Volume One, Chapter Two: Little Beauty, Come Give Your Brother a Massage
Something had gone terribly wrong.
The instant the words left his mouth, Liu Yiyun knew he was finished.
Because those words had not been spoken by his own will at all.
“Big brother, what is silk stockings~”
“Silk stockings are blah blah blah...” Before he knew it, he was already explaining to the little girl what silk stockings were.
When he finished, the little girl transformed into a tall, glamorous woman with a seductive pair of legs wrapped in sheer black stockings.
“Big brother, do I look beautiful~”
“...”
Click.
The prison door opened.
Liu Yiyun truly had no idea how to resist her. So thinly dressed, so beautiful, with such long legs in those stockings— even his slap tactic had failed.
Like a puppet, his eyes empty and his expression blank, he walked step by step toward the stocking-clad beauty.
Just then, the woman’s smiling head abruptly turned into a ferocious snake’s head. She opened a cavernous maw lined with scarlet fangs and lunged straight for Liu Yiyun’s neck.
[Ding. The Beaten-Then-Better System has successfully activated.]
[Ding. You have been attacked by a thousand-year serpent demon. Cultivation +1.]
[ Cultivation +1. ]
[ Cultivation +1. ]
The serpent demon froze. What was going on? This sensation—why did it feel as though she were biting into a nascent soul cultivator? It was strangely hard on the teeth.
Liu Yiyun’s consciousness recovered a little. Something was speaking.
Was that a system?
Holy shit! A system?
Save me! System bro, save me!
Perhaps because of the system, he quickly came to his senses.
He jerked his head up, and what met his eyes was a huge, hideous snake head.
“Aaaaaahhhhhh!”
Liu Yiyun leapt three meters high as if he had stepped in dog shit, breaking free from the serpent demon’s embrace of love.
Only then did he realize he had just been seduced by this monster.
It seemed he had overestimated his own resistance to temptation and underestimated the allure of a seductive beauty in stockings with long legs.
Who could withstand that?
The serpent demon was startled when Liu Yiyun inexplicably broke free from her body, but she immediately pounced again.
After all, she had once been a golden core cultivator. Though suppressed by the formation of the Demon-Subduing Prison to the ninth level of Qi Refining, her speed and strength were still far beyond what a mere second-level Qi Refining cultivator like Liu Yiyun could match.
Before he could react, something blurred before his eyes and he was slammed to the ground by the monster, scarlet fangs biting straight down onto his head.
Instinctively, he shut his eyes.
[ Cultivation +1. ]
[ Cultivation +1. ]
Hearing that delightful sound again, Liu Yiyun was overjoyed.
“System bro, is that you?”
“Hello? Hello? System bro, are you there?”
[Yes.]
“Quick, quick, introduce your functions to me, System bro.”
[This system is the Beaten-Then-Better System. As long as you are attacked by monsters, your cultivation will increase, and you will not suffer any harm from monster attacks.]
After hearing the system’s explanation, Liu Yiyun could only say one thing: incredible. This cheat had arrived at the perfect time.
Then he glanced at the serpent-headed beauty pinning him down, and a wave of disgust washed over him.
This snake demon was biting his neck one moment, then his thigh the next.
Besides smearing him with slobber, what else could she even do?
Liu Yiyun slammed both fists onto the serpent demon’s head and cursed, “Damn disgusting. Turn back already.”
The serpent demon froze.
This Qi Refining cultivator... had he just... hit her?
Not only had she failed to bite this despicable human, she had been struck back by him?
She might well be the first golden core demon beast in the history of the Azure Heaven Continent to be beaten by a Qi Refining cultivator.
Instantly enraged, the serpent demon grabbed Liu Yiyun by the leg and hurled him repeatedly against the wall of the cell.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
A series of thunderous impacts rang through the prison.
Fortunately, every cell in the Demon-Subduing Prison was protected by formations, so no matter how wildly this creature thrashed, it could not damage the cell.
That was Liu Yiyun for you. If it had been any ordinary labor disciple, he would have died countless times over.
[Ding. Cultivation +2.]
[Ding. Cultivation +2.]
[Ding. Cultivation +2.]
...
[Ding. Congratulations, host, you have broken through to the third level of Qi Refining.]
Liu Yiyun, whose head was still being smashed into the wall, nearly burst with joy. The cultivation that had not advanced for so many years had been broken through so easily by this monster’s beatings.
A bite gave only one point of cultivation, while a beating gave two. It seemed the amount gained depended on the intensity of the monster’s attack.
“Useless snake demon, have you not eaten? Do you really have the nerve to claim you make your living in the demon world with that little bit of strength?”
“Harder, harder! Yes, yes, use your big move!”
“Go on, big rock snake, use Smash!”
Hiss hiss hiss!
Mocked by Liu Yiyun, the serpent demon’s fury only intensified, and her snake head returned to its human shape.
Besides, she was of the noble Azure Scale Python clan, not some so-called big rock snake.
She set Liu Yiyun upright. Stand straight. Stand properly.
Thud thud thud.
Seeing Liu Yiyun’s innocent expression, she unleashed her fists in a rapid barrage, pounding hard on his head, his chest, his waist, and below.
[Ding. Cultivation +3.]
[Ding. Cultivation +3.]
[Ding. Cultivation +3.]
So satisfying!
Liu Yiyun was wild with joy. This snake demon really was his lucky star.
In just those few short minutes, he could clearly feel a warm current flowing through his body, and he was not far from the fourth level of Qi Refining.
After another savage beating, a smile had already appeared on Liu Yiyun’s face.
The long-legged beauty in black stockings darkened her expression and conjured a wolf-spike club several feet long in her hand.
“Yes, yes, that’s it! Come on, darling, put some effort into it!”
While taunting her, Liu Yiyun did not forget to turn around. The front had been hit, so the back ought to get some as well. The key was balanced impact.
[Ding. Cultivation +3.]
[Ding. Cultivation +2.]
Hm?
What was going on? Why had it only gone up by two points?
“Little sister, what’s the matter with you? You say you haven’t eaten, and you really haven’t eaten? Hurry up and put some strength into it, or I’m going to slap that face of yours!”
Hiss hiss hiss!
The serpent demon was so enraged that she spat a mouthful of venom onto Liu Yiyun.
Yet her swinging of the wolf-spike club did not stop.
[Ding. Congratulations, host, you have broken through to the fourth level of Qi Refining.]
[Ding. Cultivation +1.]
“Hm? The attack style hasn’t changed, so why is the cultivation gain getting smaller and smaller? System bro, what’s going on?”
[The greater the cultivation gap between the host and the monster attacking you, the more cultivation you gain.]
Damn. So it was because he had leveled up, and the experience gain had dropped.
He had been happy for nothing.
He had wanted to farm experience right here in the newbie village and grind straight to the Mahayana stage before leaving seclusion. It seemed he had been thinking too much; he would have to find even more powerful monsters in the Demon-Subduing Prison.
Liu Yiyun was a little unhappy and turned around.
Just as the serpent demon’s wolf-spike club was about to come down, he coolly slapped her across the face.
“Useless thing.”
Still taunting her, Liu Yiyun then dropped flat on his front in front of her.
“Pretty girl, come massage your brother.”
Snake demon: “???”