"Of course I want some…" The Queen didn't hesitate and licked Yiren's finger clean, but she still glared at her daughter afterwards for teasing her like this.
"Oh, you want more?" Yiren asked as she gathered the last bits on her finger causing her mother's eyes to shine but then she put it in her own mouth, smiling playfully.
"Humpf, Xuefeng I want it too. Put it inside me already…" The Queen uttered in frustration before she spread her legs and called out to the busy Xuefeng. The tone the Queen said it was as if she was ordering him, so when Xuefeng heard it, he looked up at her with a weird expression.
The Queen quickly realised what she just said or, even more, the way she said it and quickly tried to reverse the situation, but it was too late already. Due to being teased by her daughter, the Queen forgot herself for a moment and called out as if Xuefeng was a servant or a guard.
"Are you asking me or commanding me? I thought we were in lovers relationship, not in a master-servant one." Xuefeng asked as he didn't like the way she spoke, and wasn't scared to tell her that.
"No, no, no, I was just…" The Queen tried to correct herself but Xuefeng already picked Yiren by the hand and walked away, saying, "Let's go enjoy ourselves somewhere else."
Yiren hesitated for a moment but followed Xuefeng's pull while glancing worriedly at her mother by turning her head. They might be jealous of each other from time to time but they were not enemies with one another, and they wished that both of them were happy. It would be hard to replicate such mother-daughter relationship like they had.
"Nooo, I'm sorry…" Realising it was her mistake, the Queen didn't hesitate to apologize hurriedly and immediately jumped inside the water to hug Xuefeng from behind, who had walked a few steps away already. She held him tightly with her chest pressing against his back, but Xuefeng didn't say anything, waiting for a proper apology.
"You know that I care about you. Don't get upset, please…" The Queen called out warmly as she rubbed her cheek against his back like a little kitten, trying to win him over.
"Actually, I don't get the feeling from you that this is the case. I never heard a single confession from you telling me you love me or how much you care about me. You just expect me to do things without even asking me if I want to do it as if it's obvious that I need to listen to you." Xuefeng let out his feelings without turning back and they hit the Queen hard when she heard them.
The Queen didn't think that she was like that, but when she recalled all of their previous encounters, she actually did not remember her saying anything of this sort. It was kind of a scary discovery as she wasn't aware of that earlier.
"Hey… I didn't tell you this but you are the first man that I actually like… I don't know if what I'm feeling is love, but I do not wish to separate from you… The inner me wants to stay with you all the time and do all the things with you... I also enjoy your company which I would not say about any other male I met so far."
"Does that mean that I love you? I don't actually know if that's what I'm feeling right now, but if it is… then I guess I love you… sob…" The Queen finally expressed her feelings and in the end, even tears were spilt from her eyes. She also felt like she was a lot lighter than before as if the weights on her heart were lifted.
Xuefeng would have to be weird if such a confession didn't move him even a little bit. The nail in the coffin was the sound of her sobbing which caused him to lose against her. He never liked when a woman cried and it could even be considered his weakness, but there was nothing he could do about it.
"Don't cry… Now I know how you feel about me. I just don't want to be your man who you only have fun with. I want to be a man who supports you in every way and take care of you. Can I be a man like that?" Xuefeng turned around and hugged her into his arms after wiping her eyes from tears.
"Yes… You said it yourself… You are my king and I am your Queen..." The Queen nodded as she laid on his chest and allowed him to hug her.
"Sob, sob…" Yiren who was standing by the side also started crying after seeing such a romantic scene and she hugged them as well.
They stood like this for a moment until Xuefeng felt a warm hand enter the water and grab his already tired fiend before proceeding to slide up and down on the shaft, trying to revive it.
"I am still horny right now, doesn't matter what we just said. I still want it inside of me right now." the Queen called out as she returned to her normal calm self.
"Can you say, please?" Xuefeng smiled and asked playfully.
"Ha, don't expect you can be the boss even if you are my King. The Queen is still above the King as she rules him from the shadows. Got it?" The Queen grabbed his chin, establishing her dominance. Their relationship moved a step further but she still didn't want to drop the boss role.
"Oh really?" Xuefeng found that interesting, and was a little bit disappointed that the Queen didn't stay in her character of a cute and gentle kitten and returned to being a tigress. He was still satisfied with the improvement.
"Yeah, and don't expect me to repeat what I told you a moment ago. You heard it once, it's enough. See it's up once again. It means that you want me." The Queen nodded and kissed him before she looked down at the erected staff who was back, up and ready for action.
"What if it is up not because of you but because of my sweet Yiren?" Xuefeng decided to push her a little bit further kissing Yiren with a casual remark but overcalculated the situation as the Queen was still the one holding only his precious friend.
"Ah, ah, okay! You win!" Xuefeng gave up resisting after feeling the tightening grip on his balls and called out in panic.
"Good," the Queen smiled and pulled Xuefeng towards the fountain in the middle of the pool before bending over the edge and calling out impatient, "I am waiting…"
Xuefeng approached Queen's butt and while placing one foot on the edge, he asked Yiren, "Yiren, how about you tell me the cultivation technique for Water Qi while I teach your mother a lesson?"
"Okay! But I want it too afterwards…" Yiren nodded, placing one small condition which Xuefeng already knew she wanted.
"Don't worry, I didn't forget about you." Xuefeng rubbed Yiren's cheek before he turned towards the dish that was already waiting in front of him and with a quick aim, he slid right inside her.
"Ah… Ahh…" When Yiren finished explaining the techniques of absorbing the Water Essence, the Queen was already moaning without stopping as Xuefeng continued to pound her from behind.
