A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.

Chapter 332 Restraint
Early in the morning, just as the sky was getting light, Duan Rong walked out of the cave yawning.

Outside the cave, fog rolled in. Duan Rong looked up at the sky and saw dark clouds like lead, covering the sky layer by layer...

The weather in Changliu Mountain is said to be cloudy for nine days and sunny for the rest. He has been in the mountain for half a month and has never seen the sun...

"What a bad luck this year!" Duan Rong didn't know whether he was lamenting about the weather or his own experience.

After he washed up, he thought that after refining the elixir, Shang Xiangyu would have some free time for a while.

Of course, there were two bodies in the alchemy cave. However, Duan Rong felt that if this matter alarmed the Judgment Bureau, the scene might have to be kept as evidence for a few days.

After all, there were only Pan Yong and his two registered disciples left on Shang Xiangyu's side, so Duan Rong decided to go over there to say hello to Pan Yong first, and then go to the medicine cabinet to check the accounts.

Duan Rong walked to the entrance of Pan Yong's cave. Just as he looked inside the dark cave, his eyes caught sight of Pan Yong walking back at the corner of the cliff not far away, holding a wooden basin and a towel.

Pan Yong smiled and said, "Junior brother, do you want to talk to me about something?"

Duan Rong then said that he had just joined the sect and his contribution points were not enough, so he wanted to go to Guangluyuan to take on some tasks and earn contribution points. As for his account checking in the medicine pavilion, Duan Rong did not want to make it public for the time being.

Pan Yong didn't say anything, just said that he could make the arrangements himself, and if there was any problem here, he would go to him.

At the end, the two of them exchanged a few polite words, and then Duan Rong left.

After Duan Rong left Pan Yong, he did not go directly to the medicine pavilion, but went to the dense forest first.

Duan Rong walked slowly in the forest in the bright morning light, and the chirping of birds occasionally came through the leaves.

He walked to a remote large bluestone deep in the dense forest.

Duan Rong walked around the bluestone, looked around, and made sure that there was no one around. Then he squatted down, dug up the soil at the root of the bluestone, and held a small porcelain bottle in his hand.

Duan Rongxiu put down the porcelain vase, stepped on the pile of soil with his foot, turned around and left.

In that small porcelain bottle was Qingtong, the auxiliary medicine for practicing the fourth level of the Taizang Sutra that he had hidden here a few days ago.

Duan Rong planned to review the accounts in the medicine cabinet for a few hours and then go to Xiao Yu to start practicing the Taizang Sutra tonight.

Duan Rong arrived at the three-story attic with gray walls and black tiles of the medicine cabinet. Xia Honghua was behind the curved counter, glaring at him.

Duan Rong hasn’t been here for several days?
The contribution points they agreed upon would be paid on a monthly basis, which means that even though Duan Rong had not been here for a few days, Xia Honghua still gave him two contribution points every day.

She was getting angrier and angrier the more she thought about it over the past few days.

But Duan Rong felt that he earned the contribution points based on his own ability. Don't worry about whether I come or not, as long as I do the work for you as required.

When Duan Rong walked past the counter, he greeted Xia Honghua enthusiastically.

Xia Honghua said angrily, "You still remember to come here? I thought you forgot about this place."

Duan Rong said: "Look at what Madam said. Even if I forget my last name, I can't forget Madam's matter!"

Xia Honghua raised her eyebrows and said, "Don't say nice things. I don't buy it."

"Then." Xia Honghua took out a note from her sleeve and handed it to Duan Rong.

"What is it?" Duan Rong took it and looked at it carefully.

Xia Honghua said: "I will check your progress every half a month. This is to ensure that you can complete the task before the half-year settlement period. If you have not completed the corresponding progress when I check, I will deduct your contribution points."

Duan Rong looked at the note, nodded, and said, "Okay."

Xia Honghua was stunned for a moment. She thought Duan Rong would bargain with her, but she didn't expect that this guy would agree directly.

Duan Rong placed the note in his hand on the counter and turned to leave.

Xia Honghua asked, "Aren't you going to take this note?"

"No need." Duan Rong glanced at the note in Xia Honghua's hand and walked away.

