Chapter 10: A Woman’s Curiosity and a Sect’s Predicament

After repeatedly shifting back and forth, Su Yun came to a realization she couldn’t deny: her body, once activated by her bloodline, felt far more comfortable and unrestricted.

Conversely, her current normal human form felt confined, akin to being encased in a tight leather suit.

Of course, this was unavoidable. Activating her bloodline power brought a comprehensive enhancement to her physical attributes, even noticeably boosting her strength. It was only natural that it would feel more comfortable.

‘Ah, my heart is so weary. What am I to do now?’ Su Yun murmured, collapsing onto her bed.

She yearned for nothing more than a good night’s sleep, hoping to ease her taut nerves.

Yet, as if struck by a sudden thought, her eyes snapped open once more. After her pupils darted about quickly, she promptly sprang from the bed.

She rushed to the door, locking it securely from the inside.

Having completed these actions, Su Yun returned to stand before the mirror. This time, she had fully recovered from her previous anxiety and distraction.

A man, once calm and composed, would naturally find his curiosity piqued.

Having been a man before and now a woman, how could she not be curious about her new, feminine form? It was simply impossible not to be.

Although she had seen her gender-transformed body before, Su Muxue’s presence and her own overwhelming tension had prevented her from truly focusing on it.

Su Yun gazed at her reflection, and as her eyes fell upon the full breasts that hadn’t existed yesterday, an indescribable emotion stirred within her.

From a woman’s perspective, of course, Su Yun’s body hadn’t fully matured; it was, at best, a bud just beginning to blossom.

Su Yun slowly raised her hands, which instinctively drifted towards her chest. However, just as she felt a flicker of excitement to explore further, an inexplicable wave of shame compelled her to stop.

‘This… wouldn’t this be inappropriate?’ Su Yun felt a subtle warmth spread across her face.

It seemed that after becoming a girl, her skin had grown thinner; even a hint of embarrassment was enough to make her flush. Or perhaps, a female body was simply more susceptible to emotional influences.

At that moment, she felt a pang of guilt, akin to a thief caught in the act. Yet, upon closer reflection, this body was her own. She wasn’t touching someone else’s, so why should she feel guilty?

After a brief internal struggle, Su Yun finally extended her ‘sinful’ hands, grasping what felt both long-absent and yet not entirely unfamiliar.

Yet, once she held them, she wasn’t sure if they lacked substance, but Su Yun felt as though she were grasping two balls of cotton. Aside from a strange sensation, the experience was rather underwhelming.

‘Eh? That’s odd. Why isn’t there any special feeling? Could it be that this body isn’t mature enough, not fully developed? Beyond a slight swelling, it seems quite ordinary. But why did Xiao Xue react so intensely when I touched her body in my previous life?’ Su Yun wondered, her mind drifting into a reverie, almost returning to her past life, even as she continued her ‘sinful’ actions.

The Xiao Xue she spoke of was her fiancée in her previous life.

A moment later, Su Yun released her hands. In that instant, all traces of guilt vanished from her heart, and her shyness considerably diminished.

Before she acted, she had been driven by intense curiosity and a desire to explore. However, once her exploration was complete, discovering the reality differed from her imagination, she naturally lost interest.

Still, this exploration felt incomplete.

She might very well be leaving Moonfall Sect tomorrow, so she absolutely had to familiarize herself with this unfamiliar body today. She couldn’t possibly wait until she arrived at some new, unfamiliar place to do so, could she?

Su Yun didn’t actually find anything bad about leaving Moonfall Sect. Now that she could cultivate, the sky was the limit, like a bird free to soar. Yet, deep down, she felt a slight reluctance to part with her beautiful mother.

After all, with an adult soul, her affection for her beautiful mother was understandable. However, she harbored no truly wicked thoughts—at most, a touch of a mother complex.

‘Alright, the first step of exploration is complete. Now, let’s delve a little deeper,’ Su Yun declared, patting her cheeks to clear her mind of fanciful thoughts. At this moment, she was simply and normally trying to understand her body.

What came next was certainly not for young eyes.

****

Meanwhile, at the Moonfall Sect’s grand assembly grounds.

‘Hahaha… I never expected Moonfall Sect to be holding its sect assembly today! It seems our Spirit Sword Mountain has arrived at a most opportune moment,’ Ning Chong declared, as he and his disciples were led to the assembly by a Moonfall Sect elder.

Upon hearing his words, all the Moonfall Sect elders collectively rolled their eyes, for everyone knew his timing was entirely intentional.

