Skin Painting Dao

After panting, Lin Shiyu took out two Foundation Establishment Pills.

"Senior Brother, who are you giving these Foundation Establishment Pills to?"

Lin Shiyu already knew Zhou Er intended to give the Foundation Establishment Pills to another young girl, but she had done something to wrong Zhou Er, so she ultimately produced them.

"Shiyu, I don't have time to talk with you much longer."

Zhou Er touched Lin Shiyu's face, not blaming her for leaking his identity, and quickly fled the scene.

Before leaving, he left Lin Shiyu the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures he had collected in the Sunset Mountain Range over the years, considering it the reward for the two Foundation Establishment Pills.

Returning to his territory, Zhou Er hugged Ning Kuixin from behind.

Then, he discovered Ning Kuixin was somewhat cold.

"Xiao Ning, are you alright?"

Zhou Er asked with concern.

"Senior, quickly!"

Ning Kuixin threw herself into Zhou Er's arms, clasping her hands together with his.

Anxious.

Ning Kuixin's body finally warmed up. This Extreme Yin Body had troubled her for over ten years, and only Zhou Er could resolve it.

"Xiao Ning, next time I absolutely won't leave you for so long,"

Zhou Er said, holding Ning Kuixin.

"It's alright, Senior. I'm much better now, and I can't keep holding you back."

Ning Kuixin said obediently.

After their intimate moment, Zhou Er took out the two Foundation Establishment Pills and said:

"These are two Foundation Establishment Pills I obtained from an old friend. Hurry and establish your foundation. After you establish your foundation, I'll take you back to Jiangnan."

"Senior, you're so good to me, helping me resolve the Cold Poison, giving me Foundation Establishment Pills, and wanting to take me home. I don't know how to repay you."

Ning Kuixin said emotionally.

"Silly girl, why do we need to be so formal with each other?"

Zhou Er gently stroked Ning Kuixin's head.

Several days later, Ning Kuixin successfully established her foundation. At the same time, she gained more control over her Extreme Yin Body, no longer losing control at any moment as before.

Coincidentally, Zhou Er had also grown tired of staying here. He packed his things and prepared to take Ning Kuixin back to Jiangnan.

Before leaving, Zhou Er met with Wang Juan one last time.

Zhou Er touched Wang Juan's navel and said:

"Sister Juan, I'll be leaving in a few days. I still haven't gathered enough Spirit Stones, so I'll return the Mountain Splitting Jade Crushing Hammer to you first. As for the Plain Cloud Flowing Rosy Banner, we'll meet again if fate allows, and I'll return it then."

"Whatever you say."

Wang Juan had fought with Zhou Er for so many years that she knew she wasn't his match now, so she could only let Zhou Er have his way.

"Mmm~ It hurts!"

Suddenly, Wang Juan cried out in pain. Zhou Er had pinched too hard.

"Sorry, Sister Juan, let me blow on it for you."

Zhou Er said with a smile, knowing that Wang Juan had thick skin and wasn't afraid of pain.

After another night of intense battle, the mountains shook and tigers roared incessantly. It was only the next day that the two finally separated.

Returning to his territory, Ning Kuixin had already packed her things.

"Senior, have you finished bidding farewell to your old friend?"

Ning Kuixin asked.

"Yes."

Zhou Er took Ning Kuixin's hand.

Then, Zhou Er conjured a cloud, rode it, and took Ning Kuixin to Jiangnan.

After flying for several months, they finally arrived at the prosperous land of Jiangnan.

The two first landed on a deserted mountain. Zhou Er asked:

"Xiao Kui, do you still remember where your home is?"

"My home is in the Su Hang Immortal Mansion. I've never left the Su Hang Immortal Mansion and don't know what this area is."

Because this place was too unfamiliar, Ning Kuixin had no recollection of it.

"Then let's find some people to ask!"

Zhou Er nodded, not wanting to trouble the young lady.

