Chapter 56

[Daoist Fairy? Fairy Ningbo completed, reward issued, please claim it yourself.]

[Han Ningyan's favorability has reached 100/100 (lover), locked.]

[From now on, Han Ningyan, Fairy Ningbo, will belong exclusively to you. You have once again saved a Fairy in this chaotic world. Han Ningyan has escaped the Inner World.]

[Daoist Fairy is just a small instance. Lin Yi, please don't think that those villains will let you save these Fairies.]

[You need to be vigilant.]

[But… congratulations on gaining the favor of another Fairy…]

The System's text scrolled across Lin Yi's vision. Lin Yi naturally understood that his enemies would never just be these childish people.

Lin Yi's Divine Sense swept over the two youths still outside the hot spring Formation. He looked at the reward on the System panel, a slight curve appearing on his lips.

He looked at Han Ningyan, whose features were as beautiful as a painting, and left his mark on her lips under the Fairy's slight gaze.

That he was able to obtain Han Ningyan so smoothly, Lin Yi wondered if this Inner World had also identified him as a 'Huangmao'?

A Huangmao QQing his beloved Master… wasn't this a very Inner World-esque plot?

After all, Lin Yi also grew up in this world, so it was normal for him to be identified as a Huangmao, right?

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[Please understand, Host, you are the God of Pure Love.]

The System's text flashed before Lin Yi. Lin Yi casually dismissed the pop-up System, closing his eyes to perceive the insights the System transmitted to him.

From Han Ningyan's mission, Lin Yi obtained the fifth Realm of the Yin-Yang Path. Although it was still difficult to deal with Nascent Soul and Soul Transformation Cultivators, it was very simple to deal with Qi Condensation and Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

Lin Yi hadn't just been having fun with his Fairies these past few days; when he stole some leisure time, he had also diligently studied some Daoist Magic.

The Daoist Arts of the Cold Palace, some Daoist Arts collected by the Xuanyuan Dynasty imperial family, the Daoist Arts of the Xuanmen Human Sect, the Daoist Arts of Qingmu Palace and Fuxue Palace, and even some of Xia Qianzhen's Daoist Arts learned from Su Lingshu.

Lin Yi knew that his cultivation relied on the System, but he had put in hard work on these Daoist Arts. Once the System gave him the corresponding Realm, he could immediately use them.

Moreover… the more he knew about others' Daoist Arts, the more corresponding Daoist Arts he would have to counter them.

Lin Yi was very serious about these matters. Didn't he used to be a diligent and hardworking person before he even activated the System?

He wasn't someone who only thought about matters of the bed all day.

Lin Yi's fingertips were entwined with several colorless threads. These were the Three Thousand Threads of Desire from the Yin Yang Pavilion, the very thing the Yin Yang Pavilion Elder had prepared to use on Li Tiaodeng.

Lin Yi had seen this item in the imperial palace's library and kept it in mind, originally thinking of ways to counter it, as confronting the Yin Yang Pavilion was an inevitable trend.

Unexpectedly, he was now using it.

Lin Yi's fingertips moved slightly, and the invisible Three Thousand Threads of Desire coiled towards Meng Feng and Qin Dang outside the room.

In an instant, they were both bound by the Three Thousand Threads of Desire in a slight daze, their Divine Souls ensnared, as Lin Yi wove beautiful dreams for them.

…

Meng Feng still remembered worrying about his Master, but in a flash, he found that he could push open the door in front of him!

His heart filled with joy, and he hurriedly and cautiously pushed open the wooden door in front of him.

He dared not make a sound, fearing that the people inside would discover him. He already had a premonition in his heart: his Master, Junior Martial Uncle… that young man…

But he was the kind of person who wouldn't give up until he saw the robes. There were some sounds coming from inside, sounds of laughter, but…

Why were there only Junior Martial Uncle and two clear, elegant voices?!!!

Where was Master?!!!

Meng Feng's heart was anxious, but he still dared not make a sound. He held his breath and listened towards the closed inner door.

He heard Master's voice!

