CHAPTER 599: CHAPTER 468: JOYFUL UNION SECT

After Hong Yulang and the others left, Luo Song returned to the valley.

He walked straight into Hong Mingyue’s room, where Hong Mingyue was meditating.

Ever since her defeat at the Daxia Imperial Competition more than a month ago, where the treachery of the Hong Residence failed, both Hong Mingyue and Luo Song had fled back to Three-Life Valley in disgrace. Since then, it was as if Hong Mingyue had transformed into someone else.

Her former pride and coldness seemed to have vanished in an instant.

"Ming Yue, I’ve sent the people away as you asked, but I don’t understand. Hong Yulang is your only relative; why did you drive him away?"

"My brother has been a profligate since he was young. If he stayed in the Three-Life Valley, he would remain so for life. Driving him away, to fend for himself, is also for his own good," Hong Mingyue said slowly.

"I did as you said and helped you considerably; how do you plan to repay me?"

Luo Song unabashedly took a seat next to Hong Mingyue, his hand resting on her slender waist, feeling its pleasant touch.

Seeing that Hong Mingyue had no reaction, Luo Song became bolder, his hand slipping under her clothing.

Hong Mingyue’s face was expressionless, as if indifferent to Luo Song’s actions.

The Hong Residence had fallen. She was defeated by Ye Lingyue. The once high and mighty Hong Mingyue had plummeted from the pinnacle to the depths of despair.

Her status in Three-Life Valley had also changed. Now, being the Young Valley Master’s Wife was her last trump card.

Luo Song had now pinned her under him, deftly stripping her clothes. Her beautiful body stirred a feverish heat within him.

This was not their first intimate encounter.

The night Luo Song brought a wounded Hong Mingyue back to Three-Life Valley, he couldn’t wait to become intimate with her.

Luo Song didn’t understand why the icy Hong Mingyue had suddenly accepted him.

They tangled passionately in the room, the fervor not subsiding until the early hours before dawn, after which Luo Song finally fell into a deep sleep.

Contrary to Luo Song, Hong Mingyue looked flushed with vitality after their lovemaking. Taking advantage of Luo Song’s slumber, she sat up naked and began meditating, her Dantian quickly filling with a stream of pure Primordial Power.

This power came from Luo Song. During their passionate embrace, he hadn’t noticed that Hong Mingyue was quietly siphoning his Primordial Power.

From now on, each time he took pleasure with her, he would lose more of his energy until, eventually, he would be drained of life, reduced to a desiccated corpse.

"Luo Song, you think the favor of Hong Mingyue comes so cheaply? I will use the ’Joyful Union Skill’ to drain you completely," Hong Mingyue’s eyes showed a slight change.

The once ice-like beauty now bore faint cracks, her demeanor adding a touch of seductive charm.

In Hong Mingyue’s hand was a stone carving.

This carving, she had obtained after breaking a Light Talisman Ball in Xingxiu Cave.

No one knew the Martial Art she had acquired.

The Joyful Union Skill was the signature technique of the Ancient Demon Sect Joyful Union, and although it was a Fifth-tier Martial Art, it allowed practitioners to significantly boost their cultivation through Yin Yang Replenishing. It was an extremely domineering and unorthodox Martial Art.

During the heyday of the Joyful Union Sect, nearly half of the male and female disciples across the mainland’s sects fell victim to its harm.

Enraged, the Sect Leaders from various sects banded together to attack the Joyful Union Sect’s sanctuary. They slaughtered all the disciples of the Joyful Union Sect and forbade the study of the Yang Boosting Technique, branding it as a forbidden martial art.

Little did Hong Mingyue know, she would coincidentally come into possession of this martial art.

Hong Mingyue was naturally indifferent and lacked any interest in romantic affairs.

Therefore, when she first acquired this martial art, she had no intention of learning it.

However, her defeat at the Daxia Imperial Competition completely overturned her entire life.

Her fame as a genius was replaced by Ye Lingyue.

Her family became eternal sinners in the history of Daxia.

Even her most beloved family members showed their ugly faces when disaster struck.

And Hong Mingyue attributed all the painful roots of these events to Ye Lingyue.

Ye Lingyue, just an Elixir Realm Martial Artist, could defeat her; Hong Mingyue couldn’t catch up with her progress and cultivation even if she tried her best.

For the first time, Hong Mingyue doubted her own talent, fearing that she would not be able to catch up with Ye Lingyue.

In order to catch up with Ye Lingyue and defeat her, she eventually learned the Yang Boosting Technique.

Just once, she experienced the benefits of the Yang Boosting Technique; her cultivation had doubled compared to normal practice.

Hong Mingyue calculated that with just a few more months of practice, she could break through the Reincarnation Three Paths.

And all of this was still just the beginning; if she could find someone with a higher cultivation than Luo Song, her progress speed would be even faster.

Glancing at Luo Song, who slept like a dead pig, Hong Mingyue’s eyes slowly filled with disdain.

"Ye Lingyue, your carefree days won’t last much longer. Once I refine the third layer of the Yang Boosting Technique, I will surely kill you to avenge the over a hundred lives lost from the Hong Residence." Hong Mingyue closed her eyes and slowly directed her Primordial Power into her Dantian.

After days of traveling, Ye Lingyue and Lan Cai’er arrived at the Ten Thousand Beasts Territory, fatigued and covered in dust.

In just four or five months, the once desolate Ten Thousand Beasts Territory had been transformed.

At the edge of the Ancient Forest, there now appeared a small village.

"We’ve already heard about the incident at Purple Bamboo Ridge. In fact, when the turmoil started, many refugees fled here. We took in some of them. But there are simply too many refugees, so we could only keep a small portion," Aguduo informed Ye Lingyue.

"Master, the old monster has a suggestion: If you want to enter Purple Bamboo Ridge, it’s best to disguise yourself as a novice mercenary and blend into a small mercenary squad. It will be safer to conduct your investigation this way," Jin Wu Old Monster, with his vast experience, also reminded Ye Lingyue and Lan Cai’er to disguise themselves properly. "All you need is to conceal your appearance; there’s no need to cross-dress. Mercenaries are different from ordinary people; they have shrewd eyes. If flaws are discovered, it would be easier to arouse suspicion."

Following Jin Wu Old Monster’s advice, Ye Lingyue and Lan Cai’er decided to disguise themselves as mercenaries.

To hide their exceptionally good looks, both women prepared diligently.

Lan Cai’er added a large birthmark on her cheek.

As for Ye Lingyue, she dyed her skin two shades darker, making herself look very dark as if she were a coal ball.

After transforming their appearances, the two women stood together, and upon seeing each other’s disguised forms, they couldn’t help but burst into laughter, saying in unison.

"So ugly!"

And thus, two gorgeously ugly female mercenaries were born, heading to Cloud City near Purple Bamboo Ridge to temporarily take on roles as mercenaries.