Powerful Charm, Bamboo House Comprehension

Everyone was acting outrageously, each one frozen stiff where they stood, unable to move a foot closer to Fairy Feimeng.

Fairy Feimeng paid them no heed. After bidding the old tower keeper farewell, she followed the cobblestone path toward the bamboo grove.

Su Hao suddenly let out a long breath. While the formal disciples were still lost in their fantasies, he had already broken free of that bizarre seduction and staggered back two steps.

Only then did he realize that Fairy Feimeng had already stopped on the path, barely a meter away.

Name: Liu Mei

Realm: Qi Refining Level 6

Talents: Primal Yin Physique (Blue), Water Spirit Body (White)

Primal Yin Physique (Blue): A powerful innate strand of Yin energy lies hidden within the body, greatly benefiting the cultivation of yin-soft techniques. (Note: Before Foundation Establishment, one must not lose one's virginity. Once it is lost, the primal yin will leak away.)

Water Spirit Body (White)

Su Hao's eyes were full of terror. Bizarre—too bizarre.

That state just now had been completely abnormal!

Even though he had not been physically involved with those peerless beauties in his previous life, what beautiful female celebrities had he not seen? Even if Fairy Feimeng's bearing, face, figure—everything about her—were the absolute finest, it should not have made him fantasize to such an extent.

Besides, he was only an ordinary person. Losing his composure was understandable.

But those disciples were genuine Qi Refining cultivators. How could they have failed to restrain themselves?

"Hmm?"

Following the path, Fairy Feimeng happened to arrive beside Su Hao.

"Miss, this young master is rather special. He broke free of the seduction even earlier than those senior disciple brothers. Judging by his clothes, could he be an inner sect disciple?"

The maid at her side was deeply surprised. So many of the sect's gifted young men had been unable to pull themselves free from her mistress's seduction, making utter fools of themselves.

Su Hao was one of the few who had recovered so quickly.

"You're from Heavenly Medicine Mountain..." Fairy Feimeng glanced at Su Hao's clothes, then sniffed lightly. There was a distinctive medicinal fragrance on him.

Her gaze grew increasingly strange. "Are you one of the Medicine Slaves Alchemist Lin has been raising in this batch?"

"Yes. Greetings... greetings, Miss." Su Hao hurriedly cupped his hands and bowed, lowering his head and not daring to look at Fairy Feimeng again, afraid of falling for it once more.

A faint fragrance drifted over, carrying a trace of warmth, like the body scent one would smell with a woman's body pressed close to one's nose.

"What is your name?"

"Su Hao." A trace of daze entered Su Hao's eyes. The words he wanted to say bypassed his mind and slipped from his mouth on their own.

"You've already cultivated Alchemist Lin's 'Hundred Profound Medicine Veins'?"

"Yes."

"When did you master it?"

"Last night."

"How many Origin Blood Pills did you take?"

"One."

"No wonder. Origin Blood Pills greatly replenish vital energy. The rush of blood and qi to your head inadvertently offset the seduction."

Fairy Feimeng's seductive eyes lingered over Su Hao's body as she took several more breaths of that distinctive medicinal fragrance. Her voice was soft and honey-sweet. "What a pity. If I touched you, Alchemist Lin might get angry. Young master... if fate allows, we shall meet again."

"..."

By the time Su Hao came to his senses, Fairy Feimeng and her maid had long vanished. He had no idea how long they had been gone.

"Fairy Feimeng's seduction has improved again. It was too wonderful! I fought her for three rounds in my dream just now!"

"Look at the state of you. In reality, you wouldn't even get the chance to say a word to her. You got seduced by her, yet you're still this happy? Don't tell me you think fantasies come without a price?"

"The 'Yin Cha Scripture' she cultivates is Joy Peak's foremost technique. It's incredibly bizarre. Near her, once you spill your essence, your Yang energy will be siphoned away. You lot should hurry back and recuperate for a while."

"No way? It's that bizarre?"

"Why not? Go ask around. Some people even had their cultivation fall because of it."

"I'm different. I knew about it long ago and came here on purpose. Dreams like this don't come often. The dream felt so real—it was better than visiting a brothel dozens of times!"

"..."

The disciples around the bamboo tower gradually came to their senses, each reacting differently.

Some had long heard of her reputation and came merely to glimpse Fairy Feimeng's beauty. More knew full well what the consequences would be, yet came anyway.

Three to five novices became targets of mockery as well.

Su Hao stood with his head lowered until they left.

"Joy Peak's foremost technique, the Yin Cha Scripture?"

Su Hao had heard them say that a Golden Core patriarch had once used this technique to affect an area dozens of li wide, even draining people dry unto death.

Too terrifying!

Still, none of that had anything to do with him.

