Seven days⊠Unknowingly, seven days had passed since Lily practiced this celestial power conversion secret method.
âWhat is this?â
The more she practiced, the more Lily felt that this secret method had nothing to do with celestial power. As long as she stopped, she would feel unbearably dizzy, depressed, and anxious. But when she continued to practice, she would feel comfortable and calm all over her body.
Lilyâs inner reasoning told her that, whether this was a celestial power secret method or not, it definitely wasnât a conventional secret method! Her rationality reminded her time and time again to cease any further practice and leave this place as soon as possible.
However, she couldnât do it⊠She couldnât seem to stop.
âHuââ Lily entered the mirror with her spirit body in order to escape this torture. Her boyish body was flushed with shame and redness as she exhaled a breath of hot airâŠ
Yuki-Onna came over worriedly upon seeing Lily.
âWhat happened? Little master of the mirror space, why is your breathing so disordered like Lily outside?â
Yuki-Onna didnât know that Lilyâs soul was that of a boy, otherwise she would have had to kill herself.
âIâm fineâŠâ Because of this secret, it was difficult for Lily to ask Yuki-Onna for help. Even if she asked for help, she was far from being a match for the several immortals in this shrine, right?
Yuki-Onna watched as the strange Lily stumbled into senior Rinneâs room.
âSenior RinneâŠâ Lily could barely stand, so she knelt beside the bed and held Rinneâs hand.
Lily seemed to rekindle her endless courage by seeing her lonely, poignant, and helpless appearance.
âWhat wrongs did senior Rinne commit??! Why does the world torture her so much?â
âI want to be strong! I canât lose myself here!â
âIf Iâm not strong; if this mirror space is discovered, thenâŠit would be absolutely unacceptable!â
Lilyâs eyes suddenly snapped open.
âThis secret method is not suitable for me to practice⊠I want to leave here!â
Lily staggered out of the cave room, but after just a few minutes of not practicing, she felt like the world was spinning and she couldnât even gather her spiritual energy. In the dark cave, Lily couldnât see the way forward at all!
She held on to the cave wall and fumbled her way forward, depending on her sense of touch.
Unknowingly, Lily came to the entrance of a dark cave that she had never seen before.
âAhâŠâ A low and desperate male voice came from inside.
Lily wanted to take a peek inside the caveâs entrance, but she didnât want to lose strength and fall in. She raised her head in confusion and saw a tall samurai with an extremely emaciated body, who was locked up in iron chains here.
The samurai seemed to have been chained up here for many years as his muscles had atrophied and his haggard face was covered with a black cloth.
âYouâŠwho are you? Why are you imprisoned here?â Lily asked weakly, her hair scattered.
The samurai heard the girlâs voice and said, âYouâŠmust be an outsider too, right?â
âYes, you areâŠ?â
âDonât practice⊠Remember, donât practice the techniques hereâŠâ The samurai said in a low voice, trembling voice.
âEh? Why?â
âThis happened to me because I refused to continue practicing halfway through. ThatâŠbut you are a girl; your willpower is definitely not as good as mine. Pull back my clothes and take a look at my chest.â
Lily was a little conflicted, but she still gently pulled back the samuraiâs clothes. She couldnât help but gasp upon seeing the shocking wounds on his bony chest.
âWhy are they doing this to you?â
âNo, itâs not them, itâs me. In order to stop myself from practicing that technique, I cut myself with sharp rocks. I donât even feel sharp knives anymore. I have to use sharp rocks toâŠforce myself to resist the temptation of that technique.â
âWhy resist? Isnât that the secret method of the immortals?â
âGirlâŠalthough I am blindfolded, I can feel that your situation is also not good, right? You have already started to practice that technique, and you are already addicted to it. If you donât practice, you will feel uncomfortable all over. A weak woman like you must not be able to stand it. How can a womanâs willpower be compared to mineâŠ? I donât mean to belittle you, girl. You must be extremely talented, otherwise that old man wouldnât have chosen a woman to practice this technique.â The samurai said hoarsely.
âWhat exactly is this technique? Why are you chained up here?â
âIâm chained here because Iâm afraid Iâll hurt myself. Iâve been holding on for more than ten years, but I think Iâm about to die⊠Even so, I wonât let that hateful old man succeed1!â The samurai trembled and got excited.
âMr. Samurai, what exactly is this secret method?â
âThatâŠthatâsâŠah, coughâŠâ The samuraiâs words got stuck in his throat by an invisible force. His expression looked painful and he couldnât speak.
âKagami Lily.â The tall and majestic old man with torch-like eyes, Tsubiro, stood at the entrance of the cave.
A chill ran through Lilyâs body.
âMasterâŠâ
âLily, this is not a place you should come to. Why donât you hurry on and go practice?â
For some reason, hearing Tsubiroâs order, the heat in Lilyâs body surged up, as if controlling her body and preventing her from disobeying the old manâs order.
