Meanwhile, far away on the dark mountainside, Chu Feng ran, panting. Each step felt heavy, as if the ground beneath his feet were rejecting his very existence. The scene from the Mansion earlier—the sight of Wei Yan being fed wagyu beef, being pampered by dozens of celestial maidens, and the aura of undeniable sovereignty—continuously replayed in his head like a curse.
"Why... why did it have to be him?!" Chu Feng screamed inwardly. His fist smashed into the pine tree trunk, cracking it, but the pain in his hand paled in comparison to the burning sensation in his chest. The fire of jealousy was no longer just an emotion; it had become a poison that disrupted his energy flow.
Upon reaching the courtyard of their secluded log cabin, Chu Feng fell to his knees. His face was deathly pale, his eyes bloodshot.
Su Yan, his senior sister, who had been practicing her sword under the moonlight, immediately halted her movements. She was shocked to see her junior apprentice sister's disheveled state. "Feng'er! What happened? Didn't you just go to check on the energy anomaly at the foot of the mountain?"
Chu Feng looked up. As he looked at his senior sister's pure and beautiful face, he remembered how the women in the Mansion had gazed at Wei Yan with love. The contrast struck him hard.
"I... I saw him, Senior Sister... That man... he..."
Cough!
Before he could finish his sentence, Chu Feng coughed violently. Thick red liquid spurted from his mouth, staining the snowy ground before him. He vomited blood. Not from physical injury, but from the backlash of his own internal energy, which had been disorganized by extreme emotions.
"Feng'er!" Su Yan cried out in panic. She immediately supported Chu Feng's limp body. "Don't talk yet! Focus your breathing!"
However, Chu Feng's condition worsened. He fainted in Su Yan's arms, with murmurs of hatred still lingering on his lips. Wasting no time, Su Yan took out a small bell and rang it. The silver jingle echoed through the mountain mist, summoning the highest authority in the place.
"Master! Help! Feng'er is in danger!"
Shortly after, the door to the main hut opened. A mature woman stepped out with a grace that chilled the air around her. She wore a plain white robe without any decoration, yet her aura exuded a sharp calm and absolute decisiveness. This was Master Lin Hua, their mysterious and respected master.
Lin Huayun approached with steps that seemed to not touch the ground. Her clear eyes immediately scanned Chu Feng's sprawled body. "What happened, Su Yan? Who dared to harm him in our territory?" Her voice was low, yet it carried a pressure that made the surrounding trees stop swaying.
Su Yan lowered her head anxiously. "I don't know for sure, Master. He insisted on going down to check on the purple light in the Qinshan area. When he returned, he was already in a state of extreme emotional turmoil and immediately vomited blood."
Lin Huayun fell silent. He placed two fingers on Chu Feng's wrist, channeling cold essence energy to suppress the fire within his disciple's body. His face was slightly contorted. "These aren't external injuries. His meridians are agitated by overwhelming jealousy and anger. His martial soul is clogged with dark obsession. Who did he meet down there to cause him to collapse like this?"
After several minutes of intensive treatment, Chu Feng's breathing began to stabilize, though he was still unconscious. Lin Huayun stood up, staring at Su Yan with a sharp interrogation. "Now, Su Yan. Tell me the truth. What exactly happened down there? What energy anomalies did you sense?"
Su Yan hesitated for a moment. She remembered the purple glow they had seen from the summit. "Master... down there, in what should have been an empty field, stands a truly magnificent residence. Its energy concentration surpasses anything we've ever sensed. Feng'er might... might have seen something there that hurts her pride."
Lin Huayun narrowed her eyes. "A residence with such high energy? In this filthy mortal world? That's impossible, unless someone has set up a high-level ancient formation."
She then turned to the small building beside the hut. "Bring Xiao Ruqin with us. We can't allow our chief disciple to be humiliated without explanation. If anyone tries to claim the spiritual territory around our mountain, they must know who the true owner of this mountain range is."
Xiao Ruqin, the agile and talented youngest junior apprentice-sister, immediately came out with her sword at her waist. "What's wrong, Master? Are we going down the mountain?"
