Chapter 316: Chapter 286: Eat a Snow Pear, Snake of Ten Thousand Desires!
The continuous drizzle formed a curtain, covering the entire Peach Garden Residence.
In the sound of pattering rain, the bamboo blinds swayed, and the tied ribbons fluttered. The wind chimes created a melodious sound, clear and distant.
Inside the house, the warm firelight reflected the silhouettes of two people.
On the chessboard, a man and a woman were playing chess with black and white stones, aligning in a line.
The fairy-like girl was draped in pale green Xiangyun Gauze Clothing, her silver hair like snow, styled into a high bun. Her features were exquisite like a painting, with long lashes like snow. Her blue eyes were focused intently on the white pieces on the chessboard, occasionally flashing a hint of shyness.
Opposite her was a young man with jet-black hair and Star Eyes, his eyes bright and brilliant like Starfire.
Chu Yi held a black stone in one hand while playfully toying with a delicate, jade-like foot in his palm. The sole was white with a hint of pink, soft and tender. The five pearl-like toes curled slightly, glistening with a watery sheen.
The food-grade Jade Foot had just been soaked in Longquan Tea, one of the famous teas of Nanjiang, exuding a faint, delicate fragrance.
Ji Xuexin placed a white stone. Finally, she couldn’t hold back any longer, her pink lips parting slightly as she murmured, "Young Master Chu, the Nanjiang Noble Families are, after all, great clans entrenched here for a thousand years. Their foundations are unfathomably deep; it would be wise to be cautious."
SLURP.
Chu Yi placed a black stone with a wave of his hand and grabbed a peeled snow pear from the fruit plate, pristine and juicy. Taking a lick, he muttered, "The Luoshen Array, even the Decree Water Gods couldn’t defeat me. Two great Noble Families were annihilated. What confidence do the remaining five have to face me in battle?"
Speaking of this, he took another bite.
The Nanjiang snow pear was indeed excellent, sweet and smooth, comparable only to Lias’s ice cream.
Ji Xuexin trembled, her cheeks growing warm. She looked at the untouched pear plate, feeling conflicted about Chu Yi but chose to endure his teasing.
Young Master Chu’s hobbies are truly... peculiar.
However, Young Master Chu has a point.
Though the Nanjiang area had been dominated by seven Noble Families for a thousand years, like an iron barrel, in front of Chu Yi, the tamed Decree Water Gods, the accumulated powerful cultivators, and the invincible Arrays capable of redirecting sea currents had all been broken. They had fled miserably like stray dogs, with no courage left to declare war.
Thinking of this, Ji Xuexin was startled.
It’s not that the Nanjiang Noble Families are weak, but that Young Master Chu Yi is too strong. He crushes any monstrous entity with absolute strength, oppressing the weak with overwhelming power.
To see those who were once equal to her adoptive father now bow down obediently, offering themselves like fish on a chopping block, Ji Xuexin suddenly felt a strong sense of security.
THUD!
At that moment, a knock came from outside the door.
"Young Master Chu, the Spells you requested have been collected by each of our families."
"Step back."
"Yes, if you have any orders, our five Noble Families are at your service."
Chu Yi extended his hand, and a Jade Scroll flew into his palm. When he probed it with his mind, it was filled with Spells collected by the Noble Families of Nanjiang over a thousand years, as numerous as the stars.
Moreover, these Spells were organized by low, medium, and high levels and came with annotations.
Included were even the foundational Spells of these Noble Families: the Xue Family’s White Dragon Technique, the Nangong Family’s Divine Prayer Technique, the Shangguan Family’s Surging Waves Dragon Ascending Technique, and so on.
However, these astonishing Spells, capable of founding first-rate Noble Families, were at Chu Yi’s fingertips, mere playthings.
It was evident that the seven... now five Noble Families, suppressed by Chu Yi, at least openly dared not act recklessly.
Interesting.
Chu Yi’s eyes lit up as he took another bite of the large snow pear, eliciting a few repressed moans from beside him.
He was not in a hurry to seek Nan Branch or to conquer the Divine Hall of Joy; instead, he planned to use the resources of this small world to integrate a brand-new power system.
