A Moment of Intimacy

After that fleeting moment of intimacy,

Xuanyuan Luoshui dabbed the glistening at her lips with an embroidered peony handkerchief, the last traces of passion gradually receding from her face.

Zhuang Xun, looking utterly humiliated, shrank into the corner of the bed, his lips trembling: “You rebellious disciple… forcing your master to do such things…”

“Master, isn’t this the position of mutual comfort that you wrote about in your book?”

“Then why are you so awkward?”

“Thinking and doing are totally different!”

Practice and theory were completely separate matters.

Zhuang Xun was a walking encyclopedia of theoretical knowledge—the Forty-Eight Hands of Edo, the Diamond Yin-Soothing Finger—what diagram wasn’t he proficient in?

But alas, he was an old shut-in. His mind excelled at fantasizing, yet in reality, he had never had a practical partner.

What a tragedy.

“But, Master, I have experienced your silver tongue…”

Xuanyuan Luoshui smiled seductively, the corners of her lips curling with pleasure: “Next time I desire it, I’ll come to Master. Doing these things alone is truly boring.”

“You!”

“I’ve been very lenient with you. I gave you time to adapt, didn’t force you to marry and consummate… So… don’t think about escaping from Luoshui’s side anymore, okay~”

“…”

“How did you become like this…”

Damn it all…

This was too humiliating.

He, Zhuang Xun, had cultivated for millennia, slain countless stellar experts, but had never suffered such humiliation as today.

And always being pinned down.

The saying ‘Without strength, you become a woman’s plaything’… I never thought it would come true for me, and with a disciple I had always treated like a daughter.

If word got out, it would be a laughingstock.

“Hehe…”

“Didn’t I already say? That’s because… Master has always been the one I love.” Xuanyuan Luoshui turned back, smiling at Zhuang Xun, a smile like a hundred flowers blooming, ice melting away.

“…”

“Bring your forehead here.”

“Master wants to knock me again?”

“It’s a spiritual transmission.”

“Having you, Master… it really feels like having everything…”

Saying this, Xuanyuan Luoshui climbed back onto the bed and slowly extended her forehead.

“…”

Now there was no use saying anything; unless the root problem was solved, he would never escape her grasp.

Even if he was unwilling to use a method that would hurt her.

Zhuang Xun brought his fingers together, looking at her gradually approaching stunning face, a glimmer of light flashing in his eyes.

Dong~ A glimmer entered her forehead like a drop of thick ink into a lake, quickly contaminating and occupying half of her Sea of Consciousness.

“Spend the next three days in deep contemplation. Don’t keep thinking about disturbing me.”

“Then who will take care of you recently?”

“I’ll be fine alone; I don’t need more people.”

“Alright.” A white jade token appeared in Xuanyuan Luoshui’s hand, and she placed it in Zhuang Xun’s: “This is the exclusive token for my Immortal Luo Peak. With it, you can come and go freely and move around the sect… No one but me dares to touch so much as a hair on your head… But don’t think of escaping the sect. Otherwise, when I finish my meditation and find you gone… I will immediately activate the blood origin curse to locate you, and make you experience the pain of a million ants biting your heart… And, regardless of whether you’re willing, after I recapture you… You will have to marry me and consummate the marriage. Then we can slowly cultivate feelings. So, don’t say I didn’t warn you.”

“…”

With that, Xuanyuan Luoshui flickered and vanished from the bed.

“…”

“Sigh…” Zhuang Xun collapsed on the bed, feeling the lingering strange fragrance in his mouth. It made him hold his forehead in dismay, a sense of nausea rising in his heart.

“So difficult… Someone save me…”

Calling heaven? Forget it, that’s not necessary. Earth doesn’t answer either. Truly a great calamity in my fate.

****

Myriad Demons Ancient Domain.

Inside a demon palace suspended among the clouds in the sky.

Lin Suyun, dressed in a plain white flowing immortal dress, was in her study, wiping a silver-edged sword against a bronze mirror.

“Sigh… I wonder what Master looks like now… and where he is…”

She sighed softly, her index finger lightly stroking the blade, causing the sword to emit a faint tremor.

Shua! Suddenly, a beam of light flew to her desk, revealing a jade slip.

[Sect Leader, scouts have reported finding traces of the person you’re looking for in a mortal realm of the Azure Domain.]

“Found so soon? So fast…” Lin Suyun sent a divine sense message into the jade slip and sent it back.

Soon, a cold-faced man in black robes entered her study and bowed: “Sect Leader, according to the portrait, it is indeed identical.”

“Good. Spread the word, find me nine diviners skilled in astrology and fortune-telling. I want to set up an altar to divine fate.”

“Is the Sect Leader planning to find a Child of Fortune?”

“What is the sixth rule of the sect?”

“Do not question orders, act swiftly.”

“Since you know, why ask more?” Lin Suyun’s expression unchanged, she flicked the blade with her fingertip, producing a soft ring.

Ding~ Her gaze never rested on the man, yet a deadly, chilling sword aura grazed by his ear, leaving a shallow cut.

“… Disciple knows his mistake, will do it immediately.”

The man kept bowing until he exited the study, then he clutched his heart and left as if pardoned.

Lin Suyun put down the sword and glanced at the bright sun and clouds outside the window.

“Based on Master’s strand of divine sense, his fate should be extraordinary. But this time traces were found in the mortal realm… Could he be wandering the mundane world?”

She shook her head. “Only when I see him again… can I investigate.”

As if remembering something, Lin Suyun looked at the sword and smiled leisurely, like a secluded lotus blooming deep in a pond.

“This time, Yun’er can finally see Master with her own eyes again… Yun’er… really misses Master…”

Her eyes, for the first time in a long while, welled up. It was the sickness of longing, the joy of finally having a wish fulfilled.

But when she actually sees him… perhaps it will be a fury that could shatter stars.

****

The next day.

Supreme Mystery Dao Sect.

On a massive floating island.

A battle that shook the heavens and earth, causing chaos in the spiritual energy, was unfolding. The two combatants were a man and a woman, both wearing the gold-trimmed purple robes of inner disciples.

Their figures flickered within the barrier space of the island, each clash happening in a flash, stirring up hurricane-like waves of spiritual pressure.

Outside the barrier, the watching disciples clapped and cheered, exclaiming nonstop.

However, one person, not wearing disciple robes, watched the duel with a slight frown.

The quality of this battle is not high… They’re both at Nascent Soul stage, but instead of competing in conceptual domains or something, they’re just comparing pure spiritual power and treasure strength… This is too weak.

“Hey, bro, wanna make a bet on who’ll win?” Suddenly, a young man’s voice came from behind him, making him glance sideways.