My Demon Core Is Positioned Lower (5.9k)

Elder Hua's residence.

Inside the quiet room, gauze curtains hung lightly, and the lingering scent of agarwood wafted from the incense burner, intertwining with the woody aroma emanating from You Su, weaving an ambiguous web in this small space.

You Su sat upright on the jade couch, his back ramrod straight, as if it were not a soft couch but a rough stone slab. His eyes were closed, his eyelashes casting dappled shadows beneath them. He looked less like a seasoned veteran and more like a greenhorn.

Elder Hua sat opposite him, her fingertips lightly brushing against the pink snake-patterned belt around her waist, a faint smile playing on her lips, instantly brightening the quiet room.

She was extremely beautiful, with upturned eyes and dark eyebrows. She usually wore a pink gauze dress that covered her voluptuous figure, and her clothes fluttered as she walked. The snake women all said that she was like a swaying peony.

Even though she was shirtless, she didn't seem to feel embarrassed at all because there was a man sitting opposite her. Instead, she raised her gaze and lingered on You Su's firm chest. Watching the boy's chest rise and fall slightly due to nervousness, and a drop of water flow into the groove of his abdominal muscles, her beautiful eyes flickered slightly, and she secretly marveled at how handsome a man's body could be.

However, while admiring him, she also found it amusing. This handsome young man became so mischievous when he was with the Eldest Young Lady Second Young Ladies, yet he acted so honest in front of her. It was truly quite amusing.

"Young Master You feeling a bit hot? Shall I turn on the fan?" Elder Hua chuckled, her voice as sweet as honey. "Or perhaps, Young Master You... is he nervous?"

You Su's ears instantly flushed red. He gripped the bedsheet beneath him tightly, his Adam's apple bobbing, but he still dared not open his eyes. "Elder Hua, please don't tease me. This External Dual Cultivation method is also my first time trying it. It would be a lie to say I'm not nervous. I have already explained the entire method to you. Please cooperate fully later."

"So this is Young Master You's first time? That's wonderful! It's my first time doing something like this too!"

Elder Hua feigned surprise and leaned forward slightly. Feeling the warm fragrance close to him, You Su quickly leaned back slightly, keeping his distance discreetly, thinking to himself that he couldn't very well say that his first External Dual Cultivation was taken away by his Mistress.

Elder Hua pursed her red lips, her expression a mixture of melancholy and resentment. "Why won't Young Master You open his eyes?"

"Do not look at what is improper." You Su closed her eyes tightly.

"Pfft... I haven't taken my clothes off yet. Open your eyes, I have something to show you."

Elder Hua smiled, but You Su wouldn't fall for her trick. However, he also couldn't truly be a helpless little rabbit, so he said softly:

"It's not too late to see what's going on after this is over. Just a reminder to Elder Hua, I may not be able to see, but I can smell."

The implication is clear: how could the fragrance emanating from her body after her robes were removed be the same as the scent when she was clothed?

You Su's original intention was to let Elder Hua know that he wasn't so easy to bully, so that he would restrain himself. However, who knew that Ji Xueruo had already used the tactic of arousing shame on these seven elders before? It turned out that only a young girl like Ji Xueruo would care about such things; these elders, who had been thirsty for a hundred years, didn't care at all...

"Does it smell good? I usually just take a bath, but today I specially borrowed some scented flowers from Elder Xiang. I can't smell it myself, but does Young Master You think it smells good?" As she spoke, Elder Hua leaned forward again, as if she wanted to bury You Su in the scent to get a clearer picture.

You Su didn't even dare to breathe loudly anymore. He wanted to reach out and stop the other person, but he was afraid that the other person would teleport him and then accuse him of being clumsy, which would be impossible to explain. So he could only shout righteously:

"Elder Hua, please have some self-respect!"

This venomous demeanor instantly broke Elder Hua's heart. She stopped teasing You Su and sat back down properly.

Before Liu Yinyin regained her youth, discussions about which of the six snake clan elders was the most beautiful usually revolved around Elder Hua and Elder Xiang. Elder Xiang loved to dress up and enjoyed adorning herself, while Elder Hua disliked makeup, believing she was already beautiful enough. But now, looking down at her own voluptuous figure, she felt she had lost all interest in appreciating herself.

