Three Hundred And Ninety-Four – R18/Contains Sex

Three Hundred And Ninety-Four – R18/Contains Sex

“Daiyu...” I said softly, and she looked at me, still clutching my hand. “I know how much Cultivation means to you. But the first time... that shouldn’t be for it. Our relationship isn’t going to be one of profit and loss, is it? After all, I don’t really understand the Dao like you do, but that’s not the sort of companionship I want. Or want for you.” I winked at Eri, who nodded.

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“That’s right Daiyu. If it’s not founded on affection, I’ll chase you out. I’m not letting our relationships be transactional. I may...” she nodded to Shaeula, who was still grinning happily. “... have mellowed a little, or become more accepting, but I’ll not budge on that. About some things I know I’m right!”

Her skin flushed, Daiyu nodded once the difficult parts were translated. “I understand. I... perhaps I see matters too in terms of black and white. But... you know that is not all I want. I truly believe this was meant to be. No, that makes it sound like I am merely being washed by the tide. No, I truly believe I am happy this choice was presented to me. But I still chose. That was meant to be. I am happy I have a chance to feel this way again. That I am not alone, that I have purpose.” Her smile was heartbreakingly pure, her onyx eyes glittering. “More... I feel my chest throb, and not in the way that I feel when I am Cultivating.”

“I believe you are a female before you are-are a Cultivator.” Shaeula said, nodding firmly. “It is only natural for such feelings.”

“Yes, I see this now.” she agreed. “But that hardly matters. I have arrived at this place, washed on the tides under the moon, and now this is my place.”

“Under the moon-moon. I do like that. It does make me wonder, does it not-not you, Akio? Tsukuyomi. The Fae. Then this Chang’e of yours.” She smiled. “Even your name can mean bright hero of the moon, no? I am not-not Tsukiko, but I find it hard not-not to believe this was all fated.”

“I think it doesn’t matter.” Eri disagreed. “Perhaps we are just looking for meaning in what’s already happened. It is strange though. But just like Akio, I don’t believe in destiny or fate. If we don’t like the way things are, we’ll change them.”

“Well said. But this... there is no-no need to change it, is there?” Shaeula chuckled, and Daiyu nodded.

“No. There is no need at all. So... I am prepared.” She said, her flushed face and fast breathing rather erotic, in contrast to her usual stoic demeanour.

“Relax.” Eri patted her shoulder. “It’s not something you need to be prepared for. Just... have fun?” she smiled.

“Yes, you must-must enjoy yourself.” Shaeula agreed. “So for now... we shall leave you to it. Come, Eri, Hyacinth. There will be time-time for us later.” She pushed my back, and I led Daiyu towards the bedroom. Once inside I closed the door. She looked at me, a little tense, but I merely smiled reassuringly and patted the bed, and we sat down together.

“I’m not forcing this, you know. It’s not as though you need to commit, to be with me. Just like Kana wants to take it slow...” as I said that, her expression changed, and I tilted my head, puzzled.

“I believe that Kana is having fun, yes. But mostly... I believe she is a shrewd girl, who well understands the male mind. Unlike me.” She admitted. “It is you who needs to take matters slowly with someone, have fun and relax. You are under great stress, having to carry all our fates. We are, as Eri would say heavy women, no?” she giggled a little.

I see. She’s right. Not that I mind. I’d be a fool to complain when you look at them all. Carrying a bit of weight isn’t a burden, it’s a privilege. But then, that doesn’t change it can sometimes be stressful...

“Remind me to be nicer to Kana.” I said, and Daiyu nodded.

“Now you are being nice enough to her. I believe she is finally well satisfied.”

At her words, I looked at Daiyu, closely, trying to understand what about her piqued my curiosity. That’s it. I get it. “You know, you seem very mature, Daiyu. Sometimes you seem a lot older than you are. You’re easy to talk to.”

“I believe it is rude to call a girl old.” She sniffed, though I could tell she wasn’t angry. Seeing her in her silky, diaphanous Chinese-style robe, sitting beside me, the subtle smell of her perspiration and some fragrant perfume in my nostrils, I found her very desirable, her looks similar to a Japanese person, yet with a slightly exotic cast. “But I confess, I was never much of a child. Not as the heir to the Incorruptible Jade.” She leant her head on my shoulder, her bound-up hair tickling me. “From a young age, when it was seen I had talent... I never had time, not the inclination for play, or making friends. The strong are often the lonely.”

“I disagree.” I shook my head. “I’m strong, right? And I’m less lonely than ever!”

