"Zzzz." Hong Qing had already fallen asleep after the best night of her life, while Wu Han still looked fresh.
This was an irregular occurrence.
The thing about sex in the cultivation world was that when it was perford, if both sides had equal standing in terms of power, it usually ended like normal, regular sex, due to the process called dual cultivation, when male yang fused with female yin.
Which was why selecting a partner was very important.
If one side overwheld the other, then without care, one of them could be flooded by the opposite elent and die on the spot.
But if both were equal, they could enjoy mortal pleasure while still gaining the benefits of cultivation.
"Looking at you, ca over for to fuck for free, got a bomb planted in your head, and yet you still sleep so peacefully." Wu Han complinted Hong Qing as he observed her smooth skin glowing under the moonlight while she slept so soundly on his bed, without a care in the world.
She did not even understand what kind of contract she had stepped into, and he looked forward to the mont she finally realized the truth.
Still, it’s not like I’m in a better situation. This body won’t do anymore.
He sighed.
From the outside he looked unchanged, yet inside the erosion had already begun, pushed forward by the power he had taken from Hong Qing.
Her yin flowing into him began to strengthen his cultivation, which should have been a good thing, if he were not a cheater.
Normally, when cultivating, all the trics had to grow together, body, qi, and mind.
But as stated before, his mind and qi had already far surpassed this body’s capacity, and soon it would burn just from breathing.
At this rate, it would be about a week before his recovery speed fell below the rate of decay, and at that point he would need to continuously supply himself with qi to keep performing healing magic inside his body.
And that included the automatic qi gathering rune he engraved into himself, which was also the reason he mostly spent his ti in the cultivation tower where the qi was densest in the town.
"If I am not using my real body, I can’t even hope to do it with Luo Lan."
Just thinking about it made him laugh.
It was also the reason he thought of her more as a person, while Hong Qing was simply an extra pawn placed on the board.
Luo Lan’s talent was far greater than she could imagine.
If she were ever able to balance those extre conditions and fully utilize them, she would have left this world, yes, the world itself, a long ti ago because of her divinity.
It was also that sa divinity that ant if he attempted dual cultivation with Luo Lan, he would freeze and explode into shards of ice the instant it began.
That was why he took a detour and focused on building a genuine relationship.
Still, it was as much humanity as he could manage after spending so long as a god.
"And if I do it right now, it would be a waste..."
His plan for her stretched far beyond this town, because pure yin could only be harvested once.
And there was no way he would fail to make the most of it.
And talking about a new vessel...
If he wanted to carry out the plan, he needed a temporary vessel that could last until then.
He pulled out the severed arm of Wu iyi, now known as Han iyi, and began to work his magic on it.
Even after being cut off, the flesh still rembered the connection.
With the right ritual he could access her mories across this distance, and he could also lay a curse on them.
He had already been doing both for so ti.
Looks like the Han clan has started fighting the Flaming Cloud Sect. I guess it is ti for the next step.
The next morning.
"Hehe, you can only watch~"
A gentle breeze slipped through the window. Morning light ward Hong Qing’s sleeping face.
She lay sprawled across the bed, body relaxed, a little drool at the corner of her mouth.
"Hmp, yes, harder, make him regret it."
She rolled in her sleep, then tipped over the edge and dropped face first onto the floor.
"Huh?!" Hong Qing jolted awake.
She pushed herself up, mind dragging itself out of the dream, and glanced around.
Her hair was a ss, clothes nowhere in sight.
"Shit, I need a bath!" Hong Qing had fallen asleep right after the euphoria from last night.
She could still feel warmth lingering in her body and assud she must be a disaster after spending the whole night like that.
Her first morning with her new man could not be like this!
But when she checked more carefully, aside from the drool and tangled hair, she was mostly clean.
"There is no bathroom in this tower, so I used a special technique to clean you." Wu Han said.
"Wow." His abilities never stopped amazing her. It made sense too. A miracle doctor and his disciple would naturally know cleansing techniques. Sterilization was one of the foundations of healing arts, she had learned that in extra classes.
"Sleep good?" Wu Han had waited for her to wake. Rest was a natural process of healing and adjustnt, she should have noticed sothing had changed.
