After the storm, the beautiful moonlight cascaded down, cloaking the entire Purple Cloud Sect in a hazy, picturesque veil of gauze.
Within the room, Ning Wan’s stunningly beautiful face was covered in an alluring, enchanting rosy blush. Her jade arms rested on Deng Tianyu’s shoulders, her breathtakingly long legs curled up as she leaned against his embrace.
Listening to her precious disciple’s strong heartbeat, her rapid breathing gradually calmed.
After a long while, Ning Wan raised her head. Her smooth, silk-like hand slipped into Deng Tianyu’s palm. Her starry eyes, misted with a hint of moisture, looked at him. “Tianyu, is it… somewhat unbearable?”
“Shizun knows it’s like this, so why do you deliberately tease me every time?” Deng Tianyu sighed softly, somewhat helplessly. Every time, his Shizun was satisfied, while he was left hanging, half-aroused, forced to restrain himself from venting fully.
“Your Shizun just likes seeing Tianyu look like that.” Ning Wan smiled coquettishly, curling her snowy, jade legs. The cluster of tender, soft flesh in her thigh cleft once more enveloped Deng Tianyu’s cock, slowly grinding a few times, perfectly embodying a seductive, captivating vixen.
“Shizun, that’s just too much!” Deng Tianyu grunted, feeling his Shizun was a devil. She was clearly satisfied yet deliberately continued to tease and provoke him.
Ever since he cultivated the 《Purple Cloud Dao Canon – Upper Volume》, he knew the rule: he must not lose his Primal Yang before the Imperial Sovereign Realm. Otherwise, the balance of Yin and Yang in his body would be disrupted, leading to a drastic slowdown in his future cultivation speed. Just like earlier, if he hadn’t hit the brakes in time, things might have gone wrong.
So, even though drops of Filial Piety Water had entered, Deng Tianyu was still somewhat frustrated.
Seeing her precious disciple’s wronged expression, Ning Wan affectionately tapped his nose with a slender finger and said, with a straight face, “Your Shizun is training your endurance. Enhancing your inner mental state while simultaneously withstanding external temptations will help you break into the King-Sealing Realm faster.”
“Shizun, your reasoning is flawless!” Deng Tianyu was speechless. However, he knew his Shizun wasn’t lying. Because when he suppressed the desire in his heart, a subtle, nuanced change did indeed appear in his mental state. Although minuscule, it was exactly as his Shizun described.
“It’s getting late; time to cultivate. Tianyu, help your Shizun dress, then carry me over.” Ning Wan reached out and hooked her arms around his neck. Her beautiful eyes flowed with light, her languid, seductive charm fully displayed. She loved being pampered by her precious disciple; it was a feeling she deeply enjoyed and was addicted to.
Deng Tianyu nodded and piously helped his Shizun dress in her intimate garments and her nightgown. Of course, the dressing process involved some minor friction, but compared to the earlier intimacies in the bath barrel, it was child’s play.
“Shizun, I’ll carry you over.”
Once Deng Tianyu himself was dressed, he placed one hand under the soft bend of her knees and the other around her graceful waist, lifting his Shizun in a princess carry.
“Mm, thank you, Tianyu.” The mature and alluring Ning Wan nestled against him like a delicate bird, yet it possessed a uniquely beautiful charm. Gazing at Deng Tianyu’s profile, Ning Wan couldn’t resist gently pressing her alluring red lips against his lips for a kiss. Her hot, fragrant breath whispered, “Tianyu, from now on, after every bath, will you always carry your Shizun to cultivate like this?”
“As long as it’s Shizun’s wish, of course.” Deng Tianyu naturally wouldn’t refuse. This way, not only did he fulfill his Shizun’s request, but he also gained Filial Piety Water Drops. It was truly killing two birds with one stone.
“Tianyu is indeed so filial!”
Upon receiving this answer, the smile on Ning Wan’s face became even more radiant, as beautiful and moving as the first clear sky after rain.
As usual, after cultivation ended, master and disciple interlocked their fingers and fell asleep in each other’s arms.
In his dream, within the boundless Flower Sea, Deng Tianyu saw the serenely picturesque Fourth Aunt. “No sword practice tonight,” Fourth Aunt, wearing her veil, said softly. Her voice was slightly cool but pleasant to the ear.
