Bai Shuying sat on her meditation cushion in her room, looking at the Top 100 Young Beauties list.
All her attention was focused on the number one ranked person, Bai Ruyan.
"I wonder how we are related, We can't be siblings. Are we cousins then? And who is this Bai Tianyao?"
Bai Shuying was curious about her mother's family. She knew her father's family only viewed her with disgust due to her being Half-Fox and wanted to use her to gain benefits.
"Will they reject me as well?"
Bai Shuying held a faint hope in her heart, but not high expectations, after all her mother abandoned her and did not come back for her.
Bai Shuying felt her heart ache, and a bitter taste in her mouth.
In her last life, the only blood relatives she had were her grandparents, who cared for her, but in this life, she has more blood relatives, but one half does not want her, and the other half may not want her as well.
Bai Shuying did not know the love of parents in her last life, but in this life, she knows that love. Her father's betrayal and her mother's abandonment always made her sad.
Did she hate her father? Yes.
Was she disappointed in her mother? Yes.
Does she love her parents? Yes.
Tears started to fall from her eyes, the sadness weighed deeply in her heart.
"When did I become such a crybaby?"
Bai Shuying sniffled and sobbed quietly in the room.
Unknown to her, a person was standing outside the room, listening to her pain, her cries, and feeling her sadness.
Hua Xiran finished her tasks and contemplated what to do now.
Meilin is in seclusion, let me go check on Shuying!
Hua Xiran came in front of Bai Shuying's door and felt her presence in the room, and focused her consciousness to look inside.
Cough, it's not peeking, I'm her master!
She watched as Bai Shuying looked at the hologram of the Three-Tailed Fox woman.
Hmph, when did Shuying start to become crooked?
She heard her muttering, saw her tears, and felt her pain.
I see, so she is…
Hua Xiran did not care about her origin, but felt her heart ache watching the little girl. She did not interrupt her, but stood there, making a statement in her heart and strengthening her resolve.
If your family does not want you, I'll take you then.
If others saw the look on Hua Xiran's face, they would be frightened; after all, her emerald eyes looked much darker.
Bai Shuying calmed her emotions and felt much better after releasing her tears.
She suddenly felt a current from her lower body to her upper body and shuddered.
Oh, no, is it that time of the month? What should I do?!
Bai Shuying was flustered, and her face flushed red. She wanted to calm herself down, and the only thought that came to her was…
Cultivate!
She sat in a meditation posture and ran the Blooming Lotus art. Three semi-transparent petals formed around her.
As she cultivated, she realized.
Why is the Yin energy increasing?!
Her cultivation at the qi condensation sixth stage went to the seventh stage, while the excess Yin energy escaped outside in the form of coldness.
Bai Shuying's trait Lustful works by stimulating the large and pure Yin energy in her body. It may cause her to be stimulated and drown in pleasure, but it boosts her cultivation, qi absorption, and refinement.
Outside the door, Hua Xiran felt the excess Yin energy escape Bai Shuying's body.
Wow! So much Yin energy!
While she was amazed, her pure Yang body started to automatically absorb the excess Yin energy into her body.
Oh! No!
Hua Xiran ran the Yin-Yang Fusion Scripture, her body started to show reactions as if her dry and brittle field finally received rain after long years of drought. Absorbing Yin energy from the items could not compare to the joy of absorbing Bai Shuying's Yin energy.
She hugged herself, her knees bent slightly, and she bit her lower lip.
Her gaze towards Bai Shuying started to turn predatory, ready to pounce.
If Bai Shuying saw this, she would have thought.
A woman at thirty is like a wolf; at forty, like a tiger!
Even if she did not know Hua Xiran's real age, even if she asked her, Hua Xiran would have replied.
You should never ask a woman her age. I am always in my twenties!
Hua Xiran absorbed more and more while her nascent soul, which sat cross-legged and already blurry at the legs, started to become more blurry, inching up slowly.
Am I going to break through to the mid-soul transformation realm?
After one reaches the soul transformation realm, the stages change from one to nine to initial, mid, and peak. Hua Xiran's current cultivation realm is the initial soul transformation realm, the weakest compared to the other sect masters, as she recently entered the realm compared to the other sect masters, who have already been there for years. For these sect masters to break through to the void refinement realm, they would need to fuse their nascent soul to their physical body and pass the heart demon tribulation.
