141. Duanmu Clan (4)
Duanmu Clan (4)
141. Duanmu Clan (4)
"Haaaaah... I can't move a muscle. I was practically just lying there, but I must have tensed up from the thrilling sensations and thrown my back out."
Gahong murmured, a blissful look on her face as my semen spilled from her cunt. She'd been begging me to stop because of the relentless orgasms at first, but as the pleasure piled on and she awakened to a whole new sensation, she'd even started crying, drowned in rapture.
Not a bad body, honestly. You couldn't compare her to those women who'd mastered the cheat technique called the Yin Blossom Art, but Gahong must have practiced her Kegel exercises or something—the more aroused she got, the more deliciously taut her vaginal walls became. And above all, outside the Yeongsan Sect, this was the first time I'd let myself finish inside someone without a care since Murong Rin. More than anything, the way she reacted so sensitively every time I thrust into her, how should I put it... it made a man very happy.
"Phew. Young heroine, your man truly is remarkable. It's not just that his cock is huge and his erection is powerful. Normally, no matter how thoroughly a woman prepares, if she couples without rest for more than two hours, even her fluids dry up. But the young hero’s cock never stopped finding and stimulating the places that felt best. Every moment of our coupling was so blissful that my yin fluids never had a chance to dry."
"You may take pride in your own ability, young hero, and you may take pride in your man, young heroine."
After the sticky sex had ended, Gahong had once again turned back into a woman overflowing with warmth. Her gentle praise made Lee Eun-ha's face heat up. Lee Eun-ha wasn't blushing from happiness or embarrassment. She was feeling genuinely sexually aroused at the sight of her man—me—conquering a woman of high status. While I'd been pounding away nonstop for a couple of hours, Lee Eun-ha had also been spreading her legs and diligently masturbating, and thanks to that, sticky love juices had smeared all around her smooth, sleek mound. But after hearing what Gahong had just said, fresh love juices were now slowly trickling down her thighs.
"You boasted so loudly that you'd make my junior brother feel good, but doesn't this fall a bit short of your promise?"
"I'm embarrassed to say it, but I surrender. Please don't tease me too much. If you keep this up, I might just have the clan's martial artists kidnap the young hero."
Gahong spoke adorably, puffing out her cheeks. Her demeanor made Lee Eun-ha laugh with amusement.
"I'm sorry, madam, but that's impossible. In this village, there's my master, my two senior sisters, and even my junior sister. I swear on my name that the weakest person in our sect is none other than me. The Duanmu Clan is truly formidable, but with just the eight of you in this village, things will never go the way you want."
Gahong was genuinely shocked by Lee Eun-ha's firm declaration. A woman who already possessed inner energy at the highest levels for her age was the weakest in her sect? Then again, Lee Eun-ha only really had her internal energy, so in an actual fight she wasn't strong at all, and behind the confidence Lee Eun-ha had displayed toward the Duanmu Clan there was a combat asset—me—that Gahong couldn't even begin to imagine.
"Goodness. Your sect truly is extraordinary, young heroine. Of course, I was only joking. Even if I'm a widow, I can't use the clan’s power just because I want to couple with an unrelated man. If my children ever found out, I would be so ashamed I would want to die."
"Ah... then what should I do? Should I try remarrying? What do you think, young hero? Do you not like a wealthy woman who is good at managing a household?"
Gahong spoke with a light laugh.
"I'll pass. This senior sister of mine here is great at making money and absolutely superb at keeping house."
"Oooh... That's not fair. Then what about being your second wife?"
"I'm already the fourth wife."
Gahong didn't seem particularly surprised by Lee Eun-ha's immediate reply.
"I suppose that makes sense. A man this outstanding would already be spoken for, wouldn't he? You know I was joking too, right? How could a daughter-in-law of the Duanmu Clan ever remarry? Then I'll just be a stray cat. I'll hang around the young hero's area and sneak a bite to eat now and then. That much is all right, isn't it?"
This time Gahong looked up at Lee Eun-ha with a touch of genuine sincerity in her words. Seeing a warm, older woman like her say such a thing, it seemed even Lee Eun-ha was finding her incredibly endearing.
"I'll allow that much. But what will we do? The Duanmu Clan is in Jiangsu, and our sect is in Liaoning. Isn't the distance a little too far for you to come sneaking around just to steal a taste of a man?"
