With a bit of curiosity, I touched the grass with my hands, but there was no reaction at all—just grass. I plucked a blade, and again, no reaction.
"Have you heard of anything like this?" I asked Lin Qing and lay down on the grass. For some reason, I felt incredibly calm.
"Master, I'm feeling uneasy" Lin Qing said nervously.
"Don't panic" I said. "I feel so comfortable here."
"Bliss" I added, despite the absurdity of the situation. I was utterly calm, lying on the grass that had recently sliced several people into ribbons. I felt nothing but peace and comfort.
Mei reappeared as suddenly as she had disappeared, carrying one of those reptilian layers I had wanted to switch to a different diet to produce tastier eggs. The experiment had completely failed. The eggs they started laying were fewer, of poor quality, and had an even more foul smell and taste. In the end, we just left them for a while.
"Master?" Mei asked.
"Yes, I'm lying here, relaxing, it's so comfortable" I said, causing Mei to look extremely curious.
"Master, I ask you to stand up. I want to show you a couple more experiments I've conducted, and you'll need to be fully focused" Mei said.
With noticeable reluctance, I got up from the grass.
"Now, watch closely" she said and threw the lizard onto the grass. Nothing happened; it just fell, looked around, and was about to run when Mei caught it.
"Nothing happens, but now watch" she said and simply cut off the lizard's leg, throwing both the lizard and its leg onto the grass. The lizard fell, spilling blood on the spot, and within half a second, a bunch of grass blades shot towards it. They pierced its tough skin, causing even more blood to ooze. Within a fraction of a second, the lizard was sliced into tiny pieces, and the grass absorbed everything, leaving no meat no bones no blood just nothing behind, as if it had never been there.
"Holy fuck, that's some grass" Lin Qing said.
"Exactly. What's interesting is that our students walk on it with no issues, but as soon as intruders step on it—poof, they're gone."
"Here's another interesting experiment" Mei said, slicing her arm lightly. "Watch the falling blood." The blood, when it hit the grass, was absorbed like a sponge, with no aggression, nothing, just absorbed by the blades.
"Amazing grass! It's a natural barrier that somehow distinguishes between friend and foe" I said. "And considering that with our efforts, it will only get better over time, this is absolutely brilliant."
I leaned down and started to stroke the grass, saying, "Good girl, grow strong and sturdy! Good grass!" The grass rippled slightly and shook its leaves.
"Haha, look, it's even smart. Beautiful. I wonder, can grass and plants take on humanoid forms, or is that just a myth? Such intelligent grass should definitely be able to, if it tries" I said, then added, "Mei, we should arrange for regular watering with pond water here. Let the students handle it. Who knows, we might have a companion grass someday!" I received strange looks from both women.
Zhen Yinglong
After some time, Xia Tao, Lin Qing, and Mei returned, and while the girls were pensive, Xia Tao was cheerful and satisfied. Mei and Lin Qing immediately went inside the mansion.
"Did you get a tour?" asked Xia Tao.
"Yes, Li Meiying was kind enough to show me everything here."
"Well, I'm glad you two became friends" I gave a sweet smile, and we both heard a snort.
We turned to look at Li Meiying and saw that she had blushed. Haha, such a child.
"By the way, Master, Hui Ying was looking for you and asked to be called when you arrived. She said she has urgent business with you."
"Oh, well, call her" said Xia Tao and sat in a chair on the veranda. As I understand, this is his favorite spot. Honestly, I can see why: the mountain, the pond, the trees, and the silence—it's wonderful.
A few minutes later, an unusual girl approached us: a short blonde, about the same height as Xia Tao, with a chest of perhaps the fourth or fifth size. Everything looked surprisingly harmonious, yet still unusual.
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"Master Xia, the students have a request for you, and I will speak on their behalf."
"Mmm, okay, I'll listen. You'll accompany me to the city; I need to go there to pick up an order, and you can tell me on the way."
"Umm, me, to the city with you?" She blushed. Haha, how cute.
