Feng Shui - Chapter 19
Everywhere was ablaze with lights and bustling activity; even in broad daylight, the streets were still a scene of prosperity. Even in this supernatural realm, the construction of cities was essentially the same as that of Earth in the human world. The only difference lay in the so-called resources.
The resources of the human world are based on electricity and oil, while the resources needed in the supernatural world are strength and personal energy.
Sugar Water and Feng Shui strolled through this eerie city, but their attire drew disgust and contempt from the passersby.
However, Tangshui remained upright, exuding an air of nobility and inviolability. Fengshui, on the other hand, clearly resembled a follower, his face listless and radiating a strong sense of depression.
In front of a shop with a signboard that reads "Soup" in Chinese.
"We've arrived," Tangshui said with a happy smile.
"I don't like soup," Feng Shui muttered, glancing up at the plaque above his head.
"I'm not asking you to drink soup. This shop is a place for people to cleanse their bodies," Tangshui said somewhat displeased.
"You want people to clean you? You really know how to phrase things. It's just a bathhouse!" Feng Shui said dismissively.
"You talk too much nonsense," Sugar Water said helplessly, looking at Feng Shui.
Entering this "bathhouse" with a sense of feng shui in mind, I found the interior to be quite magnificent. All four walls were made of huge, snow-white bricks, but they weren't ceramic. The gloss and smoothness of the bricks were simply unmatched by ceramic.
The front desk was much like a luxury bathhouse in the human world. A very beautiful young lady stood behind the front desk, looking at the sweet soup and feng shui with a gentle smile.
"Hello, gentlemen." The pretty receptionist's voice was as light and melodious as a nightingale's.
"An eighth-star soup restaurant," the sweet soup vendor said professionally.
It seems he frequents such places. Feng Shui, however, looked completely bewildered, as he couldn't understand a word Tang Shui was saying. But he was a man who took things as they came; years of living a solitary, wandering life had gradually worn away the sharp edges of his personality.
The pretty waitress took a transparent card made of some unknown material from the dessert, and then walked towards the stairs leading upstairs not far ahead.
He stopped thinking about feng shui and followed the lead of the sweet soup.
The pretty waitress behind them looked at the backs of Feng Shui and Tang Shui with a hint of ambiguity in her eyes, and a touch of nostalgia and wistfulness in her gaze.
This "soup" shop, which doesn't look very big on the surface, is actually incredibly spacious inside. It took climbing nearly five floors to reach the destination.
Standing before a large door carved with what appeared to be some kind of animal, Sugar Water inserted the transparent card in his hand into a perfectly fitting slot. The door opened, and the scene inside left Feng Shui speechless.
This house is over 300 square meters in size, surrounded by forests, and in the middle of the forest, which is also the middle of the house, is a huge pool that can hold fifty people to bathe in.
"Is this a bathhouse or a swimming pool for sightseeing and vacation?" Feng Shui asked with a sigh.
"Don't worry about it so much. The surrounding forests are just moving murals, while this pool is real, just a giant, decorated bathtub," Sugar Water said casually.
"That's incredibly extravagant," the feng shui master remarked.
"Money isn't a very important thing to me in this world," Sugar Water said with a hint of pride.
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Looking at Tang Shui, Feng Shui began to realize that this pretty young girl was truly unfathomable. This was understandable, because from the moment Feng Shui met Tang Shui, he hadn't really known much about her identity; he only knew her name on the way here.
Ignoring the feng shui, Tangshui started taking off her clothes.
"What are you going to do?" Feng Shui quickly covered his eyes with his hands and asked in surprise.
Tangshui turned around and looked at Fengshui, who was pretending to cover his eyes with his hands spread apart, and couldn't help but laugh, saying, "What else can we do here? Take a bath, of course."
"I'm not a casual person," Feng Shui said firmly.
"What does it matter to me whether you're casual or not?" Sugar Water asked, puzzled.
Feng Shui couldn't believe it. The young woman who had just blushed because the clothes she was covering her had fallen off was now a completely different person, so bold and open.
