Gu Qingfeng took out a demon fruit, ate one, then pulled out his wine gourd, poured a cup, and took a few sips. Squinting at the five women, he said, "Alright, all of you, take a break. Sober up. Learn a lesson from this. If you have nothing better to do, stay home and cultivate more. Don't go wandering around aimlessly for no damn reason."
He tilted his head back and downed a few more cups of wine, then walked over to the Cave Dwelling's Eye and jumped straight in.
At this moment.
Whether it was Xiao Danrou, Qing Zhu, Chen Yue, Lan Feier, or Shui Yunruo.
All five women were curled up weakly on the ground, hugging their knees, their bodies cold and trembling. Their eyes were no longer dazed, their delicate faces no longer flushed, and their expressions were no longer seductive, instead becoming complex.
There was confusion, embarrassment, awkwardness, regret, anger, and shock. Although strange thoughts no longer filled their minds, they were in utter chaos, a tangled mess. All sorts of confusion, embarrassment, and anger intertwined, leaving them at a loss.
Their consciousness had remained clear the entire time.
But clarity was just clarity.
Clarity only meant they knew what had happened; it couldn't help them control themselves or maintain their rationality.
Now, with the Mystic Breath dissipated and their rationality returned, the five women were utterly dejected, yet none of them left.
Having been enveloped by the Mystic Breath and then forcibly expelled by Gu Qingfeng's spell, their cultivation was more or less affected, though not severely. With some rest, they could recover. What truly dealt them a heavy blow was psychological, mental.
They didn't know how to face others after leaving.
Especially when recalling what had just happened, the five women wished they could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
Being affected by the Mystic Breath and suffering this guy's humiliation was bad enough.
This was utterly, utterly humiliating!
If this matter spread, how could they ever show their faces again?
One was a high-ranking Taixuan Elder of the Nine-Hua Alliance, also the master of Cloud-Heart Hall.
One was the valley master of Xiaoxian Valley, renowned for healing the world, widely admired and respected.
One was the Heaven-Proud Daughter of the Nine-Hua Alliance, surpassing the seventy-two Taixuan Young Masters, her family a famous descendant of the Phoenix lineage.
One was the daughter of the Fengyun Branch Hall Master, a Heaven-Proud Daughter possessing an Innate Treasure Body.
One was the successor of Taixing Cave, a Heaven-Proud Daughter possessing an Innate Legacy.
Xiao Danrou and Qing Zhu were among the Ten Phoenix Hairpins of the Four Great Regions before the Calamity.
While Chen Yue, Lan Feier, and Shui Yunruo were Heaven-Proud Daughters hailed as the Ten Lesser Phoenix Hairpins after the Calamity.
Each of the five had a special status, all renowned Heaven-Proud Daughters known throughout the Four Great Regions.
And yet, these five Heaven-Proud Daughters, with status, position, and background to spare, had today completely lost face before a single man.
Heavens!
Just thinking about it made the five women feel their heads splitting with pain, the world spinning. They squatted on the ground, hugging their heads, hands painfully clutching their hair.
Besides endless agony, there was more anger—more precisely, hatred!
Hatred toward Gu Qingfeng.
Although they all knew this guy hadn't done anything wrong to them—on the contrary, he had even warned them and later helped them dispel the Mystic Breath.
Even so, the five women were filled with hatred for Gu Qingfeng, a hatred born of extreme psychological imbalance.
Just as the women were gnashing their teeth in hatred, movement came from the Cave Dwelling's Eye. A figure appeared out of thin air—a man in white robes, holding a wine gourd, taking sips of wine, and carrying a dark red flower in his hand.
Who else could it be but Gu Qingfeng.
Seeing him, the five dejected women suddenly stood up, glaring furiously at Gu Qingfeng, their teeth clenched.
Here they were, suffering in agony, feeling like they wanted to die, while this guy was leisurely sipping wine as if nothing had happened, as if everything that just occurred had nothing to do with him.
How could a person be so shameless!