The story of the black silk female knight

"...Yeah, that Great Sage was really handsome back then. If he weren't so old, I might have even fallen for him."

Himika, holding her teacup and sipping her tea slowly, first made a small joke before continuing with a complicated expression:

"But the enemy outnumbered us. Even if the Great Sage in his Vengeance Soul form was strong, he couldn't have protected me and the Seventh Sage, who were completely incapacitated at the time, for several hours... We were able to hold out until you arrived to rescue us, and we might have to thank that descendant of Tsuchimikado."

"Oh?"

Valensa raised an eyebrow in surprise:

"Thank him? Why? He's the one who wanted to kill you the most, isn't he?"

"It's because he wanted to kill me with his own hands so badly."

Himiko shrugged:

"So he insisted on personally participating in the battle and taking action himself... For some reason, the people of the Central Continent Empire agreed to his request, only using a barrier to trap him and that traitor, the Ninth Sage, together with us, and let us fight it out ourselves. That Moon-level Sword Pavilion disciple did not make a move again."

"Perhaps... the Central Continent Empire doesn't want you to die too quickly?"

Valensa thought for a moment and guessed:

"They also planted traitors in America and Fran's teams and somehow lured the Mist Demons to attack Jade Island... while America and Fran's teams, who were on their way to Jade Island by ship, were still on their way when you were attacked, it was too early."

For the Central Continent Empire's vanguard fleet, the ideal scenario would be that your attack would draw the anti-demon ninja forces and the powerful figures on Jade Island to their rescue, leaving Jade Island vulnerable and rife with internal strife, while simultaneously being attacked by the Mist Demons... This would allow them to inflict damage on all the core figures of all forces in Frenoia in one fell swoop, and with a bit of luck, they might even be wiped out in one fell swoop!

"Hmm...that's a very reasonable guess. The Central Continent Empire is as cunning as ever, and its schemes are as vicious as ever."

Himika nodded, then sighed:

"Fortunately, those idiots in the Star Altar didn't side with the Dragon Emperor this time, which allowed us to avoid the worst-case scenario."

"Yes, if Xiaoya hadn't warned us in advance, it would be hard to imagine how bad the situation would have been this time."

Valensa agreed, took another sip of tea, and then chuckled softly.

"By the way, I've caught a big fish this time... I wonder if Your Majesty is familiar with the name Zhu Jiuchi?"

"Zhu Jiuchi? You actually caught that bastard?"

Unexpectedly, Himika reacted very strongly, jumping up from the chair in an instant, but because she was too short and weak, she fell down again. After getting up, she had tears in her eyes.

Valensa couldn't hold back any longer and picked Himiko up, placing her on her lap like a child.

"Yeah, he's pretty good. It took me a lot of fighting to catch him."

"you……"

Himiko was initially ashamed and annoyed by Valensa's behavior of holding her like a child, and wanted to struggle.

But after struggling for a few moments, she found Valensa's embrace to be soft and comfortable, and the pair of black-stockinged legs beneath her were warm and smooth... This was definitely worth it! It was even enjoyable!

Himiko quickly stopped moving and instead took advantage of her current child form, finding the most comfortable position to lean against Valensa and listening to Valensa recount her arduous battle with the fat, big-eared puppet in the Sage's Tower.

"You're really lucky to have caught him this time."

After listening patiently, Himika sighed:

"Zhu Jiuchi is quite powerful... probably about the same as me at my peak. But for him to unleash his full potential, his main body and the flesh puppet must be together... He has several powerful and disgusting moves that require both to be used in combination."

The environment that forced him to remotely control his flesh puppets in battle, as described by Sage Tower, weakened his direct combat ability by at least 4%, and left his unprotected main body practically defenseless. That's why you captured him alive... If he could have unleashed his full power, the outcome might have been quite the opposite.

"Huh? That guy is that powerful? Almost as strong as His Majesty at his peak?"

Valensa raised an eyebrow in surprise, then asked curiously:

"And judging from your demeanor, Your Majesty... you seem to know him quite well?"

"That's really something we're very familiar with!"

Himiko almost gritted her teeth as she spoke, then twisted her body on Valensa's lap, her expression as awkward as if she were constipated:

"And that guy... tsk, he's a traitor to our Holy Gate, and he almost became my daughter's biological father."

"what?"

Valensa was even more surprised, and then her inner gossip burned even brighter:

"That guy, could it be that he had a romantic relationship with Your Majesty?"

"...It's not so much a romantic relationship, but he almost became my breeding machine."