“That is true.” She agreed, a slight smile curving her lips. “But you are deeply unusual. Were you a Cultivator, you would be jealously hoarding power, not sharing it with me, like the Spirit Water.” She paused, her dark eyes dreamy. “I still can hardly believe it. A Foundation that only the greatest Sects in Kunlun could dream of, it has come to me.” She then softly kissed my cheek, a merest brush of her lips. “Though it was quite frightful. The mess was disgusting. I think... your true greatness is you do not fear to share. It is not praiseworthy, from a Cultivation perspective. But as your Dao Companion, I will toughen you up... and let you soften me. I think the middle ground shall suit us just fine.”CHeCk for new stories on no/v/el/bin(.)c0m

“Yes, Hinata says I need to be firmer. I am trying. But I don’t want to lose kindness. After all, If I’m going to rule a vast Territory, stand beside Shaeula in the Seelie Court, enter into politics... I don’t want to be a dictator, someone who only considers his own needs.”

“I understand. And I will aid you.” She promised. “For you have helped reignite my pride in my Cultivation, that nearly died with my Sect, my family. No, you shall be my Sect and my family now. All of you. I find it... reassuring, not to be alone in the world. Were it just I, I would spend my life attempting to slay the traitors who betrayed us. Instead... I will allow my vengeance to simmer. In time I will strike, but my Dao... I do not know it yet, but it will not be as an avenger. The price is too high.”

“I think that’s wise.” I squeezed her hand, and touched her bare shoulder. Her skin shivered at my gentle caress, but her eyes were calm and composed. “I’d hate to see you throw away your life, Daiyu. And I wouldn’t be the only one.”

“I know. I shall instead triumph over my enemies by reaching my most perfect self, and look down on them from on high. Perhaps then I shall stomp them like bugs...” she smiled wickedly. “... but for now... I rejoice in my rekindled love of my past. I believe Kana is the same.”

“Kana? She never really cared for her powers or the shrine.” I said, and Daiyu shook her head.

“Yes, I gather that. But now she is finally able to take pride in what she has that others do not, to respect herself. In that way, we are similar. Both inheritors of a storied legacy.”

“That reminds me. Just what is Cultivation? Qi... it’s basically created from aether, and it functions largely the same. I don’t entirely get the purpose?”

For a moment, Daiyu froze, before she smiled ruefully. “We are talking about this now? I understand you wish me to be calm, but...” she shifted, and her chest was pressing against my arm, the thin cloth doing little to hide her softness. “...I could be rather hurt, that you are not eager.”

“Hardly. But I am curious. But I suppose...”

“... there is time for you to learn, when we entertain each other with Dual Cultivation. You will need a grounding then.” she said, nodding. “... but before that... you wanted us to join our bodies simply because we wished to, no? My hand... it has stopped shaking, has it not? I am calm and ready.”

Yes, she was clearly a bit nervous. Not that I blame her. “I’m nervous too.” I said, and she looked at me in surprise.

“Why? You are a man of some experience, are you not?”

“Maybe so, but it’s all come recently. Besides, that was with others. Not with you.” I told her, bringing another smile and blush to her face. “The first time is always special. And I want it to be good for you.”

“I am not a fool. I am no sheltered orchid, unaware of how a man and a woman interact. I have read the Dual Cultivation Techniques, and other scriptures.” She seemed a little offended, so I stroked her head until she calmed down. “I am aware the first time can be painful, but I am a Cultivator, I fear no pain, and the elixir of Chang’e will heal any injuries I suffer. You may indulge with me as you please... uh?” She was surprised as I pushed my lips against hers. For a moment she didn’t know what to do before responding, her tongue twisting with mine wetly, as I lasted her lips, her saliva. When we separated, she touched her damp lips, a little stunned, and I kissed her forehead.

“I don’t have a fetish for hurting women. And yeah, it stings a little, but it soon becomes pleasure. If you aren’t enjoying it, I won’t. To be honest, I’m a little troubled. You and Hinata... you are both right on the border of what’s acceptable, you know! I’m practically a lolicon here. Though...with you your maturity shines through. I guess you’ve lived a disciplined life.”

“I have. Which is why a little pleasure will not ruin my resolve.” She sighed loudly. “As for Hinata, she knows her own mind, you have the approval of her parents... enough with your delaying. But...” she kissed me this time, angry and passionate, and as we separated, a thin bridge of saliva between us, she growled. “... enough of other girls. I am here now, and you are supposed to be showing me the pleasures of being a woman.”

So fierce. She’s certainly unique. With a fond expression on my face, I nodded. “You’re right. Sorry. I’m still me, I get overwhelmed in the moment. But... I’m also the me that has made my resolve. So... Daiyu. I like you. I want to marry you. Your bravery, resolve, dedication... it’s all so very blinding. To that end... I want to make love to you.”

