Chapter 660: A sudden visitor
The door creaked open, and Hua Ziyan, Shen Min and Luo Mingyu walked in with smiles on their faces, and pieces of their clothing started slowly accumulating on the floor.
"Hehe, I told you two, Master would be already here", Hua Ziyan chuckled as she looked at the scene as Wu Long looked back at them with a smile as well.
"Haa~, I guess we really were beat to it", Luo Mingyu looked a bit surprised that there really was someone ahead of them.
"But it seems we are just in time", Shen Min had an amused look on her face as it was the first time she saw Lian Zhiqiu without her usual demeanor, and Hong Ye looking so vulnerable that she did not wake up even as they appeared.
"It seems I may need to rethink the training schedule in the future", he chuckled as he saw the look in the eyes of the three beauties whose gorgeous bodies were gradually revealed in front of him.
After all, while gaining strength was important, spending time together was what made that strength gain more meaning.
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The following weeks Wu Long spent with his ladies, pampering them, making up for the long period of focused training.
He spent time with them during the day, and satisfied their desires at night, relentlessly pushing their boundaries of pleasure to further horizons.
In this time he slept instead of cultivating to replenish energy, waking up to pleasurable sensations every day.
As he lay down sleeping with Ye Ling's even and tranquil sleeping breath quietly resounding by his side, he suddenly felt Xue Bing's alertness rising nearby through the bond between them.
He quickly opened his eyes and when he was about to half-rise, froze with his eyes widening, genuine shock appearing in his gaze.
Ye Ling who was awoken both by Wu Long's sudden movement, and Xue Bing's galvanized aura that followed immediately after he froze, rose on the bed and froze on the spot as well.
In the next moment all Dao Family members with fighting prowess showed up at the entrance behind Xue Bing in reaction to her aura.
The latter, standing in the opened door looked with a vigilant expression at the bed.
Her turquoise eyes reflected Wu Long, who very slowly turned his head down and to his side, where a naked gorgeous dark-haired woman that he did not know, lay next to him, opposite of Ye Ling.
Her eyebrows lightly frowned as she was likely awoken by the sudden movement that he halted earlier, as she was leaning onto him.
The room was incredibly tense as the ladies were trying to figure out what was happening while Wu Long was stunned into a light stupor for the first time in uncountable years.
The fact he did not notice even the slightest hint of presence of this beauty whatsoever, despite her being so close to him for unknown time, only noticing her once he started moving to raise his torso, made his mind numb.
And though shocking, it was not the only reason he was so shaken.
Even now, as he looked at her, her presence was ethereal, completely eluding his senses, as if she was not here at all.
What also struck him, was that, inexplicably, even though all of them were now very alert, no one, including him, felt hostility toward the unknown woman.
There was also a strange sense of familiarity that he could not explain, one that touched something deep within him.
The beauty finally opened her still sleepy eyes, that struck him with both depth and pure innocence in them, pulling in anyone who dared look into them, with different shades of deep and light blue, as well as purple and red hues, as if a starry sky reflected in them.
She blinked a few times as her eyes were focusing, and as Wu Long's face came into her view, a smile of pure joy bloomed on her lips, one that made even the heavy atmosphere in the room lighter.
"Wu Long...", a beautiful melodic voice resounded in the room, its very sound soothing everyone around.
Wu Long widened his eyes even more, very vaguely recognizing this voice.
It called out to him during his enlightenment, but he felt like he constantly heard it calling out to him, even, when he opened his eyes in this world for the first time.
It evaded him, as he could not grasp onto that voice, as it slipped his consciousness every time, and only now did he realize it clearly.
"You are...", he uttered in a light daze, not sure of his guess, or rather, reluctant to accept the reality of it.
"A World Spirit!!!", Fen Baihu who materialized in the room exclaimed with utter shock and some reverence, as the realization hit Wu Long.
He gulped, realizing the situation became very complicated.
The beauty revealed a pure and innocent smile, full of joy and unconditional love as she leaned to hug Wu Long again.
"Haa~, well this is new", he sighed with a wry smile appearing on his lips, and then turning to the others made a reassuring look, adding "You don't have to be alert everyone, sorry for the sudden surprise, I was not ready for this either. This is a member of the Spirit Race, a very special one though. For now, let's get her some clothes, and gather somewhere to discuss her arrival"
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On a small terrace of the Mansion at the peak of unity, the whole Dao Family was gathered with select people from outside of the Family present.
The sudden visitor was looking at the robes she was helped to wear with curiosity, looking at the long sleeves and patterns of the fabric while everyone was looking at her.
"So... this is a... World Spirit...?", Madam Liang asked in a light daze, as she looked at the beauty who seemed to not mind all the eyes that were on her, or the conversation, absorbed in examining the robes on her.
"Mm, a Spirit born from an entire World, the second I know of in the entirety of the Seven Boundless Worlds", Wu Long nodded with a slightly puzzled and troubled look.
"So she is... not hostile after all", Shen Min nodded with understanding, remembering Wu Long's explanation of the Spirit Race.
It was a strange feeling for her, as even someone as suspicious and careful as her could not find it in herself to doubt this beauty.
At the same time, as sensitive she and Xue Bing were to emotions, they were not able to detect any of the beauty's feelings despite her clearly expressing emotional responses.
It was as if she was one with everything around, so completely one with the world that they could only perceive her by directly seeing her.
"Mm, Spirit Race is naturally peaceful, though World Spirits are very special. Though, that aside, this situation is quite complicated...", Wu Long nodded, but then admitted that it was not as simple, turning his gaze to the one they were speaking about, who turned back to him and made a bright smile.
"Though the Spirit Race is sacred to the Spiritual Beasts, to us Mythical Beasts they are not as special, but...", Fen Baihu spoke up, her pink eyes not losing sight of the World Spirit even for a moment, "a World Spirit is another deal..."
"Hmm, so is she a good or bad person?", Gong Cui asked with a confused look.
"Hahaha, she is a good one, Cui'er", Wu Long chuckled and the Music Dao practitioner made a joyful smile.
"Then it's good. Hello! I'm Gong Cui, what's your name?", she then nonchalantly turned to the visitor, but only elicited a look full of curiosity and a tilted head from the World Spirit.
A silence hung in the air on the terrace for a moment, and then the World Spirit curled her lips in a smile again.
But just as Gong Cui opened her mouth again to ask again, the Spirit Race visitor turned to Wu Long, and seeing the look in his eyes...
"Yuanfen", the voice of the World Spirit resounded like a clear bell, and a formless profound ripple spread from her into the world, one that shook the entirety of the Seven Boundless Worlds.