"That won't be a problem. If things go well with the Murong Clan, I'll be able to stay in Liaoning too. So, am I now an officially certified stray cat of the madam's? No taking it back later, all right?"
At Gahong's words, trying to sound calm but brimming with anxiety, Lee Eun-ha finally burst out laughing with a "pfft."
"You really are an adorable cat. Want to try meowing for me?"
"Meow!"
Gahong answered instantly, playing along with Lee Eun-ha's mischief. And so that sensual space became suffused with a gentle warmth and cuteness.
Gahong took us by the hands and led us back toward the bath, just as she had earlier. Though we'd witnessed an astonishing side of Lee Eun-ha today, in the end we were simply being led around by this woman from start to finish.
"Earlier, a bright fragrance spread from the young hero’s body and seed, and now the young heroine’s body carries the same scent. A woman’s fluids normally smell sour and fishy, yet even the fingertips you used to masturbate smell like flowers."
Gahong chatted leisurely as she washed Lee Eun-ha's fingertips.
"It's a secret Taoist art of our sect."
There was no embarrassment left now. We'd had sex in front of her, and she'd masturbated in front of us.
"A Taoist art, I'm so envious. This is the first time I've ever seen genuine Taoist sorcery. You know, earlier I literally thought I was about to ascend to heaven. After our coupling ended, all I could think about was wanting to meet the young hero again. If this heroine hadn't given her permission, I would've prostrated myself naked before her."
"Was it that good? Enough to throw away your pride?"
"Of course it was. What meaning does pride have? People might envy me, but a widow of a great clan is nothing more than a corpse. I may want to practice martial arts as a martial artist, but the martial arts of my maiden family, which I learned before marriage, and the martial arts of my husband's house are different, so my limits are clear. And I can't go seeking instruction from other sects either. It's just the same as a woman. A daughter-in-law of a great clan is supposed to produce strong children, but with my husband dead and gone, I'm utterly useless. My sole remaining value is raising my two children, but once they're grown, even that will come to an end.
"The only thing left for me is to just exist like a corpse within the clan. So I sought out a young male to fill my empty body and heart, and today I've finally met the ultimate man I've always dreamed of. With a heart this full of joy, what use would my pride be?"
Gahong spoke in a light voice as she diligently washed our bodies. Lee Eun-ha was slightly shaken by this unexpected glimpse of her suffering.
"The truth is, I'm an extremely obedient woman. My maiden family raised me to be obedient so they could marry me off to a good house, and even in the Duanmu Clan, my husband's family, I've had to walk on eggshells constantly, treated like some husband-killing whore. So you must both take pity on this poor widow."
Ah... The oddly practiced way she handled household tasks must have been the mark of raising her children with true devotion. It was probably the only means she had to secure any position at all within the clan—child-rearing. Gahong carefully washed us and even helped us dress. After more than two hours of intense sex, our stomachs were starting to hollow out, so we went down to the first floor, ordered food, and were waiting when that guy Duanmu Jeong—the one who'd spoken to us earlier—came charging into the inn in a frantic rush.
"J-Jeongju!!!"
The forehead of a second-rate martial artist was drenched in sweat. Looking again, I realized that the hero’s headband was practical equipment that kept sweat from running into a martial artist’s eyes and obstructing his vision. But what had happened?
"You mustn't shout in the inn. What's the matter?"
When Gahong scolded Duanmu Jeong and asked what had happened, the qi around them wavered faintly. I couldn't hear the words, but they appeared to be exchanging voice transmissions.
"Huh? Really? Oh, come on. Don't be ridiculous. The Black Heaven Association Leader is dead?"
"No, I'm telling you it's true! You know my sister who married into the Peng Clan? She sent me a letter. Hebei is already in chaos. A young Daoist named Yeongmok killed Heuk Cheon-gyeon, the Black Heaven Association Leader, and crippled five Peng Clan elders and some eighty martial artists!"
"That's absurd. If the Peng Clan took that much damage, the clan must be completely empty right now. They'd have recalled their martial artists from Henan, then."
"No, they say the Taoist had a woman called the Medicine Immortal with him. The Medicine Immortal healed them all."
"Medicine Immortal? Not the Medical Immortal?"
"The Medical Immortal's gone missing. This woman's younger. They say she even cured Hero Peng Seok's internal injuries with a single pill."
"Oh my. That's wonderful. Hero Peng Seok is a good man. Our Elder Duanmu Gong always complains about his back hurting, so if we go to Hebei, let's make sure to look for this Medicine Immortal."
