Arc 14: Chapter 3
The Reaper’s Grave, the fortress of the reapers prior to their fall, now Bianca’s own abode.
It truly felt like coming back home after being outside for so long, though at the entrance, they were met with a small town. All the people from the Dancer’s Abode had used the time well, and although it wasn’t anywhere near as grand as that place had originally been, it had developed into quite the settlement.
A large road was left open leading to the gates, and all around it, homes and buildings had been raised, and by this point there was a decent degree of activity.
People moving about, a small market off to one side, even a brothel with a doorway leading out onto this main street… it didn’t quite feel appropriate for a sect to have something like this on its front door, but Bianca was already breaking rules with her approach to naming, so… why not?
Besides, she was hardly going to complain if she found more women to break with her dick, even if they may not be quite as hot as Yu Juan, for instance.
Still, regardless of the specifics, she was back, and as she walked towards the gates, the others by her side, she inevitably attracted the attention of the onlookers. Most had no reason to know who she was, but the few that did soon began to chatter with their fellows, and a crowd grew quickly.
Fortunately, none of them blocked her path, though she could see quite a few people gawking at the nude dragon in particular, clearly curious about her nude body and caged dick.
As they neared the gates, one gathered the courage to call out, “How much to use that caged slut?”
Bianca stopped, turning to face the man that spoke. It took some effort to suppress her killing intent, though she still gave him a rather stern look in the end.
“She is my property,” she said, turning away, walking off.
She could hear Long Shiyi’s faint sigh, but ultimately the dragon did not speak up and simply followed along.
With the power of the Reaper’s Grave array, the gate opened up, and let them inside, shutting immediately after. Without any warning of their return, naturally, nobody at the sect was expecting them, but it just so happened that they stumbled across once of their disciples, seemingly just wandering about.
Chen Yiren saw them just as Bianca saw her, their eyes gazes meeting.
Compared to when the survivors of Rong Village first arrived, she looked to be in a better state, the scar across her left eye looking a little less red and prominent. Her hair, which had initially been hastily cut to roughly shoulder length, grew out a little further, and had clearly gotten some expert attention from someone, as it looked far smoother and nicer than before.
She still looked rather shy, but as she looked at Bianca, she lit up, a smile growing on her face.
“Sect Mistress!” she called out, picking up pace as she approached them, “Welcome back! Are those new earrings? And the hairpin…”
“They are, yes. Tell me, Yiren, how have you been?” Bianca let go of the killing intent the man earlier had provoked, smiling in return.
“I-I’ve been fantastic! Um, this place has been very calm and relaxing, and… I’ve made friends with all the people here. Senior Rushu is a little strange, but…”
“Hm, she is,” she smiled, taking a step up to Chen Yiren and putting her hand on her shoulder, “But I’m glad, as long as you’ve been having a pleasant time here. I know that the Manual Pavillion has been a little sparse so far… but that will soon change. If you’d like, you can visit me yourself, and I’ll help pick something out for you.”
Naturally, she didn’t have the slightest clue about what would work for the girl, nor even what cultivation technique she’d picked up while they were gone. However, she could tell that Yu Juan had made some progress on her, to the point that, even now, Chen Yiren was soaking wet.
She would probably agree to fuck right here and now, even while the others watched, but Bianca didn’t want to push her like that. It would be best to take things slow, and savour the results.
At the same time, as she tapped back into the array’s range of spiritual perception, she was able to find the other ‘disciples’ she’d collected, and much to her pleasure, two of the three were wearing the butt plugs she had left for them. The second and third, however, were currently both staring at the same manual, both clearly tempted to take it.
Yang Moshi had stumbled across the manual at the same time that Su Gong had come in, seemingly searching specifically for it. Their eyes met, and they stopped in place, neither of them wanting to make the first move.
“Do you know what that manual is?” Su Gong asked, her tone clearly implying that she did.
“No, but I’m curious about it. I’ve not noticed it the last time I came over…”
“… Master Rushu told me to cultivate this particular technique, though she didn’t explain much about it.”
