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

304: Section 304The Young ladies of Moon Spirit looked at each other, and from their eyes, which were filled with shock and confusion, they saw a hint of inexplicable, unspeakable frustration.

Subconsciously, they cast their gazes towards their usually aloof and proud gang leader, who was seated in the main position. Han Yue and Yun Xiancheng were currently enjoying a pleasant conversation about the subtleties of the tea ceremony.

Yun Xiancheng’s fingers were long and fair, like fine white jade, holding a small purple clay teacup with elegant and composed movements.

Occasionally, he would raise his eyes and give Han Yue a gentle, faint smile.

That unintentional display of maturity and steadiness, unique to a “husband,” that distinct charm filled with tolerance and doting, accustomed to being with women.

It was like a jar of incredibly fragrant, peerless fine wine buried for a thousand years; just a slight opening was enough to intoxicate and captivate all the pure Young ladies present!

No! Absolutely not!

The Young ladies of Moon Spirit cried out their final, struggling shouts in their hearts!

They were all strong-willed women who had worked hard, step by step, to achieve their current status in this Inner Academy where the strong preyed on the weak!

Each of them was like an arrogant snow lotus growing on the edge of a cliff, long accustomed to a life of purity and solitary beauty!

How could they so easily succumb to the charm of this young junior, who, although... although he was indeed very handsome, had a great demeanor, and was... also very gentle and considerate, was already a married man?!

If this... if this got out, what would become of Moon Spirit’s reputation?!

At this thought, the Young ladies who had previously been like defeated roosters instantly became invigorated, one by one, and all regained their spirits.

They collectively took a deep breath, then straightened their slightly slouched backs, forcibly putting away their infatuated expressions, which were full of

They replaced it with a demure smile that they believed was the most dignified, appropriate, and full of

They began to seriously and elegantly savor the fragrant tea brewed by Yun Xiancheng himself.

They even secretly competed in their hearts. Hmph! Isn’t it just pretending to be a lady?! Who can’t do that!

I must let Junior Brother Yun see that I am the most gentle, virtuous, and most suitable person to be his wife in Moon Spirit! As for you guys... get out of the way!

After all, between the evaluations of a virtuous wife and loving mother, and a funny senior sister...

After all, the former might have the potential for further development in the future. As for the latter... it would probably only be a joke he occasionally remembers and laughs about.

”Junior Brother,”

In this harmonious atmosphere, filled with undercurrents, Han Yue’s cool voice slowly broke the silence here.

”I wonder if you all have a fixed residence in the Inner Academy? If... if you don’t mind, Moon Spirit still has several vacant, secluded courtyards that could be...”

”Thank you for your kindness, Senior Sister,” Yun Xiancheng said with a smile, shaking his head and politely declining her invitation. ”Elder Su Qian already arranged a residence for us in advance after learning of my arrival in the Inner Academy.”

”Oh?” A hint of curiosity flashed in Han Yue’s cool eyes. ”May I ask where this courtyard is located?” ”It’s in the medicinal garden, quite far from the academy’s core area.”

”I suppose Elder Su Qian was also afraid that I, being young and impetuous, might not know how to restrain myself. If I were to accidentally get into an unnecessary dispute with one of the Inner Academy’s Favored Talents and injure them, that... wouldn’t be good.”

These words were spoken with some humility.

But to everyone present, they were no less than a thunderclap! Han Yue’s hand, holding the teacup, unconsciously tightened slightly.

She looked at Yun Xiancheng’s handsome profile, which showed no ripples of emotion, but a huge wave surged in her heart!

Dou King Experts are already rare in the Inner Academy, enough to serve as elders. How could they be on the same level as ordinary Dou Spirit or Great Dou Master level students?

Elder Su Qian’s action, while seemingly

The protection, however, was not for Yun Xiancheng, who already stood at the pinnacle, but rather... for those unfortunate Inner Academy students who might foolishly provoke him!

As for the medicinal garden located at the edge of the academy, Han Yue had heard of it.

However, normally, she was entirely focused on cultivation and gang affairs, so she wasn’t very familiar with that secluded corner, which was only frequently visited by Alchemy Department students.

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For a moment, two completely opposite and contradictory complex emotions surged in Han Yue’s heart.

On one hand, she let out a long sigh of relief. Good... good thing he doesn’t live here.

She knew her sisters too well.

On weekdays, each of them pretended to be goddesses who didn’t eat mortal food, but in reality, they were all

And Yun Xiancheng seemed to possess an inexplicable charm that immediately made people feel a strong liking for him.

If this fatally charming

The entire Moon Spirit would be turned upside down and restless!

But on the other hand, a stronger, more irresistible sense of loss, like an all-pervading tide, quietly engulfed her entire heart.

But I... I still want to see him more. This thought was so strong and uncontrollable.

If the other sisters in Moon Spirit knew her true thoughts at this moment, they would probably all drop their jaws and then ask with extreme surprise:

”Oh my god! Our arrogant ice mountain snow lotus, growing on the peak of a ten-thousand-foot snowy mountain, is... is it about to bloom?”

