Chapter 143: Dance Club

Recycling second-hand marionettes and components? Mu Yanxi recalled that the original host and her sister often went to scrapyards, where marionettes were among the main items collected.

It seemed the model play club also purchased these discarded marionettes for modification and reuse.

Inside a hall within the manor, senior sisters from the club were specifically responsible for appraising and purchasing the old marionettes brought in by junior sisters.

A price list was posted nearby, and female disciples at the entrance came in an endless stream.

However, after checking the recycling prices, Mu Yanxi felt disappointed. Marionettes originally worth thirty to forty thousand spirit stones, even if still functional, would only be bought at half price after depreciation.

If they were scrapped, depending on the level of damage, they could only be sold for one to two thousand spirit stones, roughly a tenth of their value.

For higher-level marionettes, the purchase ratio was slightly better. For example, discarded golden core-level marionettes could fetch about twenty to thirty percent of their original value, likely due to their rarity.

Even so, many girls still sold the discarded marionettes they picked up to the club. The purchasing area was constantly busy, making Mu Yanxi realize that there were indeed quite a few poor disciples in the Spiritual Moon Sect—so many had resorted to scavenging.

Mu Yanxi stopped a young girl to ask and learned that the club’s purchasing prices were already quite fair. At outside scrapyards, such marionettes would only sell for a few hundred spirit stones.

After thinking it through, Mu Yanxi understood. The club was full of marionette experts who were skilled at dismantling and reusing these discarded items.

Since new components were expensive, their demand for old marionettes was higher, so they offered relatively better prices to attract fellow disciples to sell to them.

As for external scrapyards, they likely only melted down the marionettes into raw materials after dismantling them, so naturally, they would not offer high prices. It was all business.

After touring the model play club, Mu Yanxi exited the Bell Moon Red Dust space and returned to Yuehua Palace to check out the other clubs.

She also spotted the two clubs that had been recruiting at the entrance earlier.

At the dance club’s booth, dozens of senior sisters had changed into flowing fairy-like dresses and were gracefully dancing in the air, performing the “Heavenly Immortal Descent.”

This dance seemed to be a form of group cultivation. A senior sister from the dance club explained that it simulated the process of ascending to immortality, guiding spiritual energy to accelerate cultivation and even break through bottlenecks.

The club also possessed more than a dozen immortal dances that could aid cultivation, which they could teach to members.

Hearing this, Mu Yanxi felt tempted again. Without a spiritual root, she had to rely on external means to cultivate, and the dance path seemed like a viable option.

Although she had never learned such arts before, nor danced in such attire, enduring it for the sake of immortality cultivation seemed acceptable.

At that moment, a newly admitted junior sister spoke up.

“Senior Sister, get to the point. You know we didn’t come here for cultivation. There are plenty of ways to improve our strength. We want to see the real highlights—are there any immortal dances that can attract male cultivators?”

“Exactly. I came because I heard the dance club has dances that assist in dual cultivation.”

“I heard the dances of Spiritual Moon Palace can enhance mental state and comprehension for high-level cultivators in illusions. Can we see that?”

“I want to learn dances that can entice high-level male cultivators. Do you have any?”

Hearing this, Mu Yanxi was completely stunned. In her eyes, the “Heavenly Immortal Descent” was already an exquisite immortal dance, yet most disciples showed no interest. Instead, they echoed the request for dances that could attract high-level male cultivators.

“Yes, Junior Sister, we do,” the senior sister replied.

“We have at least nine sets of immortal dances capable of attracting high-level cultivators, each with different effects. However, these are secret techniques of Spiritual Moon Palace, and each demonstration consumes a large amount of our mana.”

The audience below seemed somewhat uninterested upon hearing this, so the senior sister quickly changed her tone.

“But since so many junior sisters have come, we cannot disappoint you. We will now perform the signature Luoying Dance of Spiritual Moon Palace.”

She clapped her hands. The senior sisters floating in midair suddenly changed their demeanor, and their dance movements shifted—from ethereal immortals to alluring enchantresses.

They slowly descended, dancing around the watching junior sisters. Every movement seemed to tease and entice. Some of the less experienced disciples immediately blushed and felt their hearts race.

Mu Yanxi could see clearly that this was the effect of charm arts. The charm techniques of the Lingyue Art were enhanced within the Luoying Dance, subtly influencing and enticing male cultivators.

However, if that were all, the dance would be too superficial to be considered a secret art of Spiritual Moon Palace.

Then, to her surprise, the senior sisters began to remove their garments while dancing. Their movements were seamlessly integrated into the choreography—graceful and alluring, without the slightest awkwardness.

Moreover, when they cast off their gauze garments, the fabric transformed into flower petals that floated through the air, like a celestial scattering of blossoms. The falling petals created a dreamlike scene, truly worthy of the name “Luoying Dance.”

The dance was beautiful, but this was Yuehua Palace—performed in broad daylight, before so many people. Were they really doing such a dance in public?

Mu Yanxi was not unfamiliar with such performances. Even in her previous life, some high-level cultivators who indulged in pleasure would have their attendants perform similar dances—but those were done privately within cave dwellings, not openly like this.

And simply adding such elements only made the dance more suggestive—how could this be considered a signature secret immortal dance?

Just as Mu Yanxi was filled with doubt, a few petals landed on her. She immediately felt a surge of spiritual energy enter her body, transforming into her own mana.

The other new disciples also noticed this and began reaching out to catch the petals.

The senior sisters scattered more petals toward them, but as more petals were released, the less clothing the dancers had left, until only their Dudou remained—yet petals still flowed from their hands.

This was an immortal dance specifically designed to aid cultivation.

By integrating charm arts, it attracted and gathered surrounding spiritual energy through the dance, refined it into petals, and scattered them onto those at the center, allowing direct absorption. This was the true essence of the Luoying Dance.

What shocked Mu Yanxi even more was that the fewer people being served, the greater the benefits. If all the petals were concentrated on a single person, that person would receive the full refined output of the entire dance—the combined mana refined by more than ten female cultivators.

From her estimation, the Luoying Dance required at least eight female cultivators to begin.

Given how revealing and alluring the dance was, under normal circumstances, it would likely only be performed privately for a single cultivator’s enjoyment.