The world of martial arts, the immortal swordsman in the mortal realm.

Chapter 192, Section 207: The Evil True Nature of the Demoness, The Flaw in the Fairy's Heart
"Surrounded by bamboo groves, this place is secluded and tranquil, perfect for the Immortal Master's quiet cultivation."

In the backyard, in a two-story building nestled among bamboo groves, Dugu Feng was leading Shi Feixuan on a tour.

That's right, Shi Feixuan has temporarily settled in Lu Chen's residence.

Originally, she only planned to send a message and then find a place to stay near the Lu residence so that she could provide support if the demonic sect experts attacked.

But as she finished delivering the message and prepared to take her leave, Wanwan suddenly said:
"Since you're so worried about Brother Lu, why don't you just stay here? I live right here! Aren't you afraid I'll collude with the Holy Sect and work together from the inside?"

Upon hearing this, Shi Feixuan thought it made perfect sense and agreed on the spot—even now, she is still a little dazed, not understanding why she agreed so readily.

They were genuinely worried that Wanwan was colluding with the Yin Gui Sect from within, so they stayed behind to monitor her.

Or are they worried that Lu Chen and Wanwan are getting too close and that Lu Chen's stance is gradually leaning towards the Demonic Sect?

It seems like a little bit of both.

But upon closer examination of her inner thoughts, Shi Feixuan vaguely felt that neither of the above two seemed to be the fundamental issue.

At this moment, she appeared calm on the surface, but her mind was wandering as she followed Dugu Feng to the small building. Then she heard Dugu Feng ask:
"Is Master Fairy satisfied?"

"This place is quiet and elegant, and Feixuan likes it very much. Thank you, Miss Feng."

Shi Feixuan responded instinctively, her gaze involuntarily drifting to Dugu Feng's brow, to the cluster of crimson marks resembling flames.

She always felt that the mark between Dugu Feng's eyebrows was not a decoration made of cinnabar, but had some mysterious connection with the red mark between her eyebrows that had not faded to this day.

She even sensed a trace of this mysterious connection in Wanwan.

However, Wanwan did not have a similar mark between her eyebrows...

Dugu Feng noticed Shi Feixuan's gaze fixed on her brow.

But she didn't say anything. She only glanced at the delicate, clear sword spirit mark between Shi Feixuan's brows, like the vermilion mark between a Bodhisattva's brows in a painting, and said with a smile:
"I'm glad you're satisfied, Fairy Master. I know you prefer peace and quiet, so I haven't arranged for any maids to stay in the building. If you need anything, please feel free to come and find me."

Shi Feixuan smiled and thanked him again. After Dugu Feng left, she went to her bedroom and sat on the couch in the front hall. She examined her mind for a while, but still couldn't figure out what was going on. Feeling restless, she habitually began to meditate.

This state is not suitable for meditation.

But when that "lightning" that seemed to originate from within her heart and also came from beyond the heavens flashed in her mind, all of Shi Feixuan's worries vanished in an instant, and she was completely immersed in the endless stream of sword principles.

The Cihang Sword Manual is a way to cultivate the Dao of Heaven through the Dao of the Sword.

That "lightning" containing endless sword principles and mysteries was a perfect match for her path. It not only made her sword cultivation advance by leaps and bounds, but also, because of its high status, she has not felt anything unusual about it so far.

Even her sword heart and Dao embryo did not perceive this as an "external demon," but instead actively moved closer to it. How could Shi Feixuan possibly notice anything amiss?
Shi Feixuan was immersed in cultivation.

Dugu Feng then went to the main residence and found Wanwan, who was studying the "Scripture of Wisdom that Exhausts All Laws".

"Wanwan, don't you hate the people of Cihang Jingzhai the most? Why would you provoke Fairy Shi to stay?"

Dugu Feng sat down next to Wanwan and asked curiously.

