"Dare not to speak loudly, secretly furrowing brows…"

Although Yun Duo had more than one thought, did Saint Heir Lu want to hear something risqué or something plain?

If she accidentally annoyed him, it wouldn't look good on Qiu Qingtang.

The male foxes who came to Wandao Sect were either sold or destroyed, and the remaining female foxes, except for those like them with a clean background, either couldn't set foot on Yun Meng Cliff and were left to their own devices, or were sold to brothels…

Who would want such an end?

Yun Duo sneaked a glance at Qiu Qingtang, but Qiu Qingtang was just looking at Lu Jin'an.

While she hesitated, a voice suddenly spoke up from the side: "Saint Heir Lu, what do you think of 'A river of spring water flows east'?"

Yun Duo turned to look, seeing Miao Tong half-covering her pretty face with a round fan, her voice carrying a tentative subtlety.

Lu Jin'an laughed heartily: "Why does it flow east?" 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

"Because the head of the bed can't face…" Miao Tong spoke, then suddenly paused.

Lu Jin'an clapped his hands: "See, according to the taboos of our Human Clan, the head of the bed can't face west. Since it can't face west, it has to face east, so flowing east doesn't make sense."

Miao Tong blinked her eyes: "Miao Tong was careless, should be punished."

"Your verse doesn't focus on rhyme at all, just on imagery." Qiu Qingtang chuckled lightly: "All the interpretive power is with you."

Lu Jin'an chuckled: "None of us are cultivators from the East Slope Confucian Academy, who talks about rhyming? Anyway, the pairing is quite fitting, just half a cup as punishment."

"We'll go with what Saint Heir Lu says."

Miao Tong punished herself with half a cup, and seeing Lu Jin'an enjoying himself, Yun Duo immediately relaxed and added: "Gold needle…"

As soon as she spoke, a maiden teased with a spitting sound, and Lu Jin'an clapped his hands in applause: "That's a good pairing, now that's a perfect match of imagery."

"Saint Heir Lu, you're too kind~"

"Since the pairing is good, shouldn't you be punished?" Qiu Qingtang said with a playful smile, immediately echoed by the other fox spirits.

Lu Jin'an rolled his eyes: "Why should I be punished?"

"Didn't you just praise Yun Duo for a good pairing?"

"Was that a gold needle?" Lu Jin'an immediately countered: "Not matching, not punished!"

Qiu Qingtang raised an eyebrow: "We've never seen it, you can't just fool us with a word, Young Master Lu."

Lu Jin'an glanced at Qiu Qingtang: "Want to try?"

"Sure~"

Qiu Qingtang looked at him with enchanting eyes, extending a pair of slender hands, her seductive fragrance thick in the air.

"Indeed, as Young Master Lu said~"

Qiu Qingtang licked her cherry lips: "It should be a pestle."

As she spoke, she confidently placed her hands on the table, clearly hinting at something.

This gesture sent the cheeks of every fox spirit present blushing scarlet.

Qiu Qingtang had indeed asked Pei Wanyu to suppress their special periods, but only 'half suppressed'.

The aim was to allow them to interact without being affected, and then impact Lu Jin'an.

With a room full of seductive fragrance combined with fine wine, it was hard to believe Lu Jin'an wouldn't stir.

"Yun Duo was rude." Yun Duo quickly punished herself with a cup, her enchanting eyes glistening, quietly clicking her tongue.

Despite being a Human Clan, Young Master Lu seemed to exude an impressive aura everywhere.

"Come, come, next line." Seeing the atmosphere heating up, Qiu Qingtang immediately struck while the iron was hot: "But it won't do for just you to give a line, you also have to match."

"Then let's see who's bigger." Lu Jin'an tossed a grape into his mouth: "Got dice?"

"Of course we do."

Qiu Qingtang waved her hand, and Xiao Li immediately went to fetch them. Her gaze swept over the other fox demons: "No need for all to gather around for poetry, let's first have a tune and a dance for Saint Heir Lu."

As some of the fox spirits began to move, Lu Jin'an was truly opened to a new world; this palace really had every kind of musical instrument.

"You few, come over." Qiu Qingtang said, placing the dice cup in front of Lu Jin'an: "Young Master Lu, you go first, no cheating."

"I'm usually pretty lucky… hmm, six-six-five, not bad, your turn."

Qiu Qingtang reached for it: "Six-six-six, seems my luck is better than Young Master Lu's, looks like it's my turn to come up with one."

"Go ahead."

"Then let's make it something simple." Qiu Qingtang cleared her throat, her eyes carrying a hint of mischief: "Goose, goose, goose… your turn."

"Where did you learn that?" Lu Jin'an asked with a smiling gaze.

"Thought of it myself!" Qiu Qingtang said, hands on hips: "It's full of deeper meaning."

"Hehe…" Lu Jin'an chuckled, non-committal: "Aren't you just splitting the character? Then I'll counter with 'Bent neck singing to the sky', isn't that quite fitting in terms of imagery?"

The few fox spirits gathered around the table, known as theorists, immediately caught on to the connotation as Lu Jin'an's words fell, each stifling a delicate laugh.

"How are you so good?" Qiu Qingtang's eyes sparkled: "How come I didn't think of it? You say you're not adept at poetry, you must be fooling us?"

"Copied, copied." Lu Jin'an drank a cup: "No rule against copying, right?"

"Hmph~" Qiu Qingtang self-punished with a cup: "You surely can't match, everyone, punishment, punishment."

"Saint Heir Lu is surprisingly risqué~" Yun Duo playfully teased: "We didn't see that coming."

"As long as everyone's having fun, isn't that what it's all about?"

Lu Jin'an straightened a bit, shaking the dice cup again: "Carry on, carry on."

This round, Yun Duo claimed victory, first pulling out a small booklet and flipping a few pages, then said: "Tears wet the silk handkerchief, dreams can't be made…"

Qiu Qingtang immediately followed with the next line: "In the deep night, listening to songs outside the front palace."

After speaking, she looked at Lu Jin'an: "Your turn."

"Beauty not yet old, favor already lost, leaning on the brazier till dawn."

"Why did you follow with two lines?"

"Of course, to avoid drinking."

"Well, your addition doesn't seem all that special…"