"The Second Young Lady went back to get her things and hasn't returned yet. Young Master You, are you really that afraid? I'm not going to eat you."

You Su pursed her lips, then suddenly straightened her back and said frankly, "Elder Hua misunderstands. Even Lingruo doesn't come later, I will still do the same."

"Young Master You avoids me like the plague, do you think I'm old and have lost my charm?" Elder Hua's courtyard is filled with flowers, and she often feels melancholy about spring and autumn, understanding best the decay that follows the blooming season.

You Su paused, then said without hesitation, "Elder Hua, you flatter me! All the elders of the Snake Clan, including yourself, possess the refined elegance of a jade tree; how could they lack charm?"

Elder Hua smiled wryly. Not only tonight, but also in the past, how could You Su's flustered appearance when he saw the passionate snake woman be someone who didn't appreciate her? And how could he be someone who didn't understand romance when the unsavory sounds coming from the Second Young Lady's boudoir came from her? So his resistance must have another reason:

"Since you're so charming, could it be that the Second Young Lady or the Clan Chief secretly instructed you to use this External Dual Cultivation method to deal with us?"

To Elder Hua's surprise, You Su shook his head. "This method was proposed by me and has nothing to do with them. In fact, they don't even know there is a method of External Dual Cultivation."

Elder Hua raised an eyebrow in surprise, then suddenly leaned forward, not to tease her again, but out of shock; even the golden hairpin in her hair trembled slightly with the movement.

"You brought it up yourself?"

You Su nodded blankly, and Elder Hua, upon receiving the affirmative answer, widened her beautiful eyes slightly, extremely surprised.

She never expected there to be such a man, who not only refused the delicious meat offered to him, but also told others that he had a way to satisfy his hunger by drinking a sip of soup.

This was completely contrary to the nature she had developed in her Demon Race environment, and she was secretly astonished. Could this be a human man? From what she knew, such human men were probably extremely rare.

"So it seems you consider me the Second Young Lady's elder, and that's why you can't get over it? But the Demon Race has always practiced intermarriage within its own race. If we followed those complicated human customs, most of us would probably be extinct. Now that you've become Demon Race's son-in-law, you don't need to look at us Demon Race with human eyes."

You Su coughed twice, thinking to himself that he was probably the least concerned about formalities since he could even take action against an entire sect, "I understand. If it weren't for that, I'm afraid Lingruo and the clan leader wouldn't have agreed to this."

Upon hearing this, Elder Hua became even more puzzled. This Young Master You was neither a law-abiding nor a person devoid of desires, and Elder Hua himself was by no means without charm, so how could he remain unmoved?

Just as she was wondering, she suddenly thought of something, and her pretty face immediately dimmed, like a delicate flower about to wither.

She lowered her eyes sadly, her voice trembling with a barely perceptible sob. "Young Master You's resistance suggests that you regard us as reckless women who can easily throw ourselves into your arms."

She tilted her head slightly, her eyes shimmering as if tears were about to spill from them. "We were born into the Demon Race, and our ways of doing things are certainly different from those of human women. But we are by no means the lowly and vulgar race that humans claim we are. Don't we have our own pride?"

"Even if Young Master You is handsome and promising at a young age, if you were not a member of our snake clan, if you hadn't moved us, how could we have agreed to purify the Demon Core in this way? We never expected you to despise it so much..."

After speaking, she slowly stood up, as graceful as a willow swaying in the breeze, and walked to the window. She quietly gazed at the flowers swaying in the wind outside the window, a petal being blown off, just like her lonely expression at that moment.

You Su dared not open her eyes, but she could tell that Elder Hua's shoulders were trembling slightly, and the faint sobs were like threads, tugging at one's heart.

He had never seen Elder Hua so vulnerable before, and when he realized that the reason was because he had refused to cultivate with her, he couldn't help but feel a pang of guilt.

It must have taken a great deal of courage for these elders to make this suggestion...

