The Second Disciple: A Man with a Woman's Face!

Spirit Yang City.

Lin Ye entered with his junior sister Yu Yu. The bustling streets and streams of carriages and people all proclaimed how prosperous the city was, far beyond anything Black Spirit Town could compare to.

There were also many martial artists here, and he could even occasionally spot one at the Body Forging Realm.

"Senior brother, those are candied hawthorns! I want some!"

Yu Yu pointed at a candied hawthorn vendor in the distance and cried out in delight.

She had eaten candied hawthorns once when she went down the mountain with her master as a child, and she still remembered the taste vividly.

"All right!"

Lin Ye took his junior sister over and bought two skewers of candied hawthorns, giving both to her.

Afterward, his junior sister ate all sorts of delicacies, while he had no interest in them. He was still searching for suitable Devil Dao disciples.

He had thought he could easily find suitable Devil Dao disciples in Spirit Yang City, but after wandering around for a while, he had failed to find a single candidate who met the system's requirements.

On a street.

A woman dressed in white had a reasonably pleasing appearance, though her features had a slightly heroic cast. Her slender fingers plucked the zither, and her considerable skill drew quite a crowd.

Lin Ye and Yu Yu also came over to listen. Some people even closed their eyes, immersing themselves in the world of the music.

But just then, a small hand darted toward the waists of several people listening with their eyes closed and snatched their money pouches. Lin Ye saw the whole thing.

He did not stop her, however, and instead smiled.

But soon, someone discovered their money pouch had been stolen and shouted, "There's a thief!"

The shout threw the crowd into chaos, and the woman playing the zither vanished.

"Big brother, I stole three money pouches this time! This method really works. You play the zither and draw people over to listen. Some of them can't help closing their eyes to enjoy the music, and I take the chance to snatch their pouches. They don't even have time to react."

The rather small child spoke excitedly.

Just then, a voice came from outside the courtyard.

"That's quite a good idea. One of you draws people in with the zither, and the other steals from them. And no one suspects you."

As soon as the voice fell, Lin Ye walked in with Yu Yu.

When the child saw Lin Ye and Yu Yu, her expression changed drastically. She hurriedly stepped in front. "Big brother, go! I'll hold them off!"

"Big brother?" Yu Yu asked in confusion. "Senior brother, what big brother? Isn't that an older sister?"

"Junior sister, that woman in white isn't actually a woman. He's a man, and this little boy is the girl!"

Lin Ye's explanation made Yu Yu's pupils contract, as though her whole worldview had shattered. "How is that possible?"

"It's true!"

Lin Ye had mastered the heaven-grade Secret Method, the Devil Shadow Breath-Returning Technique. Not only could he conceal his own presence, but he was also extremely sensitive to the presence of others. The man in white plainly had a presence only a man could have. It was somewhat feminine, with almost no Yang Qi, but he was definitely not a woman. And if he wasn't a woman, then he had to be a man!

As for the child, she was a genuine girl, and a martial artist at the Body Refining Second Layer at that. Her aptitude was probably quite good.

Moreover, when he encountered the two of them, the system's notification had sounded, informing him that there were Devil Dao disciples who met the requirements. Judging by what he had seen, the two qualifying Devil Dao disciples were this brother and sister.

The siblings were even more frightened now. Ordinary people could not have seen through their identities at a glance.

"Senior, please spare us. We only stole a little money, and we stole it from wealthy people," the man in white said. His voice was soft and feminine, like a woman's.

"Senior brother, that's clearly a woman!" Yu Yu retorted, unwilling to believe he was a man.

"Junior sister, if you don't believe me, just ask him," Lin Ye said with a smile.

The man hurriedly explained, "I really am a man. I was simply born with a man's body and a woman's face. I have a Pure Yin Physique, which normally only appears in women, but it appeared in me and caused these changes."

Lin Ye understood as soon as he heard that. This man had a Pure Yin Physique and a woman's face despite being male. He must also have been born a eunuch, making him little different from an ordinary eunuch. Didn't that mean he could cultivate the Sunflower Body Refining Technique?