"Dear Lin, my heart is so happy, being with you…"

Master was expressing her feelings…

And then…

A strange male voice came, "Me too, Sister Yan'er, let me see your face…"

Meng Feng's eyes were splitting with rage, but he still dared not make any move. He was just an apprentice after all… perhaps he would even have to call that young man Senior Martial Uncle…

He could only hold his breath, but… he immediately found his vision blocked by a small shadow. Meng Feng looked up, "Junior Brother Qin?! Why are you here?!"

"Senior Brother Meng, hurry up and get out of the way!!" Qin Dang no longer cared about the volume of his voice. He glared fiercely at Meng Feng, who was squatting in front of him.

Meng Feng was startled at first, then his face turned pale. He found that he couldn't control his body!

"No, Junior Brother Qin, I can't control my body!! Save me, save me… I don't want this, I don't want this…"

Meng Feng watched in horror as his hand reached out towards Qin Dang. At this moment, he no longer cared about his voice. He wasn't someone who had a Dragon Yang preference! He liked his Master!

…

Lin Yi retracted his gaze. He had no interest in watching two men cause trouble. He quickly rubbed against Han Ningyan's pretty face in his arms. The Fairy's soft tenderness came through, making Lin Yi's lips curve slightly.

These Three Thousand Threads of Desire were still useful. No wonder those guys from the Yin Yang Pavilion liked to use them. To some extent, they were a type of Daoist Magic that could influence reality with consciousness.

When Qin Dang and Meng Feng woke up from their dreams, the two who had 'opened each other's eyes' would surely find themselves beginning to yearn for each other, as their bodies had already taken on the other's shape.

The higher the Cultivator's Realm using it on a lower-Realm Cultivator, the deeper the influence. Only when both parties were lost in the illusion would they be released.

And even though one knew in their heart that they didn't like the other, they couldn't suppress that feeling…

Mixed with disgust on one side, yet a deep longing to touch each other on the other… Tsk tsk tsk, Lin Yi shook his head slightly, quickly cutting off his thoughts.

He should just have fun with his Fairies.

Han Ningyan closed her eyes slightly. After her senses had almost fully recovered, she slowly opened her pair of clear, cold beautiful eyes. Although her face was largely filled with charm, those ink-black long eyes carried a hint of coldness.

"Lin Yi, you…"

"Yan'er is not being good." Lin Yi's faint breath brushed against Han Ningyan's jade neck, making her body tremble slightly. Lin Yi's fingertips drew circles on Han Ningyan's jade neck. Visibly, the coldness in Han Ningyan's eyes disappeared.

Only a hint of charm and helplessness remained.

"I…"

"Hmm?" Lin Yi softly hummed.

"Yan'er… understands… You truly… have made Yan'er suffer…" Han Ningyan said these words with a hint of shyness, a blush spreading across her pretty face.

Lin Yi chuckled. He picked up Han Ningyan, and after using spiritual power to remove the dirt from both of them, he carried Han Ningyan out again and stepped into the hot spring.

Han Ningyan breathed in the warm, slightly humid air of the hot spring. She swallowed… She bit her lip with her pearly teeth. The spiritual pearls illuminating the hot spring made her feel a little dizzy…

"Do you understand?" Lin Yi suddenly said this out of nowhere.

"Mmm… Yan'er understands…" Han Ningyan's beautiful eyes flickered. She embraced Lin Yi's neck, feeling that being 'it'… wasn't so bad after all.

The warm spring water covered her slender waist. Everything below her waist was submerged in the water. Amidst the refraction of light and shadow, a pair of slender, long, yet voluptuous beautiful legs glowed with a jade-white luster.

Han Ningyan was held by Lin Yi as they sat down in the spring water. She closed her eyes slightly, feeling the warm spring water envelop her entire body. She let out a long breath, and all the hidden fatigue in her body dissipated…

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The spring water rippled over her lustrous collarbones… Lin Yi rested his head on Han Ningyan's shoulder. Han Ningyan tilted her head back, a stray lock of hair clinging to the corner of her lips; she shook her head.