You Su secretly made up his mind: if he were to be included in the snake clan's genealogy, then these elders would all be his closest relatives, and how could he let his loved ones be sad?

"Elder Hua," he suddenly spoke, "Have you ever seen a gardenia?"

Elder Hua was taken aback, and subconsciously looked towards the courtyard where gardenias were planted. "Gardenias bud in winter and bloom in summer, with a rich fragrance; I've naturally seen them before."

"In my eyes, you elders are like these gardenias," You Su, her voice as gentle as a spring breeze. "The Serpent Clan is in turmoil, and you elders have used yourselves as walls to protect the women of the clan. This is like a flower bud nurtured in winter. Now, the You Su Clan's revival is in sight, and our long-cherished wish can be fulfilled. In the future, you elders will surely be renowned. This is like a flower blooming in summer. I have never experienced the cold of winter, but I know how difficult it is for a flower to bloom. I have nothing but respect for you elders. How could I pretend to be ignorant and treat you with disrespect under the pretext of resolving the Demon Core problem?"

A night breeze suddenly swept through the room through the window. Elder Hua was stunned and lost in thought. Only when the tear tracks on her cheeks dried did she finally turn around and sit back down, her eyes already gleaming with a strange light.

"So, in other words, if you didn't know there was a method of External Dual Cultivation to purify Demon Core, you would have agreed like the Second Young Lady?"

You Su paused for a moment, then said, "That was out of necessity, not out of a sense of obligation."

"What a helpless situation," she suddenly chuckled, the flower-like scales at the corners of her eyes dazzlingly pink as she laughed. "You fool, why do you insist on clinging to these rigid principles? Even though we are elders, we are still women..."

"Precisely because you are a woman, you deserve even more respect." You Su interrupted her, speaking with conviction, "Women can hold up half the sky, but snake women can hold up the entire sky. To engage in dual cultivation at will is not only a trampling on my own principles, but also a contempt for the value of women. Elder Hua, I hope you understand."

Elder Hua looked at the boy's tightly closed eyes and suddenly felt a slight sting in her eyes. The way the Demon Race behaved was obviously more primitive and barbaric than that of the human race. She had seen too many men treat women as appendages and too many women treat men as playthings, but she had never seen anyone like You Su who was willing to show mutual respect to women.

She even had an impulse to urge Xiao Jin to engrave You Su's name in the family genealogy right now, instead of waiting until he officially married the Second Young Lady. Such a loyal, principled man should definitely be tied down immediately.

"Young Master You, although the outside world's turmoil prevents you and the Second Young Lady from getting married right now, you are now engaged, and you are now a member of my Snake Clan. From now on, you should consider us as family. If needed, the Snake Clan will certainly do its utmost to help you."

You Su smiled somewhat shyly, "No need to wait until later, I've long wanted to Elder Hua 'Sister Hua'."

Hearing this affectionate address, Elder Hua covered her mouth and smiled, her joy evident. "Then we can only call each other that in private. To maintain the dignity of an elder, even the Eldest Young Lady and Second Young Lady can only call me elder."

Before You Su could answer, an impatient stomp of a foot was heard from outside the quiet room. Immediately afterwards, a figure in blue lifted the curtain and entered. It was Ji Lingruo, who was in a great hurry.

She saw the two naked facing each other and narrowed her eyes in suspicion, only to see You Su with her eyes closed and Elder Hua with a smile on her lips.

"I just went over to pick something up, why are you all dressed up?"

Ji Lingruo raised an eyebrow at Elder Hua, her tone tinged with impatience, but a hint of jealousy lurked in her eyes.

"I was impatient and didn't want to keep Young Master You waiting too long, but he insisted on waiting for the Second Young Lady to arrive before we could begin," Elder Hua said frankly.

Upon hearing this You Su felt grateful to Elder Hua for rescuing him from the predicament, but seemed to have forgotten that she was the one who had caused the crisis.

Ji Lingruo, her gaze shifting back and forth between the two, but she couldn't discern anything amiss. She then crossed her arms and said, "I'm here as the supervisor on my sister's orders, so don't try anything funny."

