Villain Cultivator

by Stayrr

If you can reincarnate or transmigrate into a cultivation novel world and you have a choice, would you be a protagonist, an antagonist, a side character, or a mob character? And what would you do if you are aware that you’re a character in a cultivation novel? Mao Miaomiao, a 60-year-old retired professional MMA fighter got transmigrated into a mysterious cultivation world with m

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Villain Cultivator

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If you can reincarnate or transmigrate into a cultivation novel world and you have a choice, would you be a protagonist, an antagonist, a side character, or a mob character?

And what would you do if you are aware that you're a character in a cultivation novel?

Mao Miaomiao, a 60-year-old retired professional MMA fighter got transmigrated into a mysterious cultivation world with modern technologies. He found himself in his youthful body, and he got a system as a bonus.

Cliche, right?

[You have received new quests]

[Kill a native protagonist.]

[Kill a reincarnated protagonist.]

[Kill a transmigrated protagonist.]

[Kill a regressed protagonist.]

[Kill a time-traveled protagonist.]

[Kill a resurrected protagonist.]

[Failure Penalty: Death.]

From a mob character to a villain mob, from a villain mob to a villain boss, from a villain boss to a secret character, the system forced Mao Miaomiao to evolve… and hunt every protagonist in this world.

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'Damn system! Why is it so hard to kill an MC!?'

Ding

[This tutorial quest is designed to be manageable with your current cultivation base and skill set. Please kill the protagonist with everything you have learned.]

[Be warned. Upon failing to kill the protagonist, your existence will be erased from this world.]

'But you barely taught me anything! I did most of the work!'

[Again, this is the last tutorial quest. Bear in mind that more protagonists, main characters, and villains with various cheats are waiting for you in the story quests.]

[Good luck!]

['Wait! I need some hints! How do I kill Xie Tian!?']

A toned young swordsman with a black katana was kneeling, panting in exhaustion while bickering with the system in his mind. He spat several mouthfuls of blood as he clenched his chest, where the broken rib cage had punctured his lung.

Brown dust blew across the barren wasteland, making it hard for the black katana cultivator to breathe. Red soil dirtied his white robes, arms, and face, but the unyielding eyes of the young man focused on his opponent.

Moonlight from the full moon shone down upon him and his opponent. On the surface of this sub-dimensional plane under the dark sky, two men aimed to kill each other.

10 Meters before the young muscular swordsman with a system, another handsome cultivator stood with a flame saber. He was not in good shape as he was bleeding from all the deep cuts on his arms, legs, and chest. Yet, the opponent of the black katana samurai didn't seem to feel any pain.

"XU MIAO, DIE!!"

The wounded swordsman yelled and charged at the white robe cultivator.

The latter snapped to his senses. He bellowed back, "SCREW YOU, XIE TIAN!!"

Xu Miao, the samurai cultivator, dashed forward and circulated all his yang essence into his black katana. The cursed weapon laughed in a high-pitched voice and released white flame, the demonic flame.

Xie Tian, the protagonist, also injected all his yang essence into his flame saber. He slashed down, planning to cleave Xu Miao in half.

The crimson flame from Xie Tian's saber and the white flame from Xu Miao's katana collided, creating another explosion, engulfing both of them.

Yet, they pressed forward.

"RETURN TO ZERO!!"

Xie Tian activated his trump card.

He could reverse space and time!

"THAT GOLDEN EXPERIENCE KNOCK-OFF AGAIN!? NOT A CHANCE, KILLER QUEEN!!"

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Several Months Earlier =

A muscular man in his 60s was sitting in front of a computer, staring at the bright monitor, reading the details of the new PC MMORPG game. His amputated right leg subconsciously jerked at the recurring phantom pain. Yet, the guy ignored the pain and continued reading the form.

Mao Miaomiao sighed and closed his eyes. He glanced at a framed picture on his PC desk, which was his picture when he won a UFC belt for the first time.

Decades had passed since that glorious day. But for Mao Miaomiao, that event felt like yesterday. Unfortunately, he was too old to compete, and his right leg was no longer with him.

"Haiz. I wish I could still fight," Mao Miaomiao lamented.

"Uncle Cat Meow-Meow, have you registered yet? Stop reading those webnovels and register already! The closed beta will begin tomorrow, so you should hurry! We won't be able to play together if you don't sign up for the closed-beta!"

Miaomiao was sharing his house with his younger brother's family. It was a three-story single house with six bedrooms, which was too large for him to live alone. Of course, he bought this house when he was still an MMA fighter in the UFC.

As Miaomiao was being sentimental, his 12-year-old nephew yelled from another room. The brat was being disrespectful, calling Mao Miaomiao as Cat Meow-Meow.

"I'm filling in the form, Greg!"

"Hurry up! You won't be able to join if the quota is filled!"

"I know, I know."

Miaomiao returned his focus to the monitor. He typed his details into the registration form of the new PC MMORPG game.

Then, he pressed the [Next] button to proceed.

The screen changed. Another website opened up with a questionnaire in it, instead of the regular registration form.

Normally, any gamer would have closed this popup site and gone back to the registration page. However, Mao Miaomiao was a curious old man. He read the questions and answered them anyway without caring whether the site contained a virus or not.

If you can reincarnate or transmigrate into the world of a cultivation novel, would you prefer to be a protagonist, an antagonist, a side character, or a mob character?

"Heroes suck. Their lives are miserable throughout the story. They usually win in the end, but I don't like the hardship that they have to go through. Hell, some of them are downright mass-murderers! I prefer living a slow-life with moderate struggles. A side-character will do."

Why did you choose a side-character?

"As I said, heroes suck dick! Side characters are more carefree!"

What kind of side-character do you want to be?

"A neutral one! I have no F to give to MCs or villains!"

Aren't you afraid of being killed by protagonists or antagonists?

"Screw you! I was once a UFC champion! I can ground-and-pound those Kang-Fools that can only do flashy moves to oblivion!"

The questionnaire was entertaining and interesting. Miaomiao had fun answering each question with trolling answers.

But after a while, the open questions turned into a multiple-choice question.

If you were to be transmigrated as a side-character in a cultivation world, which skill, item, or cheats would you prefer to have with you?

A hundred choices and a time limit appeared. Mao Miaomiao only had a minute to answer this question.

He was frustrated that he couldn't read through all the selectable answers since the time limit was too short, "Damn, you freaking stupid questionnaire providers! You're supposed to give me unlimited time to decide!"

Although Mao Miaomiao complained, his eyes skimmed through the answers with determination as if he was answering the TOEIC official test.

'A smartphone with cheat apps? Too materialistic. What if someone steals it from me? Not interested.'

'Max level with a million status points? Boring. What if I sleep-walk and destroy the goddamn world by accident? What if I run into someone stronger than me? I couldn't raise my level anymore, right?'

'Necromancy? I don't want to play with corpses and skeletons. Too depressing!'

'Taming Arts? Too reliant on subordinates! If I can't find or tame a strong beast, won't I be shitty forever?'

'Save and Load feature? Not gonna lie, it's tempting. But my gaming experience taught me the hard way that it can also have its problems. I often overwrote my save files and screwed up royally in the late game, which was irreversible. Then, I had to start a new game or load a save file with 200 hours less playtime. I don't want to mess up like that again since there is only one file slot for the save. Regrettably, I can't pick this.'

30 Seconds remaining!

"Ugh!"

The pressure was real. Miaomiao panicked, and it influenced his decision making.

Still, he was an experienced fighter who had faced many worse crises. He paced his breath and concentrated.

'I had read a bunch of wuxia novels during my free time. If I could answer it freely, I would have answered "I don't need any special skill. I just won't mess with the MC or villains." instead of picking skills to survive.'

Since they gave Miaomiao multiple choices, he read the answer choices carefully.

Demonic Yin Yang System – This cultivation assistance system can help you increase your cultivation strength by copulating with cultivators of the opposite sex. Furthermore, it contains a built-in shop system that you can buy various goodies with your essence.

That was a brief description of one of the choices that caught Miaomiao's attention.

Among all the items and perks, the dual-cultivation choice seemed the most attractive since nobody hated sex. Even though it sounded evil, Miaomiao couldn't help but imagine himself doing it with many women and getting stronger in the process.

Ten seconds remaining.

'Ah, screw this. There's a time limit and I can only pick one. If I were to live my next life in a cultivation world, I should go with something that I can enjoy. This stupid thing, [Demonic Yin Yang System, will do.'

Miaomiao picked the choice and moved on to the next question. However, he didn't remember anything after he had pressed the [Next] button.

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"Uncle Cat Meow Meow, are you done!?"

The 12-year-old boy slammed the door open to look for his uncle, but he found no one. He tilted his head in confusion.

"Who is uncle cat meow meow?"

He forgot about Mao Miaomiao's existence. He didn't even know why he came to this room in the first place.

The boy didn't notice the webpage that the monitor was showing. He closed the door and ran to his dad.

"Dad, since when do we have an empty room on the third floor?"

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You have been chosen, Mao Miaomiao.

Demonic Yin Yang System has been uploaded to the host.

Quest System has been uploaded.

System Shop has been uploaded.

Searching for a compatible cultivation world.

Warning, multiple protagonists have been detected.

Evaluating the host.

Adjusting the system difficulty to match the world's difficulty.

The adjustment has been completed. The difficulty setting has been set to [Progressive: Hard].

Good Luck, Mao Miaomiao. Your every action will be watched.

Entertain us, mortal!

The monitor and the PC turned off by itself. The history, registry files, and all records about Mao Miaomiao were erased automatically. Even the framed picture on his table faded away.

No one remembered him, including his brother. It was as if he had never even existed in this world.

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'Hmm?'

When Mao Miaomiao opened his eyes, He found himself lying on a grassland.

'I remember that I was in my room. Where am I?'

[Ding]

[Welcome to Golden Heavenly Goose Planet where peace is never an option!]

[My name is "System" and I will be your assistant while you're in this world.]

When Miaomiao's eyes adjusted to the new environment, a giant semi-transparent blue screen flashed before him.

His brain reacted fast as he read many novels. This screen was similar to the reincarnation or transmigration stories he knew.

Miaomiao hoped that this was a dream. At the same time, he also wished that it was real.

"A system… Are you serious?"

He pinched his cheek to check if this was a dream or not. Obviously, it wasn't a dream.

Miaomiao looked at his right leg, which should have been amputated because of an accident this year.

It was there. His lost leg was there, fully intact.

"Wow, I've been ISEKAI'd."

Miaomiao began recalling memory before he arrived here, starting from the computer and the questionnaire.

"So, I stumbled upon one of those transmigration traps, eh? It must be because of that stupid questionnaire! Well, I'm grateful that I wasn't hit by a random truck."

He was abducted and thrown into an unknown world. Although this kind of ISEKAI experience seemed exciting in novels, experiencing it first-hand was a nightmare.

What would he do if he met hostile thugs early?

What would he do if he ran into a powerful and arrogant young master?

How could he procure food? What kind of food would be edible in this world?

Where would he live?

Miaomiao worried about his future and his survival. Unlike carefree Japanese protagonists in novels, he didn't trust the system that suddenly abducted him and threw him into an unknown world.

Worrying about his brother, he wanted to return home, "System, is there a way to return to my world?"

[Complete all quests, and you will have a choice to either return home or live here forever.]

[The host doesn't have to worry about your family. No one will remember you anyway.]

"What!?"

[Upon transmigrating into this world, your existence in the former world has been erased. You are now a native of this world.]

"…"

[Anyway, thank you for choosing [Demonic Yin Yang System] as your sponsor. The system shall impart basic knowledge to you after you have completed your first tutorial quest!]

[Ding]

[You have received a quest for the first time.]

[Tutorial Quest 1: Get a girlfriend or have sex with any woman three times within 24 hours.]

[Completion Reward: Unlock Yang Qi Generation perk, Unlock basic system features.]

[Failure Penalty: Death]

"Oi!!"

The system was crueler than Miaomiao had thought. It threatened to kill him on the first day that he was transmigrated. Now, he was forced to complete the absurd quest.

[The system has given you 100 strands of yang qi as a starter gift. The qi strands are stored in your dantian.]

Mao Miaomiao felt a burning sensation in his upper belly above his belly button. It was the first time that he sensed something supernatural in real life.

"It feels like I have gastritis. It burns… shit."

The pain subsided after a minute.

[Ding]

[Your dantian has been created.]

[Your current cultivation strength is 1st Stage, Muscle Tampering Realm level 3.]

[You can increase your strength by consuming spirit pills, absorbing natural essence from spirit stones, or having sex with any woman.]

[You have unlocked a new skill, Dual-Cultivation (Passive).]

Miaomiao widened his eyes in astonishment. He hadn't completed the quest yet, but the system gave him a small ray of hope.

He had a cheat!

"I see that I have a game system."

Rejoiced by the hint and the new skill that he didn't know what it could do, he uttered the magic word, "System, show me my status menu. What's my level, attributes, and EXP?"

[Bzzz]

[This system doesn't contain EXP or attribute feature.]

[Please complete Tutorial Quests to unlock more features.]

It was a piece of bad news that he couldn't inspect his status points. Miaomiao had hoped that he would get a game-like menu and numeric evaluation, so he could track his progress like playing a game.

Fortunately, it left him this vital info to compare his strength with others.

'What is muscle tampering? Oh, right. This should be the earliest stage for novices or children that wanted to step into the cultivation world. I read many web novels and there's a lot of similar strength levels and ranks. But if this is the basic stage, how many sub-stages do I have to go through?'

[Ding]

[Hint: The first three realms of cultivation consists of 10 levels. Once you have reached muscle tampering realm level 10, you can break through to the second stage.]

'Alright. Fair enough.'

Miaomiao checked his body condition, clothes, and his surroundings. There were many questions on his mind, but he needed to know where he was and how his body fared.

Miaomiao had a white shirt, black pants, a leather belt, socks, and black leather shoes on. He recognized these clothes right away since it was his old high-school uniform.

He gazed at his arms and legs. His skin was white and smooth, but his muscle was a bit soft, which was not ideal for a martial art practitioner like him.

After a brief inspection, judging from his muscle mass, fat, and the tenderness of his facial skin, Miaomiao found out that his body reverted back to when he was in his teen, the time when he began attending a gym and practicing a martial art, Muay-Thai. At that time, he was a total beginner at the gym, and he didn't even know how to properly bench-press or deadlift to increase his muscle mass.

Mao Miaomiao confirmed that he became young again. Although he was delighted that his body became youthful, he was sad that his hard-earned muscle, stamina, and toughness that he built for decades was gone.

He scratched his head and played with the tip of his pointy crew-cut hair a bit. The short hair pricked his hands, which was a nice sensation when he used the back of his sharp hair as a hand scratcher.

'This is bad. I have to build muscle and recover my previous stamina again. This body is too weak! Heck, I doubt that I can last a round of sex! How can I complete the quest when my stamina is shit!?'

'Oh well, I can build that back. At least I have my memory and my ring experience.'

Miaomiao pitied that he didn't have the physique of a UFC champion, but he was confident that his muscle memory and experience in professional rings could be useful in this world. Still, he doubted that he could fight against superman cultivators with supernatural abilities.

He started looking around to check his surroundings.

Miaomiao was alone on a plain grassland. Behind him, a dense forest emitted menacing cold air, which hinted him not to enter.

'Where am I exactly?'

Miaomiao walked away from the dark forest. He couldn't stop looking back, worrying that something might suddenly appear and ambush him from behind.

Fortunately, nothing happened.

As Miaomiao walked further for an hour, he could hear the buzzing noise of people. The clip-clopping sound of a dozen horses dragging wheeled carriages became louder.

When Miaomiao turned toward the direction of the sound, he found a wide stone road with over a thousand ancient Chinese people traveling in the same direction.

Without thinking, he approached them. He wasn't aware that he stood out like a sore thumb with his school uniform and hairstyle. Everyone on the road before Miaomiao had colorful robes and long black hair, tied in a topknot. Some of them let their hair down, which reached their lower back.

'Let me count… wow, there should be over a thousand people over there. Is there some kind of event? Why are they moving toward the same direction?'

As optimistic as he was, Miaomiao approached one of the men, who seemed to be in an organization. Everyone there wore similar clothes, brown robes, like a gang in a Kang-Fu historical movie. They also had wooden tokens on their belts. Since they came in a group and have the same uniform, Miaomiao thought they might know more than commoners and peasants.

"Excuse me. Can I ask you for a direction? Where are we right now?"

The brown robe burly guy that Miaomiao asked was an escort soldier, who was trailing behind a decorated carriage. He glared at Miaomiao, "Who the fuck are you, slave?"

'Slave? Dafuq, dude. I'm just asking for some direction.'

Mao Miaomiao's face twitched as he was offended. Still, his mentality was that of a patient old man. He smiled and tried to be friendly, "My name is Mao Miaomiao. Right now, I think I'm lost. Do you by chance know where we are?"

The brown robe soldier looked at Miaomiao from head to toes. He scoffed and spat at Miaomiao's feet.

"I should be the one asking you! Back off, you homeless slave! You're pestering the caravan of the Qing Clan! Scram before I kill you!"

Miaomiao was taken aback. He blurted out in reflect, "Dafuq? What's wrong with you?"

"No, what's wrong with you!? GET LOST!"

"I'm just asking for a direction!"

"PFFT!! GET A BRAIN, YOU DOGSHIT SLAVE!! EVERYBODY HERE IS HEADING TOWARD THE MOUNTAIN GOOSE CITY!!"

Finally, the guy slipped a piece of vital information. Unfortunately, he wasn't a friendly guy that Miaomiao could start a conversation with.

"Ah? A city? Thank you for your information. So, do I have to follow the road and the people to get there?"

"Pfft! Your strength is only at the 1st stage, but you're going to the city and join the sect entrance exam? Look, men! This guy is so full of himself! How about this? Strip and give me your clothes, then I'll let you live!"

All of a sudden, the escort soldier turned into a robber.

'And here, I was trying to be polite... Ah, right. Isn't this a cultivation world?'

Miaomiao adjusted his mindset, and his friendly expression changed into a prideful one.

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As the brown robe man was mocking Miaomiao, his friends joined in for the fun.

"Well, what do we have here? A lowly unfilial child with a trashy cultivation base wants to enter Mountain Goose Sect? Isn't he brave, fellas?"

"Even Qing Yong bro at level 5 of the first stage can't become a sect candidate. This stupid brat won't have a chance."

"Hahahaha! He will definitely get himself killed over there. Well, if he can even make it through the preliminary round. Hahahaha!"

"Every year, the weakest candidate's strength is at least the second stage. A first stage brat like him will just embarrass himself!"

"Right. Even our young master is at level 10 of the second stage! This brat doesn't have a chance!"

"Let's do him a favor. Just strip him naked and chase him home! His clothes look expensive."

The carriage escort guards transformed into bandits. They surrounded Miaomiao, but they hadn't drawn their weapons.

Miaomiao wasn't panicked. Instead, he recalled this scene from many novels he had read.

'These guys must be one of those cannon fodder mobs that usually picked a fight with main characters and got wrecked. Then, their death or injuries would serve as a pivot to create a hostile relationship between the MCs and villain clans.'

He gazed at the carriage that these men were protecting. It was a wooden carriage with plain silver painting, but the decorated gold frame windows showed that the persons inside were not ordinary people.

'I can't offend them, or I'll be a marked man. I have to accept an L, and be on my way.'

Unlike unyielding protagonists in many stories, Miaomiao understood the word, [Compromise]. He raised his hands over his head and walked backward, backing away from the crowd.

"Okay, I want no trouble. I'll leave."

The group yelled, "Not so fast! Leave your clothes and your money here!"

Miaomiao rolled his eyes, "Don't push your luck, scum. Let me leave, and you can keep your pride as a good soldier. Pick a fight with me, and you'll embarrass your friends."

The escort soldier and his friends laughed, "Qing Yong bro, teach him a lesson!"

Even the escort captain in front of the carriage turned around to see the commotion. Upon seeing that they were messing with a stranger, he scoffed and turned back, ignoring them.

Qing Yong, the guy that Miaomiao had asked for a direction, cracked his knuckles and approached Miaomiao in leisure. He sneered, "I guess I have to strip them myself."

Seeing that Qing Yong extending his arm to grab him and shifted his body weight to the front foot, Miaomiao chuckled, "Fool."

Miaomiao shifted his right feet to the back, changing his casual stance into a kickboxing stance. When Qing Yong's hand got close, he swatted Qing Yong's hand away with his left forearm and swung his hips. Miaomiao's right leg followed and his shin went for Qing Yong's front leg's calf.

It was an MMA calf kick, which was commonly used as a surprise attack in octagon rings. It could potentially cripple victims' leg for the entire match. Against pros, Miaomiao usually required 2-3 clean hits to cripple his opponent's leg.

But against a third-rated thug like Qing Yong, Miaomiao only needed one good hit regardless of this man's cultivation strength or level.

BAAM*

The low kick landed at the back of Qing Yong's soft left calf, which was also a few centimeters below the knee. The kick impact sent pain signal to his brain.

"AAAAAHHHHH!!"

Qing Yong's left knee lost its strength, and he staggered forward.

Miaomiao stomped his right foot, which had just kicked Qing Yong's calf. He shifted his stance to southpaw, rotated his shoulders, and delivered a full-strength uppercut toward the tumbling man.

The fist met Qing Yong's jaw.

CROEK*

From Qing Yong's perspective, the world spun, and he lost control of his body. He collapsed on the ground, headfirst.

As for the other escort soldiers, their eyes almost slipped out of their sockets. They stared at their friend in shock.

Before anyone could react or utter a word of disbelief, Miaomiao turned around and ran toward an escort soldier who was standing furthest from the carriage and the group. He jumped a few feet in the air and gathered his momentum in his right hand.

While the target was still confused and shocked, a superman punch slammed onto his left ear.

POEK*

Just like Qing Yong, the absentminded man's brain shook. He lost his body balance and fell on the ground like a puppet without strings.

By the time that the other guy got knocked out, ten escort soldiers came back to their senses. They turned toward Miaomiao and drew their weapons.

CHENG*

CHENG*

CHENG*

The captain of their team also reacted fast. He galloped his horse and blocked Miaomiao's escape route.

The captain wore ancient lamellar armor plates from head to toes as if he was a general of an army. Even his horse was donned with metal armors like medieval horses for heavy knights.

Qing Gui, the escort captain, glared at Miaomiao, "Stop right there, slave!"

'Oh, come on!'

Miaomiao got frustrated that not only they fought with numbers, they also used weapons against an unarmed man.

"Hey, I don't want trouble. I only protected myself, okay?"

Miaomiao still tried to persuade them. However, his eyes couldn't hide the mocking smile towards Qing Gui.

Qing Gui glanced at two unconscious subordinates. He snorted at Miaomiao, "You've unnecessarily harmed my soldiers."

"Oh, please. They tried to rob me. What was I supposed to do? Roll over and let them do whatever they want!?"

Qing Gui clicked his tongue, "You have no right to disobey our orders! When they told you to give them your clothes, you must comply!"

"Soooo, by your logic, if they order me to die, am I supposed to die?"

"Exactly!"

Miaomiao rolled his eyes and sighed. These people were as overbearing as he had thought they would. In fact, their lines were similar to the common villains in many novels he had read.

He wanted to continue fighting, but risking his life against a boss character like Qing Gui would be suicidal at his current strength. Moreover, there were other soldiers, waiting to slice him in half at any moment.

'If I remember correctly, I've chosen to be a mob character in that questionnaire. If I'm really a mob character, I can easily get killed right now to serve as a catalyst to make readers hate them. Then, a protagonist would show up and kill these mofos later in the story…'

Miaomiao predicted his fate by using the novel experience as a reference. He was aware that he was not the main character with infinite plot armors and instant cheat skills. Therefore, pushing the fight any further wasn't an option anymore. Miaomiao had to use another means to survive.

"SOMEBODY HELP!! THESE PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO KILL ME!!"

Without shame or dignity, Miaomiao screamed for help. Since there were thousands of people on the wide road, he thought that someone with status would show up to gain some fame and credits. After all, face value and reputation were worth more than gold in cultivation novel worlds.

'Come on. Is there any MC around here? This is your golden opportunity to save a damsel in distress like me and make your character likable to readers! No homo, though.'

"…" Qing Gui stared at Miaomiao with a deep frown. Because of the commotion and Miaomiao's voice, other clans, gangs, and groups heard it. Now, they were the center of attention among all travelers. Everyone surrounded them, watching them as if they were watching a show.

Qing Gui snorted and pulled his horse reign. He withdrew and returned to the carriage that he was in charge of protecting.

Unfortunately, Qing Yong's friends didn't care about reputation. They pointed their swords, spears, and saber in Miaomiao's direction, but the encirclement formation was no more.

"Surrender, brat!"

They yelled and were about to charge at Miaomiao.

As if the god answered Miaomiao's prayer, a young man's voice from the crowd was audible.

"STOP!! IS YOUR QING CLAN SO DESPERATE THAT YOU ROB A BYSTANDING INNOCENT FOR CLOTHES!?"

Everyone stopped what they were doing and turned toward the source of the voice.

A young man in white robes with a goose face emblem on his back walked out from the crowd. He tossed a sword along with its sheath to Mao Miaomiao.

"Fighting against an unarmed man with weapons is unsightly! If you want to kill each other, do it fairly! Now, fellow daoist, you have a weapon. You can go ahead and use it."

Miaomiao grabbed the thrown weapon and stared at the white robe man in confusion.

"Aren't you going to help me?"

The white robe youth shook his head, "No, no, no. You've misunderstood me. I'm just a spectator that doesn't like unfairness. Go on, keep fighting. I've bet 100 spirit stones on the Qing clansmen, but the betting will be voided if you fight without a weapon."

A bag of popcorn and a foldable aluminum chair manifested from a jewel ring on the white robe man. He placed a chair down and sat on it, eating the popcorn as if he was watching a good show.

Several lines of blood vessel bulked under Miaomiao's facial skin. He was offended by the trolling attitude of this young man.

In anger, Miaomiao unsheathed the sword, planning to rush to the youth and chop him.

But when he noticed the jewel decoration on the sheath and the material of the sword, he paused.

It was a jade blunt sword with a stylish hilt. The sheath also had several amber and diamond stones embedded in it.

In other words, this sword was not meant to be used in a battle. It was a decoration weapon in Mao Miaomiao's eyes.

'MotherfOOker! This isn't usable!'

[Ding]

[You have obtained an unknown treasure sword.]

'Hmm?'

Miaomiao forgot that the system was still there with him.

'Can you appraise it, my dear system?'

[Please complete more quests to unlock this feature.]

'…'

Miaomiao had a wry smile on his face. He gazed at his enemy soldiers, who were hesitating if they should attack Miaomiao while the travelers nearby were watching them with great attention. Several men even started betting houses to make money.

None of them dared to act. They didn't like being in a show.

Using this golden opportunity, Miaomiao turned around and kicked the ground, running away from everyone.

The escort soldiers widened their eyes in surprise. They chased after Miaomiao in frustration.

"Stop!" The young man in the carriage that they were protecting shouted for the first time, "Leave him be!"

The escort soldiers looked at each other and shrugged. They carried the injured friends and ignored Miaomiao.

The crowd booed as the fun was over. Betting houses voided the bet, dejected and disappointed. They returned to their groups and continued traveling towards the Mountain Goose City.

Still, one man wasn't happy about this development. He chased after Miaomiao with a popcorn bag in his arms.

"WAIT! GIVE ME BACK MY TREASURE SWORD!!"

Miaomiao sneered, "YOU GAVE IT TO ME, SO IT'S MINE NOW, BIATCH!!"

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Miaomiao ran as fast as he could and managed to ditch the white robe young man with an expensive-looking jade sword.

'MUAHAHAHAHA! MINE! IT'S ALL MINE!'

He couldn't stop laughing in his mind as he continued running, following the main road and the crowd toward their common destination.

In most cultivation novel settings, running away from foes was humiliating, and it might form heart devils that could prevent cultivators from advancing to a higher realm. But for Miaomiao, he had no F to give.

'I wonder how much I can get from this. This should give me enough funds to solve my food and house issues.'

Since Miaomiao was penniless, this treasure sword could be sold for cash. He planned to pawn this thing at any random shop he could find in a town.

He drew the sword and examined its quality. It was a jade blunt sword with carved Chinese characters on its hilt.

Wei Feng

'How cute. You write your name on your item. What are you, a kindergarten kid?'

As Miaomiao was mocking the owner of this sword in his mind, the hand that was holding the weapon emitted white smoke. He dropped the jade sword after the burning sensation kicked in.

"OUCH!! WUTDAFUQ!?"

Miaomiao felt as if something hot had entered his hand. It burned a bit of his palm, leaving the red skin area where he had held the sword.

[Ding]

[You have absorbed 1,200 strands of yang qi.]

[Yang qi has been stored in your dantian.]

[You have 1,300 strands of yang qi.]

The burning sensation concentrated inside his belly, which distracted Miaomiao from the system messages. The pain subsided after a couple of minutes. Meanwhile, the jade sword dimmed as if it lost all of its energy.

His loud profanity attracted attention from nearby travelers, who were heading toward the city in the same direction. An old man walked toward Miaomiao.

"Young man, that's a dangerous weapon you have."

"Huh?"

The elder advised Miaomiao, "That is a yang sword, a treasure sword of Mountain Goose Sect. Only the top outer disciples of the sect can wield this. If you keep holding onto it, the sword will absorb the yang qi in the air and transfer it into your body. If you can't handle yang qi, they will burn your body alive. Say, why do you have such a dangerous weapon, young man?"

Miaomiao was astonished. He almost picked it up again, but he stopped after listening to the old man's kind words.

"It's that dangerous?"

"Yes. That's why it is usually kept inside a yin sheath. Hurry, sheath the sword before it burns you."

Miaomiao followed the old man's instruction and returned the sword to its sheath.

As soon as the sword was properly contained, the hot aura around it subsided. Miaomiao and the old man heaved a sigh of relief.

"Thank you for your advice, senior."

Miaomiao was respectful. He turned around and cupped his fist, bowing toward the elder.

"Haiz. It's good that you're alright. I don't want to see a tragedy of someone as young as you die because of ignorance," the elder gave Miaomiao and meaningful look, "I won't ask you how you get this sword, but be careful when you pick up something odd. It might be cursed, or it might contain a trap mechanism. You can't trust strange items or strangers. Remember this well."

Miaomiao had a chill running down his spine. He thought he almost died because of this yang sword.

'That young man from before, did he scam me? Why did he give such a dangerous weapon?'

It was a wake-up call that he was no longer living in a peaceful civilized world. Miaomiao bowed to the old man again.

"T-Thank you for saving my life! I was ignorant!"

"Hahaha! It's okay. Having a thousand friends is too few, having an enemy is one too many. It's good to make friends, right?"

The kind old man laughed and patted Miaomiao's shoulder. Just then, he finally noticed that the elder was as tall as him. Moreover, his toned muscle and constitution were thick, which revealed that he wasn't an ordinary old man.

His wrinkle face had several scars on the cheek, eyebrows, and nose. It wasn't hard to tell that this old man was a seasoned warrior.

"My name is Wei Huang. Would you mind if I ask your name?"

Seeing the politeness and the friendliness of the elder, Miaomiao humbly bowed again, "I'm Mao Miaomiao."

'Cat Meow Meow?' The elder's face twitched as he misheard Miaomiao's full name.

"Anyway, are you traveling alone? Would you like to accompany us? We have bodyguards, so it is safer to travel together."

Miaomiao looked around. Although there were many people on the road, not all of them were friendly towards each other. He could hear random commotion yelling, the sound of sword fights, and occasionally explosion from far away. As they traveled, these people fought among themselves.

Looking around some more, Miaomiao's eyes met with a dozen travelers, and they were staring at his jade sword. Some of them whispered to each other and pointed at him.

Miaomiao could tell from their facial expression and gesture that they were hesitating if they should mug him. It was a miracle that Miaomiao was still alive up until now with his current cultivation base.

"T-Then, I'll accept your offer. Please take care of me, senior."

Wei Huang laughed, "It's fine. It's fine! Come, come with us!"

Wei Huang guided Miaomiao to his caravan.

Seeing that Miaomiao had friends, the crowd nearby didn't dare to make a move against Miaomiao anymore. They clicked their tongues and turned around, searching for other prey.

The caravan that Wei Huang was leading Miaomiao towards was an organized group. Everyone wore a white uniform, and escort soldiers had shining silver plate armors, including full helmets. They also dressed their carriage horses with plate armor, similar to warhorses in medieval Europe and what Qing Gui's horse had.

A white 4-wheel wooden carriage was at the center of their formation. A silhouette of a young maiden could be seen, sitting inside the carriage behind a thin layer of the curtain. Miaomiao could tell from a glance that a VIP was in there.

Upon getting to the caravan, 20 escort soldiers, donning in the same white robes as Wei Feng, bowed toward Wei Huang.

"First elder, sir!"

Sure enough, Wei Huang was a big shot. Everyone gazed at him with their utmost respect.

Miaomiao thought that he would be invited into the carriage, but he was wrong. Wei Huang's attitude flipped 180 degrees as soon as he turned towards Miaomiao.

"Now that we're alone, I'll be frank. I didn't approach you because of virtuous conscience. Instead, it's that sword… Could you return the sword to me?"

Miaomiao was taken aback. At first, he thought that the old man was a kind old man, but he seemed to desire for the sword.

"Ahem, I think you've misunderstood me. You see, I saw the carved name on that sword from afar, and it belongs to my grandson, Wei Feng. I don't know how you get your hands on it, but could you return it to us? I'll compensate you handsomely."

The old man didn't hide his killing intent. His eyes glowed in red light, and escort soldiers, who were guarding their boss, also glared at Miaomiao. Their cold aura almost gave the latter a heart attack.

"Crap."

Miaomiao found himself running into another trouble right away. Moreover, he had fallen into a honey trap.

'I'm powerless right now. I will accept this humiliation and live for another day.'

Miaomiao sighed in resignation and handed over the jade sword, "If I've offended you and your grandson, I hope that you'll forgive me."

Wei Huang receded his killing intent and accepted the sword with a bright smile, "Good! You're a considerate young man. Don't worry, I'll compensate you as promised!"

The old man tossed a coin bag at Miaomiao. Inside, there were 20 gold coins and one glowing stone in it.

"Those are 20 gold coins and a spirit stone. Have you ever seen one, young man?"

Miaomiao shook his head. He didn't lie since it was the first time seeing the currency of this world.

"Okay, one gold coin is worth 1,000 taels of silver, and one spirit stone is commonly exchanged for 1,000 gold coins. Do you get it?"

Miaomiao nodded repeatedly. He was grateful enough that Wei Huang and his men didn't kill him on the spot, "Y-Yes. I understand."

"Good. Don't exchange that spirit stone to gold, okay? Use it to cultivate and increase your strength. As for the gold coins, you can start over a new life with this, alright?"

Miaomiao kept nodding.

Seeing that the short hair young man understood, Wei Huang laughed, "Now, hide that bag in your cloth and move along! Don't get yourself killed on the way to the city."

"Err, you're not bringing me along?" Miaomiao was surprised by this development. He still thought that Wei Huang would take him with the group.

"I've got my sword, and you've got your gold! You'd better be grateful that I haven't killed you yet. NOW BE GONE, SLAVE! SHOO!"

Wei Huang waved his hand. A gust of wind hit Miaomiao's chest as if he was blown away by a tornado.

The nearby travelers and Wei Huang's soldiers laughed at Miaomiao.

"The Wei Clan rules one-third of Mountain Goose City for a century, and this brat has the guts to provoke them? Does he want to die?"

"Obviously, no one with the right mind dares to offend them. Well, he's a stray slave, so that might be it."

"A slave entering the Mountain Goose Sect's examination? HAHAHAHA! Now, that's a joke!"

Everybody mocked Miaomiao and ignored him as if he was an insignificant being.

Meanwhile, many thugs observed Miaomiao with greed.