Not far away, Pei Zhaoji watched her Senior Sister with some amusement, but upon recalling her own initial experience… her face flushed red again.

Lin Yi beckoned to Pei Zhaoji. Pei Zhaoji gave a light sniff with her delicate nose, and under Lin Yi's smiling gaze, she slowly waded through the water toward him.

Pei Zhaoji sat down beside Lin Yi. Her gaze swept over Pei Yuhan and Lu Jiajing, who were sitting not far away with their eyes closed, and a soft, beautiful smile suddenly appeared on her lips.

Lin Yi turned his head and patted Han Ningyan's jade-white hand. Han Ningyan nodded reluctantly, channeling her spiritual power as a great Cultivator of the Soul Transformation Stage…

Pei Zhaoji leaned in, rubbing her lustrous, pretty face against Lin Yi's cheek. Seeing Lin Yi's handsome features, a surge of affection welled up in her heart, causing her to lean in closer involuntarily.

Han Ningyan circulated her Heaven and Earth Hunyuan Art; she had actually forgotten to use this technique earlier. She silently felt the spiritual power gathering toward both Lin Yi and herself.

The spiritual power, which had long remained stagnant, was accumulating at a speed she had never seen before. She bit her pearly teeth, using her Dao Heart to resist the sensations accompanying the growth of spiritual power…

Unfortunately… Han Ningyan failed.

She opened her eyes, looking with some panic at the lustrous spiritual pearls in the cave. They were still emitting light, illuminating the entire cavern.

Han Ningyan's body stiffened as she fought against the backlash from failing to execute the Heaven and Earth Hunyuan Art. This pain was far more intense than anything she had experienced before. Han Ningyan's body trembled; this Heaven and Earth Hunyuan Art was simply not meant for mortals to practice…

Not until a certain critical point was reached did that "agony" flow away like water, draining all her physical strength as it left her body.

Han Ningyan sensed the lingering dull pain in her delicate body. She let the warm spring water wash over her, letting out a long sigh.

Lin Yi glanced at her but ignored her. This Han Ningyan was truly weak; even those super weaklings like Su Lingshu and Yu Xiaotang could manage a few tricks, but Han Ningyan…

Lin Yi took a big bite of Pei Zhaoji's lips. Pei Zhaoji looked at him with lustrous eyes, and when Lin Yi nodded, she used her spiritual power to gently push Han Ningyan aside, taking the spot Han Ningyan had just occupied.

Pei Zhaoji wrapped her arms around Lin Yi's chest. She frowned slightly as she looked at Lin Yi, but immediately afterward, her brows carried a hint of a smile. "Little Yi'er, Ji'er missed you so much…"

Her voice carried a hint of seductiveness; beneath that graceful exterior was a wild beast wanting to devour Lin Yi completely.

"Really? Sister Ji'er?" Lin Yi raised an eyebrow.

"Really… Ji'er missed you so much…" Pei Zhaoji nodded gently, pursed her lips, and hugged Lin Yi's arm.

"Then… do as you please." Lin Yi's words made Pei Zhaoji's face light up with joy, and she nodded gently.

Lu Jiajing and Pei Yuhan's expressions remained unchanged. The two of them had accompanied Lin Yi today precisely to protect him; these matters were already within their expectations.

However… there was still some awkwardness.

Pei Yuhan and Lu Jiajing always had the feeling that Lin Yi had sacrificed himself to these Fairies just to protect them, especially Pei Yuhan.

Along the way, to gain support from various parties, Lin Yi first sacrificed himself to Su Lingshu to obtain the help of that Saintess Palace Master, then to Lu Jiajing to gain the assistance of this great Cultivator of the Soul Transformation Stage, and then to Xuanyuan Xier to gain the assistance of both the Void Return Stage great Cultivator Old Man Yuan and the Xuanyuan Dynasty.

Up until now, he had sacrificed himself to the two Dao leaders of the Xuanmen to gain the help of the Xuanmen.

Throughout this journey, Pei Yuhan always felt that she owed her disciple more and more.

Men care about a woman's purity, and women also care about a man's purity, and Lin Yi… in Pei Yuhan's eyes, had undoubtedly become stained with impurity.

