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

153: Section 153”Desire?”

315 Dragon and Lion Compete for Beauty

That fragrance was so pleasant, so intoxicating, that Zi Yan felt her brain become a little dizzy at that moment.

Her little head, which had originally been filled with a sense of ”competitiveness” and ”rivalry,” instantly went blank, leaving only the purest and most primitive instinct—she wanted to smell more.

Soon, Yun Xiancheng’s slender fingers were completely and unreservedly covered by the fragrant nectar of this similarly gifted, petite future Dragon Emperor.

On the other side, the instigator of this ”war,” Little Lioness Yun Yan, looked at the pitiful ”Little Ancient Dragon” who had already been completely led astray by her, and a mischievous, triumphant smile full of ”scheme accomplished” appeared in her beautiful large purple eyes.

”Hmph, fighting with me? You little thing, you are still too green!”

As her husband’s most thoughtful and sensible ”good wife,” Little Lioness Yun Yan would naturally not truly act as some so-called ”bad person.”

Although her instincts as a magical beast did indeed fill her with vigilance and hostility toward this ”creature” before her—who looked so similar to her and possessed a bloodline that seemed even nobler than her own.

However, in her heart, her husband’s feelings were always the top priority! As long as it was something that could make her husband happy and pleased, then, never mind just having one more ”competitor,” even if she had to join this annoying creature to… that would not be out of the question.

Furthermore, Little Lioness had her own unique and absolute self-confidence… Hmph! That is, no matter how much you, this idiot brute, jump around or receive favor in the future! I, Yun Yan, as the legitimate wife who entered the door earlier and has accompanied my husband for a long time, will never have my status in my husband’s heart easily surpassed by you, a newcomer!

After who knows how long, a while later, little Zi Yan, immersed in that unprecedented, marvelous dual feast of taste and smell, suddenly felt her body becoming a bit strange.

First, an inexplicable, irrepressible heat slowly rose from her Dantian purple palace, and then, like a prairie fire, it rapidly spread throughout her entire body.

Immediately after, beneath that heat, another feeling—equally intense and making her feel incredibly strange—surged up crazily like a flood breaking through a dam.

”Wh…what is going on? I… I seem to be… I seem to be about to… about to lose control…”

Her exquisite little face, which was already flushed with shyness, instantly turned as red as a ripe tomato. She did not say any more nonsense, not even managing to say a proper goodbye, but instead jumped up from the stone stool, transformed into a purple streak of light, and fled in panic toward the direction of the bedrooms that had just been assigned, without looking back.

”Hehe… It seems that our little girl still cannot quite accept this kind of welcome ceremony filled with love…” Xiao Xun’er walked forward gracefully, gently covering her beautiful, smiling face with the round fan in her hand, and said with a chuckle in a teasing tone.

The ones who came out next were Xiao Yu and Xue Ni. As Xue Ni’s best and only close friend, Xiao Yu very proactively took on the task of entertaining this newly arrived ”sister.” Furthermore, she patiently and systematically guided her, encouraging her to integrate into Yun Xiancheng’s harem family, which was filled with ”harmony” and ”friendship,” as quickly and seamlessly as possible.

One wonders what kind of ”magical” whispers Xiao Yu had secretly shared in her ear. At this moment, one could see that Xue Ni’s plump, pretty face, which had originally carried a bit of restraint and unease, was now covered in a crimson glow.

She lowered her head, her hands nervously clutching the corner of her clothes, not daring to even breathe loudly, let alone look up at Yun Xiancheng who was watching her with a smile. Only occasionally would she, like a frightened little deer, quickly and stealthily glance at him, and then immediately, as if electrocuted, withdraw her gaze. That appearance, full of shyness and longing, was incredibly pure, looking just like a young maiden who had just blossomed in love and was seeing her sweetheart for the first time.

”Hmm… I see, it is getting late.” Just then, that lively and energetic voice rang out again, ”We should go and find out about the matters related to the Heavenly Flame Training Pagoda first! I am already impatient! If that place can really accelerate our strengthening speed as Senior Sister Xue Ni said, then I can better help Senior Brother!”

Yun Xiancheng looked at her cute, combative appearance and nodded gently, saying, ”That is fine. Instructor Ruo Lin and Xiao Yi Xian should still be resting in their rooms at home. With them helping to keep an eye on things, that little one, Zi Yan, shouldn’t be able to cause any trouble. Let us go to the Heavenly Flame Training Pagoda and check out the situation first.”

Getting things done immediately had always been a fine tradition of the Young ladies. Under Yun Xiancheng’s leadership, the Young ladies chattered away, preparing to leave this elegant manor together to investigate the truth of that legendary cultivation holy land.