Ling wasn't quite willing to cooperate this time, but with Xuefeng's pleading, in the end, she helped him integrate this new knowledge into his mind. She thought Xuefeng was crazy to even think of cultivating while making love with his woman and that he doesn't treat the cultivation with respect but Xuefeng was looking at it from a different perspective.
If you want to have fun but you also need to do something important, why not connect those two things and enjoy the effects. Especially since he didn't need to think too much about it and could multitask pretty easily.
When he scanned the new knowledge he gained, he noticed that it was somewhat similar to the Earth Element he learnt before. You had to be in contact with the elements to be able to absorb them, but only two elements he learnt so far weren't located in the air and those were Earth and Water Elements.
He could easily absorb Air, Lightning and Fire Essence as those three were everywhere in the air, expect Fire Essence which was still there but in a small quantity, but Water and Earth Essence had to be harvested from the source. For Water Element it was water while for Earth Element it was earth, plants, trees and basically everything connected to nature.
To absorb Earth Element Xuefeng had to touch the wood or the earth to suck its essence and same worked for Water Element. He was standing inside the water so it shouldn't be a problem to cultivate.
Earlier when he was absorbing Earth Essence, he didn't officially become a Spirit Lord as his dantian wasn't full at that moment, so it only filled the part that was missing but didn't reach the barrier. Now, if Xuefeng absorbed any more, he would finally become one and enter the middle stages of his mortal cultivation.
Being free for the next moment until Xuefeng fills his dantian with Water Qi, Xuefeng decided to entertain Yiren as well. When he turned towards her, he saw her already looking at him with cute, puppy eyes, waiting for Xuefeng to ask for her.
"Yiren, come here," Xuefeng called out warmly. Yiren was so kind and had such a good heart that he couldn't get enough of her.
While still testing the Queen's limits, Xuefeng pulled Yiren into his arms and tasted her lips while rubbing on her ample chest. Yiren was more than happy to accommodate him as that was exactly what she wanted. In the meantime, Xuefeng started gathering Water Essence through his legs before transforming it into Water Qi with the help of the Spirit and storing it in his dantian.
It was a long process as it was hard for him to focus on cultivation while also rhythmically slamming with his hips on to the Queen's bottom, but he didn't give up. After a moment, Xuefeng finally realised why Ling was that sceptical of his idea, but for him if there was even a little progress, why not take advantage of it and shorten your future training with it.
Of course, Xuefeng could ask Ling for help, allowing him to only focus on one thing, the more interesting one, but he didn't want to give her the satisfaction of being right. He preserved and continued with this method until finally there were some signs of success.
His dantian was already full even if he didn't fill all sections to the brim and the capacity started going up as he absorbed more Water Essence. When the barrier finally broke, Xuefeng noticed that something was changing.
His Spirit, instead of producing the Water Qi and releasing it into the dantain, started absorbing it for itself. It was out of his control, but he didn't stop the process as he was already informed earlier by Ling that those were the benefits he would receive after advancing.
'Let your Spirit absorb all other elements too. The more it absorbs the bigger it will get and the efficiency of producing that element will increase as well.' Ling suddenly appeared, advising him.
He didn't hesitate, doing as she said, and allowed his Spirit to draw the Qi freely from his dantian. In the next second, his eyes opened wide as he didn't expect his Spirit would be this greedy. His Qi was being swiftly sucked out of his dantian and even Ling, who came to the rescue, couldn't help to stop it.
Ling was also greatly surprised as she never came across such case and her decision was quick, without much lingering. She turned on all five Wisdom Tree miniatures and started using one high tier Fate Stones after another, producing all five types of Essence, before pumping it into Xuefeng's dantian.
Unfortunately, her efforts were not enough to satisfy the gluttonous Spirit. They did not know what was happening, but one thing was for sure certain. If they continued to provide Qi for the Spirit, it would only bring Xuefeng's more benefits. They could feel the Spirit constantly increasing in size, but at the same time the consumption also grew and the dantian level of Qi was decreasing with each second.
Searching for the solutions outside her own capabilities, Ling finally found the good source of QI that could help them. Xuefeng was fully aware of Ling's efforts but he was still continuing his previous acts of making love with the Queen and Yiren, so he decided to stop them.
Just as he thought of it, Ling called out to him, 'Don't stop! Make use of it. I alone am not enough to provide enough Essence for your Spirit transformation. I think it has to do something with your half-elf bloodline. I never came in contact with such intense Spirit transformation, and the only thing that is new to me are those elves. Ask your woman to give you some Qi. I already tested it, your Spirit absorbs both yours and my Qi, without telling them apart.'
'Okay.' Xuefeng nodded and looked towards the Queen trying to call out to her but then he realised, he actually didn't know her name yet. He used to call her the Queen all the time and never asked for her real name.
Xuefeng pulled away from Yiren and Instead of using Queen's unknown name, he just said out loud while stopping his movements to get her attention, "I'm in need of a lot of Qi as my spirit is transforming after I advanced to the next stage. Can you ladies help me?"
"Oh, here." Yiren was the first to react and kissed him hurriedly. She started sending her own Qi through the kiss, emptying each element from the inside of her dantian. Even with Yiren's contribution, Xuefeng's Spirit didn't look like it wanted to stop growing. It was already ten times the size of the original and the tempo of the increase was still peaking, not slowing down at all.
The Queen heard Xuefeng clearly and without saying a word, she started sending Qi through his staff that was still inside of her. Because he stopped moving with his hips, the Queen began moving on her own as she happened to be so close to reaching her limits.
'We are fine. It doesn't seem like her dantain has the end… I stopped using Fate Stones to create the Essences, but the Spirit seems to be fine. She alone is enough instead of all of us.' Ling commented based on her observations.