Hua Xiran felt a liquid slide down her soft inner thighs to her bare feet onto the ground.
Bai Shuying finally finished as the trait subsided.
Hua Xiran quickly ran away from the scene in a fluster.
Bai Shuying took a sip from her Yin Gourd.
Now I can finally deal with this trait properly! No need for dirty methods!
Bai Shuying will realize in the future that the trait will create more trouble for her.
I should probably go practice and get used to my new realm.
Bai Shuying opened her door and walked out, but soon paused she realizing she stepped on something.
"What's this clear liquid on the ground in front of my door?"
She used her index finger and scraped some of the clear liquid off the ground, and had the urge to smell it.
"Hmm, Roses?"
She took out a clean rag from her spatial ring, cleaned her finger, foot, and wiped the ground and tossed the rag back into the spatial ring, and walked to the training grounds.
In the sky, Hua Xiran watched the entire scene with a face as red as a tomato.
"Sm-smells like roses."
She showed a goofy smile at that comment, but shook her head and left for real this time.
…
The next day, Bai Shuying made her way to the pavilion in Hua Qingyan's garden. Bai Shuying spotted Elder Hua sitting in the pavilion, drinking green tea from a porcelain cup.
"Hi! Elder Hua."
Elder Hua smiled at the approaching Bai Shuying.
"Oh, Shuying, are you here to ask gardening questions?"
"No."
Elder Hua felt disappointed hearing that response.
"I'm here for the cooking course."
When Elder Hua heard this, she was stunned.
The cooking course was started by Elder Hua herself, but no disciple showed interest. In the cultivation world when someone reaches the core formation realm the need to consume food is not necessary. Those who still eat food after reaching the core formation realm and beyond such as Elder Hua are seen as eccentric or people trapped in worldly desires.
Those below the core formation realm the qi condensation and foundation establishment cultivators need to still consume food for nourishment, but instead of cooking they chose to eat fasting pills.
Fasting pills were created as a means to satisfy the craving of hunger. Cultivators experience situations where food may not be available such as entering seclusion, exploring ancient ruins, etc. Now all cultivators would just eat fasting pills rather than dishes created by mortals.
Elder Hua enjoys cooking ever since she had her daughter Hua Xiran, she wanted to share the joy of cooking with her fellow Yin-Yang Sect members, but no one was interested in wasting time learning cooking that does not provide help with their cultivation.
The cooking course has always been empty, but this year it has its first student.
Elder Hua showed a bright smile.
I must make her my daughter in law, should I just toss her and Xiran in a cave and cook the rice?
If Bai Shuying knew the Elder Hua she liked was plotting against her, she would have thought.
I'm still too young, please wait until I'm older!
Bai Shuying is not against the idea of starting relationships, but she has no experience in it so she avoids it.
"Take a seat, Shuying."
Bai Shuying sat across Elder Hua who poured her a cup of green tea and placed in front of her.
"Shuying, what do you think about cooking?"
Bai Shuyng tilted her head.
"Is it not taking raw ingredients and turning them into a dish?"
Elder Hua smiled at the adorable girl.
"Yes, it is, but it is much more than that."
Bai Shuying tapped her chin with her finger in thought.
The answer I gave was logical, but she said it was partially correct, does she want a emotional response?
"Is it the feelings of cooking and the feeling of others eating what you cooked?"
Elder Hua was satisfied with this answer.
I need to tell that girl to make her moves faster!
"Yes, for me cooking is the joy of preparing a meal and the joy of watching others show smiles eating my cooking."
Hua Qingyan could not help but think about the memory of preparing meals for a young Hua Xiran who ate with a smile.
During the decline of the Yin-Yang Sect, Hua Qingyan was occupied protecting Hua Xiran from the faction disputes, she did not like the Luxuria faction members who drained others for pleasure and furthering their cultivation.
Hua Qingyan was a part of the pure love faction. In the past, the faction had a large number of people who valued love. She was not against one person having multiple partners as long as the feelings are genuine, but she did not want that for herself. She did not want to share the person she loved with anyone else.
Hua Xiran's possessiveness seems to run in the family.
Hua Qingyan only had one partner, a dao companion. Hua Qingyan was able to reach the later stages of the nascent soul realm, but she did not expect to be betrayed.
