Chapter 4: Avoided the First Day

As she spoke, Gu Qiushui had already leaned her body gently against the young man.

With the girl’s movement, the beads of sweat on her forehead slid down immediately, tracing along her slender neck and half-bared collarbone, soaking into the semi-transparent fabric of her sweat-dampened clothes, flowing along the snowy-white cleavage toward a deeper, more secret place.

At both ends of that deep valley, the sheer fabric stretched tight, revealing subtle yet extraordinarily eye-catching small protrusions.

Chen Yuyang unconsciously held his breath.

He instantly realized that the atmosphere was off and was about to stand up.

“Senior Sister Qiushui, I, I should go now…”

But before he could move, a pair of hands pressed down on his shoulders, pushing him back into his seat.

Gu Qiushui faced him directly and straddled his lap.

“Don’t be in such a hurry to leave, Junior Brother Yuyang~”

“Senior Sister, do you want to eat me or something?”

Chen Yuyang’s heart pounded violently.

He certainly knew Gu Qiushui wouldn’t literally eat him, but he couldn’t guarantee she wouldn’t ‘eat’ him—in another sense.

“This time you’ve been away for so long, Junior Brother doesn’t miss Senior Sister? Don’t you want to say something to me?”

She said this as she gently wrapped her arms around his head, pulling him softly into her bosom.

Perhaps it was the passionate fire brought by the sun.

Gu Qiushui felt a blazing heat burning fiercely in her abdomen.

Since Yuyang grew up, it had been a very long time since she’d held him like this.

And she would never forget how warm, reassuring, and reluctant to let go this embrace felt.

The girl’s body swayed slightly, and the hand pressing on the boy’s head tightened instead of relaxing.

Chen Yuyang wanted to escape.

But Gu Qiushui’s strength was greater than his.

Without hurting him, Chen Yuyang had no way to break free.

“Senior Sister! Don’t do this!”

The boy in her arms struggled and resisted with all his might.

But his movements did not change her mind; instead, they only fueled the wicked fire burning in her heart.

“Don’t be afraid, Junior Brother~”.

“Senior Sister hugging you won’t make me lose a single piece of flesh. Didn’t I hold you plenty when you were little?”

“Oh my, Junior Brother, why do you have such a reaction~ Such a naughty boy~ I am your Senior Sister, you know~”

“Senior Sister, this means I have to punish you properly~”

Her slender waist rubbed against him as she tightened her arms even more, causing Chen Yuyang, buried in her embrace, to be suffocated into silence.

Just as the excitement and frenzy took over her mind and she wanted to take things further,

Chen Yuyang’s body temperature began to rise rapidly.

Until his heat reached a level that made Gu Qiushui feel a sharp sting and forced her to let go.

“Ah! Junior Brother, what are you doing!”

Being abruptly interrupted made Gu Qiushui a bit embarrassed and annoyed.

But the first words Chen Yuyang spoke after regaining his breath made her immediately lose her temper.

“Senior Sister Qiushui, I’m going to report this to Master.”

Although Chen Yuyang didn’t like solving problems through threats or tattling,

in this situation, it was the best option.

Sure enough, upon hearing “Master,” Gu Qiushui’s expression changed instantly, turning guilty and nervous.

“T-This…”

If Master found out she had done this kind of thing to Junior Brother Yuyang… and that it was forced…

Gu Qiushui quickly stood up from the boy, biting her lip.

“Oh dear, Junior Brother Yuyang~ Senior Sister was just joking with you~”.

“Senior Sister only wanted to check if your body is developing normally~ Absolutely no ill intentions.”

“You, you can’t tell Master~ Senior Sister, I’ll be punished, wuwu, Master might skin me alive or even expel me from the sect~”.

She grabbed Chen Yuyang’s sleeve pitifully and began swaying side to side, acting coquettish.

Unable to resist, Chen Yuyang could only reply,

“I won’t tell Master, but Senior Sister, you can’t do this to me anymore.”

“All right, Senior Sister promises you, I won’t do it again.”

Gu Qiushui hurriedly agreed.

Breathing a quiet sigh of relief, Chen Yuyang pulled away from her still-encircling arms.

“Senior Sister Qiushui, now that you have refined the Hanjiang Veil, please leave. I still need to cultivate.”

Gu Qiushui looked at the young man regretfully, slowly nodded, and turned to leave.

After walking some distance, the girl still looked back unwillingly.

“Oh, what a pity~”.

“This was such a good opportunity~”.

“I must have been too intense and scared him.”

“Hmm, maybe next time I can try a gentler approach.”

As for the promise she had just made to Chen Yuyang a moment ago…

A sly smile appeared on Gu Qiushui’s face.

“I only said I won’t do it this way to him, but I never said I won’t do it at all.”

Gu Qiushui left, but Chen Yuyang still felt his heart pounding loudly.

This was too dangerous.

He never expected Senior Sister Qiushui to have such designs on him, nearly forcing himself.

Shaking his head, he forced himself not to think about it.

Just as Chen Yuyang intended to return to his room to continue cultivating his body, he suddenly sensed something.

He lifted his head and looked toward the direction of the Hehuan Sect Main Peak.

