Chapter 217: The Pink Immortal’s Strange Hobby

Qin Haoxuan, covered in coal dust, returned to the tent and immediately took a comfortable hot bath.

After changing into a clean set of clothes, he took out the Mortal Talisman and, after playing with it for a while, sighed. “Five hundred spirit stones! Five hundred! The design of this talisman is too unreasonable. Even if you don’t use it for a full day, it still counts as one. And you can’t even stop it when you don’t need it.”

Xing laughed without reservation. “Although it’s similar to a magical artifact and can be used multiple times, it’s not a true artifact. To think you can use it when you want and stop it when you want, how could they possibly charge you by the hour?”

Putting the talisman away, Qin Haoxuan began to flip through Xu Changsheng’s diary, studying the weaknesses of the next person to arrive.

Beside him, Xing said with a grin, “Killing one person and getting such a great harvest, it feels pretty good, doesn’t it? If you were to honestly till the fields in the Taichu Sect, you wouldn’t earn this many spirit stones in a hundred years. If you want to make big money, you still have to kill and plunder!”

Qin Haoxuan once again acknowledged Xing’s point with silence. It was just that he found he didn’t like it. But… since the rogue cultivators were inciting a rebellion, he didn’t feel too uncomfortable about killing them.

Xing had a real headache with Qin Haoxuan’s indifference. He said with heartfelt earnestness, “Cultivation is a competition of who has more resources. If you have no source of resources and you don’t go out and seize them, you’ll end up just like your fellow disciples in the Nature Hall, and just like your master—still so weak after so many years of cultivation!”

Hearing him mention the Nature Hall, a thought struck Qin Haoxuan. If he could move all of the Tongtian Temple’s resources back to the Nature Hall, would the hall have a chance for a great revival? But… he had another headache. The Tongtian Temple had many rogue cultivators. With his current cultivation, just surviving was already difficult. The Tongtian Temple? It was simply impossible…

“Old Qin, what are you thinking about?” Xing asked, propping his chin on his hand. “Shall we study the next one?”

The two of them flipped through the diary, studying the information on the next person to arrive, the Pink Immortal, Jin Yanling. The “Pink Immortal” was a name derived from “pink skeleton,” because any man who had slept with her would have his yang energy drained and be turned into a desiccated corpse.

Qin Haoxuan closed the diary and said to Xing, “The next cultivator is named Jin Yanling. She calls herself the Pink Immortal and is at the Sixteenth-Leaf of the Spirit Sprout Realm. According to Xu Changsheng’s diary, she used to be a mountain bandit and her martial arts are extraordinary. Later, she obtained a fragment of a Plucking Yang to Supplement Yin art and cultivated to her current level. This woman is a pure rogue cultivator, without even a master. It wasn’t until she later happened to meet Xu Changsheng’s master that she took him as her own, feeling it would be easier to get by in the cultivation world with a master. But she still cultivates her Plucking Yang to Supplement Yin art. And this woman’s combat strength is very high; she integrates mortal martial arts into her spiritual arts, and her close-quarters combat is stronger than that of cultivators of the same realm. In a direct confrontation, we might not be her match.”

“However, the Pink Immortal has a fatal weakness: she has an extreme love for handsome men. She will not let any handsome man she meets go, and afterwards, she will always drain the man’s yang energy.”

After summarizing the information from the diary, he looked at Xing.

Xing, in turn, looked at Qin Haoxuan with a playful expression, sizing him up and down. “Tsk tsk, the Pink Immortal’s love for handsome men is a fatal weakness that can certainly be exploited. But you’re not a handsome man. It seems we’ll have to think of another way.”

Having come from a family of hunters, Qin Haoxuan had inherited his father’s rugged aura. His sturdy build and rough-hewn features, while not unattractive, certainly didn’t qualify as “handsome.”

He didn’t mind. “It doesn’t matter that I’m not a handsome man. It doesn’t have to be me who seduces her. Look at how handsome you are. And you know the True Demon Transformation; you can make yourself even more handsome. The task of seducing the Pink Immortal is perfect for you.”

Being sized up like that, Xing was so startled he leaped up as if his tail had been stepped on. “No way! No way! Absolutely not!”

“Why not?” Qin Haoxuan laughed. “With your handsome looks, you’ll surely charm her off her feet. And a woman is offering herself to you, and you’re not going to enjoy it? I’d be willing to go, but she wouldn’t even look at me.”

Xing shook his head like a rattle drum. “Impossible! I will never sacrifice my body!”

Qin Haoxuan smiled playfully. “Could it be that you’re still a virgin demon?”

“Holy crap! How is that possible? How is that possible!” Xing leaped up in agitation. “I am the most promising genius demon in the Netherworld! When I was there, the number of demonesses who threw themselves at me was countless! The other demons, out of jealousy, gave me a pile of nicknames, like ‘Little Playboy’ and ‘Friend of the Demonesses.’ A handsome playboy like me, how could I possibly be a virgin demon?”