Elder Hua chuckled, covering her mouth, "Second Young Lady, you flatter me. Since you left, Young Master You has remained silent with his eyes closed, as if he were asleep. It seems only you could wake him."

Ji Lingruo hearing this, but she was secretly very satisfied with You Su's performance.

"That's only natural. Alright, you can start now. Just pretend I'm not here."

Elder Hua smiled wryly, thinking to herself that this was a bit difficult. If the Second Young Lady really wasn't there, she would definitely try to take advantage of You Su.

She then bowed gracefully, her upper body bare, with a dignified air. "Thank you for your generosity, Second Young Lady, and thank you for your help, Young Master You."

This compliment made Ji Lingruo feel uneasy. Lending her dao companion to a member of her clan for dual cultivation was indeed unusually generous...

In her moment of embarrassment, she caught a glimpse of the half-exposed, pale body. She noticed Elder Hua always wore pink, and now her clothes were all pink too. Even she, a woman, was almost mesmerized. She thought to herself how lucky her senior brother was that he hadn't opened his eyes; if he had, how could he possibly resist looking? If he could keep his eyes closed like this, then she and her sister should really praise him...

"Since he is my snake clan's son-in-law, it is only right that he does something for the snake clan. Let's begin." Ji Lingruo waved her hand and straightened her back, standing upright not far away.

Elder Hua smiled and agreed, then raised his hand and gently placed his palm on You Su's lower abdomen as instructed.

Her fingertips were delicate and soft, but the moment they touched the boy's skin, she deliberately gave a light stroke, causing You Su to tremble all over.

You Su's apple bobbed slightly, but he dared not utter a sound. The candlelight flickered in the Glazed Cup. Ji Lingruo felt a pang of jealousy seeing that Elder Hua had actually encountered her senior brother. She wanted her senior brother to finish quickly, but seeing that You Su was still not moving, she urged him:

"Senior brother, why don't you start too? What are you dawdling about?"

"Yes, Young Master You. If it were you... I wouldn't mind." Elder Hua looked at him with a half-smile, hooking You Su's hand with one hand and slowly pulling her towards him.

Ji Lingruo felt increasingly awkward listening to these words, and gritted her teeth, saying, "Once we start, let's not talk anymore and calm down!"

Elder Hua's lips curled slightly, and he truly remained silent. You Su subconsciously swallowed, feeling her fingertips touch something warm and soft, like melting snow in spring, plump yet resilient. This slightly protruding belly was indeed the epitome of beauty.

"Young Master You, have you found the location of the Demon Core?" Elder Hua's voice was like silk thread soaked in honey, with a faint tremor at the end.

You Su focused his senses for a moment, then frowned slightly and shook his head. "Isn't the Demon Core located three inches below the navel?"

"Normally it is about three inches below the navel," Elder Hua chuckled, "But mine is unusual, it's another half an inch lower. I'll trouble you to go a little lower, young master."

Ji Lingruo had been crossed, suddenly tightened. She stared at You Su's hand, which dared not move, as if she wanted to burn a hole in Elder Hua's waist with her gaze. "How come I didn't know Elder Hua had this special quality?!"

"Second Young Lady is joking." Elder Hua blinked innocently, her full lips curving into a wronged smile. "My Demon Core is larger and heavier than that of ordinary people, so it's normal."

You Su's eyelashes trembled beneath her tightly closed eyelids, "Junior Sister..."

Ji Lingruo You Su's outburst, her slender fingers clenching her palms tightly. She felt utterly absurd; her dao companion was External Dual Cultivation with another woman right before her eyes, and she was even standing by and cheering! But what was done was done; if she went back on her word now, wouldn't her senior brother have been groped by Elder Hua for nothing?

The girl turned and glared at You Su's tightly closed eyes, her voice laced with a mixture of annoyance and sourness, "Do it! If you keep dawdling, it'll be dawn!"

Caught between two pairs of gazes, You Su felt as if the sweat on her forehead was about to freeze.

