Question: How to sleep with the master

There was new income on the panel, and Cao Xueyan habitually took out 40 points, dropping 20 each into cultivation realm and talisman arts.

In the long run, little by little, it would not seem too shocking.

As soon as she added those cultivation points, the feeling was simply comfortable.

Her dantian brimmed with spiritual power, and in her mind suddenly emerged a good deal of knowledge related to talisman arts, making her almost unable to resist trying it out right away.

【At age 20, you broke through to Qi Refining Stage Eight.】

【At age 21, Xiao Menglan officially announced that she had accepted you as her personal disciple and held a grand apprenticeship ceremony for you.】

【Disciples, elders, even peak lords attended the ceremony. In the end, even the sect master personally appeared.】

【The sect master gifted you an expensive flying sword, containing the strike of a Golden Core cultivator.】

【That night, you and Xiao Menglan spent a pleasant night together.】

【At age 23, you formally entered the path of talismans and became a First-Rank Talisman Master.】

【Xiao Menglan was very happy for you and pulled you into her room.】

【You spent another pleasant night together.】

【At age 26, you broke through to Qi Refining Stage Nine. Your cultivation speed shocked the sect, and many saw you as the sect’s future hope.】

【At age 28, because you were in seclusion, you missed a mission letter from the External Affairs Hall. When you came out, news spread of an ancient ruin emerging. For some reason, you felt a strong desire to investigate.】

【You told Xiao Menglan, but she said that demonic cultivators were rampant outside. Many disciples of righteous sects had fallen to their schemes. She told you not to leave the sect during this time, at least until the sect master returned.】

【At age 32, with your mere Qi Refining cultivation, you successfully crafted a Second-Rank Talisman. With time, you would surely become a true Second-Rank Talisman Master.】

【Your master Xiao Menglan was delighted, and once again brought you into her room.】

【You spent yet another pleasant night together.】

【A few months later, the sect confirmed the authenticity of the ancient ruin’s news and decided to send an elder with some inner disciples to investigate.】

【Remembering Xiao Menglan’s warning, you chose not to go. Months later, a disastrous report returned—almost everyone was wiped out. Only two disciples barely escaped back.】

【The two survivors brought word that several Golden Core demonic cultivators had led the attack, slaughtering righteous disciples. The whole sect was thrown into panic. Since the sect master was absent, the peak lords decided to seal the mountain, forbidding any disciple from leaving.】

【At age 36, many talented disciples in the sect suddenly died under mysterious circumstances.】

【Months later, while you were in seclusion attempting to break through to Foundation Establishment, someone infiltrated your cave. Before you could react, a disciple of Azure Cloud Sword Sect, drenched in demonic aura, pierced your chest with a single sword.】

【You died. Before your death, you clearly saw the intruder’s face—it was one of the very disciples who had escaped back from the ruins.】

【Evaluation: This life you lived was average. Though you achieved some progress in cultivation and talismans, you missed many chances to uncover the truth. To escape death, you still need more effort, girl.】

【Reward: Cultivation Points +100】

Cao Xueyan ended the simulation, her brows tightly furrowed.

Not leaving the sect was also a dead end.

Once the demonic cultivators found even a sliver of opportunity, they would slip impostors into the sect.

Within a few years, talented disciples would be assassinated, and she would be no exception.

Moreover, that sect master she had never met seemed to always vanish at critical times—whether out training or encountering misfortune, no one knew.

Speaking of it, that so-called ancient ruin seemed far too suspicious.

Every time it appeared, the simulation never ended well.

After some thought, Cao Xueyan concluded that the so-called ruin might actually be bait released by demonic cultivators.

Of course, the bait had to be real—otherwise, how could it lure prey?

As for her next simulation path, she felt she needed to enter that ruin again to investigate.

Since the demonic cultivators used it as bait so effectively, there must be an astonishing secret hidden within.

However, according to the simulation’s timeline, the ruins would not be mentioned until she turned 28.

Before that, no one seemed to know of its existence.

But given its location, it might not be far from Azure Cloud Sword Sect’s territory—perhaps even within it.

In earlier simulations, she and some fellow disciples had discovered it while returning to the sect.

For just a few disciples, searching a thousand-mile radius for ruins was like finding a needle in a haystack.

But for a Golden Core cultivator? With such power, it might only take a month.

For now, developing new targets in the simulator had to wait.

This run reminded Cao Xueyan of the lurking danger once more.

The demonic cultivators were insidious—who knew if one or two spies already lurked within the sect, eyeing the gifted disciples like hungry wolves?

No! She had not yet obtained immortality—how could she die in vain?

Cao Xueyan gritted her teeth.

She had to persuade a Golden Core elder to investigate the ruins before the demonic cultivators moved on a large scale.

Among them, the only one she could rely on was Xiao Menglan.

If she was willing to sacrifice her dignity, perhaps… maybe… she could seduce Xiao Menglan into agreeing?

But she wasn’t sure.

Though Xiao Menglan was her master, she was still a Golden Core cultivator.

In private—especially in bed—her master was tolerant.

But when it came to serious matters, Cao Xueyan doubted it would be so easy.

At the same time, Xiao Menglan herself had no idea her little disciple was scheming about her.

Having just finished some sect affairs, she recalled Cao Xueyan’s shabby storage pouch.

With a thought, she appeared atop Artifact Peak.

Xiao Menglan’s arrival did not alarm anyone.

She went straight to the peak lord’s cave residence, which also served as a forging site.

Below it lay a formation that drew up the earth’s fire from deep underground, making the area perpetually scorching, barren of grass.

The barren scene somewhat resembled Sword Peak, where the sect master resided.

“I wondered who it was—turns out it’s Peak Lord Xiao.

To visit so suddenly without notice, you’ve left this old man unprepared.”