Are There Only Demonesses Left in the Cultivation Realm?

"Junior Sister? You’ve recovered your cultivation?"

Qiu Yuehan frowned, looking at Xia Lianxue.

"Thanks to Sir."

’She recovered her cultivation so quickly. This Old Monster really is full of tricks.’

Xia Lianxue said nonchalantly, "I’ve even gone a step further. I have already succeeded in Entering the Dao. Senior Sister hasn’t, has she? I’ll suppress my cultivation and compete with you."

Qiu Yuehan was stunned, staring at Lu Changyuan in disbelief.

’My Junior Sister’s progress was slower than mine before, but now she’s already achieved a Breaking Realm!?’

Lu Changyuan said helplessly, "Hold on. We can talk about the competition later. I asked Fairy Yuehan to help me find something in Miao Yu Palace."

Xia Lianxue snorted but said nothing.

Only then did Qiu Yuehan nod. "I didn’t find it. I checked the palace’s storerooms, and there was nothing related to the Drunken Red Simurgh you mentioned."

’That makes sense,’ Lu Changyuan thought. It was his first time hearing of the Drunken Red Simurgh, too. It was a natural treasure that had only appeared in the last five hundred years, so it was normal for there to be no record of it. "What about other places?"

"It wasn’t in any of the palace’s records, either. I also asked the old man who watches the storerooms, and he’d never heard of it."

"Then let’s drop it."

’Drop it?’

’Just like that?’

Lu Changyuan abruptly changed the subject. "Your Junior Sister tried to kill you back then because Hanyi Master planted a demon in her. She’s returned this time to settle the score with Hanyi."

"Hanyi Master planted a demon in my Junior Sister?!"

Lu Changyuan said, "You don’t believe me?"

Qiu Yuehan recalled how Hanyi Master had been in a strange mood that day, clearly furious and embarrassed after failing to achieve some goal. "I believe you, it’s just..."

Compared to Hanyi Master, she did trust Xia Lianxue more.

So, she explained the current situation within Miao Yu Palace to the two of them.

"Sir?"

Xia Lianxue turned to look at Lu Changyuan, but he just said, "We’ll go up the mountain tomorrow. Since your status as a disciple hasn’t been revoked, go back and have a nice long talk with Hanyi Master. If she won’t be graceful about it, we’ll help her be graceful."

The window wasn’t fully closed.

A breeze seemed to drift in, carrying a cold intent with Lu Changyuan’s words.

Qiu Yuehan nodded, preparing to leave and return to the mountain.

But she suddenly stopped, her expression strange.

She said to Xia Lianxue, "Junior Sister, could you please step outside for a moment? I have something... I need to discuss with him."

"Senior Sister?"

Xia Lianxue gave Lu Changyuan a questioning look. Seeing that he looked just as baffled, she pushed open the door and walked out.

She was about to return to Miao Yu Palace, and her heart was in turmoil. She just found it hard to show it with Lu Changyuan by her side.

The stars were bright tonight.

The Fairy decided to count the stars.

And think carefully about what last night’s dream really meant.

Why had Han Shui Master found her in a world of ice and snow? How could a baby possibly survive in a frozen wasteland?

Beneath the full moon, countless bright stars twinkled, just as they had a thousand years ago.

’How many stars did Sir have me count to last time?’

’I think it was two hundred forty-seven.’

’Then I have to count to two hundred forty-seven this time.’

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「Inside the room.」

Lu Changyuan seemed to suddenly remember something, an amused look on his face. "Right, I can remove the Demon Pattern for you. I’ll figure out the Drunken Red Simurgh matter on my own."

It seemed he didn’t need Qiu Yuehan’s help anymore.

But Qiu Yuehan said abruptly, "Don’t remove it!"

She had benefited greatly from it; the Demon Pattern even helped her cultivate the Supreme Pure Spirit Forget Immortal Technique.

’Why would I have it removed?’

’Besides, it doesn’t seem like this Old Monster across from me is planning to do anything to me.’

"What? Can’t bear to part with my Demon Pattern? Or has the Fairy gotten used to putting her life in someone else’s hands?"

"Don’t be ridiculous!"

Qiu Yuehan replied coldly, but the cherry-pink blush on her snow-white neck couldn’t be faked.

No matter how aloof a Fairy was, her skin was still warm and smooth.

She turned her head back, her silky hair cascading down like an irresistible satin curtain.

Qiu Yuehan made sure the door and window were locked before turning back around. "Your Demon Pattern is very useful, so I don’t want to get rid of it..."