"Do you think he has anything valuable?"

"Those are clothes from the western country. Only those barbarian westerners wear odd clothes like that. I think he's a runaway slave from there."

"Bah, if he has something valuable, those men from the Wei Clan must have taken them. Did you see how he got sent flying?"

"Right, let's ignore him and find other prey. That brat is penniless."

Despite wanting to rob Miaomiao, they concluded that he was a penniless slave.

Miaomiao got back on his feet after being FUS-RO-DAH'd by Wei Huang. He was frustrated that the old man robbed the jade sword away from him, but the conversation and the mockery of onlookers caught his attention.

'Slave… Everyone keeps calling me a slave.'

Miaomiao scratched his head and played with his pricky short hair again.

'Slave… Cultivators… Ancient China…'

He recalled something as he focused his sense on the hand that was touching his hair.

'Right, there is THAT culture.'

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In ancient China, there was a tradition regarding hair. Confucianism dominated ancient Chinese culture for over a thousand years. In Classic of Filial Piety of Confucian, they considered hair as important as every part of their body or a legacy from their parents to children. Cutting one's hair was like cutting ties with their parents, which was considered unfilial and disgraceful.

Thus, ancient Chinese kept their long hair to display their connection and respect towards their ancestors. Anyone with short hair was considered as barbaric ruffians.

Imperial authority sometimes cut the criminal's hair to shame them before they imprisoned them. It was a gesture that they didn't deserve to be treated as filial sons or daughters as they broke the laws.

Occasionally, hair-cutting symbolized death. In Romance of Three Kingdom tale by Luo Guanzhong, when Guan Yu managed to capture Cao Cao after the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao cut his hair as a substitution of himself that he had died there by the hands of Guan Yu. This action reflected their hair culture.

And in this world, the culture of the natives was the same. Miaomiao having short crew-cut hair was seen as a disrespectful person, an uncult barbarian foreigner, an unfilial man, or an ex-criminal. As a result, Mao Miaomiao was called a lowly slave as the natives didn't see him as their equal.

Miaomiao recalled the ancient Chinese culture, which reflected in most cultivation novels. He understood why everyone discriminated him.

'This is bad. My short hair is an eyesore for these people. I need a wig real fast.'

When in Rome, do as the Romans do!

Miaomiao understood the difference in cultures, but the native people didn't. Unless he had a wig or grew long hair, the discrimination would continue.

Miaomiao didn't waste his time loitering on the road anymore. He rushed toward Mountain Goose City.

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Back at Wei Huang's group, the owner of the stolen jade sword caught up with his grandfather's carriage.

Wei Feng, the youth in Mountain Goose Sect's uniform, rushed to his grandfather inside the main carriage. The escort soldiers made ways for their young master to get in.

Wei Feng sat inside the carriage and reported his trouble, "Grandfather! A slave stole my jade sword. Can you-Eh? You have it?"

Wei Feng saw his engraved sword on his grandfather's lap, but the latter's face grimaced as he examined the dimmed weapon.

Seeing that Wei Huang was busy inspecting his personal sword, Wei Feng was curious, "How did you get it? Did you run into that thieving slave?"

Sitting next to Wei Huang in the carriage, Wei Feng's younger sister was also interested in the dimmed jade sword. She answered in her grandfather's stead, "Grandfather has run into the thief, and we got the sword back. But the charged yang qi energy inside the jade sword is gone."

"Huh?" Wei Feng didn't believe it, "That's impossible. That jade sword was refined by a 4th stage blacksmith yesterday. The yang qi inside the sword is enough to recover any exhausted 2nd stage cultivator's energy to the fullest many times. How come it's empty?"

The old grandfather peered his grandson, "I also had the same idea, but I can't explain how this jade sword runs out of yang energy. Say, Feng'er, have you used this sword recently, or have you transformed into THAT body?"

"No! I've been keeping it to absorb its energy! I've never used it in a fight!"

"Then, how did your sword get to the hands of a stray slave?"

Instead of regretting, Wei Feng laughed, "I gave it to him, so he can die from qi poisoning. I want to transform the jade sword into a haunted sword in legends!"

Wei Huang bellowed, "FOOL! Only elite blacksmiths can handle cursed weapons! Even if we are demons, we won't be able to pacify angry spirits! Don't do this again, or I'll expel you from the sect myself!"

"Don't worry, grandfather. I have confidence as a proud Oni. We are the best demon race with yang qi, so those haunted spirits can't scare me!"

Wei Huang wanted to scold his grandson as he was too naïve, but he gave up, "Forget it. If you want a cursed weapon that much, I'll ask a mermaid from Blood Sea to fetch a few of them for you to practice. For now, you should focus on passing the inner disciple examination. Even if I'm the first elder of the sect, I can't help you with this."

Wei Feng smacked his chest like an ape, "I won't lose to those inner disciple chumps! The moment I activate my true power, those humans will be flattened instantly!"

"The moment you reveal your demon form, it will be our clan's demise. Don't do that."

"Just kidding! Hahaha!"

Wei Huang sighed and turned toward his teenage granddaughter. She was a half-Caucasian half-Asian beauty with gold wavy long hair. The granddaughter ignored their conversation and focused on the dimmed jade sword.

"What do you think?" Asked Wei Huang.

"It should have something to do with that stray slave. Didn't he unsheathe the sword? He might have absorbed all the qi in the sword at that time."

"That's impossible. He's only a 1st stage cultivator. I didn't sense qi or any power in his body."

"But demons like us can hide our qi, no?"

"… You mean."

"I don't know if he's really stupid or a cunning demon in a human's skin, but I'm sure that he has a secret or two. We should find him and bring him back. I have a few questions to ask him."

"Hmm," Wei Huang leaned backward as he recalled the actions of Mao Miaomiao, "It's troublesome if I go around and search for that slave. The Xu Clan and Fu De will definitely make a fuse and attempt to use this incident against us again. Let's just wait and hope that he will eventually run into one of our clan's shops, and then we can capture him alive."

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"I-It exists here!? I'm not the first transmigrator in this world?"

Half a day later in the late afternoon, Miaomiao managed to reach the town by following the road and the crowd. This time, he didn't ask or talk with anyone and dashed straight to the city.

It was tiring to keep running and walking for hours, but Miaomiao managed to get to the city in one piece without stirring trouble. Because of exhaustion, he didn't notice the town structures. He simply headed toward the nearest tavern to rest.

As soon as he picked an available table and sat, Miaomiao found himself in a modern concrete building with running electricity instead of an ancient wooden one. He widened his eyes in shock when his eyes found a running vendor machine with several soft drinks, beer, and liquor that he knew.

Pepsi

Cola

Fanta

Sprite

Heineken

Snow

Budweiser

Johnny Walker

Smirnoff Vodka

Various modern brands and products that were not supposed to exist in this novel world were everywhere.

'Hory sheet, Korea Jesus! Did someone from the modern world come here and mess with this world? Did he transmigrate here and become an internet cafe owner?'

Miaomiao had a scare that there might be others who transmigrated from the modern as well.

Still, because of the thirstiness and inner craving, Miaomiao raised his hand to call a waiter. He ordered a bottle of cold beer without hesitation, "Xiao'er, one cold Heineken, please."

A waiter rushed to Miaomiao's table to take the order. But when he saw Miaomiao's short hair, he frowned in disgust.

"Sir, one bottle of low-grade Heineken is 100 taels of silver. Not that I want to be rude, but we have a policy – cash before delivery. Do you have enough silver for the beer, sir?"

Miaomiao paused and raised his head to stare at the waiter's face in confusion. What he was surprised wasn't the rude attitude of the waiter, but he was curious by the key-word, [Low-Grade].

"Is there a grade in beer?"

The waiter passed him a beverage menu. It was made of leather and plastic.

Similar to the modern world, the menu displayed pictures of their liquor. They came in various sizes and qualities. One low-grade drinks ranged from 100 taels of silver to 200. Middle-graded ones added more zeros to the price tags, and the high-grades required reservation.

"Why is there [Grades] in drinks? Can they give me 5 strength or what?"

The waiter's face distorted, not understanding the gaming jargon. Still, he patiently explained, "I see that you're unfamiliar with spirit drinks, so I'll elaborate. Low-grade drinks can enhance and increase qi within your dantian. One bottle of a low-grade soft drink can provide about 10 to 20 strands of qi, which is equal to one low-grade spirit stone. Although it's much cheaper than using a spirit stone to cultivate, the quality of qi is different. You will need a month to digest those qi strands, but you can instantly absorb forces in spirit stones and convert them into yours within less than a day."

"Oh!"

"In short, spirit drinks are cheaper, but it's a less efficient way to cultivate. But for me and for you, my dear customer, it's cost-efficient. How about it? Would you like one?"

The waiter didn't forget to point at the price tag, stressing that it might be too expensive for Miaomiao.

Mao Miaomiao snorted. He picked one gold coin and flashed it in front of the waiter, "Do you think I don't have the money? Do you know how much it is?"

The waiter widened his eyes in shock, "Sir, have you robbed someone recently?"

"Bastard! Do you want me to call your manager!? Go fetch me a bottle of cold beer, or I'll freaking file a complaint to your boss!"

"Y-Yes, sir! Right away, sir!"

The waiter ran back to the kitchen and brought a green bottle of cold beer for Miaomiao. The glass bottle was the same as the modern world, but it leaked strange aura.

As Miaomiao opened the bottle and was about to drink it, he noticed the sneer of the waiter and nearby customers. They were looking at him as if they were looking forward to a show.

Their eyes were similar to those thugs and the brown men of Qing Clan.

'Something's wrong.'

Miaomiao paused. He peered at the waiter with the corner of his eyes, "What?"

"Nothing, sir. Go ahead. Enjoy the beer."

"You didn't mix poison in the beer, do you?"

"Please. Stop with the baseless accusation. I'm just an honest worker here. Poisoning a customer will ruin my career! Why should I do that?" Despite saying that, the waiter still had the smug grin and the laughing eyes.

Miaomiao turned around and glared at the waiter, "What's your cultivation base?"

"Pardon?"

"What's your strength? Muscle tampering?"

"Err, I'm just a 1st stage cultivator like you, sir…"

"What level?"

"Level … err … five, sir."

Miaomiao's face twitched. He didn't know if the waiter lied, or the guy was really stronger than him.

"You drink it."

"Err, pardon, sir?"

"I said, you drink it!"

The waiter hesitated. He dragged his feet a couple steps backward and shook his head, "No, sir. I can't drink that."

"Why not?"

"That's … er. I just can't, sir!"

"Oh? But I insist!"

The waiter's face changed. His gentle expression distorted, "Please don't push your luck, sir! You can't just force me to drink that."

"Then, why is it that you can't drink my beer?"

"That's none of your business, sir," The waiter finally lost his temper.

"Oho?"

Miaomiao stood up and walked toward the waiter, but the latter suddenly drew a short knife and pointed at the former.

"Now, give me all your money, and we'll spare your life… SIR."

Instead of getting intimidated, Miaomiao chuckled.

'Ah, he's really a villain mob. These people usually have impaired intelligence in novels, but they can be extra stupid when they are getting too greedy.'

Miaomiao liked what he saw. Just like when he conversed with Qing Yong and their friends, his eyes curved up while his smiling mouth became crescent. It was an evil smile, "So, you've revealed your true color. What's in the beer, then?"

"I see that you're a newbie in this town. Spirit drinks can only be taken by 2nd stage cultivators or above. A weakling like you will just simply die upon drinking it. Since you're stupid enough to order an overpriced beer, you should be obedient and give us your money, so you won't get robbed by other cruel bastards, sir. Well, I should be calling you a SLAVE instead of SIR, now."

Five meters next to Miaomiao's table, ten cultivators with ragged clothes had been eyeing Miaomiao's gold for a while. They stood up and abandoned their long table to encircle Miaomiao. One of them closed the entrance door and locked it, trapping the transmigrator inside the building. However, there was another cultivator customer who was in the tavern bar as well.

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The chairs and table set in this tavern were no ordinary. The tables are sculpted tree stumps with a smooth surface and a hollowed area for leg space. The chairs were also tree stumps with cushions, but they were smaller and shorter.

Customers could move them around, but they were still heavy for ordinary people. The lightest table in this tavern weighed 80kg while each chair was 30kg on average.

Yet, one man had relocated one set of table and chair to the corner of the tavern, so he could sit by himself. He had been there since morning, before Miaomiao's arrival.

A lone short elderly man with silver hair and braided full beard was enjoying several bottles of middle-grade whiskey. His rough skin, short stature, big hands, and messy body hair looked like a dwarf from a western fantasy novel more than a Chinese cultivator, but he wore white robe uniform of the Mountain Goose Sect.

Luo Cheng, the dwarf elder, glanced at the commotion and scoffed in annoyance.

"A bunch of 2nd stage gangsters bullying a 1st stage rookie. These losers always appear every year. Time to clean up some parasites."

Luo Cheng stood up and pulled his giant smith hammer from his spatial ring, planning to rescue Miaomiao. But when the dwarf saw a glimpse of sinister light within Miaomiao's eyes, he raised his eyebrows in amusement.

The dwarf sat down and picked another whiskey bottle to chug it.

"Hohoho! They've run into a psychopath this time. Go ahead, boy. Show me what you can do. Their heads are yours."

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'A broad daylight robbery in the freaking city. They don't give a crap about laws and order at all, do they?'

Miaomiao sighed. He wasn't worried about the knife, but he worried about the ten men. Fighting an armed man was already difficult, but fighting ten men at once was an impossible task even for an ex-professional MMA fighter like him.

At first, Miaomiao wanted to beat the hell out of the waiter but the situation changed when many men got involved.

Miaomiao grabbed the beer bottle, planning to smash it with the corner of the table to make a sharp-edge melee weapon and fight to the death.

As soon as Miaomiao picked up the beer, the system interrupted him.

[Ding]

[You have obtained a low-grade spirit beer.]

[You can drink this beer and obtain 40 yang qi.]

Miaomiao paused.

'Huh? Won't I be poisoned?'

[You cannot be poisoned by ordinary qi.]

'Hmm. So, what's the use of yang qi?'

[You will need them to cultivate in the future. However, as you are under the grace of the first month protection period, you can exchange your collected yang qi for emergency service.]

[Current service – Two Minutes of Super Perception Boost: 1,000 Yang Qi.]

'Just one service?'

[Please complete more quests to unlock more perks and services.]

The service fee was expensive, but it might be useful against 11 people in the tavern. Miaomiao sighed in regret that he had to spend the newly acquired energy so soon.

'Easy comes, easy goes. Use it, system. Give me the buff!'

[Affirmative!]

[You have spent 1,000 strands of yang qi.]

[You currently have 300 strands of yang qi.]

[Your overall strength and power output has been increased to 2nd stage level 1 for 2 minutes.]

[Tutorial Hint: This skill can be learned if you practice the Demonic Body Strengthening Technique. You can buy this technique manual after you've completed more tutorial quests.]

Miaomiao could sense burning energy circulating throughout his body as if hot water was flowing inside him. Time flow around Miaomiao became slower, and his perception range expanded.

Looking around him, Miaomiao laughed in his mind, 'This feels like I'm a spiderman. Hell, I can even see a fly from far away!'

Exhilarated by the system's buff, he chugged the cold beer.

[You have acquired 20 strands of life qi.]

[Unable to store life qi in the host's dantian. Proceeding to convert life qi into yang qi.]

[You have acquired 40 strands of yang qi.]

As soon as the waiter and the 10 gangsters saw that Miaomiao drank the beer, their jaws dropped in astonishment. A few seconds later, they sneered and laughed.

"Hey, he's committing suicide!"

"Oh, since you can't fight, you decide to kill yourself. How considerate of you!"

The waiter also lowered his knife and waited to see how Miaomiao would die by qi deviation or qi poisoning.

But when the last drop of beer entered Miaomiao's throat, he swung the empty bottle at the waiter's head.

PLANK*

The glass bottle shattered! Miaomiao rotated the broken bottle grip and thrust the sharp edge into the waiter's neck. The broken glass severed the latter's artery

'Nothing personal. If I don't kill you, I'll die.'

Like a cornered dog, he decided to kill for his survival. Yet, he couldn't stop his evil smile.

While Miaomiao's eyes curved up, he glanced at the ten burly men, who were surrounding him by all sides. He marked their current positions in his mind.

Then, Miaomiao pulled the broken bottle from the waiter's neck. Blood gushed out from the severed artery and splashed on his face.

The waiter was still staring at Miaomiao in shock while his body lost strength. He fell on the floor and dropped the short knife.

"BASTARD!"

The ten thugs drew their weapons and charged at Miaomiao!

Miaomiao picked the waiter's knife by the edge and threw it towards one of the thugs.

FWOOSH*

POEK*

The knife got stuck into a thug's left eye, "AAAAHHHH!!"

As soon as Miaomiao finished throwing the knife, he grabbed the stump chair that he had sat with his available hand and lifted it.

Normally, his weak arm and untrained muscle shouldn't be able to lift a 30kg chair with one hand. The system boosted his physical strength burst output, which enabled him to pick it up. Still, Miaomiao could feel the weight.

Miaomiao threw the tree stump toward two thugs, who stood next to each other.

One thug reacted to the flying chair. He leaped to the left and dodged the oncoming tree stump, but the other one failed to avoid it.

The stump slammed on his face, broke his nose, and cracked his skull. He was crushed under the weight of the dried wood and fell on the floor, losing his consciousness.

Two thugs were out of commission. Eight remained.

One of the gangsters was faster than the others. They reached Miaomiao and raised a saber up high, planning to cut the latter into two.

Miaomiao detected the incoming strike from the corner of his eyes. From his perspective, the slash was as slow as a YouTube clip in 0.25x speed.

He took one step backward and rotated his shoulder, moving away from the motion path. The strike missed Miaomiao and landed where he had stood.

Now, the saber thug revealed an opening. He showed his back to Miaomiao.

The broken bottle edge in Miaomiao's hand found its way into the back of the saber thug's neck.

SWUA*

Miaomiao didn't pull out the broken beer bottle this time. Behind him, three thugs with thin swords pincered him.

Three swords went for Miaomiao's chest and neck!

This was the hard part of fighting many people at once. One could get surrounded and attacked by many opponents at the same time.

"Tsk!"

Miaomiao dragged the saber guy and turned around, using him as his shield. Two thin swords stabbed into the injured thug's chest, but the other one missed Miaomiao's face by half a centimeter.

Two more thugs caught up with the other three. They raised their sabers and tried to chop Miaomiao.

Miaomiao snatched the dead thug's saber that he had just used as a shield and threw him to the three swordsmen. He disengaged and kicked the ground, rushing at the two new enemies with sabers.

Before the two sabers could come down and hack him, Miaomiao's shoulder tackled one of the saber users and knocked him off balance. The latter fell on the floor on his butt.

Miaomiao gripped his saber hilt with two hands as if he was holding a baseball bat. He turned away from the tackled man and swung his saber, aiming at his next target's abdomen.

SWUA*

The saber user's belly was sliced open, and his intestines slipped out of his stomach. The guy dropped his saber in panic and tried to shove them back inside.

But Miaomiao was merciless. He turned around and sent a thrust kick toward the saber user's chest.

PEOK*

The opened belly man got kicked away. He failed to recover his innards and fell unconscious from the shock.

Miaomiao's hands were not idle. They swung his saber at the guy who he had just tackled and fell on the floor.

SWUA*

A head was lopped off from the owner's neck, and a fountain of blood splashed on Miaomiao's face and body again.

After killing three saber users, five thugs remained.

Miaomiao turned around and faced the remaining enemies. His back was now clear from danger.

The evil smile and the blood on Miaomiao's face sent chills to the survivors' spines. His eyes always curved upward while his smile distorted into a crescent shape.

Moreover, the sinister dark light in Miaomiao's eyes didn't belong to someone who had never killed a person. It was the face of a lunatic who got addicted to killings and combats.

"Who's next?"

30 Years Ago, Modern World =

In a trial courtroom, a 30-year-old man was standing in a trial box in front of a judge throne. A white hair Asian woman in her mid-50s sat on the top seat, reading the documents before her. Behind the defendant, a family of a deceased victim glared at the man with hatred.

The man's lawyer leaned back to his seat and relaxed. He was confident that his client would never be punished in this case. Yet, he gave the prosecutor, who was glancing at him with a frown, with an apologetic smile.

The judge woman was astonished after she had read the prosecutor's presented document and the details.

"Why did you kill him, Mao Miaomiao?" The judge glanced at the man, the 30-year-old Mao Miaomiao.

Miaomiao was beamed with a bright smile. He feinted innocence.

"It wasn't intentional. People can die in the rings, your honor."

"But this is the 12th fighter that died in the rings with you as their common opponent. Isn't it too strange?"

"Not at all," Miaomiao laughed, "Anything can happen in the ring, your honor."

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Present =

Slicing a few men gave Mao Miaomiao a nostalgic feeling. It felt similar to when he punched his opponents to the chest and made their hearts stop beating. It gave him a similar sense of accomplishment.

The lost sadistic nature of Mao Miaomiao resurfaced after he hadn't had a chance to fight for decades. In the modern world, he was banned from entering official rings.

But in this world, he could kill!

Looking at helpless injured men and dead bodies exhilarated him.

"It's been a while… this adrenaline."

Miaomiao used to get addicted to the adrenaline rush when he was a pro-MMA fighter. Although his logic reminded him that battles in this world were dangerous, his inner-self wanted to go on a rampage and draw more blood from his enemies.

His leaked murderous aura overwhelmed the five remaining thugs.

"I-Isn't he supposed to be a 1st stage noob? H-How can a muscle tampering realm kill 2nd stage fighters!?"

"How should I know!? I'm sure he was just a 1st stage noob a minute ago!"

"Use qi attack! If we don't use it, we'll die here!"

"B-But spending our hard-earned yang qi strands…"

"You can gather them later! If you don't want to die, use them!"

Five 2nd stage warriors drew qi from their dantian and distributed them to their skeleton frames. All of a sudden, these men emitted colorful aura around their bodies.

Miaomiao raised his eyebrows, doubting his eyes.

"I'm not hallucinating, am I, system?"

[No, you're not.]

"Then, can you tell me what they are doing?"

[Your opponents have used a similar enhancement skill that you are using. However, your speed and power are still superior to them.]

[A reminder, the skill effect can only last one more minute.]

"Hmm."

Miaomiao kicked the ground and dashed toward the nearest enemy. It was a tall man who stood at the right edge of the five-man single line formation, 5 meters away from Miaomiao's position.

The tall man hadn't finished circulating his yang qi into his bones and muscle yet. He widened his eyes in panic as he failed to react.

SWUA*

A second after Miaomiao leaped forward, a bloody saber sliced the tall man's chest. The blade cut through his rib cages, lungs, and heart like tofu even though the tall man had reinforced them with his qi.

"Shit!"

The four remaining thugs spread out to surround Miaomiao again. Even with their half-finished buff, their speed got 50% faster.

Miaomiao squinted his eyes as he noticed the sudden increase in their speed. He jumped backward to avoid the encirclement.

Two thugs who failed to get behind Miaomiao lost their patience. They charged at him on the front.

Miaomiao used the same trick. He grabbed two stump chairs and hurled it at the pursuers, but he dashed after one of the chairs.

One of the two chasing thugs dodged the stump by retreating backward.

POEK*

The other thug hacked the stump with his sword to block it. The wood was cut in half, and it didn't hurt him. But Miaomiao's crescent smile and his smug eyes appeared before him. The adrenaline junkie gave the thug a nightmarish smile as a parting gift.

SWUA*

That demonic smiley face became the thug's last imprinted memory as his head was hacked by Miaomiao's saber. The blade lodged into his skull and cut a portion of his brain.

Miaomiao attempted to yank the saber out, but it got stuck in the skull of his victim.

"DIE!!"

Three men slashed their swords at Miaomiao while the latter was busy pulling his saber.

Miaomiao let go of his hands and ran a few steps backward. Their swings missed him.

"Hahahaha!"

Miaomiao turned his back to his enemies and ran to the bar counter, where the tavern had stored many liquors, wines, and various products.

Three angry thugs chased after Miaomiao with their full speed. They didn't care if they had to destroy the tavern to kill this young man.

BOOM*

As the fight was reaching its climax, the sole spectator, Luo Cheng, leaped from his seat and landed between Miaomiao and the surviving three men.

"ENOUGH!!"

The elder glared at the three men. Yet, his right hand seized Miaomiao's collar cloth, stopping the transmigrated psychopath from reaching the bar counter.

Miaomiao was helpless under the grip of this old dwarf. Even though the latter only held his collar cloth, the aura from the Luo Cheng's hand disabled his system buff and his ability to move.

For the first time, Miaomiao encountered a master.

Unbeknownst to Miaomiao, The old man didn't want to prevent the fight or save any life. Instead, he cared for the precious wines, whiskey, and alcohol beverage that were stored behind the bar. If the fight continued any further, the tavern might be destroyed.

"I'VE BEEN DRINKING HERE FOR HOURS, AND YOU, WEI CLANSMEN, ARE BULLYING THE WEAK AGAIN!! AS THE DISCIPLINARY ELDER OF THE MOUNTAIN GOOSE SECT, Y'ALL UNDER ARRESTED!!"

The thugs protested, "But he killed our friends first!"

"THIS BRAT WOULDN'T HAVE KILLED YOUR FRIENDS IF YOUR GOONS HADN'T HAD TRIED TO ROB HIM!! IT'S YOUR FAULT FOR SETTING UP THIS TAVERN TO SCAM RANDOM TRAVELERS!!"

"Screw you! Our clansmen aren't scared of the Xu Clan's bootlicker!"

"FOOL!" As if the Luo Cheng could teleport, he reappeared behind the three thugs.

BAM*

BAM*

BAM*

Sound of the three palm strikes echoed through the tavern after the teleportation as Luo Cheng's attack speed surpassed the speed of sound. He hit the three thugs with a palm to their chests, which destroyed their hearts and spines from the inside.

The gangsters fell on the ground. No more robber could lift a sword in this tavern. However, behind the bar, ordinary workers huddled together and trembled. They didn't want to get in the way of these ruthless cultivators.

Luo Cheng walked to the bar and tossed two spirit stones at the workers, "Here is the compensation for the damage and corpse cleaning fees. Sorry for the trouble."

The dwarf didn't let his hand off Miaomiao. He dragged the lunatic outside of the tavern and tossed him on the street.

"Ouch! What's the big deal!? I'm the victim, you know!?"

Miaomiao wasn't happy that this old dwarf interrupted his fun time. He had always dreamt that he could get himself into an exciting fight that he could kill his opponents without worrying about laws and consequences.

During the time when Miaomiao encountered Qing Yong and his goons, he couldn't hide his sinister thoughts, which reflected through his smiling eyes and the sneers when he conversed with Qing Yong. He wanted to kill them, but he was afraid of eyewitnesses and consequences.

And just a minute ago, Miaomiao wanted to continue killing. There were not many chances that he could let loose.

Unfortunately, the dwarf wasn't as naïve as Qing Yong, Qing Gui, Wei Feng, or Wei Huang. He could see through Mao Miaomiao's character by just observing the latter's facial expression, eyes, and demeanor. Miaomiao's previous action in the tavern reeked the smell of a combat junkie or a sadistic murderer.

Miaomiao couldn't fool this old man this time.

"Ungrateful brat! I've just saved your life! You should be thanking me that I stepped in and killed those goons for you! Don't you know that the Wei Clan can read the dead's memory? They will be able to find your face, and they will hunt you down to the end of the Goose Plane!"

That was a lie. The dwarf didn't care for Miaomiao. He cared for his favorite alcoholic beverage in this tavern. Even if this shop was owned by a rival clan, Luo Cheng wouldn't want these beverages to be discarded or destroyed.

Hearing that the elder's explanation, Miaomiao analyzed this development with his novel knowledge.

'The Wei Clan? So, Wei Huang and Wei Feng bastards are behind this tavern? Oh, I see! Those people are surely on the villain's side. Sure, I don't want to provoke those antagonists. That's the job of a protagonist, not me! Anyway, I need to know who I am dealing with.'

Miaomiao stood up, cupped his fist, and bowed to the elder, "Thank you for saving me. My name is Mao Miaomiao. May I be so bold to ask for your name and your affiliation?"

It was a rude request, but Miaomiao wasn't sure if this old man was a villain, a side character, or a possible protagonist's ally. Since the sect entrance exam was usually a common story plot in novels, Miaomiao thought that a protagonist might be around here in this city and his story might be in progress.

"Luo Cheng, the head disciplinary elder of the Mountain Goose Sect!"

The dwarf cultivator, Luo Cheng, revealed his identity. However, he had another motive for rescuing Miaomiao.

"Brat, since you've partially offended the Wei Clan, you should come working for me as a blacksmith trainee under my sub-department! I can see that you have a lot of potential judging from your body enhancement skill and your combat experience. Even if you're no longer in a prime age to cultivate, at least you can train under me and advance to the 2nd stage or the 3rd stage within a year or two! How about it? Want to work for me?"

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Miaomiao was astonished. He had never dreamt that he would be scouted by a master so soon. But when he thought about the recent actions, Miaomiao figured why Luo Cheng wanted him.

'Was my system cheat that awesome? It said that my strength temporarily jumped to the 2nd stage, so this elder must have believed that a 1st stage cultivator like me has a lot of potentials.'

Miaomiao coughed to hide his pride as a unique existence in this world. He opened his mouth and was about to accept the offer, but he recalled that he didn't have much time left to complete the sex quest.

'Hold on. System, how much time do I have left to complete the tutorial quest?'

[14 Hours, 4 Minutes, and 24 Seconds.]

Almost ten hours had passed since the system had issued the first tutorial quest, but Miaomiao couldn't even find a girl to woo or a sex partner. He was running out of time.

Miaomiao bit his lower lips in regret. Yet, he revealed a bashful smile the next second as he came up with an absurd idea.

"May I ask for your help that I can get laid today before I can accept your offer? I have a unique disease that if I don't get to sleep with a woman once a month, I'll die. I haven't had a girl for 29 days now."

Luo Cheng frowned as he was taken aback. The corner of his eyebrows twitched, disapproving Miaomiao's sexual urge and his rude request. Of course, he didn't believe in such an absurd lie.

"Are you serious?"

"Yes, senior Luo. If I don't get laid before the sunrise, you'll definitely find my corpse in the city."

Luo Cheng rolled his eyes and groaned in his throat. He wanted to smack Miaomiao, so he could beat some sense into this pervert's brain.

But then, he recalled that the Xu Clan's vice patriarch had been assigned to this town and opened a sect branch for the Silver Phoenix Sect, the strongest sect in this Aves Province.

The sect's disciples and elders were all otherworldly beauties as their sect techniques could reduce their age and improve their outward appearance from an abomination of a human being who was no different than a monster into a stunning young maiden that could fall a nation with her beauty alone.

The Silver Phoenix Sect was considered the holy ground for female cultivators. Any man who pursued their disciples or elders usually failed and got themselves killed. As for how they were killed, no one but the Xu clansmen knew.

Luo Cheng grinned as he wanted to teach this pervert a lesson, "I can help you."

Miaomiao's eyes glittered, "Really?"

"Yes. I'm acquainted with a friend in this city. Take my token and head to the eastern district of this city. That area is famous for being the best entertainment district. You can find a luxurious brothel called [Poseidon Spa House]. Show them this token and tell them that I sent you there. They will give you special treatment."

While Luo Cheng was instructing Miaomiao, he touched a jade slip that was hanging inside his robe sleeves. The jade slip was a flat rectangular plate with a smooth surface, which resembled a modern smartphone. Luo Cheng's finger injected his qi into the jade phone, which automatically transferred his text messages to a certain friend, who ran a brothel.

'Let's see if you can survive a night over there. If you pick an outer disciple that's disguising as a prostitute, don't blame me. Blame it on your D,' Luo Cheng chuckled.

Hearing that there were brothels nearby, Miaomiao was delighted. He accepted a wooden token, which had an engraved name [Luo Cheng] on it.

"Thank you very much, senior! I promise, after I've cleared my issues, I'll work for you!"

Luo Cheng waved his hand, "Do your best to surviv-I mean, good luck… Err, I mean, it's alright. I'll pick you up tomorrow."

Miaomiao detected Luo Cheng's suspicious grin. Combined with the latter's words, Miaomiao didn't know if he should trust this elder.

'Something is wrong again. Is he sending me to another trap? I've had enough of a random encounter with idiots. Can I complete my quest in peace for once?'

[Ding]

[Welcome to Golden Heavenly Goose Planet where peace is never an option!]

"…"

Miaomiao sighed and shrugged. He gave up being paranoid as the quest completion took priority. If he couldn't complete it, he would die. If he fell into a trap, he would die, too. Therefore, it was a better choice to die trying. Even if Luo Cheng would send him to another trap, Miaomiao wouldn't mind it since he didn't have many choices left.

Luo Cheng and Mao Miaomiao came to an agreement that the former would pick him up tomorrow at the spa house. Miaomiao bid his farewell and departed to the red light district on the east side of Mountain Goose City.

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Looking at the departing perverted battle junkie, Luo Cheng shook his head.

'He's completely different from Xie Tian. That boy is more honest and pure, but this asshole is a freaking degenerate.'

Luo Cheng pitied that Miaomiao had a terrible personality despite having great talents and potential. The elder wanted to take Miaomiao as his second legacy disciple, but he hesitated if it was a good idea. Luo Cheng was afraid that he might give wings to a savage beast instead of raising an honorable saint.

'I'll leave him in Xu Xiuying's hands. I just hope that he won't die by picking a wrong prostitute.'

Indeed, Luo Cheng sent Mao Miaomiao to the most dangerous brothel in this city, which was the headquarters of the Silver Phoenix Sect's Mountain Goose branch, one of the two great sects in this city.

Many deadly women lurked there, preying on foolish horny men who stumbled on their turf.

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The Mountain Goose City was considered a metropolis city by the local as its size rivaled that of a prefecture-level city in his old world. As the capital city of the Aves Province, five million cultivators and commoners lived here. Many people migrated into this city every day. Also, merchants and cultivators used this place as a trading hub and a gathering place.

Its technology level was the same as the modern world in the 21st century, minus cars, bikes, planes, and air pollution. Street lights, sewer systems, electric poles, and paved roads existed here. Yet, the local population ignored them as if they were there for decades.

Concrete walls stretched over 50km in length, protecting the entire city from invaders. Its 30 meters height and 20 meters in width intimidated random bandits and greedy cultivators away from the city. Mountain Goose Sect always sent their disciples to patrol on these walls to help the local troops keeping the order of the city.

The city citadel located at the forefront of the western wall, which protected the most important zone in the city, the business district. This citadel was the resident of the city castellan, who was an expert with 5th stage strength.

Skyscrapers and tall buildings situated at the west district of this city, the business district. Merchants, traders, and commoners flocked into this area for work. Half of the population concentrated here.

North of the city was where the [Mountain] located, the Mountain Goose Sect located on top of the 3 kilometer-tall natural wonder, and the foot of the mount served as an entrance of the sect. This place would be used in a few months to hold sect entrance examinations.

The south side used to be an entertainment area. However, a certain gang took over and turned them into a slum. The center of the south district was a giant colosseum, which owned by a family of an immortal. Still, even if everyone called it a slum, the town's order was better than the business district as no hoodlums dared to cause trouble there and provoked the hidden immortal.

As for the east district, it was owned by the Silver Phoenix Sect. All businesses and entertainment buildings in this area belonged to one woman, who usually stayed on the top floors of the infamous brothel, Poseidon Spa House.

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Miaomiao followed the path that Luo Cheng had told him. However, it took hours for him to reach the red light district as he was amazed by the town layout and the technologies that these local people had.

Also, he found out the REAL market price for spirit drinks. It cost only 10 silver for a one-liter bottle of a low-grade spirit beer, but the previous tavern in the business district wanted to charge him a hundred.