'Uff, then it is fine. How much larger it is compared to the original?' Xuefeng asked, curiously as he couldn't measure it himself.
'It's almost twenty-five times larger and I can see it slowing down. It should probably reach thirty times before stopping. Pretty impressive. The standard is five to ten during a normal transformation so you should be considered as a monster level.
'Nice! I guess being an elf has some good benefits.' Xuefeng was satisfied with those results.
'You should thank your ladies though. Without them, we wouldn't get anywhere near. Our Qi would end around fifteen times increase.' Ling proposed when the Spirit finally finished swallowing Qi and instead started producing it.
"Thank you, my dear. You helped a lot." Xuefeng kissed Yiren who was right next to him and received a smile in return as if her help was an obvious decision.
Xuefeng also reached out to pick up the Queen and while hugging her from behind he thanked her, saying, "You too. I'm grateful."
"Hu, you better be. You took more than half of my Qi. Now give me a reward…" The Queen breathed heavily, as she said so.
"As you wish," Xuefeng nodded with a smile and without changing his position, he proceeded to give her what she wanted.
As Xuefeng slammed with his waist against Queen's butt, he rubbed her breasts passionately while pinching her erected nipples to add the pleasure. After noticing how fast his Spirit was absorbing and converting the Water Essence into Water Qi, he couldn't be more grateful, so that was the least he could do.
Xuefeng was embarrassed about the fact that almost all of his women were stronger than him, on the other side, he was proud to have such support. Of course, one side of him wanted to be the one to be the alpha in their relationship but he could achieve that without being more powerful than them.
Many cultivators had a stupid pride that didn't allow them to tie themselves with someone that was stronger than them and especially if they were female, but Xuefeng didn't have such problems. His mentality was shaped and based on Earth's values, so in his opinion, it was completely normal for a female to be more successful than men.
If he could be much more prosperous in this life thanks to the help of his lovers, wouldn't that be a given to accept such a deal? For him, it was an obvious decision. One day he would definitely surpass them, but until then, Xuefeng wouldn't mind being shameless.
The Queen was leaning on Xuefeng's chest, with her head supported on his shoulder while her tongue was crazily dancing inside Xuefeng's mouth. The Queen was already reaching her limits earlier and after Xuefeng started to solely focus on satisfying her, she was bound to not last for too long.
The water level near the fountain was just enough for Xuefeng to penetrate her insides without drowning in water and even if Queen's relaxed butt cheeks were in the way, Xuefeng could still reach her deepest regions. Xuefeng liked the softness he felt each time he pressed his waist against them.
"Mhmm… Mhmm…" The Queen suddenly started moaning louder and even when Xuefeng was silencing her with passionate french kisses, he could still feel the tightness around his staff increasing. He let go of her lips allowing her lovely sounds to spread around the bathroom, as he continued to ravage her bottom with each thrust.
The Queen began screaming louder and louder as she matched his pushes to intensify her ecstasy even more. With her head laying all the way back on his shoulder, she held his head which was kissing her neck and cried out without worrying about her image, "Aaahh, don't stop, don't stop!"
Feeling her body shiver from the pleasure, Xuefeng didn't stop his assault even for a moment, thinking of giving her another present. He was also close to his second burst and the Queen deserved to have it all.
She was already after the critical moment but Xuefeng's thrusts only prolonged her experience and occasional moans still escaped from her mouth. Xuefeng reached out with his left hand and started rubbing her pointy ear which caused the Queen to open her eyes wide open. To Xuefeng's surprise, her body lost her power and she fell limply, only having the support of his hand and chest.
"Please, not my ears…Aaah, I just came… I'm too sensitive…" The Queen said weakly, and Xuefeng finally recalled it was the elves second sensitive spot. Of course, Xuefeng didn't listen to her pleas and continued to rub while sucking on her earlobe, feeling shivers from the Queen's body.
Normally she wouldn't lose her powers like this, but after she came, her elf body was extremely sensitive. This elfish feature was kind of special for them, as only the person special to them would be able to create such a result. If some stranger pulled the ear of an elf, they wouldn't feel any pleasure and instead some irritation.
Yiren who stood from the side knew this and smiled happily perceiving that the Queen finally accepted Xuefeng not only with her body but also with her heart.
"You want me to come inside you, don't you?" Xuefeng whispered seductively into Queen's ear, feeling that he was not too far from bursting out.
"Don't rub, ahh… please stop…" The Queen heard him, but her mind was already going blank and all she did was beg him weakly to stop teasing her anymore.
"I won't stop until you tell me…" Xuefeng bluffed her, as he was already on his limits and even if she didn't answer, he wouldn't pull out from her.
"I want it… Aaaahh…" The Queen responded with the last wisps of her strength, but before she could end, Xuefeng couldn't hold back anymore and exploded deep inside of her. She cried out one last time as Xuefeng held her tightly in his arms and started filling her up completely with his seeds.
Still holding her tightly, Xuefeng sat down on the edge seeing that the Queen couldn't stand properly anymore and leaned with her back against him, breathing heavily. She didn't want to admit it but she never felt this good in her life. With her face all red, she just lied down against his back, too embarrassed to face him. As the Queen, she never behaved this lewdly especially moaning loudly in a public bath where anyone could hear them.
Xuefeng enjoyed having the beauty in his arms, so he rubbed gently on Queen's chest and asked Ling the question that was bothering him for a while, 'Ling, how is it that Fire Essence and Lightning Essence are in the air but there is no sight of Water Essence?'