“I see. I wish to marry you too, as my Dao Companion, through storm and calm, through fire and frost, against the tiger and the dragon, together we shall wrest all the power and secrets from the Universe itself. But first... show me what love is.”

I gently laid her down, and for a minute we just stared at each other, our breaths hot on each other’s skin. Daiyu was first to speak. “Do I not need to touch and suck your manhood?”

“Maybe later.” I shook my head. “That’s a more advanced technique.”

She giggled then. “You make it sound like Cultivation. So if that would be Foundation, what would the Qi Refining of sex be?”

“That’s simple.” I reached out, caressing her bare cheeks, neck, shoulders and arms, before one hand settled on her still-clothed breasts, and the other stroked her back through the thin cloth. “We have to get used to the touch of our skin, used to being naked, as we were born. Then...”

“I know what comes after.” She giggled softly, a barest whisper of her voice. She reached out and touched me, slipping her hand inside my shirt. “Your skin is like velvet, and your muscles are steel. No, harder, stronger.” She looked at me then, eyes bright. “I am pleased. I would hate my Dao Companion, my man... to be a weakling. It helps you are to my taste, too... uh, your hands...” She shivered as my own hand was inside her dress now, touching bare, hot flesh, the hard nub of her nipple being massaged by my palm. I slid my other hand up under her flowing skirt, and I realised she was bare underneath as my hand glided over her bare thighs and felt a brush of hair.

“Don’t mind me. I won’t do anything you don’t like.” I promised. “I’m just...”

“Touching my skin, yes.” Daiyu panted, flushed and embarrassed, an unusual look for her. “I shall not lose!” she promised, and her hands too slid downwards. She flinched a little as her hands circled my manhood, seeming fascinated as it grew in her grip.

“Gently...” I said, and her touch changed. I pulled her dress down, exposing her chest, and buried my face in it, licking away, my tongue rasping on her bare flesh. She gasped, her hands speeding up, and she moaned.

“I want to kiss again. It feels more... intimate.” She said, and I licked all the way up her body, around her neck and we finally tanged tongues again. My cock had popped free, hard and slightly damp, and I tugged, her white dress around her thighs, the knife-like slit of her pussy hidden under a small thicket of dark hair. As she moaned, my hands stroked and groped her skin everywhere, and she was now exuding a sticky, sweet scent, her sweat fragrant.

“That... I think I like this.” Daiyu gasped. “My mind goes blank, and there is no worry, stress, fear...”

I see. Despite the fact she’s strong, I can’t forget that she’s still lost everything she’s ever known. I need... no, I can’t do it alone. Shaeula, Eri, Shiro... everyone’s helping her settle in, find her place. I kissed her again, and whispered into her ear.

“Don’t worry. We’ll never leave you behind. I promise.”

She blinked, before giving me a warm smile. “I know. I can feel your intentions. I am not a child to be easily tricked. You are all earnest, and have always treated me well. Ahn... what are you doing?” she muttered, shuddering, and I kissed her again, my tongue sending saliva into her mouth, while her throat gulped.

“Just loosening you up a bit. I want your first time to be something worth remembering. Our first time.” I had exposed her clit, and was rubbing it tenderly and expertly, my experience with the other girls making me deft. My other fingers were rubbing her pussy, and warm, sour liquid was starting to spill out from her, her body twitching.

“I see. It feels... strange. Not unpleasant, but... no, I will not.. be... ahn, uh... distracted. Should I touch you?” her hand snaked around my dick, tugging at it oddly and clumsily. “I know your feelings are true. I... uh, ahh... can sense it with my Qi. It is sensitive to malice, deceit.... Oh, by the Heavens, I feel strange...” Her panting moans were becoming more frequent, and my fingers were sinking into her pussy a little, soaked with her fluids. Though I’m careful not to go deep... “I feel it... with my skin... as well. Your touch is kind... but lewd. So very lewd. This is, ugh... no, ahn, ahn... more embarrassing... than I imagined!”

Seeing a stoic beauty melting under my ministrations excited me. I filed away the note about Qi being able to sense emotions for later, and licked her breasts, her belly, her thighs, enjoying the sour taste of her sweat and nectar as it dribbled down the inside of her legs. She’s easy to get wet. That’s good... “Yes, it’s supposed to be embarrassing.” I whispered to her, as she tightened around my gently probing fingers. “Because it’s sharing something of yourself few others ever get to see...”

