Lin Dong and Ying Huanhuan's Dao Sect was located in the Eastern Xuan Domain. Besides the Eastern Xuan Domain, there were three other Xuan Domains—South, North, and South—across the vast continent. Above the Eastern Xuan Domain lay the Northern Xuan Domain.
Unlike the Eastern Xuan Domain, the Northern Xuan Domain did not have numerous sects and dynasties governing their own territories. Here, there was only one overlord: the Dark Palace!
Everything in the Northern Xuan Domain was managed by the Dark Palace; it was the sole ruler!
Near the Dark City, the headquarters of the Dark Palace, nestled in a secluded bamboo forest, sat several bamboo houses. These were the residences prepared by the Dark Palace Master for his closed-door disciples.
The door to the bamboo hut opened, and a young girl stepped out. She had a delicate and pretty face, and although slightly immature, it was clear to everyone that she would definitely be a beauty in the future. While she was petite and lacked the conventionally sexy curves, that wasn't her style anyway; her small stature only enhanced her cuteness.
This girl was none other than Qing Tan. After being found by the Lord of the Dark Temple, she was brought here to cultivate with her consent. The Lord of the Dark Temple treated her very well, providing her with abundant cultivation resources, which naturally led to her rapid advancement in cultivation.
"I wonder how Brother Lin Dong is doing now?" Qing Tan looked up at the sky, standing blankly outside the hut, and murmured to herself.
"Who?"
Just as Qing Tan was thinking about Lin Dong, she sensed an aura beside her. She turned her head, and a beautiful figure appeared beside her. She quickly took several steps back, warily watching the woman who had appeared beside her without her noticing. Although she didn't show it on her face, she was inwardly very surprised, because the woman's appearance beside her was so sudden. She hadn't noticed a trace of her presence at all. The woman was already beside her when she sensed her aura, and had even deliberately revealed it. Otherwise, she wouldn't have known there was someone standing next to her. If this woman had come to kill her, she would already be dead. The reason she hadn't done much was mainly because this woman didn't seem to have any great hostility towards her.
"Who are you?"
Qing Tan asked again when the woman didn't speak. She carefully examined the woman, who appeared to be not much older than herself. A smile graced her fair face, and her eyes held a strange glint in them as she looked at her. However, Qing Tan couldn't sense any cultivation from her. This meant either the woman hadn't cultivated much and her cultivation was too low, or her cultivation was far greater than Qing Tan's, making it impossible for her to detect her presence. Nevertheless, given that the woman had arrived beside her silently, Qing Tan didn't believe she was without cultivation.
However, the woman didn't answer Qing Tan's question. Instead, she raised her slender, snow-white hand. Seeing this, Qing Tan quickly retreated again, decisively crushing the black stone her master had given her. A message was sent out along with the shattered stone, but before Qing Tan could relax, her eyes widened in shock. She sensed that the message had been interrupted before it even traveled more than a meter away from her, clearly blocked. This horrified Qing Tan even more. To be able to block her master's message meant the woman's strength was several times greater than her master's. She estimated that even if her master were here, he wouldn't be able to withstand more than a few moves from this woman.
This thought stunned Qing Tan. Her master was the Lord of the Dark Temple, possessing one of the eight main runes, the Dark Rune, and her own strength was at the Reincarnation Realm. And this girl, who looked not much older than her, was actually much stronger than her master?
Before Qing Tan could think further, she felt an invisible wave emanating from the woman's hand, hurtling towards her. The difference in their cultivation levels left Qing Tan no chance to dodge; she was instantly struck by the invisible wave.
After being hit, Qing Tan's retreating figure stopped. The light in her eyes faded, leaving them lifeless, like a walking corpse. She stood frozen in the bamboo forest. However, this only lasted a moment. After a brief period of lifelessness, Qing Tan's eyes regained their sparkle, and something new appeared in them. When Qing Tan looked at the woman not far in front of her again, the wariness on her face vanished, replaced by overwhelming joy. She jumped up, overcoming the distance between them, and hugged the woman around the waist, shouting with delight.
"Huanhuan, long time no see!"
