Yang-Refining Yin-Transforming Jade Maiden True Art

"The Jade Maiden Society?"

Xu Fan was somewhat surprised.

He remembered that back at the Drunken Spring Pavilion in Yin Mountain Prefecture's capital, it had been members of the Jade Maiden Society who wanted to kill Yu Qing.

Since Yu Qing was also a member of the Jade Maiden Society, why had they been killing their own?

And why had they acted as though they had a deep-seated grudge against her?

Compared to when he had seen her at the Drunken Spring Pavilion, Yu Qing was less seductive and more dignified.

Clad in white that outshone snow, she radiated a holy brilliance. No wonder Ye Chengjing had been captivated by her.

He just didn't know why Ye Chengjing had started acting so strangely after learning that Yu Qing was an Innate Grandmaster.

"Are you familiar with the Jade Maiden Society, young master?"

Yu Qing's expression shifted slightly. Her limpid eyes gazed steadily at him, full of tender affection.

"A friend who admires Miss Yu Qing mentioned it."

Xu Fan smiled faintly. All he knew was that the faction kept a low profile and that its powerful members were all peerless beauties.

Yu Qing, standing before him, had already reached the Divine Intention Great Grandmaster realm.

Though her Qi was somewhat unstable, making it seem she had only recently broken through.

It was strange for someone so powerful to show herself in public at the Drunken Spring Pavilion.

Could the Jade Maiden Society be cultivating a martial art that harvested Yang to replenish Yin?

At the thought, Xu Fan was shaken, and his expression turned strange.

If that was true, it would explain why Ye Chengjing had become odd after his breakthrough.

Had they slept together?

"Young master, your talent is exceptional. If you are willing to join the Jade Maiden Society, you will not only have many peerless beauties for company, but all your needs will be met."

"The True Intention of everyone in our Jade Maiden Society is Mystic Yin, making us exceptionally well matched with you, young master. Dual cultivation will surely allow both parties' cultivation to advance by leaps and bounds."

The holiness faded from Yu Qing's face, and her eyes grew seductive as Mystic Yin True Intention coursed around her.

Looking at the seductive appearance of the peerless beauty before him, Xu Fan remained impassive. Nothing stirred in his pants.

It wasn't that he couldn't, but that he wasn't interested in women like her.

Even if she truly was beautiful, a peerless beauty under heaven.

How could a powerful cultivator ever lack beauties?

He could take his time choosing.

"Please return, Miss Yu Qing. I'll consider the matter."

Xu Fan stepped back, his tone distant.

"Then please don't forget, young master. Yu Qing will await your visit."

Yu Qing did not press him. She dropped her seductive manner and gave a bow.

Only after handing him a Jade Maiden Society token did she drift away.

"It's said that the Jade Maiden Society has bases throughout the seven kingdoms. Though it can't compare to those super sects, it's still a top-tier power."

Xu Fan glanced at the token in his hand and casually tossed it into his Storage Bag.

He then turned to look at the red-haired old man rapidly leaping toward him across the lake, dressed in a long red robe with gold trim. He had a headache wondering why they kept coming in waves.

"The Mystic Yang Sect?"

A glance at the newcomer's clothes showed him that their style was similar to Mu Yunyang's.

The newcomer kept his power hidden, not revealing the slightest trace of his Qi or Divine Intention.

Even sensing him with Divine Sense, Xu Fan could only perceive an ordinary man.

"Primal Core?"

"You have remarkably keen senses, young friend Xu."

The red-haired old man landed, cupped his hands slightly, and smiled.

"I am Yang Haitian, a supreme elder of the Mystic Yang Sect."

"The Great Grandmaster who founded the Mystic Yang Sect?"

Xu Fan's expression shifted.

He hadn't expected this figure, who had made his name a hundred years ago, to still be alive, much less to have cultivated a Primal Core.

In this world's martial path, cultivating a Primal Core completed the three lifespans of heaven, earth, and man, granting a lifespan of 180 years, comparable to a great Qi Refinement cultivator's.

"That was all a hundred years ago."

Yang Haitian smiled and waved a hand before turning serious.

"I came here especially to turn enemies into friends with you, young friend."

"What Mu Yunyang and the Mu Household did was not at the Mystic Yang Sect's behest. The sect knew nothing of it, and we have already expelled Mu Yunyang."

He hadn't expected the Mu Household to have offended such a figure while he was in seclusion.

Fortunately, after he had made inquiries, he found that the Mystic Yang Sect had not been involved, so he had come here especially.

The Mu Household had coveted the Celestial Person inheritance and divine weapon Xu Fan might possess, thinking that with a Great Grandmaster's strength, success was in the bag.

