Chapter 673: Yin-Yang Confluence Sect
Idle One Jiang Li arrived at a small town and discovered the local soldiers forcibly abducting women.
“Die!” Without a second thought, he killed the man by pinning him down.
“I didn’t expect to run into this right after arriving in this world.”
The rescued woman, seeing Idle One Jiang Li flying in the air, gave no thanks for being saved, only howled and sobbed.
Idle One Jiang Li smiled bitterly, puzzled why she reacted as if she had seen a death-seeking Ghost Officer.
He patiently tried to comfort her, hinting and prodding for a long while, and finally understood why she was crying.
“It turns out on this planet, cultivators all practice the Demonic Path, committing every atrocity—burning, killing, looting.”
“The emperor here, in order to flatter the cultivators, selects handsome men and beautiful women from the populace and delivers them to the cultivators as offerings.”
Idle One Jiang Li frowned, but judging from this planet, mortal conditions here were far worse than those in the Nine Provinces.
“Since I encountered this, I cannot ignore it.” Idle One Jiang Li learned where the imperial capital was, disguised himself as a mortal, and rode by carriage to the capital.
Along the way, he ran into a bold mountain bandit boss and was kidnapped by her, and met a noble family miss who had run away from home…
After a series of twists and turns, several days later, he finally reached the imperial capital.
By then, the emperor had gathered the handsome men and beautiful women collected from across the nation, waiting quietly for the cultivators to take them away.
Idle One Jiang Li disguised himself as a good-looking mortal and blended into the crowd.
To Idle One Jiang Li’s surprise, those who came to take them were not ferocious cultivators, but alluring female cultivators radiating seduction.
Seeing Idle One Jiang Li’s astonishment, a handsome man beside him chuckled, “Don’t you know? As tributes, we’re to be offered to the Yin-Yang Confluence Sect. I heard that once we go there, we’ll get crazy pleasure.”
But the handsome man didn’t know much about the Yin-Yang Confluence Sect; it was mostly hearsay and hardly reliable.
Idle One Jiang Li used his pleasant face and smooth words to tease one of the seductive female cultivators into peals of giggles.
“In the Eight Desolations, Nascent Soul cultivators are Star Lords, Unity Stage cultivators are Domain Lords, and Tribulation Transcendence Stage cultivators are Desolation Lords.”
“And the Yin-Yang Confluence Sect is the sect established by Desolation Lord Xun. It promotes female cultivators drawing yin to replenish yang, and male cultivators drawing yang to replenish yin.”
The seductive female cultivator led the group across the star rivers to the planet personally managed by Desolation Lord Xun.
The handsome men and beautiful women were picked out by sect cultivators, and Idle One Jiang Li was singled out by a seductive female cultivator.
“Little brother, I see your yang energy is abundant, just right for sister to draw and replenish.” The seductive cultivator looked at Idle One Jiang Li with a lustful expression.
The Yin-Yang Confluence Sect had few scruples; the seductive cultivator took Idle One Jiang Li straight to a bed.
“What a fine husk. I intended to use you once and be done, but now I’ve changed my mind. I want to use you several times.” The seductive cultivator restrained Idle One Jiang Li, undid his clothes, caressing his abs and cheek.
During the confluence, Idle One Jiang Li frowned. He realized this Yin-Yang Confluence Sect was also of the Demonic Path. Dual Cultivation should be a mutual yin-yang complement, but here it was one-sided extraction. If he hadn’t possessed cultivation himself, he would have been drained to death long ago.
After leaving the seductress, cheeks flushed with red radiance, Idle One Jiang Li dressed and went outside.
He soon discovered wearing clothes here was practically pointless. Whether cultivator or mortal tribute, people were scantily clad for convenient confluence.
But the mortals all walked with unsteady steps, staggering as if they might fall at any moment.
Men were drawn by female cultivators; women were drawn by male cultivators.