"Can I come with you, just for company?" I asked.
"Sure, why not? Then you can take us on the cloud. Just change your outfit and don't flaunt as an inner circle student, and get a mask; we don't need extra attention." said Xia Tao.
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Oh, it's time to pick up my order. Ahahaha, oh, what a day it will be. I was already imagining how things would go on auction day when I use it. I am evil genius!
After showing Zhen Yinglong where to stay in the mansion and giving her a couple of minutes to change, we were already flying towards the central city of the outer circle three minutes later. Turning to Hui Ying, I asked:
"Tell me." She looked a bit uncertainly at Zhen Yinglong but began to speak nonetheless:
"Master, you know what technique we study and for what purposes, and how we train." Hahaha, good job, she managed not to mention anything specific, but I understood what technique she was talking about.
"Okay, go on" I said.
"Are you aware that Xia Lina has reached such heights with it that we couldn't even dream of? She has learned to use it in ways we never imagined, but as it turns out, it is crucial for us."
Hmm, now that's news. I wasn't even aware that Xia Lina had mastered this technique so well. She's generally quiet and always nearby. She mentioned that she trains it just like everyone else in our clan, but I never inquired about her progress.
"Okay."
"What kind of technique is it?" Zhen Yinglong asked.
Turning to her and grinning, I said, "Clan secret" to which she responded with a displeased look. Hahaha.
"Go on" I said, turning back to Hui Ying.
"We wanted you to ask Xia Lina to describe everything she knows, or even help us master it at a similar level."
"Why don't you ask her yourselves?" I asked.
"We tried, but she gives one-word answers and isn't interested in providing full responses. As a result, to get any useful information, we spend a lot of our and her time. If you ask her, maybe she will be more motivated and give detailed answers or descriptions of her experience using it." Hmm, yes, Xia Lina doesn't like answering questions much. Her happiness is just being nearby when she's not busy. Even when I train in using the web and dragonfly technique, she sits nearby, seemingly training levitation techniques. Although I have no idea why she needs that. The only thing that's unclear is when she trains with the web and what interesting thing she came up with that stirred up all the students.
"Suppose I can ask her, but what's in it for me?" I asked.
An idea came to my mind to play a little and use the web threads not only for combat but for mischief. I sent a thread of the web through the cloud and slid it under her robe, starting to stroke her thigh, up and down, up and down. Hahaha, she jerked at first, then realized what it was and understood it was me. Her mouth opened and closed like a fish, hahaha and she blushed.
"Um, Master, what can I offer you?" she said, and if she was just blushed before, she now turned the color of a tomato. And with the additional two threads I sent in, it certainly wouldn't get easier for her. In the end, one thread was stroking her thighs, the second was caressing between her shoulder blades, and the third found its way to her breasts, gently stroking and occasionally pinching her nipples.
"Ooooh" she moaned. "Sorry."
Zhen Yinglong understood something was happening but, judging by her face, couldn't figure out what exactly. She looked at me sitting calmly, then at Hui Ying, who had started squirming and moaning, despite our seemingly normal conversation.
"What's going on here?" Zhen Yinglong asked, looking between me and the heavily breathing petite blonde.
"Oh, nothing special, just a conversation between the clan master and his member, why?" Meanwhile, the thread stroking Hui Ying's thighs moved towards her pussy, gently brushing and occasionally teasing her clit.
"Aaaaah, Master" Hui Ying couldn't hold back, and judging by the light spasms and her rolled eyes, she came. Poor girl wasn't used to such caresses, but we'll fix that. When Hui Ying regained her composure a few seconds later, she looked at the ground, trying to avoid my eyes.
"Hui Ying, look at me" I asked. After a few seconds, she reluctantly looked up at me.
"I'll ask Xia Lina to help you" I said, cutting the threads I was controlling, letting them dissolve into the external spiritual energy.
"Thank you, Master" she said, turning tomato red again given the ambiguity of the situation. Hahaha, I love this girl.