Chapter 56
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 56
Chapter Title: Jeong Seon's Secret
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Jeong Seon was a woman.
Just that single revelation sent my fondness for her skyrocketing to the heavens.
"Why did you hide it?"
"It was better that way for living in the pleasure house."
A wide variety of people came and went from the pleasure house, but most of the customers were men.
Among them were plenty of lowlifes, so out of concern for what might happen, her mother—who had been the head courtesan—wanted her to live as a man.
And having heard countless stories while growing up in the pleasure house, she understood her mother's worries and went along with it.
Of course, that wasn't the only reason.
There was a much bigger one.
"I also didn't want my father finding out about me."
Just in case he ever came back to the pleasure house or they crossed paths somewhere else, she had started disguising herself as a man so he wouldn't recognize her.
A hint of bitterness tinged Jeong Seon's expression.
Saying that, she sat down beside me.
"Enough about my story. How is it?"
"How is what...?"
"...Exciting?"
Jeong Seon hesitated before asking.
People could be so simple.
Until just a few minutes ago—before I knew she was a woman—the mere sound of her undressing had me freaking out and turning my head away in panic.
Now, though, I couldn't tear my eyes from her body.
And I had a mystical experience.
Come to think of it, ever since learning the Solar Heart Technique, I couldn't recall ever getting sexually aroused.
So I had no idea.
What effect arousal had on my internal energy.
My heart pounded, my breathing grew ragged.
The sound of my heartbeat echoed through my body, even reaching my head.
My heart raced like I'd just finished a brutal workout, yet my body brimmed with vitality and overflowing power.
As proof, yang energy and internal energy welled up throughout my entire body.
It surged so much it felt like it might overflow.
"Whoa..."
Even Jeong Seon beside me could sense it.
My internal energy gave the most honest answer possible to her question about whether I was aroused—more honest than any words could be.
Jeong Seon nodded in admiration.
"Then let's start circulating your qi now."
I nodded and began the meditation.
Closing my eyes, I focused on the internal energy inside me and steadied my breathing.
Thanks to the arousal, my concentration was worse than usual, and my breathing refused to calm.
Naturally, the meditation wasn't going well.
But contrary to my expectations, my internal energy flowed more stably than ever, weaving smoothly between my meridians and racing through my entire body.
Just as Jeong Seon had said.
With more internal energy than usual, it rapidly devoured the abundant yin energy filling the room.
By the rough speed I could sense, it was at least twice as fast as before.
Every sensation in my body sharpened, and my whole frame heated up quickly.
"I'll help you."
I wasn't sure exactly what she meant by helping.
But her soft whisper in my ear made me nod without thinking.
Something was different.
This voice was incomparably more seductive and alluring than any she'd used before.
"I picked up a lot just by watching over shoulders in the pleasure house."
Was this enchanting voice something she'd learned there too?
Saying that, Jeong Seon gently nibbled my earlobe.
I felt the neat row of her teeth perfectly.
It was strange.
Even though she was interrupting my meditation, my internal energy burned even hotter.
And from the now-closer Jeong Seon, thick yin energy flowed out.
"Mmm... slurp..."
She slowly let saliva drip into my ear, then took my entire earlobe into her mouth, licking and teasing it with her tongue as if kissing it.
There was no reason it should feel good.
My ears weren't particularly an erogenous zone, and compared to all the things I'd done before, this barely qualified as erotic.
Yet during meditation, all my senses were heightened, and above all, Jeong Seon's actions were... bewitching, somehow.
What on earth had she learned by peeking over shoulders?
A shiver ran down my spine at this new sensation I'd never experienced before.
"Feels good? How is it?"
With my hearing hypersensitive from the meditation, Jeong Seon's voice imprinted itself deeply.
Her long tongue and persistent movements—all of it etched into my memory.
She watched my reactions closely, spotting even tiny changes, then zeroed in on my weak spots like a ghost.
"Sensitive to sounds, huh."
As she licked my ear, she deliberately made wet, sticky lip-smacking noises to stimulate my hearing.
And at some point, did she remember me casually mentioning that my ideal type was a woman who liked someone else?
She subtly played it up.
"I actually like Instructor Cheol Woong more, you know. I'm only doing this because I have to... mmm..."
It was blatant acting, but Jeong Seon pulled it off flawlessly.
