Published: August 25, 2025
Chapter 246: Dong Xuan'er
Senior Sister Hongfu actually brought along a young married woman and, right there in the back room, examined the blushing Dong Xuan'er’s jade arm. The result was that the chastity mark, the symbol of purity, was still perfectly intact. This shocked Han Li’s master's wife greatly!
From Dong Xuan'er’s alluring appearance, she didn’t look like someone inexperienced at all! That day, the couple had deliberately feigned ignorance and agreed to the dual cultivation arrangement with some ambiguity in mind. However, they never expected that this woman’s reputation was already widely known to be so tarnished, which was why she had backed out to protect their reputation.
Amid the young wife’s surprise, Senior Sister Hongfu explained. Her disciple had chosen to cultivate a top-tier magical power method called “Transformation of Spring Technique” to maintain her youthful beauty. The seductive charm evident in her features was merely a superficial effect of practicing this art. So, some cultivators skilled in discerning true purity naturally assumed after meeting Dong Xuan'er a few times that she had lost her essence, causing many harmful rumors about Hongfu’s disciple to spread.
Of course, this disciple was indeed somewhat careless with herself, having some entanglements with a few male disciples. But thanks to the alluring charm of the Transformation of Spring Technique and her special status, it was strange that no male cultivators swarmed around her.
However, as more male disciples gathered around her, Dong Xuan'er gradually developed the strange habit of falling for young men she liked at first sight, immediately wanting to bring them under her influence and sometimes instigating jealousy and rivalry between them for her amusement.
Fortunately, Senior Sister Hongfu had set a strict condition when allowing her to practice the Transformation of Spring Technique: she must not lose her chastity. If her chastity mark ever disappeared, Hongfu would immediately strip her of her magical power, reducing her back to a mortal. This was to prevent Dong Xuan'er, with her seductive skills from the technique, from ruining the Dong family’s reputation.
Bound by this deadly condition, Dong Xuan'er, though often exchanging glances with those men, dared not cross the line.
Yet, her actions gradually reached Hongfu’s ears, infuriating the core formation stage female cultivator. She severely punished Dong Xuan'er and immediately placed her under house arrest for a while.
But it was too late — Dong Xuan'er’s impure reputation had already spread throughout Yellow Maple Valley! Once such rumors spread, they were impossible to refute clearly, even for a core formation stage cultivator like Hongfu, who was helpless.
Even if those reputation-conscious cultivators learned that Dong Xuan'er was indeed still pure, they wouldn’t risk their own reputations by becoming her dual cultivation partner.
However, due to the Transformation of Spring Technique, Dong Xuan'er had reached a stage where dual cultivation was necessary, or her magical power would stagnate or even regress.
But among the suitors still chasing after Dong Xuan'er, Hongfu couldn’t find one she approved of, nor did she trust their character or intentions. This led to the trip to Li Huayuan’s secluded mansion and eventually to Hongfu eyeing Han Li.
After hearing all this, the young wife returned to Li Huayuan with an awkward expression, explained everything, and the two fell into a long silence.
Though the couple had indeed misunderstood Dong Xuan'er’s innocence, as Hongfu said, even if she truly was pure, her reputation was so bad that Li Huayuan was unwilling to let his disciple enter a dual cultivation relationship with her, as it would severely damage his own reputation. This left him feeling guilty toward Senior Sister Hongfu.
To make amends, Li Huayuan naturally didn’t put any obstacles in Han Li’s way regarding the treasure seizing tournament and even helped facilitate it, which is why Han Li and Dong Xuan'er embarked on this journey.