Chapter 155: Nun, isn't this what you call

"Nun~"

Ning Mu scratched his head, feeling incredibly awkward.

After a moment of thought, he called out softly, while simultaneously reaching out to press down on Liuli's delicate, fair shoulders.

But before he could comfort her.

Liuli suddenly raised her head; though her eyes were brimming with tears, they held a firm resolve, and a few traces of shy annoyance appeared on her flushed cheeks, which were still streaked with teardrops.

"Fine! I will agree to your terms, two quarters of an hour; either keep it a secret, or~"

"Hmph, you're getting off easy!"

Having said that, Liuli raised her hand to wipe away her tears, looking shy and indignant, her gaze flickering as she looked elsewhere.

Ning Mu blinked.

What kind of arrangement was this? Coming out with such a statement so suddenly had left him completely at a loss.

"Why are you just standing there, are we doing this or not!"

Liuli sobbed once, and gave Ning Mu a shy, indignant glare.

Ning Mu scratched his head and immediately lay down.

"Nun, I'm lying down, come on!"

"You little scoundrel!"

Liuli's face turned incredibly rosy, and she rolled her eyes at the stinky brat.

And then!

She removed her garments.

At the same time.

Her expression suddenly changed slightly; a flash of shock and astonishment crossed her beautiful, delicate face, which then transformed into a water-like shyness, and the indignation hidden in her eyes all melted into water-like tenderness.

【Congratulations to the Host. Based on the Host's state of mind and her affection for the bound Xia Lu, Ning Mu, the system task has been updated. The task is issued as follows!】

【Task Four: This is the moment. Cast aside the past, abandon your former life, forget about the Buddha Gate, to hell with your status in the Jianghu. You only need happiness, you only need Ning Mu, and you only want to stay by Ning Mu's side for the rest of your life, just like this, living together as a couple and heading toward the end of life together!】

【Task Details: Go! Lie down, let him enter! Truly and genuinely transform into a demon for him, and join him in the joy of the clouds and rain!】

【Task Completion: Reward 20,000 Cultivation Points, 2,000 Heroic Couple Points; reward the Host with a 50% increase in Cultivation Points; reward the Host with 【Nine-Turn Divine Origin Pill Fragment*0.5】*4; reward the Host with Heaven-grade Peerless Secret Manual: Zen Demon Heaven Mixing Art*1, Heaven-grade Peerless Secret Manual: Vajra Demon Art*1; reward the Host with Heaven-grade Peerless Armor: Wan Fo Hu Xin Na Yi*2 (male and female sets); reward the Host with Heaven-grade Peerless Weapon: Purple Frost Heaven Mixing Ribbon*1, Heaven-grade Peerless Weapon: Soul-Devouring Vajra Ring*1; reward the Host with Essence Storage Pill*1; reward the Host with Youth Preserving Pill*1; reward the Host with Shape Molding Pill*1; reward the Host with Locking Acupoint Spinning Top Pill*1; reward the Host with Marrow Cleansing Pill*1; reward the Host with True Essence Pill*1; reward the Host with Essence Increasing Pill*1; reward the Host with Ice Fire Divine Throat Pill*1; reward the Host with Saint-Ascension Golden Pill*2!】

Whoa! Seeing this long list of rewards, Liuli felt nothing.

What she was most interested in was the 【Nine-Turn Divine Origin Pill Fragment*0.5】*4.

Adding these 4, and then completing the two current side quests, she would possess 19 【Nine-Turn Divine Origin Pill Fragment*0.5】s. Being only one away from 20, which would synthesize one Nine-Turn Divine Origin Pill and allow her to completely Break Through Shenyuan, was within reach!

For a moment, her craving for cultivation points made her gaze toward Ning Mu filled with unconcealable eagerness! It was as if, in Liuli's heart at this moment, Ning Mu was no longer a person, but those pills that could allow her to Break Through Shenyuan! Meanwhile, Ning Mu, who had hurriedly opened the Number Two Sub-System panel after receiving the system prompt, was taken aback.

This task was issued autonomously by the system based on the two people's state of mind; it was not sent out by Ning Mu.

However, what depressed him was.

Why were Liuli's task rewards so much less than Liu Qingmei's? Apart from the Cultivation Points and the manuals, those pills were almost all cut in half! And just as he was puzzled.