"Yes, very good." She did not look embarrassed standing naked in front of him.
If anything, she seed proud, her hips and chest swaying as she walked toward him.
"Get your clothes on, we have sothing to do." Wu Han sounded uninterested.
The reaction knocked Hong Qing’s confidence down a notch.
She lowered her head, pulled a fresh Luo clan uniform from her storage ring, and dressed.
Wu Han watched until she was ready, then gave her a light pat on the head and motioned forward. "Let’s go. We have a task."
Seeing that he trusted her enough to bring her along, she smiled and hurried after him.
"Yes!"
After finishing their preparations, the two headed toward the northern mountains.
Hong Qing had co here many tis in the past, sotis to train, sotis to hunt.
Most of those trips had been with Yan Fei, but lately she had co alone, since his limits always stopped her from going deeper in search of more valuable finds.
But today she was with Wu Han~!
He was stronger than her, and he was a doctor. The thought made her steps lighter.
As ti passed and the sun climbed higher, she noticed sothing strange.
The mountain was too quiet.
Only a week ago she had chosen to stay inside the clan to avoid injury and focus on training, yet this silence felt wrong.
By just one week, it was almost as if everything had died.
Normally she would at least run into a spirit beast or two, even low rank ones that were hardly worth hunting.
Beasts were always a common sight here.
They migrated from the terrace beyond the mountains, a vast barren forest that divided nations and crawled with dangerous creatures, so there should never have been a shortage.
She ford a guess in her mind.
Either sothing had happened in the terrace, or the Flaming Cloud Sect had done sothing.
She would bring it up with the others later.
For now, she simply followed Wu Han’s footsteps in silence.
Hong Qing watched every move he made.
He never said a word, yet it looked like he was tracking sothing.
She pushed her senses outward, searching the surroundings, but she still had no idea what he had been following since they entered the mountain.
Judging from his expression, they had to be close.
Then he suddenly stopped and caught her before she could take another step.
"Shh." Wu Han pulled her into his arms and lowered both.
Her heart pounded against his chest.
She did not know whether to look at his face or at what lay ahead.
After forcing herself to focus, she followed his gaze and understood at once.
Flaming Cloud Sect, and that was Han Suwen!
Two groups stood far from their position, arguing.
Weapons were already drawn on both sides. It was a bad scene.
"Not only are there more and more injured and dead, but the number of beasts also keeps dwindling. What is your excuse?!" Han Suwen had lost his usual calm. He pointed his twin swords forward, demanding an answer.
Six Han clan disciples stood behind him, including the one-ard Han iyi.
Her eyes were locked on the group opposite them, weapon raised, no fear despite her condition.
The other side was led by Yue Hai, an officer of the Flaming Cloud Sect, and the elder sister of the disciple Wu Han had blown apart not long ago as a warning.
"You stupid child! Why are you so eager to bla us? We are also trying to find the root of the problem!"
Even while feeling insulted, she tried to act like the adult in the confrontation, unlike the Han clan.
The Flaming Cloud Sect had two people at the ninth stage of Qi Condensation, Yue Hai herself and the man at her side. The Han clan also had one to support Han Suwen, since he was the son of the clan leader.
"Young master, give the word and I will kill this woman for you!" His guard, Han Rong, drew his sword. Power pressed forward. They might be weaker individually, yet they had numbers, and Han Suwen at the eighth stage was not soone to overlook.
"If you are that worried about safety, then stay inside the town!"
Yue Hai felt irritation rise in her chest. Every clan accused them of so hidden sche, yet her sect master did not hold the authority to negotiate with the other factions. The burden fell onto disciples like her to keep everything from collapsing.
And now those sa clans, instead of restraining their own people, pushed the bla onto them.
"Because choosing a scapegoat was easier than admitting weakness."
Wu Han watched the tension thicken and smiled.
A fight was about to begin.
"Rember, yesterday you said you would do everything for ?"
Wu Han looked down at Hong Qing with a strange cold smile.
Hong Qing shivered at the sight.
"Of course. Everything for you." She nodded, trying to sound certain.
No matter what he asked, she would do it.
"Now it is ti for your first task."
Wu Han’s gaze remained on her, that sa chill in his expression.
"Fail, and you die. Do not disappoint ."
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