Yang Moshi narrowed her eyes, getting even more curious. She wasn’t completely clueless as to some of the blacksmith’s… proclivities, nor the bulge in her pants, nor the way that she seemed to be getting Su Gong to undress more and more with each day. Therefore, while she didn’t want to assume anything untoward about Han Rushu… she had a feeling that this manual, placed here after their first visit to this place, must be more than just a simple blacksmithing method.
That only made her more tempted to cultivate it as well, since it may well make her own life more fun.
“I know, how about we just read it together?”
“That… huh, I wasn’t even thinking about it,” Su Gong sighed, “I… I don’t know why I felt like I had to have it…”
“Heh, no idea why I hadn’t thought of it either,” she replied, reaching down and grabbing the thin manual, “Let’s sit together, see what this is all about.”
Su Gong nodded. Together, the two of them sat down, side by side, at a table, the manual in the middle, opened up wide. The text was written by a refined hand, one that both of them found slightly familiar, but regardless, they read through it, slowly, page by page, trying to figure out the exact purpose of the technique.
It was… vague. There were a lot of complexities to it, and even the parts that Yang Moshi understood read more like a dual cultivation technique, though at the same time, it didn’t read quite like one either…
As she glanced over to Su Gong, she saw her doing the same, looking rather befuddled.
“This… doesn’t read like a method to awaken my physique.”
“Oh, is that what it’s meant to be? Hm…” Yang Moshi checked the cover, and indeed, there was a ‘Physique Awakening’ written upon it, though in a different hand, “Well… neither of us are experienced cultivators. Maybe it’s just too elaborate and profound for us to understand it.”
“Maybe… hm… I… I think I should try it, then.”
“Why don’t I do it, too?”
Su Gong looked at her with a strange expression, but she didn’t seem to be able to figure out any reason not to allow her, so… with a sigh, she shrugged.
“I suppose there’d be no harm in it. If it does awaken a physique… what do you think it’ll be?”
“Hm… what are physiques, anyway?”
“It makes your body stronger… I think. Didn’t Ji Shenyi have a physique? He was able to lift up a whole tree with one hand, and he didn’t even cultivate.”
“Is that all it is?” Moshi raised an eyebrow, “We could ask M- Sect Mistress about it, I am certain that she would know more.”
“She might… ah, what point is there in hesitating? While I’m not sure about the specifics of this manual, I trust Master Yushu enough, so she wouldn’t give me something that’s harmful to me.”
‘… Perhaps not harmful, but I could definitely see it doing something unexpected. Luckily for me… I think I’d like it no matter what comes of it,’ she didn’t voice her thoughts and simply nodded, “Yeah, I think it will be fine. So… this does seem to suggest another person is needed.”
“Does it?”
“Mhm, right here, something about… exchanging energy. Like a dual cultivation technique.”
“A-A w-what?”
“Dual cultivation.”
Su Gong’s face went incredibly red, and… now that Moshi thought about it, there was an odd scent around her, especially from her breath. She was amazed that she even missed it until now, but it was clearly the thick, virile stench of cum. Most likely, Han Rushu’s cum…
Now that she smelled it, she only wanted to be closer to Su Gong, and so she made sure to emphasise that aspect of the technique as much as she could.
“Dual cultivation doesn’t have to mean that we… you know, do that… but to ensure our success, I think that practising it together would be best,” Yang Moshi said, putting her hand on Su Gong’s, “So?”
Su Gong looked between her and the manual, seeming rather confused as to her apparent enthusiasm, but in the end, she agreed, the two of them pushing the book aside and focusing on one another. They pressed their hands together, their fingers interlocking, as they attempted to parse the contents of the technique and execute it.
‘Well, considering that Yang Moshi is as lewd as they get, I suspect she will make good use of that new cock… and she’ll be a great tool to persuading Su Gong, no doubt,’ Bianca couldn’t help but smile, something that Chen Yiren noticed.
“What is it, Mistress?” Yiren asked, dropping the first part of the title so casually that the others didn’t even seem to notice.
“Oh, I just noticed something. So, Yiren… would you like some private consultation?”
“I… I would, Mistress! Any time, any place!”
“Good girl,” Bianca reached out and patted her on the head, “I may have others to… consult today, but come by tomorrow morning, and I’ll check up on your progress.”