“Surely... just you?” she gasped, and I didn’t elaborate. I know they are outside, watching and listening. I don’t need my keen senses for that. Oh well, Daiyu will get used to it soon enough. Her hand was speeding up on my dick, and she marvelled at the warm, pulsing sensation and damp stickiness on her fingers. Curious, even as her body shivered from my touch, she sped up her fingers, whether it was natural talent, or her Qi sensing, rapidly adjusting and perfecting her stroking, her delicate fingers rubbing at my glans as she stroked and squeezed.

“Damn, you’re a natural...” I gasped, as I felt a hot weight rising up inside me. My own fingers sped up too, and as the damp squelching noises intensified, Daiyu stared into my eyes coquettishly, further stoking my lust.

“I am... ahn... a prodigy. I can of course... ugh... master this. Besides... it feels... like a game. My Qi feels your pleasure, and how... ugh, ahn... can I increase... it?”

“But you should take it... easy or...” I said, but it was too late. Her hands sped up, her rubbing fingers finding all my pleasure points, and I cried out in happiness as I ejaculated. My fingers squeezed, and the ruby bead of Daiyu’s trembled, before her own back arched, love nectar drenching her thighs and the dress around her legs. As she looked up, eyes wide, my semen splattered her breasts first, then her neck, before it showered down on her flushed face, staining cheeks, nose and lips.

“Is this...?” she lapped out with her tongue like a cat, making a face at the strong flavour. “it is bitter.”

I scooped out her own juices, licking my fingers. “And yours is sour. But it’s your taste, so I’ll like it.” I promised. Lying down beside her, my dick brushing against her leg, leaving a slimy trail on her pale skin, I bent in for a kiss.

“I am dirty...” she said, embarrassed, but I wanted her tongue, and she stuck it out, and our tastes mingled. When I pulled away, merely stroking her hair and back, my hand cheekily kneading her ass a little, keeping her fire of arousal lit, I shook my head.

“There’s nothing dirty about you. So... how was it? Your first orgasm?”

“It was... intense.” She admitted. “Like a white wave surging through me. But you looked in pleasure as well, Akio.” She said. “Your face. I could not help but find it cute. Though I was surprised to be so showered...” She wiped some of my cum off her cheeks, inspecting it, before gently sucking it off her fingers. “I see. Yes, your taste. I understand. When I think like that, it no longer seems so bitter.”

“That’s just the beginning. Next...”

“Yes.” She interrupted me, my still-hard dick now in her hands. She raised one eyebrow, before bending down, her warm mouth suddenly enveloping the head. I felt her tongue, and she slurped, before withdrawing, a thin line of cum on her lips. “All clean. Now next... you will enter me, right? Make me a woman? Your woman.”

“That’s right.” I said. Her clean-up was clumsy but earnest, and so cute... “Are you afraid?”

“I am Black Jade the Ever Beautiful.” She said her hated nickname proudly. “Of course I am not scared. I will not be Ever Pure soon though. No, my purity is gone. You have toyed with me, and I have tasted your seed. I am only sorry my father and mother did not live long enough to see their daughter become an adult, and master Foundation Realm. But no matter...” she snuggled against me. “... if the Heavens are kind, perhaps they still know, if the spirit lives on after death.”

“It does.” I promised, remembering Tsukiko-san.

“In that case...” her breathing had calmed down and her flushed skin was now pale again. “... I would dedicate my purity to you. No, from what I have heard, it is my heart you crave. Perhaps you were afraid of loss as a child? I must speak to Eri and your sister regarding this. Your sister... I hope she will accept me.”

“She will.” I promised. “Aiko loves cute girls, and she sympathises with those who have it hard. But for now, that doesn’t matter. Think of just us.”

“I will.” She licked at more of the cum on her face. “So, this will pour inside me. We will make a child...”

“No.” I shook my head. “Not yet. The timing isn’t good for you, is it? There’s medication...”

“Even us Cultivators have that.” Daiyu agreed. “I merely wished to say it. I do wish a child. To pass on my name to the future. But... not now. Yes. So...” she spread her legs, arms outstretched too, inviting me, and she looked very lewd, lying on the bed, wet and still spotted with my sperm, her soiled dress around her legs. “Show me it is worth the wait.”

With one last kiss I opened up her pussy, the insides a beautiful salmon pink and twitching, drooling fluid. Her hymen was there, and it looked like a pearly white film. “It’s a little thick. There might be some pain in the breaking of it...” I said, working out the best angle. I’ve done this a few times now. I want her to suffer as little as possible.

“I am jade, such will not be cracked by a little pain.” She boasted, her eyes on my dick as I pushed it towards her entrance. She took a deep breath, and held out a hand. I took it, entwining our fingers, while my other hand guided my dick in. As it slowly slid inside her, pushing her wide, I reached the obstruction of her hymen.