Wanwan chuckled softly:
“Shi Feixuan also has a sword spirit mark, so she can be considered one of us. Since she's one of us, isn't it normal for me to provoke her to stay and get used to the loving atmosphere between us?”

Dugu Feng chuckled:
"Loving each other? That phrase sounds utterly unconvincing coming from you. Tell me honestly, what exactly are you up to?"

Wanwan's lips curled up, her smile both captivating and sinister:

"Well, to be honest, I didn't mean any harm. I just wanted to see if the fairy-like Shi Feixuan could still maintain her ethereal aura when she fell into Lu Chen's hands and was manipulated and played with in all sorts of ways..."

Ah, is this the true form of the Yin Gui Demoness?
Looking at Wanwan's beautiful yet wicked smile, and listening to her self-proclaimed "no harm intended," Dugu Feng thought to himself:
As expected, not a single person raised by the Yin Gui Sect is a good person!
Although she was complaining in her heart, Dugu Feng couldn't help but imagine the bizarre scene of Shi Feixuan lying naked on the ground like a puppy, swaying her hips towards Lu Chen, and then being slapped on the buttocks by Lu Chen.

The scene was so stimulating that even Dugu Feng couldn't help but shudder, her cheeks flushing slightly as she thought to herself:

Oh no, I've been spending too much time with that vixen and she's subtly corrupting me!
Seeing Dugu Feng blush for no apparent reason, Wanwan couldn't help but look at her intently:
"What are you thinking?"

Dugu Feng's eyes darted around, and she felt uneasy.

"No, nothing?"

"Nothing? I feel like you're thinking about something funny. Tell me and we can have a laugh together!"

"It's nothing. I'm going to practice my sword now!"

Watching Dugu Fengfei run away, fleeing in disarray, Wanwan curled her lips and sneered inwardly, "So weak."

With a sense of invincible superiority, Wan Yaonu gently swayed her snow-white bare feet and continued to flip through the "Zhi Jing" (Book of Wisdom).

……

Somewhere in Chang'an.

The brothers Fu Zhen and Fu Yan, known as the "Twin Fiends of Changbai," were wearing simple clothes and straw hats that covered their heads, and were hurrying along the street when they suddenly heard a somewhat familiar, powerful voice behind them:
"Brothers Fu, please stay for a chat."

The two were startled and turned around abruptly, only to see a burly, bald old man with a white beard and eyebrows looking at them with a smile.

"Chao Xianweng?"

Upon seeing that it was Chao Gongcuo, the Fu brothers were overjoyed and quickly went to greet him, asking:
"Has Immortal Chao also come to Chang'an?"

Chao Gongcuo sighed:
"Master Mi passed away before his great undertaking was completed, and the stars of Wagang scattered in all directions. I, Chao, must find a way out for my South China Sea Sect. Judging from your weary appearances, are you also busy with your future?"

Fu Zhen and Fu Yan exchanged a glance, their faces showing bitterness.

Chao Gongcuo, observing people's expressions, immediately understood the situation:
"But no one is willing to take you two in?"

Fu Zhen protested:
"We have no grudge against Lu Chen. We only briefly encountered him on the Mangshan battlefield and didn't even fight him. We were only fighting Kou Zhong, Xu Ziling, Yang Gongqing, and others. As soon as Li Mi died, we ran away... Normally, in battle, everyone fights for their own side, and even if they fight to the death, there shouldn't be any personal grudges. But who knew..."

Fu Yan looked even more indignant, gritting his teeth:

"Wang Shichong, Dou Jiande, and Li Tang all wanted to recruit the strategists and generals of Wagang. But none of us江湖人 (jianghu people, people of the martial arts world) were willing to take us in. What is the reason for this?"

The reasoning is that strategists and generals are truly loyal to their respective masters, and since they do not roam the martial world, they have no personal grudges.

In the eyes of the martial arts world, you two, the notorious "Changbai Double Fiends," who served Li Mi faithfully and did countless shady things, who knows if you might have accidentally offended Lu Chen and caught his eye.
Chao Gongcuo thought to himself, but on the surface he smiled leisurely:
"If Lu Chen doesn't die, the two of you will never have a chance to rise in the world. Do the Fu brothers agree?"

