Clank…
Clink…
Clink…
Walking up from all the noise, Cai Ling opened her eyes. Confused, wondering what that noise could be. She moved about in the bed, the noise instantly ceasing at her movements.
As Cai Ling sat up, memories of what had happened last night resurfaced in her mind.
Her cold face didn't change, but her eyes revealed a downcast look as she knew what would come next. She turned her head to the side and covered her body with a quilt.
She didn't want to turn and look at the man on the bed, afraid to see what she had done.
Despite being part of a demonic sect, Cai Ling had never done anything 'demonic'. When she was younger, the sect leader had been traveling around continent, searching for a successor. Eventually, she found her, a little girl who had a natural Soul Bewitching Physique, capable of bewitching anything capable of thought.
Most only knew that those with the Soul Bewitching Physique are capable of seducing and bewitching anyone who lays eyes upon them. But the sect leader of Yin Desires knew more than others about this peculiar physique. Capable of seducing and bewitching artifacts with spirits or even natural treasures who have awakened their wisdom.
A truly powerful physique if used correctly.
That, and it also has good potential in cultivating.
Seeing the potential, the sect leader took Cai Ling to Yin Desires and took her as a personal disciple. Teaching her everything she knew and how to best increase her cultivation. By stealing it from those who have a strong cultivation.
Cai Ling lived a sheltered life, being taught everything by her master and given everything she could want without a fight. Guided and led to where she was needed, like a puppet.
Now, knowing that she had killed someone through the techniques taught to her, Cai Ling felt guilty.
"Good morning."
Cai Ling's eyes widened as she heard a voice behind her. She whipped her head back, her cold countenance holding a surprised look on her face.
She looked directly at the young man who was still chained to the bed and looking at her with a sheepish smile.
"You…"
Cai Ling opened her little mouth, surprised.
"I… may not mind revealing myself, but it's getting a little cold in here. Could I get some pants or a cloth to cover myself with?" Heaven's golden eyes looked straight into her eyes.
Closing her mouth, Cai Ling stood up and walked out of the room. Her cold expression returned as she felt a cold power wash over her head and calming her down.
She grabbed a robe and wore it, smoothening her clothes. Her mind wondering how Sora had survived the technique her master taught and curious as to how Sora hadn't been bewitched by her.
Pulling a light see-through cloth from her robe, Cai Ling wore it over her face, covering her eyes and below, all the way to her chin. She was careful in wearing this properly, hoping to not bewitch anyone else in her sect.
Leaving her personal abode, Cai Ling went to the private abode of her master.
"Master!"
Cai Ling cupped her fist, and lightly lowered her head before relaxing.
In front of her, laying leisurely on a large bed with light curtains surrounding it, a naked and youthful woman lay. With narrowed eyes and flowing black hair, the woman appeared to be the epitome of sexiness, every light move of hers could cause a man's heart to explode from desire.
Smoking straight from a Chinese pipe, blowing a pitch black cloud of smoke to the ceiling. Crossing her long legs together, the woman looked over at Cai Ling with interest.
"My disciple," the woman said, her voice akin to a whisper. "Come here, let me check you. You need a strong Yin essence if you want to build a Heaven state Foundation. Since we can't make your Yin essence pure…"
The woman's voice halted and her fox eyes widened in shock. Her little mouth widened in an 'O' and her eyes looked right into Cai Ling's curious eyes.
"Master?"
Cai Ling's face remained cold, but her eyes revealed curiosity.
"How'd you do it?!" Her master's voice rose by an octave and she shifted her position on the bed. She lifted her naked body and moved closer to her disciple, looking at her straight in the eyes.
"Never mind."
Jang Jae-Hwa stopped wondering as she looked at the curious look in her disciples eyes. It was obvious that Cai Ling didn't know, and Jae-Hwa figured that it must have been the young man.
His Yang essence must have been of good quality… she should have taken him instead of her disciple. It's a shame he's dead already.
"Master."
Waking her from her thoughts, Jae-Hwa heard her disciple Cai Ling's voice. Lifting her eyes, she looked at her disciple.
"Hm?"
It's the that she noticed. She knew her disciple too well, and knew that without her intervention, Cai Ling would have never slept with Heaven. Her disciple is too ignorant of the world and had been sheltered by her, there was no way for her to not know her disciples personality.
"That kid!"
In a flash, Jae-Hwa disappeared from the room. Only a light wind blew in Cai Ling's direction, blowing her hair back.
Turning around, Cai Ling walked quickly, knowing where she was headed.
…
Heaven sighed, looking up at the ceiling.
He was all tied up and there is nothing he could do. He summoned all his strength, and even used his inner force, but it didn't work. The chains were made of a powerful material and they held a mysterious power. It sucked his strength and turned it against him.
So, he could only relax and wait.
His golden eyes swirled, lost in thought. He needs to return, to protect his family and friends… but, such a thing is impossible.