After some inquiries, they learned that this place was not far from the Su Hang Immortal Mansion.

After another journey, the two finally arrived at the Su Hang Immortal Mansion, and Ning Kuixin was becoming familiar with the place.

Her home was in Gusu City, one of the three major cities of the Su Hang Immortal Mansion.

However, she didn't have anything on her to prove her identity, and her family was just a small one in the Su Hang Immortal Mansion.

Fortunately, Zhou Er already had Golden Core cultivation and still had some Spirit Stones on hand.

After some bribing, they finally entered Gusu City.

The Su Hang Immortal Mansion was a place where mortals and cultivators lived together, very lively and filled with worldly energy.

"Senior, once we get home, I'll definitely introduce you to my father."

Ning Kuixin's mood lightened considerably after entering Gusu City.

Following her memory, she quickly arrived at the Ning Mansion.

However, the Ning Mansion had changed drastically, and she didn't even recognize the gatekeeper.

"Who are you, and what are you doing at the Ning Mansion?"

The gatekeeper looked at the two vigilantly.

"You don't even know who I am? I am the eldest Miss of the Ning family, Ning Kuixin."

Ning Kuixin introduced herself with some annoyance.

"Please wait a moment, I'll go ask."

The gatekeeper glanced at Ning Kuixin and decided to inquire about the situation first.

Zhou Er watched the gatekeeper's retreating back, feeling a vague sense of strangeness, but he couldn't quite pinpoint what was strange about it.

The gatekeeper entered the mansion, and after a short while, a middle-aged scholar walked out. Upon seeing Ning Kuixin, he said with great enthusiasm:

"Kuixin!"

Seeing the scholar, Ning Kuixin also excitedly went forward and acted spoiled.

Zhou Er knew that the middle-aged scholar before him was Ning Kuixin's father, Ning Yi, who had Foundation Establishment Early Stage cultivation, which was quite good.

After the father and daughter reunited, Ning Yi took the two to the largest restaurant in the Su Hang Immortal Mansion and ate the most characteristic local delicacy, Jinghu Vinegar Fish.

Zhou Er exclaimed that it was delicious.

Ning Yi did not neglect Zhou Er, his cheap son-in-law.

Zhou Er didn't feel awkward; after all, he had experienced many hardships.

Returning home, Ning Yi opened a small box. His refined demeanor from earlier vanished, replaced by a worried expression as he asked:

"Adult, Ning Kuixin has returned on her own. What should we do?"

From the small box, a thin shadow puppet writhed and transformed into a human form, saying:

"If she's back, we'll just sell her again. As for that man, he'll be perfect as my new vessel."

Afterward, the shadow puppet morphed into a voluptuous woman with a pair of apricot-shaped eyes, her gaze as soft as water.

In the dead of night, Zhou Er opened his window, using the Moonlight to absorb Moonlight for his Cultivation.

The night breeze silently swept past the window frame, carrying a hint of cool moisture, and gently lifted the corner of the curtain.

A full moon hung in the ink-black sky, its clear radiance pouring into the room like water, falling precisely on the woman leaning by the window.

She was loosely wrapped in an extremely thin, cyan silk gauze garment, translucent as mist, faintly outlining her smooth and flowing figure. It was daring to the point of being unrestrained, yet not at all frivolous.

Her features were incredibly soft, her eyebrows curved as if holding spring water. As her gaze flowed, tenderness overflowed, as if even the moonlight would melt from this gentleness.

When her eyelashes drooped, they cast a faint shadow. She looked up at the night outside, a faint, soft smile playing on her lips. There was no trace of harshness about her, only lingering warmth.

The wind blew again, her hair and the light gauze fluttering together. The moonlight landed on her delicate skin, so gentle it made one's heart tremble.

A fragrant breeze, a beauty before him, Zhou Er remained silent, only saying:

"You're blocking my Moonlight."