However, Han Yue herself knew very clearly that this man, he, was different. He really was different.

He seemed to possess an innate, powerful magnetic attraction,

Just by standing there quietly, he could easily become the center of the world, drawing everyone’s gaze to him, making them fall for him.

”However,” just as Han Yue was filled with mixed emotions, Yun Xiancheng’s gentle voice sounded again.

”Yaner, Nalan Yanran, Yuer, and Meier, Xun’er, I personally believe that they should be encouraged to participate more in the various activities of the Inner Academy. I shouldn’t let my personal reasons hinder them from experiencing this hard-won academy life.”

”Academy life?”

Han Yue couldn’t help but let out a bitter laugh, a helpless and self-deprecating look appearing on her cool, pretty face.

”Junior Brother Cheng, you don’t know. Life in this Inner Academy is far from as wonderful as you imagine. For those students without background or strength, this place is more like a cruel Purgatory filled with exploitation and oppression.”

”Fire Energy is the foundation of students’ lives.”

In the Inner Academy, the academy would distribute a fixed amount of Fire Energy each month according to the students’ grades, as basic living security.

But that meager income was like a drop in the bucket for students who wanted to advance further in the Heavenly Flame Training Pagoda, not much different from

”The quotas for normal work tasks issued by the academy have essentially been completely monopolized by our various gangs, large and small.”

Han Yue’s tone became somewhat flat, as if she was merely stating a common, long-established unwritten rule of the Inner Academy.

”Then, we ’outsource’ these jobs at even lower prices to those unfortunate, lower-tier students who are not qualified to join any gang! We make them do the hardest and most tiring work.”

”Outsourcing? Temporary workers?”

Upon hearing this, Yun Xiancheng’s deep eyes involuntarily narrowed slightly. He subconsciously cast his gaze towards Xue Ni, who was sitting in the corner and had remained silent throughout.

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”This poor girl, before meeting him, had been working hard as an outsourced temporary worker in this Inner Academy for a whole year.”

As a result, not only did she not earn any Fire Energy, but she actually became poorer the more she worked, to the point where she could barely maintain the most basic standard of living.

Feeling Yun Xiancheng’s gaze filled with pity, Xue Ni’s pretty face, which was already slightly pale from nervousness, instantly flushed red!

She subconsciously buried her head even lower, her two hands, having nowhere to rest, nervously twisting the hem of her skirt, wishing she could dig a hole in the ground and hide herself completely away.

In the past, a top-tier faction in the Inner Academy like Moon Spirit was something completely out of reach for her.

The only contact she had with Moon Spirit in the past was during the time she had just entered the Inner Academy.

Because of good luck, she had once luckily received a few ”outsourced orders” from Moon Spirit that had decent rewards.

This was because Moon Spirit was a faction whose reputation was already considered quite good among the many factions.

Therefore, the competition for their outsourced tasks was also incredibly fierce; after all, many people wanted to do tasks that paid well but required little work.

In the end, because her strength was insufficient, she couldn’t compete with those other eager rivals who were eyeing the tasks, and ultimately...

…she was forced by desperation to participate in that ”Fire Energy Hunting Competition,” hoping to gamble for that slim chance of getting rich overnight. She actually did find a glimmer of hope.

Even so, looking back at the arduous road she had traveled, she couldn’t help but feel a lot of emotions.

Han Yue was intelligent and sharp, so she naturally noticed the subtle interaction between Yun Xiancheng and Xue Ni immediately.

She could roughly guess that this junior, who looked quite busty, was likely one of the ”victims” she had mentioned who had been ruthlessly exploited by the cruel reality.

She paused for a moment and continued, ”Of course, besides this most basic type of manual labor, there are other ways to obtain Fire Energy.”

”For example, going to the Magical Beast Mountain Range outside the academy to hunt magical beasts and obtain magical cores to exchange for Fire Energy. Or, relying on one’s own powerful strength and knowledge to harvest rare medicinal herbs, or perhaps, by relying on one’s superb alchemy skills to refine high-grade medicinal pills for sale. These are all effective means to quickly obtain large amounts of Fire Energy.”

”Of course, there is also the most direct and popular method, which is martial combat...” Before Han Yue’s voice had completely faded.

”Sure! Where is the martial combat?” In Nalan Yanran’s bright and moving beautiful eyes, two clusters of raging flames filled with fighting spirit instantly ignited!

”Alchemy? Yaner is actually a bit interested in that.” On the other side, on Xiao Yan’s vibrant and pretty face, a look of curiosity and eager excitement also appeared.

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Listening to the two of them discussing with great interest, Han Yue curled her lips into a faint and helpless arc.

She shook her head gently, her cold, clear voice carrying a hint of undisguised candor. ”Our Moon Spirit is different from those wealthy and powerful factions.”

