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Firewood crackled and popped everywhere on the walls and the ground. Inside a huge iron pot, the size of a house, the flesh and blood of various creatures were stewing: white snakes, large sheep, giant oxen, and even human bones. Regardless of the taste, everything was stewed into one big pot to reward all the meritorious creatures.
All sorts of snake demons, pig demons, eagle demons, and rat demons, big and small, gathered here. Some could still barely maintain their human form, while others had already revealed their true forms. Some were still eating meat voraciously, while others were drunk and lying on the ground. Some were laughing and mocking the hypocrisy and weakness of the Buddhist sect and the Qingyun sect, saying that the law of the jungle was the only law of survival in this world.
The cave was noisy and chaotic, and among the many messy and smelly demon cultivators, a woman dressed in green kept moving forward at a fast pace.
She had a pair of inverted triangular eyes and an extremely long and narrow face, with a chin so sharp it resembled a cone, making her appear rather cold and mean.
She made her way through the noisy horde of demons to the very front, where a tall, thin snake demon with triangular eyes suddenly reached out and stopped her: "Stop! What are you doing here?"
The woman raised an eyebrow and said in a sarcastic tone, "Oh, what? Our Corpse-Driving Sect contributed the most and suffered the greatest losses in this battle. Even Yan Shuiyi was defeated only after being hit by the Corpse-Driving Grandma's Soul-Devouring Curse."
"Now, I'm not even allowed to come and check on the spoils of war for Grandma, and to see the condition of the Wei River Dragon Prince?"
Upon hearing this, the burly snake demon suddenly realized: "Oh, so it's Second Sister. I've admired her for a long time. I never expected that our first meeting would lead to such a misunderstanding. I really shouldn't have done that."
"The elder instructed that if you come, you must be offered the seat of honor. Come, please come in!"
It turned out that this woman was Zou Min, the second elder sister of the Huai Shan family and a green snake spirit. She and Granny Huai Shan had been in contact with this snake demon family, but they were equally cautious in their actions. They did not cooperate with them in the name of the Huai Shan family, but instead formed an alliance against the Buddhist sect and the Qingyun sect under the name of the "Corpse Driving Faction".
Second Sister Zou Min smiled contentedly and followed him inside. Deeper into the cave, in an extremely narrow passage, she saw the Wei River Dragon Prince, who had been captured there, and standing in front of him, a man who exuded an imposing aura.
"Have you thought it through?" From afar, she heard the man ask in a deep voice, "Don't try to hide it from me. I know that your Wei River Dragon Clan is a branch of the Yellow River Dragon Clan, so you must also know the secret techniques passed down through generations of Yellow Dragons."
“I promise you here that if you hand over the secret technique, I will spare your life. On the contrary, our snake demon family will regard you as a benefactor, treat you as an honored guest, and send you out of this mountain in style.”
The green snake found this strange and couldn't help but ask, "What is the secret technique of the Yellow River Dragon Clan? Is it really worth giving up the chance to transform into a dragon with his essence blood to obtain it?"
The burly man with the python beside her replied, "It is an unparalleled technique that can summon the divine power of heavenly thunder; its power is terrifying."
"This time, your Corpse-Driving Sect did not participate in the revenge war to return to Zhao, so you did not witness the divine power of this thunder technique. The Yellow River Dragon Prince, who was in the early stage of the Golden Core realm, used this technique to draw down ten thousand divine thunderbolts from the heavens and gather them at the tip of his Guan Dao."
"That boundless power was something even one of our late-stage Golden Core cultivators from the Black Fish Clan couldn't withstand. He had no choice but to flee in panic, looking utterly disheveled. If it weren't for other cultivators coming to his aid, that late-stage Golden Core senior would probably have died on the spot that day."
He calmly recounted the scene of that day, and the results he described shocked his second sister, Zou Min. The further one progresses, the greater the gap in combat power becomes, like an insurmountable chasm. Without the right timing, location, and people, as well as having an advantage in cultivation techniques, supernatural abilities, and magical treasures, it would be impossible to fight across borders.
According to the snake demon's description, the Yellow River Dragon Prince was able to fight across two realms simply by relying on this secret technique of drawing lightning onto the blade. With his early Golden Core cultivation, he even nearly killed a powerful demon cultivator in the late Golden Core stage.
how can that be!
"Scary, isn't it? I think it's scary too. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed my eyes at all," the big man said. "Perhaps he also had all the secrets of heaven, or perhaps the black fish clan cultivator himself had flaws in his cultivation techniques and was caught out by his fatal weakness."
