Battle Through the Heavens: Beauties Abound Starting with Yunlan and Her Disciples

6: Section 6”I don’t think that’s necessary.” Yun Xiancheng suddenly pinched her chin, using just enough force to make her look into his eyes.

Xiao Yan watched the light dancing in those beautiful pupils; it looked exactly like the ever-burning lamps before her mother’s coffin. ”A Three-Year Agreement... how wonderful.”

A tassel slid from Yun Xiancheng’s sleeve and wrapped around Xiao Yan’s wrist, while the other end tied around Nalan Yanran’s wrist, forming a pair of triangular concentric knots. [Xiao Yan Intimacy +20, Current Intimacy 20/100]

[Nalan Yanran Intimacy +10, Current Favorability 70/100]

The moment the concentric knots were formed, notifications of the two girls’ intimacy levels increasing flashed through Yun Xiancheng’s mind.

Nalan Yanran’s pupils shrank abruptly. She still remembered what her Senior Brother had said not long ago—that he wanted her and Xiao Yan, his two fiances, to serve him together.

At the time, she thought it was just a joke between lovers, but looking at it now... it wasn’t. Senior Brother was serious!

”Three years from now, the two of you will have a match at the Cloud Mist Sect.”

Yun Xiancheng pulled the three’s wrists together. The three concentric knots were like three red flowers lined up in a row. Wind-attribute Fighting Qi transformed into wind blades, severing the knots so that one remained on each of their wrists.

”If Xiao Yan wins...” His fingertips brushed over Xiao Yan’s fair fingers as he looked at Nalan Yanran, ”She will be your younger sister.” ”What if I lose?” Xiao Yan heard her own hoarse voice.

It didn’t sound like a question, but more like the murmurs of a child hiding in her mother’s arms begging for candy.

Yun Xiancheng’s Fighting Qi was still inside her body; that illusion of being wrapped in warm water was addictive. She hadn’t noticed it before.

At this moment, Xiao Yan also smelled the refreshing fragrance emanating from Yun Xiancheng’s body.

It smelled so good; she wanted to keep holding him and smelling it. Nalan Yanran suddenly chuckled softly.

She unfastened her Mandarin Duck Jade Pendant and pressed it onto the table; three cracks spread along with a rosy glow:

”Fine! If I win, Xiao Yan will still be my sister, but you must spend ten double-hours with me!” What a vicious Junior Sister!

Yun Xiancheng shot a glare at Nalan Yanran.

Being a jealous brat is one thing, but she just claimed twenty hours of his time in one go; she’s crazy.

Now he really had to give Xiao Yan a proper hand. He had to give Nalan Yanran a harsh lesson, and then enjoy the defeated little Yan Ran.

Being glared at, Yan Ran shrank back slightly. ”I won’t lose!”

Flames seemed to burn in Xiao Yan’s eyes.

At this moment, she sensed Yun Xiancheng’s support. She, who originally didn’t have much confidence, now toughened up.

”Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river; do not bully a young girl for being poor! I will definitely win against you, so that Senior Brother won’t have to spend every day with only Senior Sister!” [Main Quest: Three-Year Agreement Unlocked]

[Xiao Yan Favorability +20, Current Favorability 75/100]

[Main Quest Reward Obtained: host’s Cultivation Realm Increased — Breakthrough to Dou Master]

Surrounded by the two girls and smelling their fragrance, Yun Xiancheng crossed the limit of a Dou Practitioner and reached Dou Master. A fourteen-year-old Dou Master!

In this backwater region of the Northwest Continent, his future was indeed promising.

Yun Xiancheng’s eyes shone brightly. His path was already set: by constantly dating beautiful girls, he could continuously grow stronger.

009 Medicine Lady!

The back mountain of the Xiao Family was shrouded in the mist of late spring, and the bluestone path was still damp with morning dew.

By the cliff, several old pines were gnarled and twisted, with pale gold sunset light floating between their branches. As Xiao Yan lifted her skirt and stepped onto the last stone step, the mountain wind suddenly caught the ribbon tying her hair, snapping loudly by her ear.