'It is because of the fact that not every water source has Water essence. Also, essences like to gather around each other, so they don't leave the water. Look at the Steam around you. There is almost no Water Essence inside the steam as all of it was left inside the water. Fire or Lightning Essences are in the air as there is no other place for them to gather.
'You will slowly get it yourself. This place is special as normally you wouldn't feel this much essence in the air. It has to be connected with Fate Stones appearing here all the time.' Ling explained.
'So the lakes in our world doesn't necessarily need to possess Water Essences?' Xuefeng asked curiously.
'If the Elemental Essence was everywhere, do you think it would be this hard to cultivate elements? Everyone would be a master with all nine elements. Unfortunately, it is hard to find Essences and even if you did, it would take a lot of time to absorb it. Here, it is a completely different story. The essences are not that scarce here like they are outside.' Ling explained further and this time, Xuefeng's uncertainties were cleared.
"Are you better now?" Xuefeng asked as he planted a kiss on Queen's face.
"I am… I told you not to rub my ears…" The Queen pouted turning her head away from him.
"Did you like it?" Xuefeng reached out and rubbed her ears with both hands, but she didn't react as explosive as she did before.
"I do like it… Just for a little longer then…" The Queen first reaction was to move away but then she went back to leaning onto his back and allowed him to rub her a little more. It wasn't that she didn't enjoy it, but for elves, it was more like a husband and wife ritual where the man would rub his wife ears to bond with each other.
"I want it too…" Yiren sat next to them and rubbed with her cheek against Xuefeng's arm wanting a rub too. She also wanted to connect with Xuefeng and show that she herself also decided to be his.
Xuefeng didn't know all of these traditions but he was happy to accommodate her as well. If he knew, he would definitely be touched by them, but they wouldn't tell him such things.
"I'm sorry, I am tired right now but tonight I will be all yours." Xuefeng looked apologetically at Yiren as he couldn't satisfy her needs as well.
"It is okay. As long as you take me with you when you go back outside, I don't mind it." Yiren said sweetly while leaning over his hand.
"Okay. I will take you with me this time. It is better to keep you near me as you never know if something happens when I get injured. I will be able to heal you right away. But how are your fighting skills? I will be doing some dangerous stuff when I leave." Xuefeng agreed but had to ask for her skills. He didn't want her to be hurt in the process.
"Don't worry… My mother taught me how to defend myself." Yiren assured Xuefeng with a smile and he nodded in approval. The Queen showed him many arts and he knew she was an expert. Having Yiren with her mother's skills would definitely help him in his future fragment hunting.
"Gosh, you came so much, it is spilling all over my legs…" The Queen complained after she finally stood up from Xuefeng's lap and at the same time pulled out Xuefeng's friend who was still strong inside of her a moment ago.
Standing up, the seeds which Xuefeng pumped into her started spilling out on her thighs, so she didn't have any other choice but to absorb them. She knew that Xuefeng's liquid was very nutritious, so she didn't hesitate to do it.
Even if Xuefeng already came twice in a short span of time, he still had enough energy to satisfy Yiren, but he wanted to finally start their training. They had a lot of time to play later at night if they wanted.
Even if he needed a break after the first two times, he could always ask Ling for help. She could use her regeneration ability to bring his friend back into readiness but he didn't want to ask for such favour. She would definitely want something in return for a shameless request.
Before they started the next part of the training, Xuefeng slid back into the water to clean himself from all the sweat. Even with all the physical training, he had so far, their passionate sex could still make him break a sweat. He was extremely glad that he had the regeneration ability when he imagined how his future life would look like with so many women around him.
Leaning against the wall of the fountain, Xuefeng relaxed and pulled out a fruit, which was the size of an apple and started eating it. Without Ling, he had to regenerate his lost energy in the traditional way. Xuefeng grabbed a few fruits from the Queen's room when he arrived as he recognized them for the ones he tasted before and he actually loved them.
Giving the fruit a few bites, he gained the Queen's attention, who walked back up to him and asked cutely, "Can I have a bite?"
"Sure, I took a few more with me before we went down here," Xuefeng smiled and pulled out another one before giving it to her. He didn't expect her to not take it but instead, the Queen sat down on his legs and said lovingly while opening her mouth, "Feed me…"
"Since when are you acting this cute? Are you ill or something?" Xuefeng placed his hand on Queen's forehead and asked worriedly, thinking that something was wrong with her. She never acted this cute towards him, with her tone so warm.
"Just feed me! What are you blabbering about? Geeez… I want the one you had…" The Queen's cheeks turned red after hearing Xuefeng's questions and she shouted at him with her tone back to normal, before she went back to her new cute tone.
She couldn't tell him that she finally accepted him to be her man as it was just too embarrassing so she grabbed his hand with the fruit that was half eaten already and gave it a taste.
"Haha, you don't need to try so hard to be cute. For me, you are cute the way you are." Xuefeng patted the Queen on the head and watched as she ate. He didn't know what was going on with her but she definitely looked cute for him right now.
As Xuefeng played around with them in the water, he didn't forget to continue absorbing Water Essence into his body. His dantian was completely empty after his Spirit swallowed everything but now, after the transformation was complete, he could enjoy its wonders. His Spirit could now absorb almost thirty times more essence than it could before which was ecstatic news for him.
Not only did he fill his Water Qi sector in his dantian in a moment, but he also did that with the other elements like air and lightning. Earth and fire essences were not available to him in the bathroom and the same worked for Spirit Essence which the Holy Land didn't have at all.
"Let's practice now, alright? I already filled my dantian with Water Qi." Xuefeng asked feeling that if he was not the one to stop their cuddles, they would never end.
