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My purpose in coming to Mount Hua was fulfilled the instant I took Seon Ju-hee's virginity.
The Plum Blossom Swordwoman who had collapsed from lovesickness for the Taiji Flower forged a new bond and became her sworn sister. Her lovesickness was completely cured, and she was now brimming with energy.
"Sister Gong-hee, do you need anything?"
"Sister Gong-hee, shall I massage your breasts for you?"
"Sister Gong-hee, I came to play again tonight... hehe."
...Seon Ju-hee visited our room to a degree that felt almost excessive.
The Plum Blossom Swordwoman who had been dying of lovesickness now seemed to have caught a different serious illness, but at least outwardly she was lively and appeared fully recovered.
The problem was that she was too lively.
"Disciple, I won't let you sleep tonight... fufu."
"Sister Gong-hee! Wait!"
My sworn sister intervened like a ghost just as Sagong Hee was about to enjoy herself with me.
"Don't suck that! I'll do it instead."
They say the late-blooming thief is the most terrifying. Seon Ju-hee used her own mouth to drain the Yang Energy that was meant to enter Sagong Hee. She was so quick that the moment she came in, she shut the door, strode over in big steps, and took my manhood into her mouth.
"J-Ju-hee? It's about time I..."
"No! I can draw out more! This wicked, sticky white fluid is going into my mouth!"
"......."
Sagong Hee couldn't bring herself to say harsh words to Seon Ju-hee, who was holding my manhood in her mouth and straining until her jaw might come loose for her sake.
Just as I had gained my first sworn sibling, she also accepted Seon Ju-hee as a sister, though with a different feeling than she had for Lee Si-a or Dokgo Yeon.
And Seon Ju-hee's extreme protectiveness toward Sagong Hee wasn't entirely a bad thing.
"It seems someone is outside..."
"Huh? Wait. ...Senior Brother, why are you here?"
Seon Ju-hee preemptively blocked everyone who came to see Sagong Hee. The same went for the other Plum Blossom Swordsmen, Ja Woo-yang and Ja Cheong-ha.
"Ah, no. I only came to discuss martial principles with Lady Taiji Flower..."
"Hmph, pretending to discuss martial principles while secretly trying to sneak a look at her body! If you really want to discuss martial principles, go on a martial journey and head straight to the Wudang Sect!"
"Ju-hee. Aren't you being too harsh? We're fellow Plum Blossom Swordsmen."
"Didn't you both tell me before that all men are wolves! The look in your eyes right now is exactly that. I'll protect Sister Taiji Flower, so stop bothering her!"
Seon Ju-hee growled at the uninvited guest like a guard dog. Sagong Hee and I talked while watching her act that way.
"She scolds her senior and junior brothers with the same mouth that just had my cock in it... She's really something. Come to think of it, the Cheon family estate has no guards—she'd be perfect."
"The people inside are at least peak experts; do we really need guards?"
"You can't just roll out of bed, throw on a sleeping robe, and go greet an intruder."
"That's true. I'm fine with Ju-hee."
One surprising thing was that Sagong Hee actually took quite a liking to Seon Ju-hee. Sagong Hee accepted Seon Ju-hee's tastes—the fact that Seon Ju-hee liked her rather than me, and that her attraction was to women.
"If Ju-hee were to set her heart on you, my lord, then I might reconsider, but for now Ju-hee likes me more, so it's fine."
"......Huh, so you eliminate rivals like this?"
I was dumbfounded by Sagong Hee's cute little scheme.
With Bang Yeong-hui, she had me eat her once and then tossed her aside with talk of snacks, and now with Seon Ju-hee, she was guiding her to fall for her instead of me, keeping their hearts from turning toward me.
Yet she turns a blind eye to the physical relations—what rascally and adorable jealousy is this?
"My lord, so it's about time you and I—"
"Ah! Sister Gong-hee, you can't! Just rest right there, Sister!"
"......I'm starting to dislike Ju-hee a little."
"Sister?!"
Seon Ju-hee kept me in check to an excessive degree.
"Ju-hee, just watch what the disciple and I do from there. Understand?"
"Uh, Sister...! That's too cruel!"
"Ju-hee is the one being too much right now. If you leave my disciple aching like this, what then? Disciple, come into your teacher's embrace, quickly."
"I follow Teacher's will."
Thanks to that, sometimes, under Sagong Hee's angry command, Seon Ju-hee even had to watch Sagong Hee make love with me right beside the bed.
"Ugh, uuh...."
"Haaang... Disciple, it really feels so good...."
