“Your situation… is indeed rare.”
Su Wanqiu suppressed her laughter as she looked at Lu Li, who sat in the chair with a helpless expression.
“On the other hand, Lu Li, with your Heavenly Charm Bone, you’re very suitable for our Yin Yang Sect.”
“Master, is there a technique to hide these pupils?”
Lu Li looked at himself in the mirror. If he didn’t know it was himself, he would definitely be captivated in his male form.
Indeed, that was the goal the Charm Technique needed to achieve.
“Our sect takes pride in mastering the Charm Technique, but even I cannot achieve such an extreme.”
Su Wanqiu gently pressed her cheeks, making her pupils more visible.
“According to the technique’s description, even if you don’t intentionally use it, you can charm others.”
“Then, if I turn back into a male, will my eyes change too?”
“That should be no problem.”
Su Wanqiu thought for a moment and gave the answer.
“Good…”
Hearing this reply, Lu Li let out a long sigh. Then he glanced at himself in the mirror again and sighed once more.
“Look on the bright side, Lu Li. At least within the Yin Yang Sect, no one will doubt your identity as the Saintess anymore. With such cultivation and talent, everyone will only envy you more and respect you more.”
Su Wanqiu stood up.
“And during the Enthronement Ceremony, the attitudes of other sects will probably change too.”
“It’s just that I’m the one suffering.”
Lu Li could only force a bitter smile.
“Lu Li, I know you were originally a man and aren’t used to becoming a woman.”
Su Wanqiu pointed at the flowers and trees in the courtyard.
“But the effect of the Charm Technique far exceeds your imagination.”
“Try it out a little. Maybe you’ll be satisfied.”
With that, Su Wanqiu stepped onto a light gauze and floated in the air.
“Oh, and don’t use it on your junior sisters. They all practice it too, and it might destabilize their True Yuan.”
“Understood, Master.”
As Lu Li bowed, Su Wanqiu soared into the sky, leaving a faint shadow in the night sky.
‘Hmm… Everyone is resting now. Let me take a look at the effect of this Charm Technique.’
Lu Li remembered that in his female form, his affinity for Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi was better.
‘What if I use the Charm Technique?’
With a thought, Lu Li activated the phantom image traced in his Dantian.
At that moment, the phantom of nine fox tails spread from his waist, and the peach blossom hue in his eyes became more distinct.
‘It doesn’t seem like anything changed?’
Lu Li turned around, reaching out to touch the misty phantom.
‘According to the cultivation technique’s records, it can charm all things… all things?’
As he pondered, Lu Li walked toward the flowerbed in the small courtyard. When his fingers brushed over the blooming flowers, a peculiar sight followed.
The flowers that had closed at night gradually opened, emitting an even stronger fragrance.
And without exception, these flowers bowed their stems, facing toward Lu Li.
‘So this is what they mean by “outshining the moon and shaming the flowers”?’
Lu Li found it both amusing and exasperating.
Wherever he went, the flowers and trees all bowed in reverence without exception.
At the same time, the concentration of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi around them seemed to grow denser.
‘If I cultivate this way, it wouldn’t be so bad… right?’
Lu Li looked at the most brilliant flower in the courtyard. In its stamen, spiritual energy condensed like pearls.
With a glance, without even reaching out, the cluster of spiritual energy floated up to his lips.
With a gentle touch, it turned into a fragrance and melted directly in his mouth.
Afterward, his lips and teeth were fragrant, with a faint sweet taste.
‘In other words, this is similar to the Sword Spiritual Root. The Sword Spiritual Root can command all weapons in the world, but since I haven’t cultivated a specialized technique, I can only summon swords.’
Looking at the garden full of spring flowers bowing respectfully, Lu Li suddenly understood.
‘At first, the Charm Spiritual Root absorbed Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi quickly, but now it truly can charm all things.’
‘Just from the match between spiritual root and technique, this is quite interesting.’
This feeling of being able to command all things stirred Lu Li’s boyish heart.
