Back in the mortal world, Shen Qingtang had learned one thing: if you were going to marry, marry the most powerful man.
The same rule applied in the immortal realm. If she was going to seduce someone, she would seduce the strongest.
Shen Qingtang had died beneath a chastity memorial arch in the mortal world.
When she opened her eyes again, she was the lowest-ranking servant cultivator in the immortal realm.
She had to kneel in the discipline hall, copy the rules, and sweep the main hall, all while Manager Lu made her life miserable day after day.
Everyone said she was meek and obedient, with the Three Obediences and Four Virtues carved into her bones.
But no one knew what she was like in private.
She tore up the rules, walked barefoot through the immortal palace's corridors, and seduced the Immortal Venerable night after night.
"Rules? Immortal Venerable, which do you think is easier to tame, the rules or me?"
One night, she was summoned to his sleeping chamber. Kneeling by the bed, she looked up at him with a gaze that could steal anyone's heart.
"Immortal Venerable."
"Your disciple has been so foolish. Please teach her."
He leaned down, gripped her chin, and spoke in a low, husky voice:
"Shen Qingtang, how long are you going to keep pretending?"
She smiled, her charm enough to unsettle anyone. "Does the Immortal Venerable dislike it? Back in the mortal world, I was the most well-behaved of all."
The whole immortal palace was abuzz with rumors that the lowly cultivator from the mortal world was unchaste. Some said she should be drowned in a pond. Shameless, they called her.
She knelt in the discipline hall and bowed her head, meekly admitting her mistake.
But that very night, she climbed into the Immortal Venerable's arms. "They say I'm unchaste. Tell me, Immortal Venerable, what kind of virtue do I keep?"
He gripped her waist. "You keep the Dao of this Venerable."
He was the exalted Immortal Venerable, revered by the three realms and celibate for a thousand years, yet he willingly lost himself in her arms night after night.
"Did you come here to cultivate, or to seduce me?"
"You tell me."
"And what do I get if I guess right?"
"A reward... a night of pleasure."
