Chapter 66: The Art of Seduction, and a Change of Heart

Even though she was accustomed to Hua Yan’s charming appearance, Lin Qianqian was still startled to see her so incredibly shy this time.

‘Actually, I don’t really know how to pursue girls either,’ she thought. ‘Xiao Li and I just naturally, quickly got together.’

Recalling the scene of her first meeting with her beloved, and then looking at Hua Yan’s face, flushed so deeply it seemed about to drip blood, Lin Qianqian secretly cheered herself on.

‘Forget it, no matter what, any help I can offer Fellow Daoist Hua is better than none!’

‘This is a major life event for both her and my Senior Sister!’

“Fellow Daoist Hua, do you mean… you’re pursuing Senior Sister Yun, but you don’t know how, is that right?” she asked tentatively.

“Wh-what pursuit! I only like her just a tiny bit!” Hua Yan’s eyes darted away as she hastily denied it. “I just… want her to like me a little too!”

‘Oh, so that’s it.’

Lin Qianqian nodded, understanding.

“Then why does Fellow Daoist Hua think Senior Sister doesn’t like you? I think you two usually get along quite intimately.”

“Qu-quite intimately…” Hua Yan’s lips unconsciously curved upward for a moment before she quickly cleared her throat. “Ahem, it’s just… a little bit intimate!”

Then, realizing the question, she lowered her gaze and whispered,

“Because she told me herself… that she doesn’t like me. She only agreed to return with me to see my grandmother because I am Rongrong’s mother, and she is Rongrong’s other mother.”

“She also said we would treat each other with respect, like guests, and that I could seek another Dao companion at any time!”

‘Oh, Senior Sister Yun is such a blockhead!’

Lin Qianqian secretly clicked her tongue upon hearing this, but then, upon reflection, she realized these were indeed words her own upright and honorable Senior Sister would say.

“Then our primary goal is to win over Senior Sister Yun!”

The young woman with green hair excitedly slapped the table—a gesture quite unlike her usual gentle and timid demeanor.

“Actually, Fellow Daoist Hua, I believe your chances with Senior Sister Yun are incredibly high!”

“R-really?” Hua Yan suddenly looked up.

“Of course! Although I’m not entirely clear on the secret between you and Senior Sister regarding Rongrong… when Senior Sister first saw Rongrong in Fulong City, we all thought Rongrong was your biological daughter!”

Lin Qianqian stroked her chin, a rare flicker of shrewdness crossing her usually naive face.

“That means you and Senior Sister must have… done *that* before, right?”

She took out two pieces of tofu from her storage bag and gently rubbed them together.

‘Eh?’

Hua Yan froze at her words.

‘That’s right… at the Joyous Union Sect’s Yin-Yang Platform, if nothing had happened between Xueshang and me, how would she have thought Rongrong was my child?’

‘I was unconscious at the time… meaning…’

‘The conscious Xueshang didn’t refuse my advances at all? Did we really…?’

Seeing Hua Yan first stunned, then embarrassed, her cheeks growing redder and redder, Lin Qianqian set the tofu aside. Crossing her arms over her chest, which was no less ample than Hua Yan’s, she nodded confidently.

“Since Senior Sister was willing to do *that* with you, it means—whether she realizes it or not—she definitely has some liking for you in her heart!”

“Even if it’s physical, even if it’s subconscious!”

“What Fellow Daoist Hua needs to do is let this liking slowly spread, and make Senior Sister completely fall for you!”

She clapped her hands together, summarizing, “In other words, you need to find a way to—seduce Senior Sister!”

“B-but, I was already in my female form when that happened with Xueshang…” Hua Yan began hesitantly. “I have to wait five hundred years to turn back into a man. Can I…?”

“Oh, Fellow Daoist Hua, why don’t you understand!” Lin Qianqian shook her head repeatedly. “Senior Sister Yun clearly likes you in *this* appearance! If you change back, it won’t be the same!”

Her tone was resolute: “Trust me! Senior Sister Yun is definitely a tribade; there’s no way she could like men!”

“Wh-what if…”

Hua Yan still held onto a sliver of hope.

‘Even if I do like her a little… I don’t want to be with her as a woman!’

‘At least… at least wait until I change back…’

“There won’t be any ‘what ifs’!” Lin Qianqian cut her off decisively.

“Senior Sister Yun was raised by Elder Jiang herself—and Elder Jiang had countless romantic entanglements with female cultivators in her youth! How could a Senior Sister taught by *her* possibly like men!”

Hua Yan was somewhat convinced.

She recalled the scene during the competition on Dao Inquiry Peak that day, when she had used her charm technique—

At that time, the puppet she had manifested with her charm technique alone had almost caused Yun Xueshang to become lost in it…

This seemed to confirm that Xueshang was truly enamored with her current female form?

She lowered her head, looking at her fair, slender, delicate, and smooth hands, then glanced at the fullness of her chest. In her heart, she was already eighty to ninety percent convinced by Lin Qianqian’s words.

“In short, as long as Fellow Daoist Hua continues to approach Senior Sister in this form, there will definitely be no problem!”

Seeing her expression soften, Lin Qianqian patted her chest and guaranteed, “Fellow Daoist Hua, trust me! I have a lot of dating experience! With me, Lin Qianqian, the romance expert, here, the conclusion will never be wrong!”

Saying this, she took out a bronze mirror from her storage bag and held it up to Hua Yan.

“Look how charming and beautiful you are in this female form. No wonder Senior Sister, who is so dense and oblivious to romance, would still be moved by you.”

Hua Yan gazed blankly at herself in the mirror—a delicate, fair, oval face, now tinged with a faint blush, appearing even more alluring; a pair of pale golden eyes with slightly upturned corners, flushed with a hint of red, adding a touch of passion.

‘Do I… if I want to pursue Xueshang, must I do so in this form?’

‘This… this is outrageous!’

She still hesitated.

‘What if, what if Xueshang truly isn’t a tribade? Wouldn’t it be better to pursue her honorably as a man after five hundred years?’

But just then, Ji Ling’s words from that day once again surfaced in her mind:

‘”Let me give you a piece of advice: if you find someone you like, and they happen to be right in front of you, it’s best to seize the opportunity firmly. Don’t overthink, don’t be coy, and let a great chance slip away.

‘”Otherwise, you will surely regret it later.”‘

Somehow, Ji Ling’s lonely gaze when she said those words, along with the words themselves, had deeply imprinted themselves on Hua Yan’s heart.

‘Best to seize it… otherwise, I will definitely regret it, right?’

A strange sense of urgency quietly crept into Hua Yan’s heart.

Xueshang was so beautiful, and so admired in the Carefree Sword Sect. Surely, there were many who pursued her throughout the righteous path…

‘What if, during these five hundred years, she develops feelings for someone else, and gets misled by some woman from who-knows-where…’

The thought of Yun Xueshang holding hands with some stranger, smiling and chatting, made Hua Yan’s heart clench, as if something precious was about to be snatched away.

‘No! Xueshang is so foolish, I absolutely cannot let her be tricked by some vixen who appears out of nowhere!’

‘A female body it is then! I’ll coax her into forming a bond with me first, then after five hundred years, when I turn back into a man, I’ll just coax her again! Once feelings are established, won’t she have to listen to me!’

At this thought, the young woman gritted her silver teeth, making up her mind.

“Good!”

She looked up, her eyes flashing with determined resolve. “Then I’ll use this female form… to win her over!”