"But none of this can be a reason for an early-stage Golden Core cultivator to go against the tide and defeat a late-stage Golden Core cultivator. The power of that secret technique is too terrifying, but since we have decided to transform into dragons using the bloodline of the Wei River Dragon Clan, it means that we will probably be able to use this secret technique in the future."
"Therefore, we must obtain the Yellow River Dragon Clan's secret method for attracting lightning!"
Zou Min, the green snake demon, was pounding in her chest. She had already realized that even though the imposing middle-aged man in front of her had made a promise, these python demons had no intention of keeping it. They planned to use the true blood of the Wei River Dragon Prince to transform her into a dragon after extracting the secret technique!
However, they are fickle, unscrupulous, operate on the law of the jungle, and act solely for their own benefit...
Isn't this exactly the kind of way of doing things that I've been hoping to see in a large family?
She couldn't help but think of her eldest sister and fourth sister, who were always procrastinating and making excuses when she asked for cultivation resources. She felt that her original family really had no future and was far less decisive than the python family.
Chapter 108 Sleeping Together?
If it weren't for her mother-in-law's high level of spiritual cultivation, which provided her with protection, she would have refused to stay long ago!
but……
Despite her Golden Core stage cultivation level, the old woman managed to defeat a late Foundation Establishment stage sword cultivator from the Qingyun Sect, yet both sides suffered heavy losses.
Can she really protect her family in this turbulent era?
Moreover, within this python family, there is the true dragon blood that we, the Green Snake clan cultivators, absolutely need if we wish to advance further…
Zou Min, the second sister of the Green Serpent Clan demon cultivator, had an idea in mind. She then deliberately asked, "In the future, when your family obtains the secret technique of summoning lightning and drinks the blood of a true dragon, shedding its scales and transforming into a dragon, who inside or outside this mountain can stop you?"
The burly man laughed loudly: "That's for sure. When we all transform into true dragons, inside and outside this mountain, only we snakes, or rather, we dragons, will be worthy of being called supreme!"
"At that time, the Rat Clan, the Pig Clan, the Eagle Clan, the Wenren Clan, the Nalan Clan—they will all only have two choices: either submit or die!"
The second sister's eyes sparkled, and she smiled gently: "Oh? It seems the future of these mountains is already set. Oh my, how majestic! Even a little green snake like me is a little tempted."
The man from the python clan smiled and suddenly said, "Miss Zou Min, would you be willing to marry me and join my Yellow Python clan?"
"If you are willing, when we slaughter this dragon prince of the Wei River in the future, his true dragon blood will be drunk by you and me, husband and wife."
He said this, and this request was exactly what the Green Snake wanted to hear. She covered her thin lips and pointed chin with both hands, letting out a soft, bell-like laugh: "Oh dear... how could this be so sudden? I wasn't prepared at all..."
"But that makes sense. The green snake is below, and the yellow python is above. That means we green snakes and the white snakes should be submissive to a destined yellow python—which is exactly what I agree with."
She smiled and reached out to take the burly man's hand. Ahead, the Dragon Prince of the Wei River seemed oblivious to his fate. He pondered for a moment, then said, "I can teach you, but it is inherently difficult for those who are not of pure blood from the Yellow River Dragon Clan to learn this method, and the process takes a very long time."
"Send more of your most talented disciples over here, and don't rush. This incredibly powerful secret technique needs to be learned slowly..."
Deep in the mountains, the victory celebration of the Huangmang family and its allies continued. They were immersed in joy, enjoying endless happiness and bliss. Meanwhile, on Huai Mountain, in Yun Chuan'an's home, the feeling of being imprisoned as a group of people continued.
The atmosphere here was terribly oppressive all day long. People who loved to talk dared not speak, and those who dared to speak did not want to or liked to speak. As a result, no one took the initiative to speak.
Amidst this torment, the day quietly passed. And then evening arrived, time for rest.
Yan Shuiyi and Dongfang Yue, the two girls, went to the guest room, while the five male disciples from the Buddhist sect and the Qingyun sect continued to sleep on makeshift beds on the living room floor. Yun Chu'an returned to his bedroom, quickly washed up, and was about to go to sleep when a knock sounded on his door: "Knock knock knock—"
The knocking was very soft, as if the knocker were a gentle and polite lady. Yun Chu'an walked to the bedroom door, opened it, and saw Hua Caiyan standing nervously at his door: "Can you let me stay here tonight?"
Yun Chu'an looked puzzled: "What? Don't you have anywhere to go?"
