Ilena: Qing E, Come Give Me a Massage Too

Thinking that, Qing E could not help glancing at Qiu Tu and Ilena, who were piled together by the pool.

Based on Qing E's understanding of the two of them, they had not actually spent much time alone together.

And no matter how desperate they might have been, they could not possibly have slept together the first time they met.

So, at most, they should have only had intimate contact twice. Perhaps only once.

Yet under such circumstances, wearing only scraps of cloth, they were chatting and massaging each other as though they had not even noticed her.

It was... it was... utterly shameless!

Just watching them made Qing E blush furiously, so embarrassed she could barely contain herself, let alone actually do anything.

So she hesitated, hesitated, and hesitated again. In the end, she decided it would be better to stay in the Wine Pool and pretend she was invisible.

Just then, while Qiu Tu was massaging her arm, Ilena casually swept her gaze to the side and spotted Qing E.

Qing E was wearing a semi-transparent bathrobe. Though she was not yet a fully mature woman and her figure still retained a slight girlishness, the glimpses of her body beneath that robe instead added a tantalizing allure that tempted one toward sin.

"Qing E, don't just stand there. Come, give me a massage too."

Hearing Ilena's words, Qing E was visibly stunned.

"Ah?" she said, pointing at herself. "Me? Together?"

Perhaps because Qing E's reaction this time was so unprofessional, Ilena could not even be bothered to explain. Instead, she continued chatting with Qiu Tu.

Having led the Temple-West Branch for so long, Ilena might look drunk every day, but her mind was clearer than anyone's.

So when she heard Qiu Tu repeat something she had said, she immediately sensed that something was off.

With both hands tucked beneath her face, she closed her eyes and smiled. "What? Didn't Mo Se Your Excellency tell you that?"

Qiu Tu could not help smiling as well. Using Ilena's earlier warning against him, he replied, "I only came today to ask Your Excellency to clear up my doubts."

"Under normal circumstances, Your Excellency shouldn't know what Mo Se Your Excellency told me."

At Qiu Tu's words, the corners of Ilena's lips slowly curled up.

Perhaps beauty lay in the eye of the beholder. Or perhaps absence made the heart grow fonder. In any case, ever since Qiu Tu had returned from his mission, Ilena found him more pleasing to the eye the more she looked at him.

Even when Qiu Tu talked back to her like this, she found it amusing.

So rather than rebuking him, she lay there and said lazily, "Fine. Since you put it that way, I won't ask. I'll continue."

She said, "Don't underestimate the ability to alter World Rules. It is a true alteration."

"It can begin by changing the most fundamental laws, or it can alter the world on the grandest scale."

"For example."

"This region cannot contain living beings called 'humans.'"

Hearing Ilena's casually spoken words, Qiu Tu's pupils contracted slightly.

Ilena continued, "Or, for example, this world does not contain the foundational element known as Calamity Power."

Perhaps because he had already experienced the shock of a single sentence wiping out all humanity, changing a foundational element did not stir much emotion in Qiu Tu.

He merely said thoughtfully, "So theoretically, this secret weapon could cause all extraordinary power in the entire world to lose the foundation needed to function?"

"Deities would no longer be deities, and Cataclysm Creatures would regress into ordinary living beings?"

Ilena nodded slightly. "That's right."

"And that's not all."

She said, "Since the 'Heavenly Dao' can make Calamity Power cease to exist in the world, it can naturally also make foundational matter cease to exist."

"In other words, all matter would be annihilated."

"Even if the price were so enormous that the effect could only last for one second."

"One second would still be enough for the entire world to be destroyed and restarted."

"This is also an important reason why, despite our Order Path developing so rapidly and possessing such great strength, the other Paths do not dare easily wage war against us or besiege us."

"Because... even if we are no match for the other Paths, or cannot withstand their combined assault, once things truly reach a life-or-death moment, we possess the ability to take them down with us."

Hearing Ilena's words, Qiu Tu froze. For some reason, the words felt so familiar.

Had he said something like that before?

As he thought about it, Qiu Tu suddenly remembered his Calamity Ability, Order Space.

A thoughtful look appeared in his eyes.

His Order Space also seemed to have the ability to alter the rules within a region after paying a price.

