Chapter 57
“Mad Demon.”
“What?”
“Why don’t you just spread your legs once?”
“What?”
“Your legs.”
“...”
Dokgo Ryeong wondered if she’d heard him wrong and asked again.
“My legs? What do you mean?”
“You know, that thing.”
Un-yeong curled his index finger and thumb into a circle, then pushed the index finger of his other hand through the hole.
“Yin-yang union.”
“...”
The moment Dokgo Ryeong rose to her feet, she swung a kick at his jaw.
“Die!!”
“Gah…”
“G-Guest!”
“You crazy… Hey! Fuck, I don’t care if you’re the Sword God or whoever! I’m going to slice you up today! Get over here, you bastard!!”
“H-Hao Sect Leader! Help me!”
“Kyaaaah!!”
When Dokgo Ryeong drew her soft sword and swung it, Eun Yak-byeok restrained her.
“Guest, please! Just stay still for once!”
“Grrr…”
“...You’re getting closer to an animal, Mad Demon. You were like a beast back then, too, but now…”
Eun Yak-byeok smacked Un-yeong across the mouth.
“Shut! Your! Mouth!”
“...I’m sorry.”
“And you, Guest, please calm down!”
“Huff… huff…”
After barely subduing Dokgo Ryeong’s brief rampage, Eun Yak-byeok spoke.
“Miss Dokgo, Un-yeong wasn’t joking.”
“Then I want to kill that bastard even more.”
“Oh, come on! Just listen calmly!”
“...”
At Eun Yak-byeok’s irritated words, Dokgo Ryeong shrank back.
“Do you remember collapsing this time?”
“How would I remember? I collapsed.”
“Want me to hit you?”
“...Go on.”
“Anyway, I underestimated the yin energy settled in your lower dantian. You know that the higher your mastery of a cultivation method, the more internal energy you can wield, right?”
“I do.”
“And your Moon Shadow Divine Art is only at the first stage right now. But your yin energy is far too fierce. It runs wild on its own, and since you can’t control it, the side effects appear quickly and severely. I think yesterday’s collapse was the result.”
“I agree, Mad Demon.”
“...And?”
Eun Yak-byeok hesitated a little as she watched Dokgo Ryeong’s face.
“You won’t get angry?”
“...Just say it.”
“You really won’t go berserk?”
“God, you’re frustrating. Just say it.”
“...You need to raise your mastery of the Moon Shadow Divine Art quickly.”
“So I can control the yin energy?”
“That, and to save your life. You may not have realized it yesterday, but the secondary meridians throughout your body were freezing up, you know?”
“...”
Hearing that the secondary meridians throughout her body were freezing, Dokgo Ryeong remembered when she had undergone the Rebirth of Body and Bone.
“...Come to think of it, the yin energy ran wild when I went through the Rebirth of Body and Bone, too. It tried to freeze my secondary meridians.”
“And you stopped it with the extreme yang energy you already had?”
“Yeah. There’s barely any left now. I’ve only preserved a handful at the Tianhui acupoint.”
“Hmm…”
“That’s why the Divine Doctor said what he did.”
“...You mean, spread my legs?”
Un-yeong spoke up.
“From what I hear, all you need is an infusion of yang energy. And there are a lot of places throughout your body blocked by turbid energy, but Young Master Wi can clear them. It’s two birds with one stone, isn’t it, Mad Demon? You’ll save your life and get your strength back.”
“That’s true, but…”
“Just close your eyes and have a little yin-yang union once! Then everything’s solved! Why are you thinking so hard about it… Gah!”
Eun Yak-byeok smacked him on the back of the head.
“You’re not very considerate, Divine Doctor. Don’t you know a woman’s first night is important?”
“...I wasn’t considerate enough. But she’s still Dokgo Jin inside, isn’t she? If it’s to get stronger, she could lose her virginity anytime… Gah!”
This time, Eun Yak-byeok struck him in the throat and cut him off.
“I can’t believe a man like you has two daughters. Imagine the Guest was your daughter. Would you still say something like that?”
“...I’d keep her by my side for the rest of my life. No man would ever lay a hand on her…!”
“...”
Watching Un-yeong fly into a rage, Dokgo Ryeong lamented.
“Hey… You really are a piece of shit.”
“Quiet, Mad Demon. You’re one to talk, when you haven’t even gotten married.”
“You little…!”
“Anyway!”
Eun Yak-byeok intervened between them and continued what she had been saying.
“Guest, you need to raise your mastery of the Moon Shadow Divine Art quickly! You have plenty of yin energy, and you’ve already gained insight, so your mastery should rise fast… But the side effects are the problem.”
“You taught me one hell of a cultivation method. Can’t I switch to another one now? I’m only at the first stage, anyway.”
