Crow Immortal: I Can Duplicate Infinite Resources

Chapter 260: Yang Building Breakthrough

The door to a lavish pavilion on the Joyous Union Sect’s Lake Heart Island flew open. Two female cultivators with sharp, angular features stormed out, their faces twisted in fury as they glared at the two women waiting outside.

“Junior Sister Qi! Are you deliberately playing us for fools?” one of them snarled. “We paid a premium in Spirit Stones for a single night to advance our Cultivation, not for a mindless roll in the sheets! Why the hell didn’t you warn us that the plaything inside practices the Yang Building Technique?”

Qi Feiyan offered a sly, unapologetic giggle. “Senior Sisters, didn’t I warn you before taking your Spirit Stones? He is a bit… unique. Whether you can extract what you want from him depends entirely on your own skills in bed!”

“That is blatant fraud!” the two Joyous Union Sect cultivators spat.

“Let’s not split hairs. At the very least, you had a thoroughly good time, didn’t you?” Qi Feiyan teased, leaning against the doorframe.

“Cut the bullshit. If we just wanted a good time, we have our own stables of kept men! We could have just taken on clients. We spent our wealth specifically to break through our Cultivation bottlenecks!”

Seeing the two Senior Sisters refuse to back down and prepare to cause a scene, Qi Feiyan’s smugness faltered. She shot a panicked glance at Ji Qingling.

Ji Qingling stepped forward, her posture submissive and her voice a gentle, soothing murmur. “Senior Sisters, please quell your anger. Ultimately, this was our oversight. How about this: return when you are next available. We will waive the Spirit Stone fee entirely, and you can test your harvesting arts on him to your hearts’ content. Is that agreeable?”

The two women exchanged a skeptical look. “And what if you go back on your word?”

“If we renege and you bring this dispute before the Elders, we would be entirely in the wrong and face severe punishment,” Ji Qingling reasoned softly. “How could we afford to make such a foolish miscalculation?”

Mollified by the logic and the promise of a free session, the two Senior Sisters finally turned and departed.

Once the coast was clear, Qi Feiyan and Ji Qingling slipped into the fragrant, incense-heavy room. Lu Yun lay sprawled lazily across the rumpled silk sheets, his eyes half-closed in a display of utter exhaustion and apathy.

The two women sighed in unison.

“Didn’t we explicitly tell you not to mention the Yang Building Technique?” Qi Feiyan scolded, crossing her arms. “We were supposed to use this to milk them for more Spirit Stones! Why did you open your mouth? Now that your reputation is out, our side hustle is dead.”

Lu Yun let out a dry, rattling scoff. “Easy for you to say.”

“Ever since I was forced to cultivate the Yang Building Technique, I’ve been nothing but a human cauldron. Those two bitches were entirely focused on sucking me dry. Better safe than sorry. If they actually managed to break the Yang Building Technique, how would you explain that to your Master?”

Qi Feiyan shifted, suddenly looking guilty. “It shouldn’t be breakable… you’re almost at Foundation Establishment…”

Lu Yun rolled over, burying his face in a pillow. “If your Master finds out you’ve been pimping out her prized, reserved treasure behind her back, you’re the ones who will be skinned alive.”

“What’s the harm?” Qi Feiyan forced a hollow laugh. “It’s good for you, it’s good for me, it’s good for everyone…”

“Fuck your ‘good’,” Lu Yun spat, his voice deadpan and laced with cynical exhaustion. He didn’t even bother to look at her. “For six months, I’ve been hard-stuck at the ninth layer of Qi Refining. I haven’t even touched Foundation Establishment. Keep whoring me out for Spirit Stones, and I’ll march straight to your Master and tell her everything.”

“Ah?” Qi Feiyan yelped. “You can’t do that—!”

Ji Qingling reached out, firmly squeezing Qi Feiyan’s arm to silence her. She approached the bed with a knowing smile. “Lu Yun. Speak plainly. What is it that you actually want?”

Lu Yun let out a dark chuckle. “I want… the Joyous Union Sect’s male harvesting arts. Teach them to me. Let me drain the two of you for a change.”

Ji Qingling laughed, a light, mocking sound. “You know perfectly well that is absolutely impossible. Why even ask? If you mastered our extraction techniques, wouldn’t you slip right out of our control? At most, we can offer to dual cultivate with you ourselves…”

“Hypocrites,” Lu Yun muttered irritably, closing his eyes.

Seeing that he didn’t explicitly refuse the offer, Qi Feiyan and Ji Qingling exchanged a triumphant smirk. They ordered a Servant to clean the room, lit fresh incense, and firmly bolted the doors shut.

Two hours later, Ji Qingling dressed and left, quietly warning Qi Feiyan to keep a close eye on him.

