The group continued with their chanting for another hour before they stopped. Both Liu Ming and Liuyue had laid on their backs to watch the dark sky, conversing in their minds about the journey they began months ago.

'I had no faith in Master. He looked so young and spoilt. I thought he was teasing me by telling me I'm his disciple.'

'Oh junior, so many people will look down on him. He does look young and with his cultivation hidden, who would believe it when they hear he's probably more powerful than most of the sect lords in the city?'

Liu Ming turned his head to her. 'Which stage is Master in? I can never tell even when he releases his breath.'

Liuyue raised her palm to the sky and swayed her arm for the fun of it. 'Master doesn't cultivate like other beings. I never had the chance to understand why.'

'Since you said that all this has happened, can't you predict to me what my future will be?'

Liuyue giggled in her mind and smiled under the mask. 'Master has changed everything. And the only memories I have are of only the two of us.'

Liu Ming's heart gave a double-pound hearing her statement. His thoughts separated from the mental channel they were using to communicate. His flushed smile hidden behind the mask would have made Liuyue doubt his sanity.

'You mean, you and me?'

Her head whipped at him, her eyes questioning his comprehension. 'No. Master and I. I don't remember any of the other disciples. Why Master sealed my memories is a question I cannot answer. I wish I could remember what happened to make Master do what he did.'

'Hmm...it must have been something tragic. Master is mostly composed unless when provoked. I wish I had such-'

Voices of an argument from inside the temple cut short their conversation

They rolled on their stomachs and peeped in through the large hole in the roof.

"We have to finish the ritual!" one yelled.

"But-"

"Shut up, all of you!" the only woman in the group yelled even louder, stepping between the two men who were arguing about what step to take next.

She glared at them viciously. "I'll start the next ritual. I will take the goddess's place as the dark god's Saintess. This is my duty and we have all talked about this."

They bowed apologizing, "Forgive us, Saintess."

She didn't say anything more. Her hand gripped the straps of her cloak and pulled, unfastening them. As the fabric brushed off her body, her bare skin came into sight, laying naked every part of her.

Her long black hair was the only thing that looked out of place, covering parts of her breasts.

Liu Ming's eyes grew round at the sudden scene while Liuyue wished she could jump and run away. But they had to watch what the ritual was about so that they could report to their Master.

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"Sa-Sa-Saintess, we are too dirty to lay-"

"Shh!" She pressed a finger on his lips taking a step closer to him.

With a seductive smile on her small lips, the woman leaned forward until her breasts were pressed onto the man's chest. "We are offering our prayers. There is nothing wrong," she cooed removing her finger from his lips and replacing it with her lips.

Seeing this, the other men became excited and hesitantly inched forward hands to touch a part of her.

They were visibly uncertain whether to proceed, but the lust boiling their blood was too heavy to overcome.

They took turns kissing the woman, touching her body from her back to her breasts with shaking hands. Only after she showed no resistance did they grow confident and touched her as much as they wanted.

Soon, all of them disrobed. This turn of events made Liu Ming cover Liuyue's eyes in hopes of saving her innocence. But she smacked his hand off glaring at him. 'I want to see as well. Someday I will see it when I get married. And we are here to watch them so we can report to Master.'

'But. They're too many. Why do you want to see them?'

'I...I...I have always been curious,' she admitted hiding her eyes.

'You could have just asked me to show you mine,' Liu Ming grumbled averting his eyes elsewhere, forgetting to separate the channels which had Liuyue hear his most intimate thought. She almost choked on her saliva but feigned ignorance.

After the incident at the city lord's office, she had grown curious about other people's bodies; both male and female. Now that she had a chance to see it for herself in the name of accomplishing the mission, she would not let even Liu Ming stop her.

But the heat flooding her body as they watched the group engage in such 'acts' bothered her.

The naked men whose members and risen to their full lengths stayed close to the woman from every direction.

Liuyue laid eyes on their crotches and her eyes grew double their size.

She had never seen such a thing on a woman's body. And all it took was seeing one to make her body's heat rise further.

She once had heard her sister talk about how different bodies were since she was studying to become a doctor. But she never expected to be this different. Other than their flat chests, their abdomen were also different, leaving her wondering what those curved were and how they had developed them. Had they been born like that? No, she had seen her nephew being dressed and his stomach had been round.

When the woman they were worshipping laid her hand on one of the stone-hard members poking her thighs and rear, Liuyue's heat went above normal, and she started losing consciousness from her suppressed natural feelings as well as how these feelings were throwing her qi off balance.

Liu Ming felt it because of his ability which had also sharpened from his own body's unregulated qi brought about by his erection. He had tried so hard to think about anything other than what was going on down there or that the girl he liked was right next to him. 'L-let's leave. I'll report to Master in the morning.'

'Su-sure,' she answered, her mind going blank the more she heard the moans coming from the group they were spying on.

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Han's phantom appeared in Ren's room which was shrouded in darkness. It glowed purple against the blackness, making him a walking lantern.

He went closer until he touched the barrier Ren would put up to keep out any danger.

To sleep better, Ren had come up with the idea of using a shield before turning off his heightened senses to that of a normal human. This was after spending months in the mountain meditating. It had left him craving a good sleep.

Without any cultivation stages, Ren was like a human. The only thing that set him apart from other humans was his ability and his immense power.

"Master," Han whispered walking through the barrier.

He climbed on the bed and squeezed himself until he was in Ren's arms. "I cannot feel any warmth or coldness in this form, but I'll try to keep you warm with my energy," Han said, closing his eyes and letting his qi move from his body and into Ren's.

"You sleep so beautifully, Master. I wonder what you're dreaming of... Liuyue said that humans dream of things they love or fear." He cleared the strands from Ren's forehead smiling. "Do I appear in your dreams, master?"

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The warm light falling into the room through the gap between the windows caressed Ren awake. His eyes fluttered, giving his mind some time to take in everything.

He sat up, and following his morning routine, he meditated for ten minutes to let the energy flow through his body and unblock any meridian that may have been blocked during his sleep.

A slight frown furrowed his brows as he detected foreign qi swirling around his dantian since it couldn't get in without Ren absorbing it willingly.

He opened his palm and drew out the energy which came out as a ball of luminous green light. 'This little spirit. Who told him I need his qi?' He released it to go back to its owner before lowering the barrier.

"Where is last night's report?" Ren asked looking at Liu Ming's direction from the dais. "What is this cult up to? Do they have other victims?"

Wu Tao noticed the discomfort on Liu Ming's face while Liuyue hid her face behind the fan. He wondered what had happened last night to have Liu Ming use the bathtub with cold water.

Liu Ming rose, a light scroll appearing in his hand as he walked to their Master. "It's all i-in here," he said bowing, and offering Ren the scroll.

His root showed up and picked it from his hands. "What happened to make you write it down?"

As Ren read the report, Liuyue's eyes stared intensely at him from the edge of the fan. Her cheeks hadn't cooled down since the previous night. She hadn't even slept a wink just thinking about what she had seen. And it only got worse when he first laid eyes on Wu Tao and all she could see was his naked body with his 'thing' hard.

Now that she was attending the mandatory morning meeting, she was fighting the heavens not to create a lewd image of his master naked and...hard.