“Become as one with me. Our Dao will entwine, as will our bodies and our souls. Our fates and destines as well!” Daiyu said, and I needed no further invitation.

“Daiyu... I...” As I tore through her maidenhead, her face twisted in a momentary expression of pain. A faint trickle of red ran down her legs, staining the dress, but I felt her body heal. The obstruction remained gone, but her tender flesh was restored near-instantly.

“Wrong. Tan has already given us all the hints we need. Now... we have to prepare.” Thanks Tan. I still have some grudges against how you’ve used Shiro, but since then you’ve helped us a lot. If your Six Paths ever needs repayment, I’ll give it...

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“It’s a shame that most of them don’t have images.” Natsumi said. She and Motoko were probably the most excited of us, not including Daiyu, of course, as while Cultivation wasn’t entirely a martial field, anything that was disciplined and involved strengthening the body piqued their interest. “But this one does...” she looked at Daiyu’s book of notes.

“The point of the Qi Refining and Foundation Techniques is that the image should not be needed. The Technique should be repeatable and naturally mould the body correctly.” Daiyu pouted, still naked. As I ran my Split Thoughts (I had temporarily withdrawn my other body) to simulate the outcomes of following the listed techniques, I shivered as Shiro touched my body in various places, her long fingers ticklish.

“Stop that.” Eri chided her, but Shiro merely shrugged, laughing.

“No way. I’ve already been helpful. I get to have some fun teasing Aki in exchange.”

“You’ve been helpful?” Eri said sourly, taking a drink from Hyacinth, who had whipped up supplies for us, since this had dragged on longer than anticipated. Kana and Hinata were managing the training school and Territory, while we worked. “I think Tan was the one who helped.”

“Rude. Tan’s help is my help. I think you’ve got cheeky since you started being able to walk again.” Shiro said, her smile showing she was joking.

“I just want Daiyu fixed.” Eri said, and Daiyu nodded.

“I appreciate your kind support.” she said, and Eri raised an eyebrow.

“You can appreciate it by teaching me! You want disciples, right? And anyone can Cultivate to be strong? You don’t need a Divine favour?”

“There is the issue of talent, but...” Daiyu said doubtfully, before nodding. “I will do my best!”

“So lukewarm!” Shiro sniggered, earning another glare from Eri. Meanwhile, I had finished my sketches, and was comparing them with Shaeula, Daiyu leaning over eagerly, her bare shoulder brushing against mine. I then groaned as Shiro’s hands started getting very playful. I’m trying to concentrate here! No, compared to running two bodies, I can ignore this. I am tranquil and at peace. I’m totally not being stroked off by Shiro while I’m sitting here...

“I believe that it should not-not be affecting your root chakra. That-that is a problem.” Shaeula rubbed at her chin, eyes gleaming amber while she thought. “The sacral chakra too... see here? The lunar chakra does not-not affect the heart or the others around it. I did-did wonder why some of your chakra network seems disconnected... but what-what would these fools from Kunlun gain?”

“I know what they would gain. The powerful Five Great Sects of Kunlun, they were used to being at the top, unquestioned. Even now it is... was... the same. Our new Five Great Sects hoard our knowledge. The path of Cultivation is also a greedy one. Power for ourselves and those we trust is good, power for others... that is a disappointment. No doubt the techniques they allowed to spread were flawed deliberately, to prevent others from challenging their authority.”

“How petty.” Shaeula sniffed. “But did you not-not secure some knowledge they did not-not wish to share?”

Batting away Shiro’s hands, I suddenly began to sketch some more. We had theorised some examples, and added to Daiyu’s, what Tan had shared in a brief flash with Shiro, and the drawings we did have, plus a comparison to my network, and also the way that Daiyu’s Dantian had changed significantly after gaining the Spiritually Pure Techniques, coupled with our insights into Chirurgery, and we had a solid idea of what it should be like.

Daiyu looked at my sketches, and I met her gaze. “Daiyu, are you sure about this? I’m confident, but... this is Cultivation. I’m not dealing with something I understand.”

“What does it matter?” Daiyu shook her head. Her hand grabbed my dick, taking over from Shiro, and replicated her technique, her face flushed. “If I cannot reach the peak this way, because my path has been cut off before I started, what does it matter if I fall to ruin now?” She bent down, and her tongue licked at my dick, using what she was shown earlier. Motoko and Natsumi were looking on shyly, perhaps remembering their own times. In-between her sucking, she continued. “I would rather take a chance. And if I should fail, you will not cast me aside, will you?”