“Then what should we do tonight?” Deng Tianyu was somewhat bewildered. According to the usual routine, Fourth Aunt accompanied him in sword practice every night, year after year for over a decade, without change. Now, suddenly saying no practice, he was a bit unaccustomed.
“Play chess.” Fourth Aunt sat down on the ground, gesturing for Deng Tianyu to do the same.
“Where is the chess set?” Though puzzled, he obeyed.
Just then, Fourth Aunt’s fair, jade-like hand pointed.
“Buzz!”
Instantly, the boundless starry sky above the Flower Sea World trembled. Fourth Aunt gestured again, slicing her hand through the air. Sword Intents, vast enough to traverse heaven and earth, formed thirty-eight intersecting lines vertically and horizontally. The stars filling the sky were cleaved by that terrifying Sword Intent, transforming into black and white chess pieces, separated onto two sides. It was a magnificent chess game, using the starry sky as the board and the stars as the pieces.
Even knowing he was in a dream, Deng Tianyu was shocked by Fourth Aunt’s skill. What kind of terrifying Sword Intent was that? It could actually cleave the starry sky and treat stars as chess pieces!
Fourth Aunt looked at Deng Tianyu. Her red lips parted slightly: “This is the Starry Net Chess Game condensed with Sword Intent. To place a piece, you must condense your Sword Intent to control the star pieces.”
“How do I use Sword Intent to control stars?” Deng Tianyu was baffled. Was chess now this profoundly advanced? He had to use Sword Intent to control stars? If this trend continued, would he one day be able to cleave the sun, moon, and stars with a single sword strike?
Fourth Aunt pondered for a moment and explained: “Heaven and Earth’s Qi combine into one, dividing into Yin and Yang, arranged into the Four Seasons, and judged by the Five Elements. Within the Starry Net Chess Game, Yin and Yang energies form the board, while the Four Seasons and Five Elements form the black and white pieces. To control the pieces, one must understand the Four Seasons and Five Elements.”
“Four Seasons and Five Elements?” Deng Tianyu thought for a moment, then understood.
The Five Elements were Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth. Metal represented convergence; Wood, growth; Water, tranquility; Fire, destruction; Earth, control. These were precisely the Five Elements Sword Arts Fourth Aunt had previously imparted: Solidifying Sword Art, Nurturing Sword Art, Heart Sword Art, Drawing Sword Art, and Sword Control Art.
As for the Four Seasons, they were the Four Seasons Sword Intent: Spring Vitality, Summer Flourish, Autumn Harvest, Winter Storage. This was similarly the Sword Dao he had comprehended during his sword discussions with Fourth Aunt.
“You hold the black pieces. Go first.” Knowing he had understood, Fourth Aunt finally spoke, gesturing for him to make a move.
Deng Tianyu nodded, pointing a finger towards the void. Instantly, four streams of Sword Intent—green, red, gold, and white—condensed and burst forth, directly enveloping one of the black pieces.
“Buzz!” The black piece trembled but didn’t immediately move.
Deng Tianyu’s expression grew solemn, not daring to be distracted in the slightest. Because the moment he employed his Four Seasons Sword Intent, the star-transformed black piece transmitted an extremely intense will of resistance. Clearly, this black piece refused to be controlled by him. In other words, his Four Seasons Sword Intent and Five Elements Sword Arts weren’t strong enough to make it submit.
“A tug-of-war, huh? Interesting.” His train of thought stopping there, Deng Tianyu smiled slightly, activated his Five Elements Sword Arts, and a majestic, sharp, four-colored Sword Intent soared into the sky.
The first sword technique Fourth Aunt taught him was the Nurturing Sword Art. What the Nurturing Sword Art nurtured wasn’t a sword, but Sword Intent. What Sword Intent did it nurture? The sixteen years of Spring Vitality, Summer Flourish, Autumn Harvest, Winter Storage.
Seeing this scene, a smile appeared on the face beneath Fourth Aunt’s thin veil. This smile, even obscured by the veil, was enough to make the entire Flower Sea seem dim by comparison.