"Are you interested in becoming my disciples?"

Lin Ye wanted to take these two as disciples. He had finally encountered Devil Dao disciples like them, and as long as he accepted both, he would only have two disciple slots left to fill.

The man in white showed no delight. Instead, he smiled bitterly and said, "Senior, I can't cultivate. The Yin and Yang in my body are out of balance, and my meridians run in reverse. No Cultivation Method is suitable for me. I've tried cultivating, but I failed every time."

"Don't worry. I have a way to let you cultivate," Lin Ye assured him.

"Senior, is that true?" Hope flared in the white-clad man's eyes, but it quickly died out again. "Senior, a powerful expert once said that someone in my condition could hardly cultivate unless I obtained a legendary treasure that could reverse Yin and Yang."

"Why would I lie to you? That expert thought you couldn't cultivate because he didn't know a way. I do."

Lin Ye's voice was full of confidence, giving him hope.

Besides, given the current situation, he feared there would be trouble if he refused.

So the two immediately agreed to become his disciples.

"Greetings, Master."

They knelt and bowed.

"Good. I am the sect master of the Black-Yellow Sect. From today onward, you are my second and third disciples." After Lin Ye finished speaking, the system notification arrived. He had gained two more chances to draw a prize.

Lin Ye then learned their names. His second disciple was Dongfang Bai, and his third disciple was Dongfang Rou. Judging by Dongfang Bai's skill with the zither and the way he spoke, his background was probably extraordinary.

But Lin Ye did not ask. No matter their backgrounds, they had joined the Black-Yellow Sect and were now his disciples.

"Come. I'll take you to stay at an inn. Don't stay here anymore."

"Yes, Master."

The two gathered their things and followed Lin Ye to a nearby inn.

At the inn.

Lin Ye had a room to himself. He took out paper, an inkstone, a brush, and ink, and began revising the Sunflower Body Refining Technique. First of all, there was no need to change the name; there was nothing wrong with it. But the line "To practice this technique, one must first castrate oneself" had to go.

"I'll change it to: 'Only those born eunuchs can cultivate this technique.'"

Written this way, it turned an action into a condition. Then it was not a Devil Dao Cultivation Method, but a source of hope for those born eunuchs!

There was not much to change in the Sunflower Body Refining Technique. He soon finished, put away the written technique, and planned to give it to Dongfang Bai the next day.

"System, draw prizes!"

"Ding! Congratulations, host. Your draw has yielded the heaven-grade Cultivation Method, the Sunflower Manual; a bottle of Blood Extreme Body Refining Pills; a Storage Bag; five hundred taels of silver; and the high-tier black-grade martial art, the Sunflower Needle Method."

"Ding! Congratulations, host. Your draw has yielded the high-tier black-grade Body Refining Cultivation Method—the Succubus Body Refining Instruction; a bottle of Blood Extreme Body Refining Pills; a Storage Bag; the high-tier black-grade martial art, the Phantom Shadow Movement Method; and the high-tier black-grade Law Treasure, the Phantom Shadow Hairpin."

Both draws were fairly good, but they were of little use to him. Almost all the rewards were for his two disciples.

Lin Ye was quite satisfied, though. After all, he did not cultivate himself. As his disciples cultivated and improved, he would receive tenfold feedback, and his strength would advance by leaps and bounds.

"Claim rewards!"

The rewards were claimed, and he gained the martial arts and Cultivation Methods as well. The Succubus Body Refining Instruction was rather strange: cultivating it made one's charm grow more and more fearsome. It was a Body Refining Cultivation Method designed entirely for raising a deviless.

"Neither the Hell Devil-Forging Body nor the Sunflower Body Refining Technique is suitable for Dongfang Rou, and the Succubus Body Refining Technique was made for women to cultivate. I can only have her cultivate this one."

Like the previous two Cultivation Methods, this one needed some changes. Otherwise, one look at its name would tell anyone it was a Devil Cultivation Method!