"Ah, well, well, I'm a man," Feng Shui said somewhat embarrassedly, bowing his head and stammering.
"I know," Tangshui said, her voice clearly tinged with amusement.
When Feng Shui looked up, wanting to say something more, he found that Tang Shui was already in the pool in front of him, soaking in it and looking very comfortable.
"So fast." Feng Shui exclaimed in admiration, letting out a deep breath.
"Stop dawdling and come in quickly. This water isn't ordinary water; it's the best healing spring water in the Demon Realm," Sugar Water called to Feng Shui, who was still standing to the side, looking bewildered.
"Could you turn your face away?" Feng Shui said hesitantly in a low voice.
"A grown man acting so coy is ridiculous. In the realm of demons, there's no such thing as being naked. The demon cultivators in this world are all animals transformed into human form. Their true bodies are naked, but because they've transformed into human form, they wear human clothes to decorate their appearance and make themselves look more human," Sugar Water explained.
“I see. But even so, I am still human,” Feng Shui retorted.
"Then do as you please." Tang Shui sighed helplessly and stopped paying attention to the feng shui, closing her eyes to enjoy the rare tranquility in the pool.
A few minutes later, Tangshui felt a slight ripple in the water. When she opened her eyes, she saw that Fengshui had taken off his clothes and was sitting in the water about ten meters away from her, looking timid and cautious, pouring water on himself.
A knowing smile appeared on Tangshui's face. She dove into the water and plunged down. Her perfect figure swam in the crystal-clear water like a baiji dolphin, moving with perfect movements towards the direction of Fengshui.
Upon seeing Tangshui's reflection in the water, Fengshui nervously covered his genitals and jumped up. At that moment, Tangshui had already swum to Fengshui's front, revealing her beautiful and alluring face.
"What do you want to do?" Feng Shui asked nervously.
However, Sugar Water did not answer him. Instead, it reached out and grabbed Feng Shui's left hand, which was covering his genitals, and pulled him into the water. Only a series of bubbles of varying sizes remained on the surface of the pool.
The underwater world was even more astonishing to Feng Shui, because although the surface of the pool appeared quite large, the underwater world was far more expansive. The clear underwater world seemed boundless, yet it wasn't very deep, only about three meters. The bottom of the pool was entirely paved with smooth, milky-white pebbles of varying sizes, with countless transparent bubbles rising from beneath the stones, emitting a vibrant array of colors.
"That's amazing," the feng shui master exclaimed.
Suddenly realizing he was underwater and unable to speak, Feng Shui discovered that no water was entering his mouth at all; he could still speak as if on land and breathe freely. Feng Shui was overjoyed, as this was utterly unimaginable in his normal human mind.
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Sugar Water simply smiled as it looked at Feng Shui without saying a word.
Feng Shui looked around and suddenly saw Tang Shui swimming beside him, holding his left hand. Tang Shui's perfectly smooth, white, naked body made Feng Shui's heart flutter, and a certain part of his body reacted instantly.
Feng Shui's face flushed slightly, and his heart began to race. He tried to pull his hand away from Tang Shui's, but found that Tang Shui was holding it even tighter.
Tangshui smiled at Fengshui, then threw herself at him, embracing him tightly. Fengshui was somewhat taken aback, but couldn't resist the intense tactile stimulation from the delicate beauty's body. So, Fengshui stopped struggling, returning the embrace, but made no further move.
Sugar Water pressed her body tightly against Feng Shui's, buried her pretty face in Feng Shui's chest, and closed her eyes.
A deep cyan energy emanated from Sugar Water's body, rapidly spreading through the water and gradually filling the entire pool, turning it a deep cyan and concealing itself from the feng shui.
A very clear message resonated in Feng Shui's mind.
"I am Sugar Water. I was formed from a squirrel. Thank you for saving my life. To repay your kindness, I will teach you this cultivation method. You don't need to pay attention to the sensory stimulation your body experiences. Once you reach a certain level, you will be indifferent to worldly love and lust. The reason I'm teaching you this method is because only in the waters of the Nether Spring can you truly understand the deeper meaning of demon cultivation."