The voluptuous woman lightly leaped from the windowsill, her ample bosom trembling with the movement.

The woman smiled repeatedly and sat into Zhou Er's embrace, her breath like orchids, and softly said:

"Young master, am I beautiful?"

"I told you, don't disturb my Cultivation!"

A third eye on Zhou Er's forehead opened, and a blue beam of light shone onto the voluptuous woman, instantly freezing her in place.

Then, Zhou Er forcibly invaded the woman's Spiritual Sense sea.

"Who are you?"

Zhou Er questioned the woman with his Spiritual Sense.

"You bear the mark of practicing the Wugu Dao. I am a Skin Painting Dao Cultivator. I didn't realize a fellow Daoist was here. My apologies, please be gentle with me."

The woman begged for mercy.

Zhou Er didn't indulge her and still forcibly pushed his vast Spiritual Sense in. The woman tried to resist, but Zhou Er's Spiritual Soul was simply too immense; it instantly suppressed her resistance.

The woman could only let Zhou Er enter her memories, and Zhou Er searched through all of the woman's memories.

Only then did he learn that the woman before him was a devil cultivator who practiced the Skin Painting Dao.

She did not cultivate her physique or her life, only a skin.

And the Ning family members were all her disciples, replaced by the Skin Painting Devil Cultivator.

The Skin Painting Devil Cultivator was extremely afraid of extreme yin and extreme yang, and could not replace Ning Kuixin, so they directly sold Ning Kuixin away.

After understanding the whole story, Zhou Er felt a little sorry for Ning Kuixin.

At the same time, he was also surprised by the methods of these Skin Painting Dao devil cultivators, which could even deceive him.

After thoroughly searching the woman's spiritual soul, the woman had no further value to Zhou Er.

Then, Zhou Er directly devoured the woman's spiritual soul, making his spiritual sense even stronger.

Without a spiritual soul, the skin that flowed with a soft light on the plump beautiful woman's body rapidly withered at a visible speed.

First, her skin lost its luster, her full contours slowly collapsed, her eyes that once flowed with tender affection gradually shriveled, her eye sockets sunken, and her lips shriveled.

That outer layer, as thin as cicada wings, lost the support of its essence and spirit. Like a soul being drawn out, it quickly lost its elasticity, transforming from a vibrant flesh and blood body into a pale, flabby, lifeless human skin.

The skin and flesh clung to the ethereal outline, slightly wrinkled, with a dry, waxy yellow hue. The hair fell on the shriveled human skin, no longer possessing any trace of softness or beauty.

The tender and graceful beauty with a graceful figure by the window under the moonlight moments ago, in an instant, was reduced to nothing but an empty, lifeless Skin Painting Remnant, spread flat on the windowsill, gently stirred by the night breeze, emitting a faint and eerie rustling sound. The moonlight shone upon it, leaving only a cold, dead, and wrinkled surface.

[Skin Painting Remnant: Remnant left by a third-tier Skin Painting Demon, can be used to craft high-level human skin masks.]

[Equipped Attributes: Divine Machine Myriad Forms (Blue).]

[Divine Machine Myriad Forms (Blue): Heart hides a thousand mechanisms, body possesses a hundred forms. Can record and transform the appearance of up to one hundred people.]

[Solidification Condition: Stealing a life. Living in someone else's skin for a thousand days.]

[Equip?]

Looking at the dry human skin, Zhou Er found it somewhat interesting, so he equipped it.

Just right, he could transform into the appearance of the Skin Painting Devil Cultivator and deal with the Skin Painting Devil Cultivator who had replaced Ning Kuixin's father, Ning Yi.

After successfully equipping it, Zhou Er immediately transformed into the beautiful woman from before.

"The tone, temperament, aroma, everything has changed."

Zhou Er rubbed the two suddenly appearing full mounds on his body, finding it somewhat amusing.

Following his memory, Zhou Er arrived at Ning Yi's room.