And Little Lioness Yun Yan, who had just achieved a ”complete victory,” lazily let out a huge yawn. ”So sleepy…” Today, she had first engaged in an incredibly intense ”in-depth exchange” with her husband for several hours, and then had spent so much time pitting her wits and courage against that annoying newcomer, ”Zi Yan.” She felt that her energy, which was not abundant to begin with, was truly exhausted.

She walked up to Yun Xiancheng, stood on tiptoes, and planted a loud, affectionate, and reluctant kiss on his handsome side profile. Then, in a sleepy, soft voice, she said goodbye, ”Husband… and all the big sisters… Yun Yan will not go with you all. Yun Yan… Yun Yan is so sleepy, wants… wants to go sleep for a while…”

Having said that, she could no longer hold on, and moving her slightly weak, short legs, she slipped into the huge Master bedroom that belonged to Yun Xiancheng—a room that was incredibly spacious and filled with his unique, reassuring scent. Then, like a cute kitten that had found its most beloved little nest, she skillfully curled her petite body into a ball, coiled up on the large, soft, and comfortable bed that still retained Yun Xiancheng’s scent, and fell into a deep sleep with satisfied, even breathing.

316 Heavenly Flame Training Pagoda

The Heavenly Flame Training Pagoda, this giant black cone that looked like it had been thrust upside down into the earth, stood quietly in the core area north of the Inner Academy of Jia Nan Academy. Its tower body was forged from an unknown, strange metal, and its entire body presented a deep and cold dark black color; even under the warm winter sunshine, it did not show any reflection at all.

”Sure enough… it is this scent; it cannot be wrong.” Just as the group stepped onto the vast open square centered on the giant tower, a crisp, girlish voice filled with a hint of exclamation quietly rang out directly in the depths of Yun Xiancheng’s mind.

”The energy core that supports the Heavenly Flame Training Pagoda and its almost cheat-like magical cultivation effects is the one ranked fourteenth on the strange fire ranking list—the Fallen Heart Flame!” Yao Chan, who existed in soul form and was curled up in Yun Xiancheng’s storage ring, spoke with a tone of excitement that only top Alchemists could understand. With the rest she had taken during this period and the constant nourishment of Yun Xiancheng’s pure life energy, her soul origin had recovered a lot. Therefore, the things she could perceive were naturally much more than before.

”I truly didn’t expect this. The Dean of Jia Nan Academy actually possesses such capability.” Her voice carried a hint of admiration.

”To actually be able to suppress a strange fire in this place, and then, using the power of its origin flame, construct such an ingeniously crafted Heavenly Flame Training Pagoda, using it as an excellent tool for training junior students and improving their cultivation.”

”Hmm, this level of effort is indeed quite interesting.” She commented like an experienced gourmet.

”This ’heart flame’ refined from the heart of the strange fire is indeed of unimaginably great help to practitioners at the Great Dou Master and Dou Ling stages.”

”Not only can it temper Dou Qi, but it can also subtly refine their soul power. However, once the cultivation reaches the Dou Wang Realm, the effect of this level of ’heart flame’ becomes quite ordinary; it can still be used, but…”

Speaking of this, Yao Chan’s tone became somewhat worried again.

”Chenger, Master has observed that most of the Young ladies around you are still at the Great Dou Master and Dou Ling stages.”

”This Heavenly Flame Training Pagoda is just right for them. However, for you, cultivating here won’t provide any obvious benefits and will only slow down your original cultivation pace.”

Upon hearing this, Yun Xiancheng just smiled gently. In his heart, he responded softly in a tone filled with doting and a sense of naturalness, ”Master, you are overthinking it.”

”For me, if the Young ladies can become stronger, then I become stronger.” ”Besides…”

He changed the subject, and within that gentle tone, there carried an intense, unhideable arrogance born from absolute self-confidence.

”My current cultivation speed is already fast enough; even without additional support, so what?” This was a mysterious giant black tower completely buried deep underground.

At this moment, the heavy tower gate, cast from an unknown metal and reaching several dozen zhang in height, was tightly closed.

In front of that huge tower gate, on the vast open square, it was already packed with rows of Jia Nan Academy students wearing the uniform Inner Academy attire, sitting cross-legged.

Unlike in the Outer Academy, they were not sitting scattered about randomly. Instead, they were clearly divided into sections of various sizes according to different clothing badges and different aura factions.

Within each section, one or two students with the strongest auras faintly acted as the center, forming groups filled with a sense of order and cohesion.

At this moment, they were all closing their eyes to rest their minds, quietly breathing and waiting for that heavy gate to open. ”Wow… look at them, Husband.”

