One Cannot Be Bound by Their Fetishes

Hundred Herbs Peak, by the cliffside hot spring.

Mist swirled, peach petals drifted down, and the wicked women continued their evil work while bathing.

Yu Hu calmly sipped tea, her long, slender left arm propped against her jaw, her shimmering eyes looking slightly lazy.

Mu Yun extended her foot and nudged Xiao Bai's toes. After confirming he was completely asleep, she slowly shed her yukata, which was like a raincoat, revealing...

...a layer of extremely thin black gauze.

Xiao Bai, whose heart had been pounding from the nudge, instantly plunged into an abyss.

Wearing gauze under a yukata? Are you nesting dolls here?

But this black silk... it's got something going on...

It was semi-transparent and had some strange patterns.

Just as Xiao Bai was about to use Remote Sensing for a closer look, a dark aura emanated from Mu Yun's body, making him feel like he was falling into an abyss!

He shivered all over in fright, sending ripples through the water.

Fortunately, this dark aura could affect the Dantian, so Xiao Bai's reaction was completely unconscious.

He finally saw it—compared to Yu Hu's seemingly all-encompassing chest and the flash of charm in her cool features, the always proud and lovely Pastoral Female Cultivator, Mu Yun, finally revealed the dark aura of a Demoness.

Mu Yun was still undressing...

Her small feet emerged from the water, and she slowly peeled off the black silk tightly wrapped around her calves.

However!

The tender scene Xiao Bai expected did not appear.

Dark red blood vessels, like poisonous vines, appeared on her slender calves, densely forming strange patterns, as if some dark living thing was rustling within the blood vessels.

The Demoness closed her eyes, took a pill, and began to meditate quietly.

Xiao Bai finally understood why rare stockings appeared in the Cultivation World... it turned out they were used to conceal the Demonic Markings on the legs.

Looking closely, the girl's facial expression also became dark and unfamiliar, completely devoid of a youthful aura. Even through the mist, it gave off an inherent coldness and killing intent, as if she were a creature from another dimension.

However, in Xiao Bai's opinion, the originally proud and annoying princess-syndrome girl now possessed a different kind of charm.

Her small figure, clad in the black gauze robe, seemed to merge with the abyss—dark, mysterious, and filled with killing intent.

It was hard to describe, hard to articulate.

The expected beautiful legs were gone, but if you viewed the dark patterned blood vessels as the pattern of stockings, it was barely acceptable.

A person cannot be bound by their Fetish.

Foundation Establishment still needed to be done.

Xiao Bai had no choice.

At this moment, Yu Hu threw a red pill to Mu Yun.

After Mu Yun took it, the dark aura on her body significantly receded.

Yu Hu extended her soft right foot in the pool, gently rubbing the back of Xiao Bai's foot.

Xiao Bai felt an itch from the teasing, but had to control the flow of blood throughout his body, not daring to let it descend easily.

As one finished their performance, the other took the stage; the two were determined to compete for victory on Xiao Bai's foot.

With lips like peach petals stained with dew, Yu Hu lightly blew on the rim of her cup and lazily asked:

"You've been watching me for ten years. Have you come to any conclusions?"

Watching the Nine-Tailed Yu Hu was just one of Mu Yun's many Demon Race missions.

It was also a chance to study the pharmacology of suppressing Demonic Power.

Mu Yun had watched for ten years and found that this Demoness hardly took a step outside of Hundred Herbs Peak.

And Hundred Herbs Peak was layered with Formations, including traces of Illusion Techniques, so much so that she hadn't discovered anything in ten years of watching.

But now, things had taken a turn.

Staring at Xiao Bai's body, Mu Yun speculated:

"Perhaps, only through Xiao Bai can I glimpse your true purpose."

Yu Hu suddenly became interested.

"How can you glimpse it?"

Mu Yun said:

"I want to know why he can quickly refine Qi and quickly master Sword Dao and Body Techniques."

Yu Hu took a sip of tea.

"I want to know too."

Mu Yun didn't quite believe the Demoness.

"We've been Dual Cultivating for over ten days, and you don't know his physique? Isn't the reason he can refine Qi in a short time because you used Demonic Power?"

Yu Hu shook her head and smiled.

It was true that she had used Demonic Power, but things weren't that simple.

"You should try it too. Just one pill is enough to knock him out."

Mu Yun and Xiao Bai were both stunned.