With a thought, he immediately projected his consciousness to the Ten Thousand Souls Ridge, first arriving at the Nether Secret Realm.
WHOOSH!
The cold wind rose like bone-scraping steel knives, causing a rustling sound among the white bones scattered across the ground.
A figure in a red dress, tightly wrapping a voluptuous figure, suddenly clung closely, fitting perfectly with the atmosphere of the Underworld, like a Wedding Dress Ghost launching a sneak attack.
"Master, master, you’re here to see Jiuyin!"
Jiuyin nuzzled against this projection of Chu Yi, sticking out a tender pink tongue, expressing delight, and with a BANG, crushed the projection of Chu Yi.
Having calmed Jiuyin, Chu Yi went to inspect the cultivated "Hundred Beast Army."
Ever since arriving in this small world, he had been absorbing countless Souls every day.
Merely the god Bian Gong, under the Black Mountain Decree, had overseen the burial of countless living beings in the entire mountain over the years. The amassed Souls were so vast they filled Chu Yi to satisfaction, with most being used to nourish the Netherworld, serving as fertilizer.
Thus, these "Beasts" grew swiftly; each broke through the second tier, reaching Morning Star Combat Power.
However, without suitable materials for Deceit Beasts’ evolution, he could only increase their numbers, cultivating many powerful henchmen.
My primary profession is Beast Tamer; with a wave of my hand, an army of a million takes the field. Tell me, is that not ’Beast Taming’?
Suddenly, Chu Yi saw a special "Beast." A bright red rose was in full bloom, petals drifting, and from within, a beauty emerged, her private parts barely obscured by flowers and vines.
Her black hair cascaded like a waterfall, its strands flowing down, adorned with just a single rose. Her face was flawless and delicate, full of allure and charm, and her pair of rose-red eyes brimmed with a sparkling, watery light.
Her figure was explosive.
Yet below her slender waist was a peculiar and enchanting flower, numerous beautiful arms serving as petals, interweaving like a lotus, resembling a Thousand-armed Guanyin fallen into depravity.
Chu Yi stared at her. Among a group of strange, gloomy, and eldritch-themed "Beasts," this alluring Flower Fairy seemed completely out of place.
"Master~"
Her lips were soft like flower petals, as if smeared with balm, her voice as tender as a Sea Demon luring sailors.
In an instant, the world lost color, leaving only her figure in his eyes as she stepped gracefully from the flower and arrived, floating, before Chu Yi, an aromatic breeze enveloping him.
Seduction.
Every "Beast" has its exclusive Power of Rules, and hers is seduction!
Chu Yi smiled. So full of allure, perfect to warm the bed and dispel loneliness.
He eagerly reached out, impatiently caressing her jade neck—soft and smooth...
Then, with five fingers clenched.
BANG!
A beauty’s head burst into a rain of petals.
"But, alas," Chu Yi shook his head, speaking coldly, "I can’t trust a stranger lurking on my territory."
From the moment this Rose Fairy had appeared, Chu Yi had sensed something was amiss. Even a second-tier "Beast," in this Ten Thousand Souls Ridge, could not possibly have affected him.
"So cruel."
A voice of enchantment lingered, drifting from afar.
Every petal of the exploded rose emitted a human face, exquisitely beautiful, forming a rain of petals around Chu Yi.
In the next moment, all petals, all faces, exploded into a hazy mist, creating a gray swamp.
The swamp stretched for a thousand miles, teeming with endless wild grass—dense, twisting, writhing. Upon closer inspection, they were actually countless gray snakes, like maggots, each with a peculiar head.
The head resembled a feeding mouth, the snake body a gut, and the tail deeply embedded into the eerie mire, hinting at some indescribable activity beneath.
SWISH, SWISH, SWISH...
Thousands of protruding heads fixated intently on Chu Yi. A cacophonous noise, as if from the depths of the mire or a higher-dimensional source, was transmitted:
"I am named Desire Mother Goddess, Goddess of Joy, Snake of Ten Thousand Desires..."