Zhu Xiaoliang, Ye Luoxue, and a New Ranking

Inside the Hall of Longevity, in Lotus Grotto-Heaven.

"Mmm, mmm, mmm..."

"He hasn't come back for a whole day and night. Xu Changsheng couldn't have..."

"Done that sister to death, could he?!"

Zhu Xiaoliang lay on her stomach on the bed, wearing nothing but a thin white gauze nightdress.

Beneath the translucent gauze, her fair, delicate skin was faintly visible, a hint of flesh showing through.

The fullness of her chest was pressed into flattened rounds, and her two slender, fair calves were raised behind her, swaying gently. Her large, watery eyes gazed longingly at the tightly shut doors of the Hall of Longevity...

She gently bit her soft pink lower lip, murmuring with some concern.

"Although Sister Ye's cultivation is only average, she's known on the battlefield as the Blood Princess General, the kind who kills without batting an eye."

"But I never imagined she and Xu Changsheng were also..."

"And she really is amazing!"

"A whole day and night, and the sounds only stopped for a few hours in between."

At this thought, Zhu Xiaoliang's little face flushed, and a trace of envy flashed through her eyes:

"Damn it, why am I completely exhausted after just four hours?!"

"Is it because I only practice Daoist arts, so my body is too weak?! Then should I cultivate martial arts as well..."

Just as Zhu Xiaoliang's imagination ran wild, her cheeks growing redder with every thought, footsteps suddenly sounded outside the doors.

"He's back?"

"I wonder how Sister Ye is doing?!"

Thinking this, Zhu Xiaoliang sat up straight with curiosity and looked toward the doors.

"Creak-"

The doors of the Hall of Longevity were gently pushed open from outside.

The next second, Xu Changsheng appeared in the doorway.

He wore only a simple black inner robe, its collar slightly open to reveal the smooth contours of his chest, which bore several fairly deep, bloody scratches.

In his arms, he carried a woman without a stitch of clothing on her.

The woman had a pair of exceptionally long, straight, jade-like legs, her toenails painted a bewitching black. As Xu Changsheng walked, her legs swayed gently and unconsciously.

Her eyes were closed, and her fair lower abdomen bulged slightly, making her look a few months pregnant. A pink flush still lingered on her skin.

It was none other than Ye Luoxue.

"Xu Changsheng." Zhu Xiaoliang jumped down from the bed and walked up to him barefoot, her hands behind her back, looking curious.

Then she cautiously looked at Ye Luoxue in his arms and asked quietly:

"Is she... all right?"

"She's fine. Just a little dehydrated and too tired, so she fell asleep, that's all."

As he spoke, Xu Changsheng carried Ye Luoxue to the bedside and gently laid her on the bed.

"Phew... that's good, that's good."

Hearing this, Zhu Xiaoliang hurriedly patted her chest and breathed a sigh of relief, a thankful expression appearing on her little face.

"A whole day and night. I thought you'd..."

At this point, as though something had suddenly occurred to her, an alluring blush colored her cheeks. She lowered her head, no longer daring to look Xu Changsheng in the eye, and swallowed the rest of her words.

"Hey, hey, hey!"

Xu Changsheng looked at Zhu Xiaoliang, somewhat speechless. "Seriously, Zhu Xiaoliang, what goes on in that little head of yours all day?"

"Am I the sort of person who only cares about himself?"

As he spoke, Xu Changsheng reached out a finger and gave Zhu Xiaoliang a firm poke between her smooth brows.

"Take you, little girl. You have no fighting strength at all..."

"And when have I ever not accommodated you?"

Hearing Xu Changsheng's "annoyed" words, Zhu Xiaoliang recalled how she always ended up crying and begging for mercy, and her cheeks grew even redder.

She reached out with both hands, hugged Xu Changsheng's arm, and gently shook it, wheedling in a soft, sweet voice:

"I know you're the best."

With that, she rose onto tiptoe and puckered her lips.

Seeing Zhu Xiaoliang's adorable expression, Xu Changsheng lowered his head and gently kissed her soft pink lips.

After the kiss, Xu Changsheng straightened up and said, "I'm going to read for a while."

"If she wakes up and asks for me, tell her I'm in the pavilion beside White Lotus Lake."

"You're going to read? But..."

Hearing this, Zhu Xiaoliang bit her lip, her large, watery eyes fixed on Xu Changsheng with a hint of grievance.

"You haven't paid any attention to me for almost two days..."

Seeing Zhu Xiaoliang's expectant yet aggrieved little expression, Xu Changsheng froze for a moment.

Then, speechless, he reached out and gently pressed her lower abdomen.

"Ah~!"

Zhu Xiaoliang instantly cried out, her legs instinctively clamping together.

"You're awful! What are you doing? Don't waste it!"

Xu Changsheng rolled his eyes at Zhu Xiaoliang. "Little glutton. Once you've tasted the marrow, you can't get enough. It's only been two days..."

"Besides, isn't there still some you haven't refined?"

"Keep refining it. I'm going to look up some information that's been on my mind. I'll be back soon, all right?"

"Besides..."

"You can't refuse to let me rest for a while, can you?"

"You lofty immortals recover quickly, but I'm only mortal flesh and blood. I'm exhausted."

With that, Xu Changsheng gently patted Zhu Xiaoliang's soft hair, then turned and walked out of the hall.

"Is... is there any mortal flesh and blood like you?"

Watching Xu Changsheng's retreating figure, Zhu Xiaoliang pouted and muttered quietly, "Every time, you put us lofty 'immortals' through such..."

Soon, only Zhu Xiaoliang and the sleeping Ye Luoxue remained in the Hall of Longevity.

Zhu Xiaoliang walked to the bedside, looked at the soundly sleeping Ye Luoxue, and pulled over the quilt beside her, preparing to cover her. But her gaze...

Involuntarily fell on Ye Luoxue's slightly swollen lower abdomen.

As though possessed, she reached out a small hand and gently measured the shape over Ye Luoxue's lower abdomen.

Then she traced roughly the same size over her own lower abdomen.

At the thought that one day, she too might be like Ye Luoxue...

Or even like her senior sister, with Xu Changsheng painting her naked form and hanging it in the hall...

Zhu Xiaoliang's cheeks instantly turned as red as ripe apples. Covering her burning face, she ran to a nearby chair and sat down, her heart pounding nonstop, no longer daring to look at Ye Luoxue.

Yet, inexplicably, she felt a little anticipation too?

Beside White Lotus Lake.

Holding a silk cloth, Xu Changsheng wiped down the stone table and bench, which were in complete disarray, and even the swing among the nearby flowers.

Only after finishing all this did Xu Changsheng return to the pavilion.

Sitting on the bench, he began leafing through the thick stack of books Ye Luoxue had brought him this time.

The book on top was very thin. Its cover was almost identical to that of the Star-Picking Tower ranking Xu Changsheng had read last time, except that the publication date marked on it was different. It was the previous issue.

"The previous issue?"

Xu Changsheng was somewhat curious. "Apparently, this issue's Rouge Peerless Beauties Ranking included women over a hundred..."

"I wonder who's on it? Anyone I've heard of?"

With this thought, Xu Changsheng opened the booklet expectantly.