That meant that so long as an enemy's status was not higher than his, even if he was not their match, he could still take them down with him.

Thus, whenever Qiu Tu's strength rose another notch, he knew that he might not necessarily be invincible among those at the same level—but among those at the same level or below, anyone he wanted dead would die.

Now that he thought about it, why did the operating logic of his Order Space resemble that of the Heavenly Dao so closely?

Could it be that the ultimate effects of the Order Path all converged on the same destination?

Or was he truly a child of fortune, one chosen by heaven?

At that moment, while Qiu Tu was deep in thought, Qing E, who was still standing in the Wine Pool, finally figured everything out and made up her mind.

Her thoughts were simple: as Ilena's closest subordinate, it wasn't as though she had never been intimate with Ilena before.

Under Ilena's tutelage, she had often served Ilena in various half-veiled ways over the years, or given her massages. (Chapter 797)

Now there was simply one more person: Qiu Tu. What was there to be embarrassed about?

After all, Qiu Tu was no outsider. Not only had he once bared everything to Ilena, but there had also been some romantic entanglements between him and Qing E.

From her perspective, she was merely combining serving Ilena with being served by Qiu Tu, doing both at once over a single night.

So there was no need for her to be overly embarrassed. She just needed to treat it normally.

With that thought, Qing E finally stopped hesitating after making up her mind. She took a deep breath, rose onto her toes, and lightly tapped the pebbles carpeting the bottom of the pool. Her entire body lifted gracefully from the Wine Pool.

As dark crimson wine trickled from her slender legs back into the pool with a soft patter, she gently landed at its edge.

She bent her knees slightly to cushion the impact, then straightened up, brushed aside the loose strands at her temple, and walked toward Ilena with faintly flushed cheeks.

By then, having noticed Qing E approaching, Qiu Tu had already climbed down from Ilena's smooth back and sat beside her legs, leaving Ilena's fair, tender back to Qing E.

Qing E did not stand on ceremony. She stepped directly over, her thighs and hips fitting almost seamlessly against Ilena's pale back.

"So wet. Little Qing E, you're a little embarrassed, aren't you?"

Just then, Ilena, lying there, casually made an ambiguous remark.

In an instant, Qing E's face turned scarlet. The courage she had just worked up ebbed away like a receding tide.

But Qiu Tu naturally added, "Lady Qing E was in the Wine Pool for too long just now."

It would have been better if he had said nothing. The moment he spoke, Ilena smiled and replied, "Yes. That's exactly what I meant. What did Divine King Qiu Tu misunderstand?"

Qiu Tu had always been shameless. With a grin, he said, "I didn't misunderstand. I was only explaining. Since Your Excellency says I misunderstood, what do you think I misunderstood?"

At his words, Ilena slightly lifted her head and gave him a sidelong glance.

The gazes of those two veterans met, their eyes full of mischievous amusement.

The two of them were having a lively exchange, but Qing E's blushing head was practically about to start steaming.

She felt that this was far too strange. Clearly, Qiu Tu and Ilena were the ones sparring with words—why was she the one feeling awkward and embarrassed?

I can't just let them bully me like this!

Thinking so, Qing E could not help wanting to fire back with a few words, making it clear that she was not someone to be trifled with either.

Yet just then, after teasing Qing E a couple of times, Qiu Tu and Ilena seamlessly returned to the matter at hand.

Qiu Tu asked, "If the effect of 'Heavenly Dao' is so powerful, then its price must be extremely high too, right?"

Qing E was caught off guard by Qiu Tu's abrupt shift and immediately could not respond.

Ilena, however, answered naturally, "You really guessed wrong about that."

"The cost required for 'Heavenly Dao' to operate is not great."

"Or rather, unless it is 'destroying the world' or altering fundamental rules, the cost it expends is negligible."

This answer was indeed one Qiu Tu had never considered, and he could not help pausing slightly. "Why?"

"That doesn't seem to conform to the operating principles of Calamity Abilities or Cataclysmic Treasures."

Hearing Qiu Tu's words, Ilena lay there, enjoying the massage from Qing E, who was now like a put-upon little wife, as she lazily said, "It does conform."

"It has to do with 'Heavenly Dao' itself."

She said, "'Heavenly Dao' was formed through the fusion of a portion of the 'status,' 'rules,' and 'power' contributed by four Excellencies."

