Chapter 6 Three Years Later

Three years have passed since Ding Shuang failed his mission. The punishment for his failure has also expired. Ding Shuang has regained his former glory, but his cultivation level has dropped to the third stage of Dou Qi. No matter how hard Ding Shuang tried to cultivate over the past three years, he couldn’t stop his Dou Qi from declining. Ding Shuang felt this must be a plot device, that he was reduced to the third stage of Dou Qi as if it were a deliberate plot device.

Actually, this wasn’t exactly a plot device. Ding Shuang’s cultivation level was too low, offering limited help. Since dropping in cultivation level and failing his mission, Xiao Mei had been contacting him less and less, only twice in the last two years. Ding Shuang knew the reason: 10 seconds each time, three times in one night…

A lot has happened in the past three years, but three things stand out. First, Ding Shuang and Xiao Xun’er’s relationship has grown increasingly closer. When Xiao Xun’er first returned, she sensed that Xiao Yan’s personality seemed different, even somewhat distant. However, as they spent more time together, Xiao Xun’er realized that this change was likely related to a problem he had encountered in his cultivation.

Secondly, Ding Shuang finally found the expert secretly protecting Xiao Xun’er and successfully hypnotized him. This happened because Xiao Xun’er stayed late in Ding Shuang’s house to comfort him as his level kept dropping. The expert was worried that Ding Shuang and Xun’er might be alone together in a room and something inappropriate might happen. So he moved closer, and at the moment Xiao Xun’er protected Ding Shuang, the expert even revealed his figure through the window to warn Xun’er.

Ding Shuang sensed Xun’er’s unusual behavior and immediately cast a hypnotic spell behind him, luckily hitting a master and implanting the same concept as Yao Lao. A wisp of primordial desire had already ignited within Xiao Xun’er, and Ding Shuang could have taken her that night. However, adhering to the principle of not acting without a mission, and not wanting to leave Xiao Xun’er with a mere 10 seconds of impression of a “real man,” Ding Shuang did not take further action that night.

The last thing was that Ding Shuang discovered he seemed to have a peculiar sexual fetish. After Xiao Xun’er returned, Ding Shuang maintained his distance from Xiao Mei whenever Xun’er was in the clan. When Xun’er occasionally went out, Xiao Mei would actively seek out Ding Shuang. After Ding Shuang’s mission failed, Xiao Mei sought him out less and less.

After Ding Shuang’s mission failed, he made love to Xiao Mei for the first time. He ejaculated three times in three minutes, with each thrust lasting less than the time it took to ejaculate. Afterwards, Xiao Mei tried everything but couldn’t get Ding Shuang’s penis aroused again. This time, Xiao Mei thought it might be because her cousin was under too much pressure lately.

The second time, he ejaculated in 10 seconds again, and Ding Shuang tested it out this time as well. Even without moving, just placing his large penis inside Xiao Mei’s vagina for 10 seconds would cause him to ejaculate, and the time spent ejaculating was not counted. In other words, he could only last a maximum of 3 minutes a day, and even if he made an exception and included the second day, it would only be 6 minutes…

The third and fourth times, and then the visits became less and less frequent. In the days following the mission’s failure, Xiao Mei sought out Ding Shuang a total of eight times. The first six times were during the first year, and the last two were once a year. Ding Shuang experimented during the third and fourth visits, but he couldn’t last more than 10 seconds with oral or anal sex, or even with Xiao Mei performing oral sex, rubbing his breasts, or kissing him without penetration. After three times, he simply couldn’t muster any interest. No matter how Xiao Mei played with his penis, he didn’t want to move at all, not even a muscle. The system’s punishment was truly ruthless!

The following year, Xiao Xun’er was going away for an extended period again, and Xiao Mei didn’t come to see her either. Bored, Ding Shuang wandered around the clan. She came to a dilapidated temple on the back mountain, and remembering her wild time with Xiao Mei inside, she tiptoed forward. Suddenly, she heard Xiao Mei’s voice coming from inside the temple, “Ah~ Elder, I reached the top~ Ah~ So amazing~ Mei’er is about to take off~ Ah~ Ah~”

Ding Shuang moved quietly to the window of the dilapidated temple and secretly peeked inside. She saw Xiao Mei clinging to a middle-aged man, swaying up and down. Judging from the man’s back, he was actually the Second Elder.

“How did Xiao Mei get involved with the Second Elder?” Ding Shuang wondered to himself, feeling a surge of anger. However, he didn’t dare to rush out. While Ding Shuang wasn’t particularly possessive, witnessing someone cheating on him still bothered him. But looking at Xiao Mei’s swaying legs and hearing her moans, Ding Shuang suddenly felt excited!