He held his breath and lowered his hand half an inch, his fingertips just touching a concave waistline, when he heard Elder Hua suddenly let out a short, soft moan. The sound was like a kitten licking the tip of an ear, which made You Su almost pull his hand back, and also made You Su and Ji Lingruo blush at the same time.

"Young master, don't be afraid." Elder Hua chuckled, the golden hairpin in her hair swaying with her breath. "Snakes have scales, not barbs..."

"Elder Hua... my mind is perfectly normal, not in this position..." You Su hunched over, as if dodging a venomous snake's bite.

Ji Lingruo's beautiful eyes widened instantly, only then realizing that she had been staring at her senior brother's hand and hadn't noticed where Elder Hua's hand was!

"Elder Hua!" She could no longer contain herself and suddenly raised her voice, the silver bells in her sleeve jingling as she clenched her fist. "If you truly cannot grasp the point, then let's give up for today and wait for Elder Chi to come first tomorrow!"

"Please don't be angry, Second Young Lady. This is my first time doing this, so I'm bound to be clumsy." As she lowered her head, a section of her snow-white nape was revealed, and her tone carried a hint of desolation. "To be chosen by you first, Second Young Lady, I am truly humbled. I have been thinking of setting a good example for the other Second Young Lady, and I am really nervous. Please forgive me, Second Young Lady. Young Master You... please don't find me unworthy."

Upon Ji Lingruo's heart softened. After all, she was a woman and could naturally empathize with the tension in such a situation. So she turned her face away, hoping to avoid seeing it altogether.

"A swift and decisive victory!"

Only after receiving permission from her junior sister did You Su dare to continue moving downwards; this time, the touch was even hotter than before.

Elder Hua suddenly looked up, her golden hairpin slipping from her hair, her black hair cascading down like a waterfall. "Young Master You... let's begin..."

You Su stopped pondering whether those were scales or barbs and quickly put aside his distracting thoughts to focus on circulating his Qi. Sensing the boy's concentration and seriousness, Elder Hua also put aside his playful thoughts and calmed his mind as well.

Although the two had gradually reached a high level, they were ultimately practicing the dual cultivation method.

Ji Lingruo felt dizzy, feeling both angry and ashamed, yet also worried that one of them might be up to no good, so she refused to look away.

The thought that she still had six elders to supervise, and that such purification wasn't enough for each person once, made Ji Lingruo feel like she was the biggest sucker in the world.

A night breeze suddenly blew by, and outside the window that Elder Hua had left open because it was hot, six elders were watching the vibrant scene intently in the darkness, unnoticed by Ji Lingruo.

Elder Chi's eyes flickered, and he swallowed hard. "What Secret Method did that slut use to temporarily sink her Demon Core?"

"That's just how she is!"

Liu Yinyin immediately struck Elder Chi with her snake-headed staff, only to see that the other Elder Chi also looked disappointed, causing the snake woman, the most senior member of the snake clan, to feel dizzy.

Seeing that all the women were staring intently without saying a word, Elder Chi rubbed the back of his head and asked again, "What do you think was the meaning of all that Young Master You said to Sister Hua earlier? I don't understand at all. When it's my turn, do I have to speak in such flowery language like Sister Hua?"

Elder Yin chuckled, "Little Chi, don't make things difficult for yourself. Young Master You's meaning is actually quite simple."

"What's the meaning?"

Elder Yin then explained, "Our Second Young Lady thought Elder Hua was shrewd, capable, and knew how to conduct herself, which is why she chose her as the first one. Little did she know that she was the most scheming one. She said so much to tell Young Master You that we were sincere, so that he could accept it without resorting to External Dual Cultivation methods to scratch the surface."

"Young Master You is so clever, he naturally understood everything. However, his meaning was also very clear: he currently only admires us and cannot engage in proper dual cultivation with us. But he has not experienced the cold of winter, so he dares not easily pluck a flower. The implication is that he wants to weather the storm with us before discussing it further."

"So troublesome?" Elder Chi's face fell. "He clearly wants to, so why can't he just do as he pleases?"

Liu Yinyin's cane descended again suddenly, accompanied by an angry shout:

"Because you are a snake transformed into a human, not a human transformed into a snake!"