Chapter 251: Daji Teaches Qiuyue in a Dream; The Ten Thousand Wonders Exquisite Profound Dao Body

Flowers fall along the winding path, with a subtle, lingering fragrance.

Pavilions emerge from the foliage on both sides, appearing and disappearing from view, with faint sounds of strings and flutes.

It is not opulent or magnificent, but rather draws from stillness. Wood and stone blend together, surrounded by the dim colors of trees, as if one were situated in the mountains and forests.

Yun Ting saw Fang Longye off for a long distance before stopping, watching his back as he gradually moved away, until he had left the Weiyang Palace where the Human King of this world resided.

During this process, her entire face was flushed with a faint spring-like glow, her beautiful eyes were hazy, and the gaze she directed at Fang Longye seemed to contain thousands of words of love flowing through it, yet it also seemed to return to a coldness after the heat, possessing a natural charm, her skin fragrant and jade-like.

It was because, with the Heart Contract mentioned in the "Su Nu Jing" now formed with Fang Longye, she had officially entrusted her feelings to Fang Longye.

She no longer resisted the continuous, lingering affection brought about by that initial Love Thread bond between the two.

Yet, because of this wondrous Dharma, she maintained a sense of hazy clarity.

Half intoxicated, half detached.

And this was the purpose of Yun Ting practicing the "Su Nu Jing".

Was she truly not worried that the "Su Nu Jing" she practiced would be naturally countered by the "Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon"?

Was she truly unaware that, facing Fang Longye, the hope of entrusting her feelings, severing them, shaking off the bond, and transcending it was extremely slim? How could that be?

It was just that she had no choice.

The influence of that previous Love Thread bond upon her had already become increasingly profound.

Practicing the "Su Nu Jing" could at least delay it for quite some time.

If she did not practice it, she feared that in a few more years, she would be unrecognizable and would run back begging to be someone's Golden Canary! As for asking Xiwangmu Niangniang to help save her? For one thing, her status in Yaochi was not actually as high as others imagined.

She could not be considered a disciple at all; even calling her a member of the sect was a stretch.

Secondly,

To be frank, she had not been without realization over these years, especially since she had practiced the "Su Nu Jing".

She knew clearly that it was hard to say there was no scheming by others behind the Love Thread bond that had initially formed between her and Fang Longye.

And judging by the fragments she had learned under the Queen Mother of the West over these years, as well as the fact that she had sought help from Xiwangmu Niangniang time and again without receiving a definite response—

She feared that in the heart of Xiwangmu Niangniang, she was merely a gift to be used to curry favor with others—Yun Ting stepped toward a pond, the rippling water reflecting the three or five jade-like flower buds on the branches by the pool, swaying gracefully as if dancing.

The light in her eyes became increasingly firm, "The only path left for me now is to emulate the Su Nu Niangniang of the past."

"Using that bastard as a whetstone to temper my heart and will, and through heart-to-heart resonance, engage in a collision of souls with him."

"If I win, once the Su Nu Jing reaches great success, I will naturally draw my sword to sever the Love Thread, and from then on, I will be like the Supreme One who forgets emotions; even the Great Luo realm might not be beyond my reach."

"If I lose—"

Yun Ting looked at her own reflection in the water, charming and alluring, her skin like jade, her figure graceful; even she herself felt a flutter of the heart looking at it.

"Then I will accept the bet and the loss; even if my roots of love are planted deep, and I become a slave or a maid, I will let him do as he pleases—"

She turned slowly, flicked her sleeves, and the expression on her face returned to its usual coldness and composure.

Calculating the time, she realized that the birthday banquet of the current Human King had only just begun and had not yet reached its climax.

She immediately walked unhurriedly toward the direction of the banquet.

Beiju Luzhou, Cangmang Mountain.

In Longying Cave.

Pavilions and flowers set each other off beautifully.

In front of a pavilion, it was full of lush, verdant bamboo leaves.

Hu Qiuyue was lying on a soft couch in the pavilion, fast asleep.

Green light hung down all around, washing the branches and leaves in frost, blurring light and shadow as it fell upon her tall, slender body, wrapped in her skirt, revealing only her fair, clean calves.

