9: Chapter 9 Another new disciple fell from the sky? No, this time it's the sect leader's wife!

At the Hehuan Sect plaza.

The clamor had faded, leaving only the whistling of the mountain wind.

Lin Dahai had taken Lin Xiaowan and a dozen or so trusted brothers he'd gathered from the martial arts hall to the Iron Fist Sect's base in Qingshi Town to "restock" in a grand fashion.

The reason he took Lin Xiaowan along was that she had become a Cultivator and could now use a Storage Pouch.

In the vast Hehuan Sect, Wang Yang was once again the only one left.

Wang Yang lay back in his grand armchair, legs crossed, his face covered by those crystal ink sunglasses. He waved a cattail leaf fan he'd swiped from somewhere, boredly watching the clouds roll by in the sky.

"Being invincible is sometimes quite lonely."

He sighed and casually opened the System panel.

Current Domain Radius: 420 meters. Sect Population: 2 (Sect Master: 1, Disciple: 1).

"Even though it's 420 meters and I have one Disciple, this huge Sect is still way too quiet."

Wang Yang smacked his lips. "System, we're supposed to be building the 'Number One Sect in the Myriad Realms.' It's going to be hard to keep up appearances with just that girl Xiao Wan practicing radio calisthenics."

[Ding! Please wait patiently, Host. When the fate arrives, they will naturally come.]

"Fate? More like ape dung. In this desolate wilderness, who would come besides those from the Iron Fist Sect looking for death?"

Wang Yang rolled his eyes and was about to close them for a nap.

Just then.

Whoosh—!

Ten thousand meters up in the sky, an extremely faint streak of blood-red light suddenly pierced through the clouds.

The light was flickering and unstable, letting out a desolate whistling sound as it plummeted straight toward this barren mountain.

Wang Yang snapped upright, his pupils narrowing slightly behind his sunglasses.

"That's... a Cultivator's flight light? Looking at that trajectory, it looks like a plane crash!"

Before his voice had even faded.

Boom!

A massive explosion rang out.

The streak of light didn't hit the main hall; instead, it slammed with extreme precision into a newly renovated flower bed at the edge of the plaza.

That was the pit Wang Yang had specifically told Lin Dahai to leave yesterday, intending to plant some watermelons to beat the summer heat.

Dust flew and dirt splattered everywhere.

"My melon patch!"

Heartbroken, Wang Yang teleported over and looked down into the pit.

He saw that inside the mud pit, it wasn't a meteorite, but a person.

To be precise, it was a woman. Though she was covered in blood and her clothes were shredded, her peerless beauty was still visible through her disheveled hair.

She wore a palace dress that should have been snow-white but was now stained red with blood. On her back was a Flying Sword that had been snapped into two.

At the moment, her eyes were tightly shut. Her face was flushed with an eerie redness, her breathing was rapid and scorching, and her chest heaved violently as if she were enduring immense agony.

What caught Wang Yang's attention most was the aura she was emitting!

Even in her coma, her hands were unconsciously tearing at her collar, revealing a large expanse of skin as white and smooth as mutton-fat jade. Low moans that would make anyone blush escaped her lips.

"This plot... looks a bit familiar."

Wang Yang immediately activated the System scan.

A row of blood-red data boxes floated above the woman's head:

[Target]: Ye Qingcheng.

[Identity]: Former Saintess of Tianshui Holy Land (Expelled/Under Pursuit).

[Current Status]: Critically injured and near death, cultivation completely lost, afflicted by a peculiar poison (Third-Grade Peak Level · Blissful Hehuan Powder).

[Beauty]: 99 (A beauty that could topple nations, rare in the Myriad Realms).

[Potential]: SS (Innate Extreme Cold Ice Spiritual Root).

"Holy crap!"

When he saw the [Beauty: 99] column, Wang Yang's originally calm heart skipped a beat.

What did a score of 99 mean?

A pretty girl like Lin Xiaowan only had a System rating of around 85.

But the woman before him, though currently covered in mud and in a wretched state, had features so exquisite they looked like the graduation masterpiece of the Goddess Nuwa. Even with her eyes closed, the blend of coldness and charm in her temperament made Wang Yang, an old bachelor who had been single for two lifetimes, feel his throat go dry.

"Tianshui Holy Land? Saintess? Hehuan Powder?"

Wang Yang swallowed hard. "This isn't just fate, this is the heavens sending me a bonus!"

He jumped into the pit, ignoring the taboo of physical contact between men and women, and scooped Ye Qingcheng up in his arms.

“Hiss—so hot!”

Where he touched her was scalding, as if he weren't holding a person but a red-hot stove.

That incredible elasticity and sensation instantly surged through Wang Yang's entire body.

Though Ye Qingcheng was unconscious, her body instinctively trembled upon being stimulated by a male aura. Instead of pushing him away, she acted like a beautiful serpent, subconsciously coiling around Wang Yang's neck, her scorching breath puffing against his ear.

"Hot... help me..."

The voice was so seductive it felt like it reached his marrow, filled with endless pleading.

Wang Yang felt the fire within his own body surge up instantly.

"Calm down! Wang Yang, you have to stay calm! You are the Sect Master, a man of status!"

Wang Yang carried her and teleported back to the main hall, placing her on the large grand armchair.

