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

167: Section 167It made her unable to resist resting her smooth chin gently on her own folded hands, quietly observing the scene beside her: Xiao Mei’s hair, which shimmered with a greenish hue like raven feathers, cascaded down beside the pillow like a waterfall.

A few strands of hair playfully brushed against Yun Xiancheng’s cheek, while her jade-white arms were neatly folded over his, looking obedient and serene.

Ya Fei’s crimson dress spread out in the corner of the bed, resembling a brilliant ray of morning sunlight.

Her slender fingers were tightly clutching a piece of Yun Xiancheng’s robe, as if afraid he might suddenly vanish.

The happy scene of sleeping together under the same quilt was warm and beautiful, but for some reason, it made Nalan Yanran feel a bit out of place, as if she were an outsider.

”After getting drunk last night, they must have done something intimate with Senior Brother, right?”

The young lady thought to herself, a hint of sourness rising in her heart. Why was she so unable to hold her liquor, getting drunk so carelessly?

She carefully held her breath and lifted her body slightly. Her silky, smooth long hair brushed gently against the side of Yun Xiancheng’s neck, bringing a ticklish sensation.

She extended her jade-like fingertips, hovering half an inch above his Adam’s apple, hesitating for a moment before finally giving in to the urge.

Like a little mouse stealing lamp oil, the young lady gently pressed the tip of her nose against his well-defined jawline, greedily sniffing the familiar and comforting scent on him.

However, at that moment, she suddenly felt a scorching arm cross her waist, which startled her into a gasp, nearly causing her to bump into the carved bed frame.

Looking closely, it turned out that Yun Xiancheng had turned over in his sleep, and his palm had landed precisely on the soft curve of her waist.

Immediately after, a warm breath brushed across her sensitive earlobe, startling Nalan Yanran so much that her whole body trembled and her spine tensed up instantly, like a drawn bow.

Yun Xiancheng still had his eyes closed, but the corners of his mouth curled into a faint smile.

His thumb also began to gently caress the soft flesh of her waist, with a hint of ambiguity, ”Are you here to tease me so early?”

Seeing this, Nalan Yanran hurriedly reached out to cover his mouth, but instead had her fingertip caught and gently bitten by him.

The young lady’s cheeks instantly turned bright red. She glanced around in a panic, seeing that Xiao Mei was still sleeping soundly.

Ya Fei hadn’t even stirred a single strand of hair, so she finally relaxed a little. Leaning close to his ear, she whispered in a voice as thin as a mosquito’s, ”You... you aren’t planning to...”

Before she could finish her sentence, she felt an unusual heat pressing closely against her back, like a scorching iron, instantly making her body stiffen. An unspeakable premonition surged in her heart, swallowing up the rest of her words.

023 ”Guess who will wake up first?”

Yun Xiancheng’s mouth curled slightly, forming a faint arc. He suddenly exerted force, stretching out his long arm to pull Nalan Yanran’s soft body into his embrace.

With a roll, the positions were instantly reversed, and their figures were hidden within the soft quilt, leaving only faint sounds, layer upon layer like ocean waves, echoing softly in the silent room.

Nalan Yanran was caught off guard and let out a gasp, instinctively stretching out her slender arms to press against his solid chest, though it was unclear whether this resistance was real or feigned.

Suddenly, she felt the rustling of silk beneath her; it turned out her Senior Brother had already been unruly, using one hand to untie the sash at her waist.

The gentle morning breeze rolled through the thin gauze curtains, brushing lightly against the back of her jade-smooth knees, bringing a chill that made her toes curl up like rounded jade beads.

Yet, she insisted on biting her own luscious, red lips tightly, not daring to let out a single enticing whimper.

The young lady asked in a voice as small as a mosquito’s, trembling slightly, ”Now, here?”

”Shh—” Yun Xiancheng gently caught her small, sensitive earlobe and chuckled lowly. Then, his fingertips moved, teasingly brushing against Nalan Yanran’s dantian.

A faint whimper escaped her throat, like pearls falling from a broken string, vanishing in an instant.

The young lady pressed her cherry lips tightly, her knuckles turning white as she gripped half of a silk handkerchief, the faint watery sheen in her eyes rippling in the flickering candlelight.

His wandering fingertips grazed her tender, smooth skin, the fire within seeming to burn, coloring the fair young lady’s skin a flushed pink.

Just then, a fresh morning breeze swept past the gauze curtains, causing the wind chimes in Ya Fei’s room to jingle. The crisp sound made the young lady tense her waist.