For some reason, while fast asleep, she was unable to control her true form. Between her cloud-like dark hair, a pair of furry fox ears appeared, twitching incessantly.

A furry blue-white fox tail also revealed itself from beneath her skirt, and together with her bare feet, it swayed back and forth, exceptionally cute—

"Hehe—"

"Asleep again—"

"Sleeping so soundly—"

"Looking at this appearance, I'm afraid this girl is again thinking of spring in her dreams, missing her master!"

Seeing Hu Qiuyue fast asleep, several Longnu who were on good terms with her in daily life quietly gathered around.

They surrounded the soft couch, looking up and down, peering closely with wide eyes while chattering and laughing incessantly.

"Ever since the master went out on his travels, this girl has been like this—"

"Exactly! It was only when the master returned for a while recently that this girl perked up and pestered the master for three days and three nights."

"It caused several of us sisters to go hungry—"

For some reason, their good sister had become increasingly sleepy lately.

Even when she was awake during the day, she would yawn from time to time, looking listless.

Someone who didn't know better would think she was a pig demon! "I'll go first—"

The few Longnu waited for a while, and seeing that Hu Qiuyue still did not wake up, they put their little heads together, whispered a few words, and came up with an idea.

One of the Longnu took the lead, plucked a small blade of grass, covered her little mouth with a mischievous smile, placed it on the tip of Hu Qiuyue's nose, and began to tickle her.

However, Hu Qiuyue only sneezed and still did not wake up—

Letting these few Longnu poke and prod her, she continued to sleep soundly.

In fact, Hu Qiuyue was indeed dreaming.

However, it was not a wet dream.

"Ouch!"

"Old Ancestor, why are you hitting my head?"

In Hu Qiuyue's dream, within a courtyard where bamboo and rocks blended and water trickled, she was rubbing her little head in front of a small table, looking aggrieved.

Sitting opposite her was a woman who looked even more charming and graceful than she did.

Her hair was like dark clouds piled at her temples, her face like an apricot, her cheeks like peach blossoms, her brows like faint spring mountains, her waist like a supple willow; she was truly like a crabapple blossom intoxicated by the sun or a pear blossom wet with rain, no less than a Nine Heavens Fairies descending to Yaochi or Chang'e leaving the Jade Palace.

The two sat facing each other, their appearances unexpectedly three parts similar, yet one was fresh and beautiful, the other mature and graceful, their temperaments worlds apart.

This woman reclined on a gold-thread nanmu daybed, her flower-like posture and delicate face exuding a kind of languor; as the wind blew her skirt and her eyes shifted, there was a soul-snatching beauty in every movement.

However, seeing Hu Qiuyue's aggrieved look, a fire of frustration at her lack of ambition welled up in her eyes.

Instantly, it ruined that soul-snatching charm.

Waving the slender green bamboo rod in her hand, she struck the top of Hu Qiuyue's head heavily twice more and scolded, "I told you not to listen properly in your daily lessons!"

"Now look! You're too slow even to catch the hot stuff—you can't even become the number one concubine for someone!"

"How did I, Su Daji, end up with such an unmotivated descendant like you!"

It turned out this woman was none other than the fox demon Su Daji, famous throughout the world for bringing ruin to nations and peoples.

She was now one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions of the Heavenly Court—Xinyue Fox Star Lord.

Not long after Fang Longye set out on his travels, she had contacted Hu Qiuyue through dream-entry, constantly teaching this descendant of hers within her dreams.

It could be said that she had imparted heavenly techniques, precious canons, wondrous Dharma, supernatural powers, and secret knowledge.

Of course, the most important things were the bedroom secret arts and Dual Cultivation wondrous methods unique to their fox clan. After all, she could at least be considered half a member of Wa Palace, so she had ways to learn a thing or two about Fang Longye's background.

Because of this, facing a descendant who had stumbled into a great opportunity to latch onto a powerful figure, the plan she made for Hu Qiuyue was to play to her strengths and do well what she was best at.

For this reason, Su Daji had specifically imparted to Hu Qiuyue a secret method for a concubine that blended everything she had learned in her life.