The system panel popped up a prompt.

【Prompt: Because the Number Two Sub-System Liuli Loyalty Value is insufficient (currently 79%), the rewards for completing the final conquest are slightly reduced!】

After seeing this prompt, Ning Mu couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

So that was it.

Loyalty Value still affected the final rewards.

It seems that for the upcoming Sub-system No. 3, he must first raise the Loyalty Value to 100% before taking her down.

Only then would the rewards be greater!

Just as he was thinking this, Ning Mu suddenly felt something unusual.

He fixed his gaze on her.

He saw that the peerlessly beautiful Liuli, who was like a fallen immortal of the Buddha Gate, now looked like a wanton flower fairy who had fallen from the nine heavens, submerged in a sea of desire, unable to extricate herself.

Then.

Under Ning Mu's expectant gaze.

He saw her slowly move to the opposite side.

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Two quarters of an hour is not long, nor is it short.

But for the maidservants peeking secretly in their various rooms, their arms supporting their chins were aching, their ears were pricked up, and they were waiting with bated breath.

Those with slightly higher cultivation could still vaguely hear a thing or two.

But those with poor cultivation couldn't hear anything at all; they were just joining in the excitement.

But those joining in the excitement were clearly not just the maidservants.

On the roof opposite.

Liu Qingmei and Tong Yuyue appeared once again.

The two sat on the roof, shoulder to shoulder, silently watching the room below, where shadows flickered under the candlelight.

"Big Sister, do you think Husband can subdue the Nun tonight?"

Tong Yuyue blinked and nudged Liu Qingmei.

Liu Qingmei raised an eyebrow, looked at her sideways, and said strangely: "If that happens, will you be the second sister from now on?"

"Tsk!"

Tong Yuyue's eyes lit up upon hearing this, and she clicked her tongue: "That sounds quite comfortable, then I hope Husband takes her down quickly!"

But Liu Qingmei shook her head, her eyes filled with a bit of worry, and she sighed: "Sigh! That is Divine Nun Ciyun, a disciple of Poluo Chanshi; I think it's unlikely. It would be good enough if Husband can get some satisfaction from her!"

And upon hearing this, Tong Yuyue was stunned for a moment, then fell silent.

Indeed!

The closed-door Disciple of Poluo Chanshi, the pride of the Buddha Gate.

Such a personage.

How could she abandon that golden path to hide her name in these mountains and live a carefree life with my husband?

Although this matter is amusing.

Yet, in the end, Divine Nun Ciyun is not myself or my sister; she is a personage burdened with a mission for the Buddha Gate. Even if she were willing, she would ultimately be unable to follow her own heart!

Thinking of this, Tong Yuyue could not help but shake her head in silence, a few wisps of a sigh flowing through her eyes.

But suddenly.

She could not help but think of her own experiences.

Was she not also unable to follow her own heart back then? Her eyes brightened slightly, and Tong Yuyue turned her head to the side, looking at Liu Qingmei with great interest.

"Sister, do you think there is such a possibility? I heard that Poluo Chanshi has cultivated for eight hundred years but has never had any contact with men. But what if, after meeting our husband, she and her master and disciple together~"

"After all, husband is wickedly charming. I can't say exactly what is good about him, but he just has a kind of charisma that attracts women!"

Tong Yuyue was full of zest, her eyes growing brighter the more she spoke.

But when Liu Qingmei heard these words, she immediately became nervous.

"Pah, pah, pah, what nonsense are you spouting? If this reaches the ears of Poluo Chanshi, it would be one thing if you and I lost our lives, but are you trying to implicate husband to be buried with you?"

Liu Qingmei frowned, glaring at Tong Yuyue, and said strangely: "Do you think that giant of the Buddha Gate is as dissolute as you?"

"Besides, I don't have the ability, like I did when I sent you, to send that Buddhist nun onto husband's couch."

"Hmph!"

Mentioning her own shameful past, Tong Yuyue immediately blushed and gave a coquettish huff.

Ning Mu could not help but gasp.

But regardless of how profound Liuli's Buddhist dharma was, he remained like an old monk in meditation, standing firm and unmoved.

"Little one, I will teach you; this move is a peerless art of the Buddha Gate, the Leg-Twining Binding Azure Dragon!"

"I am instructed, Master."