Fearing that the other two might be awakened, she dared not make another move—looking exactly like a snow ferret held by the scruff of its neck, not daring to stir.

Her Senior Brother, however, acted as if it were a prank, pouring all his scorching breath onto her sensitive ear, his low voice like a bewitching spell: ”My good Junior Sister, who do you think will discover this scene first? Will it be Xiao Mei, or will Ya Fei be the first to see you like this?”

The young lady felt the Fire-attribute Dou Qi start from her dantian and spread throughout her entire body, causing her whole being to let out a faint, pitiful cry.

In the end, naturally, both Xiao Mei and Ya Fei were sleeping very deeply and were not awakened by their movements, which could be considered as saving some face for the Cloud Mist Sect’s Young Sect Leader, Nalan Yanran.

When the sun was high in the sky and warm sunlight flooded the entire room, Xiao Mei and Ya Fei slowly woke up, opening their sleepy eyes.

When they saw Yun Xiancheng and Nalan Yanran sleeping together again, they all felt that life was truly too decadent, but they were also vaguely envious.

”It’s time to prepare the collection for the next auction.” Ya Fei said softly, leaning on Yun Xiancheng’s shoulder with a slightly flushed face, her voice gentle and charming.

Upon hearing this, Yun Xiancheng extended his finger, gently pinched the Beauty’s small and exquisite nose tip, and said with a smile: ”If possible, please help me look for any treasures that can nourish the soul. I’ve been feeling my soul is a bit weak lately and need to nourish it properly.”

”Nourish the soul?” Ya Fei frowned slightly upon hearing this, extended her slender fingers to gently touch her smooth chin, and mused: ”Treasures that can nourish the soul are extremely rare, worth a fortune, and hard to come by. However, I will keep a close watch for relevant news, and as soon as there is any, I will notify you immediately.”

Just as Yun Xiancheng was playing happily with the Young ladies, what was our Xiao Yan doing?

She was still practicing diligently. Retreading the path she had come from, although it was smoother than before, it would still take more than half a year, close to a year, to reach the Dou Practitioner stage, according to the speed of the original work.

Keep it up, our Xiao Yan, you can definitely do it!

”You brat, you’re always mysterious, disappearing all day long and never practicing seriously. You’re truly making me angry!”

The afternoon sunlight shone through the carved lattice windows into the room as Yun Xiancheng gently knocked on Xiao Yan’s door. In an instant, misty water vapor carrying a rich medicinal scent slowly overflowed from the door gap.

He saw the Medicine Lady sitting cross-legged on a snow-white Lotus Platform floating in mid-air, her jade-white bare feet swaying gently. The silver bells worn on her ankles jingled crisply and melodiously as she turned her head.

Xiao Yan was curled up in a medicine barrel carved from green jade, filled with warm water infused with Foundation Establishment Elixir.

The warm water barely covered her delicate collarbone, and her damp hair clung tightly to the side of her neck, which was tinged with a faint peach-pink hue, looking charming and moving.

”You brat, you’re always mysterious, disappearing all day long and never practicing seriously. You’re truly making me angry!” The Medicine Lady puffed out her cheeks and threw a lotus seed carved from green jade at Yun Xiancheng in annoyance.

The lotus seed traced a graceful arc in the air. When Yun Xiancheng caught it with a backhand, it had already turned into faint ice shards. Yun Xiancheng pinched the crushed ice between his fingertips and said with a smile:

”I have also been running around to collect medicinal herbs for refining, not because I haven’t been practicing seriously. I ask Master to observe clearly.”

The green Lotus Platform suddenly floated in front of Yun Xiancheng. The Medicine Lady’s youthful face, set against the gradually darkening twilight outside the window, looked exceptionally moving: ”In any case, remember to practice well and do not slack off.”

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Masters under the heavens all seem cut from the same cloth. Yun Xiancheng saw concern on her youthful face that was strikingly similar to Yun Yun’s, warming his heart.

”Senior brother?”

At that moment, Xiao Yan, who had been curled up in the medicinal bath, peeked out with half of her delicate face from the liquid.

Her star-bright eyes curiously stole glances at Yun Xiancheng. The bubbles she blew popped on the surface of the elixir, scattering fine golden sparks. When she saw Yun Xiancheng’s gaze sweep over, the young lady hurriedly buried her chin in the water, leaving only the tips of her ears, red as if about to drip blood.

”Look at you!”

