Chapter 211 - 209: The Endless Thieves of the Heart

Chapter 211: Chapter 209: The Endless Thieves of the Heart

Back at the residence, Fang Can was immediately surrounded by the concerned women.

"Ah Can, did you break through? Was it dangerous?" Ye Qingshi stepped forward, grabbing Fang Can’s arm and looking him over carefully.

’It was a little dangerous. I almost screwed up big time,’ Fang Can thought, a lingering fear in his heart.

In retrospect, it was a good thing Liu Qingmeng hadn’t been tempted by him.

Otherwise, with the physical prowess of a Fourth Turn, she could have easily shattered his pelvis once she got carried away.

After four hours of that, Fang Can wasn’t sure he would have survived.

The most tragic part would have been that his strength might not have even been enough to break through that membrane.

Of course, those were just his thoughts. Since Liu Qingmeng’s memory of the event had already been erased once, Fang Can decided to bury the matter deep down and not tell anyone.

"Of course there was no problem. What risk could there be in breaking through to the First Turn?" Fang Can said with a confident wave. "But now, I’d like you all to help me test out a new ability."

"Test an ability?" The women were curious. How could they, a group of Martial Artists who hadn’t even reached the First Turn, possibly help?

"Yes, test an ability." As he spoke, Fang Can unhesitatingly deployed his force field in a three-meter radius and activated Sesi Mode.

"Accessible devices detected within signal range. Initiate connection?"

At that moment, the women enveloped by the field heard a string of words echo in their ears.

"Accept the invitation and select the low setting," Fang Can said, at which point he noticed something different.

It seemed he could forcibly connect to those who hadn’t reached the First Turn, without needing their consent.

The women mentally accepted the invitation and chose the low setting. Immediately, they felt a distinct sensation.

It felt like two hands roaming over their bodies, like a massage.

Meanwhile, corresponding signals were transmitted back to Fang Can’s arms with the same frequency.

And since the electronic signal was covering hundreds of devices at once, these sensations all stacked.

No... it wasn’t stacking!

...

"Yes! My talent has increased again." In her room, Jiang Ning’an, who had been about to go find Fang Can, stopped in her tracks. She then hurried back to her training room.

Just a moment ago, her talent had inexplicably surged by more than tenfold.

’I must live up to my master’s expectations. I should use this time to train hard. It won’t be too late to find Fang Can after the effect wears off.’

「Meanwhile, on Jiejian Mountain.」 Liu Qingmeng, who had rushed back, was determined to suppress the unwanted desires constantly welling up inside her.

The desires stirred by Fang Can were far harder to eradicate than the effects of drugs like ice.

After all, devouring Fang Can would be an incredible tonic; her body was showing her a grand highway to success.

What cultivator didn’t hope to break through their limits? Fang Can was that grand path, right there for the taking. Purely rational thought dictated she should strike without hesitation.

So now, as she sat cross-legged on her meditation cushion, Liu Qingmeng’s Daoist robes were as disheveled as her state of mind.

Her reason told her to go to Fang Can if she wanted to succeed.

But her morals absolutely forbade it. The very idea was preposterous.

’Then I’ll just devour him in secret! I’ll knock him out and erase his memory afterward!’

A voice rose in Liu Qingmeng’s mind. Before she could quash it, another one spoke up:

’I’m a Fourth Turn master. So what if I force myself on Fang Can? He can’t resist me anyway!’

’I should lock the treasure up in the basement. Forget about Ning An. Good things are for the strong to enjoy alone.’

’Exactly. And that feeling from the AT field... don’t think you can hide it with a simple Dust Cleaning Skill. You might be able to fool others, but don’t lie to yourself.’

With a SNAP, Liu Qingmeng directly ripped that sliver of desire from her mind.

As the desire was separated from her, it materialized out of thin air, taking the form of an incarnation identical to Liu Qingmeng.

The moment it was separated, the incarnation snarled, "Such a wishy-washy main self. I’m honest, you..."

Without giving the incarnation a chance to finish, Liu Qingmeng’s hand became a sword, and she instantly cut down the incarnation of desire before her.

Feeling the frenzied delusions surging through her mind, Liu Qingmeng unhesitatingly cast them all out.

With a flash of lightning, a dozen more incarnations appeared before her, each one powerful enough to overwhelm a conventional Third Turn expert.

"You vile demons! How dare you disturb my mind!"

Liu Qingmeng let out a cold snort. Her blue hair billowed as, without a shred of mercy, she waved her hand and slew every last one of the incarnations before her.

The woman breathed a sigh of relief, her mind finally clear. But then, another thought surfaced:

’But then again... do I really not want to have a taste of Fang Can? Everyone else can, so why can’t I?’

"One can never truly slay the thieves of the heart."

The thoughts continued to pour madly into her mind, an endless tide that could not be cut down or killed.

With a soft sigh, Liu Qingmeng raised a hand and crushed another incarnation, extinguishing one more wisp of desire.

And so she sat, cross-legged on her cushion. Every time a sliver of desire rose from deep within her, Liu Qingmeng would sever it and cut it down.

She continued this from noon until dusk, slaying thousands upon thousands of obsessive fantasies until her mind finally, temporarily, grew quiet.

’What a terrifying constitution,’ she thought, a lingering fear in her eyes. ’Just a dozen breaths of contact, and I was nearly corrupted.’

’If I hadn’t managed to stop it, if it had lasted just a little longer, it would have been too late.’

’I’m afraid even my Fourth Turn Dao foundation would have been twisted and branded with Fang Can’s mark.’

’I need to stabilize my state of mind for a few days. I absolutely cannot see that little rogue again during this time, or I fear another Heart Demon will rise within me,’ Liu Qingmeng thought, closing her eyes.