Upon hearing this, Fu Zhen and Fu Yan's expressions suddenly turned strange.

Fu Zhen: "Chao Xianweng, I remember... you and Mei Tian destroyed Lu Chen's waterside pavilion, right?"

"..."

Chao Gongcuo's smile froze slightly, but he still said with a smile:
"Indeed. So, as long as Lu Chen lives, my South Sea Sect will have no chance of rising to prominence. You brothers are truly of one mind with my South Sea Sect!"

Fu Yan was startled:
"Is Immortal Chao going to make a move against Lu Chen again?"

“It’s not just my South China Sea faction.”

Chao Gongcuo made wild claims: "The Yin Gui Sect, the Extinction of Emotions Sect, the Demonic Appearance Sect, the Evil Extreme Sect... all six sects of the Demonic Path are looking for trouble with Lu Chen! Even if that brat surnamed Lu has a body made of bronze and iron and supernatural powers like three heads and six arms, he will not escape death this time!"

He stared at Fu Zhen and Fu Yan with a sinister and fierce look in his eyes:
"Do you two intend to spend your entire lives hiding from the world, never finding a wise ruler to serve, or do you want to join in, take a gamble, and if you succeed, you will become famous, be favored by the lords, and enjoy endless wealth and honor?"

……

"The aura of calamity is increasing!"

Sensing the new aura of tribulation surrounding him, Lu Chen's expression was somewhat subtle:
"And the number is still increasing! How can there be so many people who want to kill me? I, Lu Chen, have always been kind to others, and I've already killed all my enemies!"

These new calamities are all illusory, merely foreshadowing the "killing tribulation" he is about to face, and cannot be refined by him for the time being.

But letting him know the severity of the "danger" he faces serves as a warning.

"It seems that wielding the power of killing means not only that I bring killing upon others, but I also have to face the killing brought upon me by others, using the killing as a whetstone to sharpen my sword..."

"Once I get through this, the illusory tribulation energy will become real. Each wisp of tribulation energy is like a spiritual pill that increases my cultivation, allowing me to grow stronger through battle!"

The killing energy can cause others to have their energy enter their brains, and they will come to him one after another to die.

But just like anglers risk being dragged into the water by fish.

The killing intent is used to lure out those who harbor murderous intent towards him from afar. If one is skilled enough, one can harvest the killing intent and gain resources for growth.

But if you're not skilled enough and get swallowed whole by the big fish you've caught, then you can only blame yourself for not working hard enough in your training.

"Fortunately, I've been cultivating diligently enough."

Lu Chen sighed inwardly:

"People should be kind. If they harbor ill intentions towards me, they will commit murder... But if they love me, respect me, and admire me, then there will be no problem."

……

That evening, Lu Chen hosted a small banquet in the waterside pavilion to thank Shi Feixuan for the news and support.

During the meal, seeing Wanwan's uninhibited laughter and conversation with Lu Chen, Shi Feixuan felt a bit conflicted.

Wasn't Wanwan involved in the siege of Lu Chen?

How come she's suddenly become so close to Lu Chen?

Could it be that Wanwan's superb swordsmanship was learned from Lu Chen?
Recalling the time when Empress Yin led the Yin Gui Sect to besiege Lu Chen in Luoyang, and she rushed to support them, joining forces with Dugu Feng to fight against Wanwan, Shangguan Long and other Yin Gui Sect masters, Shi Feixuan felt a surge of emotions she had never experienced before.

I was clearly on Brother Lu's side back then...

Shi Feixuan felt a strange feeling in her heart, a peculiar bittersweet melancholy.

It made her really want to have a drink.

No, it's a jar of wine.

I feel like I need to chug down a whole jar of wine to soothe this strange feeling in my heart.