“Your internal energy already remembers that path. If you switch, it’ll just leak out elsewhere.”
“Ah, fuck.”
“How can the internal energy you obtained outside be so much like you? It runs wild like a wild horse, no different from you.”
“Haha! Maybe it’s a family member you were separated from as a child.”
“Shut! Your! Mouth!”
“Sorry…”
Eun Yak-byeok used a book to smack Un-yeong repeatedly, cutting him off.
“Anyway… Divine Doctor, why don’t you step outside for a while? You’ve come all this way, so take some time to recover from the journey.”
“It seems you two have something to discuss. Then I’ll get some sleep. I’m tired after being up all night.”
“Go outside and find a girl named Gwan-yeong. She’ll give you a room.”
“All right. Anyway, Mad Demon, it was nice seeing you again after so long. Hahaha. I’ll keep this secret, though I might let something slip to my wife.”
“Fine. Thanks for coming.”
“Think nothing of it.”
As Un-yeong started to get up, Dokgo Ryeong stopped him.
“Um… Is your daughter doing well?”
“She’s about to work herself to death running the clinic in my place these days, haha. I should get her married off soon.”
“...I see. We can talk about that another time. You must be tired.”
“Haha, Mad Demon. You’ve definitely changed.”
“...I have?”
“Yes. I think I was always the one who brought up my family, but this time you asked first.”
“You bastard, you’d talk my ears off about them anyway.”
“That’s true. Heh heh. Make sure you set aside plenty of time later.”
“...Fuck.”
Un-yeong went outside with a smile that made even the people watching feel happy.
Once only Eun Yak-byeok and Dokgo Ryeong remained in the private room, Dokgo Ryeong asked first.
“What did you want to talk about?”
“Guest.”
“Yeah.”
“...Would you consider spreading your legs just once?”
“Oh, for fuck’s sake…”
“I’m serious.”
Dokgo Ryeong wanted to fly into a rage and argue with her, but seeing Eun Yak-byeok’s serious expression, she held it in.
“...Fuck. Go on.”
“It’s a relief your fits of madness have disappeared, Guest. We can have a calm conversation now.”
“Skip the nonsense.”
“...I’m even more afraid because I can’t predict what’s going to happen.”
“What the fuck in life ever goes the way you want? I never thought I’d become a woman, either.”
“But internal energy is different, isn’t it? People who learn the same cultivation method are usually quite similar. But you’re different.”
Eun Yak-byeok slowly tried to persuade Dokgo Ryeong.
“The only reason I first taught you the Moon Shadow Divine Art was to help you use that enormous amount of yin energy in your lower dantian.”
“...And?”
“I improved the Moon Shadow Demon Art to create it, but I’ve never seen side effects like these. And your side effects didn’t stop at simply stirring up lust. They even put your life in danger.”
“Why does that… Haa. Why does this conversation have to turn into me fucking a lecher?”
“Because it’s the easiest and fastest way to clear the turbid energy blocking your body and safely raise your mastery of the Moon Shadow Divine Art.”
“Grr…!”
Eun Yak-byeok was about to restrain Dokgo Ryeong, who looked ready to fly into another fit, but before she could,
Dokgo Ryeong steadied her breathing.
“Hoo… Fuck…”
“...Guest.”
“What?”
“You’ve changed after coming so close to death, haven’t you? I’m surprised you’re holding back your anger…”
“What the fuck, do you think I’m some kind of savage?”
“Were you not?”
“...”
Thinking that there wasn’t a single bastard she could trust, Dokgo Ryeong said,
“...Enough. Just tell me how to raise my mastery.”
“You’re surprisingly willing to listen.”
“How the fuck am I supposed to throw a fit when you’re looking at me with those shitty eyes?”
“Pardon?”
“I’m leaving.”
“Ah… No, please don’t. For now, try circulating the yin energy little by little along the Moon Shadow Divine Art’s path. I have an idea.”
“Fine…”
After hearing the Hao Sect Leader’s explanation, Dokgo Ryeong sat cross-legged and calmly settled her mind.
As she sank into herself, Dokgo Ryeong began moving the yin energy settled in her lower dantian, little by little.
‘...Spread my legs for a man…’
Just thinking about spreading her legs for a man made goosebumps creep over her whole body, and she couldn’t stay still.
But despite that unpleasant feeling, reality kept forcing her to have relations with a lecher.
She’d understood it long ago.
She’d heard until she was sick of it just how much she could gain by spreading her legs for him once.
Besides, she believed what Eun Yak-byeok and Un-yeong had told her.
Un-yeong talked too much and often got himself in trouble, but he was trustworthy when it came to medicine and had never said anything foolish about an illness.
And now he was urging her to spread her legs, saying he couldn’t think of any other solution.