Of course, Miaomiao didn't pay for the beer and the bar fight damages. He smirked as he bought a pack of six beer cans from a local shop, and it cost him only 30 taels of silver.

'I don't know if food and drinks in this world are so cheap, or these beer aren't that popular here.'

As Miaomiao was walking towards his destination, he visited street food vendors and bought a few sticks of fried deer meat and more spirit drinks to increase his yang qi. He ended up increasing it by another 100 strands just by eating and drinking.

At 9 PM, after 3 hours of walking in this big city, Miaomiao reached the promised land, the land of adults.

It wasn't hard for Miaomiao to find Poseidon Spa House's building. Its size alone rivaled that of a shopping mall or a five-star hotel in the modern world. With 20-story high, a kilometer wide, and unknown space within this humongous hotel-like structure, it stood out from other tall buildings in the red light district.

Miaomiao's legs brought him to the front of the brothel. A pretty receptionist in a short skimpy kimono, which covered half of her bosoms and one-fourth of her thighs, rushed out to greet him. Although this world inherited many Chinese customs, this woman didn't tie her hair into buns or a topknot. Instead, she let her long hair loose, which touched her back.

The receptionist didn't wear makeup as it was unnecessary for her. Her smooth and luster skin emitted a strong aphrodisiac aura that could cure any erectile dysfunction patients and turn them into animals in heat.

"Welcome to Poseidon Spa House. Is this your first time?"

Despite seeing Miaomiao's short hair, she didn't flinch or show any disgust towards him.

"Umm, yes. Senior Luo Cheng recommended me this place. This is his token."

Miaomiao passed the wooden token to the receptionist. His eyesight glued to her white mountains, and his little brother down there already woke up. As ignorant as he was, Miaomiao inhaled the sweet aphrodisiac aura, and his consciousness blurred.

The receptionist grinned and grabbed Miaomiao's hand. She dragged him into the building.

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A few minutes later, when Miaomiao came back to his senses, he found himself sitting on a red single sofa. Looking around, he could see a hotel lobby, a hundred young men sat on similar sofas like Miaomiao while several receptionists dragging men into the lobby and placed them on empty seats.

Most of them seemed to be infected with apathy syndrome. They were in a daze, staring at the ceiling or a wall without moving. However, a few of them waved their hands around. Some of them humped the sofa as if they were their wives.

A dozen women in armors dragged people in two latter groups out of the lobby. Their fates were unknown to Miaomiao.

Still, a few sexy women carried apathetic men to the upper floor. Unlike the mean armored women, they were careful when they took care of these men.

The business was shady, but Miaomiao didn't have time to worry about other's fate at the moment.

'Where is this place?'

Miaomiao recalled that he was talking to a sexy receptionist, but his mind went blank afterward. He couldn't remember what happened before he had come here.

As Miaomiao was looking around, the same receptionist girl who brought him here called for him.

"Sir, are you alright?"

She stood next to Miaomiao and waved her hand in front of his face. The latter looked back at her.

The sweet aphrodisiac aura around the receptionist disappeared, leaving only light perfume scent. But her sexy clothes still stimulated Miaomiao's instinct.

"I-I'm okay," Despite saying that, Miaomiao's eyes were attracted to the receptionist's soft jiggling mountains.

The receptionist smiled, "I'm sorry for putting you into that state. It's to filter out troublemakers from real customers. Many men visit here during this season every year, and lawless ruffians are common. We have to drug every visitor, so they can reveal their true self during the intoxicated period."

She pointed at other customers who were still high on the mysterious drug. Some of them just stared forward in a daze with erected penile, but a few of them waved their arms and legs around while they were sitting.

Miaomiao's face twitched, "What are they doing? Wait… What did you do!?"

"Everyone has entered a daydreaming state. They are having a realistic dream that they have entered our settlement, and they are enjoying our services. All honest customers usually fall into a dazed state, but they always recover after a minute like you. But for troublemakers that planned to cause a scene, they always get stuck in the dazed state for hours. See those rowdy men? They are dreaming that they are fighting someone inside our brothel."

Miaomiao gulped. He got frustrated that they drugged him, and he wanted to scold the receptionist. However, when Miaomiao found several women in battle armors and polearms, staring at him and other customers, he shut his mouth.

The receptionist turned to Miaomiao and bowed, "My name is Ma Xingjuan. I shall guide you to the REAL lobby now."

Ma Xingjuan waved her hand, gesturing Miaomiao to follow her.

Miaomiao still didn't like Ma Xingjuan and how this brothel operated, but he couldn't protest or fight against them since he needed to complete the tutorial quest ASAP.

Obediently, Miaomiao followed her to the upper floor.

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"Core disciple Ma Xingjuan, codename E19, escorting a VIP customer with Luo Cheng's recommendation token, ma'am!"

Like a modern soldier, Ma Xingjuan saluted and reported to her superior officer, who was a beautiful woman in an ancient Chinese lamellar plate armor. This woman guarded the entrance of the third floor, which was the real business area. She received a wooden token from Ma Xingjuan.

"A VIP, you say?"

The superior officer examined Luo Cheng's wooden token. After flipping it twice, she detected the residual qi signature of the dwarf elder.

"You may pass. Bring him to our mistress on the fifteenth floor."

"Thank you, ma'am," Ma Xingjuan turned around and nodded at Miaomiao, "Let's go."

Miaomiao followed Ma Xingjuan further into the brothel upper floors. As he walked behind her on a long corridor of the third floor, he walked past several large glass rooms with red stair seats, lining along the hallway. Over a hundred women in see-through lingerie or bikinis sat inside these rooms, waiting for customers. The prostitutes inside the glass rooms waved and flashed their private parts, trying to seduce Miaomiao.

Miaomiao gulped. Those women's youthful appearance and sexy bodies could drive any man in the modern world insane. Moreover, their and smooth clean skin attracted his eyes.

'Oh wow! That girl is hot. That one, too! That one is my type! Can I call for them?'

Miaomiao's walking pace got slower as he hesitated if he should ask Ma Xingjuan that he could use their service.

"Please be patient, sir. After we've talked to my master, you can use our service later."

"O-Okay."

Miaomiao was dejected, but his mushroom already pitched a tent inside his pants, waiting for action.

Ma Xingjuan glanced at his crotch area and giggled. She pretended that she didn't see anything and led the way to a restricted elevator at the end of the hallway.

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On the Poseidon Spa House fifteenth floor, all stairs and elevators from lower floors ended at this level even though this building had 20 stories. Magic arrays and steel walls partitioned the hallway with the only room on this floor. Also, there was no door, gate, or entrance to get inside this room aside from the stairs that led to the 16th floor.

Within the room, there was no furniture other than a hundred square-meter rectangular pool at the center. The water in the pool released cold air as if they were dried ice, but they were yin qi, which was produced by several yin crystals at the bottom of the pool.

Surrounding the pool, forty young maidens with thick winter clothes sat cross-leg, breathing in the cold qi into their bodies. They were shivering because of the minus 50 degrees Celsius room temperature. Yet, they circulated their qi to maintain their body heat.

A woman with thin white kimono floated above of the yin liquid with her eyes closed. With her pale skin and glittering silver hair, she could be mistaken as a snow woman in many folklores. Her smooth skin and her youthful appearance made her look like to be in her early 20s, but her real age was three digits in number.

The snow woman was the mentor of forty young maidens here, including 60 receptionists that were working on the first floor. She was draining 90% of the yin energy from the pool to herself while she was monitoring her disciples' condition.

"E50, you can't handle any more yin qi for today. Change your dress and change shift with other receptionist on the first floor."

"E27, you're absorbing too fast. Do you want to die? Slow down and circulate yang qi into your lungs."

"E12, your dantian is filled to the brim. Go to your room and digest the qi. You're ready for another breakthrough."

"E1, maintain focus! You're falling asleep again! Stop slacking for once!"

This floor was a common training area for Silver Phoenix Sect's 100 inner disciples. The weakest disciple's cultivation strength was 3rd stage while the strongest was at the pinnacle of the 4th stage. As for the mentor, she was a 6th stage master.

While everyone was cultivating in peace, the magic array on the walls brightened and a portal opened. This portal connected this room with the magic array outside. Thus, the one that activated the portal had permission from the array master, the silver-haired woman, to enter.

Ma Xingjuan stepped out of the portal. She guided a clueless man here to meet her mentor.

As soon as the cold qi touched Mao Miaomiao's skin, he shivered and hugged his chest.

"Ai! So cold!"

Ma Xingjuan also felt the cold. She took out two thick fur coat and put it on.

"Umm, do you have an extra coat?" Miaomiao looked at Ma Xingjuan in envy.

"No. Oh, I can't give you my coat as well. I'm sorry."

Miaomiao wanted to cry. His teeth started to clatter as the absolute-zero temperature slowly froze his blood and body liquid.

The silver hair woman opened her eyes and gazed at the newcomers, "E19, thanks for bringing him here. I'm aware of his arrival. You can return to your duty."

"Understood, master," Ma Xingjuan bowed and turned around, exiting the portal that she had opened.

The blue energy gate closed before Miaomiao could react. Once again, he was trapped.

'Haiz! I knew that this would happen, but I had no choice. I shouldn't have picked this system. I should have gone for the save-and-load or the max level cheat!'

Miaomiao began to regret that he listened to his dick instead of his brain when he chose a cheat skill in the questionnaire. He thought that he had made a mistake.

"Mao Miaomiao," The silver hair woman called his name, "Relax, child. Luo Cheng has informed me about your arrival. I never hurt my guests."

A transparent dome appeared around Miaomiao as if they were a barrier. It blocked the freezing yin qi in the air.

As the air got warmer inside the transparent barrier around Miaomiao, he stopped shaking. Seeing that the master didn't plan to harm him, Miaomiao cupped his fist and bowed, "Thank you elder sister for saving me."

The master grinned while the young disciples giggled. The girls mocked Miaomiao in a hushed voice.

"Ah, what a sheep."

"Right. What a clueless bum."

"A slave is always a slave. What do you expect?"

"Ignorance is bliss."

The master ignored her disciples' ill manner. She stood up and floated above the pool, and the yin qi in the air returned into the pool.

"Today's qi gathering session is over. Those who still value their purity, you should return to your dorm. Anyone who wishes for a dao partner, you can stay."

The disciples' faces turned solemn. The 40 disciples stood up and left the room through the backdoor, which led to the restricted area on the upper floors, their resting quarters.

The master gazed at her leaving disciples and shook her head. She sighed and turned to Mao Miaomiao.

"I heard about your circumstances from that old man. Is your disease real or is it just an excuse to refuse Luo Cheng's offer?"

Miaomiao scratched the back of his head in embarrassment, "It's half-real. I'll really die if I don't have sex before the sunrise."

The silver hair woman snickered, "Oh, really? Then, is there a specific requirement for your desired partner?"

"Nope! Any woman will do, but it would be nice if I could have a beautiful sexy partner."

"Hahaha!" The master laughed as she covered her mouth with one hand.

Miaomiao was relieved that this master was friendlier than he had imagined. Unfortunately, as soon as the woman stopped laughing, she teleported and appeared in front of Miaomiao.

One of the snow woman's hand seized his neck while the other ripped his shirt off and grabbed his bare stomach.

Miaomiao widened his eyes in shock. He didn't feel pain or ecstasy from the touch. Instead, he sensed a wave of cold liquid entering his body through her hands. They spread through his bones, muscle, and blood vessels.

Within two seconds, the snow woman's qi spread through Miaomiao's body.

[DING]

[Warning! Your dantian has been invaded by yin essence!]

[You have insufficient yang qi to buy protection service from the system!]

The system didn't help Miaomiao this time. It simply told him that he was too poor.

Fortunately, the silver-haired woman didn't plan to kill Miaomiao. She was just studying him, being curious why Luo Cheng recommended Miaomiao to her.

"Interesting. Ordinary first stage cultivators have only 10 to 20 strands of life qi, but I've found over a hundred yang qi in your dantian. So, you can gather yang qi directly without converting natural qi into life qi? I know a few similar cultivation techniques… but humans can't cultivate it."

"Ugh!"

The probing lasted for a minute before the woman released her hands.

"About 200? No, you have about 300 strands of yang qi. Not bad for someone at your age. Luo Cheng has indeed found a rare gem. Say, Mao Miaomiao, are you really a human? You're not a demon in disguise, aren't you?"

The snow woman's killing intent soared. The hands that had seized Miaomiao tightened.

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"A-A demon?"

Miaomiao lost his strength but he still struggled to breathe. He didn't understand what the silver hair woman's words.

"What are you? The lost race incubus? An orc? A doppelganger? A slime? A vampire? Or a mimic? A first-stage human cultivator can't possess this much strength."

The woman smiled at Miaomiao, but her freezing aura suppressed Miaomiao's qi. She choked him and raised his body high.

Miaomiao was helpless against her. His legs kicked the snow woman, struggling to remove her hands. Unfortunately, it didn't hurt her.

"I'm a human!"

The woman's friendly smile faded. She put Miaomiao down on the ground and pulled his face up against her, so she could stare into his eyes, "Say it to my face! Are you a human or a demon!?"

"I'M A HUMAN, BITCH! WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU!?"

Miaomiao lost it and yelled. He didn't care anymore if he would provoke this master.

The snow woman's blue eyes gazed into the eyes of Miaomiao in silence for 10 seconds. Her blue eyes changed to yellow for a brief moment, but they reverted back to the old color. Her friendly smile reappeared, "I see that you've told me the truth."

She withdrew her freezing qi from Miaomiao's body and helped him up. She patted his pants and introduced herself, "My name is Xu Xiuying. I'm the brothel mama and the vice master of Silver Phoenix Sect. I'm so sorry that I've offended you, junior Mao. Please forgive this old lady, okay?"

"Huh?" Miaomiao frowned and raised his eyebrows in doubt. He couldn't understand this woman, "Okay? Nice to meet you?"

"I see that you're confused. Let's do it this way. You can request services from any girl in this brothel except my disciples. You don't have to pay a dime for their services 'cause it's on the house. Let's take it as an apologift, okay?"

"Apologift, wha-?" Miaomiao still didn't believe her, "I don't believe in free goods. You almost killed me just now. What's your goal?"

Xu Xiuying squinted her eyes in annoyance, but she resumed her business smile, "It's a sample of our products. We'll let you have a test run if our brothel is worthy of your time and money, so you can come back and buy our girls in the future."

"…"

Xu Xiuying's words made sense, but Miaomiao didn't trust her anymore. Everyone in this world fought for their interests, greed, and desire, even if they had to kill.

'If it wasn't because of the urgent quest, I wouldn't have had come here in the first place! I'll play along with this woman one more time, and I'm out of this city! I'd rather live in a rural village and get an ugly girlfriend to dual-cultivate than living here and getting myself killed by these people!'

Miaomiao gritted his teeth, but he nodded, "That offer… I'll take it."

Xu Xiuying smiled and pulled out a catalog of her employee portraits from her spatial ring. She gave it to Miaomiao, "Pick one."

Miaomiao took the album and viewed it.

Then…

[Ding]

[Your tutorial quest has been updated.]

[Choose the worker number S053 and consummate with her.]

'Hmm?'

Miaomiao squinted his eyes and glanced at the system message. Then, he flipped through the album to find the worker number S053.

'System, why do you want me to pick this girl?'

[The targeted woman has a unique constitution and has great talents for cultivating yin qi. Consummating with this woman will awaken her hidden potential. In the future, she can be a great asset to improve the host's cultivation base.]

[Please complete the quest as instructed.]

[Quest Rewards: Unlock Yang Qi Auto-Gathering, Unlock basic system features, 1,000 strands of yang qi.]

[Failure Penalty: Death]

The rewards changed, but the quest content became more specific. Miaomiao couldn't complete it by having sex with any random woman anymore.

Miaomiao frowned and inspected the girl in question. The prostitute was in the "Slave" category. She was a pretty young girl who could easily become a Korean idol. Her eyes and eyebrows slanted up like a phoenix, but her small mouth looked delicate and smooth. Just by looking at her photo, Miaomiao had an urge of kissing her lips.

However, unlike other girls Miaomiao had met in the brothel, this girl had short black hair that only reached her neck.

'A slave? The system wants me to mate with a slave?'

His mouth curved down, doubting the system quest and its purpose. He didn't want to go through with it, but the death threat couldn't be ignored.

'Fine. I'll complete the quest as instructed.'

Miaomiao sighed and showed Xu Xiuying this girl's picture, "I want this girl."

"A slave? You have a unique taste. Of course, I'll send you to her right away! For one night, you can do anything to her!"

Xu Xiuying laughed and snapped her fingers. A sci-fi-like portal opened below Miaomiao's feet. He fell into the warp hole.

"Have fun."

…

POOF* *POEK*

Miaomiao's butt landed on a small bed in an unknown bedroom. Because of the spring bed, it bounced and sent Miaomiao to the floor next to the bed.

"OUCH! GODDAMMIT, BITCH!!"

Xu Xiuying's portal closed, but Miaomiao could see that the gate connected to the ceiling of this room. He stood up and looked around to check where he was.

"Umm, sir?"

Miaomiao paused when his eyes met with a pretty girl.

It was the girl in the catalog, the slave with serial number S053. She wore short kimono, the same outfit as Ma Xingjuan, but the clothes were too small for her chest and her hips. The thin pieces of clothes couldn't even cover her private parts and her panties.

On her forehead, a glowing red tattoo, DEBT SLAVE S053, could be seen, which degraded her natural beauty and her pretty face. The small pink lips parted, revealing her clean white teeth and her tongue.

The girl was in shock when Miaomiao suddenly fell from a ceiling warp gate. She stuttered and trembled like a scaredy mouse.

Miaomiao and S053 looked at each other in silence. Both were awkward, and they didn't know what to say to break the ice.

"S-Sir, are you alright?" S053 mustered her courage and spoke first.

Miaomiao came back to his senses and coughed, "I'm fine. Say, where is this place?"

"This is room 5053. It's my room, sir."

"Huh? Err."

While Miaomiao didn't know what to say to this pretty sexy slave to explain the situation, Xu Xiuying's voice rang in their ears.

[S053, this man is your first customer! Serve him for a night, and I'll decrease your debt by 20 spirit stones.]

S053 widened her eyes and dropped her jaw. Her eyes revealed joy and sadness at the same time.

"R-Really?"

[This person is my guest, so that's your pay.]

S053 bit her lower lip. She glanced at Miaomiao. Then, she looked away, "But, it's my first time…"

[Normally, that only elite workers can enjoy that kind of commission. You have two choices. One you can keep your virginity and continue working as a maid for another 10 years before you can free yourself from the debt. Or two, you sacrifice that useless pride, then you can be freed instantly. Your current debt is only 20 spirit stones.]

"…"

[You won't get this opportunity again. Think carefully. Spend another 10 years paying off your debt as a maid or have a one-night stand to pay off what your parents owe me.]

Listening to the conversation between S053 and Xu Xiuying, Miaomiao felt bad for this slave girl. He wanted to say something, but it got stuck in his throat.

'So, her parents must have sold her to that woman. Twenty spirit stones are 20,000 freaking gold coins! Wait, that's 20 million taels of silver! What a harsh debt.'

S053 was on the verge of crying. Miaomiao didn't know what she was thinking or worrying, but it pained him.

Because of the suffocating development and a girl's sad face, Miaomiao embraced S053 and patted her back.

"I'll take responsibility. You can be my wife. You don't have to sell yourself to other men to make money!"

"Eh?"

S053's face reddened as she was shocked and flustered because of Miaomiao's sudden proposal. Even Xu Xiuying who was monitoring them from the fifteenth floor was surprised.

[Ahem! Junior Mao, do you have any idea what you're doing?]

"I don't, but I want this girl as my wife. So what?"

Miaomiao he didn't even know S053's real name. Yet, his remaining bits of his gentleman's side wanted to save this girl from her dilemma. Also, Miaomiao had to consummate with S053 eventually, so he wanted to take responsibility.

[I don't think you don't know what you're doing. Well, back to the main topic. S053, what are you going to do? Are you going to serve him, or are you going to take it slow?]

S053 looked at Miaomiao's face in hesitation. After a few seconds of reconsideration, she smiled at him, "I will serve him."

[Good! Have fun, you two! I won't interfere with your lovey-dovey Snoo-Snoo anymore.]

Xu Xiuying's voice faded. S053 and Miaomiao were left alone, hugging each other.

"Erm," the red face girl extended her arms and hugged Miaomiao, "I'm inexperienced, so please be gentle."

Miaomiao sighed. He stroked her hair, "What's your name?"

"Jiang Lan, sir."

Miaomiao pulled his body and head back to look at Jiang Lan's face up close, "I promise. I'll make you the happiest woman on earth!"

Miaomiao princess-carried Jiang Lan to the small bed. He stripped her clothes before he kissed Jiang Lan's belly.

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"Mmm!"

As Jiang Lan had never been touched by a man, her body jerked upon a slight simulation. Miaomiao kept kissing her belly. Then, he moved to her critical part.

Miaomiao's tongue found its way to the golden triangle. He licked the surface and gently opened the sodium cave.

Jiang Lan's lower body spasmed. She squeezed the bed sheet and shook her head, didn't know what to do in this situation.

RERO* *RERO* *RERO*

Mimicking Kakyoin, Miaomiao's tongue flickered and twisted inside the cave, licking the entrance and the ceiling area.

Jiang Lan stopped shaking her head. Her eyes stared at the room ceiling in a daze as she gasped for air. In reflex, her hands pressed Miaomiao's head, not wanting him to stop.

CHU*

Miaomiao switched rhythm and kissed a pink button above the cave. He licked it as if it was ice-cream.

"AH!!"

Then, the tongue dove back into the cave. He licked the ceiling without stopping.

RERO* *RERO* *RERO*

"!!"

Then, he went back for the little button.

MLEM* *MLEM* *MLEM*

"!!!!"

Then, he went back into the cave.

RERO* *RERO* *MLEM* *MLEM*

"!!!!!!!"

After a minute of salt-mining and button sucking, Jiang Lan squirted. Yellow liquid poured on Miaomiao's face as Jiang Lan couldn't hold it.

Although Miaomiao's face was soaked with Jiang Lan's urine, he wasn't mad. Instead, he was glad that he still had it.

"I-I'm s-sorry. I couldn't hold," while panting, Jiang Lan got scared that she might have offended Miaomiao.

"It's fine. I'mma go clean my face," Miaomiao laughed and turned around. He walked toward a bathroom.

Upon getting inside, he found a 5-star hotel-like Jacuzzi tub and a box shower. Soap and shampoo were also there, which was convenient for him. Without hesitation, he grabbed a bar of soap and started washing his face.

Finished washing his face, he gazed at the Jacuzzi bathtub, water soap, and an aroma lotion bottle in this room. He fantasized doing it with Jiang Lan here, but she was still too new to play in a tub right now.

But then, he spotted the lotion label. It had a big imprinted word, "Aphrodisiac Lotion."

'Hehehe!'

Miaomiao had an idea. He walked back to the bedroom with the lotion.

"Umm, sir?"

Jiang Lan's legs were still wobbling as she was super sensitive after the big O. She couldn't control her belly as it continuously spasmed.

Miaomiao stripped his clothes. He rubbed the lotion on Jiang Lan's chest, arms, and groin, massaging every part of her soft body.

"Umm!"

Jiang Lan bit her lower lips. The sweet scent of the lotion soothed her, but it increased her sensitivity even more.

Getting rubbed everywhere, Jiang Lan calmed down and relaxed her body. Everything began to feel pleasurable.

While enjoying Miaomiao's massage, something entered her body from below in one thrust.

PA*

"!!!!"

It didn't hurt, but it was a new sensation. The electric sensation spread from her stomach to her toes and her brain. Her feet went numb, but she could feel her body heat running down her legs.

Miaomiao lowered his face and kissed her lips. He whispered, "I'll be gentle."

But in his mind, he had another thought.

'Itadakimasu!'

PA* *PA* *PA*

"!!!!!"

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.

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SPURT*

10 Minutes later, Miaomiao stopped moving his hips. He embraced Jiang Lan, who was lying on the bed below him and panting. The deed was done.

[Ding]

[Congratulations! You have completed Tutorial Quest 1!]

[Congratulations! You are not a virgin!]

[Ding]

[You have learned a passive skill, Yang Qi Auto-Gathering.]

[You have unlocked System Shop.]

[You can now store life qi in your dantian.]

[You can now store yin qi in your dantian.]

[You can now store yang essence in your dantian.]

[You have obtained 1,000 strands of yang qi.]

[Ding]

[You have dual-cultivated with Jiang Lan.]

[You have obtained 20 strands of yin qi.]

[You have shared 20 strands of yang qi to Jiang Lan.]

[You and Jiang Lan have condensed two drops of essence.]

[You have obtained one drop of yang essence.]

[Jiang Lan has obtained one drop of yin essence.]

[Ding]

[You can dual-cultivate with Jiang Lan two more times today.]

Series of messages flooded Miaomiao's system message panels. He lost track of his progress and got confused by the new info.

Since Miaomiao couldn't understand anything, he only paid attention to the last message – The two more times.

"… Ha…Ha..."

Jiang Lan panted in exhaustion. She came harder than the last time. For the first time, she felt like a real woman.

The couple cuddled, looking at each other in the eyes.

As they were enjoying the other's warmth, Jiang Lan could feel a powerful drop of essence in her belly. It went on a rampage and was about to freeze her from the inside out.

"AAAAHHHH!!"

Jiang Lan screamed. She held her belly and pressed it while she squirmed in pain.

Miaomiao got panicked, "What's wrong!?"

He placed his hand onto Jiang Lan's belly by an accident, but he could sense the freezing cold skin, which originated from something inside her.

'System, isn't this the yin essence that you've given her? help her!'

[Ding]

[There is no need to help. Jiang Lan will recover within a few seconds.]

'What?'

Miaomiao was helpless as he didn't know what hit Jiang Lan or what the system had done to her. He could only watch her panting and crawling.

But the torture only lasted a few seconds. The hot liquid inside her disintegrated into particles and spread through her body, pacifying the rampaging yin essence.

Then, something exploded inside her. Her muscle and bones began sharing qi. Her bone marrow evolved and they began producing qi into the bloodstream.

Jiang Lan stopped squirming and buried her face in her pillow. The rampaging cold qi inside her was gone.

Then, Jiang Lan flipped her body. She sat up straight and gazed at Miaomiao.

"What's wrong?" Miaomiao was worried and confused.

While panting, Jiang Lan smiled, "I broke through."

"What?"

"I've just advanced to the 2nd stage! I'm at the bone refining realm!"

Jiang Lan hugged Miaomiao in joy, believing that Miaomiao contributed to the advancement. Her cultivation base had gotten stuck at level 10 of the 1st stage for a year. But after having sex with Miaomiao, she broke through the bottleneck.

"Thank you! Thank you so much!"

Miaomiao was still clueless about what he did. He just wanted to complete the quest and save his own skin. Still, his novel experience gave him clues.

'Dual-cultivation, eh? So, I must have helped her because of that wild sex. But was it that simple? We can just Chika-Pow-Pow, and we get stronger? System, can you enlighten me?'

[Ding]

[Your passive skill, Dual Cultivation, can gather yin and yang energy from the surroundings when a man and a woman have united. When you inseminate your partner, the energy will be taken by you and your partner. Yin essence will enter your partner's dantian while yang essence will be taken by you.]

[Your partner has a unique constitution that is highly compatible with yin qi and yin essence. By acquiring such energy, Jiang Lan has awakened her potential as a yin cultivator even though she has lost her virginity. If you copulate with her 99 more times, something good will happen to both of you.]

[Also, for the sake of celebrating your first sex, the system will not issue a new quest to you until tomorrow.]

[Have fun!]

The system became more talkative after Miaomiao completed the first tutorial quest.

Miaomiao was happy with the current system information and cooperation. At least, he could rely on it when he needed information and common knowledge of this world.

Checking the skipped information, Miaomiao reopened the system panel and read the past messages. However, Jiang Lan interrupted him with a kiss. Of course, she couldn't see the system menu.

"Let's do it again."

Jiang Lan was in heat after two big climaxes. She pushed Miaomiao on the bed and rode him like a horse.

PA* *PA* *PA*

The wild night continued.

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On the fifteenth floor, the dwarf, Luo Cheng, stood before Xu Xiuying. Despite being a 6th stage master, he maintained his bow posture to the snow woman.

Xu Xiuying was watching a projected image from the room S053. What Miaomiao and Jiang Lan did could be seen on the projector screen. However, they couldn't hear their voice unless Xu Xiuying eavesdropped them with her secret technique.

"That boy is as strange. He can use yang qi despite being a 1st stage cultivator. What kind of secret have you noticed, elder Luo?"

Luo Cheng shook his head, "I've used my eye technique, but I can only see his hidden savage side. All I know is that he's a battle addict, and he isn't afraid of killing. As for the mysterious yang qi and his dantian, I only saw him using a body enhancement technique. I didn't detect demonic qi, a treasure, an inheritance, or anything else."

"You have one of our Xu Clan's [Eyes, but you didn't detect anything?"

Luo Cheng's glowing brown pupils rotated clockwise as if he were a robot. This dwarf's eyes were artifacts that allowed him to see anything relates to demonic blood or treasures. These eyes had been bestowed to him by Xu Xiuying many years ago as a gift of his allegiance to the Xu Clan.

"No. This old man has failed you."

Xu Xiuying clicked her tongue. She ignored the old dwarf and focused on watching live amateur porn.

Then, Xu Xiuying and Luo Cheng saw something unbelievable. Jiang Lan squirmed in pain after sex. However, she suddenly got better and hugged Miaomiao.

Xu Xiuying was confused about what had happened. She used her [Ear] technique to eavesdrop the conversation. Their voice became audible on the fifteenth floor.

[What's wrong?]

[I broke through…]

[What?]

[I've just advanced to the 2nd stage!]

As soon as Xu Xiuying and Luo Cheng heard that Jiang Lan had broken through her bottleneck, they looked at each other.

"Mistress, did you teach her THAT technique?"

Xu Xiuying squinted her eyebrows as she was also confused, "No. She isn't even my sect's outer disciple. She's just an ordinary debt slave that I've randomly collected, but no one has taught her my sect's cultivation technique yet."

The version of Jiang Lan's story differed from what Miaomiao had interpreted. In reality, Jiang Lan's parents borrowed 5 spirit stones from Xu Xiuying, so the latter could use them to become a cultivator. However, Jiang Lan failed to enter a sect or got a stable income job as she couldn't advance to the 2nd stage using the spirit stones. In the end, Jiang Lan's parents sold her to Xu Xiuying's brothel.

Jiang Lan's debt increased as she borrowed more spirit stones from Xu Xiuying to increase her cultivation base. Unbeknownst to her, 1st stage cultivators without a proper cultivation technique couldn't efficiently absorb energy from spirit stones since they contained high impurity. For over a year, she couldn't break through her bottleneck, and she got stuck here, working to pay off her debt.

Luo Cheng was confused, "So, she doesn't know anything about a dual cultivation technique. Then, is this a fluke?"

"I guess that she could have broken through long ago, but she lacked an insight. That boy might have inspired her something."

"During sex?"

"… Maybe."

Xu Xiuying and Luo Cheng were skeptical about this breakthrough. They didn't believe that Miaomiao had helped Jiang Lan, but there was no other explanation.

Then, they recalled Miaomiao's absurd excuse that he needed to have sex.

"Mistress, I just remember something. Mao Miaomiao said that he had a unique disease that he needs sex once a month, but I think it's a load of bullcrap. He must have a secret technique that relates to sex or something."

"Ah," a smile appeared on Xu Xiuying's face. As a vice sect master who had experienced the world and understood many types of yin-yang techniques, she understood everything, "That's possible. I'll summon them tomorrow and scan their bodies again."

Xu Xiuying laughed in her mind.

'Mao Miaomiao. I see that you can use a dual-cultivation technique. There's no other explanation why you have so many strands of yang qi with your current cultivation base. What a coincidence. My sect is also specialized in that field.'

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The next day, 8 AM. =

"Ow, ow, ow"

Miaomiao stretched and took a deep breath. His balls were empty, but he felt light and refreshed. Still, the delayed onset muscle soreness, was in effect. His body ached everywhere as he overexerted himself during sex.

Changing the mood, Miaomiao opened a glass balcony door and walked outside the room, taking a sunbath, naked.

"Mmm, Sex System is the best."

Miaomiao placed his hands on his hips while his morning wood stood erected as he stretched. When his eyes adjusted to the sunlight, he found himself standing on a third-floor balcony of Poseidon Spa House, but he was being watched by several women on the opposite buildings, who were also resting on their room's balconies.

They were the prostitutes who lived in nearby brothels. These sexy women whistled and flashed their nipples, tempting Miaomiao to come to their side.

"Hey, sexy slave boy. Wanna play with this big sister?"

"I see that you're still energetic in the morning. Why don't you let this big sister help you? You don't have to pay."

Miaomiao's face twitched. He returned to his room and closed the curtain.

"Haiz, I forgot that this district is a den of thots."

He shook his head and sat on the bed, where Jiang Lan was still sleeping in.

Jiang Lan's expression was peaceful. She had a faint smile as she mumbled in her sleep.

"One… more… time."

Miaomiao sweated as he knew what she referred to. The system said Jiang Lan could dual-cultivate 2 more times yesterday, and he completed the deed. But when the clock ticked midnight, it said…

[You can dual-cultivate with Jiang Lan 3 more times today!]

There was a refresh or a reset feature. Miaomiao ended up firing six rounds within one night, which emptied his balls. Still, it felt good when his partner desired him.

Also, Miaomiao could now check his status.

[Basic Information]

Name: Mao Miaomiao

Cultivation Rank: 1st Stage Level 4

[Skills]

Dual Cultivation (Passive)

Yang Qi Auto-Gathering (Passive)

[Qi Gathering Rate (Per Day)]

Yang Qi: 100

[Stored Qi]

Yang Qi: 400

Yin Qi: 120

[Stored Essence]

Yang Essence: 6

[Current Partner and Progression]

Jiang Lan (6%)

[Nemesis]

None

Although Miaomiao couldn't see his attributes, this status menu tracked his progress, which was system skills, qi, and essence.

The Dual Cultivation (Passive) skill was Miaomiao's current ability to exchange his yang qi with his partner's yin qi. As for what yin qi could be used for, the system hadn't explained to him yet.

The Yang Qi Auto-Gathering (Passive) skill enabled the system to gather yang qi from sunlight and other sources automatically every day. Every midnight, the system would give yang qi to Miaomiao's dantian at a fixed rate of 100 strands.

The [Stored Qi] and the [Stored Essence] showed Miaomiao how much energy he had in his dantian without having to count it himself.

As for the partner section and nemesis section, Miaomiao still had no clue what they were for. He could understand that Jiang Lan was his dual cultivation partner, but he didn't understand the percentage behind her name.

And most importantly, Miaomiao's cultivation base increased by one level after the wild sessions with Jiang Lan. It was unknown if he got stronger because of sex or his body evolved naturally after the bar fight.

'Hehehe! Eat, sleep, sex! I don't care about you, my dear protagonist. I only care about my D and my new wife's V. It's an easy life!'

Miaomiao was so happy that he leaned over to Jiang Lan and kissed her cheek. He whispered, "I love you, Lan'er."

"Mmm."

Jiang Lan groaned in frustration as her beauty sleep was interrupted, but her consciousness journeyed back to Narnia, continuing her dream.

Miaomiao giggled, finding Jiang Lan cute.

Just as Miaomiao thought that his life would improve, the system issued him a new quest.

[Ding]

[You have a new quest.]

It promised that it wouldn't interrupt Miaomiao yesterday. The system fulfilled its promised and issued the next tutorial quest at long last.

[Tutorial Quest 2: Buy an item in the system shop within 2 minutes.]

[Completion Rewards: Unlock System Inventory feature.]

[Failure Penalty: Death.]

Once again, the system issued an urgent quest, but this one looked easy.

