Easy Preys

Cultivation was a rather time-consuming endeavour, at least if you were actually trying to get anywhere, the most extreme practitioners would keep at it for days, if not weeks or months at a time, convinced that cultivating without stop would perhaps be the key to whatever bottleneck they may be facing or the likes.

Edrick however, had other stuff to do besides cultivating, naturally, things like physical exercise, weapon and combat training or quest completion were also aimed at the same objective as cultivation was, greater power and greater strength, he had already reached the limit of what his body could reach, he would need to find more ways to push the cap up again, though, he couldn't just stop training his muscles, they had to be cared for to remain at their best.

Naturally though, stuff like spending some quality time with his wives wasn't really conducive to training, at least until he found a dual cultivation technique, but he had to pay some attention to his properties, and with three of them, the bedroom could certainly be counted as a training room as well.

In the past few days since his visit of the city with Shu, he had mostly focused on getting his hands on some female outer disciples, thankfully, it was pretty easy to get them by themselves or in small groups as they often took on jobs within the sects due to being cultivators of poor talent, also, getting them to comply with what he wanted was nearly boringly easy, he just needed to wave his special disciple status in front of their nose, and just like that, their legs would open.

Whether they felt compelled to obey by fear, or because they thought that agreeing would secure them a place within the sect, the end result was the same, not a single one had been ready for the fact that Anoteros's personal club would be so outrageously big, all had felt hesitation, but none had been willing to back off at this point and just greeted their teeth as Edrick showed no gentleness with them.

Not that he was even a quarter as rough as he had been with Hui, but he certainly did not make sure that it wasn't hurting, the most enjoyable part was to watch them grit their teeth and face contort as he explored their inner sanctums, most of which had been lands that had not yet been visited by anyone before him.

Anoteros didn't bother much with the setting either, the place where he first addressed them and where he would have some fun were rarely separated by many meters at all, and honestly, not a single one of them had been interesting, he himself would not have bothered to go for second rounds, but they tended to seek him out again anyways.

Seemed like the elixir topped any discomfort brought upon his utter lack of care or respect he showed for them.

Within a few days, he had risen from one to nine, which was a pretty good number considering that he was only looking for outer disciples for small portions of these days.

Five days after his time at the bar, Shu showed up at his residence with the goods that Edrick had ordered, with some extras that the inner disciple called gifts for running late on the delivery.

Just like in his old world, smoking and drinking were common pastimes, although, the things they smoked here were entirely different, focusing on medicinal herbs and other wondrous things, as such, it was a thing for people with a good bit of money to do.

And being that Shu would really, really rather not invoke Edrick's wrath, he had made sure to source only herbs that were one-hundred percent safe and good, not the kind that put tar in your lungs or whatever.

Anoteros had to admit that the concept of safe smoking sounds like baloney to someone like him, but considering that he turned into a sasquatch everyday, it wasn't that hard to imagine.

"By the way, did you make progress on our other deal, or not?" asked Edrick.

Shu shook his head.

"Not yet, but I have some… Candidates in mind" he said, feeling a bit weirded out due to the rather odd situation he had stumbled upon, he had just come to deliver some goods, and had somehow been made witness to Edrick, laying back in a most comfortable-looking armchair bare chested, with Linmin massaging his shoulders, Fanqia sitting on his laps and rubbing his chest, and Hui, serving as a footrest.

And somehow, the librarian seemed to be the one enjoying herself the most.

"That's good to hear"

Shu took the first occasion to leave, honestly disturbed by the strange ambiance of this house and its inhabitants.

The reason why Anoteros's wives were so lovey-dovey with him so early in the morning was because he had begun cultivating the Encyclopedia Of Rending and Encyclopedia Of Self-affliction, he had used the former a little on Hui, but it was on himself that he trained this time.

Both were recommended to be trained together due to the fact that it was simply that convenient to do so, cultivating these two encyclopedias of the Pain Sutra was more like cultivating countless, incredibly precise techniques, truly, they were compilations of how to destroy and how to reinforce through destruction.

For example, one part of the Encyclopedia Of Rending would teach you how to circulate your energy to destroy the radius bone of another in a certain manner, but by using it on yourself, you would be able of making use of the Encyclopedia Of Self-Affliction too, which would contain a section on how to circulate your energy to make it so that your broken bone would mend itself in a way that would make it much more resilient to the sort of damage inflicted.

It suited the style of the Xing family, to learn how to torture by experiencing it yourself.

Truly, it would take Edrick a long time to cultivate such a technique, especially since he had to rely on Ku Xing's giving him potions to heal himself as he did not have access to the parts of the sutra involving healing, so he had to cultivate these two techniques in moderation.

And there were two-hundred and six bones to go through individually, and then the rest of the body.

It was something that required time and effort to properly cultivate, but the sheer power it would grant you by the end of it was definitely worth it, although she didn't show it, Ku Xing was definitely a monster.

Truly, Zixuan Elt had been lucky to get her as his godmother.

'Mmh, I guess I'll go check that succubus now…'