Medicine Lady lightly tapped the Lotus Platform with her bare feet, floating before Yun Xiancheng. She extended a slender, jade-like finger, saying with feigned annoyance, ”How dare a grown man barge into a young lady’s private chamber? Get out now!”

As she spoke, she moved to push his back.

”Master, it’s alright!”

Xiao Yan suddenly spoke up urgently, splashing water that dampened her long eyelashes: ”Since I’m just soaking in the medicinal bath and not doing anything... let Senior Brother stay and cultivate.” Her voice faded to a mosquito-like whisper, growing softer, yet it deepened the amusement in Yun Xiancheng’s eyes.

”In that case, I’ll stay and learn alchemy from Master.”

Hearing this, Medicine Lady helplessly sighed, supporting her forehead with her hand. The green Lotus Platform circled Yun Xiancheng three times, as if sizing him up:

”You, this lad, are like a dragon—seen its head but never its tail. You show up and immediately want to learn something? It’s not that easy!” She suddenly drew close to Yun Xiancheng’s face. Her childish features contrasted with her mature gaze, creating a striking contradiction:

”Yaner hasn’t condensed her qi cyclone yet, so naturally, she can’t learn alchemy. But since you’re already a Dou Master... you can indeed start learning pill refining.” She paused, then added, ”But you, running around all over the place, haven’t even prepared a Medicine Cauldron for refining. How are you supposed to refine pills?”

Then, Medicine Lady extended a finger and lightly tapped Yun Xiancheng’s forehead. Instantly, an ancient pill formula appeared in his mind. It was a first-grade Healing Medicine formula, seemingly perfect for a beginner’s entry into cultivation.

”Hurry up and go buy a Medicine Cauldron and the medicinal ingredients! And! Don’t disappear again; come back tomorrow.”

024: Intimate Contact During Alchemy

A Cave in the Xiao Family’s back mountains

Yun Xiancheng adjusted the Medicine Cauldron into position, while Medicine Lady sat upright on her Lotus Platform, instructing her Disciple on alchemy. Nearby, Xiao Yan, who had been cultivating, temporarily halted her arduous training to watch Yun Xiancheng refine pills.

Wiping sweat from his brow, Yun Xiancheng watched as the Blood Coagulation Grass slowly and successfully crumbled into vermilion-colored stardust within the cauldron.

”Leaf veins face east, rootlets point south.”

Medicine Lady, her bare feet resting on the edge of the Lotus Platform, softly guided Yun Xiancheng.

She watched intently as Yun Xiancheng’s wind-attribute Dou Technique gradually transformed into fire. But she was caught off guard when the youth suddenly leaned back, his spine pressing against her embrace.

Instantly, she caught the scent of his body—a clean fragrance mingled with faint hints of epiphyllum and rose, like sunshine after a storm. ”You!”

A blush spread across the Loli Master’s face.

Although such contact made the Loli Master feel as if she were alive again, accidentally being embraced so fully still filled her with shyness.

Yun Xiancheng, seemingly oblivious, adjusted the angle of the cauldron and turned back to ask the Loli Master’s youthful face, ”What’s wrong, Master?”

As soon as he turned, his handsome, almost transcendentally beautiful face filled Medicine Lady’s vision.

Then, his warm breath brushed against her face, startling her and causing her body to tremble naturally.

Though nervous, the Loli Master maintained her dignity as a teacher, not letting it show. Instead, she continued instructing her good Disciple: ”Don’t forget to reduce the fire by thirty percent... otherwise, you’ll ruin the medicinal properties.”

Xiao Yan peeked out from the side, fragments of Vitality Fruit leaves still stuck in her damp hair. She held one fruit, eating it idly: ”Senior brother, is this your tenth attempt already?”

”Don’t interrupt now!”

Medicine Lady waved her sleeve, conjuring a cold mist to block the young lady’s view, but she couldn’t resist leaning closer to the cauldron’s mouth herself.

Inside, snow-white powder cascaded like moonlight, piling into a small mound on the stone platform—tenfold purity, and three portions’ worth produced in a single refinement. Yun Xiancheng collapsed backward onto the bluestone, the stinging pain of depleted spiritual energy throbbing at his temples.

As his vision blurred, a touch of coolness suddenly pressed against his brow. ”You capable fool.” Medicine Lady knelt by the Lotus Platform, her ethereal fingertips condensing ice crystals to cool him down. ”Rest for a while first.”