'System, can you cut that time limit out? This quest is too easy to be timed!'

[Time limit is there to train your mentality when you are put under pressure. Please complete all quests within the time limit.]

Miaomiao shrugged. He opened the system shop menu for the first time to check the goodies.

[Pills]

Basic Healing Pill (10): 1 Yang Essence

Basic Spirit Pill (10): 1 Yang Essence

Basic Refreshment Pill (10): 1 Yang Essence

[Manuals]

Orc King Sutras: 100 Yang Essence

Demonic Body Strengthening Technique: 100 Yang Essence

[Permanent Skill]

Aphrodisiac Immunity: 1,000 Yang Essence

Noticeably, everything required yang essence. Not many items were sold in the shop, but it contained vital pills and interesting manuals. Unfortunately, it was too expensive for Miaomiao. He could only buy pills at the moment.

Miaomiao examined the details of the three types of pills. The healing pill was self-explanatory as it could be used to heal internal wounds and restore stamina. The spirit pill could increase one's life qi, which was an energy that he didn't need just yet. And the last item, the refreshment pill, it could enhance Miaomiao's mental strength and heal mental fatigue.

Miaomiao didn't think much. He pressed the icon of healing pills.

[Do you want to buy 10 healing pills with 1 yang essence?]

"Yes."

WHOOSH*

A red glass bottle with ten red pills manifested before Miaomiao. At the same time, a drop of yang essence disappeared from his dantian.

[Ding]

[Congratulations! You have completed Tutorial Quest 2!]

[You have unlocked System Inventory.]

The quest was so simple that Miaomiao didn't know if the system was supposed to be this way from the very beginning. Because he was tricked left and right yesterday, Miaomiao didn't know if he should depend on his system cheat.

[Ding]

[You have received a new quest.]

[Tutorial Quest 3: Store the items that you have bought from the system into System Inventory within 2 minutes.]

[Quest Reward: Unlock Isolation Training feature.]

[Failure Penalty: Death.]

Again, the system gave Miaomiao a simple quest.

Miaomiao shrugged and operated his system menu. Now, a new tab appeared. It was his system inventory.

Unfortunately, the system inventory could only hold ten items. In the menu, ten blank boxes lined up in two rows.

Miaomiao shoved the newly acquired pill bottle to the semi-transparent menu to test it.

WHOOM*

The pill bottle entered the screen, occupying one of the ten boxes. A small number at the icon's right bottom corner, [10, indicated the item quantity that Miaomiao had.

[Ding]

[Congratulations! You have completed Tutorial Quest 3!]

[You have unlocked Isolation Training.]

Miaomiao snorted. He stood and glared at his message panel, waiting for a new quest from this slave-driving system.

[Ding]

[You have received a new quest.]

[Tutorial Quest 4: Use Isolation Training feature and upgrade your cultivation to 1st stage level 10.]

[Time Limit: 30 Days.]

[Quest Reward: Unlock more items in System Shop.]

[Failure Penalty: Death.]

[Quest Hint: Buy a manual from System Shop and upgrade Isolation Training System to boost your progress.]

Now, the tutorial quest got harder. Although the time limit was longer, the task seemed difficult.

'Level 10? I'm currently at level 4. I don't have EXP status to measure my progress. How hard is it to reach the next level?'

As Miaomiao worried about his future, he read the description of the new feature, Isolation Training.

[Isolation Training]

Conversion Ratio (Real World Hour/Isolation Space Hour): 1:1

Upgrade Cost: 100 Yang Essence

Next Conversion Ratio (Real World Hour/Isolation Space Hour): 1:2

Whenever you've fallen asleep, your consciousness will be sent to System's isolated space for special training sessions that you can design for yourself.

Inside this space, you can choose to fight against illusions of fighters that you had once encountered in the past, or you can spend your time practicing various arts that you haven't mastered.

The Conversion Ratio is the time in the real world and the time you can spend in space. Currently, one hour in the isolation space is one hour in real life. You can upgrade the conversion rate by spending yang essence.

'A hundred yang essence… I gained one essence from one round of sex. Does that mean I have to dual cultivate 100 times to farm those upgrade essence!? Horry sheet!'

Miaomiao's face paled. Even though he didn't hate sex, but having sex 100 times was a lot of work. Moreover, the system limited the time that he could dual-cultivate daily.

In Jiang Lan's case, the system only allowed Miaomiao to ejaculate inside her 3 times a day. After a rough calculation, he could only farm 90 essences a month, which wasn't even enough to buy a manual to help his progress.

The future looked grim. Miaomiao was at a lost, staring at the message panel in a daze.

KNOCK* *KNOCK*

Miaomiao snapped back to his senses when he heard the door knocks. He put on his pants and walked to the door.

"Who is it?"

When Miaomiao opened the door, Ma Xingjuan was standing in front of the room.

"Did you have fun last night?"

"Oh, it's you. What's up?"

"Master has summoned you and S053," Ma Xingjuan's nose twitched as she smelled something foul, "but you two can take your time. Take a bath first. You stink!"

"…"

"Oh, don't forget to brush your teeth. I can smell "IT" from your mouth."

"…"

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At noon, Jiang Lan and Miaomiao followed Ma Xingjuan to the fifteenth floor. As usual, Ma Xingjuan opened the magic array and led this couple inside.

At the center of the pool, Xu Xiuying was floating on top of the yin liquid. Nearby, Luo Cheng was also there, standing and erecting a yellow barrier around himself to maintain his body temperature.

The room was freezing cold. However, Miaomiao came prepared. He took two fur coats from Jiang Lan's room and wore it. Still, the room temperature was no different than torture.

Xu Xiuying gazed at Jiang Lan. She activated her eye technique and scanned through the latter's dantian.

"2nd stage level 5!?"

Xu Xiuying was astonished by the rapid increase of Jiang Lan's strength. Yesterday, she thought that this slave was only level 1 of the 2nd stage.

Again, Xu Xiuying teleported and appeared before Miaomiao. She glared into his eyes.

"What did you do to her?"

Miaomiao didn't avert his eyes. He glared back and smirked, "I fOOked her all night. What else?"

"Oh? That's all?"

"That's all."

Xu Xiuying's pupil changed colors. Black pupils changed to yellow. From yellow, they changed to red. Nobody knew how many techniques Xu Xiuying had used to scan through Miaomiao's body by staring into his eyes.

"Hmm. Interesting…"

Xu Xiuying grinned. She turned toward Luo Cheng, "Do you mind if I steal your disciple candidate? I want this boy."

Luo Cheng gazed at Miaomiao and revealed a bitter smile. He sighed, "You can have him, mistress."

"Hahaha! Very well, then. Mao Miaomiao," the snow woman revealed a broad smile, but Miaomiao had a hunch that she was scheming something dangerous.

"Mao Miaomiao. Are you interested in joining Silver Phoenix Sect?"

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"Silver Phoenix Sect?"

Xu Xiuying giggled, "Yes. It's an all-female sect, but I'll make an exception for you. However, you will have to start from the bottom as an outer disciple. How about it? Want to join us?"

Miaomiao couldn't believe his ears. Joining a sect would benefit him since he didn't have a good backing at the moment, but he doubted Xu Xiuying's motive. This invitation was unusual.

"What's the catch? I know that you won't accept a male disciple into an all-female sect without a reason."

"Well, I'll be honest," Xu Xiuying gave Jian Lan a meaningful look, "I'm experimenting something. I want to make my sect a unisex one, but I don't know if my girls will be able to adapt to men or not since they grew up with only female friends. For now, I want to use you as a test subject."

That was a lie. Xu Xiuying wanted to experiment if Miaomiao could boost his sex partner's strength. Because of the sudden increase of Jiang Lan's cultivation base overnight, Xu Xiuying assumed that Miaomiao might have done something to her yesterday.

The snow woman's eyes changed colors for a brief moment as she scanned through Jiang Lan's dantian. She squinted her eyes, but her mouth curved up into a smile.

Jiang Lan sensed a chill running down her spine. She flinched, and her shoulders drooped, fearing that she might be punished.

Miaomiao noticed Xu Xiuying's eyesight, so he stepped in front of Jiang Lan to shield her.

"What can I get, and what do I have to do as this sect's outer disciple? Can I learn martial arts from you or other elders? Can I obtain a technique that I can learn? Where do I rest?"

Miaomiao shot random questions at Xu Xiuying to divert her attention. He didn't want this snow woman to discover several drops of yin essence that he gave to Jiang Lan.

"Hmm, you're a greedy one. Don't worry about the benefits. For a starter, my sect will provide you 100 spirit stones each month."

Upon hearing that Xu Xiuying promised to give Miaomiao a wage of 100 spirit stones a month, Jiang Lan and Luo Cheng widened their eyes in shock.

Normally, an outer disciple from Mountain Goose Sect or Silver Phoenix Sect could only earn one spirit stone a month. Inner disciples could get 10 to 20 spirit stones, and only core disciples could enjoy the privilege of 100SS wage.

This special treatment came out of nowhere, which baffled them.

Xu Xiuying continued, "You can attend a weekly class with other outer disciples, and you can pick one of our cultivation techniques from our outer sect's library. As for the meals and your resting quarter, it will be provided for you for free. Any other question?"

Those were common treatments that outer disciples had in Silver Phoenix Sect. Luo Cheng and Jiang Lan didn't detect any more unusual perk.

"Then, what kind of assignments are you going to impose on me as your outer disciple? I don't believe in free meals."

Miaomiao was sharp. He didn't believe that Xu Xiuying would recruit him because of the unisex issues. On the other hand, she might have plotted something again.

Xu Xiuying smirked. She wanted to continue lying, but she decided to probe Miaomiao with the truth.

"Yes. Your tasks are simple. I will use you as a reliever for our workers and my outer disciples. Some of them practice yin arts, and they need yang qi to stabilize their dantians. I want you to have sex with them whenever they call for you."

In other words, Xu Xiuying wanted to enlist Miaomiao as a toy for her outer disciples and brothel workers.

"So, you want me to be a man whore."

"Exactly."

"Can I refuse?"

"Do you know how many men are willing to die to get this job? If you decline my offer, this opportunity won't come again."

"…"

Miaomiao and Xu Xiuying had a staring contest, glaring into each other's eyes. But in the end, Miaomiao averted his eyes and gritted his teeth.

'I need to complete more quest, and I need yang essence that I can only get from sex. This deal can help me, but it won't be good for my future in the long run. I'll get stuck here and being used by these women for the rest of my life at this rate. But if I turn her down, can I complete my current quest within a month?'

Miaomiao compared long-term goals with his short-term goal. He didn't want to be tied by an organization, but it might be impossible to complete the tutorial quest without their help.

'I'll do it this way. I'll stick with them and slowly increase my cultivation base. I don't believe that I can't break free from this woman in the future. I'll get stronger and make her my bitch! No matter how strong you are, I will surpass you!'

Miaomiao's expression changed. He revealed his business smile and knelt. He cupped his fist and bowed to Xu Xiuying.

"Mao Miaomiao greets master!"

Xu Xiuying burst into laughter, "Hahaha! Welcome to my sect, boy! Although you're not technically my core disciple, you can call me master."

Xu Xiuying got in the front of Miaomiao. She patted his head as if he was a pet, "But first off, your name and surname combination are silly. Having a name that can be interpreted as [Cat Meow Meow] will be a demerit when you're famous in the future. I shall bestow you a new name and a new identity."

Cold qi from Xu Xiuying's hand entered Miaomiao's brain and body. For a brief moment, Miaomiao thought that his entire body was frozen into an ice cube.

[Ding]

[Warning! Unknown yin qi has infiltrated your dantian and meridians!]

[No harm has been done to the host's body and cultivation potential.]

[Ignoring the yin qi…]

The system ignored Xu Xiuying's mysterious skill, so there was nothing Miaomiao could do to resist her qi. He braced the pain and allowed Xu Xiuying to finish what she was doing.

The freezing energy seeped into every pore of Miaomiao's organs, but they didn't harm Miaomiao other than making him feel like he was swimming in an arctic ocean.

After 5 minutes of torture, Miaomiao's hair turned white, but they grew longer, reaching his back. His rough light yellow skin became jade white. His pupils changed from black to light blue.

Now, Miaomiao transformed into a pale man with silver straight long hair. Even his face and his eyes looked similar to Xu Xiuying. If anyone saw Miaomiao's current look, they would have mistaken him as Xu Xiuying's younger brother or her son.

This was the Silver Phoenix Sect's secret technique, Eternal Youth Transformation. Once mastered, anyone could adjust their physique into whatever condition they desired, including altering other people's bodies.

And now, Xu Xiuying used it on Miaomiao.

Jiang Lan covered her mouth, shocked by the sudden transformation. Even Luo Cheng's face became solemn because of the astonishment.

"Mao Miaomiao. From now on, you will be known as Xu Miao! Luo Cheng, I want you to spread words that Xu Miao is a biological son of mine."

"HOLD ON!" Miaomiao protested, "I haven't agreed to this! How come that I've become your son!?"

"Oh, shut up, you!" Xu Xiuying cackled, "You think you can go around and sleep with my disciples with your previous status? Everyone despises men with short hair. Even if you have long hair, you will have a hard time living as a disciple in our all-female sect. I've just adopted you, so I can have a legitimate reason to put you in the sect. Also, with your new status, my girls will definitely spread their legs to welcome your dick."

"…"

Again, Miaomiao was led by the nose, but he believed it was fair. For the sake of his safety, having a false status as Xu Xiuying's son was better than being a no-name slave in the eyes of native people.

"I'll be in your care… mother," Miaomiao swallowed his pride and bowed to his new parent.

"Hahahaha!"

Xu Xiuying's laughter echoed through the fifteenth floor.

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In the late afternoon, Xu Xiuying summoned inner disciples, outer disciples, elders, slaves, and workers from all fields to the 10th floor, the gathering floor for all employees and disciples.

The 10th floor of Poseidon Spa House was a secret place that customers couldn't access, just like the fifteenth floor. All men could only step foot on the 1st to the 5th floor. Beyond that, they were the territories of the sect's disciples and brothel worker resting quarters.

At the center of this floor, a 30-square-meter 2-story fountain circulated silver water. At the bottom of the fountain, over a thousand pieces of raw spirit stones laid there, releasing natural qi for everyone to cultivate. Ten mean-looking muscular women stood around the fountain, acting as its protectors. Anyone who wanted to steal these spirit stones would have to go through them first.

At each corner of this floor, small rings and stages were arranged there for disciples to spar against each other. However, today, no one bothered using the sparring stages.

Two thousand women with different statuses gathered to hear Xu Xiuying's urgent announcement. They loitered on this floor, waiting for their master to arrive.

VHOOM*

A blue portal opened from the ceiling, and Xu Xiuying descended. She floated over the top of the fountain, so everyone could see her.

VHOOM*

Another space portal opened, and a silver-haired man appeared, standing on a semi-transparent platform and descending to Xu Xiuying's sides. He was Miaomiao, whom Xu Xiuying had altered his look and given him a new uniform.

Miaomiao now wore silver daoist robes with an embroidered red phoenix on the back, the signature cloth of Xu Clan's noblemen. With his current silver hair and handsome face, everyone mistook him as Xu Xiuying's relative.

"Who's that man? He looks like our master."

"I don't know. But those clothes are Xu Clan's..."

"That silver hair and those clothes… He's definitely a young master from the main branch."

"He's so dreamy! Is he here for business? Is he here to use our service?"

"But his cultivation base… why is it so low?"

"Who cares? He's from a noble clan, and he's handsome! I don't mind bearing his children!"

Not only the prostitutes and other workers got excited, inner disciples who had shunned Miaomiao yesterday fixated on him. Their eyes brightened, and their pupils expanded, revealing their interests. Several women and even armored women dropped their jaws, drooling. They daydreamed what they would do if Miaomiao called for their service or proposed to them.

Just by having long silver hair and good clothes, these women gazed at Miaomiao as if he was their ideal husband.

"CALM YOUR TITS, SL*TS!!" Xu Xiuying roared.

All girls came back to their senses. They swiped their drool and adjusted their posture.

"LISTEN UP! FROM THIS DAY ONWARD, MY SON, XU MIAO, WILL BE JOINING OUR SECT AS AN OUTER DISCIPLE!!"

"EHHHHH!!??"

In a certain tavern, Wei Huang sat on a stump chair and sipped a cup of hot tea. He didn't pay attention to the two injured men, who were kneeling in front of him. One of them lost an eye, but the other had bandages covering his entire head.

These injured men were the surviving thugs who had fought Mao Miaomiao yesterday.

Wei Feng and his sister stood behind their grandfather, waiting for these men to finish their story.

"In other words, you attempted to rob a 1st stage noob, but you got owned," Wei Feng clicked his tongue. He didn't mind that these thugs used the name of their clan to rob people, but he couldn't stand that they lost.

"H-H-He must be cheating! H-His cultivation base is only muscle tampering level 3, but he can use a body enhancement technique! He's at least a 2nd stage or higher!" The one-eyed man stuttered, trying to make an excuse.

"Useless fool!"

Wei Feng threw a knife at the one-eyed man. The knife penetrated his other good eye and exited through the back of his head.

The last surviving thug trembled. He kowtowed to Wei Huang and Wei Feng over and over again even though he felt dizzy from his cracked skull slamming on the floor.

Unfortunately, Wei Feng threw another knife, which punctured through his skull. No more thug survived from the incident.

Wei Huang sighed and turned toward the ordinary civilians who worked behind the bar, "So, Luo Cheng was here, right?"

The bartender nodded five times in a row in panic, "Y-Yes, sir!"

"And he rescued the young cultivator with him?"

"Yes, sir."

"Has he damaged our shop?"

"No, sir."

"Hmm."

Wei Huang stood up and left the tavern. Wei Feng and his sister followed after him.

"Grandfather, did the Xu Clan provoke us?"

Wei Huang shook his head. He knew the dwarf Luo Cheng for years, and that alcoholism freak wasn't the type to seek trouble first.

"Forget it. It's just an everyday quarrel in a bar. Nothing special."

"But the 1st stage guy was that slave!"

Wei Huang's legs paused for a moment, but he resumed walking after a sigh, "Leave him. The Xu Clan has gotten their hands on that slave first, so there's nothing we can do. We'll try our luck in the sect exam to recruit more hidden gems to our clan. As for you two, focus on your tasks!"

Wei Feng was dejected. He still wanted to kill Miaomiao as the latter ruined his jade sword.

The sister, the half-Caucasian half-Asian girl, had another idea.

"Grandfather. Can we send a letter to the Xu Clan and request to meet this slave? Maybe we can attract him to our side before they can learn about his potential."

Wei Huang laughed, "Forget about him. It's just a weak slave. There's no need to extend our hands to recruit him. Think about our resources, Yuan'er. How many spirit stones do we need to raise his strength to the 3rd stage and make him usable? It isn't worth it."

"…"

Wei Yuan nodded without saying anything, but she still wanted to meet Miaomiao and question him about the jade sword incident.

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Back at the 10th floor of Poseidon Spa House, the meeting was thrown into an uproar.

For many decades, Silver Phoenix Sect had never had a male member. This was their first time learning that they would have a male disciple.

Prostitutes, bouncers, security guards, maids, and other workers cheered as they hoped to befriend this handsome silver-haired young master. If they were lucky, they hoped to become Miaomiao's concubine and raise their status.

Outer disciples and inner disciples had a similar idea, but they were more reserved as half of them were virgins. Unlike the workers, they practiced yin body technique, which required them to protect their second dantian within their womb. Thus, they didn't dare to pursue Miaomiao in the open. However, if Miaomiao were to woo them, they didn't mind giving up cultivating to be his wife.

Ten elders, who had the appearance of women in the mid-20s, also admired Miaomiao. Yet, they steeled their heart and abandoned their thoughts. Maintaining their second dantian and pursuing immortality was their goal.

Screams, cheers, and buzzing noise got louder. It was as if Miaomiao was a superstar that happened to stroll in a public market.

"SHADDUP, YOU SL*TS!!"

Xu Xiuying yelled at her disciples again. She was rude, but no one dared to refute.

"Here is the deal," Xu Xiuying coughed, "Although Xu Miao is my son, he still has to work his way from the very bottom of the sect. Also, about his class…"

In Silver Phoenix Sect, outer disciples were separated into many classes, depending on their potential and their innate talents. C Class and D Class were the official classes for outer disciples. E Class, aka the Worker Class, was for non-virgin disciples, so prostitutes and many workers in this brothel were in this category. And lastly, F Class was the group of slaves that Xu Xiuying had collected.

When Xu Xiuying said that Miaomiao had to work his way from the bottom, most disciples cringed, expecting him to be assigned to the F Class. Some of them predicted that Xu Xiuying would send him to the D Class as "Xu Miao" represented Xu Xiuying's face, so she shouldn't put him together with the brothel prostitutes or the slaves.

Yet, their prediction was wrong.

"Sending him to the slave class is impropriate, so he will join the E Class, starting today! E100, my son will be under your care!"

Serial Number E100, aka Zheng Liqin, age 35, was one the most popular prostitutes of Poseidon Spa House. She had been working here for almost 15 years, and she was in charge of managing fellow outer disciples in E Class. Everyone considered her as the class president.

Zheng Liqin was a small girl, 150cm in height, and 48kg in weight, who looked like a middle-schooler in Miaomiao's world. Her long black twin tail, child-like face, undeveloped flat chest, and cute hips had ruined many pedophiles as they pursued this jail-bait prostitute to the point that they sold their wives and kids to earn her favor. But in the end, they all failed.

Also, Zheng Liqin was the strongest outer disciple among the three classes. With her 3rd stage cultivation base, she could easily defeat half of the inner disciples with ease. The only reason she couldn't advance to a higher class was because of her lawless behavior that usually violated the sect rules.

Just like Miaomiao, Zheng Liqin could also get stronger by having sex with men. She had dual-cultivated and killed many customers during sex as if she was a hungry succubus. Over two thousand men had been sucked dry during these 15 years. As a result, Xu Xiuying didn't allow her to move up the ranks as Zheng Liqin couldn't be tamed.

E100 walked out from the crowd and stood before the fountain, revealing herself to Miaomiao and Xu Xiuying.

"E100 greets Mistress Xu!"

Xu Xiuying grinned as she could detect Zheng Liqin's desire within her eyes and aura. This jail-bait loli in disguise couldn't stop checking Miaomiao's body.

"E100, you're living alone, right?"

"Yes, Mistress Xu."

"Good. Xu Miao will be living with you from now on. Take care of him for me. Teach him the ropes about this brothel, the sect, and how we do business."

Zheng Liqin was surprised, raising her eyebrows in disbelief. A second later, she smirked, "With pleasure, Mistress Xu."

Both Xu Xiuying and Zheng Liqin understood each other through eye contact. They smiled and snickered as if they had made a deal beforehand.

Miaomiao detected the suspicious grins on their faces. He had a bad feeling about this.

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As soon as the meeting ended, Xu Xiuying returned to the fifteenth floor, and the ten elders returned to their facilities, leaving Miaomiao in the den of cougars.

Over a thousand women rushed to Miaomiao's side, trying to befriend him or introducing themselves.

"YOUNG MASTER XU! LOOK AT ME!! MY NAME IS-GET OFF ME YOU HAG!!"

"WHO'S THE HAG!? GET LOST, BITCH!! MASTER XU MIAO! I LOVE YOU!!"

"F*CK OFF! BOTH OF YOU!! KYAAA! YOUNG MASTER XU!! LET ME TOUCH YOUR LEGS!! HAVE YOU WORKED OUT?"

From Miaomiao's perspective, these women acted like hungry zombies, who had just spotted prey. They shoved and kicked each other away to get closer to him.

Looking at these wild amazons in heat, Miaomiao wanted to run away, but he was surrounded.

'I don't have a problem beating the hell out of guys, but I don't like beating girls! What do I do!? Should I strip myself and let them have it?'

Miaomiao got swarmed by gold diggers, thirsty cougars, and curious girls. He got pushed, shoved, pulled, and molested by a hundred hands. He lost count how many hands had groped his butt and his rooster.

Fortunately, the chaos didn't last long.

BOOM*

An ice pillar extended from the floor below Miaomiao's feet. It raised him 2 meters high, like a pedestal supporting a treasure on it.

The girls could no longer reach him. They looked around in anger.

"Who dafuq cast this pillar!? Let him down!"

"WHICH STUPID WH*RE SUMMONED THIS PILLAR!? DISPEL IT OR I'LL F*CKING THROW YOU TO THE BEGGAR DEN!!"

But a high-pitch voice stunned them, "SILENCE, PUTAS!!!"

Everyone recognized the child-like voice. It was Zheng Liqin.

The twin-tail legal loli climbed on top of the fountain and pointed her index finger at the crowd, "Look at you. Just because a handsome man from the Xu Clan shows up, you degenerate sl*ts open your legs and shake your hips like those third-rate whores in the slum! Scram! All of you! I shall guide young master Xu to his new room. There are many things that I have to teach him, and he's too busy to entertain you lots! You, $%#@#%!!#$%@"

The 35-year-old loli, Zheng Liqin spat all kinds of profanity to chase all thirsty girls away from Miaomiao. The upset workers, disciples, and prostitutes booed and refuted, but they couldn't do anything against this loli.

Everyone returned to their rooms. Bystanding disciples who had stayed behind to spectate the chaos from afar also dispersed.

When the tenth floor was cleared, Zheng Liqin snorted. Her haughty expression changed to that of an innocent child as she turned dispelled the ice pillar.

Zheng Liqin clung to Miaomiao's arm. She gazed at him with glittering bright eyes, "Master Xu Miao, I'll give you a tour around the sect. Please come with Liqin!"

Miaomiao's face twitched. Just now, this little girl just used R18 vocabularies, but she switched her personality in front of him without shame.

'Girls are scary!'

Zheng Liqin guided Miaomiao to the fourteenth floor. She led him to the room 14-001, which was her room.

When Miaomiao got inside, he found himself in a suite lobby.

But before Miaomiao could even admire the room interior, Zheng Liqin locked the door behind him and took off her clothes. She strolled toward Miaomiao and licked her lips.

"Young master Xu Miao, are you tired? Why don't you let Liqin relieve you of your stress?"

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"Ah, young master Xu. You're so big!"

PA* *PA* *PA*

Sultry sound and Zheng Liqin's moaning was audible from the room 14001. A dozen outer disciples gathered in front of the door and the room walls to eavesdrop.

Mercilessly, Zheng Liqin pushed Miaomiao down and ground his meat with her deadly weapon, the small lower mouth. It squeezed and tightened his mushroom as if it was trying to milk him dry. Because of Zheng Liqin's experience and rapid hip thrust, Miaomiao's mind went blank.

'Ahahaha! Xu Xiuying, I'll drain your son's yang qi dry! Thanks for giving me a treat. This brat is handsome enough to be my sex toy!'

Zheng Liqin continued to ravish Miaomiao, thinking that Xu Xiuying wanted to bully her own incompetent son. As Miaomiao's cultivation strength was only level 4 of stage 1, Zheng Liqin believed that Miaomiao was just a spoiled brat who wanted to leech on his mother, and the latter wanted to teach him a lesson.

Also, Zheng Liqin practiced dual-cultivation techniques, which could absorb her partners' Yang Qi. As soon as her partner ejaculate, she would obtain at least 10 to 100 strands of Yang Qi or other types of energy. However, her partner would experience supreme ecstasy, which made them forget about the loss of Qi. Some of her customers even died on her bed as their qi was drained to the last drop.

Enjoying the ride and [XU MIAO]'s handsome and sexy body, Zheng Liqin divulged herself to the pleasure.

SPURT*

After moving the hips for a few minutes, hot liquid entered Zheng Liqin's womb. She stuck out her tongue as she came at the same time.

'Ah, a young man's semen is the best. Now, how many strands did I get…'

Zheng Liqin activated her dual cultivation technique, circulating her yin qi from her womb into Miaomiao's stick, hoping to make him continuously ejaculate. But before she could finish activating her technique, 20 strands of yang qi entered her body along with a mysterious essence.

'Hmm?'

Something went wrong.

[Ding]

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A few minutes earlier =

Click*

Miaomiao heard the sound of metal clicking behind him. Upon turning around, he found that Zheng Liqin had locked the door.

Had it been other circumstances, Miaomiao would have thought that Zheng Liqin locked the door for the sake of safety. He, too, locked the door every time when stayed in an apartment or a motel. But on this occasion, Miaomiao realized that he was trapped again.

Looking at the naked loli, it wasn't hard to guess what Zheng Liqin's intention was.

"You know, senior sister. You should have waited until night. We're going to live in the same room, so there's plenty of time to do this."

Zheng Liqin grinned. She walked closer to Miaomiao and touched his mushroom, "I'm sorry. If I wait that long, those hyenas will snatch you away from me. Please let this big sister take care of you first, then you can go play with those thirsty whores."

Miaomiao wanted to refute, [You're a whore, too, but he swallowed his words as it wasn't the right time to provoke Xu Xiuying and the Silver Phoenix Sect. Also, he wouldn't lose anything by having sex with other prostitutes or disciples in this building. In fact, he welcomed it with open arms.

'Thanks for offering yourself to me. That will save me some time to gather yang essence. But…'

Miaomiao was concerned about his kidneys and testicles. He wondered if he could produce many bullets within a day. Last night, firing 6 rounds was already pushing his limits.

'System, is there a way to replenish my "ARSENAL" to dual cultivate many times in a day?'

[Ding]

[You can use a basic healing pill to replenish your lost semen. Consuming the pill will not only restore your health, but it will also restore your vitality. One pill is enough to fuel 10 rounds of dual-cultivating sessions.]

That was a piece of good news. As long as Miaomiao could substitute the system's healing pills as blue pills, he wouldn't have trouble dealing with exhaustion or running out of bullets.

[However, please monitor your yang qi volume since you will lose 20-1,000 strands of yang qi per one session of dual cultivation, depending on the mastery of the dual cultivation skill of your sex partner. If you run out of yang qi and you haven't completed all tutorial quests, you will die.]

Miaomiao's face changed when the system mentioned his weaknesses. It wasn't so invincible after all.

As Miaomiao was conversing with the system, Zheng Liqin had already pulled his pants down and began her foreplay, licking and sucking the meat stick.

"Ugh."

Her tongue technique and her small mouth were too stimulating for Miaomiao. Within 30 seconds, white liquid spurt and entered Zheng Liqin's mouth.

[Ding]

[Warning! Your partner, Zheng Liqin, has used an energy absorption technique on you.]

[You have lost 10 strands of yang qi.]

[Warning! Unless you have proper sexual intercourse with your partner, you cannot use Dual Cultivation Skill and obtain essence or yin qi.]

"Hmm."

Miaomiao touched his chin as he read the warning messages from the system. He could predict what Zheng Liqin was planning to do with him now. Although Miaomiao was surprised that this loli used an evil technique on him, he had a few ideas that could counter her scheme.

'Is there a limit on how many times I can dual-cultivate with this girl?'

[There is. For Zheng Liqin, you can dual-cultivate with her 5 times today.]

'Can you scan how many strands of yin qi my partner has?'

[Yes. Zheng Liqin currently has 1 Yin Essence and 2,205 Yin Qi.]

'What will happen if I go beyond the limit or I deplete my partner's yin qi? What will happen if I dual-cultivate with her 6 times or higher?'

[Zhen Liqin will suffer from the following effects...]

Miaomiao read through the messages. At first, he was bewildered and scared of the system. But after reading through them twice, his sadistic crescent smiley face returned.

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Present =

[Ding]

[You have dual-cultivated with Zheng Liqin.]

[You have obtained 50 strands of yin qi.]

[You have shared 50 strands of yang qi to Zheng Liqin.]

[You and Zheng Liqin have condensed two drops of essence.]

[You have obtained one drop of yang essence.]

[Zheng Liqin has obtained one drop of yin essence.]

[You can dual-cultivate with Zheng Liqin four more times today.]

Miaomiao sensed his yang qi parting from his abdomen to Zheng Liqin. But in turn, cold qi entered his dantian to replace to lost qi. Despite losing a chunk of his energy, Miaomiao was calm.

On the other hand, Zheng Liqin's face changed color when she realized that she lost many strands of yin qi. Normally, she should have been the one plundering qi through sex. But this time, Zheng Liqin ended up exchanging qi with Miaomiao.

"Y-Young master Xu. What did you do?"

Miaomiao didn't answer. He concentrated his sense, stamina, and his lust into the squeezed mushroom inside Zheng Liqin's lower mouth. It got energetic again within 10 seconds.

"!!!"

Zheng Liqin felt the meat stick inside her getting bigger and hotter. Her body jerked upward.

But then, the mysterious yin essence entered her dantian. Just like what Jiang Lan had experienced, it went on a rampage.

"KYAAAAAA!!"

Miaomiao didn't wait for Zheng Liqin to digest the yin essence. Like an inconsiderate boyfriend, he grabbed her small waist and moved his hips.

PA* *PA* *PA*

"W-W-Wait! AH! Wait, y-young-AH-mas-AH!!"

The table had turned. Miaomiao got the upper hand and became the aggressor.

Zheng Liqin couldn't concentrate on finishing her dual cultivation technique anymore. The yin essence didn't only go berserk within her body, but it also stimulated her five senses, making her ten times more sensitive than usual.

Zheng Liqin stopped using the dual cultivation technique, concentrating on controlling the rampaging energy, but Miaomiao's meat stick moved inside her, stimulating her when the 10x sensitivity was in effect.

As a result, Zheng Liqin was drowned in pleasure, and she forgot what she had to do.

PA* *PA* *PA*

SPURT*

[Ding]

[You have dual-cultivated with Zheng Liqin.]

[You have obtained 50 strands of yin qi.]

[You have…]

…

[You can dual-cultivate with Zheng Liqin three more times today.]

Miaomiao didn't care about the loli. He pumped his seed into her womb.

While the girl was confused, he took out a healing pill from his system inventory and popped it in his mouth.

[You have consumed a healing pill.]

Miaomiao's vigor soared, and his limp mushroom got muscular again.

Meanwhile, another yin essence entered Zheng Liqin's dantian and went on a rampage. The previous yin essence inside her was still there, running out of control in her bones, muscle, and bloodstream. Different from Jiang Lan who had a special constitution and talent in cultivating yin qi, Zheng Liqin couldn't digest the essence as fast as the former. And thus, two yin essence joined forces and ran wild.

Her sensitivity increased by another 10 folds. With 20x estrus debuff, she slowly lost her mind.

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An hour later, Miaomiao finished his sixth session, which was more than what Zheng Liqin's body could handle.

Zheng Liqin laid on her bed, staring at the room ceiling with her blank eyes as if she was a lifeless doll. However, she was still breathing, sweating, drooling, and panting in exhaustion. Her belly swelled a bit as Miaomiao's seed flooded her womb.

[Ding]

[Zheng Liqin's conscience has been broken by the excess amount of yin essence.]

[Yin Essence has taken over the body. For one week, Zheng Liqin will follow your orders without resisting.]

[Congratulations! You have refined a yin cauldron for the first time!]

[Congratulations! You have completed Tutorial Quest 6 ahead of the schedule!]

[Rewards from Tutorial Quest 6 will become double. However, you will be given the rewards after you've completed Tutorial Quest 5.]

The Yin Cauldron Refining was a hidden dual cultivation feature that the system hadn't taught Miaomiao yet. Although the system would eventually unlock it and reveal the details of this technique, it allowed Miaomiao to use it when the latter had an inspiration if he could exploit Zheng Liqin this way.

The technique involved ruining Miaomiao's sex partner by giving her more yin essence than she could handle. When the essence reached a certain threshold, those loose yin essence would take control of the partner, and the victim would enter a hypnotized state temporarily. The length of this hypnotized effect depended on Miaomiao's cultivation base and the difference in strength between him and his partner. Still, Miaomiao could implant new memory, issue orders, or influence her behavior.

Under the influence of Miaomiao's yin essence, he could order his victims to do anything, including committing suicide.