In the end, the entire Lineage had been ruined.

Having lost its Great Grandmaster and the Mystic Yang Sect's protection, it had now fallen apart and was no longer what it once was, gradually being swallowed up by other Aristocratic Clans.

"These six bottles of pills are the Mystic Yang Sect's apology."

"There is one bottle of Minor Restoration Pills, two bottles of Divine Intent Pills, and three bottles of True Essence Pills."

"Oh?"

Xu Fan's expression shifted as he accepted the jade bottles.

He knew about these pills.

Minor Restoration Pills could rapidly heal injuries and also provide a small boost to cultivation.

The other two, as their names suggested, were pills Divine Intention Great Grandmasters used for cultivation.

Aside from the relatively ordinary True Essence Pills, the other two were quite precious, difficult for even a Great Grandmaster to produce.

"In that case, let's put this matter behind us."

Xu Fan did not refuse and accepted the gifts.

He hadn't intended to make trouble for the Mystic Yang Sect in the first place.

Knowing that the Mu Household was being swallowed up by other Aristocratic Clans because it had lost its Great Grandmaster and Mu Yunyang, he couldn't be bothered with it.

"Thank you for your magnanimity, young friend."

"If you ever need anything, come to the Mystic Yang Sect. I will not refuse."

Yang Haitian breathed a sigh of relief and smiled.

Though his cultivation was higher than Xu Fan's, he didn't dare act too arrogantly.

The sight of Han Tianling being killed just now was still vivid in his mind. Even with his Primal Core cultivation, he wasn't completely confident he could defeat Xu Fan.

Thus, after weighing the pros and cons, he had chosen to shake hands and make peace.

A genius suspected of possessing a Celestial Person's inheritance was certain to surpass him in the future and had an excellent chance of becoming a Land Immortal.

At worst, he would reach Primal Core perfection.

Having such a genius as an enemy was truly unsettling.

"By the way."

"Do you know about the Jade Maiden Society?"

Xu Fan nodded in agreement. He was about to send the man on his way when he remembered the Jade Maiden Society.

"You don't know, young friend?"

Yang Haitian's expression turned strange.

Seeing Xu Fan unmoved and rejecting the Jade Maiden Society's Great Grandmaster just now, he had thought Xu Fan had refused because he knew about it.

"Why do all of you make such strange faces whenever the Jade Maiden Society comes up?"

Only after confirming that Xu Fan didn't know did Yang Haitian speak.

"Have you heard of the Jade Maiden True Art, young friend?"

Having asked, he continued:

"The full name of the Jade Maiden True Art is the Yang-Refining Yin-Transforming Jade Maiden True Art. It is a peerless martial art intended exclusively for men."

Xu Fan's heart skipped a beat. His eyes widened as he asked, "Exclusively for men? Aren't the Jade Maiden Society's members all peerless beauties?"

That wasn't right!

If it was exclusively for men, where had the Jade Maiden Society gotten so many peerless beauties?

"The Jade Maiden True Art opens with the words, 'To cultivate this art, one must first castrate oneself!'"

Yang Haitian shook his head.

"Castrate oneself? Wouldn't that make them eunuchs?!"

Xu Fan was startled. What kind of martial art was this??

The Sunflower Manual?

"It's not as simple as becoming a eunuch."

Yang Haitian spoke with feeling, his tone growing even stranger.

"When cultivating the Jade Maiden True Art, the more times one undergoes Blood Exchange, the more feminine one's features and figure gradually become."

"Upon returning to Innate, one will completely transform into a woman, and every one of them is a peerless beauty."

"Apart from being unable to bear children below the Land Immortal realm, they are no different from ordinary women."

"Most people who cultivate this peerless martial art don't know at first that they'll transform into women, and the Jade Maiden Society's members won't tell them either."

Hiss!

Xu Fan sucked in a breath of cold air, his little heart filled with enormous shock.

He instantly understood why Ye Chengjing's expression had changed back then. He had clearly guessed that Yu Qing was a member of the Jade Maiden Society.

A peerless beauty like that, who was also an Innate Grandmaster-there was no mistaking it.

But this Jade Maiden True Art was far too frightening.

Seeing Xu Fan's shocked expression, Yang Haitian burst out laughing.

"So everyone who cultivates the Jade Maiden True Art hates the person who taught it to them to the bone, but they're unwilling to be the only ones deceived."

"So many members of the Jade Maiden Society actively seek out targets and get them to cultivate the Jade Maiden True Art, so they can experience the same pain."

"Over time, the Jade Maiden Society has spread throughout the various kingdoms, though it lacks cohesion."

"But a Jade Maiden really does taste wonderful."