Long Ying burst into the spatial rift in a whirlwind, darting out of the cave mansion. She blurted out the moment she emerged.
“Yu Shizun plans to drain Yan Zhen Zhen dry again!”
Mentor Yu Xuan and Cai Lian exchanged a glance, both sensing that something was amiss.
“What did you see, Your Highness Long Ying?”
“What’s going on exactly?”
Long Ying said angrily, “Yu Shizun drained Yan Zhen Zhen once and still wasn’t satisfied. Just now, she took off his clothes and plans to do it again!”
The two women were greatly surprised.
“The Supreme took off Yan Zhen’s clothes?”
“You’re sure it wasn’t Yan Zhen who took them off himself?”
“Of course not,” Long Ying retorted. “Yan Zhen Zhen is still so weak he can barely move, but Yu Shizun just won’t let him go. Sister Cai Lian, Mentor Yu Xuan, we have to hurry and save Yan Zhen Zhen!”
This…
Cai Lian and Mentor Yu Xuan found it hard to believe. After all, they were reincarnators and knew this elder very well.
Up to now, Yu Shizun had never had an intimate male friend, let alone take the initiative to assault a man.
She was the type who devoted herself entirely to cultivation, staying far from worldly desires.
Unless Yu Shizun was also a reincarnator and had fallen for Yan Zhen over time in her previous life without showing it until this critical moment.
“…”
—It wasn’t impossible.
Cai Lian was fine, but Mentor Yu Xuan’s mind was a chaotic mess.
Her mother, great-aunt, little aunt, and now even her aunt had all fallen for him. How could even the Supreme… Yan Zhen, you big idiot!
By a stroke of coincidence—or misfortune—Dean Yu Qing and Grand Mentor Shui Bailan happened to walk over. They saw the three women standing there with a strange atmosphere and felt puzzled.
“Xuan’er, what are you all doing standing in front of the Supreme’s door?”
“Isn’t the Supreme inside the cave mansion?”
Cai Lian and Mentor Yu Xuan didn’t know how to respond for a moment, but Long Ying excitedly spilled everything she had discovered. This promptly shocked the two beautiful elders.
“The Supreme and Yan Zhen?”
“How could this be?”
The two women instinctively refused to believe it, but upon second thought, the Supreme’s attitude toward Yan Zhen was overly favorable. She considered him in everything and hadn’t even reacted when he exposed the family head’s vital gate. Could it really be—
“Everyone, calm down,” Cai Lian spoke up. “There must be some misunderstanding here. Otherwise, if Yan Zhen resisted, Yu Shizun couldn’t do anything to him.”
The women came to a sudden realization. Yan Zhen had Master Chen Xi watching over him. Back then, even when Thunder Supreme came to forcibly take him as a disciple, Master Chen Xi had driven him off.
Before they could relax, however, Long Ying said, “But what if Master Chen Xi agrees to let Yu Shizun bully Yan Zhen Zhen? After all, Yu Shizun is so beautiful, and her cultivation is so high~”
Long Ying, who wasn’t usually all that bright, had suddenly gotten clever this time, piercing the hearts of all the women present.
Indeed, as a disciple’s daughter-in-law, Yu Shizun was far superior to them right now. Not only could she protect Yan Zhen, but she could also guide his cultivation.
They hadn’t realized it until they compared themselves, and now they felt utterly outclassed. Even Cai Lian, a Mystic Saint in her previous life, started feeling inferior—after all, her position on Rain God Peak had been arranged by Yu Shizun herself.
“So what do we do now? We can’t just barge in and stop the Supreme.”
Even all of them together wouldn’t be a match for Yu Shizun.
Once her Supreme Domain opened, no one below the Supreme Realm could resist.
Cai Lian thought for a moment and said, “Let’s head back for now. If even Master Chen Xi agrees and Yan Zhen accepts it, then there’s nothing more to say.”
There were already so many sisters around anyway. Adding one more familiar face like Yu Shizun wouldn’t be impossible to accept.