Yin Cauldrons, the mind-broken sex partners, would also obtain a special skill. Until they regained their senses, they would continue to gather Yin Qi from the surroundings, replenishing their lost qi from the dual cultivation. Also, if Miaomiao dual-cultivated with them in that state, he wouldn't lose his yang qi.

In summary, it was an evil technique to make a mindless sex slave for the sake of dual cultivation. At Miaomiao's current cultivation base, he could only make temporary servants. But in the future, he might be able to make permanent sex slaves.

Miaomiao read the messages to confirm the deed. It went according to his plan.

He mimicked Light Yagami's face and muttered, "Just according to Keikaku! Serve you right, biatch!"

[Basic Information]

Name: Mao Miaomiao

Cultivation Rank: 1st Stage Level 4

[Skills]

Dual Cultivation (Passive)

Yang Qi Auto-Gathering (Passive)

Isolation Training (Passive)

[Qi Gathering Rate (Per Day)]

Yang Qi: 100

[Stored Qi]

Yang Qi: 90

Yin Qi: 420

[Stored Essence]

Yang Essence: 12

[Current Partner and Progression]

Jiang Lan (6%)

Zheng Liqin (3%)

[Nemesis]

None

As the sultry sound stopped coming out of the room, all eavesdroppers were curious about what had happened inside. Several girls tried to peek into the room by poking the gap under the door while the smart ones closed their eyes and used their sixth sense to identify the people inside the room.

CLICK*

Suddenly, the room was unlocked, and Miaomiao pulled the door open. Five eavesdroppers, who were sitting and peeking inside, got caught red-handed. They gazed up to look at Miaomiao's face while they were sitting on the floor.

"Erm…"

"Er, hi, young master Xu."

"W-We're just…"

These curious girls were outer disciples from the C Class and D Class. Unlike professional prostitutes that worked on the lower floors, these disciples had been practicing Virgin Yin techniques, which required them to protect their chastity to maintain their second dantian in their wombs. If they had sex with any man, their second dantian would be gone, and they would lose all their hard-earned Qi and Essence. As such, they rarely contacted with men to avoid the worst-case scenario.

When a handsome young noble, aka the son of their mentor, showed up in their sect, their hormone influenced their desire. As if they were curious teenagers in puberty, they wanted to befriend a handsome rich man. They thought that even if they were to lose their chastity to Miaomiao, they could still become Xu Xiuying's sister-in-law, and their loss would be neglectable since they, too, would automatically become a noble.

Miaomiao smiled at them. Fortunately, he had already put on his pants. Or else, they would see his energetic mushroom.

"Does anyone here know S053?"

"Eh?"

Miaomiao asked if they knew Jiang Lan, so he could call her here, "Does anybody know a slave, named Jiang Lan or S053? Can I ask you a favor by calling her here?"

The disciples looked at each other, couldn't comprehend why Miaomiao wanted to call for a debt slave. But one of them stood up and raised her hand.

"I know her, sir! I'll call her for you!"

Miaomiao turned towards the girl and gave her a warm smile, "Thank you."

"Hau!"

The disciple clenched her heart as if she had a heart attack, but it was just an overreaction. She turned to Miaomiao one more time as she mustered her courage to make a bold request.

"Er, young master Xu. Can I have your J-Phone number or SNS? You see, I need to contact you back when I find the girl. So…"

Other eavesdroppers stared at this bold disciple with astonishment and respect. No one here dared to ask for Miaomiao's Jade Phone number, but this one took the initiative.

As for Miaomiao, he was shocked when he realized that phones existed in this world.

"J-Jay-Phone? SNS?"

The girl tilted her head, "Do you have a J-Phone, young master?"

J-Phone, aka Jade Phone, was a common tool in this world. Instead of using jade slips to communicate, their technology was advanced enough to mass-produce smartphones with jades, which enabled them to use qi to operate these phones instead of swiping or tabbing.

Miaomiao realized that he lacked the basic knowledge and common sense of this world. He sighed and made up a story, "My mother has confiscated my phone, so I can concentrate on cultivating. I'm sorry."

The girl panicked, "D-D-D-Don't be, young master Xu! I'm sorry for asking. I'll get that slave ASAP!"

She dragged all her friends and left Miaomiao, who stood there with a deep frown.

Miaomiao leered at the broken loli on the bed, reviewing his goals, 'I need to gather information. First, I need to learn everything about this brothel and the sect.'

Miaomiao closed and locked the door. Then, he sat next to the mind-broken loli.

"Liqin, can you still understand my words?"

Zheng Liqin didn't respond. On the other hand, her stomach was still twitching and trembling. White liquid spilled out of her lower mouth each time that her belly jerked.

'This might take a while.'

Miaomiao waited for Zheng Liqin to regain her stamina.

…

30 Minutes later, Zheng Liqin managed to regain some stamina. She turned to Miaomiao with blank eyes. Then, she struggled to sit up, but she failed.

"Can you speak, now?"

The mind-broken loli's voice was hoarse, "Yes."

"How does this sect operate? Why is this sect a brothel? Why do all disciples and prostitutes live here in the same building?"

"It starts with our weaknesses…" In a monotonous tone, Zheng Liqin confessed everything about the sect.

…

Silver Phoenix Sect consisted of two major schools, Virgin Yin School and Joyous Yin School. Each school had completely different techniques and lifestyles.

Virgin Yin School taught their disciples to maintain their chastity, so they could transform their womb into their second dantian, which could store more qi than orthodox cultivators. As a result, Virgin Yin practitioners were twice stronger than cultivators with the same cultivation base as they had the firepower advantage. They could also fight across ranks and defeat much stronger foes with ease.

However, this technique school came with an obvious weakness. They couldn't afford to lose their virginity, or their second dantian would be destroyed. Any man who stole their virginity would obtain the remnant energy inside the second dantian, including Essence, Qi, and their secret techniques.

This intel was not a secret since all sects in this country were aware of it, and they had attempted to exploit these female practitioners. However, their hunt failed because of the second school, which used the Virgin Yin School's disciples as baits.

The trump card of Silver Phoenix Sect was the Joyous Yin School. These practitioners were dual cultivators that could steal life essence from others, and Zheng Liqin was also one of them. Not only they could increase their strength by cultivating normally, but they could also absorb Qi from their sex partners. By making their partner ejaculate or orgasm, they could drain every type of qi from the victim and make them theirs. Moreover, master dual cultivators could forcefully make their partner ejaculate continuously and end their lives right away.

Unfortunately, this technique school wasn't perfect as their practitioners often raised their strength too fast, and they weren't used to combat as they rarely practiced anything other than having sex. Thus, they didn't have the right understanding of their limits or their combat skills, resulted in a weak foundation. In combat, they often lost to fighters with the same cultivation rank.

Still, when these dual cultivators mixed together with virgin yin practitioners, outsiders couldn't differentiate them as they were equally beautiful and alluring. Many men who came here to rob the Virgin Yin disciple's chastity always ran into dual cultivators and got their Qi drained. When troublemakers wanted to bully the weak dual cultivators, they ran into OP Virgin Yin warriors, and they got beaten to submission. Afterward, they, too, got their Qi sucked dry by Joyous Yin disciples.

These two schools depended on each other and covered for the other's weaknesses. Without critical weaknesses, Silver Phoenix Sect grew larger and expanded several branches in various provinces. Aves Province, where Miaomiao and others stayed, was one of the sect's branches.

…

Miaomiao listened to Zheng Liqin for hours. By the time she finished explaining the sect's background, the sun had set.

Looking at the sunset from the fourteenth floor's balcony window, Miaomiao heaved a sigh of relief that he had survived another day.

Today was a productive day. He got 6 more yang essence from dual cultivating. He discovered a useful trick against dual cultivators, and he learned about the sect's background. Most importantly, he got a useful mind-broken doll that could be useful in the future.

KNOCK* *KNOCK*

Someone knocked on the door. Miaomiao ordered Zheng Liqin to clean herself and the bedroom while he went for the door to see who the visitor was.

Peeking outside through a spy hole, Miaomiao saw a familiar-looking girl waiting for him outside.

Miaomiao opened the door. Jiang Lan stood before him along with the outer disciple, who once eavesdropped the activities inside the room and volunteered to bring Jiang Lan.

"Jiang Lan, your hair…"

Jiang Lan's medium-short hair was no more. Her black silky hair now reached her back, and the glowing tattoo on her forehead disappeared. She was no longer a slave. Yet, she still wore the short kimono, which was a uniform for workers and outer disciples.

"Master Mao-I mean, young master Xu. Thank you for giving this lowly slave a new life. I'm here to answer your summon."

Jiang Lan folded her hands on one side and curtsied, displaying a formal greeting between a female servant to a master. The outer disciple who tagged along also did the same.

"Come inside. Also, you can join us, too."

"Really!?" The brave disciple jumped in joy. She screamed in a hushed voice as she pushed Jiang Lan into the room, "Hurry, junior sister! Let's get inside!"

Miaomiao paused when he heard that they called Jiang Lan "Junior sister" as it contained underlying meaning, "Oh? You're their junior sister now?"

Jiang Lan blushed and nodded, "Yes. Mistress Xu has accepted me as an outer disciple. I'm assigned to the E Class."

"Oh, but you're-no, congratulations!"

Miaomiao was on the verge of saying, "But you're not a prostitute." Still, he kept his mouth shut as there might be something that he hadn't learned about the sect.

Jiang Lan could read Miaomiao's gesture. She elaborated, "Mistress has given me two cultivation manuals. She said that I can try practicing both of them. One is a dual-cultivation technique, but the other is a double dantian technique. I haven't tested them yet."

"Oh."

It seemed that Xu Xiuying hadn't assigned Jiang Lan to any school yet.

"That's good. I'm happy for you. Say, have you had dinner yet? I'm kinda hungry. I haven't eaten anything since noon. By the way, you are?"

As they were walking into the suite of Zheng Liqin, Miaomiao was curious about this fidgeting outer disciple. She dyed her hair pink, but she braided them into a long tail that reached her buttock. Her bright big eyes and glittering pupils reminded Miaomiao of cheerful girls in Japanese Anime. Adding her innocent smiley face, this girl was so pure that he forgot his carnal desire, as long as he didn't look at her bust size.

"I-I'm sorry, young master, sir! My serial number is E888! My real name is Zhu Qiao, sir!"

Zhu Qiao saluted as if she was a modern soldier. However, he smooth white rabbits jiggled and almost slipped out of her short kimono. From a glance, Miaomiao could tell that they were bigger than Jiang Lan's.

With the same height as Jiang Lan, Zhu Qiao looked a bit fatter because of her overwhelming 102cm bust.

Miaomiao had to avert his eyes to keep his desire in check. He had enough sex for today, and he didn't want to ruin this innocent girl's future.

But when Zhu Qiao and Jiang Lan got inside, they encountered the naked mind-broken loli, who was cleaning the bedroom and the dirty bedsheets.

Zheng Liqin gazed at the visitors with blank eyes for a brief moment. She turned back and resumed what she was doing.

Zhu Qiao and Jiang Lan's face flushed when they noticed the trail of liquid dripping down from her private parts. The unusual scent in this room, the naked girl, and the wet bedsheets were the clues about the lewd event that had happened in this room.

"KYAAAA!!"

Zhu Qiao covered her face and dashed out of the room. Even though she had prepared herself to be Miaomiao's friend, she lost it when she discovered the aftermath of sex.

On the contrary, Jiang Lan only covered her mouth in embarrassment. She glanced at Miaomiao, "Young master Xu. I don't think I can do it anymore today. I still haven't recovered from last night."

Miaomiao wryly smiled at Jiang Lan. He sighed, 'I guess I'll settle with one wife and one broken doll for now. My Yang Qi is down to 90. I'll die if I keep having sex non-stop.'

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Nightfall

After dinner, Miaomiao, Jiang Lan, and Zheng Liqin had a private meeting. For hours, Miaomiao kept asking Jiang Lan and Zheng Liqin about this brothel, services, technology, and other trivial matters.

In the end, Miaomiao used Zheng Liqin's authority to move Jiang Lan's belonging to this room, so they could live together.

The day ended without any mishap, but Miaomiao's day was far from over.

…

[Ding]

[You have entered Isolation Training Space.]

As soon as Miaomiao fell asleep, his system skill triggered and brought his consciousness to a blank cubic room. The ceiling, walls, and floors were pure white, and the interior space was at least the size of a soccer stadium.

'What the-?'

Miaomiao found himself naked, standing at the center of this mysterious space. At first, he thought that everything was a dream. But when he sensed the chilliness from the white floor and his warm breathe, Miaomiao realized that this wasn't just a dream.

[Ding]

[Welcome to the Isolation Training Space. Since this is your first time, the system shall guide you how you can use this space.]

'Huh? Oh, right. I have that system skill.'

Miaomiao recalled the system feature, Isolation Training. The system said that he would enter this space whenever he fell asleep, so this might be the one.

[For starter, you can operate the system menu and go to the Isolation Training tab. There, you can see the list of available sparring partners, their cultivation strength, and their skills. The system can create their clone to spar with you. Also, you can adjust their base strength and difficulty, starting from 1% to 200%.]

Miaomiao followed the instruction and summoned the system menu. A blue semi-transparent screen appeared in front of him.

After Miaomiao followed the guide, he found portraits of several men and women, including their status. These images had been pre-sorted, and strong cultivators were listed on the top.

Miaomiao's jaw almost dropped on the floor when he found both Xu Xiuying and Luo Cheng's portraits in the menu. However, their status and detail remained as [???]. Miaomiao checked other people with less strength as well. He found the ten elders, who had attended in the 10th-floor meeting. However, the system menu didn't reveal their details.

"System, where are these people's info? Why are their details unknown?"

[You haven't defeated them in real life, so there isn't any detail on them. However, if you can defeat them in this Isolation Space with 100% difficulty setting, you can unlock all of their details.]

This was easier to be said than done. As Miaomiao was aware of their general strength, he couldn't hope to defeat Xu Xiuying or Luo Cheng's clone at the 100% difficulty. Had he tried sparring with them, he would have been killed within one breathe.

"How the hell am I going to beat them? Heck, that's impossible. I'll definitely die before I can do anything!"

[Please don't worry about physical or mental injuries. Anything that happens in this space will not harm your soul or your body. Even if you die in this space, the system will resurrect you. In other words, you can test any move that you can't try in the real world without worrying about backlashes, consequences, or injuries.]

"OH!?" Hearing that he wouldn't die or could be injured for real, Miaomiao was overjoyed, "So no matter what happens in this space, I can always recover or resurrect myself, right?"

[Yes.]

"SWEET!"

The system continued explaining its feature.

[If you defeat any clone with 200% difficulty mode 100 times, you can learn one of their skills. If you wish to learn more of their skills, you can repeat the sparring matches and defeat them 100 more times.]

"Now, that's a good system!"

Miaomiao clenched his fists. This sex system came with a feature that Miaomiao could exploit.

But before he could proceed to the training, he had an unfinished vendetta. Without hesitation, he tabbed on Xu Xiuying's portrait and scaled the difficulty to the lowest setting, 1%.

[Warning, sparring with an opponent with 1% difficulty isn't a proper training. Your system recommends you to start sparring with weaker opponents and try to defeat them with 200% difficulty setting first to yield the best result.]

"Kakakaka! Don't stop me. Let me test something out a bit!"

Miaomiao opened Xu Xiuying's equipment menu. He removed all of them and left her with nothing. Then, he pressed [Summon].

A naked pale-skin woman manifested in the white cubic space. Xu Xiuying's clone stood 10 meters in front of Miaomiao.

"WAHAHAHA!! BITCH, I'LL GET MY REVENGE ON YOU IN THIS SPACE!!"

Miaomiao's mushroom used [Harden] skill. It was super effective!

As if the system could predict Miaomiao's intention, it warned him about the limitation of this feature.

[Warning, you cannot use Dual Cultivation skill in this space. All sexual actions will not affect your cultivation progress.]

"I don't care! I need to pay back for what she had done to me!"

[…]

Like a horny dog, Miaomiao ran toward the clone, planning to push her down.

Xu Xiuying's clone sensed Miaomiao's lewd intention. She pointed her index finger, aiming at his forehead.

A sharp ice cone was fired from the clone's fingertip. Like a bullet, the sharp ice flew towards Miaomiao's head.

PU*

"Eh?"

Miaomiao sensed that something cold punctured through his forehead and exited through the back of his head. There was a hand-size hole in his head.

Without realizing what hit him, Miaomiao died in this space for the first time. His body slowly disintegrated, but he was respawned within 3 seconds.

[Ding]

[You have died.]

[Your health has been restored.]

[Sparring Match Result: Xu Xiuying: 0W 1L]

Just like that, Miaomiao got his first [L].

"What the hell!?"

Miaomiao was confused about how he died. He turned to Xu Xiuying's clone, who smirked at him as if she was mocking him. As if the clone had sentience, she wiggled her finger, taunting Miaomiao for another round.

"DAMN YOU!!"

Miaomiao stood up and charged at Xu Xiuying's clone again. He wanted to punch her in the face now.

But as Miaomiao got closer to Xu Xiuying, the latter stomped her feet. An ice spike condensed from the white floor in front of Miaomiao and extended upward. The sharp ice pierced through Miaomiao's belly.

"Gah!"

Even though the system said that he wouldn't die for real, it didn't tell Miaomiao that he wouldn't feel any pain. The sensation of having a hard object destroying his innards and his spinal cord was so painful that Miaomiao's brain stopped functioning.

Miaomiao got respawned again.

[Ding]

[You have died.]

[Your health has been restored.]

[Sparring Match Result: Xu Xiuying (1%): 0W 2L]

"I don't believe that I can't beat you at 1% strength!" As soon as Miaomiao was respawned, he bellowed and charged at the naked Xu Xiuying's clone again.

BOOM*

An ice boulder appeared out of nowhere and crushed Miaomiao underneath.

[Ding]

[You have died.]

[Your health has been restored.]

[Sparring Match Result: Xu Xiuying (1%): 0W 3L]

"AGAIN!"

PU*

Miaomiao was shot by an ice needle.

[Ding]

[You have died.]

"Again!"

SWUA*

Xu Xiuying's ice trap impaled him.

[Ding]

[You have died.]

"AGAIN!"

PU*

An ice arrow entered Miaomiao's brain.

[Ding]

[You have died.]

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.

BOOM*

[Ding]

[You have died.]

[Your health has been restored.]

[Sparring Match Result: Xu Xiuying: 0W 99L]

Miaomiao's body that had been destroyed reanimated and restored for the 99th time. The sore loser lied on the floor, gazing at the ceiling while he was panting in exhaustion.

After dying 99 times, Miaomiao was sobered from his senseless lust and anger. The exhaustion and pain made him realize how pointless it was.

"Bah, what was I doing? Why am I this stupid?"

Miaomiao sat up and glanced at Xu Xiuying's clone, who, as usual, tempted him to fight her one more time. He rolled his eyes and waved his hand, shooing the clone.

"I've had enough. You win. I won't fight you anymore."

"…"

The clone tilted her head and frowned.

A minute later, Miaomiao didn't charge at her, but he focused on examining the details of the thugs that he had killed. He didn't want to fight Xu Xiuying's clone anymore, but he planned to train properly this time.

Seeing that Miaomiao ignored her, the clone walked toward him and began touching his body.

"Huh?"

Xu Xiuying grinned as she kissed Miaomiao while her hands rubbed his mushroom.

'What the hell?'

Miaomiao was confused. But since the clone asked for it, he wouldn't refuse.

'It's on!'

Miaomiao pushed the clone on the floor and inserted IT into HERS right away. Then, he started pumping.

Despite being an ice art user, the clone's inside was warm and wet as if she had been through an hour of foreplays. Miaomiao enjoyed being squeezed and sucked by the clone's lower mouth.

'HAHAHAHA! Xu Xiuying. Although I can't beat you in real life or your weakened clone, at least, I get to violate you! HAHAHAHA!'

Miaomiao drooled and divulged himself in pleasure. 10 Minutes later, he reached his limits.

SPURT*

White liquid flooded the clone's belly. Miaomiao exhaled to regain his breath.

"That was awesome. Time for round… 2?"

SPURT* *SPURT*

"Huh?"

Something was wrong with his mushroom and his balls. He couldn't stop ejaculating, and he couldn't calm his little brother. It continuously released his seeds as if he was peeing inside Xu Xiuying's clone.

Miaomiao tried to yank his mushroom out of the clone's lower mouth, but Xu Xiuying's clone locked her legs around his back. She hugged Miaomiao's neck and pulled him into a kiss.

The lock was too tight. Even if the clone had 1% strength of the original, she overpowered Miaomiao and kept him connect with her.

SPURT* *SPURT*

SPURT* *SPURT*

The ejaculation continued. Instead of shooting white juice into Xu Xiuying's lower mouth, Miaomiao's mushroom ejaculated blood.

"MMM!!"

Miaomiao struggled to break free from the clone, but Xu Xiuying's clone used a weird skill that drained his liquid. Her belly swelled as Miaomiao's blood filled her womb.

Soon, Miaomiao became a dried corpse as no fluid was left in his body. His consciousness faded, died the 100th time.

[Ding]

[You have died.]

[Your health has been restored.]

[Sparring Match Result: Xu Xiuying: 0W 100L]

[You have sincerely fought and lost against Xu Xiuying's clone 100 times. The clone has obtained sentience, and you can buy her spirit as a familiar from the system shop.]

[Note, no more clone can obtain sentience until you completed all tutorial quests.]

[Ding]

[The System Shop has been updated.]

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[Pills]

Basic Healing Pill (10): 1 Yang Essence

Basic Spirit Pill (10): 1 Yang Essence

Basic Refreshment Pill (10): 1 Yang Essence

[Manuals]

Orc King Sutras: 100 Yang Essence

Demonic Body Strengthening Technique: 100 Yang Essence

[Permanent Skill]

Aphrodisiac Immunity: 1,000 Yang Essence

[Familiar]

Spirit of Xu Xiuying's Clone: 1,000 Yang Essence

When Miaomiao was respawned again, he screamed in frustration. He looked around to vent on the clone again, but it had already disappeared.

"AAAAAHHHHH!! SCREW YOU, XU XIUYING!! AND SYSTEM, WHAT THE F*CK JUST HAPPENED!?"

[The clone has used a dual cultivation technique on you, and your Qi got sucked dry.]

"BUT YOU SAID THAT I CAN'T USE MY DUAL CULTIVATION TECHNIQUE!!"

[This system never said that the clones couldn't use a dual cultivation technique.]

"…"

Miaomiao clicked his tongue. He reopened the system menu, so he could resummon Xu Xiuying's clone to fight her again. However, a red line crossed over her portrait, and a small note under the frame attracted his eyes.

[Unavailable. Please buy the familiar spirit to unlock this opponent.]

The system locked the choice after Miaomiao had lost to the clone 100 times. Until Miaomiao bought the familiar from the shop, it would remain unavailable.

Miaomiao bit his lower lips and groaned, annoyed that he couldn't get his revenge. It took him five minutes to cool his head and regain his logic.

"Forget it. How long do I have left in this space?"

[It is 2.30AM. Four hours have passed.]

Miaomiao facepalmed as he realized that he wasted four precious hours. Still, proper training or sparring matches could make up for the losses. He scrolled the menu to find the weakest sparring opponents that he could learn their skills.

Shockingly, in the 1st stage cultivation base section, there were over ten thousand sparring candidates to choose. Miaomiao also found a familiar face.

[Basic Information]

Name: Qing Yong

Cultivation Rank: 1st Stage Level 5

[Skills]

Qing Clan Swordsmanship

Water Summon

It was the brown robe soldier that Miaomiao had knocked out. However, the system didn't hide this man's detail as Miaomiao had once defeated him in the real world.

"Qing Swordsmanship and Water Summon? You've got interesting techniques, my dear mob."

Miaomiao grinned. If he could defeat this soldier 100 times with 200% difficulty, he could learn one of the skills on the menu.

Desiring the skills, Miaomiao adjusted the difficulty to 200% right away. But as soon as he moved the difficulty sidebar to the max, several options were disabled in the process.

Equipment tab was inaccessible, and Miaomiao couldn't undress his opponent as he did to Xu Xiuying's clone. In the previous case, the difficulty was at the lowest, so Miaomiao could tamper with his opponent's clothes and equipment.

Qing Yong's appearance was fixed with a full-body armor and a 90cm-long blade, aka a dadao. His helmet even covered his face. Thick plate armor covered Qing Yong's torso, shoulders, and neck. Even his leggings were made of steel, covering all parts of his legs.

Miaomiao's face twitched as he couldn't find a gap in this man's armor. With such gears, Miaomiao wasn't confident that he could defeat Qing Yong anymore.

"System, can I have a weapon?"

[You can only use weapons that you keep in System Inventory. Currently, you have none.]

Miaomiao was speechless as the setting was too hard. He came here naked, but one of his weakest opponents were armed to the teeth. He felt like he was a character from a Dark Soul series.

"Then, can I steal weapons from my opponents from a lower difficulty mode and use it in 200% mode?"

[Yes. However, the weapon will be destroyed after the 200% mode session ends.]

In other words, Miaomiao could steal it and use it for one match.

He readjusted the difficulty again and lowered it to 1%. Unfortunately, Qing Yong's equipment tab didn't allow Miaomiao to adjust his weapon. The clone was fixed to come out unarmed.

Miaomiao had to increase the difficulty to 50% to enable the weapon edit option. Yet, again, the weapon choices were limited to a thin sword, thin saber, and long knife. To get more weapon choices, the system forced Miaomiao to increase the difficulty.

In the end, Miaomiao stopped at 100%. Now, every weapon that Qing Yong could use appeared in the equipment editor.

"200% Mode comes with a thick blade. What kind of weapon can have an advantage over it?"

[System detects that the host is aiming to take shortcuts. Please spar against opponents in a lower difficulty first to gain experience from real combats before you take on 200% mode challenge.]

"…"

The system was aware of Miaomiao's plan, so it advised him that it was a bad idea.

Miaomiao came back to his senses. He facepalmed again, realizing his mistake. When he was practicing martial arts in the previous world, his mentors kept reminding him that he shouldn't take shortcuts, such as taking stimulants or drugs to boost his performance in official matches. Miaomiao had just recalled this teaching.

"Ugh, fine!" Miaomiao chose 100% mode and picked the default weapon for Qing Yong, the 90cm blade. He pressed [Summon] without caring if he could defeat Qing Yong or not.

Miaomiao's sparring partner manifested. Qing Yong's clone appeared with his dadao and hard leather armor gears.

"Come!"

Even though Miaomiao was still naked, he got into a fighting stance, getting ready to defend against a weapon attack.

Qing Yong glared at Miaomiao and lowered his stance. He drew his large saber sideway.

Then, he kicked the ground, charging at Miaomiao from the front.

Seeing the oncoming saber user, Miaomiao focused on Qing Yong's weapon.

But the clone didn't move his saber. He pointed his palm, aiming at Miaomiao's face.

After getting struck by Xu Xiuying's ice bullets too many times, Miaomiao learned that this move indicated an oncoming magic skill. He tilted his head to avoid Qing Yong palm.

ZAAA*

Betraying Miaomiao's expectation, water gushed out of Qing Yong's palm. Even if it hit Miaomiao, it was harmless.

But Miaomiao had lost his momentum. Qing Yong rotated his shoulders as he swung his giant blade. Light blue aura covered the dadao as it suddenly increased the weapon trajectory speed.

SWUA*

The blade sliced through Miaomiao's left forearm, severing it from the latter's elbow.

Miaomiao stared at his lost arm in shock as Qing Yong's speed suddenly increased. When he looked back at Qing Yong's face, the latter already corrected his stance for another strike.

SWUA*

Qing Yong cleaved Miaomiao in half, splitting the latter's body into two.

[Ding]

[You have died.]

[Your health has been restored.]

[Sparring Match Result: Qing Yong: 0W 1L]

Miaomiao was respawned 3 seconds later. He sat up and stared at Qing Yong in disbelief.

"WHAT THE HELL!? WASN'T HE WEAKER THAN THIS WHEN I FOUGHT HIM!?"

On the grassland, Qing Yong's movement was rigid and slow, but this clone's skill and speed were far superior to the original.

[The difficulty mode reflects the original cultivator's potential had they performed at the selected potential percentage. At 100% strength, the clone can perform at their peak strength and utilize their cultivation techniques to their true potential, including using tricks and tactics that the original could do if they try hard enough.]

"But Qing Yong was much weaker!"

[The original Qing Yong that you fought only used 3% of his true potential, and you launched a preemptive strike before he could even get to a fighting stance. Also, the original's peak strength is at 20% of his true potential due to the lack of training, weak technique mastery, impurity in his circulation system, and the underdeveloped dantian that couldn't store enough qi to use the techniques. Therefore, at 100% difficulty mode, Qing Yong's clone can perform what the original is supposed to be able to do if he possessed an adequate amount of qi and mastered his cultivation techniques.]

In other words, the original Qing Yong was a delinquent slacker that hadn't completely mastered his crafts, but the clone was the embodiment of a master with Qing Yong's physique, secret techniques, and cultivation base.

Miaomiao's jaw dropped in astonishment and awe. He understood it now as he used to fight hoodlums and professional fighters. Of course, the professional fighters were a lot stronger than inexperienced thugs even if the latter had the same physique as the pros. The factor was the mastery of their techniques, and the system made it clear.

[At a higher level of difficulty, the clone will be given extra buffs, such as a more developed physique, combat experience, high-graded equipment, higher stamina, more qi, and firmer foundation. At 200% difficulty, you will spar against a supreme genius that has mastered the original's techniques for several decades, and they will come out with their best weaponry. Unless you have a firm understanding of your limits and your opponent's skills, you cannot defeat them, even if you choose a malnourished child with the lowest cultivation level.]

Miaomiao sighed and gave up trying to pick a fight with 100%-mode Qing Yong for now. He unsummoned the clone and searched for the weakest cultivator in the list as he didn't believe that he couldn't beat a child with 200% difficulty mode. Moreover, he wanted to test what kind of monster he would encounter.

It wasn't hard to find another opponent. There were a few children on the list with level 1 cultivation base.

Miaomiao picked a 6-year-old boy as his opponent and set the difficulty to 200%. It was a despicable move as he had to kill a clone of an innocent boy to gauge his strength against the system A.I.

A dirty boy in ragged beggar-like clothes appeared. He was 110cm tall with a lanky constitution because of his malnourishment. However, he came with a short knife in his hand.

Miaomiao got into a fighting stance again. He didn't let his guard down as he treated the boy as a psychopath with a weapon.

"Come! I don't believe that I can't even beat a child here!"

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The boy rotated the knife grip and held the knife as if it was an ice pick. He stared at Miaomiao with his expressionless face and scuffed toward him, approaching Miaomiao like a modern marine with a combat knife.

Seeing the boy's stance, Miaomiao dashed toward him. As soon as he got in front of the clone, he juked right, using his footwork to get on the boy's left side.

The boy was holding the knife with his right hand. Thus, he couldn't turn around and use it right away.

Still, the beggar reacted to Miaomiao's footwork. He shifted his grip again by holding the knife by the edge. Then, he rotated his shoulders and his arm.

The boy threw the knife at Miaomiao!

"!!!"

Miaomiao raised his arms to block the knife.

POEK*

The knife lodged into Miaomiao's left forearm. It got stuck into his bone.

Miaomiao ignored the pain and sent a middle-kick. But in this case, his leg went for the boy's head as the latter was short.

BAM*

The boy guarded the kick with both arms. Because of the difference in weight and size, he staggered but he corrected his footing in an instant.

Miaomiao pulled the knife from his forearm. Blood gushed out from his wound, but he didn't care.

Gripping the knife in reverse in his right hand, Miaomiao's right punch came for the boy's face.

The boy tilted his head and dodged the punch.

But Miaomiao rotated his right wrist and pulled the hand and knife toward himself to his left side as if he was pulling a sickle to cut a stalk of rice.

Yet, the beggar reacted to the move and tilted his body to the side.

The knife grazed the boy's ears, face, and the back of his head. A long 1cm deep wound appeared on the boy's face.

Because of the sudden evasive movement, the boy lost the footing and balance.

Miaomiao pursued. He thrust the knife into the boy's chest.

SUEK*

The beggar clone couldn't dodge this time. The knife went through his chest and heart, but he didn't die right away.

The boy's left hand grabbed Miaomiao's arm, trying to lock him onto himself. Meanwhile, his right pale hand turned red and swelled.

SOEK*

The clone's right hand pierced Miaomiao's abdomen. It penetrated into his skin seized the latter's left ribcages, trying to break the bones and yank them out.

"DAFUQ!?"

Miaomiao was confused about how the boy with level 1 strength could stab his body barehanded. Because of the injury and his anger, he pulled the knife and stabbed the clone again.

SUEK*

SUEK*

Like a psychopath, he stabbed the clone twenty more times, but the clone had already died after the second stab.

[Ding]

[Congratulations. You have defeated a clone with 200% difficulty setting for the first time!]

Despite the congratulate message, Miaomiao wasn't proud of that. He lied on the ground and panted in exhaustion while the system healed his wounds.

"I almost died fighting a 6-year-old malnourished beggar! Congratulations, my ass! How did he use a bare hand to stab me!?"

The system replayed the scene when Miaomiao got stabbed. At the last moment, the boy's right hand swelled as he circulated his almost-non-existence qi into it. Then, with the enhanced hand, the clone stabbed Miaomiao with it and depleted the only strand of qi the boy had.

"That… that clone could use qi?"

[Yes. All sparring partners with 200% difficulty setting can use qi. Even a level 1 muscle tampering realm cultivator can use it.]

[Basic Information]

Name: Xin

Cultivation Rank: 1st Stage Level 1

[Skill]

None

Miaomiao rechecked the boy's status. Betraying his expectation, this beggar's clone didn't even have a cultivation method. Yet, he displayed a fighting style of a seasoned fighter, and he even used qi.

Inspired by the clone, Miaomiao was curious if he could do the same, "System, can I use my qi like that clone?"

[Yes, by moving raw qi into any part of the body and dissolve it, you can choose one of the two effects. One, you can boost enhance your muscle for 5 seconds. Or two, the dissolved Qi particles will nourish your blood cells, muscle fibers, or inner organs.]

[If you pick the first choice, you can display 10 times the strength that you can normally do during the buff period. However, the used qi strand will ruin your muscle tissues, and all muscle fibers in that area will rot after the enhanced duration is over. Therefore, it is considered a suicidal attack, and it isn't listed as a usable skill.]

The clone's mysterious technique caused self-harm since it destroyed the user's muscle after usage. Thus, the system didn't list it as a learnable skill.

"Ah, too bad," Miaomiao pitied that he wouldn't gain any skill from defeating this beggar child. However, Miaomiao learned a few things by fighting with a sparring partner that was willing to die fighting.

"Again."

Although fighting a weaker foe with no skill might be a waste of time, Miaomiao wanted to train his mind and body from square one. By fighting against a clone with 200% potential, he could learn a few subtle techniques from the A.I. that he wouldn't be able to learn from a normal fight.

Thus, for the rest of the night, Miaomiao spent his times fighting with masters in the disguise of child beggars.

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5 AM =

Miaomiao opened his bloodshot eyes. It was a long night that he didn't feel like he had rested.

His arms, legs, stomach, and neck were in pain. Again, the DOMS effect lingered, but Miaomiao didn't know if it was because of the Isolation Training or the other day's bar fight.

Miaomiao looked at his sides. Zheng Liqin and Jiang Lan were still asleep on their bed. They didn't have sex last night due to the limitation, and Miaomiao didn't want to break Jiang Lan's mind at the moment.

'I need to heal my body again. This DOMS is killing me.'

While Miaomiao's head was still glued to a pillow, his sore hand opened the system inventory. He took out a healing pill and popped it into his mouth.

The warm pill melted in Miaomiao's stomach and transferred the medicinal effect to his sore muscle. After closing his eyes for ten minutes, all pain and soreness were gone.