The progress that Xia Honghua wanted to check was much slower than the time schedule he had drawn up, so what was he still doing with it?

Xia Honghua was slightly startled as she watched Duan Rong disappear at the door. "Why is this guy still acting like nothing happened? Could it be that the trick I came up with doesn't work?"

Duan Rong hasn't been here for several days, and the progress has indeed fallen behind.

He stayed in that cramped and dim room for more than four hours before he caught up with the progress.

When Duan Rong left, Xia Honghua's face finally looked better.

After all, Duan Rong didn't work for two hours and then run away like he usually did, but worked for more than four hours.

Xia Honghua immediately felt that it was her move that worked and restrained Duan Rong.

She was in a very good mood and couldn't help humming a little tune...

After Duan Rong came out of the medicine pavilion, he went to the edge of the cliff and followed the cableway to the top of the hill where the stone archway was.

Duan Rong had been here once before, and he had a natural memory of the route, so he quickly walked into the stone archway.

Duan Rong entered the stone archway and came to the place where Xiao Yu had carved the stone statue last time. He looked around the area but didn't see anyone.

Duan Rong's eyes moved, and he walked to the cave not far from where Xiao Yu lived and waited for her by the road.

Duan Rong guessed that Xiao Yu should have finished work and would be back soon.

Sure enough, Duan Rong didn't have to wait long before he saw four beautiful women walking together, chatting and laughing. Xiao Yu was also there, and they were all holding washbasins and towels.

Xiao Yu saw Duan Rong from a distance. Her face turned slightly red, but she continued to chat and laugh with her female companions...

The few of them separated at a fork in the road ahead, and Xiao Yu walked slowly towards Duan Rong.

But the other three women did not leave, but hid at the intersection and peeked in.

One of the women said, "Hey, why does that person look like the one who asked us for directions by the stream that day?"

"Really? You have such a good memory? I'm afraid you've fallen in love with him?" A petite and pretty girl said with a smile.

"Who's interested? I told you to stop talking nonsense." The woman said as she was about to twist the petite woman's mouth.

The two ran away fighting.

When the other person saw that both of them had left, he thought it was pointless to watch here alone, so he left too.

Xiao Yu carried a washbasin and towel, walked to a place not far from Duan Rong, and asked, "What are you doing here again?"

Although Xiao Yu spoke coldly, her eyes were full of affection as she looked at Duan Rong.

Duan Rong also looked at Xiao Yu, then raised his eyes to glance at the clouds in the sky and said, "I think it's still early. Shall we go for a walk in the woods?"

Xiao Yu nodded, put the washbasin and towel into the cave, and then left the stone archway with Duan Rong and strolled in the woods.

The two of them just walked in silence at first, and Duan Rong suddenly asked, "How is the stone statue carving going recently?"

It would have been better if Duan Rong didn't say anything. Once he started talking, Xiao Yu started talking like crazy and told Duan Rong all the big and small things that had happened in Shifang recently.

Duan Rong originally wanted to interject a few words, but finally realized that Xiao Yu could continue talking without him, so he simply nodded and smiled.

Duan Rong couldn't help but wonder when Xiao Yu became so talkative, just like Zhu Xiaoqi.

Xiao Yu talked for a while, then suddenly froze and asked, "Why aren't you talking? Why are you just grinning like an idiot?"

Duan Rong said: "You talk about one thing after another without even a pause. I just want to say something, but you have to have a breath."

Xiao Yu asked anxiously: "Then why don't you call me?"

"You sound so interested, how can I call you?"

"Okay, I won't say anything now. You go on." Xiao Yu said, then stopped talking and looked at Duan Rong.

Duan Rong's eyes suddenly moved, and he pointed at two red and yellow fruits in the bushes in front of him and said, "There are actually two red tide fruits here!? That's strange!"

Duan Rong said this as he walked over and picked the two fruits. He wiped the two fruits on his clothes and handed one to Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu took it, looked at the strange-looking fruit in his hand with a suspicious look, and asked, "Can this be eaten?"

Duan Rong said: "Why can't I eat it? It's delicious!!"

Duan Rong said this and took a bite.