Being in water is like being in the womb. It's safe, peaceful, and inclusive, allowing you to fully unleash your seven senses and reach a state of complete and pristine purity.
First of all, as a human, you simply cannot cultivate like a normal demon. Your body is no longer that of an ordinary human, and I think you've already realized that. Because you can breathe and speak underwater, just like on land. And you know best why your body has become like this. With your current body, you could breathe and live in the void of space just like in the human world.
"Now, I will enter your body and guide you onto the true path of cultivation," Sugar Water clearly spoke within Feng Shui's consciousness.
However, Feng Shui felt like he was listening to gibberish. What did it mean that someone whose body wasn't normal would want to enter his body? According to normal understanding, it should be a man entering a woman's body, so why was it reversed? Feng Shui was completely baffled.
Sugar Water's body began to morph into a phantom, slowly merging into Feng Shui's body. Feng Shui's previously relaxed body and consciousness rapidly began to operate at high speed. The hidden "Demon" character pattern on Feng Shui's back also appeared. Feng Shui felt an incredibly powerful energy moving within his body, causing him excruciating pain. His meridians felt like they were about to explode, and an unbearable sense of oppression made Feng Shui feel as if he were about to burst.
"Ahhhhhh!" Feng Shui could no longer bear this intense physical reaction and cried out in pain.
"Boom~~~~~~!" An incredibly powerful force erupted in the water, creating a huge torrent that crashed against the roof. The entire room was as if it were being torrentially rained down. As the water flowed back into the pool, it left a mark on the ceiling, encasing Tang Shui's body. Tang Shui was completely embedded in the water, unresponsive, and appeared to be dead.
The water gradually calmed down, returning to its original state. The deep blue energy in the water had disappeared, and the water became crystal clear again. Slowly, a figure rose from the water, lying flat on the surface—Feng Shui, unconscious.
2004-12-08 12:50:00
Chapter Thirty: Seven Emotions and Colorful Butterflies
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Eighth Star Soup Restaurant.
The bathhouse was utterly silent, devoid even of breathing, as if nothing existed. However, there were indeed many things present, for there were two people, though they appeared almost lifeless. A beautiful, naked woman was projected face-up onto the ceiling, while the other, also naked, was a man floating on the water beneath her. Neither was breathing, yet they didn't appear dead; they seemed to be in a state of suspended animation, temporarily unconscious.
Suddenly, a dazzling white light appeared in the room, vanishing in an instant to reveal the figure of a young man. This man appeared to be around thirty-one or thirty-two years old, wearing a snow-white, tight-fitting robe that accentuated his tall, strong physique. He had sword-like eyebrows, bright eyes, an aquiline nose, lips as thin as knives, a long, thin face, and shoulder-length, neatly combed silver-white hair.
He looked like a pure and holy prince on a white horse.
The man looked up at the sugar water embedded in the ceiling, shook his head helplessly, and gave a wry smile. He then shifted his gaze back to the feng shui arrangement floating on the water's surface.
"So this is where the energy releaser is. No wonder I couldn't find anyone here after searching for so long!" the man said with a smile.
He slowly walked towards Feng Shui, his movements as fluid and natural as flowing water, without a single superfluous motion, like the wind blowing by. In the blink of an eye, the man appeared beside Feng Shui, standing on the water's surface.
He crouched down and carefully examined the feng shui, his expression like that of a connoisseur admiring a precious antique.
"Truly rare, truly rare. I never expected to find someone with such a physique in the Demon Realm. Could this be the legendary 'Bewitching Physique'?" The man was startled by his own sudden thought.
To confirm his sudden idea, the man tried channeling his energy, and a dazzling white light appeared in his palm. He reached out to touch Feng Shui's body, only to find it shrouded in a faint, transparent energy. The instant his hand touched Feng Shui's body, the man was jolted back as if electrocuted.
A strong ripple appeared on the water's surface beneath the feng shui figure, spreading outwards.