Xiao Mei was a petite, loli-type beauty with a youthful face and large breasts. She was being fucked by the Second Elder, and from Ding Shuang’s angle, he could only see Xiao Mei’s legs and the Second Elder’s back. Ding Shuang began to observe his surroundings, preparing to find a better vantage point. Just as Ding Shuang was about to move, the two people having sex inside the dilapidated temple slightly turned around, and Ding Shuang caught a glimpse of Xiao Mei’s lewd face. Surprisingly, Xiao Mei also noticed Ding Shuang.

“Ah!” Xiao Mei exclaimed in fright.

“What’s wrong, baby? Did the elder use too much force?” The second elder thought it was because he had just penetrated Xiao Mei’s flower core that Xiao Mei exclaimed in surprise.

Xiao Mei pounded the Second Elder’s shoulder with her jade-like hand and cried out lewdly, “Ah~ Second Elder is so bad~ Ah~ Ah~ So long and so forceful~ Ah~ Are you trying to ruin Mei’er~ Oh~ Oh~” While Xiao Mei was speaking, the Second Elder thrust deeply twice more, making Xiao Mei moan and groan.

Ding Shuang stared at the despicable couple inside the dilapidated temple, his hand unconsciously gripping his erect penis. Just then, the system issued a mission!

“Mission issued: Watch Xiao Mei and the Second Elder masturbate and ejaculate three times without being discovered by the Second Elder. Mission reward: 10 Transcendence Points, 1 F-rank skill. Mission failure: Your anus will be ripped apart by the Second Elder.”

“Fuck your system! What the hell is this mission?” Ding Shuang cursed inwardly, but his hands didn’t stop moving, gently stroking his penis. At this moment, he was actually somewhat grateful for the punishment the system had given him last time. In the past, it would take him 10 minutes to ejaculate even if he masturbated with all his might, but now he could finish in 10 seconds with just a little stroking.

This mission was still somewhat dangerous; the longer it went on, the easier it was to be discovered. After completing the mission three times, Ding Shuang left immediately, not wanting to accidentally injure himself.

The night after Ding Shuang discovered her affair with the Second Elder in the dilapidated temple, Xiao Mei confronted Ding Shuang. Entering Ding Shuang’s room, Xiao Mei looked at him with a slightly arrogant and disdainful expression, saying, “Cousin Xiao Yan, you saw what happened yesterday, didn’t you? I found some white liquid outside the window yesterday.”

Looking at Xiao Mei, Ding Shuang felt a mix of emotions. Then, as if she had figured something out, she laughed and said, “Cousin, you have quite the refined taste. Is this a nostalgic visit?” Actually, Ding Shuang had already figured it out when she returned yesterday. Don’t get too involved. This is just a secondary world; everyone’s just having fun and shouldn’t get emotionally involved. Besides, seeing Xiao Mei being fucked by someone else gave her a strange sense of excitement.

Xiao Mei snorted coldly, “Hmph. Cousin Xiao Yan, I wonder what exactly your cultivation technique is? Apart from you, no one else can accelerate their cultivation. I’ll come to you once a year from now on. Firstly, it will help me improve, and secondly, it will take pity on you.”

Ding Shuang frowned slightly upon hearing Xiao Mei’s revealing words. It wasn’t that Ding Shuang felt insulted—after all, he had managed a comeback—but rather that he worried Xiao Mei’s personality had deviated significantly from the original story. Would this cause any problems? He currently lacked real power in this world; his greatest advantage was his familiarity with the plot. Looking at the darkened loli before him, Ding Shuang lay down, closed his eyes, and said, “Hurry up, let’s finish this quickly.”

Ding Shuang, recalling how Xiao Mei was being fucked by the Second Elder, accepted Xiao Mei’s services. That time, Ding Shuang ejaculated for 3 minutes straight.

In the days that followed, Ding Shuang frequently saw Xiao Mei having sex with different men at the places where he and Xiao Mei had once made love. Ding Shuang roughly counted about ten different men, and once he even witnessed Xiao Mei engaging in a threesome. Among them, the man Xiao Mei had sex with most often was Xiao Ning, the grandson of the Grand Elder. Ding Shuang also discovered that Xiao Ning and Xiao Mei were plotting to take down Xiao Xun’er.

Ding Shuang cursed inwardly, “You two are dreaming! Xun’er is only for me. After I get her, I won’t let Xiao Ning sleep with her, no matter who else she’s with. I’m also going to get your sister! I’ll let your sister seduce you, but I won’t let you touch her. Once I level up, you won’t even get a chance to touch Xiao Mei!”