This Cloud-Viewing Platform, which had carried three years of bitter cultivation, now seemed somewhat unfamiliar in her eyes. The young girl leaned against the damp rock wall, panting, her fingertips unconsciously tracing the patterns of the moss.

Although the Fighting Qi flowing within her was still as thin as a silk thread, it was much more docile than in the past. She knelt and sat on the boulder she usually cultivated on; when her legs were together, her skirt piled up like snow, and the jade pendant at her waist rose and fell gently with her breathing.

In the distance, the silhouette of the Magical Beast Mountain Range appeared faintly in the sea of clouds, like a crouching giant beast. Her eyes were still a bit dazed.

”The words have been spoken, but how am I supposed to cultivate?”

The girl rubbed her head, a faint bitterness in her mouth; she still didn’t have a single clue. She looked at the concentric knot tied around her wrist.

The Three-Year Agreement was as heavy as a thousand pounds, but right now, this body struggled even to hold a sword—could she really win as promised? ”Naturally, your dear Senior Brother will help you.”

The mountain wind suddenly brought a scent of agarwood, mixed with the fresh scent of the sun.

Before Xiao Yan could turn around, the tips of her hair were gently toyed with by the newcomer’s fingertips. Yun Xiancheng’s voice was wrapped in a smile, startling the girl into a hurried rise, her embroidered shoes slipping on the wet moss as she nearly fell.

A warm palm caught her waist just in time, and a black wide sleeve brushed against her flushed cheeks. Xiao Yan lowered her head and stared at the cloud-pattern embroidery on his lapel, the tips of her ears burning intensely.

Such intimate behavior felt stimulating to her, yet she greedily clung to the warmth coming from his palm. Her voice was as soft as a mosquito’s hum, her fingertips unconsciously twisting the tassels of the concentric knot.

”Se... Senior Brother, stop teasing me. Are you going to teach me the techniques of the Cloud Mist Sect?” The girl guessed that Yun Xiancheng must have come straight to find her after the meeting adjourned, and her heart felt sweet.

She opened her mouth shyly; clearly, calling him ’Senior Brother’ was still too stimulating for her.

Whether it was the current posture or the atmosphere, it was all very ambiguous. she could even smell the intoxicating fragrance on Yun Xiancheng. She took a deep breath, greedily enjoying this wonderful moment. There was a sense of relaxation around him.

This was a feeling Xiao Yan had never experienced during her three years as a ’trash’.

A golden light flickered in Yun Xiancheng’s eyes as he looked at the small whorl on top of the girl’s head. The concentric knot flickered on her wrist, making her skin appear even whiter. The smile at the corner of his lips...

...deepened. With a light wave of his wide sleeve, he swept a clean spot on the bluestone:

”No, you will have an even better technique.”

Light flickered in his eyes as the girl’s information appeared before him. Xiao Yan:

Realm: 3rd Stage Dou Zhi Qi

Favorability: 55/100 (During the Three-Year Agreement, the fact that you stood up for her moved her deeply; a seed has been planted, and the way she looks at you is already different.)

Intimacy: 20/100 (The concentric knot made the girl’s heart flutter; she doesn’t find such behavior repulsive. On the contrary, she might even be craving such scenes.)

The girl’s favorability had risen to 50. If 0 is a stranger, 50 is roughly ’more than friends but less than lovers’. ”What technique?” Xiao Yan asked, staring blankly at his solemn expression. She suddenly felt the mountain wind go still.

Yun Xiancheng gave a deep bow toward the ancient ring she wore on her hand, the tassels hanging from his jade crown sweeping over the moss on the stone: ”Since Senior has enjoyed three years of offerings, why not show yourself?”

Xiao Yan was bewildered by this movement. ”Eh, what’s wrong?”

She didn’t understand why her Senior Brother suddenly bowed.

A certain Dou Zun who had been secretly absorbing a little Dou Practitioner’s Fighting Qi remained silent, seemingly trying to play dead.

However, the [Side Quest: Nectar of Elixirs] flashing in Yun Xiancheng’s eyes made him certain that Yao Lao was definitely hiding in Xiao Yan’s ring.