If the old man had a lewd obsession over her body, Lily might have struggled desperately with the help of her bodyâs instinctive resistance, but he had no such desires.
It seemed to sound like it was for her own good.
Lily stood up. Although she was reluctant, she couldnât disobey the old manâs order.
âMaster, who is this person and whyâŠâ
âThatâs just a bandit who tried to attack the shrine. Lily, go and practice.â
The samurai tried to desperately say something, but he couldnât.
âYesâŠâ The old manâs order put Lily in a trance and made it difficult for her to resist. She suddenly had a feeling that if she forced herself to resist, she might end up in a more miserable situation than this samurai.
Right now, her body was out of control and it was even difficult to circulate her spiritual energy. She was no match for Tsubiro at all.
Lily eventually nodded her head, half-forced and half-willingly, with a docile expression on her face. She walked past the majestic old man, Tsubiro, and headed back.
âSomeone, send your Senior Sister Lily back to her cave room.â
Two youths, a man and a woman in ancient training uniforms, came over and escorted Lily, who gently pushed the manâs hand away. The male disciple was very accommodating to Lilyâs wishes and only led the way, bringing her back to her own cave room.
Lily sat on the stone bed and took out the scroll.
However, when she opened the scroll, she had a feeling in her heart that if she continued to practice, there would be no coming back!
âSenior Rinne⊠Why did I, Lily, go through all those hardships to come to Izumo Mountain? I mustnât lose myself here! No matter what kind of celestial art it is, it must not be at the cost of senior Rinneâs safety! ButâŠwhat should I do? How do I resist the temptation to practice? Could it be like what that samurai said, that a womanâs willpower canât resist? Power⊠I need powerâ a power that can help meâŠâ
Moonlight?
Lily remembered the holy and poignant moonlight.
She wanted to go out and see the moon.
However, before she could get far from the cave room with the help of the wall, two female disciples came up.
âSenior Sister, the master instructed you to please finish your training before going out2.â A female disciple said.
âShut up! Go away!â Lily pushed aside the female disciple.
But the two female disciples grabbed her by the wrist and subdued her, forcing her to turn around.
âSenior Sister! We canât disobey the masterâs order. You canât do whatever you want and disobey the masterâs order just because your qualification test score was high! Please go back with us obediently!â
What?
Unexpectedly, Lily couldnât even break free from two ordinary female disciples?
âIt hurtsâŠâ Lilyâs arm felt painful after being twisted behind her back. She couldnât control her power and her mind was in confusion.
âGo in and practice hard, Senior Sister!â The two women pushed Lily into the cave. She wanted to summon Yuki-Onna and the demon hound, but found that she couldnât even do that!
She couldnât even use the Art of No Thought to send voice transmissions anymore.
But there was a growing desire in her heart to continue practicing that secret technique!
Lily collapsed onto the stone bed, her hair scattered.
âPower⊠I need powerâŠâ
She knew that the moonlight could baptize her body and give her power, but she couldnât get out of the cave. Besides lunar force, what else could provide her with power?
Charm intent?
But how could she harness the power of charm when she was alone and looked like this? At this time, Lilyâs eyes became misty, but her mind was steadfast.
âAlthough I donât know what the masterâs purpose is, I absolutely cannot practice any further! I canât put my senior Rinneâs soul in danger! Absolutely not! For this reason, I will do anything!â
The corner of Lilyâs mouth curved into a charming smile. Wasnât the source of seductive powerâŠgirls? If one wanted to obtain seductive power by themself, how difficult could it be?
Lily stared at her long and slender fingers with a reluctant look as she imagined doing something she had never done before.
âŠ
With the movements of her hand, waves of seductive power poured into her lower abdomen and spiritual palace3. She didnât expect that the first time she did this, the seductive power she received would be like a tidal wave, extremely powerful!
Lily gradually regained her strength.
At this time, the strong and turbulent seductive power was absorbed by the lunar permanence spirit in the spiritual palace at an incredible speed, restoring its purple radiance.
Soon afterâŠ
Surprisingly, under the infusion of the raging seductive power, her purple moon recovered.
Purple moon immovable spirit!
Lily felt that she could use the purple lunar force, so she circulated it, causing a purple glow to bloom like the morning light after a long night, holy and ethereal, infiltrating every corner of her body. Lilyâs beautiful body was also radiating a faint ethereal light, and her eyes involuntarily turned into a ghostly purple color similar to jade.
The glow of the purple moon was more refreshing, more beautiful, and more powerful than the heat that controlled Lily before, and that heat was dispersed from her body!
Compared to the kind of feeling she had when circulating the purple lunar force, practicing the secret method of the scroll seemed to be dull and boring.
Lilyâs face was flushed red and she was panting heavily. She leaned back on the stone bed, her jade white body covered in glistening sweat.
Although somewhat powerless, she overcame the control of that power4.