The first thing that greeted Yang Ze was the sweet floral scent from the robe on his face, as well as the pitch black darkness. He tried to move his body, and to his surprise, he could... His body wasn't restricted anymore.
"Ugh..." With some effort, he managed to pull the robe off his face before greedily inhaling the fresh air, but not even three seconds passed before he frowned in displeasure. The entire room was filled with the scent of sweat and semen. He wanted to stand up, but to his dismay, he felt his body had run out of strength.
The events last night played out in his mind once more as he just lay there in silence.
Even though he was a person from Earth, this was his first time getting this intimate with a woman. But he wasn't happy with how things played out last night. If he were to ignore the pleasure that was unlikely anything he had ever experienced before, the mere fact that he was in a passive situation hurt his pride. In his mind, it should have been him taking the lead instead of that woman.
"And I didn't even get to see or touch anything." Thinking about how his sight was blocked by that robe, he gritted his teeth in anger. He couldn't help but remember a joke he used to make as a child about how every woman is beautiful in the night with her head covered. But who would have thought that it would be his turn to experience it, except that he was the 'woman' in this case?
"Damn it." The more he thought about it, the angrier Yang Ze got. If not for the fact that his body was extremely weak, he would have rushed out to find that woman.
Shaking his head, he managed to stand up after some struggle. In the dimly lit room, the only piece of clothing he could see was the black robe that the woman was wearing. Gritting his teeth, he looked around and, after not finding another piece of clothing, reluctantly draped the robe over him before walking towards his door, wanting to leave the room and get some fresh air. With every step he took, his body would tremble due to lack of strength.
"Eh!?" Yang Ze tried to push open the door, but couldn't.
"Am I that weak?" He couldn't help but wonder if it was due to the events of the last night that left him in this state.
He didn't believe that he couldn't open a simple door. Gritting his teeth, he put all his remaining strength into trying to push it open, but to no avail.
After trying for almost ten minutes in vain, he finally gave up and just sat on the bed panting.
"Forget it." He shook his head before just lying on the bed once again. Since he couldn't open it now, he needed to gather strength to open it. With his talent Mighty Vigour, it was only a matter of time before he regained his strength.
The only thing he was grateful for was that he didn't need to eat or drink. In this world, the technology might not be as advanced as Earth's, but they were light-years ahead in terms of food and drinks.
Due to the constant dangers, diseases and disasters, the people of this world invented a fasting pill. One single pill that was the size of a pea was enough to keep a person full for a week. During this time, they didn't need to eat or drink.
When he was taken as a slave by Brother Hu, Yang Ze too was fed this pill, saving him the embarrassment of searching for food and water, as well as a place to relieve himself in that cellar.
The pill would gradually dissolve in one's body, providing energy. It's been less than three days, so the effects of the pill he ate were still there. Now he only needed to rest for a while.
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On the other side of the slave mountain, in an open area, stood a delicate, luxurious pavilion that was surrounded by bamboo. The path leading to that pavilion was constructed with grey marbles, and the sidewalks were filled with all kinds of wild flowers as well as streetlamps.
This was the place where the Youngest Lady of the Lin Family, Lin Yue, usually spent her time in leisure.
After walking away from Yang Ze's house, Lin Yue directly came back to her pavilion, searching for Lin Wan. She wanted to know why she had left her personal weapon there on a slave's door.
It wasn't because she was interested in the slave, but because she had nothing better to do.
One might assume that, as the Young Lady of the Lin family, she would be endlessly occupied, but the reality was quite the opposite. She was extremely bored... with nothing to do other than cultivation, she looked for any kind of excitement and gossip. Unfortunately, due to her status, there wasn't a single soul who would dare to talk to her. So, she would usually spend her days looking for something to do.
This was also the reason why she ran to the slave mountain... the only place where no one knew her identity to have fun.
And now that she had finally found something exciting, how could she stay calm? She wanted to dig deep and find the reason why her dear sister would do such a thing.
"Wan'er, are you there?" Her voice reached the pavilion before her body.
Hurriedly running around, she poked her head in different rooms, hoping to see the familiar figure, but to no avail.