He also saw the man who previously thought being sent to the Yin-Yang Confluence Sect would be a blessing, now drained of his yang energy, face ashen, dead in the courtyard.
The Yin-Yang Confluence Sect treated such occurrences as unremarkable. Several laborers dragged the body away and tidied the courtyard as if nothing had happened.
Handsome men like Idle One Jiang Li, with vigorous yang energy, were extremely welcome in the sect. During these days, while walking the courtyard, he was often pulled by unknown female cultivators into chambers for drawing and replenishing.
Soon, the sect concluded Idle One Jiang Li had a pure yang constitution, naturally suited for confluence.
The cultivators who consorted with Idle One Jiang Li changed constantly, from Foundation Establishment to Nascent Soul, from Nascent Soul to Spirit Transformation, then to Unity Stage, and finally even presented Idle One Jiang Li to Desolation Lord Xun herself.
“So you are the much-talked-about pure yang body? You really are as the rumors said, brimming with yang, like a little sun. Come closer, let sister take a look.” Desolation Lord Xun lay on the bed; even through a layer of gauze, her flawless form was visible.
Arriving at the Xun Desolation Lord Palace, Idle One Jiang Li’s pupils constricted. He was not drawn by Xun’s figure; what shocked him was the sight outside the palace—vast numbers of men who had died from excessive drawing!
Corpses piled into mounds, reeking of decay.
“Afraid you’ll become a corpse too? No need to worry. As long as you make sister comfortable, sister will spare your life. Maybe if sister is pleased, you could even become an honored bed companion.” Desolation Lord Xun laughed, her voice like a tinkling brook, making one itch with desire.
But Idle One Jiang Li did not feel any itch. He said in a low voice, “With your current cultivation, how many men have died because of you?”
“Little brother, that tone of yours—sister does not like it.” Xun’s brows drew together; to her, he was merely a toy, yet he dared question her.
Idle One Jiang Li pulled aside the bed gauze and grabbed Xun by the throat. “Answer my question!”
When it comes to major right and wrong, Idle One Jiang Li could tell the difference: those who practice the Demonic Path must die!
That had been the Nine Provinces’ principle for nine thousand years.
Venerable Sumeru Buddha had shown him kindness; he could not bring himself to harm the Buddha, but a previously unknown Desolation Lord Xun—no matter how beautiful—did not move him.
“You… you are from the Nine Provinces World!” Xun instantly judged Idle One Jiang Li’s identity. She could not break free from his grip.
Desolation Lord Qian and the others had told Xun, through special means, what they had seen in the Nine Provinces, and emphasized that the Heavenly Dao’s seedling might have appeared there.
“How rotten are you Eight Desolations!” Idle One Jiang Li shouted without pity.
Xun panicked and blurted out everything she knew.
“World collisions and invasions, all cultivators practice the Demonic Path! Rotten—your entire Eight Desolations are rotten!”
Idle One Jiang Li trembled with fury. He had thought what he saw at the Yin-Yang Confluence Sect was already outrageous; he hadn’t expected the condition of the Eight Desolations to be even worse.
Yet he felt powerless. In principle, all Demonic Path cultivators ought to be killed, but that would mean wiping out all cultivators across the Eight Desolations—he could not bring himself to do that.
“Maybe I should enter a dream and ask Big Brother First Emperor, see if he has a way.” Idle One Jiang Li often entered dreams to fight First Emperor. Though he was soundly beaten, he also learned much from those battles.
At that moment, a Golden Immortal aura descended upon the Nine Provinces, catching his attention.
“What’s happening?!” Idle One Jiang Li was astonished; he had never seen a Golden Immortal before.
“It must be the Immortal Realm. Your Nine Provinces’ Earth Vein has been discovered by the Immortal Realm!” Xun laughed loudly. Knowing she could not leave alive, she indulged in taunting Idle One Jiang Li.
Idle One Jiang Li did not hesitate. He killed Xun Desolation Lord, tore open space, and returned to the Nine Provinces.