Seeing Ye Qingcheng's face getting redder and redder, and her starting to deliriously tug at his belt, Wang Yang knew the situation was urgent.

"System! Save her! Is there an antidote? Shouldn't the System have a mall!"

[Ding! Answering Host: This System is the 'Strongest Sect System.' You have chosen the 'Hehuan Sect.' The mall requires a Dao Companion to unlock. Currently, you cannot purchase Medicinal Pills.]

"The mall isn't unlocked?!"

Wang Yang was dumbfounded. "Then you're just going to watch her die? This is a 99-point top-tier beauty!"

[Ding! Detected that the target is afflicted with 'Blissful Hehuan Powder.' This poison is extremely potent. Without an antidote, she will surely die from internal combustion within half an hour.]

[Solution: This poison is a Yang-fire poison. It requires the harmony of Yin and Yang to be neutralized. In short... the Host understands.]

The System's voice was mechanical, but to Wang Yang, it sounded full of hints like 'you've hit the jackpot, kid.'

"Yin and Yang harmony?"

Wang Yang looked at the peerless beauty on the armchair, who was about to tear her clothes off, and his breathing became heavy.

Save her?

Or not save her?

That wasn't even a question.

The question was, in what capacity would he save her?

Wang Yang's original plan was: since she was a Saintess with SS-level potential, he'd take her as a second Disciple and have her go out to fight and keep up appearances later.

But...

If he didn't save her, she was going to die right now!

"Is this some twisted joke arranged by the System just to open the mall?" Wang Yang felt helpless.

Wang Yang looked at Ye Qingcheng's face that could cause the downfall of nations, then at her nearly perfect S-curve figure.

"No! Absolutely not!"

"But if I don't make a move, she'll die."

"And... facing a woman of this beauty, if I could still be as still as water and act like a proper Master, then I wouldn't just be an animal—I'd be worse than an animal!"

Wang Yang paced back and forth, undergoing an intense mental struggle that lasted all of three seconds.

Finally, he stopped, looked at Ye Qingcheng, and his gaze became incredibly firm.

"Saving a life is better than building a seven-storied pagoda."

"If I don't enter Hell, who will?"

"Ye Qingcheng, it's not that I want to take advantage of you, it's just that this System is too crappy for not unlocking the mall to sell an antidote!"

Wang Yang took a deep breath and said solemnly to the air:

"System, I've decided."

"I'm going to take her as my... bandit wife! Oh no, I mean Sect Master's Wife!"

"Since the Hehuan Sect emphasizes 'shared will and path,' then becoming Dao Companions is surely the ultimate form of sharing a path, isn't it?"

Wang Yang found a perfect excuse for himself.

See, I'm doing this to save a life.

If I don't, she dies.

If I do, I have to do *that*.

Therefore, to save her life, I can only reluctantly sacrifice my own purity and marry her!

Logic loop! Perfect!

"Hot... so hot... give it to me..."

At this point, Ye Qingcheng on the armchair had completely lost her reason. The aphrodisiac poison in her body had fully erupted. She lunged at Wang Yang like an octopus, her hands tightly gripping his waist, her burning cheek rubbing frantically against his chest.

"Senior... save me..."

Hearing that seductive cry for help, Wang Yang's last shred of sanity snapped completely.

"Screw it, I don't care anymore!"

"It's the Hehuan Sect anyway, and I'm the Sect Master. What's wrong with taking a wife on my own turf?"

Wang Yang picked Ye Qingcheng up in his arms.

He didn't head toward the side hall's Disciple rooms, but instead strode toward the most spacious and luxuriously decorated room at the back of the main hall—the Sect Master's Bedchamber.

"Bang!"

The bedchamber door was slammed shut.

Looking at the flushed and dazed Ye Qingcheng in his arms, a wicked smile curled at the corner of Wang Yang's mouth.

"Fairy Ye, pardon my offense."

"Since fate has brought us together, then today, you and I shall personally verify the 'Hehuan' in Hehuan Sect."

"Rest assured, once you are my woman, no one in this world besides me will ever dare touch a hair on your head again."

...

A moment later.

The sound of tearing silk came from inside the bedchamber, followed by the sounds of something long-repressed finally erupting.

Meanwhile, in Wang Yang's mind, the System notifications rang out frantically:

[Ding! Congratulations, Host! You have made the choice to 'Follow Your Heart'!]

[Detected that the Host is engaging in deep 'Soul and Body Communication' with the target (Ye Qingcheng).] [Binding relationship... Binding successful!]

[Ye Qingcheng's Identity Change: Saintess in Distress -> Hehuan Sect · Sect Master's Wife.]

[Since the Host has activated the 'Dual Cultivation' mode for the first time, special System rewards are granted:]

[1. The aphrodisiac poison in Ye Qingcheng's body is completely purified and converted into pure Spiritual Qi, nourishing both parties!]

[2. Host gains Talent: 'Unfailing Golden Spear'.]

[3. Invincible Domain radius increased!]

Of course, at this moment, Wang Yang had absolutely no time to pay attention to the System notifications.

He was busy saving a life.

Very busy, very tired, but very happy.

...

[Ding! Congratulations, Host! The System Mall has been unlocked!]

[Reward: Initial Points 500!]

[Current Remaining Points: 500!]

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