Showing off her disheveled state on my cock to her heart's content, Sagong Hee flaunted the pleasure of the act of love between a man and a woman to Seon Ju-hee. Seon Ju-hee had no choice but to suck her fingers and watch our union.
"Disciple, please release inside me, hyaak...."
Sppurt.
"I, I should be the one receiving that...!"
On the surface it sounded like jealousy toward a woman, but the truth was the opposite. It was twisted affection for Sagong Hee—she meant that she would take my release instead, to stop me from ejaculating inside Sagong Hee.
"Phew... Ju-hee, you and A-bung are sworn siblings. Why are you so jealous?"
"But still...!"
Seon Ju-hee glared at me and ground her teeth. As if getting scolded by Sagong Hee was entirely my fault, she glared at me with aggrieved eyes and swallowed her tears.
"This won't do. Fine, let's do it this way."
Sagong Hee forcibly clasped my hand and Seon Ju-hee's hand together.
"As murim people, let's not fight and settle it through a martial match."
Isn't that fighting? I was dumbfounded—
"Ju-hee, but if you lose, you sleep with my disciple for a night."
"......And if I win?"
"For the remainder of our stay at Mount Hua, I won't sleep with my disciple. Instead, Ju-hee... you come onto my bed. ...Well, I don't mean we'd really do anything, just sleep in each other's arms for a night...?"
"Fu, fufu, fufufu...!!"
Whether she thought she could legally do something to me, or whether her mind was already filled with lewd thoughts of victory, Seon Ju-hee gave a sly grin and tapped my shoulder.
"A-bung, how about a deep body-to-body conversation with your sister? Huh?"
All of a sudden, I ended up having a martial match with Seon Ju-hee as A-bung.
* * *
The leader of the Mount Hua Sect, the Purple Mist Sword Yang Gi-baek, was quietly turning a page of a book in his own room. Before him, two young men stood with stiff faces, waiting for the sect leader to speak.
"I've heard the Demonic Sword Consort has settled in Xi'an."
"......."
The two young men looked at each other and nodded. No matter how fiercely they were rivals contending for the position of sect leader, how could they stand idly by while demons ran rampant in Xi'an?
"Talks with the Governor of Shaanxi and the leader of the Zhongnan Sect are concluded. I issue you a special order."
"Please command us, Sect Leader."
"We are confident we can carry out any mission brilliantly!"
Ja Woo-yang and Ja Cheong-ha were brimming with confidence. The sect leader, with an expressionless face, handed each of them a red plum tree plaque.
"I grant you access passes to the special library that only the sect leader may enter. For the next eighty days, you will undergo closed-door training inside the Bidong and master the ascension martial arts of the Mount Hua Sect."
"Huh? We are to enter together?"
"Yes. And after mastering the ascension arts of Mount Hua there, you will proudly seize victory from the Demonic Sword Consort. The Demonic Sword Consort told the Sex Demon to challenge her, but we cannot miss such a good opportunity."
Defeat the former Sword Demon in a duel.
Considering the stabilizing effect brought by the Demonic Sword Consort, the Governor of Shaanxi wished to postpone the duel by three months as she had proposed, and the Zhongnan Sect's Enduring Dragon Yuk Byeong-gun could not defeat her immediately.
"While the Demonic Sword Consort clears Shaanxi of Sex Demons, you will grow your strength as the next sect leaders of Mount Hua. This is also a qualification exam for you. Yes, the one who defeats the Demonic Sword Consort shall become the leader of Mount Hua."
The two clenched their fists. With such a condition, even if they lost, they could accept it cleanly.
"Master, are we truly permitted to learn all martial arts?"
"Yes. Whether it is the Infinite Taiyi Sword, the Plum Blossom Thirty-Six Spirit Sword, or any martial art that is not a sword—it does not matter. In that place...."
The sect leader smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"Because everything except the Violet Mist Divine Art is there."
* * *
She would show A-bung what-for through a martial match.
Seon Ju-hee fretted over how to hit A-bung without hurting him, and eventually set foot in the library meant for Plum Blossom Swordsmen.
"Oh? What business brings Ju-hee to this library?"
The white-haired elder welcomed Seon Ju-hee with a benevolent smile. Beside the elder, who sat reading a book, a single branch of ripe red plum blossoms was placed in a porcelain vase.
"Elder Il Yuk Sa Hwa Sword (日六絲花劍)! I've come to look at secret manuals for a moment."
"Haven't you already mastered all the sword arts?"
"I wanted to look into palm arts and finger techniques as well, not just sword arts."