Because of the pill effect, his muscular rooster woke up to cock-a-doodle-doo.

"Mmm."

As if Jiang Lan and Zheng Liqin could sense the urge, they turned to Miaomiao, and their hands seized the morning wood.

"Young master. Do you want me to relieve you?""

"Good morning, master."

Looking at these two girls, Miaomiao had a poker face.

'The daily limit should have been reset. Welp, I can always use Yang Essence.'

"Itadakimasu!"

…

7 AM =

Miaomiao, Jiang Lan, and Zheng Liqin left their room after satisfying dual cultivating sessions. Again, Miaomiao felt light and refreshed. Even Jiang Lan and Zheng Liqin had smooth and luster skin after the deeds.

The gang walked down the stairs to the tenth floor, where a weekly class would be held today, based on Zheng Liqin's confessed info.

When the group got there, 700 outer disciples and workers from various departments had already gathered there, waiting for their elders to show up.

As soon as these young women spotted Miaomiao, they screamed as if they encountered a Hollywood superstar.

"KYAAAAA!!"

"YOUNG MASTER XU MIAO!!"

Miaomiao didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He was glad that everyone admired him, but their eyes and their intension were threatening. It was as if they were hungry wolves who had found a tasty rooster.

Before the crowd of thirsty thots could reach Miaomiao, Zheng Liqin tramped forward and stood in front of him. With her blank eyes and expressionless face, she summoned an ice wall, which blockaded all oncoming girls.

BOOM*

"KYA!!"

"B*TCH! GET RID OF YOUR ICE WALL!"

"DISPEL YOUR ICE WALL, OR ELSE!"

The girls were in an uproar, protesting against Zheng Liqin's action. They were jealous that she monopolized the young master to herself. They, too, wanted to get closer to a nobleman from the Xu Clan and raise their status through marriage or sex.

Witnessing the aggressiveness of the fellow disciples and workers, Jiang Lan clung on Miaomiao's robe and hid behind him.

The chaotic protest went on, but Zheng Liqin simply stood there, blocking anyone from reaching Miaomiao and Jiang Lan.

Miaomiao didn't know why Zheng Liqin did that. He asked the system.

'I thought she has become a mindless doll. How come she moves around on her own without my order?'

[Zheng Liqin's conscience has been corrupted, and her priorities in life have been influenced. Until the effect wears out, she will continue to protect you from potential harm, and she will always be loyal to you. Even if you order her to commit suicide, she will follow your order.]

[By the way, if you fill Zheng Liqin's Yin Essence to the maximum value that she could hold in her dantian, the brainwashing effect will be permanent.]

Reading the reply message, Miaomiao had the urge to corrupt more girls and turn them into living sex doll. However, he was afraid that Xu Xiuying might notice the changes and punish him since she was also a dual cultivation master.

'Not now, boner-kun. It's not the time.'

…

After 30 minutes of chaos, two women in red qipao entered the floor via a portal. They tied their hairs in two buns, the same hairstyle as Chun-Li, but they had the same face.

With 175cm tall, they were taller than most women in the sect. Yet, their eyes were so small that everyone believed they were closed. Their mouth corners curved up, revealing their faint smile.

The twin elders, Qi Hong and Qi Ning, made their appearance. They were supervising elders who managed the outer disciples and the prostitutes in this brothel.

As soon as Miaomiao saw them, he had a chill running down his spine. His instinct cried that one of these elders wanted to kill him. He could sense a vague killing intent and the hostile glare, but Miaomiao wasn't sure which elder wanted him dead.

"That's enough, ladies. Now, E Class members, gather at the west side. All C and D class yin cultivators gather at the east side. We will begin our lecture shortly."

Zheng Liqin dispelled her ice wall and followed Qi Hong to the west area. On the other hand, Jiang Lan looked flustered as she didn't know what school she belonged to. She had no idea which technique that she could learn.

"E1053, follow me to the west zone. You belong to E Class, so you can't learn Virgin Yin techniques."

Jiang Lan bit her lower lip in disappointment.

Seeing that his lovely wife was sad, Miaomiao patted her head, "Go with Liqin. You don't have to worry about anything. If you need a dual-cultivation partner, you have me."

Jiang Lan's face brightened. She nodded and beamed him with a wide smile, "Thank you, young master!"

"Xu Yang! You also belong to the E Class! Get your sorry ass over here!"

Hearing Qi Hong's yell, Miaomiao followed Jiang Lan and Zheng Liqin to the west side.

For the first time, he participated in a cultivation class, a dual cultivation class where prostitutes and many gorgeous girls attended.

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[Basic Information]

Name: Mao Miaomiao

Cultivation Rank: 1st Stage Level 4 (20%)

[Skills]

Dual Cultivation (Passive)

Yang Qi Auto-Gathering (Passive)

Isolation Training (LV 1)

[Qi Gathering Rate (Per Day)]

Yang Qi: 100

[Stored Qi]

Yang Qi: 100

Yin Qi: 760

[Stored Essence]

Yang Essence: 20

[Current Partners and Progression]

Jiang Lan (9%)

Zheng Liqin (5.5%)

[Nemesis]

None

Out of 700 outer disciples, 500 of them belonged to the Joyous Yin School. Not many women in Silver Phoenix Sect were virgins, who could cultivate the Virgin Yin techniques.

Qi Hong gathered 500 disciples in front of a square stage, which was normally used for sparring matches between disciples. The girls picked the closest spot to sit and listen to the lecture.

The newbies, Jiang Lan and Miaomiao were slower than the rest. Both of them sat the far back of all disciples since everyone had already taken available spots.

The elder, Qi Hong, began her lecture.

"Last week, we talked about the ice-related skill tips. This week, we will review about digestion techniques, so we can cleanse and filter impure Qi and turn them into Yin Qi more efficiently."

Qi Hong didn't wait for any disciple to question her about their problems. She talked on her own without caring if anyone could understand her or not.

After noticing Qi Hong's teaching style, Miaomiao believed that he wouldn't be able to understand anything. He asked the system if it had a record feature.

'System, can you record that elder's lecture from the beginning?'

[No. You need to defeat them at 200% difficulty at least once to unlock the coaching feature. Then, you can request any clone in the Isolation Training Space to explain their techniques.]

Miaomiao rubbed his chin, happy that the system might be a bit more useful in the future.

As Miaomiao got sidetracked, the lecture continued.

"5 Milligrams of an ordinary man's semen usually contains about one to two strands of unfiltered Qi. However, a first stage cultivator's semen only contains five to ten strands, and the second stage has double that amount. But we can't predict the Qi volume for 3rd stage cultivators or higher ranks since their Qi's quality and quantity differs, depending on their upbringing, foundation, and their cultivation techniques."

When the lecture came to this point, a few girls that were sitting in front of Miaomiao turned around and glanced at his crotch.

Miaomiao didn't have to guess what they were thinking. These naughty girls were guessing how many strands of yang qi that he could produce.

"However, there are exceptions! Occasionally, talented cultivators can form their dantians when they are still at the first stage, so their semen contains more Qi than usual. These people always progress through their ranks slower than the others, but their combat potential and their strength are far stronger than cultivators at the same ranks. Thus, whenever these male geniuses ejaculate, their semen contain double or triple the amount that I have said."

Qi Hong grinned and pointed her finger at Miaomiao.

"For example, our young master Xu Miao has that kind of constitution. A few days ago, our mistress has gauged his strength, and she found at least 300 strands of Yang Qi in his dantian."

At this point, everyone turned around to look at Miaomiao. They were astonished that the seemingly weak young master had a rare constitution.

"Young master Xu Miao. Could I ask you to come over on this stage?"

Miaomiao's face twitched, "Can I say no?"

"If you cooperate, I'll allow you to pick a cultivation technique in the core library. You haven't visited the library yet, right?"

Hearing that Miaomiao would get to pick a technique from the core library, the girls murmured.

"Core library? I want to enter, too! That's so nice!"

"Uwaaa, I'm envious of young master Xu. That library is for the core disciples!"

"Heaven is unfair! We get stuck with the shitty old techniques, but he gets to pick a technique from the core library!"

"Say, if young master Xu has a girlfriend, will he share his cultivation manual with her?"

"…"

Miaomiao could hear the conversations. When the girls started gossiping if they could learn a core technique by being his wife, he was concerned about his future.

'I already have Jiang Lan and that thot, Zheng Liqin. I don't think my balls and my kidneys can handle more girls.'

Miaomiao ignored the gold diggers and walked onto the stage.

Qi Hong peered at Miaomiao with the corner of her narrow eyes. She grinned and continued her lecture.

"Listen closely, there is a way to check your customer's Qi in his dantian. All of you should have practiced one of the basic techniques, Succubi Sense, so you should know how to manipulate your sixth sense. Has anyone not learned the technique yet?"

Qi Hong surveyed if there was anyone that hadn't learned this technique yet. As Succubi Sense was a common technique that its manual could be found in the outer library, any outer disciple could visit them and learn them. Therefore, Qi Hong rechecked how many newcomers hadn't picked the skill.

Five disciples raised their hands. Jiang Lan was one of them.

"Okay. Five of you should come with me to the library and learn that skill after class. For now, listen to the lecture."

Qi Hong turned to Miaomiao. She placed her hand on his abdomen and explained the skill.

"Succubi Sense is normally used to appraise other cultivator's ranks and levels from a distance. However, if you touch your customer by his abdomen and gaze into his eyes, you will be able to sense the amount of Qi that he has. For example, young master Xu currently has…"

Qi Hong froze when she discovered Miaomiao's Yang Qi and Yang Essence. Her eyes shifted up and down twice in disbelief.

"Young master Xu. You haven't even reached the 3rd stage. How did you acquire so many drops of Yang Essence? Are you a…"

Again, Qi Hong fell into deep thought as she stared into Miaomiao's eyes even though her narrow eyes barely opened.

Miaomiao gulped. He was afraid that Qi Hong would find out about his dual cultivation abilities, and she might suspect that he had done something to both Jiang Lan and Zheng Liqin.

"Are you a yang cultivator, young master Xu?"

Miaomiao almost slipped and fell from the stage, but he regained his composure and coughed, hiding his embarrassment.

"Yes, senior."

Qi Hong grinned. Her smug expression and her closed eyes reminded Miaomiao about smart characters or villain sidekicks in anime.

"Alright. You can go back to your seat."

"T-Thanks, senior."

Miaomiao was surprised that Qi Hong didn't do anything or have him strip in front of these thirsty wolves. He rushed back to Jiang Lan's side and sat down, pretending that nothing had happened.

The lecture went on, but Qi Hong seemed to hide something from her disciples.

"In the case that you've encountered a customer with a high amount of Qi like young master Xu, be sure to contact your elders for precaution. These customers might be yang cultivators or demons in disguise. Having sex with a demon will make your yin qi go berserk, and your memory can be rewritten."

The girls gasped when they heard that demons could brainwash them.

"In summary, always inspect your customer's residual Qi by touching their abdomen and use your sense technique. Do not give service to suspicious customers with an abnormal amount of Qi. This applies to any stage 3 or stronger cultivators."

The girls took notes. After all, they were dual cultivators, and most of them also worked as prostitutes at night.

The lecture continued, but none of them entered Miaomiao's ears as he could not understand anything, and none of them related to his Yang Qi.

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At 5PM, Qi Hong stopped teaching. She glanced at Zheng Liqin, who stared at her in a daze. The elder's eyebrows frowned as she found this top prostitute odd.

Zheng Liqin's blank eyes reminded Qi Hong a condition that evil dual cultivators or demons usually used to corrupt their partner's mind, a Yin Cauldron.

Yin Cauldron referred to a Yin container, which was a victim of evil cultivators. They transformed their sex partners into a special tool to gather Yin energy from its surroundings, so the master of this cauldron could dual-cultivate with her, harvesting the collected Qi. However, the corrupted victims wouldn't gain any benefit from the dual cultivation.

In the past, evil sects that practiced dual cultivation arts always captured female civilians to transform them into Yin containers, but those sinful men had been eradicated long ago.

"E100, when was the last time that you've dual cultivated?"

Qi Hong suspected that Zheng Liqin's mind might be corrupted, judging from her blank state.

"Today, elder."

"Good. You can still talk. Then, when?"

"This morning, elder."

"With whom?"

"Young master Xu Miao, elder."

Qi Hong's closed eyes opened a bit as she gave Zheng Liqin a meaningful look. Knowing the latter's personality, Qi Hong could guess that this prostitute took advantage of Miaomiao.

"Aha, by chance, did young master…"

Again, Qi Hong stopped her speech mid-sentence. She almost questioned Zheng Liqin out loud, "Did Young master use dual cultivate techniques and turn you into a Yin Cauldron?"

Qi Hong's smile grew wider when she came up with this theory. Although it was a crime for practicing a brainwashing technique, she didn't mind seeing Zheng Liqin in this state.

Zhen Liqin was known as a delinquent tyrant among outer disciples who had killed too many customers on her bed. Because of her greed for Yang Qi, the brothel had to spend more resources cleaning up after her messes.

The elder laughed in her mind, 'Well, serve you right, E100. It's nice a see a troublemaker like you getting turned into a mindless tool.'

Qi Hong recalled the event yesterday when Xu Xiuying specifically ordered her son to stay in Zheng Liqin's room. At that time, Qi Hong thought that Xu Xiuying wanted to punish her trashy son by throwing him into the mouth of this nasty disciple. But by putting dual cultivation techniques into the picture, everything changed.

'Does Mistress Xu plan to sacrifice E100 to be her son's toy? Well, I don't mind. I'm sure everyone in my department and the service department will be overjoyed when they heard that E100 has been turned into a doll.'

Qi Hong decided to turn a blind eye on Miaomiao's deed. She closed her eyes and ended the lecture.

"Young master Xu and everybody that hasn't learned Succubi Sense, follow me. As for the rest of you, you're dismissed."

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"Young master Xu, have Zheng Liqin taught you about how this brothel operates yet?"

"Yes. I know about the two schools and how they work, but she hasn't told me anything about the sect facilities or what I should do as a disciple yet. I don't even know where I can train or learn this sect's techniques."

"Oh, no problem. Do you know about the underground or the working floors, yet?"

"No."

"Okay. I'll explain…"

As Qin Hong was guiding Miaomiao, Jiang Lan, and four other disciples to the sect library, she taught Miaomiao how the sect and the brothel worked.

Aside from the outer disciple's quarters on the sixth floor to the fourteenth floor, the business areas that customers could enter were the fifth floor and below.

The fifth floor was for VIP customers. Over a hundred suite rooms were there to receive these distinguished guests. Not including service fees from the top workers, the brothel charged 100 refined spirit stones per night. Moreover, inner disciples from Joyous Yin School sometimes accepted guests, so they could dual-cultivate and steal yang qi from their customers.

The fourth floor was a bit less luxurious, but these 50x50 square meter rooms were large and fully furnished, which was comparable to high-class condominium rooms in this city. This area was still a high-classed zone, where rich guests bought their favorite service girls to attend them. It cost 50 refined spirit stones to stay, not including other service charges. Outer disciples from dual-cultivation school worked there part-time.

The third floor, where Miaomiao and Jiang Lan had slept, was the medium class area. All non-sect members and common prostitutes volunteered to sell their bodies in this settlement. Rooms on this floor were a bit smaller, 30x30 square meters. A night cost only 10 raw spirit stones, of course, not including service charges.

Low-class citizens of Mountain Goose City could only patronize the slaves and unpopular workers on the second floor. With the lowest price tag of 1 raw spirit stone per one sexual session, any customer could choose any slave from the brothel list and enjoy their service without any other service charge. However, the room quality was no different than a small storehouse as these bedrooms served as temporary places for intercourses. Also, the real lobby located at the center of this floor.

The first floor was a filter zone, where customers would be filtered by their purposes of coming to this building. Guests and customers would be led to the second floor or higher while thugs, robbers, and criminals would be sent to the underground area.

Hiding from the sight of civilians and other cultivators was the underground slaughterhouse and torture chambers. All caught criminals and troublemakers were tortured and killed there. Their corpses would be incinerated, and their remains would be used as fertilizer.

"Y-You killed your customers?"

After hearing the truth, Miaomiao's face lost color even though his complexion was already pale. Although he was fine that cultivators killed each other for resources, the brothel's secret activities still shocked him.

Now, it came to Miaomiao that he had just joined a major crime organization, an all-female mobster gang. With one wrong move, Miaomiao might be killed by either Xu Xiuying or this closed eye instructor.

Qi Hong found Miaomiao's reaction funny. She snickered, "If we don't resort brutality, those troublemakers will return with more men and cause more problems. We're weeding them out by the roots, so we can make this city a better place for the civilians and other cultivators."

"Err," Miaomiao gulped, "That's fair enough."

"Of course. Every sect is aware that some of us practice yin arts and the double dantian technique. Many of those fuckers thought that they could steal our cultivation strength by having sex with us, so they always came here, trying to cause a scene. Too bad, we spent a lot of resources nurturing many dual-cultivators, so those foolish men got their yang sucked dry. Oh, excuse me, young master Xu. Please do not mind my language."

"No, I don't mind. I'm a junior, so I should be the one worrying about my language."

"You're quite humble for a nobleman. Say-," Qi Hong got close to Miaomiao and whispered, so the other disciples couldn't hear her, "Did you turn Zheng Liqin into a Yin Cauldron?"

Miaomiao's entire body froze. Yet, his face's temperature rose as if he had a fever.

The secret was discovered!

Qi Hong grinned as she patted his shoulder, "Don't worry, young master Xu. I'm on your side. That stupid idiot has already killed countless of our VIP customers, so it's good that you taught her a lesson. If it's possible, can you break her to the point that she can no longer remember who she was?"

Betraying Miaomiao's expectation, Qi Hong wanted Zheng Liqin broken, and she didn't punish Miaomiao for the deed.

"Why? Is there something wrong about her?"

"You see, even though she has contributed a lot to our sect, Zheng Liqin has been causing trouble left and right. It gets to the point that your mother is planning to kill her."

Zheng Liqin's past achievements and her deeds were infamous among outer disciples. This dual cultivator mastered the sect's Ethereal Physique technique and transformed herself into a teenager. Because of her child-like appearance, nasty pedophiles and perverts in the city specifically requested her services.

At first, Zheng Liqin did what the sect had aimed to do, eradicating evildoers and killing all thugs. However, her charm attracted several innocent cultivators, which was tempted by the legal loli. Without differentiating who she should kill, Zheng Liqin murdered them all on her bed, stealing their Qi to the last drop.

Her action provoked many families of her victims. Although most of them were poor and powerless against Xu Xiuying and her sect, it affected the brothel's image and their businesses in general. As a result, Xu Xiuying had several meetings with the sect elders and informed them that she wanted her dead.

Still, many elders were against punishing Zheng Liqin as the latter's talent was indisputable. She was a genius among all dual-cultivators that many inner disciples couldn't hope to match with her. Thus, no one but Xu Xiuying wanted this troublemaker dead.

"So that's the case?"

Listening to Qi Hong's request and the backstory of Zheng Liqin, Miaomiao got goosebumps. Thinking back when Zheng Liqin was forcing herself on him, Miaomiao realized that his fate would have been different had he failed to contain this loli.

Qi Hong got to the point, "But from my point of view, it's a waste of manpower. I was thinking if it's possible to ask young master Xu to tame that troublemaker and overwrite her personality with your dual-cultivation skill. I'll add some contribution points to your account as a compensation."

Miaomiao didn't mind the request, but he was curious about the contribution points.

In novels, many sects utilized contribution point systems, aka free labor system, so their disciples could do the odd job for their sect. Still, there were many goodies for contributors to exchange their points, such as pills, spirit stones, techniques, or weaponry.

"How much will you give me? Also, can I see a catalog or a reward list that I can exchange with my contribution points?"

"Ahaha! I see that you are flexible. Since it's a direct request from me, I can rig you ten thousand points. As for the reward list, I'll show you where you can redeem your rewards later. For now, let's say that I've assigned you a task. Please complete it as soon as possible."

"…Okay."

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The group took an employee elevator to the 11th floor. They could have taken stairs since they only needed to walk up one floor, but this place was inaccessible by normal means. After all, this was their sect's library, which stored many secret techniques.

When the elevator opened, a dozen women in armor were standing guard in front of a steel wall. On the wall surface, a glowing red barrier with unreadable scripts formed a magical array, protecting the secret room.

The ceiling was also unusually high. Measuring it from eyesight alone, Miaomiao estimated that it was at least 10-meter high, which was unnecessary from his point of view.

Just like the fifteenth floor, there was no entrance. Only authorized people could pass through this magic formation.

As soon as the guard saw Qi Hong, they saluted and activated the magic array, and a red warp hole appeared. A path toward the library opened.

"This way, young master."

Everyone followed Qi Hong into the gate.

Beyond the protective wall, it was a sealed 100 square meter room without any furniture. Only a 5-meter tall marble statue of an elderly woman stood at the center.

The elder woman sculpture had a peculiar pose. She stood tall, but she raised an ancient measurement scale up high with her left hand. Her right hand carried a silver sword, which emitted cold aura similar to the fifteenth floor's pool. Also, the statue's eyes were covered with black clothes.

Miaomiao was astonished. This marble sculpture was similar to Lady Justice Statues in the modern world.

Qi Hong introduced this statue to everyone, "That isn't just a statue, but she is a guardian spirit of our sect. We can request access to our libraries by standing before the statue and say that you want to access one of them. As long as you're a disciple of our sect and you don't have any ulterior motive, you will be teleported to the library. Otherwise…"

Qi Hong didn't continue explaining as she gave enough clues. Everybody understood it as well since this was a security protocol to weed out spies or intruders from accessing sensitive information.

"You girls, when you're inside, ask the librarian for the Succubi technique, and she will give you a copy of the manual. Take the manual and go practice on your own. As for you, young master Xu, you can enter first. Stand in front of the statue and say that you request to enter the core library. If the statue asks where you get the permission, tell her that you have mine."

"Alright."

Miaomiao braced himself and walked toward the tall statue.

As soon as Miaomiao got close, he could hear an old woman's voice in his mind.

[What is the purpose of your visit, young disguiser?]

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[What is the purpose of your visit, young disguiser?]

Miaomiao had a chill running down his spine when a cold voice echoed in his mind. It was like someone was speaking directly into his brain and could read his thoughts.

Embracing his nervousness and his fear, Miaomiao followed Qi Hong's instruction, "I-I wish to access the core library, senior!"

[Who gave you the permission?]

"Umm."

Miaomiao wanted to smack his head. He forgot to ask Qi Hong's name. He only knew that she had a twin sister, and she was an elder who took care of outer disciples.

As if the statue could read his mind, the Lady Justice Statue lowered the measurement scale. The metal scale made clinking noises while it hung right in front of Miaomiao.

Each circular measurement platform was 1 meter in diameter, which was wide enough for a grown man to stand on. However, both platform's strings looked as thin as thread. They wiggled and wavered as if they were alive.

[Stand on the scale. If you speak the truth, the scale will not tip and I shall bring you to the core library. If you lie, the scale will tip and I shall send you to the underground dungeon.]

Miaomiao hesitated. He was afraid that the platform might break or the strings would snap if he stepped on it.

'This is not the modern world. Throw away your logic, Cat Meow-meow!'

The young master slapped his face with both hands to boost his confidence. He then leaped onto one of the platforms. When his feet landed on the thin metal platform, the scale didn't move. Surprisingly, it was as firm as a mountain.

[You're an honest man. You shall be granted access to the core library. You have 10 minutes to browse the books, scrolls, and manuals. However, you can only choose one.]

Miaomiao's consciousness faded while he was standing on the scale.

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"Hmm?"

When Miaomiao's eyes opened again, he found himself floating in a place similar to his Isolate Training room.

"Wait. Wasn't I standing on that scale? Why am I here?"

Miaomiao scratched his head, confused why his skill activated.

RUMBLE*

The white room trembled and turned dark. Stars, planets, suns, moons, asteroids, colorful gas, and many unknown strange rocks replaced the walls, ceiling, and floor. Then, Miaomiao couldn't control his body as there was no gravity.

Now, Miaomiao was floating in space.

"The hell!?"

Fortunately, Miaomiao could still breathe, speak, and move. The space temperature was warm, which hinted to him that this phenomenon might be an illusion.

"Okay. Deep breathe… Deep breathe."

Miaomiao kept his head cool and stopped panicking. He looked around to explore where he was. Of course, he hadn't forgotten that he was supposed to be in the core library.

[Touch the star that responds to your existence.]

The instruction from the statue lady echoed in this mysterious space, giving Miaomiao a hint of what he had to do.

However, Miaomiao wasn't satisfied. He had expected a place with hundreds of bookshelves where he could browse several books, not the magical gambling space that he had to pick a skill randomly.

"Can I see the books first?"

[All manuals, scrolls, and books here are sentience. They can tell if you are capable of learning their techniques or not. You should search for a star that calls for you and try to get there in time.]

[You have 9 minutes and 30 seconds remaining in this library.]

Miaomiao wanted to refute, "This isn't how a library supposed to be," but he kept his mouth shut. Since this was Silver Phoenix Sect's secret vault, tight security was to be expected. Miaomiao couldn't complain.

The white-haired young master waved his arms and his legs as if he was swimming. He flipped his body around, trying to locate the nearest star, but he didn't have to move far as many stars reacted to his existence.

Orbiting around Miaomiao were colorful hand-sized balls, which represented miniature stars. A white sun, a neutron star, a blue sun, a red sun, a brown planet, an ocean planet, a glacial planet, and a black hole rotated and circled around Miaomiao's body as if he was the center of the universe.

Without the need of searching, eight sentient manuals responded to Miaomiao. Each of them blinked and flashed their unique color, trying to get Miaomiao's attention.

Curious, Miaomiao extended his hand and poke the black hole.

NOM!*

As if the black hole had transformed into a Pacman's mouth, it bit Miaomiao's finger.

"OUCH! WTF!?"

The black hole drank a drop of Miaomiao's blood. In exchange, something entered his mind. He heard the archaic voice of an old woman.

[Vampiric Touch. You can drain your opponent's Qi by simply touching them. The drained Qi can be used to heal your injuries or strengthen yourself!]

"…Wow."

The voice briefed Miaomiao about the content of the black hole manual's technique.

"How convenient. What about you?"

Miaomiao turned towards a miniature white sun. However, the black hole refused to release his finger. It continued gnawing him as if it was telling him, "Don't ignore me!"

"Let me check the others and I'll make a decision after that, okay!?"

The mini black hole still bit him and continued sucking his blood.

"Ah, fine. I'll use another finger to touch the other-"

NOM!*

NOM!*

NOM!*

Before Miaomiao could use his other fingers to touch the other mini-planets around him, all 7 stars copied the black hole's action and bit his fingers.

[Water Manipulation. You can control all liquid and transform them into a weapon of your liking, including your opponent's blood! This is a deadly technique against blood users.]

[Primordial Yin. Convert your Yin Qi into Ice Element skills. You can clad your body with Yin Aura to protect yourself against Ice Element skills or summon ice magic to attack your opponent from any angle.]

[Stem of Yin-Yang. By cultivating this technique, your body can attract Yin or Yang Qi from the surrounding environment to strengthen your cultivation base. Once mastered, you can gather at least 1,000 strands of Qi per hour!]

[Yang Fire. You can convert your Yang Qi into Fire Element skills. The fire can be freely manipulated, and you can coat your weapons with Yang Fire Aura.]

[Eternal Youth. Convert your Yin Qi into life span and maintain your youthful appearance at will! By mastering this technique, you can obtain eternal youth or make the others young as well!]

[Dual Flame. Combine Yin Qi and Yang Qi to create one of the legendary primordial flames! This skill can burn, freeze, or be used as grenades, depending on circumstances.]

[Eternal Pleasure. During sex, this skill can forcefully make your sex partner continuously orgasm. If your partner is a man, he will keep ejaculating. If your partner is a woman, she will climax non-stop.]

Every technique was interesting. Each had their own usage and advantage, but Miaomiao could only choose one.

'Eh, what a waste. I want to learn everything, but I can only pick one. What should I pick? Doraemon System, what should I do? Can you copy these skills so that I can learn everything?'

Miaomiao closed his eyes and bit his lower lip, feeling bitter that he couldn't learn them all.

[Ding]

[The host is so stupid that your system encounters errors. Your system is unable to copy the skills or record the manuals.]

"…"

[Just kidding. Your system cannot copy these skills, but you can defeat sparring partners in Isolation Training Mode and learn these skills later on. Please don't act like an idiot. How many novels have you read and you can't decide everything yourself? Are you a kid?]

"…"

Getting chided by the system, Miaomiao got frustrated and ashamed. He slapped his face and adjusted his mindset again.

'Okay, let's see. Right now, I don't have any offensive or defensive technique. I don't have a proper cultivation technique, but I have the system. So, I don't need that Stem of Yin-Yang right now. Eternal Pleasure and Eternal Youth is also a no-go.'

Miaomiao eliminated non-offense or non-defense skills from the choices. Now, he had to choose one of the five interesting skills, Vampiric Touch, Yang Fire, Water Manipulation, Primordial Yin, or Dual-Flame.

'I have no ranged attack skills, so Yang Fire, Water Manipulation, Primordial Yin, or Dual-Flame should be the remaining choice. But if I want to be specialized in close-combat, Vampiric Touch can boost my combat strength more than other complex skills. Still, the other four skills have less restriction…'

Again, Miaomiao couldn't decide if he should cover his range weakness or boost his close-combat skill. He fell into deep thought and recalled the sparring match in Isolation Space.

[You have 5 minutes remaining in this library.]

The statue warned Miaomiao that he didn't have a lot of time left, but he didn't pay attention to the voice. He was simulating previous sparring matches he had with Qing Yong's clone, Xu Xiuying's clone, and the beggar child.

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[You have 1 minute remaining in this library.]

Miaomiao opened his eyes as he made the decision.

"Give me the Dual Flame!"

The miniature blue sun that had been busy nibbling Miaomiao's middle finger released a high-pitch voice. It flew around Miaomiao and dove into his forehead, merging with him.

Seeing that Miaomiao chose another manual, the rest of the miniature planets bit his fingers harder, punishing him for ignoring them. These small planets and suns seemed upset.

NOM!* *NOM!*

NOM!* *NOM!*

NOM!* *NOM!*

"OW, OW, OW!! WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL!?"

NOM!* *NOM!*

NOM!* *NOM!*

NOM!* *NOM!*

"OW! STOP IT! I'M SORRY, I ONLY HAVE ONE CHOICE!!"

NOM!* *NOM!*

NOM!* *NOM!*

NOM!* *NOM!*

These little balls didn't stop. They wanted Miaomiao to change his mind and choose them instead. Something inside Miaomiao attracted these living manuals, and they didn't want to part with him.

*Sigh]

Even the lady statue was troubled because of these little beings.

[Calm down, you hags. This disciple won't go anywhere any time soon. He will be back to inherit your legacies in the future. In the meantime, release him, or else.]

Whimper*

Seven little Pacmen stopped gnawing Miaomiao's fingers. They released a soft sad voice.

[I'm so sorry, junior. The rule is the rule. I cannot allow you to take more than one skill at a time. However, when you have enough contribution points, you may return here to choose another legacy.]

Miaomiao's consciousness faded again.

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[Ding]

[You have obtained a copy of Dual-Flame Manual.]

[Dual Flame Manual.PDF can be accessed from Miscellaneous File tab in System Menu.]

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POEK*

Miaomiao fell from the measurement scale and landed on the floor face first.

As if today was a bad day for Miaomiao, he lost count how many times he got hurt in real life and in Isolation Training Chamber.

"Ugh, my nose."

Blood running from his nostrils dripped on the floor. Miaomiao wiped it and rubbed his nose, checking if it was broken or not, but it was fine.

A throbbing headache made Miaomiao tumble. He had a hard time getting up on his feet as the world was spinning.

"Ai, Yai, Yai, you must have picked something amazing, young master. You got rocked hard."

Qi Hong placed Miaomiao's arm around her neck and helped him up. She carried him away from the statue and laid him next to Jiang Lan.

"Alright, you girls next! Go and stand in front of the statue, one at a time. Say that you're here to access the outer library, and you have my permission."

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Ten minutes, everyone got their manuals. Unlike Miaomiao who required more time to make the decision, these girls were there for a specific skill, so they got their manual in an instant.

"Alright, I'll guide you out. You should return to your dorm and practice your skills. I'll see you guys next week."

Qi Hong concluded the trip. She opened a magic array portal to send everyone off.

Jiang Lan and other disciples exited first. When Miaomiao was about to follow them, Qi Hong whispered, "Don't forget. I want Zheng Liqin permanently brainwashed. Keep breaking her until she becomes your loyal meat slave, so I can convince your mother not to expel that slut from the sect."

Smiling widely, Miaomiao nodded, "Of course! Considered it done."

The elder and Miaomiao cackled. She slapped his butt and sent him off, "Now, go. But if you're bored of Zheng Liqin or you need more Yin Cauldron, don't hesitate to tell me. I have so many troublemakers that I need them rehabilitated. Oh, and don't drain all of Liqin's Yin Qi. Leave some for her or she will be useless."

"I know. See you next week, senior."

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Miaomiao and Jiang Lan returned to room 14001, but the latter excused herself.

"Young master, I'm going to practice Succubi Sense technique. The manual said that I have to enter a closed-door training at least a week to master the first half of the technique. I'm afraid that I can't…"

Jiang Lan was afraid that Miaomiao might be mad since she wouldn't be able to serve him at night.

Miaomiao kissed her forehead and hugged her, "Just call me [Husband] or [Miaomiao] when we're alone. I'm your husband, remember?"

"But we haven't married yet."

"We have already married that night. Though it wasn't official, but for us, we're husband and wife."

Jiang Lan's face reddened. She buried her face on his chest, embarrassed and happy that she was loved.

"Okay, M-Miaomiao."

"Good. Now, don't worry about our time together. Go train and achieve your dream. We still have plenty of time to see each other, remember?"

Jiang Lan nodded.

The two hugged for a few minutes before they parted. Since Zheng Liqin's suite had many bedrooms, Jiang Lan picked one to be her private chamber and shut herself in.

Now that Miaomiao was left alone, he returned to his bedroom, where he had slept last night.

"Welcome back, master."

Sitting crossed-leg on the king-sized bed was the legal loli, Zheng Liqin, who was still under the influence of Yin Essence intoxication. Her blank eyes and her expressionless face were strangely attractive. Miaomiao had the urge to violate her more.

However, cold Yin Qi enveloped the room. From Miaomiao's perspective, this area was like a freezer storage room. Froze and glacial could be seen on the ceiling, the windows, and the corner of other furniture.

The source of this phenomenon was a blue refined Yin stone on the bed in front of Zheng Liqin. Different from the rough and uneven spirit stone that Miaomiao had, Zheng Liqin's stone was round and smooth like a crystal ball.

"What you're doing, Liqin?"

"Cultivating Yin Qi, master."

The refined stone produced Yin Qi, which was beneficial to female cultivators. However, it influenced the surrounding temperature and turned the bedroom into a freezer.

"Cool. How many strands of Yin Qi or Yin Essence do you have right now?"

"5 Essence and 1,352 Qi strands, master."

Miaomiao raised his eyebrows, confused why her Essence and Qi decreased. From his calculation, Zheng Liqin had obtained 11 Yin Essence. Combined with her previous strength before the dual-cultivation sessions, she should have more essence and qi.

"I thought you have more than that."

"I've used more than half of them to break through, master. I'm now 3rd stage level 5. I was level 3 yesterday."

"Huh?"

Miaomiao thought that a mind-broken girl would stop acting on her own and followed his instructions by every word. But somehow, Zheng Liqin acted on her own and spent her acquired power to get stronger without his order.

'What happened, system? I thought she was a mindless robot. How come she acts on her own?'

[Ding]

[You haven't completely brainwashed her yet. Zheng Liqin still possesses a lingering desire to get stronger. Upon getting more resources, she is spending them to fulfill her desire automatically.]

