The woman's eyebrows twitched slightly.
"W-Who exactly are you? How were you able to defeat me with only a Mid Layer Xuan Qi Realm cultivation base?" she asked loudly, her voice filled with curiosity.
Her eyes clearly showed that she did not believe what had just happened.
Defeating someone at the Late Layer of the Jindan Realm with only a Mid Layer Xuan Qi Realm cultivation base?
And doing it with a single attack?
No one would believe such a thing unless they witnessed it with their own eyes!
Zhi Xuan replied casually,
"I used a special technique to conceal my cultivation realm. I'm actually in the Yuanying Realm, so it's only natural that I could defeat you in a single move."
It sounded reasonable.
Although, in reality, Zhi Xuan was speaking complete nonsense.
He had mixed a lie with a bit of truth. If the other party were slightly smarter, his deception could easily be exposed.
At this moment, Zhi Xuan could only wait calmly for her reaction, hoping that she would believe him.
"Even so, you're still a pervert who peeked at me while I was bathing!"
The woman suddenly shouted angrily before continuing,
"The Lin Family has many Yuanying Realm cultivators! Once I return home, I'll tell them everything that happened here and have them take your head!"
As she spoke, tears suddenly appeared at the corners of her eyes.
She looked as though she was trying her best not to cry.
Zhi Xuan immediately waved his hands.
"That wasn't my fault! I didn't expect to find you bathing here."
"Liar!"
"What I'm saying is true! And..." Zhi Xuan looked around before continuing, "Who would expect a beautiful woman to bathe in such an open place?"
"W-What?!"
The woman staggered backward slightly as her face began turning red.
She appeared embarrassed after hearing such a shameless statement.
Pointing at him, she angrily scolded,
"Who do you think you are? How dare you lecture me!"
Zhi Xuan looked confused.
"I'm not lecturing you. I'm just stating the truth! This place is completely open! Bathing here is practically inviting the attention of the opposite sex!"
The woman could no longer endure it.
In the next moment, she slapped Zhi Xuan across the face with all her strength before immediately soaring into the sky at high speed!
Watching her disappear into the distance, Zhi Xuan could only mutter to himself,
"This woman is way too violent..."
He touched the cheek that had received the slap.
"I didn't expect it to hurt this much. I thought she specialized in Spiritual Cultivation, but it turns out her physical strength is comparable to that of a Body Cultivator."
Zhi Xuan let out a long sigh.
"What terrible luck..."
...
At the Gu Family residence.
Just as Zhi Xuan arrived in the courtyard, a voice suddenly called out from the side.
"Young Master Gu!"
When Zhi Xuan turned around, he saw an elderly man running toward him while holding a piece of paper.
Zhi Xuan frowned.
"What is it?"
As soon as the old man arrived before him, he immediately said,
"Young Master Gu, this is bad! We just received a letter from the Lin Family. This is going to be a huge problem!"
Zhi Xuan tilted his head in confusion.
"What exactly does the letter say?"
The old man's eyes widened.
Then he raised his head and replied,
"The Lin Family wants the Gu Family to hand you over to them!"
The moment those words entered Zhi Xuan's ears, his eyes widened as he remembered something.
Wait!
Zhi Xuan touched his chin and thought silently.
"Wasn't that woman from the Lin Family?"
He bit his lip.
"It seems she wasn't joking earlier... She really went back and told her family. She actually intends to have my head taken..."
...
Inside the Gu Family's main hall.
Zhi Xuan entered the room with his hands clasped behind his back, his eyes lowered.
The moment he arrived before Gu Cheng—
"Explain what happened!"
Gu Cheng's furious voice exploded through the air, shattering several objects inside the hall!
The sound was like a deafening bell, causing everyone present to cover their ears.
Gu Cheng stared at him coldly.
"Did you offend some important member of the Lin Family?"
Upon hearing the question, Zhi Xuan shook his head.
"No."
"Then?"
Zhi Xuan explained,
"I only saw a woman from the Lin Family bathing in a lake."
"What?!"
Kid, aren't you being a little too honest?
Everyone inside the hall, including Gu Cheng, was completely stunned after hearing Zhi Xuan's explanation.
Several people immediately began whispering among themselves.
"Haha... Young Master Gu is surprisingly bold."
"I didn't expect him to admit something like that so directly."
"It seems this matter will be difficult to resolve."
...
After remaining stunned for a while, Gu Cheng lightly coughed.
"Son, if you truly liked that woman, you didn't need to peek at her. You could have told us beforehand, and we would have proposed marriage on your behalf."
"Eh?"
Zhi Xuan did not understand what Gu Cheng was saying.
"Peek? Propose marriage? Wife?"
He fell silent for a moment, trying to process the situation.
After thinking for a while, realization suddenly struck him.
"W-Wait! Are you all thinking that I peeked at her because I wanted to do that?"
Zhi Xuan shouted at everyone inside the main hall.
"You've got it all wrong! I really saw her by accident while she was bathing! It was genuinely an accident! I'm not nearly as perverted as you're making me out to be!"
One of the elders suddenly spoke, an amused smile appearing on her beautiful face.
"It's fine. You don't need to explain any further."
The elder was Gu Rouxue, a beautiful woman of the same generation as Gu Cheng.
Even so, she looked no older than a woman in her early thirties.
Her crimson hair flowed down her back, making her resemble a phoenix that had taken human form.
Zhi Xuan turned toward her and said,
"I'm serious! I truly didn't do it on purpose! You've really misunderstood me!"