”Old Senior, I haven’t come with ill intent. We are all reasonable people. You should have seen what happened during the divorce earlier. On the contrary, you absorbed Yaner’s Fighting Qi and caused her to suffer for three years. Coming out to take a breath and letting Yaner get to know you shouldn’t be a problem, right?”

”Hehe, young lad, how did you find out about me?”

From Xiao Yan’s ring, a crisp female voice—like pine nuts falling onto a jade plate—slowly emerged, revealing a strange superposition of childishness and majesty.

”I have had amazing perception since I was a child, and I sensed your situation,” Yun Xiancheng explained.

How else could he know? It was the system plus his knowledge of the original work.

Xiao Yan’s expression changed slightly as she looked at the simple ancient ring on her hand.

”Who are you, and why are you in my ring? You absorbed my Fighting Qi for three years!?”

Her satisfied expression from being near Yun Xiancheng instantly turned into one of gloom. She forced her mouth open and spat out three questions.

”Sigh, there was a reason for it. I still have to thank you, little girl, for these three years of offerings...” ”Offerings?”

Xiao Yan’s small face instantly became ferocious as countless dark memories of these three years flashed through her mind. The culprit behind it all was right in front of her; how could she not feel... resentment?

Right then, Yun Xiancheng took the girl into his arms from behind and whispered: ”It’s okay, it’s okay, I’m right here.”

His gentle voice swept over the girl’s earlobe like a spring breeze. The girl did indeed calm down, but as she gripped the ring, her expression remained somewhat gloomy.

”Little girl, don’t be hasty. Learn to be as calm as this boy.” The ancient ring vibrated violently, and Xiao Yan hurriedly covered her face with her sleeve.

When she looked again, she saw a petite figure with snow-white hair reaching her ankles suspended in mid-air, her bare feet stepping on a lotus platform formed from ice crystals.

That seemingly childish face was shrouded in a pressure like a thousand-year-old cold pool. Her apricot-yellow dress moved without wind, and the silver patterns on her cuffs were medicinal herb totems that moved like living things. Light flickered in Yun Xiancheng’s eyes; now he knew why the mission for Yao Lao was also a side quest—it turned out she was also a girl.

Looking at her appearance, she gave off a vibe like the Child Elder of Tianshan. In short, she was beautiful!

”You can call me... Medicine Lady.” Medicine Lady first gave a simple self-introduction:

”Senior Medicine Lady.” Yun Xiancheng still maintained his etiquette: ”Yaner is my most beloved Junior Sister. Since you absorbed her Fighting Qi for three years, you should at least repay her somewhat, shouldn’t you?”

”Enough. You two just met today; how close can your relationship be?”

Medicine Lady put her hands on her hips and rolled her eyes: ”However, what you said isn’t wrong.”

She looked at the gloomy-faced Xiao Yan in Yun Xiancheng’s arms and asked: ”Little girl, do you desire to become strong? Do you desire to... become an Alchemist?”

Moonlight quietly crept over the mountain ridge, casting the shadows of the three onto the rock wall. The medicinal fragrance drifting from somewhere grew stronger, mixing with the agarwood from Yun Xiancheng’s sleeves to weave an invisible net.

The young girl Xiao Yan was stunned and replied: ”On this Fighting Qi Continent, everyone wants to be an Alchemist!”

”Could it be... that I have this talent?” ”Enough, enough.”

Standing on the lotus platform, Medicine Lady nodded helplessly: ”Who told me to owe you a favor?”

Xiao Yan pondered for a long time, then, smelling the fragrance from Yun Xiancheng behind her, she proposed a condition: ”Then I want my Senior Brother to come and learn alchemy together!”

Hearing this request, Yun Xiancheng instantly felt that his efforts had not been in vain. Xiao Yan is truly great.

He hadn’t even tested the waters yet, and she was already like this. He couldn’t imagine how good it would be after they were married.