The girl with snow-white skin was naturally Ying Huanhuan. Looking at the girl hugging her waist, Ying Huanhuan smiled helplessly, "What are you doing? Why did you suddenly hug me?"
"Well, Huanhuan suddenly appeared and startled me! I hadn't regained my memory yet, and then you were standing next to me. I thought it was someone else! I was so scared! Huanhuan, how can you not let me hug you?"
Qing Tan said, snuggling closer to Ying Huanhuan.
"Oh! Right! Huanhuan, why are you suddenly here? And you even brought a clone?"
After rubbing against me a few times, Qing Tan looked up and asked. Now that her cultivation had recovered, she could naturally see that Ying Huanhuan was just a clone. Moreover, Qing Tan had regained her memories. She remembered some things Lin Dong had said before, and now Ying Huanhuan must have met Lin Dong. She stood up and whispered in Ying Huanhuan's ear, "Huanhuan, aren't you with Brother Lin Dong now, and, um, doing that kind of thing?"
"What are you saying? You say such things as soon as I arrive!" Upon hearing Qing Tan's words, Ying Huanhuan's fair face turned bright red. She naturally knew what Qing Tan was talking about—wasn't it about being played with by another man in front of Lin Dong?
"Huh? That's not right. Huanhuan, how could you regain my memories? Isn't it only Brother Lin Dong who can do it?" Qing Tan noticed something was amiss and quickly asked.
"Let's find a place to sit down first," Ying Huanhuan said, not answering directly.
Then, Ying Huanhuan was invited inside. The two sisters chatted in the room, and Qing Tan's teasing laughter could be heard frequently. Seeing Ying Huanhuan's flushed face, it seemed she had said quite a few embarrassing things.
"So, Huanhuan, you asked Brother Lin Dong for control of the formation! No wonder you could help me regain my memories!"
Qing Tan smiled at Huanhuan, then teased, "I didn't expect Huanhuan to have just lost her virginity to another man two days ago! Huanhuan, what did it feel like to have your virginity taken by another man?"
Upon hearing this, Ying Huanhuan blushed and glared at her angrily, "Don't you know what it felt like? You've done it before!"
"Hehe, I just wanted to ask Huanhuan how it felt," Qing Tan said with a laugh. Then, she became slightly more serious and asked Ying Huanhuan, "So, Huanhuan, what did you come to see me for?"
At this, Ying Huanhuan's face flushed slightly again, and she leaned closer to Qing Tan, whispering something in her ear.
Qing Tan didn't seem to notice at first, but after a while, her pretty face also turned slightly red.
After Ying Huanhuan finished speaking and sat back down, Qing Tan looked at her with some surprise. After a slight pause, she said, "I didn't expect Huanhuan to actually agree to go out alone with another man, leaving Brother Lin Dong at home to wait, and then writing down what happened to take back to Brother Lin Dong."
"It was all because Lin Dong said he wanted to try it out, so I..." Ying Huanhuan quickly shifted the blame to Lin Dong.
"And how did Brother Lin Dong perform?" Qing Tan continued to ask.
Upon hearing Qing Tan's question, Ying Huanhuan thought for a moment, and finally could only say, "Well, how should I put it? It's a bit subtle, isn't it?"
"Subtle? It seems the results were minimal." Qing Tan blinked after hearing this, and after a moment of thought, continued, "So, Huanhuan, how should I proceed in your plan?"
Ying Huanhuan leaned closer to Qing Tan again and whispered something.
After listening, Qing Tan looked at Ying Huanhuan, who had sat back down, with a strange expression. She shook her head several times before saying, "Huanhuan, your plan is... well, I don't know how to describe it. So, Huanhuan wants me to record some things without Lin Dong's knowledge, and then surprise him later?"
Ying Huanhuan didn't speak, only nodded slightly.
"Huanhuan, you're trying to drag me into this!" Qing Tan said with a bitter face. She never expected Ying Huanhuan to have such an idea.
"So, are you going to go?" Ying Huanhuan blinked and asked.
"Huanhuan, why don't you go ask Sister Qingzhu first?" Qing Tan asked, slightly puzzled.