Her trailing words abruptly stopped. The youth suddenly grasped her wrist. His scorching palm felt the spirit body’s chill. Medicine Lady’s small hand was pressed against her own forehead as Yun Xiancheng murmured, ”Master’s hand is even colder than ice crystals.”

The Loli Master’s small face flushed red.

[Medicine Lady Yao Chan’s intimacy +5. Current intimacy: 5/100] ”You fool, even in this state you don’t forget to take advantage.”

Xiao Yan also came to Yun Xiancheng’s side at that moment, kneeling on the ground. Yun Xiancheng Go with the flow slid down, perfectly landing with his head pillowed on Xiao Yan’s lap. ”Ah!”

The young lady was startled by the sudden lap pillow, her face slightly reddening, but she didn’t push Yun Xiancheng away.

A wisp of Dou Qi flowed from Yun Xiancheng’s fingertip, forming a thin blanket of wind on the young lady’s smooth, fair knees. ”Senior brother is so thoughtful,”

Xiao Yan said softly, one hand gently stroking her senior brother’s hair.

”This Disciple sure knows how to take advantage,”

Medicine Lady remarked, thinking of the earlier intimate interaction, but didn’t dare elaborate further.

”Vitality Fruit. This fruit indeed has healing effects. I’ve heard that injured mercenaries, when they have no medicine, will directly crush the fruit to collect...”

Xiao Yan, holding a Vitality Fruit in her hand, accidentally squeezed it too hard, bursting it.

Pale golden juice splattered onto Yun Xiancheng’s face. ”I’m sorry!”

Medicine Lady couldn’t help but say, ”Crushing is the worst application. To use Vitality Fruit for medicine, you need to wrap your fingertip in Dou Qi to peel it. So rough!” ”I-I’ll clean it up right away!”

The young lady, realizing she hadn’t brought a handkerchief, was momentarily at a loss for how to clean the juice. Then, an idea struck her.

She extended her small tongue, licking Yun Xiancheng’s face bit by bit. An unexpected delight!

Seeing such an adorable Xiao Yan, Yun Xiancheng couldn’t resist reaching out to gently stroke the hair that had fallen over her face.

The young lady stiffened for a moment, her face turning even redder, but she bravely continued licking the juice from Yun Xiancheng’s face. ”Shameless!”

Medicine Lady couldn’t help but comment, shaking her head as she watched Yun Xiancheng’s pleased expression.

After a good while, the fruit juice on Yun Xiancheng’s face was licked clean by the young lady, leaving behind a rich scent of green apricot. Blushing, the young lady stammered:

”I... I’m going outside the Cave to practice Dou Techniques.” The way she lifted her skirt hem and fled was like a startled snow hare.

After the young lady fled, Yun Xiancheng’s spiritual energy had also recovered somewhat. He returned once more to the Medicine Cauldron.

Medicine Lady floated above the cauldron, hugging her knees. Her bare feet lightly tapped the cauldron’s handles intermittently: ”Don’t think talent alone allows for slacking. When I learned alchemy,”

”I studied alone and bitterly. There was no cute junior sister serving by my side.”

Yun Xiancheng picked up a Vitality Fruit still glistening with night dew: ”Then this Disciple offers belated service to Master, years overdue.” A sudden breeze wrapped around his finger. The Vitality Fruit’s skin split open, revealing the flesh inside.

”I’m a spirit body... you’re just fooling around, aren’t you!” [Side Quest: The Nectar of Pills]

[Venerable Yao, Medicine Lady, now survives only as a spirit body, residing within Xiao Yan’s ring. She is quite satisfied with the two Disciples she has taken. However, life as a spirit body

prevents her from experiencing the world again—but you can give her sensation. You are her window to experiencing this world.]

”Not fooling around, Master. Please, have the fruit,” Yun Xiancheng said.

Seeing Yun Xiancheng’s earnest expression, Medicine Lady was also taken aback.

”Fine, fine. I’ll play along with your little act for a while.” She opened her small mouth and took a delicate bite of the fruit flesh.

The next moment, her pupils contracted sharply, looking utterly disbelieving of what she was experiencing. [Medicine Lady Yao Chan’s favorability +10. Current favorability: 55/100]

She took a few bites, completely consuming the Vitality Fruit, then lifted her small face to look at her Disciple.

”What is it, Master?” Yun Xiancheng asked with a hint of a smile.

”This Disciple is Master’s good little helper, isn’t that right?” ”Yes,”

Medicine Lady replied softly, then gave a light cough.