'Then, how can I stop her? Will my order be sufficient?'

[No. Unless you intoxicate her by over dual-cultivating, she will break free from your influence and regain her memory naturally. It is advised that you should completely break her by filling Yin Essence into her dantian to the limit.]

'Okay. What's her current status and her limit? Can I see the value?'

[Ding]

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[Basic Information]

Name: Zhen Liqin

Cultivation Rank: 3rd Stage Level 5

Status: Yin Cauldron (Temporary)

[Qi Absorption Limitation (Per Day)]

Yin Qi: 5,500

[Available Qi and Essence]

Yin Qi: 1,352 / 55,000

Yin Essence: 5 / 55

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Miaomiao was astonished by Zheng Liqin's Qi absorption rate. He could only acquire 100 Yang Qi, but this girl could cultivate 5,500 Yin Qi per day. Without adding the Yin Cauldron's characteristic, this girl outperformed his system. But that wasn't his main concern.

Looking at Zheng Liqin's status, Miaomiao still didn't understand. If she spent her available essence and qi to break through, what benefit did she get other than the increase of her cultivation base? Also, where was his yang qi that the system shared with her?

[Zheng Liqin has merged all of your Yang Qi with her Yin Qi and Yin Essence to convert them into her strength. By increasing her cultivation base, Zheng Liqin can possess more volume of Qi and Essence. Her Qi absorption rate will also increase, and her other techniques and arts would become more powerful.]

"I know. But why her essence and Qi decrease?"

[Naturally, cultivators in this world requires a certain amount of Qi or Essence to nurture their physical body. Think of protein for muscle builders. This energy is a consumable good, so they come and go.]

Miaomiao rubbed his temples, adjusting his mindset. He thought that Qi and Essence were like MP in RPG games, which could be produced by their bodies or be replenished over time. But the cultivation techniques in this world used them as an internal currency.

Since Qi and Essence were not the same as HP or MP in games, they could not be replenished by just resting. Everyone had to seek for an external resource to replenish their energy, such as spirit stones or spirit drinks.

"So, Qi is like gasoline for cars. Once used, they're lost, and they have to manually recollect them by cultivating?"

[That's half correct. Second stage or stronger cultivators have special bone marrow that can automatically produce Qi without the help of external resources. However, the generated volume depends on their cultivation techniques and their cultivation base.]

[In this case, Zheng Liqin's body could generate 510 strands of Yin QI a day before she has been corrupted. After the breakthrough, it increased to 550. Combined with her Yin Cauldron status, her absorption rate and generation rate increased to 5,500. Also, the max Qi she could store in her dantian has increased from 51,000 strands to 55,000 strands. The details reflect in the status menu.]

Zheng Liqin consumed the energy to expand her dantian, aka her energy warehouse, so that she could collect more reserved energy for future usage. Moreover, with a stronger cultivation base, losing a bit of essence and Qi was worth the exchange.

The system also explained that the limits were the threshold that Zheng Liqin's body could handle. If she possessed more Qi or Essence than her limitation, she would die because of Qi deviation or Qi poisoning.

Also, if Miaomiao could fill Zheng Liqin's Yin Essence to the maximum, the brainwashing and mind-breaking effect would become permanent.

Miaomiao nodded as he understood the gist of it. Now, he felt like he was playing a city-building game in the form of cultivating.

"I see. So, my future cultivation will be similar to them, right?"

[Yes. You will need to collect Yang Essence and Yang Qi for future usage. Also, many skills require Yin Qi as well. Please manage your energy carefully.]

Miaomiao rubbed his hands as he knew what he should do. He planned to store as many Essence and Qi for emergency usage. Then, the rest of the excess energy would be kept for upgrades.

But for now, Miaomiao needed to collect more essence and complete Qi Hong's tasks.

"Liqin, can you make this room soundproof and make it warmer?"

"Yes, master."

The loli didn't bother asking why Miaomiao wanted a soundproof room. She covered the entire bedroom with a transparent orange magic formation, and the room temperature rose.

"Is this enough, master?"

"Of course," Miaomiao grinned as he took off his clothes. It was time for intimate activities…

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[Ding]

[You have entered Isolation Training Space.]

Miaomiao returned to the system space after he fell asleep. He stretched and waved his arms around, feeling refreshed.

'Time to practice the new skill.'

Miaomiao opened his system menu and viewed the Dual Flame manual file. Since it came in PDF format, it was easy to read.

The manual consisted of five chapters, Fire manipulation, Yang Flame, Yin Flame, Yin-Yang Flame, and Dual-Flame. Each chapter explained step-by-step training routines, starting from a newbie level to a master level. With over 1,000 pages in each chapter, Miaomiao got dizzy thinking about when he would finish reading the entire manual and master everything.

Still, he psyched himself up and slapping his face again.

'The first step is always the hardest! Come on!'

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2 Hours later =

Covering in sweat, Miaomiao stood still, naked. His right palm pointed forward while he was focusing on controlling his Yang Qi in his dantian, manipulating a strand of Qi from his belly to his chest, then from his chest to his arm.

The task was easier to be said than done without the system's help. After two hours of trials and errors, Miaomiao could finally sense and manipulate his own Qi in his dantian, but he still wasn't good enough to move them around.

"Ughhhhh!"

PFFFFFF*

Miaomiao concentrated so much that his butt released some gas. Exhausted by the training, he sat down and caught his breath.

"Why is it so difficult!?"

He couldn't understand why every strand of Qi refused to move through his body. It felt like pulling a rope that had been tied into something beforehand.

[The first stage of cultivation is called Muscle Tampering Realm for a reason. In this stage, cultivators shouldn't be able to use Qi as their muscles and bones aren't adapted to Qi flow, and there isn't any meridian channel for a Qi strand to move through. Thus, it is the job of cultivators to refine their muscle and evolve them so that the muscle fibers and blood cells can absorb Qi.]

Miaomiao didn't refute or complain that the system had never taught him about this basic. He flipped through the Dual Flame manual and returned to the introduction page.

[Stage 3 or higher in cultivation strength is the minimum requirement to practice this skill.]

"…"

Miaomiao's bloodshot eyes widened and almost slipped off the sockets. He felt like he had bought an expensive graphic card for his PC. But when he put it on the mainboard, he found out later that they were incompatible.

Qi Hong never told him that the core library was for core disciples, who possessed the strength of stage 4 or higher. Getting a skill from this library might be useless for him right now.

Again, Miaomiao realized that he might have been tricked. He bit his lower lips in anger that his teeth sunk into his flesh.

Yet, as stubborn as he was, Miaomiao refused to give up. He still remembered that a beggar child A.I. could use Qi even though his cultivation base was level 1 of stage 1. It might be possible that he could break the common sense by mastering the Qi manipulation technique before he got to the 2nd stage.

Miaomiao spent an hour, flipping through hundreds of pages, skimming the content of the first chapter.

Then, Miaomiao sat crossed-legs and started over, controlling a strand of his Yang Qi to move around. This time, he didn't try to move them too far. The Qi strand only traveled 1 centimeter, but Miaomiao ordered it to stop there.

'Dissolve and nurture everything in that area!'

Miaomiao got this inspiration from the manual. Some of the techniques required Miaomiao to dissolve Qi strands or Essence into particles. By dissolving a Qi strand, it would be consumed by his blood cells to nourish them, increasing their technique power. Therefore, if the cells could eat his Qi and get stronger, his muscle fibers, blood cells, tissues, bones, innards, and blood vessels could also be evolved by utilizing this trick.

As soon as his first Qi strand dissolved, Miaomiao's stomach churned. A burning sensation spread as the blood cells carried hot particles through the bloodstream. He felt like he was cooked from the inside.

Miaomiao didn't realize the condition inside him. His blood temperature in his stomach increased to 50 degrees Celsius, which ruptured and burned several areas of small blood vessels and other organs. Still, the Isolation Space and the system continued to heal him as he endured the pain.

Miaomiao ignored the burning pain and let the Qi particles merged with his bloodstream. Undaunted, he manipulated another Qi strand and moved them.

"!!!"

When the strand moved to the area where Miaomiao had dissolved his Qi, it went smoother. The Qi wasn't hindered by his clog blood vessels and muscle fibers anymore. Still, it got stuck again when it reached another area, which hadn't been touched by the burning particles.

Miaomiao grinned as he believed that this was the way to make his body adapt to his Qi.

'One centimeter, one strand. Again! Dissolve'

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[Ding]

[You have died by cardiac arrest.]

This was the 48th time he died because of the Qi dissolving technique. Every time he dissolved a new strand of Qi, his organs were cooked, and he died from cardiac arrest. Yet, he was resurrected with the body that adapted with the Qi particles.

Miaomiao kept on exploiting the Isolation Training and the respawn feature to its limit. As soon as he got resurrected, he moved another Qi strand to another clogged part and dissolved it one more time.

"AAAAAHHHHHHGGGGG!!!"

After dissolving Qi strands the 49th times, Miaomiao encountered a new backlash. Because he added Qi particles into his bloodstream too much, blood cells couldn't contain the Qi anymore. Then, the collected energy erupted.

Miaomiao's body exploded from the inside. His innards and blood scattered everywhere in the white room.

[Ding]

[You have died by Qi Deviation.]

"God, that was painful! WTF!?"

Despite being disturbed by his death, Miaomiao sat crossed-legs again to sense his internal Qi and his blood condition. He returned to the previous state after he had dissolved the 48th strand. The previous attempt wasn't added to his strength this time.

Realizing his limit, Miaomiao stopped disintegrating his Qi. He opened the system menu and summoned a sparring partner.

The same beggar child appeared. As usual, he came with a short knife.

[Battle Record]

[Xin, the beggar child - Win 40: Lose 19]

Miaomiao cracked his fingers and glanced at his record. He took a deep breath and got into a Muay-Thai stance.

"Come on, brat. Until I beat the hell out of you 100 times, I will keep fighting you!"

The beggar child screeched as if he were an angry monster. He rushed at Miaomiao with his knife.

Just like yesterday, Miaomiao spent the rest of today's training hours sparring against Xin, the beggar child. At the end of the day, he managed to score 40 more wins, but he still lost a dozen times.

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And the next night, Miaomiao returned to practice his Qi dissolving technique to improve his Qi flow. Then, he fought with the beggar again. As he got used to fighting a child, Miaomiao achieved his goal.

[Ding]

[Congratulations. You have defeated Xin at 200% difficulty setting 100 times.]

[Xin has no useful skill. You cannot learn a skill from the clone.]

[An item has been sent to your Inventory.]

[You have obtained a magic short knife, Xin Knife.]

Miaomiao's morale soared as the system finally rewarded him with something precious.

"Alright! System, If I beat this shitty boy 100 more times, will I get more items?"

[No. The beggar boy that you've fought only has one type of weapon he could use. Therefore, there is no other weapon that you can receive as a reward.]

There was a limit on how many items or skills Miaomiao could get as a reward. He could not receive the same reward twice.

Miaomiao gave up trying to exploit the system. Still, he had another inspiration, "Say, system. If I defeat another guy like that beggar boy, can I obtain more items or skills?"

[Yes. You can obtain magic items that they can use in that difficulty.]

"Hahaha! Okay!"

Miaomiao browsed the system menu to search for a new opponent to fight.

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Six days had passed since the lecture.

Miaomiao's lifestyle was simple after last week's lecture; Eat, Sleep, Sex, and Training. On daytime, he and Zheng Liqin indulged in carnal desire. At night, in Isolation Training Space, Miaomiao continued melting Qi into his bloodstream to its limit and trained with other level-1 cultivators and a level 2 cultivator.

The brainwashing progress was not difficult, but it wasn't easy either. Every day, Zheng Liqin digested and used some of the stored Yin Essence to practice her arts whenever Miaomiao wasn't looking. She spent five to ten essence each day, and he had to refill the stock.

Moreover, her cultivation base advanced to level 9 of the 3rd stage, which increased her Yin Essence capacity and the requirement to completely mind-break her. Instead of 55, Miaomiao needed to fill 59 Yin Essence into her dantian.

As a result, Miaomiao had to occupy Zheng Liqin all day, so she couldn't have free time to digest her Yin Essence. He increased his daily sessions from 10 to 20 per day. Whenever he was exhausted or ran out of the bullet, Miaomiao always swallowed a healing pill to replenish his stamina.

After a series of never-ending dual cultivation sessions, Miaomiao fulfilled Qi Hong's request.

"Hoo. It's done."

Miaomiao lost count how many rounds of sex he had with this twin-tail loli in disguise. Thanked the system's tracking, Miaomiao managed to stop before he killed Zheng Liqin.

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[Basic Information]

Name: Zhen Liqin

Cultivation Rank: 3rd Stage Level 9

Abnormal Status: Yin Cauldron (Permanent)

[Qi Absorption Limitation (Per Day)]

Yin Qi: 5,900

[Available Qi and Essence]

Yin Qi: 23,280 / 59,000

Yin Essence: 59 / 59

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Although Miaomiao was happy, Zheng Liqin's current state didn't look well. Blood ran down from her nose as her brain was damaged from rampaging Yin Essence and all side effects from excess sex. Yet, she revealed a lewd smile while her tongue stuck out. Her eyes rolled upward as she had fainted.

As for the lower parts, Miaomiao didn't want to look at it. Her belly swelled because of white liquid flooded her womb, and it leaked on the bed non-stop. The fluid gushed out like a waterfall, releasing strong odor of a man's seed.

Whenever Miaomiao looked at this devilish dual cultivator's expression, he recalled lewd arts from a famous Japanese hentai artist, Asanagi. She had a similar face outline and expression.

'I want to pity you, but you tried to enslave me. Don't blame me. Blame it on yourself, my victim girl.'

Miaomiao patted her swollen belly and pinched her cute Ahegao face. He carried her to the bathroom, so he could clean the room and this stinking girl.

Tomorrow was another lecture day. Miaomiao planned to report his achievement to Qi Hong and get the rewards. As long as he got something nice out of this deal, he didn't care no matter what this suspicious elder was scheming.

"Come to think of it, isn't my Yang Essence enough to buy a skill from the shop?"

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[Basic Information]

Name: Mao Miaomiao

Cultivation Rank: 1st Stage Level 5 (17%)

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[Skills]

Dual Cultivation (Passive)

Yang Qi Auto-Gathering (Passive)

Isolation Training (LV 1)

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[Qi Gathering Rate (Per Day)]

Yang Qi: 100

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[Stored Qi]

Yang Qi: 471

Yin Qi: 5,260

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[Stored Essence]

Yang Essence: 105

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[Current Partners and Progression]

Jiang Lan (9%)

Zheng Liqin (49.5%)

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[Nemesis]

None

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[Sparring Record] – 200% Mode

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(Stage 1, Muscle Tampering Level 1)

Cheng, the hoodlum – Win: 100 / Lose: 2

Pengfei, the hoodlum – Win: 100 / Lose: 15

Xin, the beggar child – Win: 100 / Lose: 31

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(Stage 1, Muscle Tampering Level 2)

Qing Tengfei, the Qing Clan Henchman – Win: 14 Lose 0

"Excuse me, I'm here to free a debt slave."

In front of Poseidon Spa House, a dirty young man in ragged clothes carrying a large sack was asking a brothel receptionist if he could buy a slave. He had scruffy messy hair, and some of it seemed burned. His scarred and rough hands revealed that he had been working hard for a long time.

Yet, the beggar man's sharp eyes and determined pupils showed the unyielding spirit within him. He came here for a reason, and he had to achieve it no matter what the cost.

"You again? I told you, right? The minimum price for a slave is 500 raw spirit stones. If you don't have it, you should leave before I call the security."

Ma Xingjuan, who once escorted Miaomiao to Xu Xiuying, stopped this young man from seeing a certain slave.

This wasn't the first time that the ragged clothed man came here. He visited the brothel two weeks ago, but he got kicked out by this receptionist. He didn't still realize that Ma Xingjuan had saved his life from the hands of evil cultivators inside the brothel.

"I have the stones. They're in this sack," The beggar man tossed the sack to Ma Xingjuan.

The receptionist raised her eyebrows, surprised. She examined the content of the sack.

Indeed, hundreds of raw spirit stones were in there. However, she didn't know the exact number since they were hard to tell. Unless she counted it with her Succubi Sense, she wouldn't be able to confirm the number.

It took Ma Xingjuan a minute to confirm everything, "There're a total of 512 raw spirit stones. Well, I guess we can do business. But don't you think you should at least take a bath or buy some clothes with these stones first?"

"Nah, it will get dirtied again. I work in a mine."

"I see. Well, come with me. I'll take you to see the slaves."

"No need. I'm here for a friend of mine."

Ma Xingjuan found him amusing. Normally, men who came here to buy slaves always chose to browse through the list first, and they usually picked the best looking slaves. Yet, in this dirty man's case, he came here to free his friend.

"Oh, really? How noble of you."

"Just get to the point. How much does it cost to free my friend?"

"Who is your friend? Can you give me her name?"

"Jiang Lan."

"…"

Ma Xingjuan frowned. She had heard this name from somewhere recently, but she couldn't recall where she had heard about this slave. Also, Ma Xingjuan had a feeling that trouble was brewing.

"Give me a moment. For now, hold on to that sack. I don't want to be branded as a robber if I keep holding onto it."

"Sure."

Ma Xingjuan strode into the brothel to inquire about a slave with this name.

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30 Minutes later, Ma Xingjuan returned with a bitter smile on her face. She remembered where she heard Jiang Lan's name, and where she currently was.

The receptionist gave the young blacksmith an apological smile, "I'm sorry. Jiang Lan has already been freed. She has already been accepted an outer disciple of Silver Phoenix Sect."

"R-Really!?"

Ma Xingjuan didn't tell the young man that Miaomiao had already bought Jiang Lan. As a professional receptionist, she cared about all her potential customers' feelings. But in this case, she had to gather some information.

"Yes. By the way, what's your relationship with her?"

"Why do you ask?"

"It's our sect's policy. Silver Phoenix Sect is an all-female sect. We forbade the man-woman relationship during our training. It affects our discipline and principles."

That was a lie. Ma Xingjuan probed the young man if he had any ulterior motive behind his request.

"Err, your sect is running a brothel, though."

The beggar pointed out the flaw in Ma Xingjuan's lie. However, the girl came prepared.

"Prostitution is a business that our sect runs. It doesn't mean that our disciples are working as one of those girls."

"O-Okay."

Aside from Silver Phoenix Sect's disciples, workers, or elders, outsiders didn't know that dual-cultivators were disguising as prostitutes here. The beggar also wasn't aware of the secret of Xu Xiuying's sect, so he couldn't refute.

"Now, back to my question. What's your relationship with Jiang Lan?"

"Oh," the beggar's eyes turned bright, "To tell you the truth, both Jiang Lan and I grew up in the countryside. Our parents were ordinary people without a cultivation background. You see, we were farmers."

Ma Xingjuan listened to this man's story to kill time.

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This beggar's name was Xie Tian. Judging from the tone that he talked about Jiang Lan, this man was her childhood sweetheart.

Jiang Lan used to date Xie Tian and promised each other to be husband and wife in the future. Even their parents approved their relationship.

However, two years ago, cultivators from Wei Clan visited their village. Wei Feng, the youngest child of the clan master, discovered Jiang Lan's beauty. He proposed to her and promised her that she would become a cultivator and obtain immortality.

Jiang Lan declined. Yet, Wei Feng's words ignited her family's desire to attain immortality. Even Jiang Lan's heart wavered when she imagined herself having a never-aging youthful body.

Wei Feng withdrew without doing anything to the family, but the harm had been done.

A month later, something happened to the Jiang family. Xie Tian didn't know how it began, but he discovered later that Jiang parents borrowed several spirit stones from both Xu Clan and Wei Clan to cultivate. Jiang Lan also had a few raw spirit stones in her hands!

The Jiang parents and Jiang Lan suddenly became 1st stage cultivators, but they often got bedridden because of Qi Deviation sickness, which was caused by Qi radiation.

The parents stopped cultivating, but they pressured Jiang Lan to continue doing so. They were planning to send her to a sect to earn spirit stones so that they could pay off the debt.

Xie Tian tried to persuade the Jiang Family to stop, but Jiang Lan didn't listen to him. Her family kept borrowing more spirit stones and hired doctors to treat her. As time passed, the debt kept increasing and reached over 100 raw spirit stones.

In the end, Jiang Lan's family gave up. They sold Jiang Lan to the Xu Clan as a slave to pay off the debt.

Xie Tian followed after Jiang Lan to Mountain Goose City, hoping to free her from the slave status. He worked as a miner and a blacksmith for a year. And now, he had a fortuitous encounter and managed to collect enough spirit stones to free her.

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Ma Xingjuan wanted to laugh and mock Xie Tian, but she refrained herself. It would be rude to reveal that Jiang Lan had become Xu Miao's chambermaid.

"I understand. I'll tell Jiang Lan that you've come to visit her. Give me your address, so we can contact you in the future."

"Thank you, senior sister! Err, but I'm staying at my master's storehouse at the moment. He told me that he had a connection with one of your executives or so."

"Your master? Who is he?"

"Senior Luo."

There were not many people with surname Luo in this city that had a connection with Silver Phoenix Sect. She wondered who it was, "What's the senior's name again?"

"Luo Cheng, Senior Luo Cheng from Mountain Goose Sect."

"…"

"I'm working as his blacksmith apprentice at the moment, and I'm working in the mine part-time. Please tell Jiang Lan that."

"… Okay."

Xie Tian cupped his fist and bowed to Ma Xingjuan before he departed with his spirit stone sack. The receptionist could only send him off with her gaze.

'Too bad, lover boy. Your girlfriend has ditched you. Your master is also a spy from our clan. Well, what should I tell Jiang Lan and young master Xu Miao?'

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Jiang Lan's Room =

At the corner of the room stood a 20-cubic-feet refrigerator. It was filled with canned food, grain pills, spirit drinks, and water, which was automatically refilled. This was a magic item of Silver Phoenix Sect that could teleport supplies to fridges of disciples, who were a closed-door training, so they wouldn't die starving.

Jiang Lan opened the fridge and opened a canned fermented herrings, which had an iconic label.

Surstr*mming

As soon as she opened the can, the rotting fishy smell filled the room. Yet, Jiang Lan inhaled it as if it was the tastiest smell in the world. Then, Jiang Lan chowed the fishes in the can.

RING*

As Jiang Lan was enjoying her fermented fishes, her jade phone rang. She picked it to see who was calling.

"Senior Ma?"

The caller was Ma Xingjuan, who was an inner disciple senior. Jiang Lan picked it up without hesitation.

PIIP*

"Hello, E1053 here."

[Jiang Lan?]

"Yes? Can I help you?"

[Ah, I'm just curious. Do you know a guy named Xie Tian?]

Jiang Lan froze. She furrowed her brow, annoyed that she heard this name at a time like this.

"I know him. Is there something wrong?"

[He visited the brothel just now and claimed to be your boyfriend. He wants to buy you.]

"I'm already a free woman, though. Also, I'm not his girlfriend."

[Are you sure? He said that you had promised to marry him.]

"That was when we're kids. Do you think I have to keep that silly promise?"

Jiang Lan was serious. Their promise was already 10 years old, which was made when Jiang Lan was 8. She hoped that Xie Tian should have moved on since she was now a cultivator, and he was a commoner without cultivation strength. Their status was now different.

Moreover, she had become the favorite wife of Miaomiao, the adopted son of the vice master, Xu Xiuying. Her future seemed more promising if she could become Xu Xiuying's daughter-in-law.

Also, Jiang Lan didn't forget the hot nights. Her husband's yang qi and his dual cultivation techniques could boost her levels. Just by getting inseminated once, her strength increased by a level.

In summary, Xie Tian was just a slum boy while Miaomiao was a rich stud with exceptional bed skills. It was an obvious choice who she should choose as a husband.

[Of course not! Say, he left me an address and a contact number. Do you want me to contact him for you?]

"No, please. I'm in the middle of closed-door training. I'm about to break through, so I don't have time for something stupid."

[Ah, what a pity. I was hoping for a melodrama.]

"Not gonna happen, senior. Anyway, is there anything else? I'm busy."

[Eh, fine. You're no fun. I won't continue bothering you, then.]

"…"

[Oh, by the way, do you mind if I abduct him and throw him to the dungeon?]

Jiang Lan almost said, "Yes, please," but she managed to hold back her words. Although she planned to abandon Xie Tian, her lingering guilty conscience stopped her from harming him. Childhood memory and his smiling face were still precious to her. It was a happy memory that Jiang Lan wanted to treasure, and she didn't want to ruin Xie Tian's future.

"… Please don't. At least, leave him alone."

[Hahaha! Just kidding. I was messing with you. Have fun cultivating.]

"…"

Ma Xingjuan hung up the phone, but she sent a MeChat message.

[I'll leave Xie Tian's address here just in case. He is living at ….]

Jiang Lan stared at the address, hesitated if she should go out and meet her ex-boyfriend.

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At night, before Miaomiao went to sleep, he didn't forget to practice manipulating Qi in his body. Hot energy surged inside his muscle and blood vessels as his Yang Qi moved around his body. At the moment, Qi strands circulated in his muscle fibers and nourished the tissues without getting stuck like before.

This result was the reward of Miaomiao's bold theory. He kept melting his Yang Qi and evolving his blood cells, muscle fibers, and blood vessels to the point that he repeatedly died in the Isolation Training Space every day. Because of this cheating technique, Miaomiao obtained a modified physique, tailored to manipulate Qi flow inside his body.

This type of physique belonged to cultivators at the 3rd stage, Meridian Foundation Realm. 3rd stage cultivators' blood cells, blood vessels, and tissues became one with Qi strands and Qi Essence. They could use various ranged skills, such as fireballs, ice needles, or other magic attacks at will without worrying about a backlash.

As for cultivators at lower stages, they would suffer serious backlashes had they used the mentioned skills. Yet, Miaomiao was an exception because of his death-seeking training style.

"Grr, which one should I buy?"

Miaomiao wanted to go to sleep, but he chose to sit alone in the lobby. He had a big decision to make.

After a week of hard work, Miaomiao had collected 105 Yang Essence, which was more than enough to buy a system skill or upgrade the Isolation Training feature.

There were 3 choices; One – buy the Orc King Sutras, Two – buy the Demonic Body Strengthening Technique, or Three – upgrade the Isolation Training feature.

'So far, I haven't mastered the Dual Flame technique yet, so I don't need another technique to mess up my training schedule. Doubling the training time should be a better choice.'

In the modern world, there was a famous quote from Bruce Lee.

"I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times."

Miaomiao used this quote as his training principle. Until he truly mastered a technique, he would not learn a new one. Because of such an attitude, discipline, and hard work, Miaomiao won a few world titles.

In this world, Miaomiao still didn't forget this principle. He chose to master his current technique before moving to another one.

"System, upgrade the Isolation Training Feature!"

[Ding]

[You have used 100 Yang Essence!]

[The feature has been upgraded. Current sleeping time and training time ratio: 1 Hour – 2 Hours.]

Now, instead of having 6 to 8 hours a day to train in the Isolation Space, Miaomiao would have 12 to 16 hours a day. This would double his training speed and gave him more time to spar with more clones.

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[Isolation Training]

Conversion Ratio (Real World Hour/Isolation Space Hour): 1:2

Upgrade Cost: 500 Yang Essence

Next Conversion Ratio (Real World Hour/Isolation Space Hour): 1:5

Whenever you've fallen asleep, your consciousness will be sent to System's isolated space for special training sessions that you can design for yourself.

Inside this space, you can choose to fight against illusions of fighters that you had once encountered in the past, or you can spend your time practicing various arts that you haven't mastered.

The Conversion Ratio is the time in the real world and the time you can spend in space. Currently, two hours in the isolation space is one hour in real life. You can upgrade the conversion rate by spending the Yang essence.

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The next upgrade was tempting. Instead of having 12 to 16 hours, each night, Miaomiao would have 30 to 40 hours of precious training time. Still, it was too expensive for him at the moment.

Miaomiao stopped thinking about his future for now. He returned to Zheng Liqin's room to sleep.

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The next day, Miaomiao attended the weekly lecture on the 10th floor. However, Jiang Lan and Zheng Liqin didn't come with him.

Jiang Lan finished her closed-door training, but she went somewhere without telling Miaomiao. As for Zheng Liqin, she had lost her free-will and became a mindless doll. Without Miaomiao's order, she would just stay in her bedroom, staring at the wall in a daze.

When Miaomiao arrived at the 10th floor without the two girls, he was surrounded by female disciples and prostitutes, clinging onto his arms, his chest, and his back. As if they were flies attracting to a pile of poop, they fought each other to reach Miaomiao, screaming and yelling in chaos.

The superstar maintained his pokerface and let these thirsty gold diggers touching every part of his body. Although unknown hands grabbed his crotch, he didn't react to it.

PIIIIII*

Someone blew a whistle. Everyone stopped what they were doing and turned to the source.

The twin elders, Qi Hong and Qi Ning were here again. They stood before the central fountain and glared at the noisy disciples.

RUMBLE*

Miaomiao could sense the mysterious killing intent again. It came from one of the two elders, but he couldn't pinpoint which one wanted him dead as both elders' appearance and clothes were the same.

"E Class, follow me to the west side. C Class and D Class, go with elder Qi Ning."

The same as last week, Miaomiao followed Joyous Yin School's disciples to the west side. He picked a rear seat and sat down.

Qi Hong and Qi Ning led their disciples to their respective areas. As soon as they separated, Miaomiao could sense the source of the ongoing killing intent.

It became clear. The hostile aura came from the east side.

Miaomiao didn't know why Qi Ning was so hostile to him. He didn't remember offending this elder or other disciples of Virgin Yin School.

'What did I do to her? Why does she want?'

Despite being threatened, Miaomiao feinted ignorance, not moving from the spot or turning around.

The killing intent subsided. Both elders began their lectures.

"Last week, we talked about Succubi Sense and how you can inspect your customers. This week, we'll review about Yin Qi application and how you can use it to improve your cultivation base."

Miaomiao's eyes gleamed. Since he possessed several thousand strands of Yin Qi, this topic interested him.

"Normally, Yin Qi is cold and sinister, which is suitable to be used as fuel for ice, wind, water, or darkness-related techniques. However, you shouldn't forget that these Qi strands can be used to enhance your blood cells and muscle fibers after you've reached the 3rd stage. For example…"

Again, Qi Hong glanced at Miaomiao and gave him a wide smile.

"For example, if you can't circulate your Qi to your right arm, you can move a strand of Yin Qi to that part and dissolve it into particles. Then, your blood cells will consume them and carried the Qi particles into the clogged area and unclog it."

Miaomiao's jaw dropped. This lesson confirmed that he accidentally used a proper technique to increase his cultivation base. Still, there were many questions unanswered.

"But bear in mind, this method should only be used once a day at the maximum. Dissolving more than one Qi strands may risk destroying your inner organs because of the extreme temperature from Yin Qi and its impurity. Averagely, 60-70% of a cultivator's Qi is impure substances that come from incompatible natural Qi, gas, dead spirit's remnant, and incontrollable electric static. By disintegrating your Qi, our blood cells will be contaminated by these things, and it will take time to clean them from our system."

One of the disciples raised her hand, "Senior, what if our Qi doesn't contain impurity? How many times can we use this method?"

"In theory, our artery can handle 100 Qi strands at once per day, but small blood vessels can't handle more than one unless your cultivation strength is stage 4 or higher. Even if you have the purest Qi with 0% impurity, you can still die by dissolving about 2 to 3 strands within a day. Therefore, I'll remind everyone again, never dissolve it more than once per day. As for those who are still at the 2nd stage, don't use this method."

"Then, what can we do to get rid of those impurities?"

Qi Hong glanced at Miaomiao again. It was as if this elder wanted to relay some tips for him, "That's simple. Use the basic Body Cleansing technique. If you still haven't learned the Body Cleansing technique from the outer library, you shouldn't dissolve your Qi strand at all! Remember, there are 10 basic techniques that everyone here should master, and these manuals can be found in the outer library. Work hard and earn those contribution points to buy and learn all of them ASAP."

That was the hidden message from Qi Hong to Miaomiao. The latter also understood it, so he slightly nodded to Qi Hong, telling her that he got it.

'I shouldn't be conceit and get tunnel-visioned because of my current Dual-Flame technique. I guess I have to pick those manuals for some references.'

Seeing that Miaomiao picked up the hint, Qi Hong slightly nodded at him. She continued the class.

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The lecture today was more helpful than last week. Qi Hong taught everyone how they should circulate Qi from dantian to various body parts. She even demonstrated how everyone could summon a water ball or an ice shard from their bare hands by using Yin Qi, which was applicable for everyone with 2nd stage cultivation base.

Miaomiao also tested it with his Yin Qi, and he could create a finger-sized ice needle from his palm. However, nobody paid attention to him since they were busy testing their skills. Miaomiao dispelled it and kept it secret. He planned to practice more in the Isolation Space.

"Okay, that's enough for today!"

Qi Hong dismissed the class as it was almost 5PM.

The lecture was over. But before everyone could leave, Qi Hong reminded them of an event.

"Don't forget. In three weeks, Mountain Goose Sect and our sect will hold an annual examination for new disciples, and some of you lots may have to spar against the examinees. If you don't want to embarrass yourself, train hard!"

Miaomiao narrowed his eyes. This event might be insignificant to him since he was already enlisted into the Silver Phoenix Sect, but protagonists in many novels usually showed up and caused a scene. He was concerned about his position as the Xu Clan's false young master as he might have to get involved in the event.

Moreover, the quest deadline ended at the same time. Miaomiao had a hunch that the next quest might have something to do with this annual examination.

'I need to train hard, too.'

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After the lecture was over, Qi Hong requested Miaomiao to stay behind again. She guided him to the elder elevator, which could access every floor in this building.

In the elevator, Qi Hong pressed [B3]. The lift descended to the underground floor, where only authorized people could access it.

"Senior. Where are we going?"

"Claiming your contribution points, of course."

Miaomiao frowned. He hadn't reported the task that Qi Hong had given him yet, but she took the initiative to give him the CP first.

"Don't' worry about the task. Every room in this building hides at least 20 hidden small cameras. I have seen Liqin's state, so I know that she's completely broken now."

In the modern world, it wasn't uncommon for a triad gang to hide secret cameras in their brothel rooms for various reasons. Miaomiao didn't expect that these cultivators also did the same.

Qi Hong detected Miaomiao's distort expression. She laughed, "Don't get me wrong. Those cameras are there to monitor and record our disciples' behavior. Hard workers like E1053 are usually rewarded with contribution points and better resting quarters, but slackers will be thrown to storehouses."

"But won't my mother discover my deed?"

Miaomiao was afraid that Xu Xiuying might punish him for it. After all, he had ruined one of her disciples.

"She won't."

"What makes you so confident?"

Qi Hong shrugged, "I'm in charge of Joyous Yin disciples, workers, and the securities. I'm the only one that can access CCTV footage, so you don't have to worry. Even your mother has to come to me when she needs my records."

"Oh?"

Unexpectedly, Qi Hong was a big shot in the sect.

Ding*

The elevator opened. Before them, a gloomy dark narrow passage awaited.

Qi Hong stepped out of the elevator and led the way. Miaomiao followed after her, but he looked around, feeling insecure.

The corridor walls were made of black bricks and concrete. Dim neon light bulbs shone the way for the two, but they sometimes blinked and released static noises as if they were props from a horror movie.

"AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!"

A man's scream came from the upper floor, but it was audible there, making this corridor creepy and suspicious.

Walking for a minute, Qi Hong and Miaomiao reached a reception lobby. A long wooden counter blocked the only door in this room. No other furniture could be seen other than the counter and the door. Behind the counter, a gargoyle statue stood there, watching Miaomiao and Qi Hong.

The gargoyle's eyes lightened. Its red eyes scanned through Miaomiao and Qi Hong's bodies.

[State your purpose!]