Hua Qingyan's dao companion was a fool. Falling for a seductress not only destroyed Hua Qingyan but also him. When running the Yin-Yang Fusion Scripture, Hua Qingyan noticed traces of Yin energy that did not belong to her. She did not know who her dao companion cheated on her with, but she had an assumption. It must be an inner elder belonging to the Luxuria faction because they were known for being promiscuous.
In a fit of rage, Hua Qingyan killed her partner, and for a person of the pure love faction to lose their partner was effectively cutting off their cultivation path, and Hua Qingyan did it with her own hands.
This chilled the hearts of the Yin-Yang Sect members, especially the inner elder who caused this situation to happen. The Luxuria faction could not do much to Hua Qingyan, but they applied pressure to her pure love faction. Over time, the number of people in the pure love faction decreased. Hua Qingyan was helpless at this. She knew her cultivation had no future, but what she was worried about was her daughter.
She decided to make her daughter practice the Yin-Yang Fusion Scripture. It was a decision she regretted the most in her life. Who would have thought her daughter had a pure Yang body?
"Elder Hua?"
Bai Shuying's voice broke Elder Hua out of her memories. When Elder Hua saw the cute red-haired, sky-blue-eyed girl in front of her, the regret in her heart eased somewhat.
I guess things will work out fine.
Elder Hua smiled and spoke.
"Let me tell you about the cooking course. I'll teach you the basics from preparing the materials to cooking the meal."
Bai Shuying nodded her head.
"That's it."
Bai Shuying was surprised.
I expected a little more, but that seems fine.
Elder Hua giggled at the reaction.
How adorable!
Elder Hua and Bai Shuying spent time pursuing the art of cuisine.
…
Bai Shuying left the garden while Elder Hua sat in the pavilion looking at the dishes on the table.
"To think she was so capable in cooking."
Hua Qingyan was surprised that Bai Shuying already knew how to cook. The class was mostly about her and Bai Shuying debating their ideas and exchanging thoughts.
Hua Qingyan hummed a tune with a smile on her face at finding a person with whom she could speak and exchange thoughts on with the things that interested her.
A breeze blew, and Hua Qingyan looked up to find Hua Xiran with chopsticks and a bowl in her hand, helping herself to the dishes.
"Sigh"
"What's wrong, mother?"
Hua Qingyan looked at her daughter, then thought of Bai Shuying. Suddenly, she felt a little dissatisfied with Hua Xiran.
"Hmm, Mother, all the dishes taste delicious."
"Oh, you enjoy it so much?"
"Yes! I feel like I can eat this every day."
For Hua Xiran, a soul transformation cultivator who does not eat at all, to say this screamed how much she liked the food.
Hua Qingyan smiled at the comment and said.
"Then you better hurry up and take Shuying."
Hua Xiran choked on the food and quickly took a sip of green tea.
"C-cough, what do you mean, mother?!"
"You want to eat those dishes every day, right?"
Hua Xiran looked at the dishes, her face slightly red.
"Mother, you don't mean?"
"Yes, Shuying cooked all these."
"Wha?!"
Hua Xiran was surprised at this.
"She joined the cooking class, and this was prepared from that."
"You finally had a disciple join?!"
"Is that what surprised you the most?"
Hua Qingyan was baffled that her daughter focused on that point.
Hua Xiran looked at Hua Qingyan and spoke seriously.
"For now, I decided to let things take their course and wait until she reaches the core formation realm."
"I see."
Hua Qingyan knew it was her daughter's consideration to build a foundation of emotions before she truly began her pursuit.
Mother and daughter smiled at each other and continued to speak about the addition of a new family member.
But unknown to them, the person they were trying to ensnare was having an internal conflict.
Bai Shuying sat on the ground, exhausted from practicing her movement art looked at her bare feet.
"Should I wear shoes or not?"
She used to wear shoes, but now, barefoot, she did not feel a difference between the two.
Meilin doesn't wear shoes, but who did she learn that from?
"Achoo!"
"Xiran, what's wrong?"
"I think it could be the seasonings that make my nose itchy."
Wait, Master is also barefoot, so if Meilin learned from Master, then who did Master learn it from?
"Achoo!"
"Mother, why are you sneezing?"
"Someone is probably talking about me."
"Makes sense."
"Why are you accepting it so easily?"
"Well, it's you, mother."
"Makes sense, but I feel offended."
Bai Shuying rested on the ground, trying to solve this mystery.