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And as a long Buddhist chant suddenly drifted out from Liuli's room below the house, the two of them immediately fell silent, both gazing over with burning eyes, filled with excitement.

Although they could not see clearly.

But through the shadows cast by the candlelight onto the window paper, one could vaguely see that they seemed to have become one.

Husband is just too awesome! At this moment.

Whether it was Liu Qingmei or Tong Yuyue, this thought flashed through both their minds.

The maidservants in the surrounding rooms were also full of excitement, as if they shared in the honor.

"Master, three quarters of an hour have already passed!"

"Pah! You brat, deliberately holding back to be mischievous~ I have already used all my strength, hmph~"

【Notification: Congratulations to the Host for completing Task Two, Sub-task One. You have obtained 500 cultivation points, 50 Heroic Couple Points, and 0.5 Nine-Turn Divine Origin Pill!】

【Notification: Congratulations to the Host. Number Two Sub-System has completed Task Two, Sub-task One. Feedback of task rewards to the Host: 100 cultivation points obtained, 2% Liuli Loyalty Value obtained. Current Loyalty Value is 81%!】

【Notification: Congratulations to the Host. Liuli, the owner of the Number Two Sub-System, has reached the 81% infatuation stage of favorability toward the Host. You may activate Sub-system No. 3!】

【Notification: Sub-system No. 3 has been activated. Please choose a Binding Companion in time, Host!】

"That means I won!"

"Master, I am coming now."

"Unh~ do you think this is going to battle to kill the enemy? Your spear technique is so fierce!"

【Notification: Congratulations to the Host for completing Task Two, Sub-task Two. You have obtained 1000 cultivation points, 100 Heroic Couple Points, and 1 【0.5 Nine-Turn Divine Origin Pill】!】

【Notification: Congratulations to the Host. Number Two Sub-System has completed Task Two, Sub-task Two. Feedback of task rewards to the Host: 200 cultivation points obtained, 2% Liuli Loyalty Value obtained. Current Loyalty Value is 83%!】

The notification of task completion rang in the minds of both Ning Mu and Liuli.

But at this very moment, neither of them had the time to pay attention.

In this small room, the atmosphere was filled with spring.

Liuli's entire body was flushed red, and that long dress had long since left her.

Her delicate skin, under the illumination of the candlelight, glowed with a faint red light, with tiny beads of fragrant sweat rolling down.

The room was not very large.

A couch occupied almost two-thirds of the space.

And at the head of the couch, there was a small table with a bronze mirror placed upon it.

The small empty space at the foot of the couch was used to place a large cabinet that occupied almost half the wall, used for storing clothing and some daily sundries.

Apart from this, there was nothing else in the room.

The small houses in the entire backyard almost all had this layout.

But Liuli's room was different.

Ever since she chose this room to move into, she had done it herself, digging a Buddhist niche into the wall on the side where the couch was placed.

Then she enshrined the Bodhi Buddha statue she had brought with her upon it.

At first, she worshipped the Buddha Lord with a heart of absolute piety.

Yet she did not know.

Today, the Buddha Lord she worshipped with such piety, and even the niche where it resided, had become tools for her to please her beloved!

Her hands braced against the walls on either side of the niche, her elbows not daring to bend in the slightest.

Otherwise, the sweat dripping from her would stain the golden Buddha statue within the niche! Her plump, long, and straight legs.

It had already begun to tremble slightly.

The Buddha-toes, white as jade and filled with the radiance of Buddha Gate, were tightly clenched.

"Namo Great Compassionate Avalokitesvara, may I soon ascend the Nirvana Mountain."

"Namo Great Compassionate Avalokitesvara, may I soon meet the Abode of Non-Action." "Namo Great Compassionate Avalokitesvara, may I soon attain the Dharma-Nature Body."

"If I head toward the Mountain of Blades, the Mountain of Blades shall crumble of its own accord."

"If I head toward the Cauldron of Fire, the Cauldron of Fire shall dry up of its own accord."

"If I head toward the Hell, the Hell shall vanish of its own accord."

"If I head toward the Hungry Ghosts, the Hungry Ghosts shall be satisfied of their own accord~~"

"Hoo!"

While enduring it, Liuli, her eyes filled with boundless amorousness, recited the Buddha Gate mantras silently.