“Of course not.” I stroked her head, and that encouraged her to go further, her face twitching as she swallowed my member, gagging as it hit the back of her throat, but she continued to lick and suck at it, her eyes showing her trust. Right, we have to make this work... But even if we make a screw-up, we can maybe fix it later... no, no mistakes. This is a bit like programming. I’ve never wrote this particular code before, but we have some examples, and I know the language, the compiler and the hardware... it might not be the way the designer envisaged, but of the outcome is the same...

“Here we go... uh, no, actually I’d better... oh, uh, sorry, I’m about to...”

“Let it out...” she muttered around my shaft, and I didn’t have much choice, as her lewd tongue, her desperation, was transmitted to me. I spurted, and she widened her eyes in surprise as my sticky cum sprayed into her mouth and down her throat. Gagging, she desperately swallowed, and when my dick was pulled out, she coughed white fluid into her hands.

“Still bitter...” she managed, and I ruffled her hair gently.

“Don’t push yourself. I get that you’re uneasy... but I’ve got this.” I promised.

“You just did not-not want Daiyu to bite in surprise.” Shaeula said, lightening the mood, before taking Daiyu’s hand and wiping her lips. “But yes, Akio is quite-quite correct. There is no-no need for concern. Besides, you have the blessing of Chang’e, no? With that, you will never-never be weak. Now, are you ready?”

Daiyu nodded, her eyes shining with resolution. “I am Zhao Daiyu. I survived treachery and the deep ocean, I let the tide wash me hither and yon, but I decide to swim. Do it. Should I break, I was simply not Incorruptible Jade, merely a shiny black pebble. But I do not think that is my fate...”

“All right then. This... is likely going to hurt...”

She smiled. “You said that begore....” She touched her still-damp crotch. “... but I barely felt a twinge. Of pain.” And with that endearing set of words, I began to carve into her lower body with blades of aether...

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“Tan isn’t saying anything, but I’m getting satisfaction, and I doubt it’s because she’s enjoying the food. Nice though it is of course, Hyacinth.” Shiro said, and Hyacinth giggled, curtsying. Daiyu was lying beside me, still naked, and I was stroking her bare back as she buried her face in the pillow, her ears and neck red.

“There’s no need to be embarrassed.” Eri soothed her. “I made a spectacle of myself the first time.”

“I am Zhao Daiyu! I do not cry out!” she said, her pout hidden. “Nor do I wish to be seen shedding such vile muck! But...”

“Yeah, sorry. But honestly, I’m confident! It really wasn’t as bad as I imagined. Thankfully.” The Chirurgery was surprisingly easy, as ironically the Spiritually Pure Techniques she had inherited seemed to know how her chakras should have been, so it was more a case of me supplying the blades, and them guiding the cutting. Is it because of the affinity for Qi? It’s hard to say... The downside of that was that it was incredibly painful, as the Spirit Water didn’t care for subtlety or kindness, only ejecting impurities and fixing damage. There was more hidden inside the chakras. Cutting that out was harrowing. But...

“It looks like your root and sacral chakras are functioning better than ever. Normally in fact.” I observed. “And your Dantian is unharmed. It’s shifted a bit, and there’s a few more roots and branches going to and from it, but... I think we’re good?”

At my words, Daiyu finally sat up. She called upon the Water Darts again, as well as used Qi sensing, and a few other Qi techniques. When she was done, she nodded. “Yes, I feel... it feels easier, certainly. The Qi is more responsive, and I feel ... rejuvenated.” She flexed. “I... I thank you.” She bowed to Shiro. “If I had not known, I could have found out too late...”

“No way. Just helping a fellow babe of Aki’s out. Us haremettes have to stick together.” Shiro was embarrassed by the thanks. “Besides, by the time you discovered you were screwed, Aki’s skills would be better anyway. He’d still come through. Speaking of coming through...” she smiled a cheeky, lewd grin. “... are you going to take a break tonight, or...?”

Daiyu and I exchanged glances. “I don’t mind.” I said. “I’ve had fun.”

“I bet you have...” Eri snorted. Daiyu thought for a moment, before shaking her head.

“No, I am a little concerned. My Dual Cultivation Technique could be flawed so...” she looked at Shiro, eyes damp. “Can you observe? I would appreciate guidance.”

“Well shit.” Shiro giggled after a moment. “That really threw Tan for a loop. She so does not want to watch you two going at it. But...” she winked. “...keep it quick and clean. Just to check it’s legit. She says you can go at it like animals when she’s gone.”

“Fine. The rest of you...?”