"Okay… I will start!" The ladies agreed, although unwillingly, and the Queen was the first to volunteer. Xuefeng noticed the change in her acting but he didn't say anything, afraid that he would make her go back to her usual self. He liked the new Queen which was more loving towards him.
...…..
It has been a normal day with nothing unusual happening for Princess Shan when she heard someone calling out to get from behind, "Hello, is this Miss Shan?"
She was just done with her training and was heading back to her place after leaving the Training Pavilion and she was quite surprised to be stopped by someone. She was acting very cold to everyone around her and didn't make any friends so far, but that's what she wanted.
Princess Shan turned around and spotted a man which she didn't recognize. Only after she noticed he had a Trade Union logo on his shirt, did she answer, "Yes, it's me. How can I help you?"
"I'm a courier from the Trade Union. I have a letter of high priority for milady." The courier bowed lightly before he pulled out a sealed letter from his ring.
"Oh! Thank y..." Princess Shan got excited hearing about it and reached out for a letter but was stopped by the courier as he said, "The High Priority Letters have a security program. Milady has to confirm her identity before she can receive the letter. The sender passed down a question which milady has to answer first to double check."
"Okay. What is the question?" Princess Shan asked impatiently. She expected this letter to be from Xuefeng so she didn't want to wait any longer.
"The Question is: What was the best gift I gave you?" The courier quoted.
"It's the necklace." Princess Shan didn't hesitate too much as this was the only gift she received from Xuefeng.
"Correct. Here is your letter." The courier smiled and flew away after confirming that the delivery was complete.
'I thought he already forgot about me but he actually still cares about me…' Princess Shan thought excitedly as she walked back towards her house while reading Xuefeng's letter. She didn't want to wait any longer as she already waited for more than three months.
As she read what Xuefeng wrote, she laughed from time to time as she read Xuefeng's jokes. She was satisfied with his answer and knew he would slowly grow stronger and come save her. It was just the thing she wanted to survive the rest of her days here.
"Auch... " Just as she read the whole paper, someone crashed into her from the side and called out in pain. Princess Shan was too excited while reading that she didn't see the person running straight towards her. Unfortunately for the unlucky female, Princess Shan wasn't that easy to move and she bounced off from her before landing on the ground.
The girl had a cloak on her head but when she crushed into Princess Shan, it fell off, showing her hidden face. When Princess Shan looked at her, she was shocked.
"What happened to you… Wait!" Princess Shan asked but the girl already stood up and started running away while covering her head once again.
"That bastard…" Princess Shan cursed, realising what was going on, but she didn't chase the poor girl. What she saw, were a lot of bruises on the girl's neck and cheeks as if she was choked repeatedly and slapped hard multiple times.
Princess Shan recognized her as the black haired girl who she met near the transport platform. She was the one that was talking only good things about the prince of Sacred Sword Kingdom, Zhen Zhao and one of the girls that were spending the last few days with the Prince.
Princess Shan overheard the conversation of the two girls in the training room lobby who were talking about exactly this. Recalling the bruises of the girl, she didn't want to even imagine how much pain she was in on the other parts of her body.
"Sigh…" Princess Shan sighed, walking back to her house. She couldn't blame herself as even if she warned her, the girl wouldn't listen. Now she probably experienced the same as all the other girls that were lured by the man Princess Shan hated the most.
'One day he will pay back for all the things he has done… If Xuefeng can't, then I will kill him no matter the cost…' Princess Shan reached out with her hand, creating an ice sculpture of a man with her Water Qi before she crushed it with her fingers, spreading the ice on the road.
She hoped that Xuefeng would end that man's life before he ruins too many females.
"Xuefeng, how are you doing…?" Princess Shan asked herself with longing as she looked into the sky. After this much time, she had to admit that she missed his gentleness and smile. The longer they were apart, the more she realised that she wouldn't find a better man for her.
"The Water Element is special as it has similarities to, for example, the Earth Element or other elements like fire. You can either control the water while using your stored Water Qi or transform Water Qi into normal water as you do with the Fire Qi. Most Elements works in similar ways so it is not hard to figure that out" The Queen started explaining while still sitting on Xuefeng's lap as she refused to leave, claiming it as her spot.
Xuefeng could only smile at her change and listened to her as he wanted to focus on his training and not fool around. He didn't quite mind in what position they were in, as long as they were progressing with their training.
"If you create the water instead of manipulating the existing one, your attack will for sure be less powerful compared to doing it the other way. This is also why a Water Element user fighting near a water source, has a lot better chances of winning. He doesn't need to waste his Water Qi on the creation of the water as its already there and can focus on strengthening it instead. Did you get that?" The Queen continued, speaking slowly, worried that Xuefeng won't understand and even asked for confirmation.
"Yes my Queen, don't worry. I listen to you carefully. I actually have a question. So if I know all elements, I'm basically fine, wherever I fight?" Xuefeng nodded while poking Queen's nose playfully and asked, to confirm that he was listening.
"I was just about to tell you about it. Yes, it makes you much more powerful as you can use your surroundings to your advantage, but that does not mean that you can win every battle in the forest using only Earth Qi. You need to know which element you should use at what situations and predict the next moves of your opponent. Each fight can be decided in a few seconds if you make the right decision or a bad one." The Queen didn't mind his teasing and continued.
"Okay, I understand. I guess I need to learn both ways. Let's start with the first one. It works the same as with Fire Element, right?" Xuefeng asked as he signalled that he wanted to stand up with a few light pats on the Queen's butt.
"Yes, each Elemental Qi has their own characteristics and they are easily shaped into their respective equivalent in nature. Create a ball of water on top of your palm just like you are forming a fireball before shooting it out… Is something wrong?" The Queen agreed before she asked after Xuefeng started looking at her weirdly.