"Impressive, impressive. I think only the 'Divine Body' possessed by the upper-level gods of the Divine Heaven Realm can compare to it. But what exactly is this body? It doesn't seem like the 'Bewitching Body' unique to those who have cultivated to the level of demons or higher in the legends of the Demon Realm, nor does it seem like the 'Divine Body' of the Divine Heaven Realm. Could it be the 'Demon Body' from the myths of the Demon Luo Domain? Impossible, impossible, there is no one in the Demon Luo Domain who can truly cultivate the 'Demon Body' now." The man muttered to himself, completely puzzled.
Just then, some stones suddenly fell from the ceiling, and the sugar water embedded in them began to slowly come back to life.
"This is bad," the man said nervously.
The man quickly stood up and simultaneously traced and moved his hands back and forth above Feng Shui's body, gradually forming an ever-changing illusionary array that covered Feng Shui's body.
As the boundary array took shape, the sugar water also fell from the ceiling.
All the lines in this illusionary array glowed white, and then the white light enveloped Feng Shui. The white light flashed intensely again and vanished in the blink of an eye. This time, not only the white light disappeared, but also Feng Shui and the man.
As everything vanished, the sugar water had already fallen into the pool, and she quickly regained consciousness. When she saw the white light disappear, she realized something was wrong. But it was too late; the feng shui had vanished before her eyes.
The sugar water quickly released its senses to search an area within a radius of nearly a thousand miles, but found nothing, unable to sense any presence of feng shui.
"It's over, things have gotten out of hand, I'm not going to be able to explain myself now!" Sugar Water collapsed weakly into the water, slowly sinking to the bottom, her eyes filled with confusion and fear.
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As far as the eye can see, the setting sun paints the sky with vibrant colors, illuminating the lush bamboo groves and the exquisitely designed pavilions. Deep within the grove, a small building is shrouded in twilight. Here, not only are there babbling brooks and flowing streams, but also pavilions and towers. Suddenly, a soft, white snow begins to fall from the bamboo grove, gently sprinkling down as if carrying a season's worth of reverie and longing. Before the snow even touches the ground, it transforms into a fine, delicate rain, each glistening droplet passionately kissing the five-colored earth. The rows of unique bamboo fences in front of the pavilions seem to transform into beautiful, hardworking peacocks, stretching their necks to brace against the wind and spreading their wings to bathe in the rain.
As dusk fell and the rain ceased, the moonlight shone brightly in the depths of the bamboo grove, accompanied by the gentle chirping of insects. From within the grove drifted the faint sound of a zither, melodious and delicate, its notes soft and refined. The crescent moon hung low, and the zither music was filled with a deep sorrow and a profound longing, stirring a sense of unease and stirring emotions. Suddenly, the music shifted, the melancholy melody softening with a touch of reminiscence, expressing the shy joy and secret delight of a rendezvous under the rising moon. All the notes slowly dissipated like smoke in the air…
Suddenly, the music stopped, and the entire bamboo forest seemed to snap along with it. Just then, a ray of silvery-white light shone into the forest from somewhere outside, and wherever the light passed, the bamboo that was about to break stood upright again.
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A young, beautiful woman with emerald green eyes, draped in a green veil, appeared at the location from which the music had just come from. There, in a pavilion surrounded by bamboo groves, sat another beautiful woman, radiating melancholy, holding a guzheng (a traditional Chinese zither) with flowing purple ripples, quietly watching the arrival of the woman in the green veil.
"Butterfly, you've finally found me." The beautiful woman draped in a green veil said, looking at the woman in front of her who was filled with sorrow and resentment.
"Huang Tao, why you? Why did you do this?!" Jiang Yao, known as "Butterfly," sat on a stone stool in the pavilion, her eyes filled with sorrow as she asked.
"Actually, I just want to know if he really is the one who can refine the entire universe," Huang Tao said softly, with the expression of an older sister concerned for her younger sister.
"So what if it is? So what if it isn't?" Jiang Yao's face showed a hint of anger as she said coldly.