Hua Caiyan said with a bitter face, "Where can I go? They won't let me leave. The living room is occupied by five men. Where else can I go..."
Yun Chu'an said, "Aren't there rooms elsewhere? The study and the storage room both have small beds. You can make do with that."
Hua Caiyan shook her head repeatedly: "No, no, it's too dangerous. I'm afraid those people will get angrier and angrier in the middle of the night, and then they'll get up and attack me..."
She couldn't trust the character of Buddhist disciples. She was truly terrified, fearing that those bald monks would get angrier and angrier in the middle of the night, then get up and roar, "I'll fight you to the death for insulting my sect!" and then beat her into a colorful, flaming mess with a powerful Vajra Palm.
Yun Chu'an was speechless: "What kind of cowardly courage do you have..."
This was exactly how she had described Yun Chu'an during the day, and now it was being used against her own persona. Instantly, Hua Caiyan was so angry she wanted to jump up and down.
Unfortunately, at this moment, she was in a precarious position and had no choice but to lower her head. Suppressing her anger, she said in a gentle tone, "Anyway, I'm just scared. You can't be too careful, especially since I've offended someone so badly..."
Yun Chu'an suggested, "Well, you're a girl too, why don't you go to the guest room and squeeze in with those two girls?"
The vixen became even more anxious: "Are you trying to kill me on purpose? Yan Shuiyi warned me like that during the day, she must have wanted to kill me on the spot, and now you want me to share a room with her?"
Yun Chu'an was somewhat speechless: "I think you're just overthinking it because you're worried. It's obvious that she's not angry. She just wanted to clarify something to you. You saw it during the day; she was actually very calm the whole time..."
He and the others, as bystanders, saw everything clearly, but Hua Caiyan, as the person involved, refused to take the risk no matter what: "That just proves how terrifyingly cunning she is, and how she never shows her emotions! The more cunning someone is, the more vicious they are. I absolutely cannot take this risk..."
As she spoke, her voice became pleading: "Wherever I go, they might suddenly kill me in a fit of rage. Only here are they willing to give you face."
"Chu'an, you're the best. Please, I'm begging you, please let me stay here tonight..."
She pleaded pitifully, which finally softened Yun Chu'an's heart: "Alright, alright, I didn't say I wouldn't take care of you anymore, come in."
As he spoke, he ushered Hua Caiyan into his bedroom and closed the door behind him. Only then did the vixen finally breathe a sigh of relief, sit on his large bed, and feel utterly exhausted. She then slumped down, her two long ponytails spreading out on the bed, appearing even blacker and shinier against the white sheets.
His bed was large, a double bed prepared for him and Qi Qiao, with neat sheets and a thick, folded quilt on it.
Yun Chu'an, however, did not intend to go to bed. Instead, he sat cross-legged on the ground next to him and said, "You rest. I'll just meditate for the night and that will be fine."
Hua Caiyan raised an eyebrow: "What are you saying? It's as if I'm the one who stole your bed by coming here. Come on up, I..."
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Chapter 109 Let's sleep naked!
Hua Caiyan originally wanted to say, "Come on up to the bed, I'll sleep on the floor," but the words were on the tip of her tongue when the exhaustion from a whole day of fear overwhelmed her. She now longed for the spacious, soft bed and had no desire to go down to sleep on the cold floor.
So she changed her mind halfway through her sentence, saying rather reluctantly, "We can sleep fully clothed, without taking off our clothes. This bed is big enough to accommodate both of us."
Yun Chu'an didn't really want to sleep on the floor either; sleeping on the floor was truly uncomfortable. He declined slightly, then pretended he couldn't resist her insistence, and took the opportunity to turn off the light and lay down on the bed as well.
It was already autumn, and the temperature outside was a bit low, but not that low. There was only one thick quilt on his bed, which the two of them covered with and slept fully clothed. Soon, they were sweating profusely, unsure whether to cover themselves or not.
In the darkness, Hua Caiyan tossed and turned, unable to sleep. She was not only hot, but also still wearing her dress and underwear, which made her very uncomfortable.
She pursed her lips, knowing that torturing herself like this wasn't a solution. Making up her mind, she asked softly, "Chu'an, are you too hot to sleep?"
Yun Chu'an was indeed feeling unwell. Upon hearing this, he opened his eyes: "Fifth Sister too?"
In the darkness, he couldn't see Hua Caiyan's expression, but he could guess that the fox spirit looked adorable with her face flushed red.