And honestly, it wasn't entirely a lie.
Her hot breath and soft tongue kept tickling my ear.
She'd learned by watching courtesans in the pleasure house, and for the first time, I understood how a "rookie with veteran skills" could be a real thing.
"Why's it standing up here?"
"..."
I didn't need to say where.
My manhood strained upward, tenting my pants as it made its presence known.
The thin fabric must have been outlining it perfectly.
"Wow... it's so impressive... Isn't it too big...?"
It was obvious flattery, but that only made it feel better.
Jeong Seon had little actual experience, but she probably knew more about men than any woman I'd met.
Whether from years in disguise or growing up in the pleasure house, I couldn't say.
The praise men loved, the actions, even the tone of her voice.
She performed it all near-perfectly.
"Your internal energy grows every time you get excited..."
I felt her hand gliding over the fabric.
Quiet and secretive, like a snake slithering, it softly trailed from my shoulder, across my chest and belly, down between my legs.
I bit my lips hard and focused on the meditation.
Over my thin clothes, Jeong Seon's fingers gently cupped my member there.
"Wow, I can feel it throbbing."
Saying that, she curiously gripped my shaft lightly.
I could hear my own heartbeat too.
A sufficient amount of internal energy has gathered.
Internal Energy has reached Lv.3.
Absorbing yin energy had built up quite a bit of internal energy, leveling it up—something that had lagged behind even the Solar Heart Technique.
But that hardly mattered to me right now.
All five of my senses were locked on Jeong Seon.
I felt her body pressing atop mine.
Her naked form, hidden from the world, was so feminine it was hard to believe how she'd concealed it.
Her waist was slim, her martial arts-trained body bursting with elasticity.
"Ah, you can't cum, okay? All that hard-gathered yang energy would scatter, sending your internal energy into rampage—real qi deviation."
"...Ugh..."
Being told I had to hold back only made the pleasure surge stronger.
The silver lining was that what she'd learned over shoulders apparently stopped at ear-licking.
She wasn't skilled at handling my member properly.
Even so, with my senses so acute, even the slightest stimulation down there made it twitch hypersensitively.
"L-Like this?"
"Hoo..."
Pleasure teetered precariously at the base of my spine.
If I came now, it'd feel incredible.
And I'd suffer massive internal injuries from qi deviation.
I clenched my lips and endured.
Thankfully, I managed to complete the circulation.
"...Hah, hah..."
Sweating profusely, I panted heavily and collapsed back onto the bed.
Jeong Seon seemed a bit regretful about her clumsy handling and murmured softly.
"Next time, I'll learn a bit about this too."
"...Go easy on me..."
After that, our dual cultivation grew even deeper and more intimate.
Instructor Cheol Woong sat in his room, reading a paper sent from the Heavenly Martial Academy with details on the upcoming friendly match.
"They're dead set on humiliating us."
He clicked his tongue at the note saying the match would be held in the Heavenly Martial Academy's grand training grounds.
It even added that it would be open for anyone to watch freely.
Friendly matches were usually private.
To avoid exposing their skills or strategies.
Yet the Heavenly Martial Academy wanted a public spar.
And the participant list was no joke.
Heavenly Martial Academy versus Inmu Academy.
The gap between them was clear.
Yet their lineup for this match was seriously stacked.
If you named the top ten late-stage disciples of the righteous sects, these were the ones inevitably on that list.
"We had one—no, maybe two—of those top fingers too."
Poongwoon and Seong Han.
Poongwoon being a Heavenly Martial Academy alum was one thing, but even Instructor Cheol Woong hadn't imagined Seong Han would grow this much.
Thinking back, he'd been unusual from the entrance exam.
It wasn't some demonic sword art Seong Han showed in the exam.
It was just an brutally efficient, menacing blade.
The kind that made your throat tingle just watching.
To the point where he momentarily thought, "Is this what demonic swordsmanship looks like?"
But at the time, Seong Han's body held not a scrap of internal energy.
That's why he selected him.
He was curious what that sword would become once Seong Han gained internal energy.
And now, in under a month, Seong Han had become one of the top ten late-stage disciples.
"A winning streak tournament, was it?"
Cheol Woong smiled faintly.
At least he was confident they wouldn't be totally disgraced.
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