Qi Hong giggled, "I'm here to redeem contribution points for young master Xu Miao."

Miaomiao frowned as something didn't make sense here. If this was commonplace to redeem contribution points, the limited access would prevent disciples from reaching this place. Moreover, underground levels were used as prisons and torture chambers, which was not matched with the sect's layout setting.

Therefore, this place shouldn't be a normal exchange center from Miaomiao's perspective.

[How many points are you going to give Xu Miao?]

"10,000!"

[That will be 100 raw spirit stones.]

Qi Hong's spatial ring flashed as the elder drew out a bag of raw spirit stones. She tossed it to the counter.

[100 raw spirit stones confirmed. 10,000 CP has been added to Xu Miao's account. Anything else?]

"Give him an authority to access the supervisor elevator, so he can come back here on his own."

[… Done. Anything else?]

"That's all."

[Good. Leave this place.]

Listening to the conversation, Miaomiao blinked his eyes several times, confused for a moment. After the conversation was over, he managed to come up with a theory of this place.

"Senior, is this place for secret deals or something shady that you don't want other disciples to know?"

Qi Hong laughed. She pulled his hand and dragged him away from this room, walking back toward the elevator, "Indeed. You're sharp, young master Xu. It is as you said."

"But why here?"

"It's more convenient for elders like me. This place is a common spot for us to transfer contribution points to our favorite disciples without anyone knowing. Well, your mother can still find out eventually."

In other words, elders could use this place for giving preferential treatments to their favorite disciples without anyone finding out.

"Young master Xu. I'm giving you preferential treatment not because of your status, but I'm investing in your potential. I hope that you won't forget me when you become successful."

Miaomiao still didn't believe her, "Tell me the truth, what are you trying to achieve?"

"Ai, Yai, Yai. I'm being honest, you know?"

"I'm sorry, but I have trust issues."

"Hmm."

Qi Hong's eyes opened a bit as she gave Miaomiao a meaningful look. A few seconds later, she stood before him and embraced his waist.

"Let's say, I'm nurturing a handsome young man, so he can become my ideal dual cultivation partner in the future. Right now, you're too weak. You'll die in 2 minutes if you have sex with me with your current strength. Is this enough for you, young master Xu?"

Miaomiao didn't resist Qi Hong's embrace. He raised his eyebrows as he still didn't believe her.

'A lying bitch. She definitely used Zheng Liqin as a guinea pig to test my skills. Xu Xiuying also used Zheng Liqin to harm me. I can't trust anyone here!'

Miaomiao pretended to be friendly and obedient, feinting that he could be manipulated. Still, his hands reacted to Qi Hong's soft body and groped her butt. The bulking mushroom in his pants also poked Qi Hong's lower abdomen. Using his pervert move as a disguise, Miaomiao changed the subject to avoid that matter for now, trying not to stir the grass to startle the snake.

"Just curious. How old are you?"

"It's rude to ask a lady her age, you know?"

"I need a reference. I just want to know how long it will take me to reach your level."

Qi Hong laughed, "51. I started cultivating when I was 12, and I'm stage 5 level 10. Happy now?"

"You look like you're still in your early 20s."

"Haha, you're too sweet. You should release your hands before I can't stop my urge. This old woman might ravish you at this rate. By the way, your meat has been poking my belly. Are you into me that much?"

"You've woke it up, so can I ask you to calm it?"

The two teased each other as if they were boyfriend and girlfriend. But after they got inside the elevator and the door closed, Miaomiao and Qi Hong started exchanging kisses. Their hands reached for the other's private part, massaging them with their hands.

DING*

A few seconds later, the elevator door opened as it reached a new destination, the 9th floor. Qi Hong stopped molesting Miaomiao and pushed him away.

"That's enough, young master Xu. If you wish to continue with this old lady, increase your strength to the 3rd stage or higher. As I said, you're too weak for me."

"Can't I even get a proper handjob? Are you going to leave me hanging?"

"Ask those guards to be your partners, then. Hahaha!"

Qi Hong ignored Miaomiao's erected mushroom and led him to a new area. The latter corrected his clothes and followed her. Of course, his boner was killed.

This 9th floor partitioned into two parts; the resident zone, and the contribution hall.

Black glass walls and the vinyl signboard could be seen from afar. When Miaomiao followed Qi Hong to the interior, he recalled the scenes of adventurer guilds from various Japanese Anime.

Two long wooden counters made an L formation, the same arrangement as modern banks. Nine workers sat behind the counters, talking to the disciples that sat across them.

On the bulletin boards on the east side, several pinned printed papers could be seen. There were the tasks or requests that any disciple could accept as if they were quests from a fantasy world's adventurer guild.

Not many people were still hanging around the contribution hall as it was 6PM, the usual dinner time. Everyone either returned to their rooms or went out for food.

When one of the staff spotted Qi Hong, she rushed out to greet her.

"Master Qi, welcome to the contribution hall. Are you here to issue requests as usual?"

"Nah, I'm here to show young master Xu the ropes. Also, he wants to redeem his points for rewards. Show him the exchangeable item list."

The staff gazed at Miaomiao's face. As soon as she recognized the similarity between Xu Xiuying and his face, her body shook because of the nervousness. The staff wasn't used to dealing with a noble, especially a relative of the sect's vice master.

Miaomiao got the list of exchangeable items and his available contribution points right away. It was an orb that projected a hologram image, similar to his system menu. He could scroll the menu up and down by sliding his finger as if he was using a smartphone.

In the hologram, Miaomiao had 10,000 points that Qi Hong had transferred to him via the secret channel. As for the purchasable items, the price varied.

The cheapest item on the list was a raw spirit stone, which cost 200 CP, double the price that Qi Hong had exchanged. But what attracted Miaomiao's attention was something else.

Refined Yang Stone – 5,000 CP

Miaomiao had seen a refined Yin stone that Zheng Liqin had always used when she had free time. That girl simply placed it in front of her and drained its energy for days. Just one stone, it lasted her 3 days, and she said that she acquired at least 5,000 strands of Yin Qi from it.

'Can I get 5,000 strands of Yang Qi from this stone? If so, this will be helpful.'

He turned to Qi Hong, "Senior Qi, is it possible to collect Yang Qi from a refined Yang stone? I saw Zheng Liqin cultivating, and she used a Yin stone."

"Yes, you can. But if you're aiming for a Yang Stone, I suggest that you should request a staff here to use a fireproof room or have an elder to monitor you. Whenever we use a yang stone, the room temperature will rise and all wooden furniture will catch fire. We don't want you to burn our building."

Miaomiao broke a cold sweat again as he recalled that Yang was the opposite of Yin. If a Yin stone could turn his bedroom into a freezer, then a Yang stone might turn his bedroom into a human-BBQ sauna.

"Also, there're risks that you'll end up burning yourself. Before you cultivate this stone, you should master the basic techniques first. Look at the recommended section. There should be available second-handed manuals there."

Miaomiao flipped through pages and explored the recommended items. Several second-handed items were sold here. Surely enough, many items were listed here for low prices, including refined Yang stones and many technique manuals.

(10% Used) Refined Yang Stone – 2,000 CP

(30% Used) Refined Yang Stone – 1,000 CP

(80% Used) Refined Yang Stone – 100 CP

(60% Used) Refined Yang Stone – 500 CP

Succubi Sense Manual (With Xiong Zhenzhen's handwritten notes) – 500 CP

Double Yin Dantian Manual (With Qiao Qiu's handwritten notes) – 500 CP

Frost Phoenix Swordsmanship Manual (With Deng Ehuang's handwritten notes) – 1500 CP

"What's with these notes and the price?"

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"Ah, those are secondhand items from inner disciples or core disciples that have already mastered those techniques. They usually leave comments and tips in their manuals and sell them to other outer disciples at a high price."

Qi Hong explained the current trend of this sect. When an outer disciple managed to get promoted into an inner disciple, they often shared their knowledge to juniors or their friends how they became successful. Or, after someone mastered every technique that these manuals had to offer, they always wrote their understanding, tips, and their insight on the books and sold them here.

These secondhand manuals were popular among new disciples as the guides provided by graduated seniors were helpful. The difficult techniques that usually took a year to master only required a few months with these seniors' annotations.

However, these secondhand books were more expensive than a brand new copy from the contribution hall or the sect library. An outer disciple technique book cost about 100 to 500 contribution points, but these seniors sold them 5 to 10 times the market price. If the book was from a core disciple, the price tag would be more expensive.

On the contrary, used consumable items were a lot cheaper than a complete item provided by the sect. The refined Yang stones in the list were an example.

"I get the gist of it. So those secondhand manuals are like items from celebrities."

"Celebrities? Well, you can say that. Everyone wants to copy successful people."

"By the way, what are the skills that you want me to learn? You said that there are 10 must-learn skills or some sort."

"Oh, that? For you, some of them might be incompatible since most of them are tailored for female cultivators. There are still useful skills, though."

Qi Hong navigated the menu and picked four brand new manuals for him.

Frost Turtle Breathing Technique

Yin Qi Application Guidebook

Body Cleansing Technique

The first three books looked decent. However, Miaomiao's expression distorted, cringed, when he read the last technique's majestic and glorious name.

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Stripper Swordsmanship

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Miaomiao's brain reacted to the iconic name in an instant. A scene where he wore two-piece bikinis and holding a sword appeared in his mind. Then, he fought his opponents by pole-dancing and stripping his remaining clothes.

Miaomiao coughed as he almost vomited blood. His imagination was traumatized-inducing to the point that he almost screamed, "WTF, brain!?"

"Excuse me!? Stripper Swordsmanship!? Am I supposed to strip my clothes while I'm fighting?"

Seeing Miaomiao's reaction, Qi Hong burst into laughter, "AHAHAHAHA!!"

"Don't laugh! What the hell is this technique!?"

"Please, young master Xu. You've misunderstood," Qi Hong wiped her tear, "This swordsmanship technique focuses on disarming or destroying your opponent's equipment and weapons. You don't have to strip your cloth while fighting."

Miaomiao was relieved. If he had to become a stripper to use this technique, he rather died.

Looking at Miaomiao's expression, Qi Hong couldn't stop laughing.

"Is my face that funny?"

"Hahaha!! I'm sorry. You remind me when I was still an outer disciple. I had the same reaction back then, but … AHAHAHA!!"

"…"

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After laughing enough, Qi Hong explained her reasons behind these techniques.

Frost Turtle Breathing Technique contained two major skills that Yin cultivators found them useful. One was Frost Physique, which could improve a cultivator's resistance against cold temperature. As female cultivators of this sect prioritized in Yin skills, which contained cold attributes, this skill synergized with their specialties.

The second sub-technique, the breathing, could improve the Yin Qi circulation of the practitioners. As the breathing would absorb Yin Qi in the air, cultivators who had mastered this technique could absorb Yin Qi from the surroundings without having to sit still and concentrate. Zheng Liqin inhaling energy from a refined Yin stone to increase her cultivation base was an example of this skill usefulness.

As for Yin Qi Application Guidebook was as its name. It contained step-by-step basic circulation techniques for those who had never sensed Qi flow before. Not only it was easy to understand, but the guide was also useful for intermediate disciples with 2nd stage cultivation base as well. Many outer disciples still carried a copy of this book around in their spatial ring as they still used it as a reference when they ran into a cultivation problem.

Body Cleansing Technique was also self-explanatory. It was a Qi circulation technique that could be used to force out toxic, poison, or impurity from a cultivator's body. It was a must-learn technique if one wanted to become a legit cultivator.

And lastly, the Stripper Swordsmanship…

"Now, for the stripper sword techniques, I think I should demonstrate it for you. Or else, you will have a bad impression on it."

Qi Hong borrowed a wooden sword from the contribution hall staff. Then, she displayed her sword dance.

The sword movements were not fast, but they were not slow either. Qi Hong's sword was graceful and smooth like water flow. Combining her sword skill with her red qipao and her thick thighs, Qi Hong's sword dance captivated Miaomiao and other onlookers.

The elder noticed Miaomiao's gaze. Because of the previous foreplay, she had a tingling urge to tease him, wanting to pay back for his rude molestation.

Qi Hong's feet moved faster. She intentionally made some errors, so her qipao could flutter. She ended up flashing her red G-string panties and her white butt for Miaomiao to see.

Even though Qi Hong was over 50-year-old, her appearance was that of a young maiden in her early 20s. The smooth skin and her youthful pretty face enchanted Miaomiao to the point that he began drooling.

Cuckoo!

A divine chicken in Miaomiao's pants had risen. This type of seduction dance was more stimulating than seeing a naked girl.

Qi Hong stopped her sword technique mid-way while Miaomiao's excitement was at his peak.

"How's that, young master?"

Because of her question, several onlookers and staff turned toward Miaomiao. And then, some of the girls noticed Miaomiao's pitched tent.

There were still several Virgin Yin School disciples in the contribution hall. As soon as they saw a man's erected crotch, they screamed and ran away. On the other hand, dual cultivators licked their lips and gazed at his hidden rooster with desire. These naughty girls were planning to approach him after this.

"Very… beautiful. I mean, the sword technique is quite profound."

"Of course," Qi Hong returned the wooden sword to the staff and stood next to Miaomiao. However, her hand slipped into his pant and seized the meat pole, "This sword technique is specialized in defense. With the combination of Yin arts, full-strength attacks from someone in the same cultivation base will still be ineffective against this sword skill."

The elder's action didn't escape the eyes of a dozen onlookers and the hall staff. As the remaining people were either workers or dual cultivators, they grinned and observed the show.

Qi Hong's hand didn't stop rubbing Miaomiao's mushroom as she mumbled, "Unfortunately, secondhand books of this skill are too expensive. I suggest that you should buy a brand new set, and I'll coach you in private. By the way, has you buy a phone? I'll give you my MeChat ID, so you can text me whenever you have questions about those techniques."

"Ugh, Err, s-senior, y-your hand."

"Brand new books cost only 400 CP, and a jade phone is only 1,000CP. You have a lot of points left, so you should be able to exchange for many secondhand refined stones. Still, I suggest that you should take missions from the sect and increase your contribution points normally. Or else, many disciples will gossip that you're relying on your mother and contribute nothing to the sect."

Qi Hong's soft cold hand massaged his mushroom's tip. Slippery transparent juice leaked out from it, and her hand rubbed the liquid all over the pole. The speed got faster.

"A-A-Au, s-se-nior, ai-I-I'm about to!"

"Even so, I have a few tips for you. Most of our sect's missions are prostitution and man-hunting, so you can't complete those. But there are trivial jobs that you can do, such as fixing water pipes, repairing the roofs, or room cleaning…"

SPURT*

Miaomiao reached his limit. His divine chicken puked white liquid.

"Ugh," Miaomiao wanted to cry that Qi Hong bullied him in public. He expected that his pants would be wet and sticky because of this intense ejaculation.

Betraying his expectation, there was no wet or murky feeling coming from his crotch area. Instead, his pants and underwear were still dry.

As Qi Hong was admiring Miaomiao's astonished and confused expression, she whispered to him, "I didn't use any Qi technique, so you didn't lose a single strand of yang Qi. Also, I've stored your semen in my spatial ring, so you don't have to worry about it."

The elder pulled her hand from Miaomiao's pants and licked the pre-cum juice.

Looking at Qi Hong's seduction, Miaomiao's mushroom got energetic again. But this time, he had an inspiration.

Miaomiao turned to the bulletin board where the hall placed their requests.

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Requester: Elder Yao Lan

Task: Need someone to clean bloodstain and dead bodies on the B1 floor. If you can repair the stone walls, I'll give you extra rewards.

Reward: 1,000 CP EXTRA.

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Requester: Core Disciple Xiong Zhenzhen

Task: Buy me 10 buckets of ice cream, 50 bags of chips, and 10 bottles of medium-grade Sprite from 7-11. Leave the items with the staff. I'll pick them up later.

Reward: 200 CP Item Cost

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Requester: Core Disciple Wu Lihua

Task: Need Spirit Vodka. It doesn't matter if it's low-grade or medium-grade. I'll buy it all!

Reward: 100 CP for low grade, 1,000 for a medium grade, and 10,000 for a high grade.

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Requester: Elder Long Meifang

Task: Fetch me boys. Preferably, age between 12 and 15. Don't ask me what I'll do with them.

Reward: 1,000 CP each.

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These requests were like quests from adventurer guilds in Japanese novels. Everyone could post a request and give rewards to the freelancers. Even though some of the quests seemed disturbing, Miaomiao didn't care.

"Say, senior."

"Yeah?"

"Can I post my request in this contribution hall?"

"Yes, you can."

"Then, can I sell my body to my fellow outer disciples?"

"You can offer services here, so yes, you can-Wait, what!?"

Qi Hong's eyes opened a little. She was surprised by Miaomiao's idea. Although she was sure that many girls here would pay a lump sum to bed Miaomiao, she didn't expect him to take the initiative and asked her.

"Nice! Then, senior, could you help me post a request on that bulletin board. I'll tell you the content."

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Business District, West Area of Mountain Goose City =

The western district of the Mountain Goose City, the territory of Wei Clan was as prosperous as ever, especially during the annual examination season. Many noble clans and small families brought their promising young children to the Mountain Goose City to join the annual exam event, and they usually rested in the western district.

Aside from Wei's clansmen, ordinary criminals and rogue cultivators didn't cause trouble here as too many noblemen and strong warriors were around, patrolling their turf. Only a few stray youngsters that visited this city fell prey to random gangsters.

However, a lone woman with skimpy short kimono braced the danger. Deep in a secluded alley, she stood in front of a closed blacksmith shop, waiting for a certain someone that she had texted.

Soon, the wooden doors opened. A young blacksmith rushed out with a bright smile.

"Jiang Lan!"

Xie Tian called out the visitor's name as he leaped forward to embrace her. However, Jiang Lan dodged the hug. Xie Tian caught the empty air and stumbled on the ground.

"Behave, silly Tian. You're already 17. You're no longer a kid."

Xie Tian slowly got up and looked at his crush. The girl that he fell in love with was now a sexy adult. Her bare shoulders, short skirt, white skin, thick thighs, and her bosoms were so attractive that the guy forgot to breathe.

"Y-You're beautiful."

"Of course. I've reached the Bone Refining Realm level 8, and I've become a disciple of the Silver Phoenix Sect. Obviously, my physique has changed."

"Wow. Congratulations!"

Despite saying that, Xie Tian wasn't shocked nor surprised as if this feat was nothing for him. Still, he was happy that his assumingly girlfriend had achieved her dream.

"Come, come. Let's talk inside. The blacksmith is dirty, but I'll arrange a place for you."

Jiang Lan revealed a bitter smile and shook her head, "There's no need."

"Oh, are you in a hurry?" Xie Tian looked sad.

"Not really, it's just…"

The girl didn't dare to reveal her thoughts. However, she decided not to reveal her trouble and gave him a spirit stone.

"Take this."

Xie Tian tilted his head as he accepted Jiang Lan's spirit stones. Unlike raw spirit stones, which were commonly traded in the market, her stones were brand new refined Yin stone.

"What's this for?"

"That's a low-grade refined Yin stone. It's different than the raw stones since it can be traded for 1,000 raw SS. With this, you and your family won't have a problem with money again."

"???"

Xie Tian had over 500 raw spirit stones, so he didn't have trouble with money. On the other hand, he was confused about why Jiang Lan gave this thing to him.

"I don't need it. You're a cultivator, so you should keep it."

"…"

Jiang Lan didn't know what to say to Xie Tian. She wanted to chase him away from this city and live a happy life elsewhere, so she could marry Miaomiao without a guilty conscience. Still, she couldn't muster her courage to confess that she already had a husband.

Seeing that Jiang Lan looked trouble, Xie Tian tried to console her by revealing a few of his secrets, "Hey, you know what? I had a fortuitous encounter last month, and I'm now a cultivator. Can you sense my current strength? I'm stage 2 at the moment. I'm thinking that I will take the annual exam to enter the Mountain Goose Sect. Say, do you think your Silver Phoenix Sect can accept a male disciple? If possible, I want to join the same sect as you. Oh, hey, do you know what happened after you left our village? I ran into…"

Xie Tian kept blabbing and telling his adventurous tale about how he ran into trouble left and right, but he acquired power, resources, and cultivation techniques in the end. Unfortunately for Jiang Lan, she didn't pay attention to the details.

Jiang Lan's brain stopped functioning when she heard that Xie Tian was a 2nd stage cultivator, "…How? C-Cultivator? How did you-?"

"Wait here. I'll show you something."

Xie Tian ran back into the blacksmith without noticing Jiang Lan's current expression. Unbeknownst to the lovestruck young man, his crush had an ugly expression.

"… I've sacrificed everything to reach this point. Did I hear that you've reached the 2nd stage within a month!?"

Nobody could hear Jiang Lan's angry voice or see her frustrated expression. Instead of being happy for him, she was jealous of his achievement.

She and her family fall into debt to get a chance to cultivate.

She and her parents almost died trying to absorb energy from spirit stones.

She was sold to a brothel because of her incompetence.

And most importantly, she was forced to sell her precious pride as a woman, her virginity, to a stranger.

It was fortunate that Miaomiao was adopted by Xu Xiuying, and he wanted to marry Jiang Lan. Or else, she would have continued living the rest of her life as a sex slave forever.

On the other hand, Xie Tian was a man, so he had nothing to lose. Moreover, he became a 2nd stage cultivator within a month because of his luck.

Jiang Lan lamented that heaven was unfair. Why did she have to suffer to obtain this strength when Xie Tian could achieve the same thing by being lucky?

Also, she questioned why Xie Tian didn't come and free her after he had obtained the fortune. If the fortuitous encounter last month gave him so much boon, why didn't he use it to free her from the brothel so that she didn't have to sell her body?

At first, Jiang Lan wanted to cherish Xie Tian's feelings. But now, her love turned into hate and envy. From her perspective, Xie Tian was a selfish bastard that didn't deserve to become a cultivator.

Even though it was unreasonable, Jiang Lan blamed everything on Xie Tian. She concluded that her ill fate was his fault.

Frustrated by the unfair fate, she threw the refined Yin stone into the blacksmith and used her Yin Qi to write a few words on the ground in front of the shop.

[I already have a husband! Leave me alone!]

In tears of anger, Jiang Lan ran away, returning to Poseidon Spa House by herself.

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A few minutes later, Xie Tian returned with a few old books in his hands. They were the secret techniques that he kept hidden from everybody else as they could boost his cultivation strength from zero to stage 2 level 1 within a month. Also, he had a pair of spatial rings with many rare herbs and pills inside.

"Jiang Lan?"

As soon as Xie Tian got out of Luo Cheng's blacksmith shop, Jiang Lan wasn't there anymore. He looked around, searching for her. However, he couldn't find the girl anywhere.

"Where did she go?"

Xie Tian scratched his head in confusion. He walked around to see if Jiang Lan had pranked him. Obviously, that wasn't a prank.

Xie Tian sighed and returned to his blacksmith, but his feet stumbled on something on the ground. They were the carved words on the stone road.

"…"

Reading the message, Xie Tian's bright eyes dimmed. He peered into the shop as he had sensed something inside for a while now.

Kluk* *Kluk*

Rolling on the wooden floor was the refined Yin stone that Jiang Lan tried to give him.

"…"

Nobody could understand what Xie Tian was thinking, but his eyes were bloodshot. He was on the verge of crying, but Xie Tian swallowed back his tears. He gazed at the sky and recited a phrase that Luo Cheng had taught him.

[A woman's mind is as mysterious as a deep sea. Should you desire a dao partner, never search for one until you've attained the dao. Else, you will never reach the dao because of your partner.]

At first, Xie Tian didn't understand Luo Cheng's guidance. But today, he understood a part of it as this experience taught him the hard way.

The first love was always the most intense and long-lasting. When it was crushed, the pain often created a deep scar in one's heart. Some people might never find true love like their first love again.

Xie Tian's Qi ran wild because his broken heart formed an internal devil, which continue to haunt him. He vomited several mouthfuls of blood while he clenched his chest.

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It took Xie Tian an hour to pacify his Qi and minimize his injury. He entered the old blacksmith shop and closed the door.

In the darkness, Xie Tian's eyes were bright. At the price of a heart devil's curse, the previous dimmed and sad eyes were no more as Xie Tian gained enlightenment from this heartbreak. In the future, his resistance against a woman's seduction would help him reach his dao… only if he could survive until then.

After all, Xie Tian was a protagonist, who was destined to either rise above all cultivators in this continent. Or, he might be destined to die by the hands of a certain villain mob character, who was manipulated to be Xie Tian's rival by a certain greater power.

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Jiang Lan returned to the sect at night. By the time that she got back to her room, Miaomiao and Qi Hong were already there to handle Zheng Liqin. The elder was taking this broken loli away as Miaomiao had done his job.

"Ah, welcome back. Where have you been?"

Miaomiao was worried if Jiang Lan had some difficulty during her closed-door training or she had suffered an injury. He rushed to her side and took a good look at her face.

Traces of tear covered Jiang Lan's pretty face. She had been crying when she ran back to the brothel.

"What's wrong?"

Jiang Lan didn't answer. She simply gazed into Miaomiao's eyes and questioned him, "Do you love me?"

"Of course, I love you. If not, I wouldn't have freed you and ordered you to move in with me."

"Then, love me more! Make me stronger!"

"…"

Miaomiao didn't understand what Jiang Lan had in her mind, but he guessed that she wanted to dual-cultivate again. Still, there was a 3rd wheel in the room.

Qi Hong had been observing Jiang Lan for a while. Her eyes opened a bit as she stared at this girl in solemn.

Still, she resumed her poker face and walked out of Miaomiao's room, but she didn't forget to whisper Miaomiao.

"I'll text you tomorrow. For now, have fun with your girl. If I were you, I would have broken this girl's mind ASAP. Remember my words, having a silent broken sex slave is better than having an ambitious self-centered wife."

"???"

Miaomiao frowned and glared at QI Hong, but the latter simply smiled at him and left.

'I know that women are usually the source of trouble, but why did she call Jiang Lan a self-centered wife?'

Miaomiao turned to Jiang Lan, who was acting suspiciously. She had cried, but she also seemed frustrated by something.

Had it been the modern world, Miaomiao would have consoled her and tried to discuss the problem. But as he was exploited left and right by Qi Hong and Xu Xiuying, Miaomiao began to develop trust issues.

It was difficult to predict a human's emotion or behavior. Therefore, if there was an available shortcut to solve this problem and read someone's mind, one might be tempted to use it.

And Miaomiao possessed that shortcut, the dual cultivation system skill.

'Should I temporarily break her and interrogate what she did? I guess I should ask her normally first. Then, I'll break her and ask her again. If her words match, I'll let her recover. But if she lies to me…'

For a second, Miaomiao's eyes were cold and sinister. They were the same eyes when he looked at Zheng Liqin or the bar thugs.

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Room 14001 =

After Qi Hong had left, Miaomiao dual-cultivated with Jiang Lan to the limit, but he hadn't broken her yet. He began probing the girl while they were cuddling.

"Say, Wifey."

"Yes?"

"Where did you go today?"

"Oh, I, ugh, I went out shopping with my friends."

"Oh? What did you buy?"

"N-Nothing. Everything in the western district is too expensive. I don't have enough taels to buy."

Like a bad lair, Jiang Lan didn't tell Miaomiao that she went out to meet with her ex. Moreover, she gave her only refined Yin stone to Xie Tian as a parting gift in anger.

'She was a slave, and she cooped up in her room for a week after that. Since when does she get a friend? And… friends as in plural?'

Although Miaomiao's eyes and ears were limited to within the sect, he still found Jiang Lan's words suspicious.

"Wifey."

"Hmm?"

"Who bullied you today? You have been crying, right?"

"N-No. I didn't cry."

"But when you returned, your face was a mess."

"T-That might be because of my sweat. Right, it was my sweat."

"…Are you sure that nobody had harmed you or bullied you?"

"Geez, young master. Nobody can bully me. If they do, I'll tell you immediately, and I'll have you expel those bitches."

"…"

"You see, today, I visited a weapon shop because I wanted to compare the weapon quality between the sect and the outside market. I found several swords with better quality than what's in the contribution hall, but they wanted to charge us 100 spirit stones. And then…"

Jiang Lan was a bad lair. Even with the trivial matter, she refused to reveal a tinge of truth, but she continued making up stories from her imagination.

Miaomiao sighed. He knew that people lied all the time, but catching his wife lying to him was still painful.

"Wifey."

"What's wrong? You are talkative today."

"Haha, you're the talkative one. Say, can I?"

"???"

Miaomiao's hand reached for Jiang Lan's crotch. He fingered inside her, gesturing that he wanted more.

"I'm tired, young master. Can I rest?"

"Don't worry," Miaomiao got on top of her, "Let's treat this as a massage. I'll take it slow this time."

Jiang Lan giggled. Believing that Miaomiao favored her over other girls, she allowed him to enjoy her body even though she was extra sensitive after 3 rounds of sex. She thought.

'This is for the better. As long as I have this man's favor, I can get more money, techniques, and spirit stones through him. This is for my immortality dream. Xie Tian, you asshole. I'll get stronger to the point that you and I will become an invincible immortal and you'll be just a wannabe! I'll make you regret that you didn't use the treasures that you have to save me earlier!'

Unfortunately, that would be her last scheme during her sober state.

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[Ding]

[You have dual-cultivated with Jiang Lan.]

[You have obtained 30 strands of Yin qi from Jiang Lan.]

[You have lost 30 strands of yang qi to Jiang Lan.]

[You and Jiang Lan have condensed 2 drops of essence.]

[You have obtained 1 drop of Yang essence.]

[Jiang Lan has obtained 1 drop of Yin essence.]

[Ding]

[Jiang Lan's dantian cannot contain Yin Essence. She has become intoxicated.]

[Ding]

[You have turned Jiang Lan into a temporary Yin Cauldron.]

Miaomiao finished the deed while he was staring at the broken girl with cold eyes. He sat there for an hour waiting for Jiang Lan to regain a bit of stamina.

When Jiang Lan's orgasm stopped, Miaomiao interrogated her with the same questions he had asked earlier.

"Can you talk?"

"… Yes."

Different from Zheng Liqin, Jiang Lan recovered faster as her constitution was more compatible with the system's Yin Essence.

"Where did you go today?"

"I visited my childhood friend in the western district."

Miaomiao had a surprised Pikachu expression. As he had expected, his wife had a secret.

"Who is your friend?"

"Xie Tian. He's my boyfriend that I grew up with."

"… Oh? An affair?"

Something inside Miaomiao told him that something wasn't right. It wasn't the affair that he was concerned about, but his inner instinct was tingling, telling him that he had seen something like this before.

"Did you cheat on me?"

"No. I went there to break up with him. I gave him a refined Yin stone to chase him away."

Miaomiao was relieved that Jiang Lan dumped her mysterious boyfriend, but it didn't change the fact that she cried and tried to hide it from him.

"Do you still love that man?"

"No. I hate him."

"Oh?" Now, Miaomiao got more curious about how her relationship with Xie Tian, "Why so?"

"He was supposed to sell his fortune to free me earlier! If he really loves me, he could have given all those treasures or cultivation techniques that he found to me. Then, I could have bought my freedom without losing my virginity to you."

"…"

"I lost everything just to reach the 2nd stage, but that son of a farmer simply got lucky and become a 2nd stage cultivator without an effort! I worked harder than him, so I deserve to be an immortal! He didn't sacrifice his family and his pride like me, so he doesn't deserve it!"

Despite being in a temporary broken stage, Jiang Lan was furious when she talked about Xie Tian. Also, her reasoning didn't make sense as it sounded like a child throwing tantrum.

True, Xie Tian didn't rescue Jiang Lan before Miaomiao took her virginity. However, that didn't make Xie Tian the bad guy. Xie Tian found and used whatever fortune for himself because it was his right and his luck. Jiang Lan didn't have the right to claim Xie Tian's possessions.

Still, because of Jiang Lan's outburst, Miaomiao could understand her true self. She was one of those entitled women who believed that everything revolved around her.

It was surprising, though. When Jiang Lan was still a slave, she was as timid as a hamster. When she was still a first-stage cultivator, she didn't have enough courage to even express her opinion.

Humans could change after they gained power. As soon as Jiang Lan got the taste of being a full-fledge cultivator who could utilize Qi, she revealed her dark self.

Miaomiao didn't know if this was her suppressed personality when she was a slave or it was the newly awaken ego. However, judging from her background, she might have had this kind of attitude before her parents sold her to the Xu Clan. After all, people's behavior couldn't change overnight.

"So, you're envious of his luck?"

"Yes. A farmer like him doesn't deserve this fortune! All his treasures, pills, and manuals should have belonged to me!"

"Then, what about me? Do you think that everything I have should be given to you?"

"Yes, young master. I'm your wife, so you should show me your love by giving everything to me. However, I'm also fine if you order me not to have them."

Jiang Lan was deadly frank when she was in the broken state. Even Miaomiao got intimidated by her straightforwardness.

Miaomiao sighed and snorted. He might have chosen the wrong wife, but Jiang Lan's body still had some use. Miaomiao determined to keep Jiang Lan in the broken state, so she couldn't backstab him or plot against him in the future.

'You're right, Qi Hong. This girl is an entitled bitch. She might have the talent to be my dao partner, but her personality is the worst. I can't have her as my main wife, or she'll ruin me.'

Miaomiao was thankful that Qi Hong had warned him earlier. Now, he was in favor of working under Qi Hong rather than Xu Xiuying.

"Are there other secrets that you're hiding, Jiang Lan?"

The interrogation continued, but Jiang Lan only held trivial secrets, such as her addiction for fermented fishes or how she enjoyed rough sex.

Since Jiang Lan didn't have other significant information, Miaomiao pushed her down on the bed. From this moment onward, she was no longer his wife but a sex doll.

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Meanwhile, in a shabby blacksmith shop, an old dwarf was sitting behind a young man, who was also sitting crossed legs. Luo Cheng was administrating the condition of his blacksmith disciple by placing his palms on Xie Tian's back to send his Qi inside the latter's body.

In front of Luo Cheng, Xie Tian revealed his bare upper body, so his mentor could examine his internal injury.

"A heart devil disease. What the hell did you do, Xie Tian?"

"It's nothing, master."

"Nothing my ass! Heart devil disease is no joke. As long as you can't solve your grudge, you won't be able to ascend to the 6th stage or higher! Every breakthrough from now on will be twice more difficult!"

"It's really nothing."

Although Xie Tian was expressionless, his sad eyes said otherwise. The impact of getting dumped by his first love, the long-cherished childhood sweetheart, was not something that he could overcome within a day.

"Tch! That's why I've kept telling you to forget that broad you have been chasing!"

"I'm sorry…"

"Haiz…"

Luo Cheng was at a loss for words. This young man possessed a lot of potentials, but he was also a greenhorn.

Xie Tian excelled at blacksmith, mining, and saber. He could even utilize Yang Qi and applied it in his craft skills when he was had 1st stage strength. Yet, he was a fool when it came to women.

"I guess I can give you a hand. Who is your girlfriend's name? Maybe I can talk to her so-called HUSBAND, and make them give up on her. Or maybe I can create an opportunity for you to confront her again."

Solving hearts devil syndrome was easy in theory. Simply, one had to confront the source and overcome what troubled them. If it was a grudge, they could defeat their foes. If it was love-sick, they could just talk to the partner and logic their reasons. If it was a broken heart, they just had to find a new partner that returned their love.

In Xie Tian's case, Luo Cheng planned to bring him to confront his girlfriend. If it wouldn't work, he could ask Xu Xiuying to introduce a lonely disciple to Xie Tian and pair them as a couple.

"Her name is Jiang Lan. She's from the Silver Phoenix Sect."

"Ah, that's simple… huh? Who is it again?"

"… Jiang Lan."

"…"

Of course, Luo Cheng had heard of this girl's name. After all, a certain young man declined his invitation, and he bought a slave girl with this name.

'Aiya. This can be troublesome.'

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