"Try what?"

"You know what."

Yu Hu smiled sweetly, her eyes filled with a hundred charms.

Xiao Bai almost didn't react...

Wife, you're something else. On the surface, you're a jealous type, but in reality, you're a hidden cuckolding enthusiast?

Even the Demoness Mu Yun was flushed by Yu Hu's teasing. She lowered her face and said,

"You Demoness are truly disgusting..."

"I'm serious, you know."

Her smooth jade arm propped up her chin, creating a rare hint of baby fat on her left cheek.

"I want to see if his Balanced Five Elements Physique will be invaded by Demonic Obstruction. After all, my Demonic Power didn't leave any trace in his body at all. Perhaps you are his chosen one."

Xiao Bai: Oh, so you're doing this for science. Good, very noble...

In the spirit of supreme science, Black Silk Demoness, come at me!

Unexpectedly, the Demoness's face darkened, and a surge of killing intent instantly permeated Hundred Herbs Peak.

"You should find someone else."

With that, she neatly put on her Bean Yellow Smoked Shirt and slipped away without looking back.

Although Xiao Bai felt a little disappointed, he still liked the Demoness's fiery temper.

A Demoness should have the aura of a Demoness. Those who come and go so easily are Charm Demons.

After Mu Yun left, Yu Hu turned her head and gave Xiao Bai a long, meaningful look.

This scared Xiao Bai so much that the blood in his lower body flowed back at light speed...

Her warm, smooth toes caressed the top of his foot, then slowly slid upward, all the way to the peak of his sword.

Xiao Bai almost exploded on the spot.

Good thing the blood flowed back quickly!

Yu Hu looked slightly surprised. She took a sip of tea and smiled meaningfully.

"You don't like the Demoness?"

Heh, you can test me all you want, I'll just keep sleeping. If I say a word to you, I lose.

Xiao Bai calmed his mind, continued to pretend to sleep, his body motionless, completely ignoring the Demoness.

As a result, he overdid the act. He didn't even react when his wife climbed onto him.

"Since you started Qi Refining, it seems your thoughts aren't on me anymore..."

A soft voice, like snow and sand, whispered in his ear.

Xiao Bai was so scared that his sword shot to the sky.

Tonight, the moon was dark and the wind was strong. The peach blossoms bloomed wantonly, and fluttered wantonly.

The next day.

The sun was high in the sky, but there was no sign of falling snow.

Xiao Bai woke up in the pool, feeling very heavy and a little dizzy.

He didn't see his wife, only an arm-thick Purple Spirit Ginseng on a porcelain plate by the pool...

Last night's commotion was quite something, but since the Demoness didn't use Demonic Power again, Xiao Bai didn't level up because of it.

He only increased his progress to Mid Qi Refining by one percentage point.

If Yu Hu used Demonic Power, it seemed she would be injured by triggering a hidden illness.

Troublesome.

Grumble...

At this moment, Xiao Bai's stomach growled.

For some reason, even though he had already reached Qi Refining, he still hadn't achieved Grain Abstinence and felt hungry.

He picked up the plate of leftover Grilled Squid from last night and devoured it like a whirlwind, quickly finishing it off.

Only then did he stretch languidly, feeling refreshed, and got out of the bath.

Today was a rare sunny day.

Hundred Herbs Peak was alive with flying insects and butterflies, a vibrant scene of spring.

Yu Hu was in the Pill Room refining new medicine.

Mu Yun, as usual, wore her water-green mist robe and bamboo membrane white silk, acting as if nothing was amiss as she routinely tended to the medicine patches on the mountaintop.

Xiao Bai didn't dare go look for Yu Hu again.

Because going to the Pill Room to find Yu Hu usually only had two outcomes: either being dissected or being subjected to cultivation harvesting...

He needed to save his strength for when it really mattered; conserving energy seemed like the better option right now.

It was just a shame that not every bad woman was as open-minded as the Charm Demon.

Building a relationship with the Demoness, getting her to let go of her demonic obstruction worries, and having her take him along to show off and fly was Xiao Bai's focus for the immediate future.

Thinking this, he casually pulled a piece of foxtail grass and put it in his mouth. He went to the medicine garden and squatted down in front of Mu Yun, lowering himself. With an approachable and eager-to-learn look on his face, he said:

"Senior Sister, could you teach me how to farm?"