Only one person remained in the bamboo lodge: a hunched, gaunt old man reclining in a wicker chair, leisurely sipping tea.

"Sir, I'm..." After entering, Su Hao was just about to show his jade token.

The old man waved a hand. "Kid, if you're here looking for books, help yourself. Don't take them away, and don't damage them. Tear a single page, and you'll pay for it with your life!"

There was no need for any jade token at all.

He merely glanced at Su Hao and guessed his identity. Then he turned his back on him and continued drinking his tea.

Name: Zhao Bai Jiang

Realm: Qi Refining Level 4

Talent: Wood Spirit Body (White)

He did not even need an identity jade token?

That old man's smile made one's scalp tingle.

"Can I read any of the books here?" Su Hao asked hesitantly.

"Why ask so many questions? Over the years, there've been no fewer than eight or ten people like you who came looking for books."

Old Man Zhao did not even turn his head, but a trace of mockery entered his tone. "Every last one of you only managed to absorb a little Spiritual Energy by relying on Heart Nurturing Pills and Origin Blood Pills, barely gaining the ability to cultivate, yet you naively think you have talent in this area and want to find a better cultivation method."

"Not to mention that truly powerful cultivation methods are never passed down in book form."

"And even if you did see a powerful cultivation method, so what? Cultivation requires talent. Those with talent can step into Qi Refining Level 1 within a year. Those without it might spend ten or twenty years without ever grasping the sense of qi."

"If you have vast resources in medicinal pills, you can force yourself to cultivate. Of course, the pills I mean do not include Origin Blood Pills. That kind of pill is only suitable for the 'Hundred Profound Medicine Veins'..."

"Ah, when you get old, you just like to ramble. Books on spells and cultivation methods are on the second floor."

"People like me, who come looking for books..." Su Hao's heart grew heavy. He wanted to ask a few more questions, but the old man acted as though he had not heard him and said no more.

He headed to the second floor.

The first floor had more than ten bookshelves and over a thousand books.

Upon reaching the second floor, he found only a single row of bookshelves. Many spots were empty, and the books were spaced farther apart.

Looking closely, there were not many books in total—only twenty thread-bound volumes, varying in thickness.

"'Spirit Wood Scripture,' 'Qi Refining Art,' 'Vine Thorn Spell,' 'Spirit Rain Spell'..."

Eleven of them were cultivation methods like the Spirit Wood Scripture. The rest were all spells.

"I have cultivation talent. The Fire Elemental Sword Physique gives me a certain boost in Fire Element Cultivation Methods and the sword path, while the Medicine Spirit talent also allows me to cultivate wood-element cultivation methods and spells."

"The Spirit Wood Scripture is a wood-element cultivation method. The Qi Refining Art is a common cultivation method with no Five Elements alignment, making it highly versatile."

Su Hao picked up a copy of the Spirit Wood Scripture and began reading.

Like the Qi Refining Art and the Returning Origin Art, it was a basic cultivation method. Its first one or two chapters recorded the foundational knowledge of cultivation.

For example, cultivation realms: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul...

Talents were divided according to the Five Elements and yin-yang, and cultivation methods were likewise divided by the Five Elements and yin-yang. The spiritual power cultivated would naturally carry a corresponding elemental alignment. Metal, wood, water, fire, earth, lightning, ice, and other types of spiritual power all provided certain boosts to their corresponding spells and secret arts, while also being subject to the mutual restraints of the Five Elements and yin-yang powers.

The Hundred Profound Medicine Veins was only a few thin pages long and contained none of this basic knowledge.

Or rather, what Lin Zhi Shan had given him was only part of the complete cultivation method.

"Having read the cultivation method 'Spirit Wood Scripture,' do you wish to comprehend it?"

After Su Hao finished reading the entire Spirit Wood Scripture, he found that this basic cultivation method only recorded content for the Qi Refining stage and breaking through to Foundation Establishment. The actual content amounted to little more than ten pages.

Its wording was obscure and difficult to understand.

Yet just as when Su Hao cultivated the Hundred Profound Medicine Veins, once he finished reading all of it, he could actively comprehend it.

Only now did Su Hao realize that the talent trait system's ability to aid in comprehending cultivation methods was utterly heaven-defying! If it were turned into a talent trait, its grade would definitely be no lower than purple!

"Comprehend!"

With a thought, the contents of the cultivation method began to unravel within his mind.

Without a master's explanation, the material would have been enough to stump the vast majority of beginners.

It automatically transformed into the simplest knowledge, which he absorbed and mastered.

"Having read the cultivation method 'Qi Refining Art,' do you wish to comprehend it?"

"Comprehend!"

"Having read the cultivation method 'Crimson Flame Sword Art,' do you wish to comprehend it?"

"Comprehend!"