“Thank you… I can’t wait!” Chen Yiren jumped with glee and practically skipped away, though as she did so, the obvious slickness coating her inner thighs became all the more apparent, glistening in the sunlight.
Long Shiyi had been looking around all the while, seemingly taking in the sights, and looked back only after Chen Yiren departed.
“This place has declined quite a bit since the last time I’ve been here… back in my day, this whole place was still whole, refined… I recall the reapers standing together, seemingly fearless, seemingly ready to die…”
“Shiyi…” Shouge Zhe looked over to the dragon, “Do you regret your deeds?”
“I regret not killing off the necromancers after we had finished. I knew that the Exarch was willing to go beyond that initial attack, and perhaps it would’ve agreed to claim the surroundings of the Heart Lake in exchange for reaching beyond its means to strike those disgusting cretins.”
“I see…” the reaper just stopped talking, seeming to focus inwards, and after a very long time, she finally looked to Bianca, “Sect Mistress, if you don’t need me for anything else, I shall be at the Manual Pavillion.”
“Very well. I think I have some catching up to do with my pet anyway,” she allowed it, giving her a quick nod.
With that, only the kitsune, dragon and false phoenix remained by her side.
For a moment, Bianca wondered whether it’d be possible to somehow elevate Huang Su to a true phoenix, but… to her knowledge, the closest they could get was some kind of physique or bloodline, similar to how Han Rushu bore the blood of a dragon, giving her that huge, musky cock…
“… hm. So, Shiyi, need a tour of the place?”
“Not particularly… I can discover what you have done with this place on my own. Of course, if you wish to further indulge in some meaningless exploitation of my body…”
Bianca hadn’t had anything specific planned, but with the dragon so clearly hoping against this… how could she possibly let her get away without incident? And, since she had already been thinking about getting back to Han Rushu for something only the blacksmith could offer her… she could effectively kill two birds with one stone, as it were.
And as she glanced to the kitsune, she realised that those two could actually become three.
“Hey, Yaling, you come with us as well.”
“As well? Ah, I think I understand… As you wish, Sect Mistress.”
“Hah…” the dragon sighed, “If you insist. I assume you intend to first add the various techniques to your so-called Manual Pavillion?”
“Naturally. Ah, fuck it, Huang Su?”
“Yes, Mistress?”
“You can come along too. We’ll find something for you to do.”
She looked between everyone in the group, visibly afraid of the possibilities, but she couldn’t go against Bianca’s instructions, not anymore, “Yes, Mistress. Should I… do anything to prepare?”
“Nope, you’re good as you are, butt-slut. I’m so proud of you for wearing that plug all day, every day.”
That made her blush a little, especially as everyone turned their gaze towards her. Still, there was an obvious hint of pride within her gaze as she bowed her head.
“Anyway, let us reconvene at the top of the mountain in about half an hour. I’d love to properly celebrate the triumphant return… I’m sure you know what I’m implying, don’t you?”
Without waiting for them to answer, she walked off, heading up the mountain path, leaving the others to their own devices as her mind went into the spatial storage she had acquired from Jonathan. There were countless manuals within, and she had no clue how to possibly organise them all when she could never even begin to cultivate them.
Thus, she was all too glad when her fast pace allowed her to catch up with the reaper.
“Sect Mistress.”
“Hey, cutie! You like sorting stuff at the Manual Pavillion, right?”
“I… suppose I do, yes.”
“Well, how about a thousand of them?”
“A… thousand?” the reaper looked at her with confusion, before her gaze settled on Bianca’s earrings, “Ah, I understand. I would appreciate the opportunity to wind down after the time spent refining my technique and skills, and managing manuals seems ideal.”
“Glad you like it! Then, I’ll provide them for you, and you can sort them out. If any of the disciples ask for them, be sure that you don’t provide anything… suspicious, or overly powerful.”
“Naturally, Sect Mistress. If I may… the Physique Awakening…”
“I’ll let you know if someone should be handed it. It’s a very… particular technique.”
The reaper didn’t question her about it, simply nodding.
Meanwhile, Su Gong and Yang Moshi were both in the midst of cultivating the so-called Physique Awakening technique, better known as Yin Soul Yang Root.
Bianca couldn’t wait to see the result.