Chapter 20: The Exploding Doll and an Unexpected Kiss

The journey ahead proved to be, if anything, uneventfully dull.

Though some individuals were indeed drawn to Yue Cai’s striking beauty and attempted to strike up a conversation, Yue Feng deliberately released his Xiantian realm pressure, swiftly deterring them.

Our clever Wang Yu, however, had long since donned her black robe, making her naturally dark hair and eyes even less conspicuous.

Along the way, Wang Yu tirelessly experimented with how to use her divine sense golden lotus to purify spiritual energy.

Eventually, she discovered the trick. Now, directly beneath her lotus, a blue-white area the size of a small pond had formed, all of it purified spiritual energy.

‘^_^ I knew I was the best!’ she thought, announcing her discovery in a burst of excitement.

Naturally, Yue Feng and Yue Cai praised her, though she chose to ignore Yue Feng’s playful teasing, as he never missed an opportunity.

Yet, there were always some beings who couldn’t recognize their place. “The Master has finally made some progress,” a voice chimed in. “Though still a bit behind me, at least they’re not utterly hopeless.”

‘Hehe,’ Wang Yu thought.

“Ah, Master, I was wrong! Ah!” A plush-suited creature lay there, bruised and battered, covered in bumps.

“Hmph,” Wang Yu exhaled heavily. She felt her violent tendencies had grown increasingly severe recently. ‘No, this doesn’t fit my persona; I must be elegant!’

‘Huh?’ Wang Yu suddenly felt the connection between herself and Xiaoke had deepened considerably due to the enhanced spiritual energy. A new function had been unlocked.

Casually, she picked up the unconscious Xiaoke and stared at him. He genuinely seemed to have gained something new. ‘Should I try it?’ The thought blossomed and spread through her mind.

She felt an angel on one side and a devil on the other. The angel repeatedly urged caution: ‘What if it’s something bad?’ The devil, however, relentlessly tempted her: ‘It’s just a try, no big deal.’

‘Right, just a try.’ Wang Yu tremblingly activated the function. Then… ‘Huh?’

Wang Yu looked around, but nothing seemed to have happened. A little confused, she wondered, ‘Was that a dud?’

As Wang Yu pondered this, she noticed Yue Feng looking at them strangely. “Yu’er, the Xiaoke in your hand looks a bit odd, and its primal energy fluctuations seem somewhat chaotic.”

‘?_?’ Wang Yu stared at Xiaoke. He did seem a little strange. Was he getting hotter? This sparked a terrible realization in Wang Yu’s mind. ‘Could this be…?’

Wang Yu paused, then promptly tossed Xiaoke away, only for Yue Feng to catch him in one swift motion. Yue Feng, intrigued, squeezed the glowing Xiaoke. “Yu’er, is he running a fever?”

The moment the words left his mouth, a ‘Boom!’ echoed. Xiaoke exploded.

Well, that wasn’t entirely accurate. It was the spiritual energy within Xiaoke that suddenly detonated.

Boom!

Yue Feng was instantly transformed, resembling an African man, his hair standing stiffly on end.

His clothes were shredded to pieces, and the cloud beast he rode was knocked unconscious by the blast. In his hand, he still clutched the equally blackened Xiaoke.

“What happened?” Xiaoke groggily awoke, looking around before spotting Yue Feng in front of him.

“Haha (ಡωಡ)hiahiahia, why have you turned into a black gorilla?”

Xiaoke shrieked with laughter, tears streaming down his face. “Is that hairstyle what Haotian Daoist Venerable calls ‘non-mainstream’? And are you performing naked art? Even Haotian Daoist Venerable isn’t as perverse as you!”

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Xiaoke, smoke still curling from his head, was once again flung to the ground. Trembling, Xiaoke managed to say, “I-I’ll be back, ah!” before Yue Feng stamped him flat into the earth with a single foot.

Yue Cai, blushing, looked at her completely naked cousin. Though they had grown up together, the last time she’d seen her brother nude was when they were children.

Hastily, she said, “Brother, brother, brother, I’ll go get you some new clothes. There’s a pond nearby; you should go wash up.”

“Mhm, thank you, Cai’er,” Yue Feng replied with a smile to Yue Cai, then began walking towards the nearby pond. Before leaving, he shot a meaningful, amused glance at the loli.

Wang Yu, feeling guilty, averted her gaze. ‘Ahem, his… was quite large.’

***

By the pond, Yue Feng and his companions were taking a break. Yue Feng was washing up, while Yue Cai, her face flushed, sorted his clothes nearby. Wang Yu, meanwhile, was interrogating Xiaoke.

“What the hell was that?”

“Self-detonation!” Xiaoke declared.

“Haotian Daoist Venerable specifically designed it for me. As long as Master provides me with spiritual energy, I can constantly self-detonate! Pretty awesome, right?” Xiaoke’s nose pointed skyward in proud defiance.

‘Awesome my foot! Apologize to self-detonation right now!’ Wang Yu twitched her lips. “With so many skills in the world, why did you have to choose self-detonation?”

Xiaoke looked disdainful.

“Master, why are you as uncultured as Haotian Daoist Venerable? Asking the same question, how dumb. Think about it: self-detonation is usually the strongest move for powerful cultivators.

But I can use such a powerful ultimate move like a regular skill, over and over again! Imagine the deterrent power!”

As Xiaoke smugly reveled in his ‘brilliant’ idea, he failed to notice Wang Yu, whose hands trembled with the urge to crush him.

‘Hmph,’ Wang Yu took a deep breath. ‘Calm down. Ask all the questions first, then kill it.’ She forced herself to regain composure. “So, theoretically, the more spiritual energy I give you, the greater the power, right?”

“Master isn’t entirely stupid; that’s correct,” Xiaoke said regretfully. “But unfortunately, the cooldown is 24 hours. Haotian Daoist Venerable is truly useless.” 😞️

‘If I were him, you wouldn’t survive 24 hours!’

Meanwhile, Yue Feng had finished washing up and put on his new clothes. He pressed a kiss to Yue Cai’s cheek, making her blush and lower her head.

Then, Yue Feng approached Wang Yu, lifted her up while she was still interrogating Xiaoke, and stared intently into her eyes.

“W-what are you doing?” Wang Yu, feeling guilty, averted her gaze.

“Don’t look away. Look at me,” Yue Feng commanded firmly.

Wang Yu had no choice but to turn back, watching Yue Feng’s face grow larger and larger in her bright black pupils. Suddenly, she felt a thick pair of lips press against her face, even going so far as to lightly nibble her cheek.

Yue Feng observed the “frozen” Wang Yu, nodded with satisfaction, and set her down. His fingers lightly grazed the loli’s delicate red lips. Leaning close to her ear, he whispered, “I’ll let you off the hook today, but you won’t be so lucky next time.”

With that, he turned to pack their belongings.

Wang Yu remained in a “crashed” state, only recovering much later. Her face flushed crimson. ‘That pervert! How disgusting! Argh!’

From the side, Xiaoke added insult to injury. “Master, would you like me to give you a comprehensive guide to contraception?”

Bang!

The “assisting” Xiaoke’s head was immediately shoved into the ground.

Wang Yu flung herself into Yue Cai’s embrace. “╤_╤ Cai’er, I’m no longer pure! I feel violated!”

Yue Cai tried to comfort her. “It’s alright, Sister Yu’er. You won’t get pregnant. It’s too early for you now; you have to wait a bit longer. We’ll be together, mmph~” Yue Cai trailed off, thinking of something that made her blush fiercely, unable to speak further.

‘You misunderstood!’ Wang Yu felt as though she had been pierced by a thousand arrows.