"You will have to stand up if you want me to do anything. With you, this close…" Xuefeng tried to explain but the Queen stopped him, saying as she stood up, "Yeah I know, I'm not stupid… I just wanted to stay closer to you for a little while longer…"
She pretended to be sad and only smiled again after Xuefeng gave her a kiss. To be fair to both of them, he also kissed Yiren after pulling her up from the water.
"Are you satisfied now?" Xuefeng looked at the Queen and asked with a smile. He already imagined the meeting of all of his four girlfriends. He would have to be very busy to be equal to everyone.
"Yes!" They both called out and without any further delays, Xuefeng began his practice. He reached out with his hand and just like with the fire element, he started releasing the Water Qi out of his palm.
Water had a much bigger density than fire, so Xuefeng had to use a lot more Water Qi just to create a small bubble of water on top of his hand and even more if he wanted to make it hover.
Making the water bubble wasn't a problem for him as it was following the same concept as the other but he was still worried about the consumption. He ended up using almost one-thirtieth of his Water Qi with just one ball.
"Is there a way to lower the consumption of Water Qi? I lost so much just to create this." Xuefeng called out to the ladies while showing them his creation.
"No, you can't. Did you think that cultivating is this easy?" The Queen shook her head at Xuefeng's silly question and asked him, "Look, how do you think you can use this water bubble in an attack?"
"Can't I just shoot it forward with the help of the Air Qi and make it explode?" Xuefeng was confused by her question. He based it on the scene he recalled where two elves fought in the arena a while ago where one guy was flying and shooting water bullets at his opponent.
"Then try shooting at the wall and see how it goes." The Queen pointed at the wall and proposed with a smirk. Feeling that there was nothing wrong with her suggestion, Xuefeng decided to listen to hear.
Aiming with his hand towards the closest wall, he gathered a generous amount of Air Qi underneath the Water Bubble before he launched it forward. To his surprise, when he fired his Water Bubble, was didn't fly far. It was splashed everywhere as the bubble was not tough enough to survive the impact.
"See, it's not that easy to even form a single water bullet. Firstly, you need to be precise about the shape of it so it doesn't disintegrate in the air and secondly, you also need to choose the right amount of Water Qi to make it firm enough. There are many aspects that you need to take into consideration, but with enough practise you will be able to make those adjustments in the blink of an eye." The Queen smiled, explaining to Xuefeng her previous thoughts.
"Please teach me well!" Xuefeng bowed, accepting his inferiority. He was mostly doing it for fun, but the Queen liked the title of the teacher and was even more eager to work after that.
Xuefeng thought that with enough practice, he would be fine and they would move on to the cooler way of training with the usage of already existing water, but the Queen wanted to make each of his move perfect, which wasted a lot of time. In the end, he talked to her about it and she decided to just show him all the moves which Xuefeng could later train inside the Wisdom Tree space.
They went through various ones, starting from the water bullets and ending up on a water prison art which he almost failed to do because of the lack of Water Qi. Xuefeng could, of course, do all the same spells with the help of the water manipulation, but the ladies insisted that he need to learn the hard way in case there wasn't any water source next to him in the future.
Only after that, did the manipulation of nature came into the picture. It basically worked in a similar way as the Earth Element but it was a lot easier this time. The water had a much lower density than the wood so he didn't have a problem moving with his Qi around. With a short practice, he could totally integrate with the water around him and do all the spells from before, but on a bigger scale.
It took them around two hours to go through the whole process but he couldn't say that he didn't enjoy it. Which cultivator could say that he was taught Water Element spells by two beautiful female elves, naked in a big pool?
At the same time, somewhere in the Central Region.
"Who does Boss think will win today? I heard that this will be this youngster's first fight since he arrived in the Central Region. He didn't want to fight at all but his one-month safe period is over today and he got challenged already." A skinny guy with a face that almost looked like that of a dog, having a broad and big nose asked his boss who was sitting gracefully on his leather chair.
The boss was looking out through the window of their cabin with his hand on his chin, deep in thoughts. He was watching a young man with a Black mask that covered half of his head who was entering the stage in the arena. Noticing the star-shaped mark on the young man's forehead, the boss expression changed from the blank into a one filled with desire.
"I think he will definitely win. With his Star Shaping ability, his opponent doesn't stand a chance. I wish I had his Fate Fragment. When my plan is in motion we will hire someone to beat him up, and then we will buy the fragment from him." The Boss said to the dog-face man without even looking at him as his eyes were glued on the Young Man who was preparing for a fight.
"Boss, can't we just kill him and take his fragment when he is out of the city?" A dog-face man asked confused. With his Boss' strength, it wouldn't be hard.
"Idiot, what if this ability is not his main one? Without the referee sent from the Heaven Realm, we can't extract his ability. Star Shaping is an extremely rare fragment and we can't afford to lose it, so we will have to do everything legally. Also, the new chief of the arena is not on my side so I can't rely on his help." The Boss cursed at his lackey and explained his reasons.
He was seriously considering finding another lackey to replace his current one but unfortunately, the fortune he made in the capital didn't mean anything in this place. With his Spirit Stones, he barely bought a small house and rented a private cabin in the arena.
After being a successful merchant for many years, he had enough money to build a city, but he couldn't even afford a good place to stay in this place. He already had plans to earn enough Fate Stones, but he needed more time, which he was lacking. He couldn't earn through fighting as his ability wasn't powerful enough, so until he buys a powerful ability, he would have to find other ways.