Seeing that Duan Rong had already eaten it, Xiao Yu said, "Okay. At worst, I'll be poisoned to death by this wild fruit along with you."

Xiao Yu took a light bite. The flesh was fragrant, soft, sweet and surprisingly delicious.

Duan Rong asked: "How is it? Is it delicious?"

Xiao Yu nodded and said, "It's indeed not bad."

This red tide fruit can only grow in a perennially humid environment, which is not found in Xiangu County. However, this red tide fruit is also a medicinal ingredient, so Duan Rong is very familiar with it and knows what its ripe fruit looks like and tastes like.

The two of them were walking in the forest while eating red tide fruits.

Duan Rong quickly began to chat with Xiao Yu about various matters within the sect.

Duan Rong mentioned the star chart, and Xiao Yu took out her star chart and showed it to Duan Rong.

Duan Rong was not surprised to see that Xiao Yu had already received the star map. When he was waiting for Xiao Yu there, he saw Xiao Yu coming back with several female disciples, talking and laughing.

This shows that Xiao Yu has a good relationship with those female disciples.

Therefore, it was normal for them to take Xiao Yu to get the star plate in advance. The two chatted about other things, including taking tasks in Guangluyuan and earning contribution points.

Duan Rong even talked to Xiao Yu about the remains of gods and demons and the strange and twisted underground world.

Xiao Yu obviously didn't understand this information and was immediately dazzled by it.

Before they knew it, they had already walked deep into the dense forest. They chatted along the way and exchanged a lot of information. Xiao Yu also mentioned a few points that Duan Rong didn't know before.

When they were tired from walking, they sat down on a large white rock beside the stream.

They unconsciously leaned their shoulders together.

Xiao Yu looked at the stream and trees in front of him and murmured, "This is so beautiful!"

Duan Rong threw a stone at hand into the stream, creating a splash of water. "What's so beautiful about it? I've been here for more than half a month, and I haven't seen the sun yet?"

Xiao Yu turned her head and glanced at Duan Rong, as if blaming him for his lack of interest. However, she still agreed with Duan Rong and said, "That's right. The weather here is really weird, it's always foggy."

The two of them sat on the big rock, and soon they saw dusk falling in the forest.

Xiao Yu said: "Let's go back."

Duan Rong looked at the stream not far away. "Let's catch a few fish and take them back?"

Xiao Yu nodded.

Duan Rong tied a few fish and strung them together with bamboo strips.

The two of them walked along the same path they came from, heading towards the stone archway.

Halfway through the journey, the dusk was getting darker.

They didn't speak, there was silence all around, no sound of wind, their footsteps echoed, their hearts were peaceful and harmonious.

I saw the stone archway not far away. In the darkness, there were flickering lights, exuding warmth.

Duan Rong glanced at Xiao Yu in the darkness with a deep look in his eyes.

If, one day, he really wanted to leave Taiyi Sect, he would tell Xiao Yu, but he would not take Xiao Yu with him.

Xiao Yu has relatives, unlike him, who is alone.

Xiao Zongting still needs someone to take care of him in his old age and see him to the end of his life.

As Duan Rong thought about this, a faint sadness welled up in his heart.

In the dark sky, the two walked to the entrance of Xiao Yu's cave.

They found some dry firewood, lit it with a tinder, then sat at the entrance of the cave and started roasting the fish.

Duan Rong was grilling fish by the fire, while Xiao Yu sat there with her knees hugged, staring at the fire in a daze.

After they finished eating the grilled fish, they sat at the entrance of the cave to rest.

Duan Rong suddenly said, "Hey, let's go to the place where you carved the stone statue and take a look?"

Xiao Yu wondered, "What's so good about that?"

"Let's go. I want to take a look." Duan Rong said as he stood up.

Seeing that Duan Rong insisted, Xiao Yu took him to the cave where he usually carved.

Xiao Yu lit a candle in the cave.

Inside the cave, there were stone statues of all sizes, the largest of which were more than two people tall.

Duan Rong asked, "Who carved those big ones?"

"They were all carved by master craftsmen. It would take three or four people one or two months to carve one statue."

Duan Rong suddenly saw a pile of stone sculptures thrown in a remote corner of the cave entrance. He lay there and started searching.