The moment the door clicked shut, the lethargy vanished from Lu Yun’s body. He surged with sudden, violently restrained energy.

Moments later, a muffled shriek echoed from the bed.

“What are you doing?!” Qi Feiyan gasped, her eyes wide with sheer terror. “Why are you breaking through to Foundation Establishment now?! If Master finds out I stole your virgin breakthrough essence, she’ll beat me to death!”

Lu Yun had been plotting this exact moment for months. Ignoring her panic, he forcefully guided the torrent of his breakthrough energy directly into her meridians. Once the Foundation Establishment surge stabilized, he leaned in, his breath hot against her ear.

“During this session, I successfully reached Foundation Establishment, and you absorbed the lion’s share of the resulting energy. You benefited immensely, didn’t you?”

Qi Feiyan nodded, her body still trembling from the massive influx of pure Qi. “It’s equivalent to nearly half a year of secluded cultivation. It’s a terrifyingly huge benefit… but why did you choose to break through with me?”

Suppressing his deep-seated disgust, Lu Yun lowered his voice into a seductive whisper. “Because I feel you are different from the others. If I had to surrender this benefit to anyone, I wanted it to be you.”

Qi Feiyan’s terror melted into a flushed, triumphant smile. “Really?”

“Of course.”

“But if you give it to me, I have absolutely no way to explain it to my Master,” Qi Feiyan fretted, biting her lip. “This is going to be a disaster…”

Having anticipated this exact reaction, Lu Yun laid out his trap smoothly. “If you don’t tell, and I don’t tell… even Ji Qingling won’t know. Who else could possibly find out? Tomorrow, I will simply pretend to accidentally break through while cultivating alone. Or, you can bring someone else in, and I’ll pretend I lost control of my Yang energy with them. How could your Master possibly pin the blame on you?”

Relief washed over Qi Feiyan. She beamed and planted an eager kiss on his cheek. “You really are looking out for me! Tomorrow, I’ll drag those two ungrateful bitches back here and let them take the fall! They can taste my Master’s thunderous wrath!”

“I thought about it long and hard,” Lu Yun continued, his voice hypnotic. “Benefiting anyone else felt like a waste. I willingly gave you my Foundation Establishment breakthrough. And when my Yang Building Technique reaches the Golden Core stage… I am willing to give that to you as well.”

The color completely drained from Qi Feiyan’s face. “No! Absolutely not! I might survive taking this, but taking a Golden Core breakthrough is a death sentence! If my Master loses your Foundation Establishment essence, she’ll just be furious. But if someone steals your Golden Core essence, she will hunt them to the ends of the earth! That is a blood feud for obstructing her Dao! I wouldn’t dare take it, nor do I deserve it!”

“By then, you will be at the Golden Core realm,” Lu Yun reasoned softly. “And I will have just broken through to the Golden Core realm. With two Golden Core Cultivators joining forces against her… would we really have any reason to fear your Master?”

Qi Feiyan froze. Her breathing grew shallow, her mouth suddenly dry as the sheer magnitude of the proposition sank in.

If she could actually monopolize that energy, securing her own Golden Core would be effortless. And if Lu Yun was truly willing to hand it over, it meant he was entirely devoted to being her personal consort. The potential power was staggering.

Though practically trembling with greed, Qi Feiyan maintained a shred of caution. “We… we can discuss that when the time comes.”

“Fine. We will discuss it then. Just know where my loyalties lie,” Lu Yun whispered, before his tone shifted, growing cold and sharp. “But before that, you have to do something for me. Hand over the male Cultivator’s harvesting arts.”

“What? No! I can’t do that!” Qi Feiyan violently shook her head.

“You can’t?” Lu Yun’s eyes narrowed into slits of pure ice. “Then we part ways right here. It’s pathetic for a man like me to have zero ability to protect himself. If you refuse, I will walk straight to your Master today and confess that you deliberately drained my Foundation Establishment breakthrough for yourself.”

He leaned closer, his aura oppressive. “So, what will it be? Do we join forces to reach the Golden Core realm and rule together, or do we burn it all down right now? The fish dies or the net breaks.”

“Which one do you choose?”

Qi Feiyan agonized over the decision. Unlike the cold and calculating Ji Qingling, she was inherently greedy and easily rattled. Caught between the terrifying threat of her Master’s immediate execution and the intoxicating lure of future power, her defenses crumbled.

She swallowed hard and nodded. “Alright. I’ll help you…”

Only then did Lu Yun allow himself to internally exhale.

After enduring half a year of this hell, I’ve finally found the key, he thought, a savage fire igniting in his chest. Just wait, you Demonic Cultivator scum. I’ll show you exactly how I deal with parasites.