Before protecting them, he first needs to have the means to do so. Eve is strong, her strength powerful, and he believes in her. Yet he can't just dump everything on her, he needs to return to her.
But he can't go now, he needs to understand this world and know why these people are so much stronger. They are humans, he can sense it, but why are they so much stronger?
Is it because of that Yin/Yang essence? He felt it, but he didn't feel anything special.
"So you're still alive. How incredible…"
Hearing that chilling whisper in his ears, Heaven felt a shiver down his spine. He turned his head and looked at the seductive woman before him, staring at him with an interested gaze.
Jae-Hwa was wearing a pitch black robe that held some simple designs made of a different material to the actual robe. Despite being black in color, it was still visible from the slight reluscent layer on the designs.
It hugged her body nicely, showing off her curves perfectly.
She waved her fair hand and all the chains on Heaven's limbs broke. All but one chain that is on his left leg. The length was elongated, but it was obvious that Heaven's freedom was still in Jae-Hwa's grasp.
"You appear a little weak… but you'll recover with time," Jae-Hwa told Heaven. She approached him, looking at him closely. "It's a real shame. I would have loved to take your essence right now, but…"
She pressed a finger on his chest and her face was only a few centimeters away from each other. Her long eyelashes and dangerous black eyes were seemingly peering into his eyes.
She smiled and backed away, "You're my disciple's property now. There's no escape."
Laughing, the woman dispersed like black smoke, disappearing from the room.
Heaven was stunned, a wry smile on his face.
He looked at the chain on his leg and sighed. Getting out of here will be extremely difficult, almost impossible.
Will he even manage to grow strong?
Sitting up, Heaven jumped off the bed and felt the shackle on his leg. With a wry smile, he sat on the ground and let out a tired breath.
Sha!
The door to the abode opened and Cai Ling stepped in. Her eyes looked at him, she stared at him and stood there silently. She took a brief look of the space around them before she walked up to him.
She bent down lightly, a smell of peonies reaching his nose. Extending out her fair hand, a bottle had mysteriously appeared at her palm. She extended it out to him and left it in his hand.
After giving him the bottle, she turned and left.
With Cai Ling leaving, Heaven looked down at the bottle in hand. He didn't know what was happening, first the master of Cai Ling appeared, said something and then left without a word. Shortly after, Cai Ling came and left without a word as well.
It was confusing and Heaven didn't know what to make of it.
Opening the bottle, he smelled the fragrance of whatever was inside. He closed his eyes and paid close attention to the smell, trying to analyze it through smell alone.
He was able to figure out a couple of the medicine's ingredients through the smell alone, but there were a couple of which he didn't recognize. His golden eyes swirled and he understood.
Although he isn't sure about the name, the effect of whatever is inside the bottle is only to provide the necessary nutrition to the consumer. Other than that, it does nothing else.
With a curious gaze, Heaven dipped the bottle to the side and out came a small pill. By the size of the pill and the size of the bottle, there were about 100 pills within the bottle.
Tossing the pill into his mouth, it wasn't until 10 minutes later that the entire pill was dissolved. During the entire process, aside from the tasteless sense it gave him, the pill truly gave him the necessary nutrition.
It made him feel full, but it wasn't as great as actually eating.
Dissatisfied, he could only keep the bottle of mysterious pills in hand. Who knows when will be the time he will eat actual food.
'These pills…' looking at the bottle, Heaven's eyes swirled, recalling the feel of the pill and its taste. 'They were made with poor technique and they aren't the best either… these are of terrible quality.'
***
Back in Jae-Hwa's private abode, a cloud of black smoke appeared and condensed into a seductive woman. She moved and frowned a little, her eyes looking at the chains in her hands.
The very same chains that were once on Heaven's limbs.
She recalled the moment she entered her disciple's room. The feeling in the air was incredibly faint, but it brought a clarity to her mind and it calmed her heart.
There was only one thing that it could be, residue of enlightenment, wisdom. When one goes through an enlightenment, the strong fluctuations of their enlightenment can affect their surroundings.
This can create wisdom, which helps others to gain clarity and calmness in its presence.
She looked around the room, before making her presence known, and the wisdom was the heaviest where the young man was. Her eyes narrowed, envious that the one who attained enlightenment was a mortal man.
What use is enlightenment for him? To breathe better? To know how to walk smoother?
She had a look of disdain on her face.
'Still…'
The disdain faded a little, looking at the young mortal man laying down on her disciple's bed. He is naked, his entire body in full view to her and her foxy eyes.
After the whole ordeal, she took the chains. They were the ones with the most wisdom, aside from the entire bed.
Now that she was back in her own abode with the chains, Jae-Hwa manipulated the size of the chains and shrunk them. She wrapped them around her wrist into a makeshift bracelet.
"Pretty good…"