As long as Hu Qiuyue mastered the basics of this secret method, she could transform her physique into a supreme concubine physique known as the 'Ten Thousand Wondrous Exquisite Profound Dao Body', aiding Fang Longye's cultivation.

After all, serving someone with beauty alone would not last forever.

Relying solely on bedroom matters would eventually lead to a day of falling out of favor. But a supreme Dual Cultivation concubine was something even a Daluo would find hard to let go of.

It was just a pity—

Hu Qiuyue had only just begun to grasp the basics of this secret method when Su Daji learned of the matter regarding Yun Ting through Heavenly Secrets.

In her view, given Fang Longye's foundation, for Yun Ting to walk a path that even Su Nu Niangniang had not managed to complete was harder than ascending to heaven.

It was nearly an extravagant hope.

On this point, Su Daji understood better than Yun Ting herself.

This was only because she had once practiced the Su Nu Jing and knew clearly how difficult it was for this wondrous Dharma to reach perfection.

It was precisely because Su Daji had practiced the Su Nu Jing that she was able to pierce through the Heavenly Secrets concerning Yun Ting via the connection in the dark.

One must know—

Yun Ting was, after all, a female immortal under the Queen Mother of the West. Even if she were just an ordinary Yaochi female immortal, having this connection meant her own Heavenly Secrets were obscured by layers of mist.

It was not so easy to pry into.

It was only because Su Daji's own cultivation was decent, qualifying as a Half-step Daluo, and she was deeply immersed in the 'Su Nu Jing'—in fact, had it not been for the interference of those from the Chan Sect back then, she could have attained the Daluo realm through the 'Su Nu Jing'—

That she was able to pierce through the layers of mist via the connection in the Su Nu Jing and glimpse Yun Ting's Heavenly Secrets.

In short, judging by her attainments in the 'Su Nu Jing', Yun Ting becoming a concubine was a certainty.

How could this not make her furious at her own descendant?

It was one thing not to rank among the concubines, but to settle for less and then see the title of number one concubine slipping away as well!

Although this sounded quite ridiculous. How could one even care about being first or second when it came to being a concubine!

Wasn't that as absurd as fighting to be someone's servant? But in the Honghuang, no matter the aspect, being first always held special significance.

This was also true when applied to individuals.

For instance, the first disciple of a Saint naturally possessed more of the Saint's fortune and protection than the Saint's other disciples.

Even in the path of Dual Cultivation, for the concubine, there was a huge difference between being the master's first Dual Cultivation concubine or the second.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but cast a fierce glare at Hu Qiuyue, who was pouring tea and water for her with a fawning expression.

"You unpromising, lazy wretch!"

"Looking at your life experience, I didn't see you acting like this when you were the master of a mountain before?"

One must know that according to her original calculations, Hu Qiuyue should have already mastered the basics.

Hu Qiuyue responded in a low voice, muttering, "Old Ancestor, you are already planning for me to be the young master's concubine, why are you still urging me?"

"Ouch!"

"Asking for a beating!" Su Daji withdrew the green bamboo rod she had used to tap Hu Qiuyue and rubbed it in her hand.

"Old Ancestor~ this is my dream, and you are still bullying me!" Hu Qiuyue choked with tears, looking at her ancestor.

"Stop acting aggrieved with me!" Su Daji laughed and scolded: "Do you think being someone's concubine is just about waiting for death while eating?"

Hu Qiuyue blinked, thinking to herself, isn't it?

"I know you are somewhat unwilling, feeling humiliated to be reduced to a concubine for that Dragon Lord of yours~"

"Always feeling like you might as well just give up!"

"Then you are completely wrong!" Su Daji sipped her tea and said: "Because our fox clan is naturally beautiful and our combat power is very average, not being good at fighting, we have relied on the strong since ancient times to become their bedroom pets. There is nothing shameful about that."

"For example, that Tushan clan, in the end, didn't she also rely on the Human Race's Yu Huang?"

"But this doesn't mean we can just lie flat and rot~ If you really hold this mindset, you won't be far from being abandoned by your man!"