Xiao Yan leaned close to Yun Xiancheng, extended her fair fingers, and pointed at the clearly divided student groups in the distance. On her vibrant, pretty face, she couldn’t help but reveal a hint of confusion and disdain.

”Why have these students in the Inner Academy all formed small gangs? How is this anything like what students should be doing? It looks more like… it looks more like those mercenary groups in the Black-Corner Region that fight until they bleed for territory.”

”Hehe, Sister Yaner, you don’t understand this.” Beside them, Xiao Yu, who had learned quite a bit of news about the Inner Academy from Xue Ni, smiled softly upon hearing this:

”The Inner Academy is not the ivory tower filled with warmth and peace like the Outer Academy. Here, ’becoming stronger’ is the only truth that overrides everything else. And if you want to become stronger faster and more efficiently, besides your own talent and effort, the power of a team is naturally indispensable.”

Xue Ni said in a low voice: ”A powerful group can exploit the weak to earn Fire Energy.” As a victim, she had deep personal experience.

She continued, ”Later we will enter the Heavenly Flame Training Pagoda.” Before she could finish, Yun Xiancheng suddenly covered her mouth. The young girl blushed, and immediately, feeling flustered, she collapsed into Yun Xiancheng’s arms.

Xue Ni had just wanted to say that entering the Heavenly Flame Training Pagoda would result in a heart flame attack, but after being handled like this by Yun Xiancheng, she knew that he perhaps wanted to test the Young ladies’ talent. She stayed obediently in Yun Xiancheng’s arms and said nothing more.

”Hmm, if that’s the case,” Nalan Yanran, who was to the side, suddenly rolled her eyes as if she had thought of something fun, and asked with a smile,

”Our large group of people, staying inseparable from Husband all day long, listening to him in everything. Then… does that mean we are already the newest and strongest gang in Jia Nan Academy, with Husband as the leader?”

”I suppose so.” Yun Xiancheng looked at their chattering appearance and only responded indifferently, not wanting to say anything more on this topic, and casually changed the subject.

”Alright, let’s not just stand here. Let’s find a place to sit and wait.”

Seeing Yun Xiancheng’s appearance, which clearly showed he didn’t want to talk more, the Young ladies were all clever and immediately understood. They exchanged glances and saw a knowing, sweet, and proud smile in each other’s eyes. They naturally knew why their Husband did not like this topic.

If one were to strictly follow the definitions of the words ”follower” and ”leader,” then they, these Young ladies who willingly and completely dedicated everything they had to Yun Xiancheng, could indeed be considered a ”gang” filled with cohesion, with him as the absolute core.

However, in Yun Xiancheng’s heart, he instinctively and immensely loathed the rhetoric that belittled his beloved wives as so-called ”followers.” In his view, they were not his subordinates, let alone his vassals. They were his lovers, his unique family whom he was willing to protect with his life.

However, although Husband himself felt some aversion to this, the other Young ladies did not have much resentment in their hearts. After all, in their hearts, Yun Xiancheng was like that blazing sun hanging high in the nine heavens, illuminating all things; he was that dazzling, that unique. And they were willing to be the brilliant stars surrounding him, chasing his light and sharing his warmth.

Their exchange was not deliberately hidden from others. Therefore, when Xiao Yan’s remark, filled with disdain, ”not like what students should be doing,” clearly reached the ears of the old students who were closing their eyes to rest nearby.

Instantly, it was as if a ladle of cold water had been splashed into a pot of calm hot oil, immediately attracting the attention of many people. ”Where did this yellow-haired girl come from? Her tone is quite arrogant!”

”Exactly! Since when is it the turn of you wet-behind-the-ears freshmen to point fingers at our Inner Academy’s affairs?”

”Not like students? Hehe, wait until you have stayed here for a year or so, and have been ruthlessly exploited by those old seasoned veterans a few times, then let’s see if you can still say such naive words!”

Those old students, one by one, opened their eyes filled with malice, casting cold, scrutinizing, and hostile gazes toward Yun Xiancheng and his small group, these ”misfits” who looked so out of place with their surroundings.

They had wanted to see which ignorant brat dared to publicly provoke public anger on such an occasion. But when they discovered that the speaker was actually a group of unfamiliar faces who were excessively beautiful, which they had never seen before.

They were slightly stunned, and immediately, they recalled the shocking rumor about this Fire Energy Hunting Competition that had already spread throughout the entire Inner Academy not long ago.

It is said that in this year’s hunting competition, there appeared a heaven-defying freshman team composed of several young girls. Not only were they not successfully robbed by those poor old students, but instead, with a destructive, crushing posture, they ”reverse-hunted” all the old students who participated in this activity and looted them clean!