"Don't worry about me, this has nothing to do with you." She whispered. "Of course, don't let me hold you up either. Since you're so hot, take off your clothes and go to sleep."
Yun Chu'an was immediately shocked: "Ah? How can this be appropriate..."
"What's inappropriate about it?" Hua Caiyan said. "I'm a woman and I don't think there's anything wrong with it. What are you, a man, pretending to be reserved for?"
“Our family doesn’t have such concerns and rules. If you feel uncomfortable, just take it off. I, your fifth sister, approve.”
Yun Chu'an brought up the system, glanced at it, and confirmed that at this moment, her trust in him was still positive, without any decrease.
He breathed a sigh of relief; sleeping in his clothes was indeed uncomfortable. He whispered, "Well, excuse me."
Unable to bear it any longer, he took off his coat, folded it, and placed it on the bedside table. From then on, he lay almost naked on his side by the bed, with his back to Hua Caiyan, keeping his distance from her.
Unbeknownst to her, his bright, sparkling eyes were actually fixed on him the whole time. The torrential rain was still pouring down outside, and there was no light source inside or outside the house. Realizing that she couldn't see any details of his body clearly in the darkness, she breathed a slight sigh of relief.
Very well, this also means that he can't see himself clearly either.
Then you can take it off.
Thinking this, she first reached her fingers to the back of the dress, pinched the end of the thin strap, and gently pulled. Instantly, all the ribbons that were used to tie the dress to her body came loose, and the red dress sagged and left her delicate body.
She curled up and slowly peeled the dress off her body. A rustling sound arose as the dress rubbed against the blankets covering them as it was removed, causing a series of tremors.
There was only one quilt on the bed, and although it was quite large, the two of them were now sharing the same quilt.
Yun Chuan could certainly feel the fox spirit taking off her clothes; the tremors and sounds reminded him that soon, Hua Caiyan would also be completely naked.
His little heart, quite uncooperatively, was pounding faster.
Over there, Hua Caiyan had completely taken off her dress and carefully placed it on her bedside table. Now, her soft body was only covered by a bra and panties, barely covering the two most private areas on her body.
She didn't want to take off the last two pieces, but the bra in front of her chest, though thin and breathable, was actually quite thick, making her chest sweat slightly. After thinking it over, she gritted her teeth in secret.
Oh well, I've already taken off my outer clothes, there's no reason to leave this little bit on and make myself uncomfortable.
With that thought in mind, she reached her little hand behind her back and gently pinched the buckle.
click -
The crisp sound of clasps rang out, so clear in the rainy night that it was almost jarring. Her bra came loose as a result, but she was not happy about it. Instead, she stiffened and involuntarily turned her head to look at Yun Chu'an's back.
Although he was facing away from her, she was naturally sensitive to human presence. As a hunter, she needed to be keenly aware to pinpoint the location of her prey in the mountains.
During the day, she could accurately detect a woman's presence in the room; now, she could also accurately detect the ever-increasing aura of lust emanating from Yun Chu'an.
"You heard everything, didn't you?" she asked softly, her voice trembling.
"I didn't hear anything," Yun Chu'an lied, which infuriated Hua Caiyan: "You'd better really not have heard anything!"
"Hold on, go to sleep, and don't let your mind wander!"
She gave the order, then turned over and lay on her side on the other side of the bed, placing the bra she had taken off next to the pillow, but she still couldn't suppress her nervousness, her heart pounding.
Yun Chu'an seemed to have fallen silent. Hua Caiyan listened carefully for a while, and only when he seemed to have truly calmed down did she feel relieved.
Well, he probably can't guess any more.
that……
The vixen's mind raced with thoughts, and then her little hand climbed up to the edge of her underwear.
Admittedly, the little triangular garment was pretty and could protect her private parts, but she hadn't slept in it for decades; she preferred to sleep completely naked.
Since he didn't have the guts anyway and was intimidated by her, there was no point in continuing to wear it. Why make things difficult for herself?
Take it off! Take it off!
This girl has always been a hedonist, naturally free-spirited, lazy and playful, unwilling to suffer any hardship. So, she naturally wouldn't want to compromise herself just to keep an eye on Yun Chu'an.
After all, she no longer harbored any ill will towards him.
She found a plausible reason for herself, then bent over and slowly pulled down the edge of her underwear, placing it on the bedside table next to her.
Thus, she was completely freed from all constraints, feeling relaxed and extremely free.
She was comfortable, lying happily in the soft quilt, her eyes narrowed into two crescent moons, ready to drift off to sleep.
Meanwhile, Yun Chu'an is now in extreme pain.
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