With a cinnabar dot between her brows, her eyes shifting, she lightly swayed the green bamboo rod in her hand and said with a half-smile: "Men are a species that is very greedy~"

"They want you to be presentable in the hall and capable in the kitchen. They want you to obey them in everything, yet have your own opinions at critical moments~"

"They want you to show no color to others, cold as frost, yet when facing them, it is best if you are fawning and submissive."

"They want you to be a treasure they can manipulate on the bed, yet in daily life, they want you to be a good helper who can slaughter in all directions at their command~"

"Besides this, there are all sorts of double standards, too numerous to mention~"

"Tell me—" Su Daji stretched lazily, her smile beaming as she said, "In this world, how many women can actually satisfy their requirements?"

Hu Qiuyue shook her head in a daze.

"Exactly! There are not many women in this world who can satisfy their requirements. Therefore, this is where the meaning of our existence as fox spirits lies~"

Su Daji smoothed the hair at her temple, the corners of her mouth curling up to reveal an inexplicable smile: "As long as we fox spirits can do what the women of the world cannot, how could we fail to capture a man's heart?"

"And as long as you capture a man's heart, whether you are the legal wife, a concubine, or even a Dual Cultivation furnace, what does it matter?"

Every word she spoke sounded like the most beautiful melody plucked from a zither string; even though Hu Qiuyue was a woman herself, she felt her very bones go soft listening to it.

"As long as the Great Dao can be attained, what does a little bit of humiliation and burden-bearing matter?"

Such twisted logic left Hu Qiuyue's mind in a fog.

She only murmured in a voice barely audible, "I understand. What my status is does not matter; what matters is my position in the Young Master's heart."

"It is good that you understand!"

Seeing that Hu Qiuyue had taken it to heart, Su Daji flicked her cloud-like sleeves; her entire dress was light and thin, with clouds and water patterns flowing upon it.

Her tone shifted, no longer the gentle, coaxing, and sweet voice from before, but restored to her initial graceful and unquestionable manner: "I will set a goal for you: before your Dragon Lord returns from his travels, you must at least reach the introductory level of the 'Ten Thousand Wonders Exquisite Profound Dao Body'."

This secret Dharma was something she had created over these years by referencing the essence of that original Seven-Orifice Exquisite Heart and blending in various secret arts of Dual Cultivation.

Unlike the 'Su Nu Jing', which pursues the abandonment of emotion through the projection of emotion, ultimately keeping oneself in a dominant position.

This secret Dharma places oneself entirely in a passive position, pursuing the transformation of the practitioner into someone increasingly alluring, ultimately creating a graceful, peerless, and naturally profound Dao body.

And this physique, which she named the 'Ten Thousand Wonders Exquisite Profound Dao Body', besides making every smile and frown of the practitioner tug at the heartstrings, also makes the practitioner exceptionally compatible with all kinds of bedroom secret arts, to the point where they can be learned at a glance and mastered upon seeing them.

It provides no help whatsoever to the practitioner's aptitude or comprehension.

Only through Dual Cultivation with others can its profoundness be manifested.

One who has cultivated the 'Ten Thousand Wonders Exquisite Profound Dao Body' can cause the other party in the Dual Cultivation to stimulate inspiration, enhance comprehension, and perceive the Great Dao amidst that ultimate pleasure.

As for the practitioner themselves, they can also, in this process, receive the other party's insights without any obstruction and improve themselves.

Therefore, as to which "wonders" the "Ten Thousand Wonders" in the 'Ten Thousand Wonders Exquisite Profound Dao Body' refers to, it is a matter of opinion.

In any case, Su Daji observed that little sparrow, who was quite extraordinary in every aspect, and she would not lose her composure and fall into becoming that Dragon Lord's furnace for the time being.

As long as this junior of hers cultivates the 'Ten Thousand Wonders Exquisite Profound Dao Body' before that Dragon Lord returns from his travels, there is still a chance for salvation.

She firmly believes that as long as she lets that Dragon Lord witness the indescribable wonders of this 'Ten Thousand Wonders Exquisite Profound Dao Body', he will inevitably be unable to extricate himself.

This junior of hers will then be able to occupy a place in his heart.

As for what happens after that~ that will depend on this junior's own methods~

In short, the outcome should not be too bad~

(End of chapter)