Chapter 125 Ashes and Stones
The beautiful woman Wu Long helped approached him as he stood and watched the 'fun', a nonchalant look on his face. Shen Min was at his side also looking at the scene, with a satisfied smile on her face. She hugged Wu Long's arm and placed her head on his forearm near his shoulder. Now that she put her guard down, she completely removed it toward him. There was no caution or doubt, being close to him like this felt comfortable and natural.
"It seems you really are not part of a larger group"
The woman said as she approached them. She asked around the women who were rescued to get a grasp on the situation in the time they did not see each other. There was still disbelief and incredulity in her eyes, but she was gradually more and more adapting to the fact that Wu Long and Shen Min were the ones responsible for the massacre of this previously glorious and powerful sect.
He looked to the side at her, and Shen Min bent slightly forward, her head peeking out with a curious look from one side of Wu Long's profile to glimpse at the woman who approached them, and thus her perky butt peeked from the other side.
"I wanted to thank you. You have my sincere gratitude"
"If you are so grateful you are free to jump into my arms, don't be so shy"
"...You! Can you be serious for a moment?! I am trying to express my appreciation here"
She was caught off guard by Wu Long's words accompanied by a playful smile, and a moment later furrowed her brows in indignation. She seemed like a prim and proper, straightforward person who was not used to being teased like this.
He simply laughed in reply, as she looked at him helplessly in frustration. He was, after all, her savior so she could not in good conscience get truly angry at him.
"Besides, don't you feel bad about even jokingly flirting with another woman right before your lover"
She finally said shifting her gaze to Shen Min with a meaningful raise of a brow, which said to him that he should now soothe her. Wu Long was amused at how she thought he was in trouble and was trying to subtly help him, which was not at all subtle.
"Good question, Shen Min, are you unhappy with me flirting with other women?"
He said with a smile and turned his head to Shen Min while the woman was trying to 'subtly' hint at him with large hand gestures that he was heading to a cliff. But to her utter shock, Shen Min simply smiled and shook her head.
"I knew you had other women before me, and will have more women in the future prior to agreeing to becoming yours. As long as you don't leave me I am content"
The woman's jaw dropped as low as it physically could as she looked at Shen Min with wide eyes. Meanwhile, Wu Long chuckled and gave Shen Min a light quick kiss, to which she happily replied.
"You don't have to worry about me leaving you, there is no way I am going to let you go now that you are my woman"
He said into her ear as a shiver of joy went through her body and a happy smile appeared on her face. Wu Long then turned to the woman with a face saying 'See? no problem here', but it soon turned to an amused one as he saw her expression that was still frozen in shock from Shen Min's words.
"Ahem"
The woman saw Wu Long's entertained gaze and realized how she must look in his eyes right now. She returned to a serious expression as she cleared her throat into her hand that she brought up to her mouth, but there was a blush on her cheeks from embarrassment.
"...I-I see, it is good then, khm"
She said trying not to look him in the eyes and cleared her throat again.
"Anyway, what I wanted to say was that I am grateful for your rescue and help. I do not have my belongings, so I cannot properly express my gratitude, but if you ever visit the Jurong Kingdom be sure to stop by the Clear River Pavilion and ask for Grand Elder Wei Lan. You will be much more welcome than in this sect."
Wei Lan said returning to her original topic.
"I am not sure about that"
"What do you mean?"
"You are a Foundation Building Realm elite expert, and you are an important member of seemingly an influential organization, yet here you were, drugged and trapped inside a Lust Cultivation sect, with no physical wounds to signify your struggle and not even sure how you were transported to another kingdom"
Wu Long said as a serious light appeared in her eyes.
"It cannot be! There has to be some other explanation. There is no way someone in my sect could do this to me, a Grand Elder!"
She said flatly rejecting his insinuation. She too has of course doubted the situation she was in, but she was just too righteous to start suspecting other people just based on assumptions. Sometimes people who were not capable of despicable behavior had a difficult time suspecting other people of such behavior.
But she was no simpleton, so her rather strong reaction was actually related to the fact that she could not completely get rid of her suspicion herself. And that deeply pained her, prompting an exaggerated response.
"If you say so. But you know that you can express your gratitude right now by..."
"I am not going to let you finish that"
"Hehe, it seems you learn"
Wu Long chuckled as he was not given the chance to tease her again. But it also seemed as if there was a second meaning in his words, one that made Wei Lan slightly uncomfortable.
"...Can I ask you for your name?"
She then asked after some time of looking at him and trying to calm herself down, she was not sure if he was going to answer. He did, after all, just destroy a sect, which was bound to make some enemies.
"Wu Long"
But to her surprise, he simply answered with no signs of being flustered. She looked at him with a pondering gaze, wondering where such a powerful man came from, and how he could be so strong with such a low cultivation base.
But she then slightly shook her head. It was useless to ponder on that anyway, so she decided to see if she learns something later.
"I see, thank you again, Mister Wu..."
"You can call me Wu Long, that way it would be more intim-..."
"THANK YOU... very much for saving me, I will have to head to my sect to learn what is the current state"
"I see, by the way, I was wondering, do you know why you were safe in the sect for so long?"
She shook her head.
"I too find it very strange, as Lust Cultivators are not exactly known for being able to keep their desires in check, but I vaguely remember an old decrepit man saying that? no one should touch me since I was an offering to some 'Master', although I do not know who this master is"
"Hm? Old man? Is that the old ancestor of the sect?"
"I have no way of knowing, as I never met anyone from this sect, only know of them"
"Come with me"
Wu Long led Wei Lan to the place where a resplendent crimson lotus once bloomed and lightly kicked something resembling a stone covered by a layer of snow.
Wei Lan did not have any exaggerated reaction toward seeing a decapitated head, which did not start to fully decompose as the temperature was low. She was an experienced cultivator who saw her fair share of cruelty after all.
"Yes, it was this old man"
She said after some time of looking at the face with fear and unwillingness forever frozen on it, as she was trying to compare it with the vague memory she had.
"Hmm"
Wu Long made a pondering pose as he was now intrigued. It seems the backing of this sect was deeper than just someone manipulating things in the shadows. He did not have to think too much about it as that backing was bound to try and find him first.
Wu Long then had all of the women start moving away from the Supreme Master Pavilion.
The people princess sent saw a large procession of women and looked with round eyes. They could not fathom that the sect that was thought to be unshakeable was eradicated in mere two days, although they of course did not know what happened inside.
Wu Long operated the formation to let everyone out and watched as they slowly disappeared in the distance. As they said their goodbyes, Wei Lan set off to her sect, taking a decent weapon and some necessities for her travel with Wu Long's blessing as he already had his pockets full.
He then turned, and his hands formed a series of hand seals, as talismans he left all over the sect started burning, and the formation started creating wind that intensified and spread the fires. He always destroyed any knowledge of lust cultivation when he encountered them. The fires burned into the dark night, only stopping until there was absolutely nothing left but ashes and stone ruins.
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