On top of that, Eun Yak-byeok was looking at her with deep concern and seriously telling her to spread her legs and quickly raise her mastery of the Moon Shadow Divine Art. The situation had to be truly serious.
‘Fuck… This body is a real piece of shit…’
Ever since the Rebirth of Body and Bone, she’d been irritated by her new body countless times, but she’d never been this angry before.
She’d lived as a man for decades, so, fuck.
What the hell did losing her virginity matter?
She could spread her legs a little if she might die otherwise.
If everything could be solved by closing her eyes and spreading her legs once, it was worth doing.
But now that she actually had to do it, her whole body was trembling.
Was she happy?
Now that she thought about it, it didn’t seem so bad.
The pleasure she’d felt before with Eun Yak-byeok and Eun Gwan-yeong had been a new kind of delight.
A pleasure greater than simply overpowering and defeating someone.
Far more pleasant than that.
Pleasure.
“Hngh…!”
Her heart began beating a little faster, her lower dantian throbbed, and the space between her legs tingled.
“...Guest?”
She could feel the tingling spreading from her toes as her breathing gradually grew more labored.
“Haa…!”
“G-Guest?!”
Dokgo Ryeong’s mind turned pink in an instant.
The yin energy she’d once circulated through her body along the Moon Shadow Divine Art’s path began racing along it again.
But the path was far too narrow for the enormous yin energy of the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Jade to pass through.
So it repeatedly forced its way through, swallowing up the other paths along the way—even the secondary meridians—as it began circulating wherever it pleased.
“Haaah…!”
“Guest!”
“The yin energy…! It’s… moving on its own…!”
“Has your heart demon taken hold?”
“No…! Hngh…! It started while I was circulating it…!”
Dokgo Ryeong’s hips trembled as she began letting out delicate moans.
“Haaah…!”
“Ah…”
“Why… why is this happening…!”
“Wait! There’s a way to fix this!”
Eun Yak-byeok brought something over and poured it into Dokgo Ryeong’s mouth.
“I mixed it with water, but it should still work.”
“...”
The taste was strangely familiar.
It had a peculiar scent, faintly soothing while somehow making her feel giddy at the same time.
‘...Why does this smell familiar…?’
But since it was working, Dokgo Ryeong drank everything Eun Yak-byeok gave her without thinking much about it.
“...Are you feeling a little calmer?”
“Yeah… But what is this?”
“Th-that’s something I’ll tell you later. How did it feel when you circulated the energy just now?”
“...”
“The medicine isn’t important! How did it feel to circulate it?”
When Eun Yak-byeok pressed her for an answer, Dokgo Ryeong pushed aside her unease and replied.
“...Fuck, I was only trying to draw out a little bit, right?”
“Yes.”
“But then it suddenly surged up from below… Yeah. I kept having all these dirty thoughts, fuck. I couldn’t help thinking about other things while circulating it.”
“Erotic thoughts?”
“...”
“That’s the original side effect.”
“Wait, what the fuck… Then what?”
“Just as I thought…”
Eun Yak-byeok suddenly bowed her head to Dokgo Ryeong.
“...I’m sorry. It wasn’t a mistake I made on purpose.”
“What now?”
“It’s something I often used so I wouldn’t instill strange sexual urges in girls who knew nothing about men…”
“What?”
“Well… When I taught you the Moon Shadow cultivation method, you spent the night with me, didn’t you?”
“Th-that… What does that have to do with…”
The memory of that night suddenly came back to Dokgo Ryeong, and her face flushed with embarrassment.
“...There were two women, and it happened to be the night of the full moon, too.”
“...”
“I guess there was too much yin energy… That must be why you collapsed.”
“...The solution.”
Watching Dokgo Ryeong’s face, Eun Yak-byeok said,
“...I still think you should spread your legs once…”
“Haa, fuck. This is bullshit. I’d rather just die.”
When Dokgo Ryeong drew her sword and held it to her own throat, Eun Yak-byeok panicked and stopped her.
“G-Guest! Just bear with it a little…!”
“Kyaaaah! Let go, fuck!!!”
After about half an hour of struggling, and only after Eun Yak-byeok had finished her impassioned persuasion, did Dokgo Ryeong finally leave the private room.
‘Fuck…! Fuck, fuck, fuck!!!’
Swearing endlessly to herself, Dokgo Ryeong headed down to the brothel’s first floor.
When she spotted the Lecher seated in the distance, Dokgo Ryeong shouted.
“Fuck! Hey, Lecher!”
“Miss Dokgo… You’re awake.”
“Th-that… Fuck…!”
“It’s good to see you looking so lively. If only you’d cut out the swearing.”
“T-tonight, sleep with me!!”
Clatter.
The sound of someone dropping a teacup echoed through the brothel.