But on the table in front of her, there were only carefully prepared vegetarian dishes and a pot of chilled honey water; there was no wine.

So she could only quietly savor this strange bitterness, using it to hone her swordsmanship.

A clear and bright sword mind requires tempering in the mortal world. This strange emotion, which I have never experienced before, is also a kind of experience in the mortal world.

Just as I was pondering this, I heard Wanwan say with a seemingly casual laugh:
"You haven't done your dual cultivation practice for today yet. After dinner, Brother Lu, remember to practice dual cultivation with Wan'er first."

Double cultivation?

Shi Feixuan's delicate body trembled, incredulous, staring blankly at Wanwan and Lu Chen, her heart churning with turmoil:
You guys are actually practicing dual cultivation?

Judging from Wanwan's words, this has become a daily routine between her and Lu Chen?

Although the Yin Gui Sect has a long tradition of dual cultivation, with female elders almost all keeping male lovers as sexual partners and male elders skilled in absorbing yin to replenish yang, and some elders even having the nickname "Dual Cultivation of Clouds and Rain," Wanwan cultivates the "Heavenly Demon Art"!
As the sworn enemy of the Yin Gui Sect, Cihang Jingzhai knows best the cultivation requirements of the Heavenly Demon Art.

Even Wanwan, the most outstanding successor of the Heavenly Demon Art in history, was released to cultivate with Lu Chen...

Is the Yin Gui Sect going all out to win over Brother Lu?

this moment.

Shi Feixuan felt as if her very soul was about to crumble and crack.

Finally, dinner was over.

Shi Feixuan thanked Lu Chen for his hospitality and returned to the bamboo grove where she was staying. She sat cross-legged on the couch in the front hall of the bedroom, intending to meditate and cultivate. However, after quietly experiencing her chaotic thoughts, she stepped down from the couch and went to the inner room of the bedroom. She opened the wardrobe, revealing a dazzling array of colorful dresses inside.

These were sent by Dugu Feng this afternoon; they were all clothes that fit her perfectly, including various kinds of undergarments.

Shi Feixuan, accustomed to men's clothing, had no intention of wearing these when traveling the martial world.

But now, she inexplicably picked out a pink dress.

She held the pink dress and skirt up against herself, hesitated for a moment, then took off her outer garment and put on the dress.

She then went to the dressing table and backed away step by step. Only when the bronze mirror, which was more than a foot high on the dressing table, reflected her entire body did she stop and look at herself in the mirror.

She was already a stunningly beautiful woman, and even disregarding the "ethereal" aura of the Cihang Sword Manual, she still possessed captivating beauty. Wearing this pink dress now only added to her radiance.

After admiring herself for a while, she loosened her hair bun, and her long, straight, jet-black hair cascaded down like a waterfall. Paired with the delicate and beautiful cinnabar mark between her eyebrows, the beauty in the mirror was like a fairy emerging from the morning glow, radiant and incomparable.

Looking at the girl in the mirror, who was even more radiant than usual, Shi Feixuan felt her heart pounding. A feeling of shyness welled up in her heart, and her cheeks flushed slightly.

She pressed her hand to her heart and murmured to herself:

"Won't Brother Lu laugh at me dressed like this? It's too embarrassing, I should change into something else..."

So she went to the wardrobe, picked out a plain dress and changed into it. Then she looked at herself in the mirror and felt that the girl in the mirror with plain clothes, black hair, and a dot of cinnabar between her eyebrows had a hint of the temperament of a bodhisattva.

She felt that this was also somewhat inappropriate, so she went to change into another set of clothes...

And so, without realizing it, she tried on every single dress in her wardrobe.

Later on, she even tried on some beautiful strapless tops embroidered with golden carp in bright red, lotus flowers in pink, and golden clouds in plain white.

As she tried on clothes, her expression gradually became more lively. She lost some of her ethereal aura and gained more of a warm, approachable vibe, appearing even more vibrant, charming, and captivating.

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