Tang Dynasty Bandits

Chapter 243 Side Story: The Flower King
When the golden banners of the army surrounded Guangzhou from both land and sea, and the deafening sound of gongs and drums made the city tremble, Hua Wang Youdi knew that Li Yi had lost his value in her ambitions.

Emotions are useless; this is a belief that Kao Yudhi has always upheld.

Not only that, she also enjoys toying with men's feelings and relishing their heart-wrenching despair when they discover they are nothing more than playthings.

Seeing Zhu Wen and Tian Jun so deeply in love, seemingly willing to live and die together, she found it quite disgusting.

So much so that he desperately wanted to kill Zhu Wen.

You Di was not born with a disdain for romantic love.

She wished she had been born this way, with a heart stronger than any man's.

However, Youdi had feelings for men.

She once fell in love with her teacher.

The charm of a mature man is often irresistible to a naive young girl.

Even the mighty and powerful Zhen Ranyu, who was known for her fierce and powerful presence, remained unmarried for life because she fell in love with her teacher, Shi Xiong.

You Di's teacher is the last disciple of the Demon Lord Qiao Beiming.

In the second year of the Kaicheng era, when Qiao Beiming was defeated and killed by Wang Xianzhi at the Jade Emperor Peak of Mount Tai, You Di's teacher was only fifteen years old.

Despite losing his mentor's guidance, this young man single-handedly cultivated himself into a master of extraordinary talent, quelled the internal strife within the Demonic Sect, and assumed the position of Grand Preceptor of the Khazars.

When Youdi met her teacher, the teacher was around forty years old.

This is when many men are at their most charming; their handsome faces haven't yet faded, and the sharp, assertive edge of their youth has been tempered into a gentle, jade-like luster. They appear debonair, composed, and elegant, exuding a mature charm that stirs the hearts of young girls with every move.

But the occasional glimpse of melancholy in his eyes made Youdi very curious: could such a handsome man also have things to worry about?
Throughout history, countless girls have been captivated by men of this age in their innocent ignorance, falling hopelessly in love. Curiosity is the beginning of their descent into this state.

Yu Di is no exception.

She developed early, and the Turks didn't place much importance on chastity. Once she was moved, she immediately wanted to give herself to them.

The teacher smiled and patted her head without saying anything. She was too young to get involved in the vortex of the demonic sect.

But seeing Youdi's stubborn eyes and learning about the responsibilities she carried during their conversation, the teacher sighed.

He caressed her gently, teaching her the pleasures of intimacy with skillful techniques, yet preserving the final boundaries.

"A girl's first time is of great significance." The man, dressed in white, had a gentle and warm smile that made the girl feel as if her soul was melting.

How could such a refined gentleman exist among the selfish and capricious members of the Demonic Sect?
Youdi should have realized this sooner, but she was already hopelessly in love.

Every night, she looked forward to her next secret rendezvous with her teacher. Her longing kept her tossing and turning, and she would drift off to sleep longingly as she anticipated the coming of the next day; or she would whisper softly in her dreams, imagining herself and her teacher boating on a lake and riding horses together across the grassland.

The father was surprised by his beloved daughter's radiant appearance. She was sometimes shy and sometimes lost in thought, perhaps she was in love.

The Khan asked Yudi if she had a man she liked, but Yudi remained silent and shy.

Even with a difference of more than twenty years, it's not surprising that the Grand Preceptor married the Khan's daughter. Neither the Demonic Sect nor the Turks had any reservations about this.

But the teacher told Youdi not to tell anyone about their affair for the time being.

Youdi's teacher is a man who has experienced many romantic encounters and has a deep understanding of human nature.

In their many secret meetings, he taught Yudi not only the mysteries of her body, but also the complexities of the human heart.

Relationships between men and women are a concentrated reflection of human nature.

Emotions and physical attraction are not necessarily attractive simply because they are naked.

Visual concealment and peeping, provocative sounds, seductive scents, tactile pleasure and pain, sweet and sour tastes, changes in temperature, differences in atmosphere, struggles between morality and depravity, entanglements of love, hate, greed and jealousy, and even intellectual battles and confrontations... all these are elements that can stir emotions between men and women.

The purpose of studying love between men and women is to control people's hearts, rather than being controlled by them.

Day by day, Youdi appeared to mature more and more, developing a charming and alluring appearance.

The magic sect's secret techniques for preserving youth will allow her to maintain this appearance and temperament until she is around sixty years old.

With plenty of time ahead, she became even more attached to the pleasures of the moment.

One day, the teacher suddenly went on a long trip, saying he had to prepare a gift for Youdi and might not be back for a while.