It seemed she felt she was currently amidst delusional thoughts, coveting the bliss of ultimate joy, unwilling to let go of this feeling she had never experienced before—a feeling she was infinitely attached to, one that felt like a sin, yet one she was drowning in.

She attempted to seek some spiritual solace through this.

She wanted to use this to atone for her sins.

Only.

When she chanted to the part about the Hungry Ghosts, she subconsciously stopped.

"Master, would you call this 'clutching the Buddha's feet in a moment of crisis'?"

Ning Mu wrapped his arms around Liuli's fair and slender waist, revealing a smile like a hungry ghost.

"Mm!"

Liuli immediately rolled her eyes.

Her hands seemed unable to support her Buddha-body any longer.

Her elbows bent instantly.

Her head knocked straight into the golden Buddha statue within the shrine.

She felt only waves of cramping and twitching, her tendons pulling and veins constricting.

That greatness, radiating with magnificent Buddha-rhyme and compassion.

Could no longer hold fast to its own nature.

In the collision and contest between the mundane world and the Buddha Gate, the Buddha-rhyme dissipated entirely, replaced by the gradually surging, overwhelming crimson colors of the mundane world.

Her six senses were, after all, not yet extinguished.

Her mind was not yet clear and empty.

In this contest between the Buddha Gate and the mundane world.

Ultimately, the mundane power with Ning Mu at its core had completely seized the initiative.

And the Buddha Gate representative, Liuli, had been thoroughly defeated.

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"Hoo!"

Ning Mu leaned against the wall plastered with yellow earth, resting on the couch.

In his arms.

Lay Liuli, as bewitching as a demon.

No!

Now she should be called Feng Xiangling.

That delicate Buddha-body seemed as if it had been plated with a layer of demonic nature, swaying and turning like a snake, undulating and trembling.

Just like a slave wagging its tail to beg for pity.

Longing to receive the master's caress.

But at this very moment, Ning Mu remained unmoved, just sitting and leaning quietly, calmly watching what skills this slave, transformed from Buddha to demon, possessed!

Ning Mu could not help but feel a sense of emotion in his heart.

If only there were a cigarette right now, how good that would be!

A puff of smoke would exhale not just fatigue, but also a lingering, sweet aftertaste.

The time of a sage always brings such whimsical thoughts.

Just now, the Buddha Palace had opened wide.

The Hungry Ghost, like a demon from the Nine Netherworlds, had completely occupied the Buddha Palace! Eroding everything within! It had left her quite shocked.

【Notification: Congratulations to the Host for completing Task Four. You have received the following rewards: 20,000 Cultivation Points, 2,000 Heroic Couple Points; Host's cultivation increased by one-half; 【Nine-Turn Divine Origin Pill Fragment * 0.5】 * 4 【Click to view remaining content】】

【Notification: Congratulations to the Host. The owner of the Number Two Sub-System, Liuli, has completed Task Four. Feedback for the Host's task reward: received 1,000 Cultivation Points and 10% of Liu Qingmei's Loyalty Value!】

【Notification: Congratulations to the Host. The Liuli Loyalty Value of the owner of the Number Two Sub-System has reached the worship stage (93%). Please keep up the good work, Host!】

【Notification: Congratulations to the Host for successfully conquering Liuli's heart, ensuring she is no longer ignorant of the world and has solidified her own choice!】

【Notification: Because the owner of the Number Two Sub-System, Liuli, has experienced this ultimate bliss between man and woman for the first time, she is infinitely attached to it and longs to receive the Host's favor again. Loyalty Value toward the Host has increased by 1%!】

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Watching the system notifications skip by one by one, Ning Mu could not help but heave a sigh of relief.

He felt like a scumbag! Still holding Liuli in his arms.

This delicate daughter of the Buddha Gate was like a wave swaying in the red dust, doing everything she could to please him.

Yet he was thinking about who to choose for the Sub-system No. 3.

According to the system's characteristics.

He must choose someone he has met and whose voice and appearance he is familiar with, only then can the system bind them.

Currently, the heroines who meet these criteria.

Aside from those in his own backyard.

It seems there are only talented women like Pi Yalu and Wei Youqing.

I wonder what the appearance and figure of the Yunxiao Stronghold Great Stronghold Master Zhu Yaluan are like; it is a pity I have no chance to see her!

