Chapter 107: Trends and Classics

“Do you like this kind of dudou as well, Young Miss? I thought you would wear something a bit more modern,” Mu Yanxi asked, turning her head away.

No wonder Shangguan Yun had commented on her good taste earlier; it turned out she wore them as well.

However, when Mu Yanxi was in the locker room earlier, she had noticed that most of the new female disciples wore bras or sports bras.

According to the immortal brain, this was a trend that had emerged over the last few hundred years and was quickly embraced by many female cultivators.

“Since the goal of the Spiritual Moon Sect’s disciples is to climb the social ladder and cling to powerful figures, they naturally have to cater to their tastes,” Shangguan Yun explained.

“The vast majority of high-ranking cultivators are old fossils who have lived for thousands of years. They prefer more classical attire like dudous and dangkua.”

“That is why the senior sisters of the Spiritual Moon Sect gradually switch to dudous. Of course, if the other person prefers modern trends, they can change into camisoles or bras according to their needs.”

Hearing that Shangguan Yun’s choices were entirely based on clinging to male cultivators — regardless of whether they were old men thousands of years older than her — Mu Yanxi could not help but frown. “Do you truly wish to be an old man’s concubine?” she asked.

“Oh? Are you jealous? Can’t bear to lose me?” Shangguan Yun teased. “Hehe, help me take off my undergarments first, and then we can talk in the bathroom. Don’t you think it is strange for us to have a conversation like this?”

Mu Yanxi looked at her own naked form, then at Shangguan Yun, who wore only a dudou and silk pants. Standing in front of the bathroom door like this was indeed unseemly.

She steeled herself and moved behind Shangguan Yun.

Closing her eyes to avoid looking at the other girl’s body as much as possible, she unfastened the dudou from the back and then pulled down the golden silk pants.

Fortunately, the dudou was far easier to remove than a qipao. In fact, it seemed as if it had been designed for quick removal.

With a single tug on the ribbon knot, both the dudou and the golden silk pants came right off. They were tossed into the laundry basket.

“That’s better. Come in quickly,” Shangguan Yun said as she stepped into the bathroom. She turned on the hot water tap to fill the bathtub, then picked up the showerhead. “Sit down. I’ll help you wash your back.”

Mu Yanxi noticed that even Shangguan Yun’s undergarments were designed with the sole purpose of being easy to remove, and her expression darkened further.

However, realizing it was none of her business, she simply sat down on the bathroom stool.

A stream of warm water splashed against her back, gradually soaking her entire body. Shangguan Yun used a towel to carefully and slowly scrub her.

“Do you think I am shameless?” she asked while washing. “Being so skilled at undressing, and wearing a dudou and underwear that come off with a single tug?”

“No. What you choose to wear is your own business. It has nothing to do with me,” Mu Yanxi replied, shaking her head.

“Hehe, there is no need to hide your thoughts. I think it is shameless too, but I have no choice,” Shangguan Yun said.

“It is not just a requirement of the Spiritual Moon Sect; my family demands it as well. The Shangguan family is quite traditional.”

“I’m sorry, Yun’er. I didn’t know. I did find it a bit distasteful, but I didn’t realize you were also forced into it.”

Mu Yanxi quickly turned around to apologize, but seeing Shangguan Yun’s curvaceous body, she immediately looked away again.

“Didn’t you ask me earlier if I truly wanted to marry some old man with high cultivation?” Shangguan Yun continued.

“Of course I don’t. There is no affection in such a match. Besides, with my level of cultivation, even if I did manage to climb that high, I would only be a concubine.”

“But I have no choice. The Shangguan family wants to use me as a tool for marriage. After all, no matter how great my innate talent is, I have no right of inheritance.”

“They originally wanted to sell me to your grandfather as a concubine. It was only because your grandfather didn’t want me that he suggested the engagement with you instead.”