Himika paused briefly at this point, then snorted and continued:

"That girl from the Star Altar must have said a lot of bad things about our Holy Sect to you, right? She said that our reputation in the Eastern Continent is actually very bad, that we are a demonic sect that everyone hates... especially the Yin and Yang sects. She said that all the disciples of the Yang sect are scumbags or even womanizers, and all the disciples of the Yin sect are promiscuous women, who purely treat men as tools for pleasure and reproduction."

"Ah, this...hehe."

Valensa chuckled awkwardly, and seeing that Himiko didn't seem angry, she tentatively asked in return:

"Could it be... that Xiaoya wasn't wrong?"

"...I would say that he wasn't entirely wrong, after all, the cultivation methods of our Yin and Yang sects are special."

Himika paused for a moment before speaking:

"For example, if a disciple of the Yang Sect wants to become stronger quickly, he needs to constantly engage in dual cultivation with women... The more outstanding the woman, the better the effect, and the fewer times the dual cultivation is needed, the better... No matter how outstanding the woman is, the effect will be completely lost after about ten or eight times of dual cultivation."

That's why almost every disciple of the Yang Sect has to bear the stigma of being a scumbag or even a womanizer. The cultivation method they practice means that they can't stay with one woman forever and must change partners every now and then.

However, they never use coercion, deception, or drugging to win over women; they rely on their own charm to capture them. Even those women who are used and then discarded rarely harbor resentment towards them; most regard their interactions with them as wonderful memories.

Those who keep ruining the reputation of Yang Sect disciples are mostly useless people whose male charm can't compare to theirs and whose lovers have been stolen away! Hmph, just the jealousy of useless people.

A good bird chooses its tree to perch on, and an excellent woman can naturally choose an even better partner, even if that partner is only temporary... As long as it's consensual, isn't that enough?

"Ah this..."

Valensa felt that Himiko's words made some sense, but not entirely.

Instead of offering her opinion, she continued to ask out of curiosity:

"And what about the female disciples of your Holy Yin Sect? Do they also need to find different men for dual cultivation?"

"No need for that. The cultivation methods of the Yin Sect disciples and the Yang Sect disciples are completely different... The main reason why we Yin Sect disciples need men is to give birth to better offspring."

Himika gently shook her head:

"Just like the disciples of the Yang Sect are all male, the disciples of our Yin Sect are all female... It's just that there are far too many women willing to have children for the disciples of the Yang Sect, so they never lack successors."

But our Yin Sect is different... Our Yin Sect's magic is not something everyone can practice. It requires women with special constitutions, and these special constitutions are not inherited through bloodlines. The daughters of Yin Sect disciples may not be able to practice Yin Sect magic.

This is undoubtedly a bad thing. The importance of bloodline inheritance is the same everywhere, and passing on the cultivation technique to one's own children is always the best choice.

To solve this problem, one of our Yin Sect's founders created a secret method... It allows a man with a special constitution to cultivate a special technique. After cultivating to a certain level, he can then unite with a Yin Sect disciple, ensuring that the disciple will give birth to a daughter with a special constitution.

This secret technique became incredibly popular among our Yin Sect disciples immediately after its creation… Because of this, we even went out of our way to capture men suitable for practicing it as future breeding tools, thus leaving behind various legends and a bad reputation.”

"Oh I see."

Valensa took Himiko's teacup from the opposite coffee table, fed Himiko two sips like she would feed a baby or a pet, and then asked again:

"What became of the men who were used as breeding tools by your Yin Sect disciples? Did they die after being used by you once?"

"It's unlikely that they'll die... At most, they'll have all their decades of cultivation absorbed by us, turning them from powerful cultivators back into ordinary people, and they'll never be able to cultivate again in this lifetime."

Himika replied after licking a few mouthfuls of tea:

"Our Yin Sect disciples usually give those men a large sum of money so that they can return to the mortal world as ordinary rich people to live out the rest of their lives... It may sound a bit excessive, but the vast majority of those men are there voluntarily."

After all, before they were captured by our Yin Sect disciples, they were almost all children from ordinary families, with virtually no opportunities for cultivation. More importantly, all of our Yin Sect disciples are stunning beauties; for most men, a single kiss would be enough to make them die happy… And those men not only get our Yin Sect beauties pregnant, but they also receive a sum of money to live a life of luxury. What's wrong with that, is there?”

"This...is true."

Valensa hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

Thinking about it carefully, for a man who would otherwise only be able to farm or work odd jobs for the rest of his life, this kind of treatment and outcome is indeed quite good.

While the actions of the Holy Gate may morally be worthy of the Demonic Gate's name, they cannot be considered truly heinous.

"so what?"

Valensa then guessed with a smile:

"That Zhu Jiuchi was originally just a tool to make Your Majesty have children?"

"……Um."