"Chief. They say the Medicine Immortal treated the Peng Clan's martial artists and took six hundred taels of gold as the treatment fee. And that she's already left Hebei."
Duanmu Jeong said with a sigh. At this skit unfolding right before our eyes, Lee Eun-ha and I were left utterly speechless, jaws hanging open.
"Is that so? Let's still try to find her. If it's around six hundred taels of gold, I can scrape it together, even if it's a bit of a stretch. Elder Duanmu Gong has looked after me like a father ever since I first married into the clan as a young girl."
"I want to find her too, of course. He's none other than my grandfather, you know. Speaking of which, this heroine here also said you set out from Liaoning and came by way of Beijing and Hebei, didn't you? They say this Taoist Yeongmok's being called the Hero of Liaoning. By any chance, do you know anything about this Yeongmok or the Medicine Immortal?"
Duanmu Jeong had turned the question to the very people involved. At that absurd question, I finally had no choice but to open my mouth.
"We distinctly introduced ourselves earlier, but it seems none of you were listening at all."
At my answer, Duanmu Jeong scratched his head, having no clue what I meant, and genuinely not remembering our names or sect in the slightest. And then there was Gahong, who'd even mingled flesh with me and still addressed me as nothing more than "young hero." She'd clearly planned on a one-night stand from the start and had paid no mind whatsoever to our sect or our names. How exactly did she plan to come sneaking around to steal something later, if she didn't even know my name?
"I told you earlier that I'm the weakest martial artist in our sect, didn't I? Naturally, my junior brother here is far stronger than I am. His Taoist name is precisely Yeongmok."
Finally, at Lee Eun-ha's added explanation, Gahong and Duanmu Jeong stared at us with bewildered expressions. They looked like they absolutely couldn't believe it. With no other choice, I raised my right hand and let the Flame Aura flicker across my bare palm, and only then did the two Duanmu martial artists look ready to faint from shock. Duanmu Jeong actually collapsed onto the floor, and Gahong nearly toppled backward off her chair; Lee Eun-ha barely managed to catch her.
"Y-young hero... No, great hero, you're saying you're Reverend Yeongmok, the one who struck down the Black Heaven Association Leader?!"
Duanmu Jeong stammered, etiquette utterly abandoned, even pointing a finger at me.
"Yes. I am Yeongmok."
At that, Gahong, having barely collected herself, seized my hand and spoke.
"Great Hero, I'll apologize for my rudeness later. Please let me meet the Medicine Immortal. Elder Duanmu Gong is as honorable and upright as Hero Peng Seok. But he injured his back last year and can't even walk for four hours a day. Even so, he volunteered to lead the journey to Henan, and he's been suffering terribly."
Her eyes were desperate. Unlike Peng Mok, Duanmu Gong's name was one a backwater hick like me had never heard before, but to her, he clearly meant a great deal.
"Hmm... The Medicine Immortal is standing right before you, madam."
"Excuse me?"
"This senior sister of mine is the Medicine Immortal."
Lee Eun-ha, who had endured her embarrassment so well even when she was fully naked, even when she'd shown us her masturbation, finally couldn't withstand this atmosphere and hung her head deeply.
After Gahong’s repeated pleas, Lee Eun-ha promised that once we reached the Henan Martial Alliance, she would visit the Duanmu Clan’s estate and examine Duanmu Gong. Gahong still seemed doubtful that someone so young could possess such extraordinary talent, but before we parted, Lee Eun-ha gave her a suspicious-looking pill. Once Gahong swallowed it and felt the soreness from the vigorous sex vanish completely, she thanked Lee Eun-ha with tears in her eyes.
"We only meant to have a drink or two, but an awful lot happened. I was planning to surprise the hell out of them by revealing I was Yeongmok, but it seems my name was nothing beside the Medicine Immortal’s."
When I said this teasingly to Lee Eun-ha as we headed back to the estate together, she gazed at me steadily with a complicated expression.
"Indeed. Though it's all thanks to you, junior brother, that I can even carry on the name Medicine Immortal. Now, I feel like I've finally earned a name that I don't need to be ashamed of, standing beside Yeongmok, the greatest under heaven. I have a little more confidence now. I should talk with Master about this."
Bathed red by the setting sun, Lee Eun-ha spoke quietly as if a weight had lifted from her shoulders, then resumed walking.