"Yes," Lin Huayun replied firmly, her eyes fixed on the purple light still faintly glowing in the distance, where Wei Yan was probably currently sleeping soundly after his ritual. "We'll see for ourselves what kind of 'paradise' has been built at the foot of our mountain, and who is the man who made my disciple vomit blood just by looking at him."
With that instruction, Lin Huayun led his two beautiful disciples through the night mist, descending towards the Qinshan Resort and Mansion. Little did they know that every step they took was actually a string of strings, orchestrated by Wei Yan from the very beginning. In fact, his bedroom window was open, as if inviting them to watch a movie.
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The night mist shrouding the mountain peak slowly parted as three graceful shadows moved at a speed impossible for ordinary humans. Lin Huayun led the way, her steps as light as a feather, barely touching the dry leaves beneath her feet. Behind her, Su Yan and Xiao Ruqin followed, expressions a mix of anxiety and eager curiosity.
The further they descended the slope, the stronger the pressure of energy assaulted their senses. It wasn't a violent or threatening energy, but rather a flow so pure and orderly, it was as if the universe itself was breathing at the foot of the mountain.
"Master, do you feel it?" Xiao Ruqin whispered, quickening her pace to keep pace with Lin Huayun. "This energy... it feels like we're walking toward the entrance of an ancient secret realm. But this is clearly still on the outskirts of Yonghe City!"
Lin Huayun didn't answer immediately. His sharp eyes stared straight ahead, at the thin purple light that cut through the darkness of the night. "Two weeks ago," he said, his tone containing a rare hint of disbelief, "I passed this path to gather herbs. Back then, the land down there was just an abandoned wasteland. There was a hint of auspicious aura in the soil, but it was nothing more than the foundation of a common wealthy person's house."
"But now..." Su Yan added, her voice trembling slightly, "the aura feels like the foundation of a great sect that has existed for hundreds of years. How could such a massive structure have appeared in such a short time without us noticing?"
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As soon as they emerged from the forest and stood on a small cliff overlooking the Qinshan complex, the three of them froze. Below, the Qinshan Mansion stood in a splendor that defied the logic of time. Not far from it, a luxurious resort stood, its perimeter blocking the view of the passing people. In comparison, the resort paled slightly in comparison.
The building didn't look like austere new concrete. Instead, its exotic wood walls and natural stone foundations seemed as if they had grown from the ground itself thousands of years ago. The surrounding trees bloomed with unearthly colors under the moonlight, and the flowing water in the pools radiated a soft, spiritual light. Combine the traditional look as the face and a touch of modern architecture in another building that in one complex that makes a good pair about this mansion.
"This... this is impossible," Lin Huayun muttered. He stepped forward to the edge of the cliff, his eyes scanning every corner of the Mansion. "The scenery is so natural. There's no trace of crude construction. It's as if this building is truly part of the mountain's ecosystem, a new world that has just revealed itself."
"Look at that resort, Master!" Xiao Ruqin pointed to the larger building complex beside the Mansion. "The fence is high, but the aura emanating from it is completely pure. Feng'er must have seen something extraordinary to have been so shaken."
Lin Huayun felt his heart beat faster and her body shaking. As a high-level practitioner, she knew that creating such a "natural" atmosphere in a new building required a profound understanding of the Laws of Nature. Whoever owned this place was more than just a wealthy person; he was a Master capable of dictating reality.
"Let's get closer," Lin Huayun commanded firmly. "Use the Traceless Steps technique. Don't let their mortal security systems detect us. I want to experience for myself how pure this energy is."
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As soon as their feet crossed the threshold of the Nine-Cornered Heaven Net Formation, a strange sensation began to spread across the skin of Lin Huayun, Su Yan, and Xiao Ruqin. At first, it was just a subtle shiver, but within seconds, it turned into an uncomfortable itch. It wasn't the itch of a mortal allergy, but rather the friction between the cold energy from the mountain they carried and the dense Chaos energy that dominated this area.
"Master... my body feels... strange," Xiao Ruqin whispered, rubbing her thighs together slightly, trying to quell the tickling sensation that was creeping up on her sensitive areas.