"Senior!"

Upon seeing Zhou Er, Ning Yi immediately knelt respectfully.

"It's resolved."

Zhou Er said indifferently.

"Then, Ning Kuixin needs to be sent away as soon as possible."

Ning Yi's face broke into a smile.

When he looked up, the third eye on Zhou Er's forehead instantly froze him.

Then, in the same manner, Zhou Er devoured Ning Yi's Spiritual Soul.

From Ning Yi's memories, Zhou Er once again confirmed the previous situation.

As expected, all the true Ning family members were dead.

The current Ning family was filled with Skin Painting Demons.

Zhou Er didn't know how many Skin Painting Demons were left in the Ning family. He simply transformed into Ning Yi's appearance and began his Moon Absorption Cultivation.

The next day, Ning Kuixin searched the entire courtyard for Zhou Er's traces.

"Senior!"

"Senior!"

Ning Kuixin searched anxiously, wanting to find Zhou Er's traces.

"Xiao Kui, who are you looking for?"

Zhou Er, disguised as Ning Yi, stepped forward and asked.

"Father, I'm looking for the Senior who sent me back. He's also my Dao Companion. Do you know where he went?"

Ning Kuixin asked with a face full of anxiety.

Seeing Ning Kuixin's anxious face, Zhou Er rejoiced inwardly, but his own face was solemn as he said:

"That Senior left last night. He said his mission was complete once he sent you back."

Zhou Er comforted her.

"Father! Why didn't he tell me?"

Tears welled up in Ning Kuixin's eyes, making her look incredibly pitiful.

Zhou Er suppressed the urge to hug Ning Kuixin, only saying:

"Perhaps he didn't want to see you sad when you parted!"

After speaking, Zhou Er wiped the tears from Ning Kuixin's face and said:

"Cultivate well, and you will have a chance to see him again later."

Ning Kuixin still couldn't stop crying.

That evening, Zhou Er returned to his original form and sneaked into Ning Kuixin's room.

"Senior!"

Ning Kuixin's face lit up with surprise when she saw Zhou Er approach.

Zhou Er felt Ning Kuixin's emotions, and a fire ignited within his heart.

The two quickly combined their Dao and dual cultivated, expressing their longing through their actions.

Ning Kuixin, panting, held Zhou Er tightly and said:

"Senior, I never want to be separated from you."

They indulged until almost dawn, and only then did Ning Kuixin calm down.

Seeing her deep affection for him, Zhou Er finally decided not to hide it any longer and revealed the truth, saying:

"Xiao Kui, actually, I've been keeping something from you."

"Senior, what do you want to say?"

Ning Kuixin asked, confused.

"Xiao Kui, haven't you noticed anything strange about your father?"

Zhou Er said.

After speaking, Zhou Er transmitted some scenes he had witnessed the previous day directly to Ning Kuixin through his Spiritual Sense.

As Ning Kuixin watched, tears streamed down her eyes again.

"Senior, I have no family anymore."

Ning Kuixin said with a sob.

"It's okay, you still have me!"

Zhou Er held Ning Kuixin tightly in his embrace and said:

"I will definitely avenge you, don't worry!"

"Senior, I believe you."

Ning Kuixin nodded in Zhou Er's embrace.

Afterward, the two quietly eradicated all the Skin Painting Demons of the Ning family and replaced them with new servants.

During the day, Zhou Er pretended to be Ning Kuixin's father, Ning Yi.

At night, they were once again a loving couple.

After staying in Gusu City for several months, Zhou Er also learned a lot of news about the Su Hang Immortal Mansion.

Among them, it was said that the Su Hang Immortal Mansion seemed to have a hidden Spirit Transmutation Ancestor.

Because of this venerable ancestor, the Su Hang Immortal Mansion was able to be preserved during the Righteous-Demonic War.

Whether it was true or not, Zhou Er didn't know; he had only heard this legend.