Chapter 13: The Heavenly Gang and Earth Fiend Grand Dao Technique

"Enough... have you seen enough yet...?"
“Huh?” Bai Qingyao snorted coldly, making Zeng Xiaofan even more flustered and tongue-tied.
"No... no, I haven't seen enough..."
"I mean... I haven't seen enough..."
"Ahem... no, that's not..."
The more anxious Zeng Xiaofan became, the more he stumbled over his words, breaking out in a cold sweat.
"No, Aunt Yao, that's not what I meant..."
"It's not about whether I looked or not. What I mean is, just now, you saw me holding your underwear..."
"Uh... it's not what you think. I wasn't doing anything indecent with your underwear..."
"I just wasn't sure if it was underwear at first, so I was examining it for a bit. After all, the design is... it's really rather unique..."
"Ah~" Bai Qingyao let out another startled gasp.
Only then did she remember that was the piece of lingerie Xiao Changgui had bought online in search of some 'excitement' for therapeutic purposes.
When she first received it, even she had taken quite a while to figure out how to put it on, and only managed after much fumbling.
No wonder Zeng Xiaofan couldn't recognize it...
Thinking of this, most of her anger instantly dissipated,
But the feeling of shame only grew stronger.
"You... you brat..."
"I asked you to fetch my clothes, not my underwear..."
"Besides, you just... did that..."
"I saw everything..."
"You little rascal, you’re turning bad!"
As Bai Qingyao scolded, she herself grew embarrassed,
Biting her cherry lips in shame,
And as she lowered her head, she suddenly realized that, pressing the door with her hips as she was,
Even though there was a door between them, she was facing Zeng Xiaofan directly—it was truly improper.
The thought made her blush even more deeply.
"Don’t knock on the door again. Just go away!"
Zeng Xiaofan hunched his shoulders, knowing he was in the wrong, and didn’t try to explain further.
After all, he could explain everything else, but there was simply no way to explain the change in his body.
“Um... I’m sorry, Aunt Yao…”

“Did I scare you...?”
“So... do you still want your clothes?”
Bai Qingyao didn’t answer. She simply opened the bathroom door with a creak.
A wave of white steam rose from inside, and her hand, smooth and fair as jade, reached through the crack.
Zeng Xiaofan hurriedly handed over the clothes. In that brief moment when they passed the bundle, their hands brushed against each other unintentionally.
The instant their fingers touched, both felt a jolt, their bodies trembling ever so slightly.
The atmosphere instantly turned awkward...
Fortunately, Bai Qingyao quickly took the clothes and closed the wooden door again.
Zeng Xiaofan, embarrassed, dared not linger at the doorway and hurried back to his own room.
Even after returning, he couldn’t calm down for a long time.
The image of Bai Qingyao’s towel slipping from her body kept replaying in his mind.
Ashamed and frustrated, he grabbed his quilt and buried his head beneath it,
Desperately trying to banish the image from his thoughts, but it was simply too much for him—the shock was too overwhelming!
No matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t get rid of it...
In truth, Zeng Xiaofan wasn’t the only one caught in awkward confusion.
Inside the bathroom, Bai Qingyao’s heart was also a chaotic jumble of emotions...
Shame and anger were the most obvious, but beneath them lurked a trace of excitement, even a hint of anticipation...
Realizing she was harboring such feelings, Bai Qingyao was at a loss, even burying her head in the steaming water for a moment...
“I’m just hopeless!” Zeng Xiaofan knocked his head hard.
“How could I possibly react to Aunt Yao like that...?”
“And she saw it, too!”
“Ahhh!”
“Heavens, just strike me down!”
“I’ll never be able to show my face again...”
Tormented by his tangled emotions, Zeng Xiaofan decided to drive out these distracting thoughts by sitting cross-legged to cultivate the technique from the Heavenly Dao legacy.
Strangely, the moment he focused his mind, his heart grew calm and tranquil.
He soon entered a state of serene concentration, his gaze turning inward in perfect clarity.
As Zeng Xiaofan’s mind settled, the cultivation method bequeathed by the Ancestor of Medicine unfolded before him like a painted scroll.
The words “Great Law of the Celestial Firmament and Nether Might” came into view.
Next appeared the general outline of the method, golden characters glowing one after another:
“Absorb the upright creative force of the thirty-six Celestial Firmament Stars, and take in the mysterious transformative power of the seventy-two Nether Fiends.”

“With the Celestial Firmament as the foundation of the Way, and the Nether Might to refine supernatural abilities; harmonizing Yin and Yang, uniting the orthodox and the extraordinary, one attains the Supreme Primordial Dao...”
Zeng Xiaofan silently recited the general outline, a sense of enlightenment dawning within him:
It seemed that the cultivation method left by the Ancestor of Medicine corresponded to the thirty-six Celestial Firmament Stars and the seventy-two Nether Fiends.
He would absorb the power of the stars and the earth’s energies for his own use...
The wisdom of the immortals was truly profound...
Zeng Xiaofan marveled inwardly and continued studying with greater focus:
“The Celestial Firmament forms the bones, the Nether Might forms the blood; the vault of stars is the meridian, the Nine Netherworlds the weave; mastering the righteous and the strange, one brings all arts into unity!”
“The Great Law is divided into six realms. The first realm: the Star Condensation Stage!”
“Tempering the meridians with Celestial Firmament, one sits facing north, channeling the energy of the Big Dipper to cleanse the twelve main meridians, transforming them into silvery Celestial Qi...”
Zeng Xiaofan recited the incantation, following the instructions to face north and absorb the starlight of the Big Dipper through his window...
He let his mind and spirit settle, circulating his energy along the prescribed meridians.
Suddenly, he distinctly felt a ray of starlight from the heavens slowly descend onto his forehead, an immediate sensation of cool clarity spreading across his brow.
At the same time, his mind cleared, his body felt at ease, and a surge of strength seemed to sink deep into his bones!
Excitement and joy welled up in Zeng Xiaofan’s heart.
“This is incredible!”
“I can really feel the power of the stars...”
Elated, he focused even more intently on his cultivation. After tempering his body with Celestial Firmament, he immediately began storing the energy of the Nether Fiends!
Sitting facing south, he drew the hidden radiance of the earth into the Yongquan and Laogong points, among the seventy-two earthly apertures...
As he activated the technique, Zeng Xiaofan—eyes tightly closed—perceived a dark golden light rising slowly from the surface of the black earth.
“That must be the power of the Nether Fiends!”
With a thought, he quickly drew it in!
As the incantation circulated, he felt a stream of dark golden energy from the earth flow into his nostrils like water...
Unlike the Celestial Firmament power, which filled his bones, the Nether Might surged through his blood, making his vitality roar!
...
He didn’t know how much time had passed.
Zeng Xiaofan remained seated cross-legged on his bed, eyes closed,
Unaware that his open palms now displayed faint star patterns!
Nor did he realize that every pore of his body was exuding drops of murky filth, emitting a chaotic, pungent stench...
Evidently, the process of cultivation was also a thorough cleansing of the body...