"Oh, true…" The dog-face thought for a moment and as if he thought of something super clever, he cried out excitedly, "But wait, can't the Boss be the one to fight him? Boss is so strong! Boss can win with him for sure!"
Hearing his lackey words, the merchant didn't know whether he should laugh or cry. He managed to fool the dog-face man into thinking that he was some kind of a big deal but the truth was, he wouldn't be able to beat most of the Fate Fragment Holders in the arena.
"Cough… well, why would I fight myself, if I can use someone else instead? I can use my brain to do something more profitable during that time. I shouldn't waste my strength on someone like this." The merchant coughed to hide his embarrassment and tried to convince his lackey. Fortunately for him, the dog-face man wasn't that smart and hearing his explanation, he got even more excited.
"Haha, great! Boss is the best! Oh, anyway, I will still get to see Boss fight in the next match in two weeks. I'm so excited! Can't wait!" The dog face man laughed, praising his boss before he recalled the upcoming event and could not help but clap his hands in happiness.
"Wait, what are you talking about? I'm not fighting anyone. Why would anyone challenge me anyway?" The merchant asked confused. His lackey words make him quite panicked.
"But boss you are! Don't you remember when you knocked into someone by accident before you tactically ran away? That person found you and he didn't hesitate to challenge you. What a moron! He does not understand who he is going to fight. Boss, you should make sure that Thousand Blades has his whole body broken after that fight…" The dog face man laughed at the challenger stupidity but then he saw his boss face turning pale and asked worried, "Boss Is something wrong?"
"Of course there is something wrong! Why didn't you tell me earlier?! Fuck… What should I do… Should I run…?" The merchant lashed out at his lackey immediately when he heard his words before he cursed under his breath and tried to think of a solution.
The dog-face man didn't think his boss would be this angry hearing the news as he was supposed to be happy at the challenge. He looked at his boss suspiciously and asked, "Boss, why do you want to run away? Can't you just beat him up? I didn't tell boss earlier cause I thought boss already knows."
"Shit… Of course, I'm not going to run away, I was just joking… It's just that my cultivation is in the breaking point and I currently can't fight. I don't know when will I breakthrough so I need to make some preparations…" The merchant cursed when he realised that he is losing his powerful appearance and stopped himself just in time.
"Haha, that's what I would expect from my boss, nothing else. Doing everything with a well-thought plan. So boss, what are we going to do now?" The dog-face man asked after he regained the belief in his boss.
"Let's go out. We need to put my project into motion earlier than I planned. If I don't buy a good ability in two weeks…" The Merchant made a quick decision and walked out of the private cabin with the excited dog-face man who followed him.
They left in the worst moment without checking the battle on the stage in the arena where the spectacle was about to start. The Merchant was interested in watching the effects of the Star Shaper Ability but in the end, he didn't have the leisure to watch it as a death sickle was hanging next to his neck.
He didn't expect that the famous Thousand Blades would actually take time to challenge him, a nobody, over a small push on the streets. He didn't even hesitate to run at that time as Thousand Blades was already on Heavenly Rankings and he wouldn't think twice before killing him. Even if he was at the bottom of one hundred places, that was still enough to turn him into dust.
On the stage, the young man who had half of his face covered with the black mask, only having a hole for his eye, was waiting for the referee to start. His eyes looked extremely cold, with each of them having a different colour, white and black and even his hair was weird looking.
The half with white pupil had silver hair while the one with a black eye had coal black hair. His face was expressionless, having extreme peace. Watching his handsome high cheekbones with full lips and the aura of mystery around him, some ladies opened the windows of the private rooms before whistling seductively at him.
His clothes were also matching his facial style as he wore only black and white hunter outfit which looked like it was made especially for him.
There was no public audience on the arena as everyone was sitting inside their own private rooms. Only Fate Fragment Holders were allowed to this place so there wasn't a need for such a thing. Each person watching right now was a high tiered expert who wouldn't like to sit with everyone else.
"Ladies and gentleman! We have a great event ahead of us. I got information that every room today is occupied which suggest that everyone is as excited as me for today's match." The referee called out with his lofty voice which travelled into everyone's room when he noticed that the participants were ready.
"Today we are having a battle of a rookie and a veteran. As most of you probably noticed already, our rookie possess a rare Fate Fragment which was last seen many years ago, the Star Shaper. But is that enough to win versus our veteran, Seven Beasts, who already have 4 consecutive victories under his belt and is aiming to soon enter Heavens Ranking?" The referee introduced two participants, hyping the matchup.
When the judge mentioned the veteran of the arena, Seven Beasts, who was a burly man without a shirt, covered in animal tattoos all across his chest, the Seven Beasts roared into the air before calling out to his opponent, "Kiddo! I will crush you so hard that you will regret coming to the central region. There is no one who can help you right now!"
He tried to provoke the Star Shaper user but his efforts turned out to be useless as the handsome man in front of him didn't change his expression from the start. It was pissing him off that the young man wasn't scared even a little bit and that he didn't receive even a bit of respect.
"Before the battle starts, everyone, place your bets inside your room as usual. The payout ratio for the rookie win is zero point five while the Seven Beasts win will bring you ten times the value of your bet. Hope you choose wisely. Remember we only accept Fate Stones as the stakes for the bet." The referee smiled as they finally reached his favourite part of the match, the betting. Having the percentage of each betting earnings he couldn't be more than happy.
"Do you guys want to bet as well? Not only you will earn the losers bet if you win the battle but also the normal stakes." The referee asked looking down from the platform.
"So what kiddo? Want to bet something? Or maybe you don't have anything to bet, huh? I bet one thousand low tier Fate stones." The Seven Beasts grinned as he provoked his opponent. He was quite mad when he heard the ratio of the bets, but he didn't argue with the referee. He was confident in his own abilities and having an even better winnings after his battle was just a great bonus for him.
