’Cai Yun? What is she doing here?’

Su Yu’s brow furrowed. He was confused, but she was a colleague from the Law Enforcement Team and a captain, no less. He couldn’t just turn her away.

"Li Da, please show Captain Cai to the front hall and serve her tea."

Then, he turned to the curious-faced Yang Sisters and waved a hand. "That’s enough training for today."

"Yes, Brother Su!"

Although the two girls didn’t want to leave, they knew their place. They obediently agreed, exchanged a look, and reluctantly left the Martial Arts Arena.

...

Su Mansion, the main hall of the front courtyard.

The moment Su Yu stepped into the hall, he saw Cai Yun seated as a guest.

She held a teacup in her hands, dressed in a heavy snow fox-fur cloak. A wide, furry collar framed her gorgeous face, bundling her up completely. The cloak’s hem hung down to the floor, only occasionally revealing a slender ankle wrapped in a white silk stocking, along with a pair of soft, embroidered slippers with gold thread.

This modest and conservative attire gave her the dignified air of a noble lady from a great house—a stark contrast to her usual provocative charm. It exuded a different kind of allure, one of abstinence and temptation.

Seeing Su Yu enter, Cai Yun set down her teacup. Her beautiful eyes glinted as a half-smile played on her lips. "My dear little brother, did your big sister interrupt something by dropping by?"

"You jest, Captain Cai. Your presence brings light to my humble home."

Su Yu sat down across from her and got straight to the point. "To what do I owe the honor of your visit today, Captain Cai? What guidance do you have for me?"

"My dear brother, why are you always so formal and business-like?"

Cai Yun shot him a playfully reproachful glance, her tone turning languid. "After seeing the potential and methods you displayed during the Black Water Beach mission, your big sister just couldn’t forget about you. I’m here today on behalf of the Cai Family... to give you money."

"Give me money?" Su Yu raised an eyebrow. "An investment?"

"Clever boy."

Cai Yun gave Su Yu a flirtatious wink. "My Cai Family’s main business is medicinal herbs. We have a respectable enterprise here in Black Stone City and have always made a point of befriending geniuses. We certainly wouldn’t miss out on a talent as young, promising, and full of potential as you."

She paused and took out a contract. "This is a Tributor contract. The terms are much more lenient than what other families offer. If you’re willing, the Cai Family will provide a monthly allowance of two hundred taels, purely as an investment in your martial training."

Su Yu took the contract and read it carefully, his heart stirring.

It mentioned no requirements at all—not even the obligation to fight in tournaments, like the one the Yang Family had proposed before.

The terms weren’t just good; they were practically giving money away for free!

"Captain Cai, this monthly allowance of two hundred taels... is this for real?" Su Yu confirmed.

"Of course it is."

Cai Yun suddenly rose and gracefully walked to Su Yu’s side.

A rich, mature, feminine fragrance instantly enveloped Su Yu. She leaned down, her red lips close to his ear, her breath as soft as orchids. "However... if you keep calling me ’Captain Cai’ so formally, your big sister might not give you the money after all."

Her warm breath tickled his ear. Su Yu nonchalantly leaned away slightly and complied smoothly. "Sister Cai."

’He wasn’t about to refuse such good treatment just for the price of calling her ’sister’.’

Hearing him call her "sister" made Cai Yun ecstatic.

"Hehehe... such a good boy!"

With a delicate laugh, she suddenly raised a fair hand and untied the sash of her heavy snow fox-fur cloak.

SWISH.

The cloak slid off, revealing the scenery beneath.

Beneath the cloak, she wore nothing but an extremely thin, black, smoke-like gauze dress!

The fabric was as thin as a cicada’s wing, clinging tightly to her graceful figure and vaguely revealing the pale cream of her skin. The neckline plunged daringly low. She wore no undergarments, only a form-fitting bodice embroidered with a red lotus. The deep, snowy-white ravine it created was squeezed so tight it threatened to spill out.

Her waist was cinched impossibly thin by a crimson silk ribbon, looking as if it might snap with a gentle touch. In contrast, the curve of her hips swelled dramatically, stretching the thin gauze taut.

The skirt was slit high on both sides, all the way up to the tops of her thighs. With her every movement, her long, smooth, stockingless legs flashed in and out of view, radiating an explosive allure.

She was a fully ripened rose. While her proportions might not have been as exaggerated as Lin Wanzhu’s, her seductive style of dress was far more bewitching—even more daring and open than a courtesan’s.

"Little brother, there is one more verbal condition from the Cai Family." Cai Yun’s eyes were silky with seduction as she laid a jade-like hand on Su Yu’s shoulder, her body leaning against him as if she had no bones.