Three years—not too long, not too short—was a difficult time for Ding Shuang, a period marked by system punishments and plot-driven deaths. Now the system’s punishment period is over; who knows when Nalan Yanran will come to annul the engagement? After this plot point, Yao Lao will fully awaken. I wonder if that old bastard is already awake or just pretending? If only we could skip these three years of plot points with ESC.

Even the toughest times must go on. During those three years, Ding Shuang accepted a mission at the dilapidated temple and drew the F-rank skill, Suppression Technique. This skill allowed him to suppress his strength indefinitely, even to the point of being weaker than an ordinary person. Logically, this should be an incredibly powerful skill, so Ding Shuang couldn’t understand why it was only F-rank. After experimenting with it once, he understood. The suppression was genuine, not just hiding his strength. Once suppressed to the level of an ordinary person, he was just an ordinary person, without any fighting spirit. Each suppression could only be applied layer by layer, and each unsealing could only be done layer by layer, not all at once, but gradually increasing over 10 minutes. If he encountered someone of a higher level, he would die several times over during the unsealing process.

Ding Shuang vaguely remembered that Nalan Yanran broke off the engagement after a clan test, and judging by the time, it should be soon. If the plot doesn’t change much, her spring is just around the corner.

Just as the plot unfolded, Nalan Yanran arrived as scheduled. Ding Shuang uttered the classic line, “Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river, never underestimate a young man’s potential,” and after completing his feat of divorcing his wife, he ran to the back mountain to wait for Yao Lao to appear. Just as Ding Shuang finished divorcing his wife, the system timely issued a task.

“Mission issued: Take the first blood of Xiao Xun’er and Nalan Yanran within three years. Mission reward 1: Take the first blood of Xiao Xun’er, reward 100 Travel Points, reward 1 Golden Lottery Draw; Mission reward 2: Take the first blood of Nalan Yanran, reward 100 Travel Points, reward 1 Golden Lottery Draw; Optional Mission 1: Internal ejaculation, reward x2; Optional Mission 2: Help the two learn the ‘Seduction Manual,’ reward 5 Golden Lottery Draws; Mission failure: Can’t even take them both in three years? What use is this iron rod to you?”

Ding Shuang arrived at the back mountain, her heart filled with conflict. Should she appear calm, surprised, or frightened when the old medicine master appeared? Just as Ding Shuang was pondering this question, a hoarse, strange laugh came from behind her, “Hehe, little brat, what are you thinking about?”

“Holy crap!” Ding Shuang was startled by the sound and subconsciously raised her hand to look at the ring. She almost blurted out, “You fucking scared me to death!” Fortunately, Ding Shuang held back, otherwise she wouldn’t have been able to explain herself.

Actually, Ding Shuang’s action of looking at the ring was already hard to explain, but fortunately, Yao Lao helped Ding Shuang out of the predicament, “Little kid, your vigilance is quite high, and your soul strength is also terrifyingly high. You discovered that this old man was in this ring in one go.”

“Who are you? How did you get into my ring? Did you do this to my battle aura disappear?” Ding Shuang wanted to slap himself as soon as he finished speaking! He was too hasty. How could he have known in advance that Yao Lao was absorbing his battle aura?

“Oh, little brat, how do you know it was the old man who absorbed your fighting spirit?” Sure enough, Ding Shuang’s words aroused Yao Lao’s suspicion.

Ding Shuang’s mind raced, and she said, “In vernacular novels, it’s often written that demons reside in objects and absorb the fighting energy of others. Are you a demon?” Ding Shuang searched through Xiao Yan’s memories, thankfully, vernacular novels existed in this world.

Upon hearing this, the old alchemist laughed loudly, “Haha, I am not some kind of demon, I am an alchemist.”

Ding Shuang’s eyes darted around as he said, “An alchemist? You must be very rich, and have a lot of pills, right? Hurry up and take them out to compensate me for the three years of Dou Qi I’ve gained! I want to return to the Dou Zhe realm overnight!”

The old apothecary appeared from the ring, gave Ding Shuang a hard knock on the head, and said, “A Night-Fighting Warrior? How could you even think of that? You refine me a pill like that!”

Ding Shuang covered her head and whispered, “I’m not an alchemist. You must be too low-level to succeed. If you can’t succeed in one night, you can do it in a year.”

The old apothecary was amused by Ding Shuang and said, “You really are a clueless little kid. Alchemy is not as simple as you think.”

“Then tell me, what is alchemy?” Ding Shuang retorted, unconvinced.

“Oh, you’re interested in alchemy? Would you like to learn?” the old alchemist asked in return.

“Can I learn it?”

“able.”

The plot finally got back on track, and Ding Shuang became Yao Lao’s apprentice.