Mingsi, the greatest Sword Venerable of all, spent three hundred years in seclusion. The moment he emerged, he was summoned to the war between immortals and demons.
After resolving the crisis, Mingsi discovered that he had suddenly started wanting to... hug everyone he met.
Something was wrong.
Thinking that something had gone awry during his seclusion, Mingsi hurried to hide in a cave. To his surprise, the Demon Venerable he had just badly wounded was there too.
The Demon Venerable was still gravely injured and had lost all reason.
Mingsi desperately craved physical affection, and his own self-control was wavering. When he tried to circulate his energy, he discovered that he had become an exceptional cultivation vessel.
Perfect: the time, place, and circumstances were all in their favor. The Sword Venerable talked the Demon Venerable into dual cultivation.
After regaining his senses, Mingsi realized that the Demon Venerable was actually Xiao Wensheng, the disciple he'd picked up three hundred years ago.
He nearly killed his obedient disciple in a panic.
Fortunately, the disciple was temporarily blind from his serious injuries and didn't recognize him, so Mingsi managed to keep his life.
Using dual cultivation, Mingsi managed to keep his skin hunger under control, limiting it to once a week, and then ran away.
*
After returning to the Demon Realm, the Demon Venerable Xiao Wensheng searched frantically for someone, stirring up a citywide commotion.
Word had it that the person was a top-grade cultivation vessel with an extremely high level of cultivation. Everyone wondered if he might be an expert from the Hehuan Sect.
Xiao Wensheng thought so too, but even after causing a scene at the Hehuan Sect, he came up empty-handed.
Then, during peace talks between the immortals and demons, Xiao Wensheng went to the Immortal Alliance and stopped by to visit his nominal master. The moment he entered, he saw
The Immortal Venerable, usually so lofty and immaculate, was now half-undressed, his eyes flushed, buried among a group of spirit-beast cats and rubbing himself against them with wild abandon.
Xiao Wensheng remembered their time in the cave. His master had seemed to like holding him like a spirit cat, burying his face against him and cuddling close.
So the Demon Venerable stayed at the immortal sect.
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Since his nominal disciple wouldn't leave, Mingsi could only desperately guard his secret identity.
But when Xiao Wensheng once again turned down a marriage alliance from the immortal sect and told the Hehuan Sect's leader that his constitution was special and made dual cultivation impossible, Mingsi blurted out,
"If dual cultivation doesn't work, then where did you get that cultivation base that keeps skyrocketing?"
Mingsi regretted it the instant he spoke.
Oh no, his hard-earned reputation was about to be ruined.
Theme: You have to take the initiative to make a story happen.