Driven by a young girl's curiosity about her beloved man, Youdi yearned to know everything about him and, almost by accident, devised a plan to open her teacher's secret cabinet. Inside were few items: a jade pendant carved in the shape of a fox and a parchment notebook bound with gold thread.

She looked through the teacher's private notes, which were locked in a secret cabinet.

The content caused Youdi's face to change color instantly, and then her delicate body trembled and tears streamed down her face.

The girl's dream ended.

My disciple has finally mastered the secret techniques of the Demonic Sect's Joyful Union Technique. The fruit that has been cultivated for so long is ready to be harvested.

She seemed to have truly fallen in love with me; in the Demonic Sect, love was the cheapest thing. But…

The writing behind it was smeared and messed up, but Youdi could still make out even more cruel information from it.

You Di is the most wonderful alchemy vessel the teacher has ever seen in his forty years of life, which can help him improve his state of mind and cultivation to a higher level.

He couldn't rush to enjoy this heavenly delicacy.

Only when the two are completely in sync, with passion controlling desire and becoming one, can he possess the jade body he has personally nurtured, and through the practice of sexual cultivation, break through to the ultimate realm of the demonic path as described by the demonic sect.

As the vessel for this procession, You Di will lose at least thirty years of her lifespan, making it difficult for her to advance in cultivation or practice the demonic sect's anti-aging techniques. Having had her vital yin essence drained, she will age faster than ordinary women and suffer from poor health throughout her life.

This was still considering that Yudi was the Khan's most beloved princess. If he directly killed her by sexual intercourse, he would not be able to explain it to the Khan.

Youdi wiped away her tears, feeling as if the world had collapsed.

The secret cabinet was restored to its original state by Youdi, and carefully arranged to look as if no one had ever touched it.

When the teacher returned, he indeed gently hinted that he should take the final step with her.

Youdi readily agreed.

The two men stood naked, and just as the teacher was about to enjoy the gift bestowed by heaven, Youdi plunged a short sword into the teacher's chest.

The man's eyes showed surprise, which gradually turned into relief.

Youdi sensed a mysterious spiritual light flowing in the other person's eyes, which was transmitted to her own spiritual realm.

That is a spiritual legacy that she needs to slowly digest in the rest of her life.

She understood everything.

This is the cruel method of inheritance in the demonic sect. The master and disciple are like mortal enemies, and either the master dies or the disciple perishes.

Humans are not plants or trees; when a teacher completely immerses himself in the subject to deduce the ways of desire, he also gets caught up in it.

He fell for a student more than twenty years his junior. The more he learned about Youdi, the more he became immersed in the sea of ​​love, unable to extricate himself. In the end, he could no longer distinguish between reality and illusion.

Only then did the teacher understand why he had never been able to catch up with his mentor, Qiao Beiming, and why he was unable to reach the realm of the peerless demon lord.

He wasn't strong enough, so when he was manipulating people's hearts, he lost himself and fell in love.

Even if he absorbed You Di's body, his shattered Dao heart would make it impossible for him to reach the ultimate realm of demonic cultivation and wisdom.

Therefore, he gave the choice to his most outstanding student.

Besides being selfish and self-serving, members of the Demonic Sect are also obsessive and insane.

The teacher lived out his madness and obsession with his life.

It also told Youdi the price of falling in love.

Once you embark on this path, you must make yourself stronger than anyone else. The slightest wavering will cause you to fail at the last step, even if you have built a towering mountain.

She embraced her teacher's gradually cooling body, kissed his chapped lips, and cried even more bitterly than before.

While wiping her teacher's body, she discovered that her teacher had wounds from the bites of venomous snakes and worms. This was a method of tempering the mind passed down from the Demonic Sect, where one would endure extreme pain to uphold one's true nature when faced with a difficult choice.

Her teacher realized that his own faith was beyond redemption, abandoned his ideals and ambitions, and chose her amidst his pain.

Youdi knew that she probably wouldn't have the chance to shed tears again.

From today onward, she will carry on with everything her teacher has to say.

Many years later, Youdi saw a young man in the Tang Dynasty who had the air of a teacher and was being affectionate with a girl who was not as beautiful as her, but was exceptionally charming and cute.

She had never seen what her teacher looked like when he was young, but she knew that he would have looked more like a teenager back then.

Her heart ached as if being bitten by a venomous snake, and in her agony, she instantly wanted to kill the boy.

The overwhelming killing intent made even she feel somewhat fearful.

This means she may not have moved on from the past.

A person who is not strong enough cannot realize their ambitions.

Youdi suddenly became very curious about what her teacher's childhood was like and how he grew into the person he is today.

She can no longer know.

But Yudi was certain of one thing—she would never truly fall in love with any man again.

Until death.

(End of this chapter)