, you damn bastard, if you have the guts, don't leave!"
Only a series of hissing laughs responded from the sky.
Upon recognizing Li Sùsù's voice, the three cultivators were completely stunned.
What the hell was happening?
Was Sùsù being seriously harmed by him?
Thinking that their beloved had suffered, the three quickly ran toward the room.
When they arrived, they saw Li Sùsù standing in the room, her face dark.
Her clothes were disheveled, her hair messy, her face slightly flushed, but her gaze was full of rage.
Although her cultivation level was only that of a cultivator in the early stage of the Golden Core Realm, she now emitted a powerful aura of the Nascent Soul Realm.
"Sùsù, what happened to you...?"
The leader of the group, pretending to be the owner of the restaurant, stammered, evidently stunned by the situation.
It seemed like... she had lost the Yuan Yin?
But what was going on with her cultivation level?
The other two cultivators were also confused and stared at Li Sùsù.
"Go to hell, you three useless idiots! All this time and you still haven't reacted? What use are you to me?"
Women are always good at changing their faces, and Li Sùsù was better than anyone at it.
She raised her hand and, with a spell, instantly killed all three.
The power of her attack was so great that the entire ship broke apart and began falling rapidly.
To her, those three were just tools for observing the Dao, and she didn't care if they died. What really angered her was how stupid they had been.
After killing them, Li Sùsù quickly took some pills and swallowed them.
Just after the other had drained her of her Nascent Soul Realm, her power had dropped sharply from the middle stage of the Nascent Soul Realm to the early stage.
While trying to recover her power with the pills, she took out a magical artifact with the intention of pursuing Tang Yu.
At that moment, Tang Yu was already sitting on an ancient compass of invaluable grade, calmly moving away.
Of course, he didn't forget to remove the magical artifact mask from Lin Xuan.
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