“Staying, of course.” Eri commented. “This might be something we learn to do. So...”

“I do not mind. They have all supported me. Now...” Daiyu got on her back, opening her legs, and I was embarrassed as some of my semen spilled out of her pussy. “We shall join, my Yin to your Yang. But it is not merely that simple...” She grabbed my hands, and I could feel her Qi entering me. “... left hand to my heart.” She placed my hand on her modest breast, which was still sticky. “Forehead to forehead.” She pressed her head against mine. The position was good, so we kissed. Her hand was on my heart too, and with every beat, I could feel her Qi.

“You know...” I began, but Shaeula beat me to it.

“Yes, it is not-not dissimilar to sharing our lunar chakra, it seems. I do-do wonder more strongly if Cultivation was created in jealousy at spiritual beings? You mortals are quite-quite clever at adaptation and taking ideas from others.”

“In the end, we would even take from the Heavens.” Daiyu said, and I began to return aether to her, rich with elemental essence. She shuddered, feeling it surge through her, and she used her free hand to grab my traitorous dick, which was hard again. Damn, how many times have I cum now? If I didn’t have my stats, this harem would kill me. I guess I’d die happy though...

“...and root to root.” Daiyu declared, as my dick buried itself in her pussy to the root. I could feel her heart beating, her walls twitching.

“Isn’t this just sex?” Eri asked, and Daiyu nodded.

“To an extent, yes. But...”

“Aren’t we connecting all three points where one of the Dantians should be? A coincidence?” I asked, though I had a feeling it wasn’t.

“You know the answer to that. Now... we must focus. Ordinarily, you would be calling on your Qi, and using it to filter out your essence, what makes you male. Your Yang Qi. The jumble you are giving me now, it is rather off-putting...”

“I see. Yeah, like how you froze your light and earth elements so you could... let me try it...” I had a lot of light element, a mutated one, but that wasn’t Yang, was it? But conversely... It’s still a variation on light. So... also... I know Daiyu needed earth element, so I made sure to filter out everything but earth and light, circulating them. Meanwhile, Daiyu was gathering her own darkness, her Qi changing. As she gathered it, her eyes darkened, and a faint blue mist was rising, and her look was lustful.

“I am feeling rather sad right now.” Eri muttered, remembering. “Akio, I think...”

I couldn’t answer as Daiyu was kissing me deeply and frantically, her body starting to slide, my cock pushing in and out of her. No, I’m not ready yet. I held firm, and she looked at me, eyes watering, before clearing her head with great effort.

“I apologise.” She gasped. “My Yin is hard to control. Yet control it I must, merely giving in to base urges achieves nothing.” She paused. “The mess has ceased. Now it is... wait, earth as well?”

“You did want to raise the Invincible Jade Yang technique, didn’t you? It may be flawed, but we can correct it. Maybe it’ll even be correct, now that your chakras aren’t malformed anymore. And if not... your chakra network should be able to hold earth element at your root.”

“So, do you get it?” Shiro asked, and everyone shook their heads, except for Hyacinth.

“Yes, I dooo.” She nodded. “Darkness and Light. Elements ooof emotion, of being. When are twooo hearts most closely as ooone? During sex, making looove. Lovers’ Link could be considered this tooo, no? But mistress Daiyu knooows a lot.” She giggled cheerfully. “Merely fucking...” Hyacinth looked wicked at that moment, licking her lips. “... I looove it. To warm Akio’s bed... but the power, it is nooot used properly. Merely a bright flame and whoooooosh, all gone, heating the air around. But Hyacinth thinks, if the fire is cooontained, the warmth is useful, can dooo work.”

“A good metaphor. All things contain Qi, but Qi is only pure when first created. It is then coloured by the body. Mine. Female. Yours. Male.”

“I see. I’ve considered this before. How aether can become elemental energy, and the opposite is true, even if there are losses both ways. So...” my Eye glowed, and I began to match Daiyu’s flow. Doing so, I managed to start changing the earth and light elements, making them more suitable for Daiyu’s body.

You have gained a skill, Moonlight Jade Qi Refining Rank 1.

Your Skill, Light Manipulation has increased from Rank 5 to Rank 6 and broken the first bottleneck. You can...

I see it. Yes, Qi. The elements I had refined into Qi were harder to control, resisting me, but they wanted to be used, in specific ways at least. Daiyu felt the overspill resonate with her, before her eyes opened wide. “Yes. That is it! You have copied me, yet reversed it. Yang to my Yin! How talented you are. Perhaps I am not the prodigy here...”

“No. You guided me. I merely watched and listened. Hyacinth gave me a hint too. Now... how to make it flow to you? It won’t obey me...”