“What a dense aura of Yin energy…”

“And it’s evil Yin energy…”

Chen Yuyang frowned slightly, staring at the mountain peak in puzzlement.

Master’s room was also in the main hall…

Could this matter be related to Master?

For some reason, Chen Yuyang felt uneasy.

“Maybe I should go check it out!”

Thinking this, the young man rose into the air, heading toward the main peak.

…

Hehuan Sect Main Peak, Grand Hall.

Inside, at the center beneath a suspended incense burner chained from above, Tai Lingxuan sat cross-legged.

At this moment, the woman’s beautiful eyes were closed, her breath fragrant and calm, her delicate body trembling slightly.

Her azure-purple sheer gown was soaked with sweat, clinging tightly to her figure.

Since reaching the peak of the Transformation Spirit Realm, Tai Lingxuan had needed massive amounts of pure Yang energy to balance her own Yin and Yang.

Hehuan Sect was poor, and she hadn’t spent the limited spiritual stones on herself.

However, the extreme Yin power inside her was still condensing constantly under the effect of the Hehuan Jue, growing stronger, continually rebounding against her body.

Now, whenever this backlash occurred, Tai Lingxuan could only grit her teeth and endure.

But as time went on, the backlash became increasingly severe and harder to control.

From initially lasting half an hour, the backlash now persisted for three hours.

With the massive consumption of spiritual power, Tai Lingxuan felt her body becoming increasingly weak and difficult to control…

If the overwhelming Yin backlash took control, even she didn’t know what she might become or what she might do.

She had to hold on!

Clenching her silver teeth, Tai Lingxuan once again activated her cultivation method to stabilize her mind and suppress the loss of control.

Just as Tai Lingxuan began to feel she might withstand this wave, the doors of the hall suddenly swung open.

Standing there was a boy with black hair and dark eyes, about fourteen years old.

The boy was handsome, though still a bit youthful, but he had a heroic aura that ordinary boys lacked.

“Master, I’ve helped Senior Sister Qiushui refine the Hanjiang Veil. Master, I can sense…”

Chen Yuyang entered casually, starting with a random topic, but before finishing, he noticed Tai Lingxuan’s condition.

“Master? What’s wrong?”

He asked, quickening his steps.

The Yin and evil energy he sensed was emanating from Tai Lingxuan’s body.

What was going on?

“Don’t, don’t come any closer!”

Seeing the boy, Tai Lingxuan immediately panicked and shouted.

But at that very moment, distracted by surprise and panic,the backlash power burst forth like a dam breaking.

Her consciousness collapsed instantly.

Afterward, Tai Lingxuan couldn’t remember what happened.

…

Some time later.

Outside the hall, rain poured down heavily.

Tai Lingxuan woke up suddenly, as if from a nightmare, eyes snapping open.

Rising, she saw the candles inside the hall still burning brightly.

The suspended incense was still leisurely releasing white smoke that calmed the mind…

“I… I’m awake?”

She raised a hand to rub her head.

But then she noticed a strip of cloth wrapped around her fingers.

Looking down quickly, she saw tattered cloth scattered on the ground.

Only then did she realize how disheveled her clothes were.

But more important—and what shocked her the most—was the pale young boy lying not far from her among the pile of torn cloth.

Could it be…Tai Lingxuan’s body trembled violently.

Terror instantly engulfed her heart.

“Yu, Yuyang?”

She called softly, afraid to speak louder.

Fearful of disturbing him, yet worried he might not respond.

“Ugh~”

The boy shifted slightly, emitting a muffled groan.

He was still alive…

Her heart, which had been hanging in the balance, finally settled.

But more worries and questions flooded Tai Lingxuan’s mind.

What exactly had happened just now?

Why was she able to regain consciousness and wake up?

And what had she done to Yuyang?

Tai Lingxuan tried to recall, but…her mind was blank during that time.

She could only guess.

Guess what her out-of-control self had done.

The answer seemed to be found in the scattered traces of blood on the ground, scratch marks and kiss marks on the boy, and the slight discomfort she felt in her body.

Her uncontrolled self had harmed this child and had used the Yang Gathering and Yin Supplement method in the Hehuan Jue to steal the boy’s pure Yang source.

The stolen pure Yang source dissipated the Yin energy backlash, allowing her to regain consciousness…

This was the most reasonable explanation.

And the only one that made sense for everything happening now.

Thinking this, Tai Lingxuan felt suffocated.

Indeed, the original reason Tai Lingxuan took in Chen Yuyang was because of his unique constitution, hoping he could contribute to the sect’s revival.

But after accompanying him for more than ten years, she no longer saw him as a mere tool but developed special feelings for him.

Not long ago, she even warned him not to be tempted by the senior sisters and damage his own origin.

Yet…the result was that she, as his Master, had harmed this promising disciple.

Guilt, self-blame, and hatred.

Complex emotions surged in her heart, but none could accurately describe Tai Lingxuan’s current state.

“Oh right, I have to check… how serious his injuries are.”

Suddenly, Tai Lingxuan thought of this crucial matter.

Though her legs were somewhat weak, she immediately went to the boy’s side.

She expanded her divine sense and probed into the defenseless boy’s body, beginning to examine Chen Yuyang’s pure Yang source.