Siphyr walked towards the trio and stood before them. He stayed quiet and waited for them to talk.
"Siphyr.... Xing Fu died during our mission. We failed our escort mission and he died trying to protect our client."
Lin Wu grimaced his expression was bitter and he sounded as if he was blaming himself.
Siphyr said nothing and looked at the other two, and they nodded their heads at him as if to say they were fine.
Siphyr left them, they were better by themselves and they can sort out their thoughts properly that way.
After all, he wasn't there when the incident happened so he couldn't empathize with them.
Although, it left a bitter taste in his mouth that one of his fellow disciples died.
Siphyr returned to his room and immediately began cultivating.
He wanted to enter the second realm fast, after all, he already made Liliane wait for years now.
Also, he planned to not leave until then as he knew rumors about his feats in the city will probably spread.
He wanted to reach the second realm to prepare for the Head Disciple choosing in a month.
Although he was confident of his chances of winning, he couldn't be too careless and in order to join the inner court he might need to fight disciples at the second realm.
And so days passed by and every time he went downstairs to eat, the atmosphere was always gloomy and not as cheerful as before.
The three of them also gradually moved on as days passed and Lin Wu now focused on cultivation to prepare for the Head Disciple choosing.
After a few more days, the news about Siphyr's feats spread around the sect.
Naturally the Yin Siblings heard of this, but they didn't put much into it as they focused on themselves.
Trying to compare yourself to others instead of improving yourselves was not their trait.
Also, they didn't care much as the name of the disciple was Yang Si, and as no one from the Spear Peak was there, the identity of this person remained unknown even now.
A week passed and Siphyr finally reached the 5th stage gaining the ability shadow veil.
Breaking through the fifth stage was much harder than he thought. After all, his progress was much harder than others.
Also the quality and quantity spiked once he reached the fifth stage making his progress slower.
Although to him it was slow, compared to the Exemplars, he was already on par with their cultivation speed.
This was to say that his cultivation was much harder than them.
Siphyr tested his shadow veil by hiding his cultivation to the peak of the third stage and it worked properly.
The next thing to test next was hiding his presence and worked greatly when he tested it out by standing in front of the trio.
They didn't feel his presence and he even touched them to see if it would deactivate if he attacked someone.
And it didn't, which was a satisfying result.
He returned to his room and called for Liliane.
"Liliane, help me test out the ability I got from Illusionary Phantasm."
After he said those words, an extremely beautiful girl wearing a black mask appeared out of thin air and kneeled before him.
The identity of the girl in black was naturally Liliane.
"Yes, mas... Siphyr." She almost called Siphyr master again
"Suppress your cultivation to the peak of the second realm, tell me if you can see through my hidden cultivation." He said Liliane's presence weakened until it was equivalent to that of the peak of the second realm.
"So can you see through it?" He asked.
"No, but at the third realm I can see through your hidden cultivation. It seems that your ability only works for at least someone one realm above you, mas...Siphyr."
"That's fine, at least no one other than the elder will be able to see through me which is great."
He was satisfied with the result and once again sat cross legged on his bed.
He felt Liliane's presence in front of him but he didn't mind it and continued with his cultivation.
And so a few hours passed by and Siphyr only managed to get so much Nyxar.
Seeing that his progress has greatly slowed, he decided to work on his body.
He took off his robes and his majestic body came into full view.
Seeing his perfect physique, Liliane gulped.
"Wanna touch?" Siphyr teased to which Liliane looked away.
However to his surprise she looked back and accepted with a flushed face.
She walked towards him in a timid manner and each step she took her heart beats faster.
She reached out with her hands and began feeling Siphyr's body gently.
Poking his nipples and feeling his abs, at the same time her inner thighs became wet and seeing this Siphyr smiled.
"Well, aren't you horny." He teased and that was when Liliane finally came back to reality.
"I- I'm sorry!" She apologized for no reason.
"What are you apologizing for, also it's a natural reaction. If you want to continue this, then let's hop on the bed." He said and continued after a moment.
"Oh, don't forget to make a formation around the room."
"Y- Yes....." She said so timidly before forming a formation around the room.
She took off her clothes and only her undergarments remained.
Unlike the one before, her current underwear was bolder which surprised Siphyr but it made him smile even more.
'She's getting bolder each day... That's a good thing.' Or so he thought and signalled Liliane to come over.
"Siphyr...." She muttered.
Looking at her expression and how she acted timidly unlike when she's guarding him made Siphyr have a desire to bully her.
However, he didn't as to not ruin the mood and instead he muttered her name in response.
He leaned forward, moving closely until their noses touched.
"Liliane...."
She closed her eyes and pouted her lips, seeing her invitation, Siphyr moved closer and kissed her lips.
Their tongues intertwined and they let themselves lose in the feeling as they ravaged each other's insides.
Only after a few minutes passed did they stop as a bridge of saliva formed between them as they stopped.
"Siphyr, I.... I love you." She confessed her feelings which she had bottled up and finally managed to say those three words.
This surprised Siphyr and joy filled his emotions.
'She's finally honest with her feelings, this is great.... I'm happy.'
He thought as he cheered in his heart, his first love finally confessed her feelings, so who was he to not respond in kind.
"Liliane... I love you... Are you willing to be my first lover?"
"A- Are you even asking that now? Of course I'm willing!"
She replied and Siphyr smiled, his lips glowed a purple light and met with hers.
Following that a tattoo of a serpent coiling a rose formed on her back.
A tattoo that will represent her as Siphyr's official spouse in the future. A symbol of lust and love.
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Please forgive me if it was cringed, I'm not experienced in writing this kind of thing.