Medicine Lady suddenly chuckled, her toes lightly tapping as she landed on Xiao Yan’s shoulder. The girl only felt a slight chill at the side of her neck—it was actually a lotus flower formed from ice crystals. ”What a stubborn personality.” The childish voice was wrapped in world-weariness.

She stepped on Xiao Yan’s shoulder, two ice lotuses appearing out of thin air under her feet, as she looked at Yun Xiancheng standing behind Xiao Yan.

”Strange, you boy, why does your body fragrance smell so good? I am still a spirit body; can your fragrance even be smelled by a spirit?” After getting closer, this was Medicine Lady’s first reaction.

Due to the current positions of the three, with Medicine Lady stepping on Xiao Yan’s shoulder and him standing behind Xiao Yan, because of their heights, Yun Xiancheng’s head was right level with Medicine Lady’s waist. Although her stature was small, her figure was not lacking at all; under that apricot-yellow dress seemed to be a delicate body that one would really want to play with.

Seeing Medicine Lady’s body, this was Yun Xiancheng’s first reaction. ”It means I am naturally unique!”

He quickly withdrew his gaze, looked up, and met Medicine Lady’s eyes. ”Then let me see how your talent is.”

Medicine Lady reached out her delicate hand and lightly stroked the top of Yun Xiancheng’s head. Then, she burst into loud laughter:

”Not bad, not bad. To think this remote place actually produced two seeds with decent talent.” She laughed, her skirt fluttering wildly and brushing against Yun Xiancheng’s face.

”How about it, boy, do you want to learn alchemy?” she asked.

”Naturally, I would be honored to accept.”

Yun Xiancheng said with a slight bow. His face bumped into Medicine Lady’s spirit body.

It caused her childish face to turn slightly red, but she quickly recovered and didn’t expose herself in front of the two children.

”This boy... his constitution is definitely very special. He can directly touch a spirit body, and the moment he bumped into my spirit body, it felt as if my body actually had sensation. Strange, strange.”

010 A Loli Master is also very fragrant, isn’t she?

After performing the apprenticeship ceremony with the formal three prostrations and nine kowtows, Yun Xiancheng gained a Loli Master. [Yao Chan Base Favorability 30, Current Favorability 30/100]

He already had a master. According to tradition, his actions would be considered rebellious. However... he was already planning ways to ’ride’ his master; would he care about this?

Becoming an apprentice was just a part of the ’play’. ”Yan!”

The Loli Master sat upright on the lotus platform and said to Xiao Yan:

”Unlike Xiancheng, you, Yaner, have lost all your cultivation. You are perfectly suited to practice a legendary technique.” The Loli Master began to pitch the Flame Mantra to Xiao Yan.

Medicine Lady lightly waved her wide sleeve, and an ancient book surrounded by red flames suddenly appeared in the air. Xiao Yan’s pupils shrank as she saw the phantom of a phoenix circling as the pages turned, with every character appearing to float in lava.

”This mantra is named Flame...” The dual-layered voice, both childish and ancient, carried a strange echo. The mountain wind suddenly became scorching, causing the stray hairs on the girl’s forehead to curl and turn yellow. It looked very intimidating. It was likely special effects created by Medicine Lady.

It left the inexperienced Xiao Yan in awe. She couldn’t wait to learn such a cool technique immediately. Shortly after, Xiao Yan’s roar was heard: ”How is it only Huang Class Low Level!?”

The ice lotus Medicine Lady was stepping on suddenly shattered, and she almost fell to the ground.

At the moment she fell, she was caught by Yun Xiancheng. Although she was a spirit body, when her delicate frame landed on him, it felt as if she had a physical body, allowing him to fully experience her graceful figure.

Medicine Lady’s expression didn’t change as she pulled away from Yun Xiancheng, not daring to look back into his eyes.

Instead, she spoke to shift her attention: ”This is a technique that can evolve.”

Xiao Yan learned the Flame Mantra a bit earlier than in the normal timeline, but that didn’t matter.

Once Xiao Yan grew up, he could just coast through the Hun Clan arc. Even after ascending to the Great Thousand World and establishing the Endless Fire Territory, he might even be able to become the man of the house.