To go for it, or not to go for it; that was a vexing question. But soon, Lu Yang was no longer vexed. Because he simply had no power to refuse.
In broad daylight, under a clear sky, Yu Suzhen actually laid her hands on him directly, stripping off his clothes and taking a bite.
Hiss!
Lu Yang's teeth chattered as he struggled.
"Senior Sister, wait... at least let's find a different place..."
"No need. We'll do it right here!"
Lu Yang was completely unable to refuse. Besides, with the Book of a Hundred Lives as his safety net, he simply lay flat and stopped resisting. In an instant, a vicious battle ensued.
One was a true demoness from the Demonic Sect; the other, a transmigrator with a cheat. An incense stick's time later. Yu Suzhen, however, frowned in dissatisfaction.
"That's it?"
"Truly useless."
Seeing this, Yu Suzhen cursed irritably, "You clearly have such a handsome face, but you barely have any Primal Yang. You're already spent so quickly."
"All show and no substance, a total nobody! A nobody!"
Almost at the same time, Lu Yang's face turned pale. He then discovered that what little primal energy he had left had all flowed into Yu Suzhen's body, and his already thin and weak frame became even more withered.
"Yin-Yang Great Pleasure Ode?"
The cultivation method handed out during the assignments flashed through his mind, and a realization dawned on Lu Yang: the so-called test of the Joyful Union Hall was likely to have the nominal disciples plunder each other using the Yin-Yang Great Pleasure Ode, just like raising Gu.
Only the one who survived to the very end could be promoted to a formal disciple.
"Congratulations, Senior Sister Yu!"
At the same time, several surrounding nominal disciples walked over, their faces full of flattery.
"After plundering this last person, Senior Sister should be able to reach Qi Refining."
"Once you refine Qi, you are no longer a mortal!"
"We hope Senior Sister will look after us in the future. We are willing to serve you faithfully..."
Watching this scene, Lu Yang suddenly laughed.
"Heh heh..."
A useless husk, a medicinal dreg squeezed dry, suddenly laughing immediately attracted everyone's attention. Yu Suzhen shot Lu Yang a glance and said indifferently: "Junior Brother, why are you laughing?"
"I'm laughing for Senior Sister's sake," Lu Yang said sincerely.
"I was originally worried about Senior Sister's health, but now it seems my worries were unfounded."
"Worried about my health?"
Yu Suzhen was taken aback.
"Yes."
At this point, Lu Yang sighed with emotion.
"Before I joined the sect, your junior brother here frequented the pleasure houses and contracted a venereal disease. Senior Sister was in such a hurry just now that I didn't have a chance to tell you. But since Senior Sister is about to reach the Qi Refining realm, I imagine a mere venereal disease will surely be no problem for you, right?"
Yu Suzhen: "..."
[An enraged and flustered Yu Suzhen beat you to death.]
[Current remaining pages in the Book of a Hundred Lives: 99] [Restarting a life. You may choose one of the following rewards from your previous life: One: Treasures. Two: Cultivation. Three: Lifespan. Four: Forfeit all rewards and awaken a random talent based on your previous life's experience.]
"Those whose names are called, come before me."
Lu Yang opened his eyes. Looking at the black-robed Daoist on the stage, he realized he had returned to the square where names were called for assignments, right after he had first entered the Primordial Saint Sect. The experience just now had been undeniably real; the taste of the demoness was still fresh in his memory.
Yet now, he was starting all over again, the past events like a phantom dream. This huge contrast left Lu Yang stunned for a long while before he came back to his senses. As he sighed with emotion, he was also secretly delighted.
His Book of a Hundred Lives was truly a wondrous treasure! Calming his mind, Lu Yang looked down at the options from the Book of a Hundred Lives. He skipped the first three options directly.
After all, he had been plundered to death by Yu Suzhen before he could even begin formal cultivation. The only real choice was the fourth one.
[Settling your previous life's experience...]
[After plundering you, Yu Suzhen broke through to the Qi Refining Realm. Unfortunately, afflicted by the venereal disease which her True Qi could not dispel, she was bedridden for several months and ultimately died from her severe illness.]