’So now she has to thank me for putting the Demon Pattern on her.’

Lu Changyuan chuckled, shaking his head, then nodding.

He had guessed this would happen. The cold Female Immortal before him could not possibly resist the temptation of his Heart Method. "So, what do you want me to do?"

Qiu Yuehan’s red lips parted slightly, but she couldn’t speak for a long moment.

The words were stuck in her throat.

She was exceptionally beautiful. Xia Lianxue’s beauty was the gentle beauty of a spring breeze, like a first love with the girl next door. Qiu Yuehan’s beauty was of a different kind.

Qiu Yuehan’s beauty was bold and striking, like a water jasmine floating ethereally in a Cold Pool—a beauty to be admired from afar, never to be defiled. Coupled with her usual icy demeanor, she seemed all the more untouchable.

Lu Changyuan asked, puzzled, "You want to keep the Demon Pattern, so what do you need from me?"

Inhale.

Exhale.

Inhale.

Qiu Yuehan stammered, "Move it somewhere else."

"Move it somewhere else?"

Lu Changyuan didn’t understand what Qiu Yuehan meant at first, not until the Fairy grew annoyed from embarrassment. "Move the Demon Pattern somewhere else! Even to my back would be fine! It’s too easy for people to see it on the front!"

Qiu Yuehan took two steps forward and gripped Lu Changyuan’s shoulders tightly. "Don’t you know how easily people can see this Demon Pattern on my shoulder? Hurry up and move it."

At that moment, the Miao Yu Chief True Inheritor had completely lost her calm and composed demeanor. Her pretty face was bright red, and her hands were trembling.

She felt she lost her composure far too easily whenever she was in front of Lu Changyuan. It was as if that Yun Palace Dan Yue, the Qiu Yuehan dedicated to Sword Cultivation, had been hidden away.

Lu Changyuan wore a strange expression. "It’s not impossible to move it for you, but it depends on whether you’re willing."

"What do you mean?"

"Do you remember how I applied the Demon Pattern to you?"

Qiu Yuehan couldn’t help but recall the feeling in the Compassionate Temple, when Lu Changyuan’s gentle finger had touched her shoulder. A jolt of electricity seemed to shoot from her heart to her limbs, leaving her strangely numb.

The Fairy’s breath hitched. "You mean, you have to use... your hands?"

Her voice trembled.

’My pure body has never been touched by anyone before.’

Lu Changyuan spread his hands. "Well, what do you want to do? If it’s really a problem, I can just remove the Demon Pattern for you. I’d only have to touch your shoulder again."

’The Demon Pattern absolutely cannot be removed.’

’Without the Demon Pattern, what will become of my new Dao?’

Qiu Yuehan suddenly asked, "What Dao do you think I should cultivate?"

"The Red Dust Sword Dao."

"Fine," the Fairy said. "Use your hand."

The change was so abrupt that Lu Changyuan couldn’t process it for a moment.

’We were talking about the Demon Pattern, then you suddenly ask me what Dao you should choose, and after I answer, you come out with a confusing "Use your hand."’

Lu Changyuan was sitting, and when Qiu Yuehan suddenly strode forward, his head was now level with the Fairy’s chest.

"I can’t use the magic through your clothes."

His head was now buried against the Fairy’s stomach. His warm breath penetrated her light robes, touching her skin and sending a shiver through her.

Qiu Yuehan used almost all her strength to say, "You, reach in. Hurry up and move it somewhere else. Quickly, before Junior Sister finds out!"

She felt her head spinning. At some point, she had risen onto her tiptoes, her slender, elegant legs tensed into a straight line.

BANG!

The door was suddenly pulled open.

"What am I not supposed to find out?"

Qiu Yuehan instinctively tried to push Lu Changyuan away, but because his hand was right behind her back, she ended up recoiling into his arms instead. Her beautiful hair spread messily over his body, making it look as though she had thrown herself at him.

"What... are you two doing?" Xia Lianxue asked coldly.

She hadn’t been in the mood to count stars at all. She swore she was only a little curious, which was why she had very unethically eavesdropped.

’Oh, great!’

’So this was the "something" she had to discuss. They were being all lovey-dovey behind my back.’

Xia Lianxue’s little face was as cold as a winter blade, its glare cutting painfully at Qiu Yuehan.

"Senior Sister? Can you tell me? What are you doing?"

Qiu Yuehan pushed herself up and said hurriedly, "It’s not—it’s nothing, it was just an accident... I’ll be... I’ll be leaving now!"

She hastily straightened her clothes and fled out the door.