"Restrain yourself, Ruqin," Lin Huayun replied in a slightly stifled voice. He himself felt his heart beating erratically. With every breath, the air seemed to melt and seep directly into his pores, leaving a disorienting heat trail.
The mansion before them now stood majestically. Although they were reluctant to go any further out of instinctive reverence, a large, wide-open window on the top floor drew their attention like a magnet. Warm steam scented with musk, roses, and a very pure spiritual essence wafted out from it, caressing their faces. Driven by curiosity, now mixed with an uncontrollable inner urge, the three of them leaped lightly and perched on the branches of a large, lush tree, right in front of the window.
Instantly, as their eyes caught sight of the scene inside, the tingling sensation in their bodies exploded into a fiery heat.
Inside the dimly lit room, tingled with purple light, they saw the figure they assumed to be the owner of this mansion—a young man exuding an aura of absolute sovereignty. The man, Wei Yan, was sitting in the middle of the spacious bed, dominating Xia Chunyu with wild yet controlled movements. The man's hands were restless; he seemed to be stirring the two other women beside him, eliciting small cries of pleasure.
The scene was both explicit and raw. Several other women were still touching the four intertwined bodies in the whirlpool of pleasure, trying to taste the remnants of the overflowing essence. In another corner, several women lay limp, pure essence leaking from their bodies, while the rest sat cross-legged in a cultivation position, absorbing the overflowing Chaos energy generated by the union.
Lin Huayun nearly fell from the tree branch when he realized the level of power within the room. "Impossible... all of them... their cultivation levels are higher than ours?!"
Su Yan stared wide-eyed, her breath ragged. As a chaste senior, this scene should have disgusted him, but instead, he froze. He absorbed every movement of Wei Yan's muscles, every expression of ecstasy on the women's faces, and every drop of sweat glistening beneath the formation aura.
"Master... I can't move... my body is so hot," Xiao Ruqin groaned. Her micro-expressions revealed slightly parted lips and dilated pupils. She felt her underwear already soaked with her own fluids.
Unbeknownst to them, Wei Yan had detected their presence from the moment they touched the guardrail. As they began stalking, Wei Yan deliberately activated his body's aphrodisiac properties. The aura emanating from his pores now contained spiritual pheromones capable of breaking down the mental defenses of female practitioners within a close radius.
Lin Huayun, the usually stern master, felt his dignity crumble. A feeling of domination began to fill his chest. He imagined the man's hands taking over his role in controlling his disciples. His clear mind evaporated, replaced by visions of a glorious union.
"We should... go..." Lin Huayun said weakly, but her body leaned closer to the window.
"Master, look... the way he's staring at them," Su Yan whispered hoarsely. "I feel... I want him to look at me like that too. Why does my heart feel so empty right now?"
"Me too, Senior Sister... I want to feel that heat," Xiao Ruqin replied, fidgeting with the hem of her robe, her fingers trembling violently as she watched Wei Yan plunge back into one of his women.
The three of them discussed in incoherent whispers. Their logic had failed. Their body heat was out of control; their faces were flushed, and sweat had begun to soak through their white robes, making them appear transparent in places. They were caught between deep shame and an indescribable thirst for the essence on display before their eyes.
Suddenly, Wei Yan paused for a moment. Without changing his position, still fused with one of his women, he turned his head toward the window. His sharp, dark eyes locked onto Lin Huayun, Su Yan, and Xiao Ruqin in turn.
A lopsided smile filled with a sense of conquest crossed his lips. His low, deep voice, vibrating with spiritual power, resonated directly within their eardrums and souls, triggering a new wave of passion that nearly made them faint.
"Since you've watched this far, why don't you join in?" Wei Yan said in a casual yet undeniably oppressive tone. He extended his free hand toward the window, as if inviting them into his world. "Wouldn't it be detrimental to your bodies to simply let that scorching energy burn you from the outside? Come in, and let me purify you."
Xiao Ruqin was the first to release her grip on the tree, her body as if pulled by invisible threads toward the window. Su Yan followed with a look of complete insanity, and finally, Lin Huayun—the mountain lord—finally gave in to her feminine instincts. She stepped through the window, letting her wet robes fall to the floor, ready to be dictated to by the man she had just seen through the window of that mortal paradise.