Himika gritted her teeth and remained silent for a moment, then nodded:

"Although that guy was ugly, his talent for cultivation was really good. He had the highest cultivation level among those reproductive tools at the time, and I was the daughter of the Yin Sect Master, so it was only right that he should be the one to get me pregnant."

But he was just too ugly... so in the end I rejected him and chose a man whose cultivation was much lower than his but who was more handsome, intending to have that man help me have children.

Unexpectedly, this seemed to have offended Zhu Jiuchi's pride... He actually fled our Yin Sect's territory overnight and disappeared.

We went out to hunt for a few days but didn't catch him, so we didn't pay much attention... After all, there are plenty of men in the world, if one escapes, we can just catch a new one, maybe even more talented and handsome.

When that guy reappeared before us, he had become the vanguard general of the Central Continent Empire's navy. He combined the secret arts and mechanical arts he learned in our Yin Sect to create his own unique flesh and blood puppet technique... which is the fat guy you fought so hard against before.

He seemed particularly bothered by my rejection of him back then, regarding it as a great humiliation... When our Holy Sect was destroyed and we fled overseas, it was he who led part of the Central Continent Empire's navy in relentless pursuit until the brothers and sisters of the Water Sect sacrificed themselves, finally shaking off the pursuers completely.

I never imagined... I'd see that bastard again after more than 700 years!

After telling the story of Zhu Jiuchi, Himika started grinding her teeth again, seemingly wanting to grinn, but because of her appearance, her smile was quite cute.

"Leave the interrogation to me. I will treat him well and make him spill everything."

"Of course, no problem."

Valensa nodded:

"Since he was originally Your Majesty's substitute tool, then let's return him to his rightful owner."

Snapped.

As Valensa spoke, she snapped her fingers, and Nana, carrying a cloth bag, entered the room. She emptied out Zhu Jiuchi, whose limbs were broken and who was unconscious, and gestured for Himiko to do as she pleased.

"Hey~~"

Himika first gave Zhu Jiuchi a disdainful look, then shrank back into Valensa's arms, averting her gaze and saying somewhat unwillingly:

“I really want to teach him a lesson right now… but let’s wait until we get back to Jade Island. He did get a beating from you, but I was hurt even worse.”

"no problem."

Valensa nodded with a smile, and Nana put Zhu Jiuchi back into the bag.

Just then, the Seventh Sage and the Ninth Sage finished explaining the situation of the Sage's Tower, and it was time to return to Jade Island.

It was Tia's teleportation spell that first took them to the Mirror Island, Chuyun City, where they would then transfer to the Anti-Demon Ninja Force's ship to go to Jade Island.

Unfortunately, Himiko and the Seventh Sage were still too weak to withstand the high-speed flight, so they had to travel by boat for the last leg of the journey.

On the ship, Himika kept in touch with the Chiba sisters using communication ninjutsu, remotely directing them on how to arrange things on Jade Island.

While carrying out their orders, the Chiba sisters, Rui and Shin, also delivered some good news.

The interrogation of the three people who attempted to cause trouble on Jade Island has yielded preliminary results—they had no idea that they had become traitors within the Central Continent Empire; they were all working for the Ninth Sage.

The Ninth Sage offered them a high reward for their help in destroying the great formation of Jade Island, and gave them something that he said could attract the Mist Demons to attack and create an opportunity.

Valensa was also very familiar with that item—it was the high-grade Mist Demon Core that the Tsuchimikado Avengers had entrusted to the Morgan family to deliver to the Sage's Tower last year.

Chapter 17 I'd rather be a commander than an adjutant!

Most of the people waiting to attend the summit on Jade Island only found out about what happened yesterday after they had eaten and drunk their fill at the banquet and had a good night's sleep.

Shock and disbelief were the reactions of the vast majority of people.

Many people even thought that Himika was just joking with everyone.

It wasn't until Himika repeatedly emphasized that this was no joke, and after everyone inquired through their families and the Sage's Tower, that people had no choice but to believe that it was actually true.

The Sage's Tower almost collapsed?

Has the great sage fallen?

These two pieces of news left many people's heads buzzing. In comparison, it was Valensa who thwarted the enemy's plot and saved the Sage's Tower again, which was not too surprising.

Himika took the opportunity to suggest postponing the summit for a few days so that the whole story of yesterday could be investigated first, and that everyone could stay on Jade Island for the time being to rest and relax.

No one objected.

Firstly, everyone does need a detailed truth so that they can discuss how to deal with the aggressive Central Continent Empire at the formal summit.

Secondly, Jade Island is indeed wonderful, with beautiful scenery, delicious food, and beautiful women to accompany you. Even for nobles and business families, it is a top-notch experience.

Tamanoshima was thus temporarily transformed into a resort.