Dao Companion Crippled, Coveters Move

Chapter 254 252: Peng Sword Immortal: Someone's Spreading Huang Yao About Me and Senior Sister? I Must Crack Down Hard

In Dan Yun Pavilion, within Lu Fairy's private chambers.

"Junior Brother, how is your body feeling now? Has the bottleneck in your realm loosened?"

Lu Ruoxi was lying on her side on a soft couch, a thin blanket casually draped over her body, her curves faintly visible. She propped her head up with one hand, her seductive eyes fixed on Pei Yuhang's back. The corners of her lips curled into a meaningful smile, her voice lazy and tinged with provocation.

The tips of Pei Yuhang's ears flushed slightly red as he stiffly put on his clothes.

His expression was complicated, a mixture of embarrassment and an indescribable tremor of emotion.

He kept his head down, afraid to meet Lu Ruoxi's soul-stirring, seductive eyes.

Pei Yuhang couldn't deny it. The single session of Dual Cultivation with his Senior Sister while bathing together in the Pill Furnace had benefited him immensely. The Spiritual Power in his body now flowed more smoothly, and the once rock-solid bottleneck to the Divinity Transformation Realm was actually showing signs of loosening.

He hadn't experienced such a huge leap in progress from Dual Cultivation in a very long time.

The last time his Cultivation had progressed this rapidly was during his first Dual Cultivation session with Shang Miaoyan after they were reunited.

This comparison finally made Pei Yuhang understand why Cultivators of the Yin Yang Dao were so promiscuous. It was because all Dual Cultivation Methods in the world had a "novelty-seeking" characteristic.

The first Dual Cultivation session with a new partner was often the most potent and indescribably wonderful.

But afterward, the growth in Cultivation and the passion would gradually decline. Not even the Saintess of the Yin Yang Sacred Land, with her profound mastery of this Dao, could escape this rule; it was only a matter of how quickly it happened.

This was true for Shang Miaoyan, to say nothing of those less skilled Yin Yang Dao Cultivators. For them, a few nights of Dual Cultivation with the same partner would likely yield no results at all.

Yin Yang Dao Cultivators who had experienced this rapid path of cultivation would naturally be unwilling to return to arduous training. This forced them to frequently change Dual Cultivation partners in pursuit of faster cultivation and greater stimulation, making them the target of public condemnation for their promiscuity...

However, this method of breaking through his bottleneck left Pei Yuhang with complicated feelings. He didn't want to become a slave to cultivation and pleasure like those Yin Yang Dao Cultivators, sinking into carnal desires.

He took a deep breath, trying to calm the waves in his heart. "Thank you for this, Senior Sister, but... we shouldn't do this again in the future..."

Hearing this, Lu Ruoxi chuckled, her tone tinged with amusement. "What, is my Junior Brother shy? It's alright. This is my reward to you for your Pure Yang True Qi."

Besides, this complementary method benefits me as well. It's as if I get to practice my Alchemy Secret Technique and improve my Cultivation at the same time, so I'm getting a double benefit from you, Junior Brother.

As for you thinking it's improper... hehe, on the path of cultivation, one shouldn't get bogged down by trivialities. Moreover, we are both Cultivators. Why should we care about such worldly views?

No matter what Great Dao it is, as long as it leads to immortality, it's a good Dao."

After speaking, Lu Ruoxi looked at Pei Yuhang's slightly furrowed brow and understood that her junior brother didn't agree with her views. She sighed softly, feeling a mixture of amusement and helplessness.

'He's already wronged Junior Sister Ye with me so many times, yet he's still wavering. Junior Brother Pei is so... affected, yet gentle. He really needs to be put in his place~ This personality of his is just begging to be trained!'

'Oh, well. Today's harvest was plentiful enough. And I even got Junior Brother Pei to do it willingly... without using the Love Curse.'

'Lu Ruoxi felt she had taken a great step forward on the path of stealing her junior sister's man. In any case, she couldn't devour Junior Brother Pei all at once. She might as well let Pei Yuhang go back and spend the rest of his time with Junior Sister Ye.'

"Junior Brother, you should go back and think it over. I'm tired and want to rest."

Lu Ruoxi gave a lazy wave. Pei Yuhang said nothing more, silently tidied his clothes, and turned to walk out the door.

His retreating figure seemed hurried, as if he were eager to escape this place that had thrown his heart into turmoil.

Watching his back, Lu Ruoxi felt an inexplicable dissatisfaction and muttered softly, "What a blockhead. I tell you to leave, and you just leave. You could at least argue a little before going. Tsk..."

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As Pei Yuhang walked out of Dan Yun Pavilion, he could feel the eyes of many Alchemists sizing him up.

Even though they lowered their voices, Pei Yuhang could tell what they were saying by reading their lips through his Divine Sense.

"Hey, look! Isn't that the Cold Sun Sword Immortal from the Cold Palace Sword Mansion? He's coming out of Elder Lu's place again..."