‘Senior Ning, what brings you to my Moonfall Sect? This junior regrets not being able to greet you sooner,’ Su Muxue said, stepping forward with a cheerful smile.

While Su Muxue’s words seemed merely a greeting, they had, in fact, thoroughly irked Ning Chong.

‘Eh, no, no, no, Sect Master Su, please don’t mock this old man. You are the rising wave, and I am the receding one; you’ve already washed me ashore,’ Ning Chong hastily replied, shaking his head. ‘Your cultivation is higher than mine, yet you call me senior? That’s sure to shorten my lifespan, and I still wish to live for a few more years!’

Yet, at the same time, he grumbled inwardly. ‘Alas! Why does our Spirit Sword Mountain not have such outstanding second-generation disciples? Our most talented second-generation disciple is only at the early Golden Core stage, far too inferior to Su Muxue. We can only place our hopes on the third-generation disciples.’ Ning Chong glanced from Su Muxue to Lin Shuang and Lin Xue.

Currently, among the Ten Great Sects of the Southern Wilds, only Moonfall Sect had a second-generation disciple in power. The other sect masters were all of the same generation as Sun Biyue, and Ning Chong was also from that generation.

‘Cultivation is cultivation, and seniority is seniority. After all, our Moonfall Sect and Spirit Sword Mountain share a common origin, so you are my Martial Uncle,’ Su Muxue said with a faint smile.

The Moonfall Sect’s ongoing competition paused as everyone’s attention shifted to the newcomers from Spirit Sword Mountain, especially the pair of beautiful twin sisters.

‘Look, twins! They’re identical and so beautiful,’ a Moonfall Sect disciple exclaimed, clearly captivated by Lin Shuang and Lin Xue.

Ning Chong’s eyes flickered. He didn’t deny it, for it was the truth. Had their founding patriarchs not quarreled, they might indeed have been fellow disciples today.

‘Haha, Sect Master Su, then I’ll cut to the chase,’ Ning Chong stated directly. ‘This time, our Spirit Sword Mountain has come to pay our respects. Why don’t we let our disciples spar a little?’

Su Muxue and the others were accustomed to such occurrences, as they themselves had done the same in the past.

For instance, three years after Su Muxue joined the sect, her master had taken her to Spirit Sword Mountain to ‘show off.’ She had risen to fame in that one battle, single-handedly defeating all the outstanding disciples of Spirit Sword Mountain’s generation, leaving the sect embarrassed for many years.

Today, however, it seemed the tables had turned. Su Muxue glanced at the disciples behind Ning Chong. While the others were unremarkable, those two twin sisters had both reached the seventh level of Qi Refinement.

Yet, among Moonfall Sect’s current generation, the strongest was only at the sixth level of Qi Refinement.

‘Oh? It seems Martial Uncle has taken in some truly exceptional disciples,’ Su Muxue remarked, a smile gracing her lips. ‘Two at the seventh level of Qi Refinement.’

Upon hearing her words, the expressions of Moonfall Sect’s disciples inevitably shifted.

‘Seventh level of Qi Refinement? How is that possible?’ a young man from Moonfall Sect, himself at the sixth level of Qi Refinement, stared at the sisters Lin Shuang and Lin Xue in utter disbelief.

This young man, Sikong Qinghe, was the most outstanding disciple of Moonfall Sect’s current generation.

Originally, today was meant to be his day to make a name for himself within Moonfall Sect. But with Spirit Sword Mountain arriving to stir up trouble, he feared he might not only fail to gain renown but also suffer humiliation.

‘Greetings, Senior Sister Su,’ Lin Shuang and Lin Xue quickly stepped forward and bowed.

The two of them were newly accepted personal disciples of Spirit Sword Mountain’s current Sect Master, placing them at the same seniority level as Su Muxue.

‘Hm, since you’ve come to challenge us, let’s proceed according to the agreement made by our ancestors,’ Su Muxue said with a kind smile.

Ning Chong offered no objections. He led his ten disciples to the viewing platform reserved for the higher-ups.

Moonfall Sect disciples quickly brought chairs for Ning Chong and his group. As guests, they certainly couldn’t be left standing.

‘Sect Master, it seems we might be in trouble,’ Moonfall Sect’s Grand Elder Peng Tianlei secretly transmitted to Su Muxue.

Su Muxue merely glanced at Lin Shuang and Lin Xue, and instantly knew that no disciple of her generation could possibly defeat the two of them. The outcome was already sealed.