"Speak." Su Yu stared straight ahead, forcibly suppressing his surging Qi and Blood.

"Your big sister... I may look glamorous, but I’m already twenty-seven this year. I’m still all alone, and I get so lonely..."

Her fingertip lightly traced the skin on Su Yu’s face, her voice trembling slightly. "I see a great future for you, little brother. Why don’t you... take your big sister?"

Su Yu froze. Before he could react, a fragrant breeze washed over him.

The woman had straddled his lap!

Su Yu’s heart leaped, and he instinctively tried to push her away. But the moment he exerted strength with his hands, Cai Yun twisted and pinned his wrists.

"Hmm?"

Su Yu was shocked.

Although his cultivation realm was lower than hers, he was empowered by the Profound Tier technique, the Black Stone Body Forging Skill, and possessed astonishing strength. Yet right now, his wrists felt as if they were clamped in iron vises! 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

’Is this the strength of the Second Acupoint realm?’

’This woman might look promiscuous, but her cultivation is the real deal!’

"Little brother, you’re so strong. Big sister likes you even more now~"

She pressed her whole body forward, pinning Su Yu firmly against the back of the chair.

"Don’t be fooled by my appearance, little brother. I’m still a virgin~ And I’m a direct descendant of the Cai Family. If you take me, you’ll get both wealth and beauty. It’s a great deal!"

His Qi and Blood were already restless from the Yang Sisters’ teasing earlier.

As if that wasn’t enough, Cai Yun shifted, her voluptuous hips grinding against his thighs through the thin gauze.

’This woman is lethal!’

Su Yu was, after all, a Martial Artist in the prime of his life, full of vigor. If he didn’t resist now, he feared he might truly lose control.

"Up!"

With a low shout, Su Yu fully unleashed the Qi and Blood within his body.

His spinal column, the Great Dragon, jolted, and all his muscles instantly tensed like iron. He ripped his hands free from Cai Yun’s grasp, grabbed her shockingly full backside, and with a surge of power from his core, violently threw her off him!

"Hehehe..."

Cai Yun let out a string of silver-bell-like laughter as she was thrown through the air.

She displayed astonishing flexibility in mid-air. With a twist of her waist, her skirt flew up to reveal a wide expanse of snowy-white skin before she landed steadily on her feet.

"Oh, little brother, you really don’t know how to cherish a fair maiden."

She neatened her slightly messy hair and adjusted her slipped bodice. The insatiably seductive look on her face vanished in an instant, her expression changing as quickly as one might flip a page.

Swaying her hips, Cai Yun walked back to the table and draped the snow fox cloak over herself again, concealing the garden of spring scenery. It was as if the lustful woman begging for his favor moments ago was not her at all.

"Alright, I’ll stop teasing you. The Cai Family’s verbal condition is this: when you become powerful in the future, if the Cai Family is ever in trouble, we hope you will lend a hand within your capabilities, for the sake of today’s goodwill."

"Haaa..."

Su Yu let out a long, turbid breath, calming the raging Qi and Blood within him.

Looking at the woman who had become instantly serious, he felt his Qi and Blood still churning. It felt like she had just played him for a fool, but he couldn’t find the words to complain.

"In that case, I accept."

Two hundred taels a month was practically a free gift and a huge help to him at his current stage. He wasn’t going to turn down such a tangible benefit.

"Hehe, then your big sister won’t stay any longer. I look forward to going on another mission with you, little brother~"

Watching Cai Yun’s dignified back as she left, Su Yu’s thoughts were in turmoil.

’What is that vixen thinking?’

’Was she trying to harm me just now? Impossible. We’re colleagues in the Law Enforcement Team. She wouldn’t try to harm me so openly.’

’Did she really just take a liking to my potential, and that’s why she tried to seduce me?’

He thought for a long time but couldn’t figure it out. In the end, he could only shake his head in resignation.

’That woman really left me feeling unsettled. Sigh...’

’I’m devoted to the martial path and don’t want distractions or weaknesses. But as Master said, a Martial Artist’s cultivation is about following your heart.’

’If things truly reach a natural conclusion, there’s no need to be a deliberate ascetic. Still, compared to the inscrutable Cai Yun, the Yang Sisters are more reliable. If I were to take anyone, it would be those two girls first.’

’However...’

Su Yu recalled how he had almost been completely overpowered by Cai Yun, and a sense of alarm grew in his heart.

’My strength is still too weak. I was almost forced by a woman. I must break through to the Second Acupoint as soon as possible!’