Three First Kisses

"Seniors, the two ladies are beautiful and alluring, of course. But I'm only eighteen. I intend to preserve my pure yang until I turn twenty-four. If they're willing to wait six years for me, I'd gladly keep them close. If not, I won't force them," Huang Tieyi said solemnly. "I can't give them any promises right now. That isn't me being irresponsible. On the contrary, I don't want that one thin membrane to make people think they're casual about sex."

"In another six years, my precious great-granddaughter will be an old maid. Since you've put it that way, I'll advise her to find someone else," Golden Crocodile Douluo said, displeasure in his voice.

"Same here. You brat, you don't know a good thing when you see it." Mighty Lion Douluo gave a cold snort.

Huang Tieyi made no attempt to argue. Asking them to wait six years without even giving them a rightful place at his side really would have been a rotten thing to do.

Mighty Lion Douluo and Golden Crocodile Douluo rose and left. Only then did Huang Batian dare approach. Looking at Huang Tieyi's badly swollen left cheek, he teased, "You're lucky with women, brat. Shame you don't know how to appreciate it!"

"Grandpa, there's still a mountain of work at the Body Academy. Hurry up and get to it." Huang Tieyi rolled his eyes at Huang Batian. "If you're so eager to hold a baby, find someone yourself and give me a little uncle. I could live with that."

"Get lost..." Huang Batian lifted a leg to kick his backside, but Huang Tieyi shot into the air and escaped.

"That little brat..." Huang Batian watched him disappear, an indulgent smile on his face.

"Batian, children and grandchildren have their own fortunes. Let them settle matters between men and women themselves." Qian Daoliu walked over and placed a hand on Huang Batian's shoulder. "What you need to do now is establish the Body Academy, strengthen Spirit Hall, and increase the number of powerful Soul Masters with Body Martial Souls."

"Yes, Great Enshrined," Huang Batian said respectfully.

"Get to work." Qian Daoliu nodded.

Huang Batian rose into the air and flew toward the northwest of Spirit City.

Huang Tieyi returned to his room and sat at his desk. The playful mischief of moments ago was gone; he sat there looking troubled. He picked up a pen and first wrote "Hades" on a sheet of pristine white paper. He stared at the name, his grave expression tinged with fear. After a while, he drew a line through it.

Next, he wrote five bold characters: Purge the Evil Soul Masters. It was a task issued by Spirit Hall, and as one of its members, he could not simply refuse. Just thinking about it gave him a headache. He looked at the words again and again, then crossed them out.

Finally, he wrote Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

When he had finished, Huang Tieyi gently lifted the paper. Flame rose from his palm, reducing it to ash in an instant.

He leaned back in his chair, brows slightly furrowed, helplessness written across his face. Deep down, he could not help sighing.

Plans really couldn't keep up with change.

He had originally intended to wait until Dugu Bo's daughter arrived. After helping Dugu Bo's children's Martial Souls gain an opportunity to transform into dragons, he would casually bring up the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and make a trip to Sunset Forest.

The appearance of Hades, leader of the Holy Spirit Cult, had put pressure on Spirit Hall and completely thrown his plans into disarray. Now that circumstances had changed, bringing certain things up would no longer seem casual.

Just as Huang Tieyi was lost in thought and frustration, two beautiful women kicked the door open, shattering the room's silence.

Jin Xiaoyu and Xiong An'an burst in side by side. Both were dressed in strikingly little, enough to make anyone wonder what lay beneath their clothes. They fixed Huang Tieyi with burning gazes that held a hint of mischief.

His thoughts abruptly interrupted, Huang Tieyi looked up and met their sultry, fervent eyes. "Ladies, did you need something?" he asked, testing the waters with a trace of resignation.

Jin Xiaoyu stepped forward slowly, a lecherous look on her face. "You still have to preserve your pure yang for six years? Huang Tieyi, are you planning to become an ascetic monk?"

She tilted her head slightly, her clear eyes glinting with gentle mischief, and deliberately slowed her words to tease him. "So as long as you stay true to yourself and don't cross the line, keeping each other company and sharing a little tenderness wouldn't count as breaking your rule?"

Beside her, Xiong An'an also approached slowly, wearing a lewd grin.

Seeing the man-eating looks in their eyes, Huang Tieyi immediately stood and searched the room for an escape route.

"Thinking of running? Too late." Jin Xiaoyu chuckled and stepped forward, gently catching his wrist in her soft, warm hand.

At almost the same moment, Xiong An'an stepped forward and wrapped her slender fingers around his other hand. The two women had Huang Tieyi trapped.

Jin Xiaoyu looked up at Huang Tieyi and murmured, "If crossing the line is forbidden, getting just a little closer should be fine..."

As her words faded, she rose slightly onto her toes. With a maiden's mix of shyness and daring, she brought her soft lips toward his.

At his side, Xiong An'an's heart fluttered too. Her eyes and thoughts were filled with the man before her, and she refused to fall even a step behind. She, too, rose gently onto her toes and leaned toward Huang Tieyi.

In the next instant, the unexpected happened.

Jin Xiaoyu's soft lips brushed Huang Tieyi's, but they also met Xiong An'an's by accident. Xiong An'an's lips touched Jin Xiaoyu's softness even as they rested lightly against Huang Tieyi's.

All three went rigid, stunned on the spot.

It was a peculiar moment. The two beauties had meant to give Huang Tieyi their first kisses, yet neither had been willing to let the other claim his. It was the classic best-friend dilemma: each wanted her friend to do well, just not to drive a Land Rover. In the end, both women took Huang Tieyi's first kiss at once—and each gave her own first kiss to two people at the same time.

Within three breaths, the women came to their senses. They immediately crouched down, covering their flushed faces. It was too embarrassing. They weren't into women, so how could they have kissed one? Waaah, I'm not pure anymore.

Huang Tieyi stood there, watching them crouch with their faces hidden, too ashamed to look up. A disdainful smile tugged at his lips. And they thought they could tempt me into breaking my vow? Hah!

Jin Xiaoyu was the first to pull herself together. She stood, looked at Huang Tieyi's handsome face, and kissed him.

Not to be outdone, Xiong An'an fought to kiss Huang Tieyi too.

As the leading member of the brothel-watching club, Jin Xiaoyu had learned plenty by observation. But putting it into practice turned out to be another matter entirely. Still, as a grown woman who was all talk and no experience, she managed to give Huang Tieyi a sound, practical lesson.

Huang Tieyi had never imagined that pretending to be pure, innocent, and clueless would get him schooled by Jin Xiaoyu, a veteran of the brothel-watching club.

Jin Xiaoyu and Xiong An'an now had rosy skin and flushed cheeks. Their fingers were intertwined like those of newlyweds, while Huang Tieyi looked like the outsider, sitting quietly to one side and cultivating.