She explained, ”We don’t practice alchemy, nor do we control any special cultivation resources. Although the sisters in the faction all have some strength, our scale is ultimately limited, and it is difficult for us to hold onto any truly profitable industries.”

She paused and added, ”Moreover, the threshold for recruiting our members is indeed a bit high. We absolutely will not accept anyone who is not of pure character, possesses decent strength, and is a virgin.”

While these strict conditions ensured the purity and unity within Moon Spirit, they also fundamentally limited the expansion of its scale.

Because of this, Moon Spirit’s economic situation had always been in a rather awkward position. It was not as good as the top, but better than the bottom.

”Plus, the rewards we give for the labor tasks we post have always been quite fair.”

Han Yue’s gaze subconsciously drifted toward the busty junior named Xue Ni in the corner. Her figure is really nice, but her personality is too soft.

Well, that’s true; in a sense, Xue Ni is a low-level member meeting a high-level one, so she would definitely become timid unconsciously.

”If she had been working for our Moon Spirit all along, she certainly wouldn’t have fallen into such a desperate situation.”

After speaking, she smiled bitterly, ”However, we don’t audit the outsourced personnel; we just give the order to whoever takes it, so we didn’t manage the issue of people snatching orders. In that regard, we owe an apology to Junior Xue Ni.”

Seeing the senior apologizing to her, Xue Ni hurriedly said, ”This cannot be blamed on you, Senior. The fact that you can give such humane orders to us ordinary students already makes you a kind and benevolent person.”

”How could I take advantage of your kindness? That would only make me look greedy and insatiable.” Xue Ni’s words made Han Yue nod involuntarily.

Her character is really good. If she had noticed her earlier, she might have recruited her to join Moon Spirit as a full member. However... being by Yun Xiancheng’s side is better than being here with her. It can be considered as her suffering coming to an end.

Everything Han Yue said ultimately led to an incredibly realistic and heartbreaking result—Moon Spirit was very poor.

At least in Xue Ni’s eyes, that unattainable and incredibly wealthy top-tier faction, those people she considered rich, were not actually rich at all; they could barely be considered to have enough.

In their daily lives, they also felt strapped for cash, having their own worries.

It was precisely because of this that when Han Yue heard that Xiao Yan was actually an Alchemist, her usually aloof phoenix eyes instantly erupted with such an intense, strange radiance filled with surprise and desire!

”Junior Yan, you... you can really refine pills? An Alchemist!”

These three words, in any corner of the continent, represented nobility, wealth, and... powerful connections! In this Inner Academy of Jia Nan Academy, it was even more so.

However, almost all the famous Alchemists had, without exception, been recruited by that wealthy and powerful ”Medicine Gang.”

This caused the Medicine Gang to almost monopolistically control over half of the medicinal pill supply for the entire Inner Academy!

At this moment, in Yun Xiancheng’s mind, Yao Chan’s thoughts, filled with gratification and teasing, quietly emerged.

”Hehe, our Little Yanzi is going to become a little alchemy slave now! That’s fine, that’s fine, it’ll save her from being either in cultivation or clinging to you and cuddling all day long.”

Yun Xiancheng tapped Yao Chan’s head in his mind, and she immediately looked at Yun Xiancheng with teary eyes. Afterward, Yun Xiancheng kissed Yao Chan, and Yao Chan responded with a blushing face.

Cai Lin, who was watching from the side, widened her eyes and then covered Xiaoer’s eyes with her hand.

Xiaoer’s soul body could now transform into a human form, about four or five years old; her face was somewhat similar to Cai Lin’s, and her brows and eyes inherited some of Yun’s handsomeness.

Being covered by Cai Lin, Xiaoer fussed a bit, but Cai Lin didn’t want her to be corrupted by Yun Xiancheng. At this moment,

Xiao Yan, meeting Han Yue’s expectant gaze, scratched her smooth cheek somewhat embarrassedly and spoke in a rather modest tone, ”Hmm... I guess I know a little bit. In terms of level, I can probably... probably refine fourth-grade or fifth-grade medicinal pills.”

She was indeed being modest. Back at the Alchemist Convention in the Jia Ma Empire, although she had managed to refine a fifth-grade medicinal pill with the assistance of Lin Fei and Snow Charm, it had been a struggle.

But in these days, by following Yun Xiancheng, she had made great progress in both her own cultivation and the strength of her soul power.

It was just that because she hadn’t had the opportunity to properly open a furnace and refine pills again, she didn’t want to brag too much in front of everyone.

”Fourth-grade!? Fifth-grade!?” Upon hearing this, Han Yue’s cold, clear phoenix eyes instantly widened into circles! Her hand holding the teacup trembled slightly, and she nearly spilled all the tea in the cup!

”That... doesn’t that mean your alchemy skills are already on par with the leader of the Medicine Gang!?”

”That’s great!” She slammed the table, and for the first time, a moving expression of ”ecstasy” appeared on her usually cold and aloof pretty face!