[Since ancient times, to follow Heaven is easy, to defy it is hard.]
[Mortal martial arts cannot contend with Divine Abilities. The gap between a mortal and a cultivator is vaster than that between heaven and earth.]
[Yet you threw yourself into the scheme, cleverly using the method of dual cultivation to slay a cultivator with the body of a mortal. This can be called besting Heaven by half a move. An act of defying the heavens could be no greater!]
[You have awakened the White Talent: Dual Cultivation Prodigy.]
[Dual Cultivation Prodigy: Your comprehension of dual cultivation methods is extremely high. No cultivator of the same realm can plunder you; any attempt to do so will result in a backlash against them from you.]
Immediately after, the words of light on the panel changed again.
[Name: Lu Yang] [Age: 18] [Cultivation: None] [Talent: Dual Cultivation Prodigy (White)] [Cultivation Method: Yin-Yang Great Pleasure Ode (Entry-Level)] [Divine Ability: None] [Treasures: None] [Book of a Hundred Lives Pages: 99] Lu Yang took a deep breath.
He felt a surge of qi and blood rush straight to his Dantian. In an instant, his strength was restored, and he was full of vigor and vitality. His originally frail body also began to recover.
"The venereal disease... it seems it isn't cured, but I can last longer now."
Lu Yang carefully assessed his own condition. Besides the physical recovery brought by the talent, Lu Yang also gained a much deeper understanding of the dual cultivation method, the Yin-Yang Great Pleasure Ode, distributed by the Joyful Union Hall. After all, practical experience is more important than pure theory, not to mention he now had the bonus from his talent.
After that, everything unfolded as before. Because of his naturally handsome face, Lu Yang was still assigned to the Joyful Union Hall, and he once again encountered Yu Suzhen at the entrance, who took a fancy to him at first sight.
"What a marvelous Yin-Yang Great Pleasure Ode!"
This wicked plundering art could not only plunder a person's Primal Yang and Primal Yin, but it could also actually plunder knowledge and experience with cultivation methods and Divine Abilities! Thinking of this, Lu Yang immediately put in even more effort. One day, two days, three days...
As time passed, Yu Suzhen's expression gradually changed from enjoyment to terror, and her once-flat belly even began to swell...
"Enough, that's enough! Stop for a moment!"
"I... I'm already... don't... ah!"
"I'm sorry, I was wrong, please wait..."
Turning a deaf ear to Yu Suzhen's pleas, Lu Yang relentlessly circulated the Yin-Yang Great Pleasure Ode, his mind completely immersed in the pleasure brought by cultivation. And during this process, for the first time, he sensed the existence of "Qi". This strand of "Qi" was inside Yu Suzhen's body.
If the two of them hadn't been so close at this moment, Lu Yang might not have been able to sense its existence at all.
"This thing is destined to be mine!"
Thinking of this, Lu Yang didn't hesitate for a moment. He immediately circulated the Yin-Yang Great Pleasure Ode and forcefully extracted all the "Qi" from within Yu Suzhen's body.
"No!!!"
Almost at the same time, Yu Suzhen let out a miserable shriek, and then her head lolled to one side. In the next second, Lu Yang felt his own essence, qi, and spirit merge with that strand of Qi. Finally, with a resounding boom, it was as if an invisible gate had been thrown open.
In that instant, inspiration struck Lu Yang.
"I've broken through!"
When spirit and qi merge, it is called "Qi Refining"! As a veteran nominal disciple of the Joyful Union Hall, Yu Suzhen was only one step away from the Qi Refining realm. In the last life, she plundered me, completed that final step, and successfully reached Qi Refining.
In this life, she was plundered by me in return, and all her accumulation benefited me instead. From this day forward, I am a first-level Qi Refining Realm cultivator! A single breakthrough meant promotion to a formal disciple, a rise in status akin to ascending to the heavens in a single step.
It seemed simple, but over countless years, who knows how many nominal disciples it had barred.
"How delightful. Senior Sister Yu, I doubt I'll ever forget you in my entire life."
Lu Yang stood up and looked at the lifeless body of Yu Suzhen on the ground, unable to help but sigh with emotion.
(End of this chapter)