"Mm~ why is my husband so heartless?"

Just as Ning Mu was thinking about these things to himself, a graceful, coquettish rebuke suddenly reached his ears, sounding as if it were full of resentment.

Withdrawing his thoughts, Ning Mu raised his brows and looked over.

He saw that at this moment, the Divine Nun Ciyun, draped in a layer of reddish hue and twisting her legs as she coiled and writhed, had a brilliant shimmer on her delicate, beautiful face, and her beautiful eyes were filled with a mix of rebuke and charm, pregnant with a hint of shame and annoyance, as she stared at him, unsatisfied.

Those slender, fair hands were tracing across his chest.

And then slowly moving downward.

But.

Just at this moment.

Almost the instant those Buddha-like hands had seized the Azure Dragon.

Suddenly.

An anomaly occurred.

"Cock-a-doodle-doo~"

"Cock-a-doodle-doo~~"

All of a sudden, the roosters bought just yesterday went as if mad, though they were scattered all over the Mountain Stronghold.

Yet, almost at the same time, they all began to crow in unison.

The crowing was resonant, vigorous and powerful, high-pitched and impassioned.

Intermingled with chaos.

Ning Mu's expression changed instantly.

Before he could respond to Liuli's affection, he stood up straight in a flash.

And almost at the same time!

Outside the room.

Suddenly, Liu Qingmei's voice rang out, containing a hint of shyness but sounding extremely grave.

"Husband, Reverend, good things are often beset by delays; enemies have invaded, finish up quickly!"

"Let us continue our good deeds another day!"

???

Liuli's complexion changed violently in an instant.

It was not that she was worried about an enemy invasion.

It was that when she had just submitted to Ning Mu and was dallying with him, that woman Liu Qingmei had actually been outside the whole time?

She could only blame herself for being too immersed in it.

She had only been concerned with losing herself in it, greedy for the pleasure! She hadn't noticed at all!

She feared she did not know what kind of storm she would have to endure in the future.

Liuli knitted her moth-brows tightly, her eyes flashing with shame and annoyance.

This woman! Too much!

Thinking this, she moved extremely quickly, getting up directly to open the wardrobe, pulling out the Bodhi Jade Lotus Zen Robe from inside, draping it directly over her body, and then fastening the cloth buttons.

Ning Mu also put on his clothes.

"Reverend, there is a change today; another day your husband will satisfy you properly, do not be impatient."

Ning Mu chuckled and reached out to pinch Cibei.

Liuli let out a soft moan, rolled her eyes charmingly, and lowered her gaze in shy rebuke.

"Hmph. Who is your wife~" Liuli huffed coquettishly.

But between her brows, there was not the slightest resistance; instead, she was enjoying it.

What a hypocritical Reverend! Ning Mu could not help but smile slightly, then jumped off the couch, tidied himself up, and pushed open the door.

"Reverend, you must be careful, I do not want this gap to be seen by others."

"Hmph~"

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At the same time.

At the back of the main stronghold, by the newly reclaimed farmland, in a patch of forest.

At this moment, the surroundings were still emitting the fragrance of fresh soil.

"What is going on?"

Pusahai knitted his brows, looking at the torches suddenly lighting up in the stronghold below the mountain, and listening to the incessant crowing of the chickens, his expression turned cold and grim.

"It must be that little girl Pusa Xiaoman who leaked the news about your pet; the other side clearly has a plan!"

Wan Wu'er also frowned, her heroic brows radiating coldness.

"Hmph, that stinking bitch, when I catch her, I will surely skin her and pull her bones after I finish with her!" Pusahai could not help but harbor hatred, saying viciously.

But Wan Wu'er was knitting her brows tightly, watching the increasing number of torches below the mountain and the bursts of battle cries.

"Strange, those people do not seem to be from this Mountain Stronghold; the flock of chickens was startled not because of your pet, but because of them!"

Wan Wu'er pointed at the entrance of the Mountain Stronghold, where a large number of mountain bandits were pouring in, holding torches and shouting battle cries that shook the sky, and said with a deep frown.

"We have not been discovered yet!"

"This must be a dispute between thieves' dens, and we just happened to run into it!"

After a moment of contemplation, Wan Wu'er understood and spoke immediately.

"Perfect, we shall hide, sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, then reap the fisherman's profit!"

(End of chapter)