"Is that so? Hmph. Do you plan to stay long? My eyes are dim, so I was about to tidy up and retire."
Even as a Plum Blossom Swordwoman, the rules had to be followed. Rather, because she was a Plum Blossom Swordwoman, she had to set an example for other martial artists.
"It is almost time to close the Plum Blossom Library. If you wish to borrow something, quickly pick out a volume."
"Yes!"
Seon Ju-hee headed deeper into the library with a broad grin. The Mount Hua Sect's library was filled with various sword arts, and Seon Ju-hee had already frequented this library as often as she ate her meals, becoming proficient in every sword art.
All the sword arts were familiar to her.
Practically, the only thing left for Seon Ju-hee were arts above the rank of Plum Blossom Swordwoman. Seon Ju-hee looked over the books her own hands had certainly touched at least once, growing sentimental.
She did not fall behind the other two Plum Blossom Swordsmen in sword arts, but unfortunately, most of Mount Hua's martial arts were better suited for men.
Most of the Mount Hua Sect's martial arts were based on extreme yang energy, making them ill-suited for women to cultivate. There were martial arts for women like the Jade Maiden Sword Art, but they were not ascension arts.
"Hng, hng."
However, Seon Ju-hee did not yield and practiced every martial art she could learn. Whereas the men of Mount Hua pursued stylishness, she sought beauty within the martial arts and explored the aesthetics of Mount Hua.
— Isn't the supreme style of Mount Hua obviously the sect leader!
— I don't think only the sect leader has to be beautiful.
Unlike the other Plum Blossom Swordsmen, she had no greed for the position of sect leader. She was far more interested in mastering martial arts itself.
Instead, she indulged her greed in another direction. That yearning for beauty expanded into love for Sagong Hee, and now it was blazing with jealousy toward A-bung.
She wanted to beautifully defeat A-bung and spend the night embracing Sagong Hee.
She wished that the person who wrapped an arm around Sagong Hee's chest, draped a leg over hers, and pressed flesh together was not A-bung, but herself. She wished Sagong Hee would give her those affectionate eyes.
She didn't even wish for sexual acts between women; she simply wanted to be the person Sagong Hee cherished most by her side.
To do that, she needed to learn at least one of the fist techniques, palm arts, hand techniques, or kick techniques she had never trained in before.
If she carelessly swung a sword and cut A-bung, Sagong Hee's gaze would turn into the eyes that look upon an irredeemable mortal enemy!
"Ugh... I should have learned at least one back then...!"
In her teens, Seon Ju-hee had been even more obsessed with sword arts than Ja Woo-yang or Ja Cheong-ha, pursuing only the sword.
As a result, her current skill in fist and foot techniques was not much different from that of the disciples mastering the Fourteen-Form Plum Blossom Sword Art, a level below Plum Blossom Swordwoman.
So she had to master it within a single day. Seon Ju-hee had that much talent.
"...Huh?"
Seon Ju-hee unconsciously reached out toward a shimmering violet energy on the bookshelf. Unlike the other books, a distinctly eerie violet aura faintly coiled around the cover.
"What is this?"
By the title alone, it looked like a book one of the seniors had pranked into the collection. The contents were plausible-sounding formulas, but nothing seemed particularly helpful to Seon Ju-hee.
However.
A 'fortuitous encounter' usually happens in unexpected places.
Seon Ju-hee scanned the parts that seemed specifically highlighted. Unlike the other words, only a few places retained a faint, strange violet energy.
"...Vio, let...?"
The moment she sensed something strange, Seon Ju-hee received a great shock that made every hair on her body stand on end. When she examined the inside of the book, about five or six characters per page gleamed, and reading them together completed a single martial formula.
"!!"
Seon Ju-hee hastily gathered the book and dashed to her room. She did not forget to borrow the book from the elder on the way. Returning to her room, she picked up a brush and began to excavate the hidden formula.
"......."
After closing the book, ten sheets of paper written in a neat, small hand contained one formula. Seon Ju-hee began to mumble the beginning of the formula.
"I am Jeok Seong-ja... one who was called the Sword Immortal...."
Gulp.
Seon Ju-hee recalled Mount Hua's lineage. The 'Jeok (赤)' character generation had not been used in over a hundred years.
"One who has awakened the flavor of Mount Hua shall be able to read these words. Junior, as a child of Mount Hua, become the greatest in the world. Herein... lies the Violet Mist Divine Art. ......?!"
At the revelation that the Violet Mist Divine Art—said to have been passed only to the sect leader—remained as a secret manual, Seon Ju-hee fell into an unspeakable shock.