With a flick of his finger, the insects among the plants and trees obediently followed his command and moved away.
‘If I had this ability before, I could have used it to repel insects and lived without worries about food and clothing.’
As Lu Li let his mind wander, drowsiness slowly spread through his body. He casually plucked the spiritual energy offered by a few flowers and swallowed it, treating it as a bedtime snack.
‘It really is a good technique.’
With a thought, the trembling fox tails retracted into his Dantian.
After stretching, Lu Li returned to his room to rest.
Perhaps because he had consumed the unique Spirit Pearl, he slept even more comfortably than before that night.
But when Lu Li woke up the next day, he found three people standing in his room.
Qing Luo looked like she was sulking. Jiang Yuebai was staring at the ceiling, her expression hesitant, as if pondering something.
Only Shen Zhaoxue stepped forward, came to Lu Li’s bed, then leaned in carefully and sniffed near his face.
“Wait, Shen Zhaoxue, what are you doing!”
Lu Li’s drowsiness instantly vanished. He looked in terror as Shen Zhaoxue pressed even closer.
“Did you secretly use cosmetics?”
Shen Zhaoxue frowned.
“There’s no need to get so worked up, Senior Sister Shen.”
Jiang Yuebai joined the conversation with a light cough.
“We’re in the Yin Yang Sect, and Senior Sister Lu is now a woman. It’s inevitable.”
“What are you talking about?”
Lu Li tried to process everyone’s words.
“I didn’t, I don’t have any.”
“But Senior Sister Lu, you clearly have the scent of three kinds of cosmetics on you.”
Qing Luo twitched her nose.
“I initially thought you had a outburst and brought other senior and junior sisters to the room. But I didn’t smell any other scents, so there’s only this possibility…”
“That does happen.”
Jiang Yuebai nodded like an experienced person.
“I tried it in my third month after joining. There’s always curiosity…”
“Don’t wrong me! I didn’t do anything!”
Lu Li looked at the three of them.
“Don’t look at me like that. I really didn’t do anything.”
“It’s okay, Lu Li.”
Shen Zhaoxue instead showed a comforting expression.
“We all understand. It’s fine. Besides, you really are more beautiful than any worldly woman…”
“Is that the point!”
Lu Li gave a bitter smile. Then he suddenly remembered the flower spiritual energy he had consumed last night.
“I know the reason!”
“Don’t tell me you accidentally knocked over the Enthronement Ceremony’s cosmetics box.”
Qing Luo looked at Lu Li with suspicion.
“No, no. I was practicing the Charm Technique yesterday and got a little result.”
Lu Li immediately put on a cyan long dress and went to the courtyard.
“Now look.”
With a thought, a situation similar to last night appeared again.
Lu Li slightly extended his hand, and on the petals of several flowers, spiritual energy with morning dew formed.
“Plus, this stuff is quite sweet. I took it as a bedtime snack, and that caused this misunderstanding… Wait, listen to me!”
As Lu Li demonstrated, Qing Luo’s sulky demeanor became even more obvious. Jiang Yuebai wore a helpless smile.
As for Shen Zhaoxue, she was looking down in thought, clearly scheming something.
“Senior Sister Lu, you shouldn’t turn back anymore.”
Qing Luo tilted her head, looking at the swaying tail behind Lu Li.
“Your female form is so much better than your male form.”
“Hey!”
“I agree with Junior Sister Qing Luo. Every smile, every frown, every anger stirs one’s emotions.”
Jiang Yuebai shook her head.
“Shen Zhaoxue, I know you’re definitely different from them.”
Lu Li looked at Shen Zhaoxue.
“You must be thinking about something very serious.”
“Uh… sorry, not this time.”
Shen Zhaoxue looked at the flowers.
“I was wondering… what these flower and grass dews taste like.”
“…At this point.”
Lu Li let out a long sigh. He raised his hand, and several clusters of spiritual energy landed on his palm.
“Let’s eat breakfast first.”