"Bai Lingxi, is that really you?" Before anyone else could speak, they heard the Core Disciple call out and walk toward them.

"Senior Tian Wu! How are you here? How many years has it been since we last saw each other?" Bai Lingxi said, smiling warmly as she hugged her, while the others watched in curiosity and confusion.

"Sister Lingxi, who is this?" Shi Yu asked, intrigued. She had never seen Bai Lingxi interact so warmly with someone unfamiliar and didn't know much about her past before she met Wang Ming.

"This is Feng Tian Wu. She used to run a shop like me in the Red Light District, years ago. Ten years back, she left. She was a mortal at the time and had never cultivated before, but as she aged, she decided to walk the path of cultivation to extend her lifespan. So, she left the district to pursue that path," Bai Lingxi explained.

'Heavens, she's also from the Red Light District? Are people from the Red Light District all this formidable?' Luo Li thought. She had first met Wang Ming in the Red Light District, Bai Lingxi was also from there, and now she was hearing that even the top disciple of their sect came from the same place.

" And these are?" Feng Tian Wu looked at the group and asked.

"This is Wang Ming, my Dao Companion, and these girls share the same relationship with him as I do," Bai Lingxi introduced Wang Ming and the girls. Feng Tian Wu, upon hearing this, was visibly shocked and stared at her.

"You actually have a Dao Companion—and you're even willing to share him?" Feng Tian Wu looked at Bai Lingxi as if she were some kind of exotic creature, causing Bai Lingxi's eyebrow to twitch in annoyance.

"Why? I can't have one? What's so surprising about that?" Bai Lingxi asked in a slightly hostile tone, which prompted Feng Tian Wu to raise her hands in mock surrender.

"Hey, you're the one who used to act all high and mighty about these things. Don't snap at me now," she said playfully.

"Hehe, Senior, I'm Wang Ming. It looks like you know her from the past—I'd love to hear some stories about her," Wang Ming said, stepping in with a friendly smile as the girls stood beside him.

"You want to hear stories about her? I don't mind telling you. But seriously, how the hell did you manage to seduce her?" Feng Tian Wu looked at Wang Ming with genuine curiosity.

"Oh, that…" Wang Ming chuckled as he recalled the first day he met her.

"Wang Ming, if you dare say a single word, I swear I won't let you touch me for a year," Bai Lingxi warned, her face flushing with embarrassment. Wang Ming immediately zipped his mouth shut. The other girls glanced at Bai Lingxi, amused by her reaction.

'Now I'm even more curious,' Shi Yu and Luo Li thought simultaneously. They were dying to know what kind of situation could make Bai Lingxi so flustered. If they knew about her past of making men suffer sexually, they would be utterly dumbfounded.

"Sorry, looks like I'm not allowed to say anything," Wang Ming said with mock sadness, which made Bai Lingxi's lips twitch while Feng Tian Wu chuckled in amusement.

"If you can't talk, I certainly can. I don't mind telling you about her past," Feng Tian Wu said with a mischievous glint in her eyes, while Bai Lingxi's face turned paper white.

"Heh, I don't think I did anything worth talking about," Bai Lingxi said indifferently, though inwardly she was sweating bullets.

"Oh really? Let's talk about that group you stayed with. You made everyone cry at least once," Feng Tian Wu said with a smile, while Bai Lingxi groaned. Wang Ming and the other girls leaned in with interest.

"Wait, that's not—" Bai Lingxi started to defend herself, but Feng Tian Wu didn't even let her finish, interrupting almost instantly.

"One of them loved reading books and kept asking you to buy her one. Out of frustration, you bought so many books you buried her under them. Now she's scared of even touching books," Feng Tian Wu said.

"That's not my fault! Anyone would get annoyed if they were pestered nonstop with the same request," Bai Lingxi refuted.

"And what about the time you sparred with one of your friends without holding back, even though she was weaker than you? You praised her for half an hour about how much she improved and said you even broke a sweat—before defeating her in a few seconds. The look on her face was like someone killed her parents. She cried every time she saw you after that," Feng Tian Wu recounted. Luo Li and Shi Yu were staring at her with their mouths wide open.

"That… she did genuinely improve. I just didn't want her to become arrogant and die in a real fight. Besides, she actually thought she had a chance against me even with her lower cultivation. Someone had to teach her not to be delusional," Bai Lingxi said defensively. Feng Tian Wu just stared at her blankly.

"Oh, and remember that time you went to hunt spirit beasts? You poured an entire bottle of beast-attracting perfume on your companion and just watched as she got chased for two hours—sipping tea the whole time," Feng Tian Wu said. This time, even Wang Ming was stunned.

'Heavens, she's more vicious than I thought,' Wang Ming thought, looking at Bai Lingxi in disbelief.

"In my defense, she was a coward. This was the only way I could think of to help her overcome her fear. And it was effective," Bai Lingxi defended.

"Are you sure it wasn't because she called you a fat cow?" Feng Tian Wu added while glancing meaningfully at Bai Lingxi's generously endowed chest with some jealousy.

"No clue what you're talking about," Bai Lingxi responded flatly.

"What about the time you declared you were going to form a kingdom full of male sla—"

Before Feng Tian Wu could finish, Bai Lingxi clamped a hand over her mouth.

"Alright, alright! I get it—you win!" Bai Lingxi said hurriedly, hoping she'd stop talking.