While Yu Juan and Jia Bo Xun joined Han Rushu in the other room, the other bed in Bianca’s room was taken up by Xue Yaling and Huang Su, of all people. How those two managed to get along enough for that was a mystery, although Bianca could sense – just vaguely – that they were communicating in some manner using a thread of energy.

  Whatever it was that they were discussing, she doubted that the Sect Master would allow the kitsune to do something untoward, so she didn’t bother with them and instead focused on her pet.

  Once they had id down, Song Ming happily leapt into Bianca’s arms, ending up a tight embrace where their faces were close, and her infted belly was pressed right up against Bianca’s own. The heat from the seed within was immense, and it made her feel all the better due to knowing that she was the one to do this to her sweetheart.

  That being said, she was still a little conflicted over knowing that her pet had something else in her as a result of a sudden whim she had back at the dinner table. It was definitely pleasant in the end, but also-

  “Mistress?”

  “Hm?”

  “You look like you’re worrying again… Please, rex and sleep… and let me cuddle up to you,” her pet begged, and Bianca could hardly say no.

  So, they cuddled up, and slowly but surely, sleep overtook her.

  ‘By the ancients, her scent really is starting to change Song Ming’s… how does she still stink of cum?’ the kitsune wondered to herself as she turned away from the pair, ending up face to face with Huang Su, who seemed just as disinclined to sleep as she was.

  ‘What exactly are you pnning? You’ve refused to allow us to move swiftly and efficiently, so you must have some idea for how you’ll handle things once we’re inevitably exposed, right?’ Xue Yaling asked via a thread of energy, ‘I’m not going to drop this subject as easily as Bianca, as you should know, so don’t try evading it.’

  ‘I am not evading anything, Xue Yaling. You are deliberately making this situation sound worse than it is, trying to agitate Mistress. There is no reason for me to approve of such a thing.’

  ‘I thought we’d agreed that your name would get out there, and that everyone would realise who you are. If we used your name, it would happen quicker, sure, but it would also mean that we could afford plenty of resources and food for the journey while your status is still held as highly as it is,’ the kitsune disagreed, ‘Now, we’ll still be found out, and we’ll be able to get less for ourselves in the same time.’

  ‘Your pessimism amazes me. Are you the reason that Mistress is constantly worrying and allowing herself to sink further and further? If you are encouraging such behaviour, I will be forced to take action, so consider this your warning.’

  ‘Oh, I’m terrified, really… do you think she could perceive this? The Weave is said to grant an immense aptitude in spiritual perception, to the point that anything that can be perceived, will be…’

  ‘You are attempting to sidetrack the conversation, kitsune,’ Huang Su sighed and turned, ending up on her back as she stared up at the ceiling, ‘But if you’re happy to drop it, then so will I. This is pointless.’

  ‘Ugh… You’re impossible to work with. What would your Mistress say if she knew that you were not cooperating with her vice-leader?’

  ‘I believe Mistress would be as surprised at the existence of such a position, and that you would fill it. Do not attempt to insert yourself into a pce you don’t belong. If you were truly attempting to help Mistress to the best of your ability, you would not be bickering with me right now.’

  This argument was getting nowhere, unfortunately for her best efforts to get something out of the Sect Master, so Xue Yaling turned back around and stared at the couple cuddling in the other bed.

  ‘… If only her cock was manifested through some easier method, or if she was just a dragon, maybe it would’ve been easier, but no, it just had to be the most convoluted, otherworldly thing imaginable… although it does give me an edge. They’re all connected, so as long as I figure out one technique, I can roughly replicate the rest…’

  She shut her eyes and focused on everything she had memorized from studying each and every manifestation of Bianca’s techniques and skills.

  ‘If… If I use the dick as a core and then concentrate her corruption on it, somehow… wouldn’t that make me immune? Whenever I become affected, I can just channel it and then attempt to refine it, or at least maintain control over it and keep it from the rest of my body…’ the kitsune thought, visualising plenty of energy flow charts.

  Xue Yaling was no genius, despite what she’d like to tell others on occasion, so she couldn’t perfectly create whatever she wished in her imagination. There had been some memory techniques she’d studied, which would assist in this respect, but none really worked out for her. Perhaps it was some incompatibility between kitsune and human minds, or just her own stubbornness, but she just couldn’t manifest anything like a library inside of her own mind.

  So, she made do with what she could, and slowly worked through the options, trying to simute the flow of energy and determine whether her various estimates were correct.

  It was a time-consuming process, and one she did on many days, when she had the time to spare. On many others, she had to be bothering with Bianca and her various issues, so her progress wasn’t as swift as if, for instance, she’d been able to remain at the Ghostfme Temple. Without anyone pestering her, she was sure she would’ve completed this process significantly faster.