Qin Haoxuan clapped his hands. “Then that’s even better. With your rich experience, dashing looks, and incomparable charm, go and conquer her! If you don’t go, then we’ll have to fight her head-on. With her combat strength, she might not be able to kill you, but killing me would be no problem. If I die, what will happen to your Dao Heart Seed Demon Art?”

Like a creepy uncle luring a child, he concluded, “It’s good for you if I’m alive, and you’ll get no benefit if I’m dead. Besides, don’t you call yourself my good brother? When your good brother is in trouble, if you don’t step up, who will?”

Xing’s face was a picture of misery. “Alright, alright. It’s really my bad luck to have met you. I’ve had to fend off dangers and disasters for you, and now you want me to sacrifice my body. This is forcing a good man into prostitution! Since you’re the one asking me to seduce her, then the moment she tries to force herself on me, you have to show up and kill her immediately. I don’t want to have anything to do with such a promiscuous woman.”

Qin Haoxuan nodded very seriously. “Good brother, rest assured. I will definitely not let you lose your virginity.”

…

On a deserted path, Xing, who had transformed into a weak and handsome scholar, held a folding fan, occasionally snapping it open to fan himself. On the fan was a painting of several court ladies. The handsome man he had become was delicate and refined, with clear eyes and brows, a high-bridged nose, and fair skin. He was a truly dashing and handsome youth.

Following behind him was a servant dressed in coarse cloth robes. This servant was, of course, Qin Haoxuan. He could not transform like Xing, so he was playing his role in his true form. With his bronze skin and rugged features, although he was not a “handsome man,” he had a very masculine air. He carried a large book basket on his back.

The two of them, disguised as scholars on their way to the capital for the imperial examinations, looked dusty and travel-worn. Xing’s transformation completely concealed his aura, and Qin Haoxuan, using the Mortal Talisman, had become a mortal. Even a cultivator would only think they were commoners seeking fame and fortune.

According to Qin Haoxuan’s calculations, they indeed ran into the Pink Immortal on the road, who was riding by on a horse, dressed in a tight-fitting pink outfit and a purple-red cape. Although she was skilled in the art of Plucking Yang to Supplement Yin, she herself was not beautiful. Her ordinary features, put together, could only be said to be not ugly. And because she had killed too many people, her appearance had been affected by her heart; a heavy baleful aura emanated from her, making her look fierce and evil. An ordinary person would not dare to approach.

As she rode past, she saw the two young men. Her gaze swept over their faces, and her eyes lit up with a look of hunger and lust. She immediately dismounted and walked straight towards them. Seeing her approach, Xing feigned alarm and retreated several steps, hiding behind Qin Haoxuan.

The Pink Immortal let out a lewd chuckle and dragged him out from behind Qin Haoxuan. She grabbed his chin and brought her lips close, sniffing him.

Being grabbed by her, Xing pretended to be unable to move and cried out in alarm, “Great king, female great king, you can’t! This is an insult to propriety! This humble student is a scholar, a scholar!”

Who knew that she would just shove him away and scold, “Get lost! Who wants you? You reek of rouge and weakness, without a shred of masculinity.”

After pushing Xing aside, she turned to Qin Haoxuan, her lewd smile returning as she sized him up, making his skin crawl. Xing, who had been pushed aside, feigned a look of trembling fear, but in his heart, he was ecstatic. It turns out this demoness has no interest in me, but is interested in Qin Haoxuan instead! Haha, this time he’s really shot himself in the foot.

In his heart, Qin Haoxuan was cursing a blue streak. If I had known this broad was into this type, I would have had Xing turn into this type.

Seeing that there was no one else around, she took off her purple-red cape and spread it on the ground, then pushed the terrified-looking Qin Haoxuan down onto it. His terror was not feigned; he never thought that this demoness would have no interest in a pretty boy like Xing but would prefer a man with a masculine air like himself.

“Little brother, don’t you think this big sister is beautiful?” she asked, leaning so close her astonishingly large breasts were pressing against his chest.

Qin Haoxuan put on a look of terror and, in response to her question, stammered, “Beau… beautiful…”

“If I’m beautiful, then what are you waiting for? This big sister is in a hurry. Hurry up and take off your clothes.” She tore off her own pink outfit, revealing a pink corset. At the same time, a fragrance that made one’s blood boil wafted into his nose.

Her Plucking Yang to Supplement Yin art had methods of seducing men. If she were to use them, even a cultivator with a less-than-firm Dao Heart would not be able to resist. But she was treating him as an ordinary person, so she didn’t use those methods. Her natural allure alone was enough to make one’s face flush.

Fortunately, Qin Haoxuan’s Dao Heart was extremely firm. If it had been an ordinary person, he would have already been gushing nosebleeds and pouncing on her. But he couldn’t act too special, or she would see through him, and his plan of a sneak attack would be ruined. So, he put on a look of infatuation and began to take off his clothes.