“Easy. Dual Cultivation is so-called, as two must join. But also... the joining of body and heart. So... sex.” Daiyu began to move, and every time our bodies connected, I could feel what was male, the light, filled with brilliant earth energy, flood into Daiyu, while I received darkness, the female. Doing to heightened my emotions, and my lust rose. I could barely hear the voices of everyone else around us, as I was engrossed in Daiyu. No, I was one with Daiyu. I could feel Lovers’ Link, too, pulsing as well, and Daiyu giggled, even as she gasped in erotic delight, her body slapping against mine, cum, a little blood and her juices foaming at the join between my dick and her slit.

“You were meant for this...” Daiyu giggled. “Eri was complaining all your gains in strength come from being lewd. I did not believe it, but...” Her eyes were moist and she kissed me, her hand tight on my chest, even as mine was kneading her breast, energy flowing between our hearts and our foreheads. My Eye could see a branching of shining energies from these points.

“... your skill, it is improving the connection. Dual Cultivation is notoriously inefficient. In Kunlun, practitioners were seen as weak, unsuited to true Techniques. Though feeling how I do...” her whole body was flushed and trembling, and she was orgasming lightly with every thrust. My dick was on fire, precum shooting out as well, the sensation strange. “... I suspect that many practised it as well as their ordinary Techniques. And that it was made to be inefficient, so that there is an excuse...” her look was so cute I sucked on her tongue fiercely, speeding up. “... to do it more!”

“I... could get... ahn, uh... addicted to this.” Daiyu whispered, a barest breath so the others wouldn’t hear, and I replied in kind, even as our bodies circulated the energy. Feeling deep emotion, yearning, wishing for security, desire for hope, I gave her what she needed to hear.

“That’s not a problem. I’ll accompany you as often as you wish me to...” Hearing those words, she couldn’t help herself, and her movements sped up, her hips gyrating. Unable to resist, I began to speed up, varying between deep and shallow thrusts, her body gushing love juices enough to soak the bed, all the while, we were careful to keep our points of connection. This does rather limit the sex we can have doing this. But... what if we have other ways to connect? Like... with a grin, I imagined what would happen if Daiyu had a lunar chakra and we linked those during Dual Cultivation.

“Look at me!” she declared, her free hand pulling down my face. Her tongue met mine, and she cried out. “Look at me as I become one with you!”

“Fine then. I’ll match your rhythm.” I could feel her body as if it was my own, and she mine, and therefore I knew her pleasure, that a great tidal wave of joy was coming to wash her away, and as she writhed, her lustful expression and heady emotions quite unlike her usual self, I thrust one final time, knocking on the entrance to her womb. The sudden compression sent her overheated body into ecstasy, and she clamped down on me as if crushing me in a vice, her walls sucking, screaming in loud abandon, and as she did so I exploded, my orgasm coming, the flow seeming to never end, and as it did so, out gushed light too, brilliant azure and gold and red and green and black... wait, why so many colours? Was my last coherent thought, before I fell down on top of the gasping and drooling Daiyu, my heart racing as if the old, unfit me had run a marathon, my Chakra network burning...

********

“Better?” Hyacinth asked kindly, as I gulped at the glass of water. Beside me, Daiyu, her face red, wrapped in a sheet now, was likewise taking little sips, looking like a timid squirrel.

“Don’t be shy, little Daiyu. I was veeeeeeeeery impressed when you screamed like that.” Shiro teased her. “Tan was amazed too. She says, and I quote “You have quite the aptitude for perverted arts, woman.” So keep it up!” Giving her a thumbs up finished off Daiyu, who hid under the blankets. Unfortunately, that put her head near my lower body, and she quickly darted out, red as a lobster. She was so cute I pulled her close, and held her until she calmed down.

“More to the point... your body. It has changed a little-little.” Shaeula observed, her eyes glowing. “You have kindled earth element.” She said, and Daiyu looked surprised.

“So soon? I did not feel I absorbed enough for that...”

“Yes. You did not-not. But something else has happened. Your earth element... I believe it is mutated. In fact... is it even earth at all? Perhaps Mangetsu...” Shaeula grinned. “Most-most fascinating, and it surely requires further study. Akio, Daiyu, we need further data. Time to go again!”

I remember this from Lovers’ Link. Shaeula tried to get Eri and I to keep having sex... As I turned my gaze on the flustered, mortified yet not refusing Daiyu, who was trembling, but looking at me resolutely, my Eye flared. Shaeula’s right. It’s around her third eye chakra too. Could it be... wait, I have an idea. Maybe Prominence Dawn...