"What are you looking for?"

Duan Rong picked up four stone sculptures that were only about the height of a person's calf and placed them on the ground. He asked Xiao Yu, "I think these are well carved. Why are they all piled up in that corner?"

"Those are things for novices to practice with. Why are you using them?" Xiao Yu looked at Duan Rong with confusion.

Duan Rong did not answer, but looked at Xiao Yu and said, "Let's take these four to your cave."

"Why do you want to hug him?"

Xiao Yu really didn't understand Duan Rong's strange behavior.

Duan Rong's eyes flickered, and he said, "Use it as a pillow."

"Wouldn't it be uncomfortable to use this as a pillow? Even if you want to use it as a pillow, just take one over."

"Don't worry about it, just help me hold two."

"I won't hug you!"

Although Xiao Yu said she didn't want to hug them, when Duan Rong handed her the two stone sculptures in his arms, she quickly took them.

Duan Rong picked up the other two on the ground and said, "Let's go."

As Duan Rong spoke, he had already walked out of the cave carrying the two stone statues.

"nerve!"

Xiao Yu cursed, but still followed Duan Rong holding the other two stone statues.

Duan Rong placed the two stone statues deep in Xiao Yu's cave. He took a towel and wiped the dust off his body, and then wiped the dust off Xiao Yu's belly.

Xiao Yu looked at Duan Rong and said, "Tell me, why did you bring these stone statues here?"

Duan Rong smiled and said, "It looks good."

Xiao Yu rolled her eyes at him and said, "Don't play dumb. Tell the truth."

Duan Rong sighed, looked at Xiao Yu solemnly, and said, "Anyway, I am useful. It is difficult for me to explain it clearly at the moment. I will tell you later."

Xiao Yu saw that Duan Rong was serious, so she stopped asking. She didn't want to press Duan Rong.

At this time, it was already late, so the two blew out the candles and lay down on the stone bed.

In the darkness, they could clearly hear each other's breathing.

Xiao Yu's breathing was intermittent...

Duan Rong lay there, and waves of heat began to surge in his lower abdomen.

Duan Rong suddenly turned over and pressed on Xiao Yu. He breathed rapidly and pressed his lips against Xiao Yu's.

Duan Rong was restless, Xiao Yu did not resist, and let Duan Rong's lips invade madly...

But after a while, Duan Rong suddenly stopped.

The two people stared at each other in the darkness. They could not see each other's faces, but could roughly make out each other's eyes, flickering slightly in the darkness.

Xiao Yu's lips were a little painful from Duan Rong's kiss, but her heart was filled with a different feeling... She couldn't tell whether it was happiness or pain...

Duan Rong suddenly jumped off the bed.

He knew that even if he had taken one more step, Xiao Yu would not resist.

However, he can't.

Perhaps, he will leave Taiyi Sect soon. Can he take Xiao Yu away with him? Will Xiao Yu leave with him?
He didn't know. He couldn't let Xiao Yu lose her virginity to him when there were so many certain factors.

The moment Duan Rong jumped off the bed, Xiao Yu's tears flowed down.

If Duan Rong wanted to go further, she would not refuse him. And Xiao Yu could already sense that Duan Rong was clearly aroused.

But in order to restrain himself, he was willing to sleep on the floor.

After Duan Rong jumped off the bed, he began to fiddle with the four stone statues.

He put them down and sat cross-legged among them.

Xiao Yu was lying on the stone bed. When she heard the noise Duan Rong made, she asked, "What are you doing?"

Duan Rong said: "It's okay, go to sleep."

Xiao Yu heard Duan Rong's voice and identified his location, so he threw the animal skin blanket on his body to Duan Rong and said, "Cover yourself with the blanket, don't catch a cold."

As soon as Duan Rong sat in the middle of the stone statue, a skin blanket was covered on his head. He took it off with great difficulty in the dark and put it aside.

Duan Rong also understood at this time. Xiao Yu thought that he was willing to sleep on the floor in order to restrain himself.

But, it's pretty much the same.

In order to restrain himself, he was preparing to start practicing the fourth level of the Taizang Sutra.

(End of this chapter)