Then, all she could do… was to accompany him on this path…

Han Ningyan's body felt much better. She looked at the figures of Lin Yi and Pei Zhaoji, then looked at Pei Yuhan and Lu Jiajing. After a moment of contemplation, she waded through the water and sat down beside Pei Yuhan and Lu Jiajing.

"Sword Immortal Pei, Palace Master Lu." Han Ningyan greeted them.

"Dao Leader Han." Pei Yuhan and Lu Jiajing nodded, acknowledging the greeting.

"Please, Dao Leader Han, do not blame Yi'er for what he has done." Before Han Ningyan could speak, Pei Yuhan spoke first.

"No, I won't." Han Ningyan shook her head, her beautiful eyes resting on Lin Yi. "On the contrary, I should thank Yi'er…"

This was the first time she had called him Yi'er, but it already rolled off her tongue easily.

Han Ningyan did not continue explaining why she thanked Lin Yi. "I wonder… are you two sisters interested in this Heaven and Earth Hunyuan Art?"

Pei Yuhan and Lu Jiajing frowned slightly with their beautiful brows, but immediately nodded. "That Fairy Bixia… is unlikely to allow such a technique to circulate outside, right?"

Of course they wanted it; after all, this was the work of Fairy Bixia, and it was even claimed to offer a glimpse into the secrets of the Dao Integration… Although it was unclear if that was false advertising, it would still be beneficial for taking the step from Soul Transformation to Void Return.

If they could step into the Void Return stage… then the burden on Yi'er would be a little lighter…

Pei Yuhan and Lu Jiajing both thought so.

But limited by their Aptitude, they struggled to find the path to Void Return. Although being by Lin Yi's side and relying on his miraculous Physique would eventually allow them to grind their way through, but… entering it a day earlier meant one more bargaining chip.

Han Ningyan's cold and elegant eyes revealed a hint of a smile. "Do not worry. When the time comes, my Master… my Junior Sister and I will make her Yi'er's person."

Pei Yuhan and Lu Jiajing looked at each other, both speechless. After a long while, they nodded. "Then we will trouble you, sister."

With the 'sister' address exchanged, the atmosphere between the two sides began to soften. Regardless of what was happening over there with Lin Yi and Pei Zhaoji, here, they began to impart the Daoist techniques.

Before long, Han Ningyan finished explaining the Heaven and Earth Hunyuan Art. Pei Yuhan and Lu Jiajing closed their eyes and meditated for a while. When they opened their eyes again, they nodded at Han Ningyan.

Han Ningyan smiled and shook her head, indicating it didn't matter. She looked toward Lin Yi's side. "Go on, go and try this technique."

Pei Yuhan and Lu Jiajing nodded, stood up, and walked toward Lin Yi. Han Ningyan leaned against the edge of the hot spring pool, her pretty face once again returning to its usual cold and elegant appearance, like freshly fallen snow.

She silently looked inward, watching the oath that had fallen upon her Dao Heart. She shook her head slightly, her gaze sweeping over her Junior Sister's useless appearance. Her beautiful eyes wandered, recalling her own uselessness back then… suddenly, she felt it wasn't so bad?

At least… the Dao could be glimpsed, and this little guy, Lin Yi… no, big guy… was still very much to her liking…

Han Ningyan rested her fingers on her lower abdomen; the warmth of the hot spring made her feel quite comfortable. She circulated the Heaven and Earth Hunyuan Art, refining those… into pure spiritual power.

She discovered… she was already somewhat unable to leave Yi'er… When she opened her eyes, the handsome face of the young man before her carried a hint of a smile she was familiar with. She pursed her lips, a seductive smile appearing on her face.

"Yi'er…" Han Ningyan wrapped her arms around Lin Yi's neck and leaned in. Her eyes were alluring, and combined with that touch of cold arrogance, her figure appeared even more beautiful and moving.

She was the type of Fairy who was voluptuous to the extreme, not small and cute like Su Lingshu, carrying an intensely soul-captivating aura…