"Strange." With a frown, she closed her eyes and then tapped on the ground with her toe before rushing into one of the most inconspicuous rooms.
"WAN'ER", she didn't even wait for a response before pushing open the door and rushing inside.
It was a small room, almost similar to Yang Ze's, except there was a small luxurious rug placed upon the floor, upon which the figure of Lin Wan was sitting quietly.
"Wan'er, what are y..." Before she could even finish her sentence, Lin Yue's eyes went wide with disbelief as an overwhelming surge of internal energy burst out from Lin Wan's body.
Immediately raising her hand, Lin Yue formed a transparent shield in front of her that blocked the impact as her eyes turned solemn.
She didn't expect Lin Wan to have a sudden breakthrough. It was less than a month ago that Lin Wan reached the peak of Foundation forging. If there was nothing out of the ordinary, it would have taken her five years or so to reach the Vein Expansion realm. After all, Lin Wan wasn't as talented as her and neither did she have as many resources. But for her to step into the Vein Expansion realm in less than a month, Lin Yue didn't know how to react.
She didn't dare to disturb her anymore. After taking one reluctant look at her, she stepped out of the room before sitting in the garden.
Lin Wan, on the other hand, was completely oblivious to her surroundings. Her surprise was even greater than Lin Yue's.
Even though she knew what kind of physique the boy had, she didn't expect it to be so heaven-defying. When she felt that hot sticky ball of energy inside her body, she only thought that this thing could save her months of practice.
But to her pleasant surprise, it was greater than anything she could have expected. Once she started refining it, the energy was extremely gentle and nourishing. Not only was it gentle in nature, but the energy inside was also potent.
She broke through the realm of Vein Expansion without any effort.
For a moment, she couldn't help but wonder if she was dreaming.
After stabilising her realm at the Vein Expansion, she finally stepped out of her room.
Feeling the gentle breeze on her face and a surging strength in her body, which was almost fifty times more than before, she finally let out a hearty smile.
In the cultivation world, Body Refining was the beginning of cultivation, where one refines the body. The early-stage body refining was about refining skin, the mid-stage was about refining muscles, the late stage was about bones, and the peak stage was about the entire body.
After reaching the peak of Body Refining, one could then step into the realm of Pulse opening, where one needed to generate internal energy in the body. This is the realm where one needs to establish their illusory dantian, where all that internal energy would be stored.
The third realm, which was known as foundation forging, was about merging that illusory dantian with the body, letting one refine their body and organs with internal energy to become even stronger.
Before, she was in the realm of Foundation Forging. But stepping into the realm of Vein expansion wasn't simple. It was a chasm that truly divided the cultivators.
Unlike the three realms before it, Vein expansion was all about constructing seven veins in one's body, which were responsible for carrying internal energy.
It was only in this realm that one could freely use their internal energy as they wished. Before that, cultivators could only clumsily pour out their internal energy that couldn't even harm a fly.
It was this realm that separated the true powerhouses from the masses. But the resources needed to step into this realm were so massive that it would bankrupt even the wealthiest families.
But for her to step into this realm without any resources... Lin Wan was dying to hurry back to Yang Ze and press him under her once more. Not to mention that otherworldly pleasure that made her lose her mind, just the increase in her strength was something unthinkable.
And just when she was about to go, her eyes narrowed into slits, looking at the familiar figure of Lin Yue in front of her.
"Congratulations, sister Wan'er." Lin Yue jumped in front of Lin Wan with a bright smile before throwing herself upon her.
Hugging her tightly, she had a large grin on her face. She was truly happy.
The two of them have been living together since childhood. Earlier, she was still thinking about finding a way to get more resources for Wan'er to let her step into the Vein Expansion realm, but now... she didn't need to worry.
"Hahahaha..." Hugging her even more tightly, she let out a loud laugh.
Lin Wan was stunned by her actions, but after a few moments, a gentle smile ran across her face as she patted her back with a smile.
"Hmm..." She could feel Lin Yue's happiness. Perhaps in this entire world, she was the only one who cared for her.