"Shh! Loose lips sink ships! What nonsense are you spouting? Doesn't Pei Sword Immortal have a Dao Companion? Besides, he and Elder Lu are both disciples of *that* person. They're senior sister and junior brother. What's the big deal about him visiting often?"

"Hehe, you don't get it, do you, Fellow Daoist? Having a Dao Companion makes it a thrill. A senior sister and junior brother... isn't that a double thrill~?"

Pei Yuhang's fists clenched. He remembered Chen Sixuan's earlier warning, but he hadn't expected these people to be so brazen as to start gossiping wildly before he was even out of earshot!

He felt a fire of rage burning in his chest.

Although... he had, in fact, done it!

But that didn't mean outsiders could use it for their own amusement and after-dinner gossip!

Pei Yuhang didn't act on impulse and start a fight with the gossiping Alchemists at the entrance to Dan Yun Pavilion. If he did, he would just end up having his Senior Sister clean up the mess.

As a steady and composed Cultivator, he naturally had other ways to punish these people for spreading slanderous gossip and insulting his Senior Sister.

Pei Yuhang silently used a Memory Stone to record the faces of the gossiping Cultivators. Then, using his Elder Order, he anonymously connected to the dedicated line for the Dao Sect's Law Enforcement Office.

"I want to report these Alchemists from Dan Yun Pavilion... Yes, they've been misusing the Dao Sect's public resources, using them in Alchemy for personal profit... Right. And please, trouble yourself to also check if they've been evading taxes."

Pei Yuhang had heard his Senior Sister talk about the many hidden dealings within the lucrative profession of Alchemy. What Pei Yuhang had just reported was practically an unwritten rule among Alchemists; everyone did it.

But as long as no one went too far—like appropriating exceptionally precious Spiritual Medicines from the public stores for their own private alchemy—the Law Enforcement Office would basically turn a blind eye. After all, it involved a web of transactions between the Law Enforcement Office and Dan Yun Pavilion.

As the saying goes, wherever there are people, there is an exchange of interests. Even the Xuanyuan Dao Sect, which called itself an Immortal Sect, was no exception. The only difference was that the transactions involved spiritual pills and elixirs and Magical Treasures instead of gold and silver.

Under normal circumstances, the Law Enforcement Office wouldn't bother with such trivial matters. Even if they did, it would just be for show.

But Pei Yuhang had used the dedicated line for an Elder Order. The prestige of that couldn't be compared to that of an ordinary Cultivator. The Law Enforcement Office had to strike hard!

Sure enough, a menacing group of Black-robed Cultivators soon flew over on their swords in a dark cloud. Without a word of nonsense, they immediately sealed off the entrance to Dan Yun Pavilion.

"Fellow Daoist Ma, why are the people from the Law Enforcement Office suddenly here at our Dan Yun Pavilion? Didn't we pay this year's 'protection fee'?"

"Fellow Daoist Ma, you've had drinks with their leader, Fellow Daoist Xu. You two are somewhat friendly, why don't you go ask what's going on?"

Fellow Daoist Ma—the very one who had been most enthusiastic in spreading slanderous gossip about Pei Yuhang, the one who mentioned the "double thrill"—was helplessly pushed forward. He had no choice but to bite the bullet and approach the burly Cultivator in the lead.

"S-Senior Xu, do you remember me? It's Little Ma. Um, is there a reason you've come to Dan Yun Pavilion today?"

As Fellow Daoist Ma spoke, he discreetly tried to slip a Treasure Pill to the burly Cultivator.

However, when the burly Cultivator saw it, not only did he not accept it, but he threw his head back and bellowed righteously, "You speculator of the Dao Sect! You've ruined the reputation of Dan Yun Pavilion! Attempting to bribe a law enforcement officer is an additional crime! Seize him at once!"

Fellow Daoist Ma: ?!

'That's not how you were last time we were drinking, buddy!'

Seeing Old Ma arrested, the Alchemists behind Fellow Daoist Ma sensed that things were bad and tried to slip away quietly.

But the other Black-robed Cultivators were incredibly fast, instantly appearing beside them and slapping on silver bracelets that sealed their Spiritual Cultivation.

"Fellow Daoist, you've evaded taxes and misused public property. You'll have to come with us."

One Alchemist heard this and assumed the 'protection fee' he'd had someone deliver had been embezzled. He was about to report that person for tax evasion as well, but the Black-robed Cultivator acted as if he hadn't heard a thing, insisting on arresting only him.

At that moment, everyone understood. They had likely offended some big shot.

When you've offended someone powerful, it's difficult to even buy your way out with Spirit Stones. Resigned, the group could only let themselves be led away in disgrace by the Black-robed Cultivators.

'Go and reform yourselves in there for a few days. I hope you'll become good, honest Alchemists who don't spread rumors in the future.'

Pei Yuhang stood in a corner, watching the great contribution he had made to the clean and honest environment of the Dao Sect, and nodded lightly.

Then he silently turned and left, hiding his good deed and his name.