"And in order to allow 'Heavenly Dao' to grow and develop, the four Excellencies planted 'Heavenly Dao' within the system of the 'Shrine.'"

"So, as long as the 'Shrine' remains, its own order will continuously channel power into 'Heavenly Dao.'"

"And everyone who upholds the rules of the 'Shrine' is, in fact, also supplying power to 'Heavenly Dao.'"

"That portion of power is stored within 'Heavenly Dao.' When it is activated, it draws from that pool of power first."

"So theoretically, as long as the price of changing rules through 'Heavenly Dao' does not exceed the limit of that 'pool,' and 'Heavenly Dao' is not overused, then no additional price will ever need to be paid for an entire lifetime."

A look of realization appeared on Qiu Tu's face after hearing Ilena's explanation.

So this was the ingenious design the four giants had devised.

They had effectively bound 'Heavenly Dao' to every deity in the 'Shrine.'

When they wished to fulfill a certain desire, one deity might lack the strength to do so, but countless Order Deities could support it.

And during peacetime, the Shrine's own rules and order could slowly nourish 'Heavenly Dao,' allowing it to grow and accumulate power.

Thus, in theory, as long as the Order Shrine existed long enough, the power of 'Heavenly Dao' would continue growing without limit, eventually becoming a terrifying secret weapon truly capable of governing the order of the entire world.

It had to be said that after learning of the four giants' ingenious idea, Qiu Tu could not help but feel a little admiration.

Previously, he had thought that compared to the all-encompassing Chaos Path, which fused the Six Great Paths into one, an External Object secret weapon like 'Heavenly Dao' seemed far weaker.

But now, he felt that 'Heavenly Dao' truly was a great creation.

This was an approach rarely imagined in a transcendent world where "great power belongs to oneself"—gathering the strength of many.

Thinking of this, Qiu Tu could not help but think of the Ink God King.

In fact, as early as when he suspected that the Ink God King had not told him the whole truth, Qiu Tu had guessed that the Ink God King had most likely not deceived him, but had merely revealed part of the truth in order to mislead him.

This was a very classic method of concealing the truth.

Following that line of thought, Qiu Tu naturally brought up a second topic.

"My lord, if the 'Heavenly Dao' wishes to continue growing stronger, does it still need High-Level God Kings from other paths as sacrifices?"

"What exactly is the plan of the four Exalted Ones this time? Do they truly intend to hunt High-Level God Kings from other paths?"

Hearing Qiu Tu's question, Ilena did not answer directly.

As though she were trying to guess what the Ink God King had told Qiu Tu, she pondered for two seconds before suddenly saying, "Qing E, you've been massaging my waist for so long that you're practically going to break it. Don't you plan to move somewhere else?"

At that moment, Qing E was still listening to the conversation between Qiu Tu and Ilena while massaging Ilena's waist.

Perhaps because the two of them had teased her earlier, all her Thoughts were occupied with replaying how she could strike back at them. As a result, she had kept pressing Ilena's waist without moving for quite some time.

Thus, upon hearing Ilena's words, Qing E finally snapped out of it as if waking from a dream.

She hurriedly responded with two "Oh, oh"s, then straightened up and reached toward Ilena's shoulders.

However, compared to the mature Ilena, her build was clearly smaller, so reaching up to massage her was inevitably a little uncomfortable.

So she gave a slight push with her butt and tried to slide upward.

Although Ilena was a Goddess King who looked lazy and listless all day, both her physique and her care routine had left her skin as smooth as congealed cream.

As a result, Qing E's butt slid smoothly forward onto Ilena's waist.

Yet after all those movements, Qing E did not feel anything unusual, nor did Ilena notice any problem—but Qiu Tu was left staring in disbelief.

He did not know whether Qing E had soaked in the Wine Pool for too long and still had wine on her legs, or whether... something had truly happened to her.

In any case, from Qiu Tu's perspective, when she slid forward, she clearly left a trail of moisture across Ilena's back. It looked exactly like Qing E's little sister was practicing crawling like a snail on Ilena's back.

That suggestive sight made Qiu Tu swallow, his gaze involuntarily shifting toward Qing E's figure beneath her bathrobe.

This girl isn't wearing underwear?

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