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Chapter 16 Part 3 A Night's Reckoning
When Tianming returned, he found Yue'er demurely copying texts beside Yanfei. Yue'er sneaked him a "good luck you're on your own" look.
Tianming's joy at seeing Yue'er emerged from seclusion died at Yanfei's cool, "Back already?" No emotion in her voice. "Mother-in-law, have you eaten? I can cook." He had learned to cook from Boss Ding and often used it to please mother and daughter.
"We've eaten." "Oh…" He knew she was angry, but hadn't expected her to aim it at him like this girlish pique from a woman like Yanfei meant he'd really crossed a line.
"Mother-in-law, I came back late the Qin sent men to seize labor; we went to rescue." "Mm." Still flat.
"I slacked off these days didn't train?" "That's not called competitive more like bullying the weak. I teach you with my own hands the best arts; they are mere farmers with a few tricks hardly 'martial arts'."
"I shouldn't have pranked others put bugs in their bedding?" "I know I was wrong the birds you like, I'm the one who raided their nests and threw stones to drive them."
"…So that's why they moved," she sighed. "Mother those birds are clever moving like that!" Yue'er hurried to intercede.
Yanfei glanced at her; then asked, "Yue'er, do you know what makes our residence different?" Yue'er blinked besides good air and scenery, she could not say.
Yanfei patted her head. "Mountains and waters joined ten thousand spirits nurtured; primal clarity rising, turbidity falling; cave-heaven and blessed land the abode of immortals." "Cave-heaven? Are we in such a place?"
Yanfei laughed. "There are no genuine 'cave-heavens' or 'immortals.' It refers to a place long lived in by a high cultivator, who constantly reshapes the mountain and water qi separating clear and turbid gathering vital breath making a place suited for life. After decades here, I would draw all the area's spirits under my sway forming a natural grand array and even the untrained would live longer. Then it could be called a blessed land.
"Man and nature co-exist nature affects man, man affects nature. I've set Yin-Yang formations here, tuned nearby Qi the environment suits life. The sensitive creatures can feel it; they choose to move in and help me tend the place."
She then shot Tianming a pointed glare. Yue'er hugged her. "Mother, that sounds like immortals. If those creatures dwell long enough, do they gain wisdom becoming 'monsters'?" Yanfei pondered.
"When I taught you, I covered the soul's mysteries but not all details; I'll explain now.
"All under Heaven are the creation of nature; why divide 'all things' and 'living beings'?" "One is dead, one alive," Tianming blurted. Yanfei gave him a withering look. Yue'er smiled. "What has spirit is called 'spirit'; what lacks spirit is 'thing.' Plants live yet lack spirit; they are not 'living beings.' Some animals too like earthworms."
Yanfei shot Tianming another "ignorant" glare. "What is 'spirit'?
"Spirit, also called 'god,' is the light of wisdom given by Heaven; gods divided themselves into the world thus living beings have spirits.
"It also means the light of wisdom knowing safety and danger the instincts of life.
"It is also another name for 'soul': man has three souls and seven spirits; beasts have spirits but no souls thus both can be called 'spirit.'"
Yanfei nodded. "The gods cannot be sought; nor can we probe the light of wisdom we specialize in soul.
"Beings are as numerous as the stars; the Yin-Yang School believes a primary spirit must guide birth; we call it True-Spirit Embryo Light.
"Life is born of Heaven-Earth union; man is born of Yin-Yang union the highest. At conception, that union births the Spirit-Knowledge Fetal Soul to bear True-Spirit Embryo Light.
"Man gains the embryonic body (yuan-tai); the Spirit-Knowledge soul falls into it and nurtures three souls seven spirits becoming Soul-Essence True Spirit.
"As the embryo grows into flesh, Soul-Essence is nurtured by flesh and Heaven-Earth Qi becoming True-Knowledge Soul-Light, bearer of memory and wisdom.
"This is the soul-shift principle. All life bears True-Spirit Embryo Light no fundamental difference. But at the second stage Spirit-Knowledge diversification begins forming all living kinds. That stage sets innate talent; the Soul-Essence sets type; the True-Knowledge sets wisdom.
"Growing wisdom means growth of True-Knowledge; refining Qi means exploring the embryo. The embryo loses vitality with time; without its protection, soul-light disperses; then the True-Spirit returns to Heaven for the next life.
"Humanity has spent millennia learning Heaven building its cultivation, leading to today's flourishing.
"In the process, the ancients tried countless ways; so-called 'mountain spirits, water sprites, immortals, monsters' were just stages. They existed but belong to another system: the arts of gods and ghosts.
"Do you want to hear?" "Yes, yes, yes," Tianming shouted wanting her to talk forever.
"If you're so eager, do you know what you did wrong?"
He looked pained; he truly couldn't say. Yanfei snorted. "Then no stories today. Yue'er sleeps with me. When you figure out your mistake, come." When she left, Yue'er leapt into Tianming's arms. "How did you anger Mother? We'd cooked and waited; she grew less happy by the moment so scary."
"Could she know about Stone Orchid? She's not all-seeing how would she know so fast!" He decided she must be angry for something else and kept silent.
With Yue'er in his arms her scent filling his breath "Yue'er, I missed you." Looking into his eyes, full of feeling, she melted voice growing sultry. "Me too I have so much to tell you." Adolescent lovers especially those who'd tasted the fruit flame quickly.
Tianming claimed her mouth, tongues intertwining. As his hands roamed and trespassed, a cold snort cracked through both their hearts like thunder. Yue'er pouted, but at the thought of Mother, couldn't be bold.
His hardness pressed her belly; Yue'er clung tighter. "Carry me inside," she whispered. They could hardly stay still; while they spoke, Tianming's hands wandered freely; she pressed his cock between her thighs to rub.
As they were about to lose control, another cold snort chilled their rising heat. They kissed again; Yue'er took his shaft and stroked him. Unsure of Mother's limits, they tested and tested. Tianming stripped her to her undergarment and nursed at her breasts; she sat astride him and he cupped her small bosom smaller even than Stone Orchid's the smallest among the women. Pale skin, rosy tips he couldn't get enough; teeth gentle, hands firm contrasting sensations the last of her reason teetered. She grabbed his cock to guide it inside.
"Hmph." Another douse of cold water Yue'er scowled; Tianming wilted.
They cuddled and whispered; later Yue'er breathed in his ear, "Tianming I want you." Her eyes brimmed with blazing love; those lively eyes now held only him. A fierce urge to conquer surged in him perhaps from the day's frustrations he pushed her down.
He pressed his cock to her slick entrance she was soaked, ready for him and, ignoring warnings, thrust deep filling her completely.
At that instant, a burst of inner force struck him from afar, ran a circuit through him his iron hardness went limp at once and slid from her wet slit.
"Mother's gone too far let's go demand an explanation," Yue'er snapped, fury boiling over she grabbed Tianming and dragged him toward Yanfei's room.
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