"How..." Lin Yue was about to ask her how she managed to step into Vein Expansion so suddenly when she smelled a peculiar scent from her body.
"Eh!?" Swallowing her words midway, she closed her eyes and inhaled sharply.
The scent was extremely weird. Something sharp and overwhelming on the senses, something that she couldn't recall.
"By the way, what are you doing here?" Lin Wan didn't notice the change in her expression as Lin Yue took a few steps back.
Usually at this time, this little lady would be roaming around aimlessly, trying to find something to do. Why was she here today?
"OH! About that..." Lin Yue was about to ask her about that slave boy and her personal weapon. But before these words could leave her mouth, she swallowed the words she was about to speak as her eyes went wide with disbelief.
It was only now that she remembered that smell.
When she first came to this slave mountain, she, along with other slave women, would torment the boys.
One time, she decided to go to extreme lengths just to vent her anger and ordered one of the slave women to violate the boy who was acting all smug.
It was there... It was after that woman was done playing with the boy that this familiar smell that permeated the air.
Now that she smelled it on Lin Wan's body and coupled with her personal weapon guarding the door of that slave, she couldn't help but connect the dots.
Lin Wan was completely oblivious to it all. When she woke up this morning on top of that boy, she didn't even have time to take a bath. She just wanted to see if that physique was truly that miraculous.
Looking at Lin Yue with her eyes wide open and a face full of disbelief, she just assumed that perhaps she was shocked by her progress.
"What?" She waved her hands in front of Lin Yue's face with a smile.
"N... Nothing." Stammering, Lin Yue swallowed the words, but there was already a raging storm in her heart. Thinking about her usually cold and emotionless sister doing this and that with that lowly slave... Lin Yue almost fainted from excitement.
She immediately decided to dig deep and find out the truth. How could someone like her, who loved gossip and interesting things, leave such an earth-shattering event? She immediately made up her mind to follow Lin Wan and see it with her own eyes.
After making up her mind, she only let out a gentle smile before shaking her head.
"Nothing... I am just happy for you."
"Thank you." Lin Wan rubbed her hair with a smile as she thought about her next course of action.
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On the slave mountain, Yang Ze was still resting quietly. With nothing to do and nowhere to go, he could only rest to recover his strength.
"Finally." Yang Ze didn't know how long he had been resting like that, but judging by the chirping of insects and the hoots of owls, he was sure that it was already night.
He didn't want to waste another moment here in this place. One woman was already aware of his physique and have even taken advantage of him. He didn't dare to imagine what would happen if she revealed it to anyone else.
"Let's go." Taking a deep breath, Yang Ze made up his mind to escape from the Lin family. What he thought to be his biggest opportunity of getting more talents and getting stronger in silence turned out to be his biggest nightmare.
Standing in front of the door, he pushed it open with all his strength, but to no avail.
"This..." With the addition of his new talent Mighty Vigour, his strength had already surpassed the mortals. He didn't know how he compared to the cultivators, but he was sure that he wasn't weak.
And yet, even with such strength, he was unable to open the door.
After trying for a full ten minutes, he gritted his teeth, walked to the other end of the room and took a deep breath.
"I refuse to believe I can't break open this shitty door." With that, he bent his body a little and rushed towards the door with all his strength.
And just when he was about to it it...
*Screech
With a faint sound, the door suddenly opened.
"Damn it." Yang Ze didn't even have time to stop when he ran into the person standing outside.
To his horror, the scene of him injuring the other person didn't happen and neither did the two of them fell to the ground.
The force behind his rush disappeared the moment his body collided with the other person.
He only felt his hand plunging into something soft and bouncy.
"Mmmm..." Confused, Yang Ze wanted to push the other party away that was standing there like a wall only to feel his hands pressing on something soft.
"Eh!?" In a daze, he squeezed both his hands, feeling the softness of whatever he was holding.
"Hmm ❤️..."
It was a soft moan that brought him back to his senses.
"Gulp." Still squeezing both his pams, he didn't need to guess what he was holding. Raising his head, he finally met the cold gaze of the woman whose face he was never going to forget in his life.