  ‘… Hm. Yes, this might work, but if it doesn’t… I really need a spot to myself, in our sect. There, I could more easily handle any issues that could arise. Now, provided that I rely strictly on pnar energy to manifest flesh, and don’t directly modify my body, nothing should be permanent, but…’

  In the other room, Jia Bo Xun and Yu Juan y in the same bed, with Han Rushu snoring in the other. Although some time had passed since they id down, they had yet to go to sleep.

  It was difficult to start any kind of conversation with the bcksmith being nearby. Yu Juan found herself getting distracted by Han Rushu’s scent, and the fact that the bcksmith slept naked this time, meaning that everything she had was on full dispy, making it awfully trivial for her spiritual perception to perceive it. While Bianca’s disciple didn’t seem quite so drawn to the cock and balls just a few metres from them, she definitely didn’t seem interested in discussing anything while someone could listen in on them.

  Thus, they ended up waiting for quite the while.

  “… She seems to be asleep now,” Jia Bo Xun whispered, seeming to look past the Dancer’s body, “So loud, too…”

  “Good, then we can have a moment to ourselves. We’ve spoken before, but I still feel it’s best to introduce myself again,” the Dancer sat up in bed, brushing a strand of hair away from her face, “My name is Yu Juan. I am a Dancer of the Dancer’s Abode, although… I’m not certain whether that title really applies at this point.”

  “Ah, so that’s why… I recalled rumours of a woman like yourself, with a blindfold, working there…” Jia Bo Xun seemed to look away bashfully, as though she was blushing, “Um, I am Jia Bo Xun. Currently Bianca’s disciple, previously a… well, a hired thug. A bandit.”

  “That… if I may ask, why did you end up in that position? I’m assuming you didn’t choose it.”

  “I grew up as… somewhat of a warrior. I wanted to fight, to do the right thing, but… I was far from the most talented, and while my weapon looks impressive, it’s not especially powerful, just sharp. Nevertheless, the strange look of it lured plenty of thieves and what not. In the end, I had to find a group to stand behind, and I had thought I had made a good choice, but…”

  “It wasn’t as good as you’d believed… about that sword, even with spiritual perception alone, I can tell it’s rather unique.”

  Jia Bo Xun gnced over to the bde, and sighed, “I’m not certain. I’ve had it since I was young, but I don’t remember my parents ever acknowledging it. They… they didn’t really acknowledge me, either. Dad would be drunk most of the time, and my mom… I’m not sure what she did, but she made sure to pretend like I didn’t exist.”

  “That… uhm, my apologies. I hadn’t meant to pick such an… unfortunate subject,” Yu Juan found herself ‘looking’ away, although it was mostly just moving her head.

  She couldn’t see anything, after all, so such a gesture hardly prevented her from still using her spiritual perception to pay attention to Jia Bo Xun’s state. The woman didn’t seem too shaken, luckily, so it wasn’t as bad as it could’ve been, but to make such a misstep early on was not good.

  ‘I should ensure that she is… at home with our party, and doesn’t get swayed by any others. She needs to be loyal to us, otherwise she might end up doing something to upset Mistress… I mean, Bianca. It… it feels too right to call her Mistress,’ the Dancer noticed, feeling her cheeks grow warm, ‘But that’s fine. She is the Sect Mistress, after all…’

  “Im sorry, I brought down the mood,” Jia Bo Xun said, forcing Yu Juan to shake her head.

  “No no, it’s fine. It’s a difficult subject, so I can understand… You needn’t worry about your past with us. With Huang Su on our side, we’re safe from any threat unless a Sect Master decides to make things difficult for us,” Yu Juan assured her, “And Mistress is growing stronger by the moment. In time, I’m sure she’ll be able to stand up to any of the sects on her own.”

  “That… doesn’t seem too farfetched. I’d normally think it was nonsense, but with the kinds of skills she uses… Master could become incredibly powerful in a few dozen years,” Jia Bo Xun nodded, “Although… maybe it will be even quicker.”

  “I think it will be quicker. I’ve been with her for a while, and she gains stages at an incredible pace, especially when she has sex. It’s… yes, she’s incredibly talented.”

  “When… uhm, no, let’s not talk about that, not with that snoring monster over there,” she shook her head, her head rising a little, presumably to gnce over, only to then drop even lower, “So brazen… I can’t believe her.”

  “Hah, she’s certainly something…” if her cheeks were a little warm before, now they definitely went bright red, as memories flooded back.

  Although… if she didn’t focus, her mind seemed to imagine Bianca in Han Rushu’s pce. Her mind almost mixed the two, taking the best parts of the bcksmith and keeping them on Bianca’s form, resulting in her cock feeling far rger and thicker, and so, so much muskier and tastier…

  She nearly started salivating at it, but the fact that her memories were clearly off distracted her a little. It was a strange feeling, one that begged to be overlooked and forgotten. And the moment that her focus returned to her memories, all concerns vanished from her mind.