Long Ying wasn’t happy about it. She had seen Yan Zhen Zhen’s weakened state with her own eyes—he had clearly been drained by Yu Shizun to the point of exhaustion. But since Sister Cai Lian had said so, she could only obey obediently.
Mentor Yu Xuan, Dean Yu Qing, and Grand Mentor Shui Bailan felt even more complicated emotions, especially Mentor Yu Xuan, who left alongside the two elders in a dazed, heartbroken state.
Inside the Tree Cave, Yu Shizun sensed the auras at the door departing and paid them no further mind.
She didn’t care about any misunderstandings, as long as she carried out Lady Chen Xi’s instructions.
At that moment, Yan Zhen sat up straight again and said, “Yu Shizun, I don’t feel dizzy anymore. Can I continue cultivating?”
Yu Shizun hummed in acknowledgment, embracing Yan Zhen once more. She placed both hands over his dantian.
“Then let’s continue.”
Yan Zhen closed his eyes and circulated the Ancestral Symbol Scripture, mobilizing his Water Symbol. He released Water Tendrils to capture the surrounding Water Spiritual Rhymes.
As time passed, sweat beaded more and more on Yan Zhen’s body, as if he had just been pulled from a pool of water.
A faint sweaty scent wafted through the air, teasing Yu Shizun’s senses through the thin veil.
She had never been this close to a man before—not even as a child.
Orphaned young, she had been adopted into the almost entirely female Yu Family. During her studies at Holy Land Academy, she had plenty of suitors, but to avoid shaming her adoptive mother, she focused solely on cultivation. She had no boyfriend, not even many friends.
Later, her adoptive mother passed away, and by a stroke of fate, she encountered Lady Chen Xi. Aspiring to become as powerful and beautiful as her, Yu Shizun worked tirelessly toward that goal, rejecting all would-be suitors until she reached the Supreme Realm.
These days, more and more people admired Yu Shizun, but hardly anyone dared confess to her.
Naturally, Yu Shizun never initiated contact with men—Yan Zhen was the sole exception.
Perhaps because of her connection to Lady Chen Xi, she felt especially close to him. Plus, during their dual cultivation to treat her condition, his all-out effort had truly touched and distressed her.
Thus, Yu Shizun had long decided to treat Yan Zhen well, just like Lady Chen Xi did.
Even if Yan Zhen was a playboy, she didn’t mind getting close to him. In fact, she found spending time with him quite pleasant.
The subtle, neither-too-close-nor-too-distant distance between them felt comfortable. Even holding him this intimately didn’t make her feel like her personal space had been invaded.
“…”
—This child is sweating so much.
Yu Shizun felt the front of her robes growing damp as well.
Sensing the scorching body heat radiating from Yan Zhen and watching the glistening sweat beads on his neck, Yu Shizun suddenly recalled the scene of Xuan’er sprawled over him, licking and sucking avidly. Xuan’er’s intoxicated expression had been like she was savoring some heavenly nectar, stirring curiosity in Yu Shizun’s heart.
Right now, both of Yu Shizun’s hands were stacked over Yan Zhen’s dantian, suppressing the Extreme Flame within him to keep it from stirring. After a moment’s thought, she leaned down slightly and, through her veil, kissed the side of Yan Zhen’s neck. With a gentle suck, she drew that drop of sweat into her mouth.
It was mildly salty, carrying a hint of fiery warmth—that was pure Fire Mystic Power.
Was this Yan Zhen’s taste?
It wasn’t bad, but it was no nectar of the gods. Just hot saltwater.
Was Xuan’er devouring it so eagerly because… she liked him?
For some reason, Yu Shizun’s heart fluttered inexplicably. She blinked her beautiful eyes, selected another sweat bead, and drew it into her mouth through the veil, savoring it carefully once more.
It was… kind of special?
In the Fire Refining Starry Sky, atop the altar, Chen Xi gazed quietly at the light mirror before her. A contemplative look flowed into her beautiful eyes.
