The Hehuan Sect cultivates alchemy; my senior sister helps me refine alchemy throughout the world.

Shen Yifei watched Qin Wan loosen her belt, his throat feeling a little dry.

The long, water-red dress slid down her shoulders and piled up at her feet. Qin Wanli wore a light purple bodice embroidered with two twin lotus blossoms, the fabric stretched taut by her full chest.

"Junior Brother Shen," she looked up, her cheeks flushed, "shall you do it, or shall I?"

Shen Yifei swallowed.

He had seen this kind of situation before; the first two times, he was forced to submit to them. This time was different; this time, they were offering themselves up to him.

"Senior Sister Qin," he scratched his head, "we agreed that it would be purely dual cultivation, with no extraction or replenishment."

Qin Wan was taken aback for a moment, then laughed, her chest heaving with laughter: "Junior Brother Shen, the way you're saying it makes it sound like I'm trying to harm you. If I, a peak Foundation Establishment cultivator, really wanted to seduce you, would I need to go to such lengths?"

Shen Yifei thought about it and agreed.

For someone at the peak of Foundation Establishment to take advantage of someone at the early stage of Foundation Establishment would indeed be too much trouble; he wouldn't even have a chance to resist.

"That……"

"What's that?" Qin Wan walked over and hooked her arm around his neck. "I'm here to pay off my debt. Five times, not a single time less. If you don't accept it, I'll keep thinking about it and won't be able to calm down for cultivation."

As she spoke, she tiptoed and brought her lips close to his ear, her breath hot on his ear: "Junior Brother Shen, the day you refined pills for me, I could tell you were different just by smelling your scent."

"What does it taste like?"

"The smell of medicine." Qin Wan sniffed. "You have a medicinal fragrance on you, unlike others. I've cultivated the Medicine Maiden Heart Sutra for eight years, so I'm most sensitive to medicinal herbs. The medicinal fragrance on you makes people... have all sorts of fantasies."

Shen Yifei felt a tickle in his heart from her charm and reached out to put his arm around her waist.

Qin Wan's waist was so slender that he could wrap his hands around it. There was no excess fat on her waist, but it was very soft; holding her in his arms felt like holding a ball of cotton.

"Senior Sister Qin," he looked down at her, "are you sure?"

Qin Wan didn't say anything, but stood on tiptoe and kissed him.

Her lips were soft and sweet. Shen Yifei's mind went blank; all thoughts vanished, leaving only instinct.

"Junior Brother Shen, don't move, I'll guide you."

Inner disciples practice dual cultivation according to a set method: first, they circulate the cultivation technique; then, they guide the Qi into their bodies; and only then do they proceed to the main event.

But what about Qin Wan?

She would only touch and kiss randomly, making Shen Yifei feel hot all over, but she could never find the right spot.

"Senior Sister Qin," Shen Yifei couldn't help but ask, "you wouldn't be...?"

Qin Wan looked up, her face even redder: "What is it?"

"Is this the first time?"

Qin Wan was stunned.

Shen Yifei was also stunned.

The two stared at each other for a long time before Qin Wan suddenly leaned against him, buried her face in his chest, and stopped talking.

Shen Yifei was completely dumbfounded.

Qin Wan, a peak Foundation Establishment cultivator and an inner disciple of the Joyful Union Sect, had been cultivating for eight years, and this was her first time?

"Senior Sister Qin, you..."

"Don't ask anymore." Qin Wan's muffled voice came from his chest. "It's just my first time, so what? The Joyful Union Sect isn't a brothel; does everyone have to be a veteran?"

Shen Yifei was speechless.

Qin Wan raised her head, her eyes reddening again: "I cultivate the Medicine Maiden Heart Sutra. This technique doesn't rely on dual cultivation to increase cultivation level; it relies on absorbing the essence of pills. For eight years, I haven't even touched a man's hand. I just wanted to focus on cultivation and form my core as soon as possible. And what happened? I ended up with a problem during cultivation, an imbalance of yin and yang, and almost went into qi deviation."

As she spoke, tears streamed down her face, dripping onto Shen Yifei's chest.

"I went to the alchemy room to collect the Aphrodisiac Pill, but they said I hadn't completed my task and wouldn't give it to me. I went to borrow one from a fellow disciple, but they said, 'What would a female cultivator like me need the Aphrodisiac Pill for?' I had no choice but to come to you. I thought you, a newcomer to the inner sect, would be easy to talk to, but I didn't expect..."

"What didn't you think of?"

"I didn't expect you to be so kind." Qin Wan wiped away her tears. "You helped me refine pills without asking for spirit stones or a contract, just letting me recover before coming back. Do you know how long I cried that day, holding that bottle of pills?"

Shen Yifei didn't know what to say.

He just did it on a whim that day, thinking that since it was refined using the Cauldron of All Things, it wouldn't take much effort and he could get five sessions of dual cultivation in return—a good deal. Who would have thought this girl would be so honest?

"Senior Sister Qin, don't cry." He reached out and patted her back. "Let's take it slow. It's the first time, everyone has a first time."

Qin Wan was amused by him, then looked up and glared at him: "Were you this clumsy the first time you did it?"

Shen Yifei thought about those two times.

The first time was when Ye Hongling forced him to do it; he didn't know anything, all he could do was use brute force. The second time was when Zhao Xin and Ye Hongling both tried to do it; he was almost dried into a dried-up corpse.

Both times I was interviewed by others; I never initiated it myself.

If we're talking about unfamiliarity, he's even more unfamiliar than Qin Wan.

"I'm even more inexperienced than you," he confessed honestly. "I've only been interviewed twice; I've never taken the initiative myself."

Upon hearing this, Qin Wan's eyes widened: "You were picked? Who picked you?"

Shen Yifei realized he had let something slip and quickly tried to cover it up: "It's just... it was when I first entered the inner sect, I didn't know the rules and got tricked."

Qin Wan stared at him for a long time, then suddenly smiled.

"Junior Brother Shen, we really are in the same boat. One of us has never been the one to pick someone, and the other has never been picked. We've ended up together."

Shen Yifei found her words quite interesting.

"Shall we learn the dual cultivation techniques of the Hehuan Sect today?"

Qin Wan blushed, but still nodded.

That night, the two exchanged techniques and gained many insights.

"Junior Brother Shen, I... I feel like you're using this technique very skillfully. Is this your first time using it?"

"Senior sister, this is my first time using it."

"Where did you learn all this?"

"Senior sister, you've been in the Hehuan Sect for three years, you've learned it just by watching."

"Junior Brother Shen, there's something I'd like to ask you."

"What is it?"

"How exactly did you refine that Aphrodisiac Pill you made for me?"

Shen Yifei's heart tightened, but he didn't show it on his face, still maintaining his honest and simple demeanor: "It's just thrown into the stove to burn, there's really nothing else."

Qin Wan stared at him for a long time, then suddenly sighed.

"Junior Brother Shen, you don't need to hide it from me. I know you have secrets, and I don't want to ask about them." She paused, "I just want to tell you that your pills are too effective. So effective that it's a little scary."

"What are you afraid of?"

"I'm afraid of being found out." Qin Wan looked at him seriously. "Your pills are worth a hundred of others'. If word gets out, you'll be targeted."

Shen Yifei fell silent.

He knew Qin Wan was right.

The matter of the Cauldron of Myriad Things must absolutely not be known to anyone. The matter of the Human Refining Technique must be known even more strictly. But the efficacy of the elixir cannot be concealed. If Qin Wan can discover it, others can too.

"Senior Sister Qin, thank you for reminding me," he said earnestly. "I know what's important."