  “Yu Juan?”

  “Hm? Ah, I’m sorry, I… got distracted for a moment. Um, let’s get back on topic. Where were we again?”

  Downstairs, a man sipped on yet another cup of alcohol as he looked around, boredom filling his eyes.

  “Compared to Fang Vilge, this pce is such a bore. I have yet to see any sluts walking around for me to cim,” he sighed, looking to his companion, “Didn’t you say this pce was interesting?”

  “I can’t predict every day’s visitors, unfortunately. However, I did see a group of women come here earlier in the day, at least one would definitely suit your tastes,” his companion leaned in and said, “You could wait for them tomorrow, see if one of them is up for a little fun.”

  “Hm, perhaps… if it’s a group of only women, one or two will dare to refuse, but… bh, don’t bother me with such things. If there’s not a woman in front of me, she might as well not exist,” the man sighed, “Waitress, pour me another!”

  His companion sighed, but sent a strand of spiritual perception up, to the rooms offered by this pce. However, he found a barrier over two of the rooms, forcing him to retreat his perception just as quickly as he brought it up there. If someone skilled enough to put up and maintain that barrier sensed his snooping, it could upset them and then cause trouble for him and for the young master of the Fang Vilge.

  There was no reason to provoke anyone that powerful.

  ‘If only this pce offered whores that I could leave him with instead. As, after Liang Song took over the town, such establishments shut down for one reason or another… as if that will ever st. Still, for a few years, it’ll be an annoyance,’ he sighed again, ‘So frustrating…’

  “Were there any notable entrances into our town today?” Liang Song asked, standing tall and proud while speaking to the captain of the guards.

  She was a young woman whose appearance had yet to age past the early twenties, long blonde hair rippling down her back and bright blue eyes gleaming with youthful vigour. Although she didn’t seem like a fighter, only standing a little above one metre sixty, her body cking visible muscle and instead storing weight in pces more beneficial to beauty rather than strength, her shining exterior allowed her to inspire some confidence in the nobles and important people of Heart’s Core Town.

  That was why, despite her youth, the captain of the guard didn’t disrespect her to her face, instead replying politely, “There were a few groups. Visitors from the Fang Vilge, a rge group of women that seemed to mostly be in the third realm, aside from one… then there were also-”

  While he spoke, the maid that stood behind Liang Song briefly raised her head, seeming to frown before quickly lowering it again, keeping her gaze on the floor. However, her lips moved just a little.

  Soon, the Princess raised her hand to stop the captain, “Wait, could you tell me what the group looked like? Were there any distinctive individuals among them?”

  ‘That maid… it always feels like she’s whispering to the Princess,’ the captain was displeased, but he answered nonetheless, “The one leading them was a woman with pale skin and light hair, radiating an intense bloodlust, and there was another whose realm we couldn’t quite grasp. She’s either adept in hiding her energy, or in a high realm.”

  “What did she look like?”

  “Dark hair, wearing a veil that made it difficult to recognise her features.”

  “Hm…” she paused for a moment, then seemed to come to a conclusion, “Keep a close eye on them, just in case. With the rumours of Huang Su travelling the Heart Lake, it’s possible for her to be involved.”

  “With all due respect, the chances of a Sect Master coming here while hiding her identity… no, never mind. It doesn’t hurt to look a little closer,” the captain shrugged, “What about the visitors from Fang Vilge?”

  “Just ensure that they don’t cause trouble,” Liang Song nodded, “Now, the rest of your report, pl- ah, you’re dismissed captain.”

  “Hm?”

  “One of my uncles has come to visit,” she gestured to behind the captain, prompting him to cast out a thread of spiritual perception, quickly finding a middle-aged man with a noticeable gut advancing towards them with firm, slow steps, “Please take care of any suspicious elements to the best of your abilities, and you can provide me with an updated report tomorrow.”

  The captain bowed, “Understood, Princess.”

  He departed quickly, though even then he couldn’t miss the conversation that started in his absence.

  “I’ve been out looking for more marriage candidates. A young man from Fang Vilge has offered himself up, and-”

  “Uncle, please avoid repeating this subject with me. I’ve told you time and time again that I have no interest in taking up anyone’s hand in marriage. I need to focus on my cultivation, and on governing the town.”

  “Your father’s death has set a precedent. If even a good man can die this suddenly, someone like you is no exception. You need to provide an heir. If you know of a way to conjure up a child within your womb, then go ahead, but if you don’t, you must-”

  “Enough, uncle. I’ve heard you many times before. Trust me, I will handle this matter in a reasonable time.”