"Sigh… If I have to fight then I guess I will make the most out of it. Can I bet one of my abilities? You can buy my ability with Fate Stones which I will use to bet. You will be able to redeem it after the fight if I lose." The young man sighed before turning to the referee with a proposition. He didn't have any Fate Stones on him so he couldn't bet anything else.
"Haha, do you plan to sell your Star Shaper ability?" The referee laughed and called out interested.
"Yes. Ten thousand middle tier Fate Stones." The rookie nodded without any emotions on his face and dictated the price.
"Hahaha, what a bold youngster. You are smart for doing some research and I like it. I will agree to your proposition. If you win this battle, the arena will give you fifteen thousand high tier Fate Stones. What is your name Young Man?" The referee laughed even harder than earlier for the first time in a while and in the end, decided to ask for the youngster name.
"I don't have a name anymore, but people used to call me Pio." The young man answered showing some signs of pain on his face but his face quickly returned to normal.
"Pio. I will remember you. Good luck to both of you. Let the match begin!" The referee nodded hearing the name and finally started the match.
"Don't worry, I promised not to kill anyone ever again, so I will stop when you can't move anymore." Pio turned towards his opponent and called out expressionlessly, without any ill intent in his voice. He was forced to fight on with no chance to resist and he could only blame himself for entering the Central Region.
He just wanted to improve himself more with the better resources of the Central Region but ended up falling into the current mess. It was a good opportunity to increase his strength but with those rules, he would rather enjoy the free life he had without any obligations instead.
"Hahaha, you are talking as if you already won! Maybe the arena believes in you but I will prove to them that they were wrong! Star Shaper my ass, let me show you the real power!" Seven Beasts laughed maniacally at Pio's shameless statement before he shouted while distancing himself from Pio and activated his famous ability.
Seven Beasts' muscular chest began expanding and his skin started turning brown. His legs and arms also increased in size by multiple times while his fingers turned into black claws. If one asked why the stage in the arena was this big, having more than one hundred meters in diameter, this was the answer.
Sever Beasts was a Fate Fragment Holder whose main ability allowed him to turn into a giant brown bear. There were a few types of Fate Fragments and this one was a transformation type. He also had a collection of other beasts abilities which he managed to obtain in other battles or simple bought, hence why the name Seven Beasts.
There are not that many Fate Fragments but with each death, the abilities pool was increasing. After many years of this organisation running, they gathered a significant amount of abilities. You could even sell the powers you obtained in your travels and buy the one you want.
After a Fate Fragment Holder dies, he will lose his ability to the killer, but the Fragment itself will survive and return after being reborn into another human. This was why after so many years there were many repetitions. Unfortunately, only the main ability would be reborn and that's why the special rules were incorporated to prevent that.
Fighting between the Fate Fragment Holders inside the Central Region was banned and was only allowed inside the arena during a challenge. If someone died by accident, the referee could still obtain all of his abilities before they disappeared.
"Roaaar!" Seven Beasts roared after he finished his transformation into a Brown Bear and started running towards Pio on his four legs just like a normal wild bear.
Pio didn't panic and even waited for his opponent to finish his transformation without attacking midway. He knew the scope of his abilities and didn't feel any pressure seeing Seven Beasts charging at him.
Feeling it was the right time to show his skills, Pio reached out towards his forehead and touched his star-shaped mark. It instantly lit up with bright light and he somehow pulled it out from his forehead, without leaving no trace or wound.
Pio raised it in front of his face with two fingers without worrying about the Wild Bear coming at him, as if he was admiring the star's beauty before he sighed, saying in low voice, "Stars are everlasting, but sometimes, to be reborn, the star needs to go through... its death."
With those last words, Pio crushed the star which exploded, covering the whole stage with blinding white light. The Stardust after the explosion started spreading all around them, creating a pearl-white translucent mist. There was no place on the stage that wasn't contaminated with the weird dust.
Seven Beasts stopped seeing the light as he didn't have any other details about Pio's ability than what he heard from the rumours, but after he realised that Pio didn't move from his position at all and the Stardust wasn't hurting him in any way, he continued his charge.
To his surprise, Pio didn't move and even his weapon was not drawn by him which made Seven Beasts even angrier. Not only he didn't show him any respect to a senior before the fight, his actions right now showed that he also thought nothing of him.
"Roar!" The Brown Bear finally reached Pio's position and didn't hesitate to swing with his massive paw while roaring furiously. The situation where he sees Pio's body flying to the other side of the stage didn't happen and instead, he saw even more pearly white dust.
Instead of being crushed under bears raw power, he turned on impact into a pile of Stardust which scattered into the air. Sever Beasts knew that it was not an accident and started looking around in his surroundings afraid of a sneak attack, but when he looked behind him, he froze when he saw Pio standing right there as if nothing happened.
"Haha!" The Referee laughed before he thought to himself, 'What a marvellous ability. As expected of one of the top ten strongest abilities. Too bad almost none of the top ten Fate Fragment Holders were ever defeated, else we would be having a lot more of them.'
It was quite regretful in his opinion but there was nothing he could do. Those with top ten Fate Fragments were just too strong and each time one died, it was only because they wanted to or their lifespan was reaching the end. Many tried to find an window for an attack in that particular moment but it never happened.
"You should surrender. There is no way you can beat me. If you give up now, I will spare you and decline taking any of your abilities. I didn't want to fight in the first place. I will only take your Fate Stones from the bet, as I need those. What do you think?" Pio sighed and tried to warn his opponent before he turned serious.