Chapter 222 - 27: The Charming Fairy Is Actually Afraid of Men

"Third Senior Sister, why are you unwilling to dual cultivate with Uncle Qin?"

While Qin Gengyun and Mo Xiaolan were confiding in each other, in the adjacent room, Fang Xue was asking Si Minglan.

"Hehe."

Si Minglan picked up a wine jar, tilted her snow-white neck, and gulped more than half of the wine from the jar.

The pale yellow liquor trickled down her swan-like neck, soaking her clothes. She slammed the jar on the table with a smile and said:

"Why must I dual cultivate with Qin Gengyun?"

Fang Xue replied, "But only dual cultivation can help you rebuild your essence and save your life. If you must dual cultivate, Uncle Qin is the most suitable choice!"

Si Minglan chuckled, gazing at Fang Xue:

"Junior Sister, you haven’t had a man, have you?"

Fang Xue was taken aback and quickly said, "Of course not. I was sent to the Cultivator Spiritual Institute by my parents when I was young, focusing solely on cultivation. How could I be distracted by romance?"

"But I’ve had many men."

Si Minglan sneered, her face showing disgust, disgust at herself:

"By the time I was your age, my body was already filthy beyond measure. Even I can’t count how many men I’ve served. So, am I despicable enough?"

"Third Senior Sister..."

Fang Xue looked at her in shock, as Si Minglan tilted her head back, finishing the wine to suppress the tears threatening to spill out.

She then picked up another jar, cracked open the seal, and Fang Xue quickly said, "Third Senior Sister, please stop drinking. You’re not well, and excessive drinking harms your body."

Si Minglan laughed, "I’m about to die anyway, why fear harming my body?"

She brushed off Fang Xue’s hand, and took big gulps directly from the jar.

Cough, cough!

Drinking too fiercely, she suddenly choked and started coughing violently.

"Third Senior Sister, are you alright? Third Senior Sister?"

Fang Xue gently patted her back, only to see her face already covered in tears.

Once the suppressed tears broke free, they turned into a flood of sorrow that couldn’t be stopped.

Wah!

Si Minglan burst into tears.

"I’m a slut! I’m a whore! Any man can have me! My whole body is rotten, what right do I have to ask anyone to dual cultivate with me?"

"I’m tired!"

"Let me die, to die is to be freed!"

"Wah!!"

Perhaps it was the long suppression, Si Minglan cried like a child, her body convulsing. Fang Xue’s eyes reddened, and she suddenly opened her arms to hug her.

"Third Senior Sister, don’t be afraid, I’m here, I’ll find a way to save you."

Si Minglan, in her embrace, wrapped her arms around her waist, crying even more loudly.

In the room, the two women held each other, leaning on one another.

After a long time, Si Minglan was exhausted from crying, her tears dried up, and she finally calmed down a bit.

Then, she slowly recounted her past.

Fang Xue was stunned.

"Third Senior Sister is actually the daughter of the West Imperial Dynasty’s Grand General?"

She seemed to understand why Si Minglan turned out this way.

Yet, she still didn’t understand:

"Third Senior Sister, if you want revenge, you need to stay alive! If you’re willing, I’ll go find Sister Qiu, who may seem indifferent, but actually has a soft heart, and will certainly agree to let Uncle Qin dual cultivate with you."

"If you’re really unwilling, I’ll catch a man for you!"

Pfft.

Si Minglan laughed, like a pear blossom in the rain, no longer seductive, but pure and charming instead.

"Junior Sister, you’re so adorable."

"Senior Sister, you’ve agreed? I’ll go find a man for you!"

Fang Xue was about to rise, but Si Minglan pulled her back.

"Junior Sister, don’t. I’m... afraid."

Fang Xue turned back, dumbfounded to hear the bold and seductive Third Senior Sister admitting her fear.

Si Minglan held her own arms and gave a bitter smile:

"Though I lure men and behave wantonly, deep inside, I’m scared... I’m afraid of men."

"Even Qin Gengyun, I fear."

"I’m scared that when I dual cultivate with him, my mind will be filled with those bastards’ faces. I’m scared that I’m too filthy, and if I see even a trace of disgust in his eyes, I’ll be terrified."

Si Minglan looked up, her red swollen eyes filled with timidity and fear:

"Junior Sister, I don’t dare, I don’t dare dual cultivate with any man."

Fang Xue was stupefied, never expecting that the Third Senior Sister, famous for Charming Technique, would fear men.

Who would believe this?

Fang Xue knew the path of dual cultivation wasn’t viable for Third Senior Sister, so she advised:

"Senior Sister, if you don’t want to dual cultivate, you could learn the Demon Sect’s Evil Technique. The ’Celestial Beast Record Earth Mole Scroll’ is most likely with the Chang Family. Tomorrow, we can find Luo Wenzhi and ask him for the cultivation technique!"

"Then I’ll become a monster like Chang Shengzi, needing to eat people to survive, and eventually you’ll have to join with the Righteous Path cultivators to kill me?"

Si Minglan gave a bitter laugh.

"This..."

Fang Xue thought for a moment, then said, "We can specifically catch evil people for you to... eat."

Si Minglan shook her head with a sad smile, "What counts as evil? What counts as good? Who’s guilty, who’s innocent? Can we decide with just our words? In the end, won’t we just become monsters who only know to devour? What’s the point of living like that?"

Fang Xue fell silent, and Si Minglan smiled, raising her hand to hug her:

"At least before dying, knowing such an adorable junior sister like you doesn’t make me too miserable."

Fang Xue bit her lip, seemingly making a decision, and finally spoke:

"Third Senior Sister, actually... I am a disciple of the Cyan Lotus Sect."

"What did you say?" Si Minglan looked at her dumbfounded. Fang Xue continued:

"Third Senior Sister, you treat me like your own sister, I can’t watch you die. The master passed on to me the ’Tanglian Technique’, though I don’t know who she is, her status in the Cyan Lotus Sect must be high. I’ll beg my master to teach you an evil technique!"

"However, this means you’ll have to join the Cyan Lotus Sect, becoming, like me, master’s eyes and ears in the Zhenyang Sect."

"Senior Sister, are you willing?"

...

"Saintess, the Sect Leader once had one of the ten volumes of the ’Celestial Beast Record’. When we were young, we sneaked into her room to browse it, and got caught by the Sect Leader who gave us a severe beating. Do you remember?"

"I was the only one who got beaten."

"Oh Saintess, why do you still dwell on such trivial matters? Do you remember what that cultivation technique was called?"

On the second floor, in Qiu Zhihe’s room, Liu Su asked with sparkling eyes, while Qiu Zhihe calmly replied:

"’Celestial Beast Record Nine-tailed Fox Scroll.’"

"Yes! That’s it!" Liu Su snapped his fingers, laughing slyly:

"That cultivation technique is likely in the Sect Leader’s relics. We can give it to Si Minglan, provide her a way to live, then make her consume the Heart-devouring Pill. This way, the Third Senior Sister on Xiyue Peak becomes a covert post for us in the Zhenyang Sect!"

"Saintess, isn’t this a good idea?"

Qiu Zhihe looked at him, paused, then shook her head:

"Si Minglan is a pitiable person."

"Saintess, ever since you married the good sir, your heart has been getting softer!"

Liu Su advised, "We train Si Minglan as a covert agent, controlling Xiyue Peak from within, and possibly the entire Zhenyang Sect. We can slowly eliminate those enemies, so you don’t have to confront them head-on, and you won’t have to be apart from your husband. Wouldn’t that be great?"

"Or is it that, Saintess, you’re willing to watch your husband dual cultivate with that Fox Spirit to save her?"