They left the building and split up although the town was small enough that they could reach one another quickly if they needed to. They agreed to meet up before sundown, and that if one of them was in trouble – an unlikely thing considering how this pce had plenty of guards – they’d use any kind of big, obvious skill to alert the others to the situation.

  Bianca and Song Ming went off on their own, and this time around, she let her pet take the lead. This pce wasn’t as familiar to her as the more urban environments of the Phoenix Sect, so she was about as long here as in most parts of the Pnar Continents. All she knew was that there weren’t too many people out in the streets this morning, which meant that she didn’t have to worry about anyone recognising her from a wanted poster or something of the sort.

  ‘I haven’t seen around here yet, which is always good, but I get the feeling that something will go wrong. Maybe the people in charge here won’t like me and decide I need to get taught a lesson or something…’ she thought as she walked along and looked around absentmindedly, only really focusing enough to avoid bumping into anyone.

  Considering that the street was retively empty, she didn’t have to try too hard, but still, she couldn’t completely drift away and focus on… whatever came to mind.

  “Mistress, over there! That pce seems to be selling sweets and desserts,” her pet pointed to a store that had a more open front than many, with some kind of energy in the air making up for the ck of windows.

  Therein, she could easily spot dozens of various treats and desserts arranged on ptes to showcase their most appealing sides, trying to tempt people into entering the store.

  Whether it succeeded in attracting the people of the town, Bianca knew for a fact that it worked on her. She saw cakes and pies, sweets and cupcakes, chocotes and biscuits, and countless things she couldn’t recognise right away. It was practically irresistible, and judging by Song Ming’s drooling, she felt about the same way.

  ‘Heh, it’s cute, and it’s the first time in a while she’s really into something that isn’t my cock… and now I’m feeling horny again. Distraction chocote it is,’ Bianca forced herself to focus on that rather than her pet… drooling over seeing her huge dick… slobbering all over it… sucking-

  “Mistress?”

  “Hm? Ah, sorry, I got… distracted,” they’d come to the doors of the store already, and as Bianca pushed those thoughts away again, endlessly gd she hadn’t conjured up her cock prior to this.

  Even without it, her thighs felt awfully wet from her arousal, luckily concealed behind the fabric of her Demon Queen robes.

  Hoping that nobody in there would have as good a sense of smell as she did, Bianca stepped in as her pet followed, and as she crossed some unseen boundary, she had her nose filled with sweet and savoury scents, all kinds of fvours immediately making her mouth water. It was a perfectly banced potency of scents, too, not overwhelming her at all.

  She was instantly drawn to some of the cakes on the side, slices of which were id out on a counter seemingly ready for sampling.

  ‘Price tags… crap. That cake there looks like red velvet, and so… fuck, so good. Most stores in Antania wouldn’t be able to match that,’ Bianca thought, although she could barely recall what any store in Antania looked like at this point, ‘Fuck it, this is as good an opportunity to spend money as anything. I think my pet will like it too.’

  Thus, she turned to her sweetheart and, finding her staring so eagerly at the sweets, she was sure that she was right.

  “Sweetie, would you like to try out some of these?” she asked.

  “Of course! Mistress, I… I’ve never seen so many sweets in a single pce. Back home, we’d have the occasional treat, that… um, you know…” her expression fell, making it very clear who she was about to mention.

  Bianca wasn’t so dense as to not notice this, so she quickly distracted her pet, “Tell you what, how about we pick out a few of these, and try them out? I’ll even feed you, sweetie.”

  “Mistress… Okay, but… I don’t know what most of these sweets are. It’s overwhelming…”

  “Don’t worry, just pick out anything that looks good, as long as it’s not… needlessly expensive,” she gnced at some of the price tags, seeing some items costing pnar shards of all things, “We’ll both be trying out whatever we get, and then we can buy a few more of our favourites for the road. How about that?”

  “Sounds good, Mistress,” her pet nodded eagerly, her attention clearly brought back onto the sweets.

  “Then have a look around, see what looks – or smells – the best.”

  Song Ming blushed, “That… you know what thing I’d like the most, Mistress. I can’t forget the scent or fvour of it, and the way it looks…”

  Once again, Bianca felt her thighs getting wet from her arousal, beads of her juices dripping down her legs. If she had been wearing panties, she was sure that they would’ve gotten soaked beyond repair, but even without that, she was sure that her scent would fill the room if she spent too long standing around.

  Thus, she let the Demonic Tyrant spread out her spiritual perception and search for someone that worked there, quickly finding a cute woman that she wouldn’t have minded fu- that is, speaking with.

  She waved to her, and the woman quickly responded, coming over to them and bowing politely.

  “How may I help you, dear customers?”

  “We would like to try out some of your products. That’s what the price tags are for, are they not?”

  “Yes, dear customer. We’ve been accumuting many different recipes here through trade and exploration, and so it’s common for visitors to not be familiar with many of our products. Therefore, we offer a sampling service. Just select what you would like to try, and we will present each and every item in the way it was meant to be eaten.”

  Bianca nodded, “My girlfriend and I will be selecting some items for this service, then. Give us a while and prepare a table.”

  Her spiritual perception had also happened upon an area that seemed perfect for this tasting experience, with small tables pced next to soft seats and separated by chest-high dividers that would allow them to remain in retive privacy while they had fun. Of course, anyone in the store could use their spiritual perception to spy upon them at any point, and even people without any cultivation could simply hear them or look at them over the dividers, but it was enough.

  Bianca wasn’t pnning on fucking her pet anyway… not right now. She’d pretty much have to work the lust out of her system soon if she didn’t want to leave a trail of her arousal in her wake.

  “Do not worry, we’ll handle everything for you to have a pleasant date together,” the employee seemed to misunderstand a little, but Bianca chose not to correct her, “Just select from what we have on dispy ptes like those, or some other items, and we’ll have it brought to the table once you’re done. I’ll accompany you, and I’ll have a colleague accompany your girlfriend. Does that sound good?”

  “Yes, sounds acceptable. Then, we’ll get started right away. I wanted to have one of those, that one, this one here, that slice there…”

  Bianca had never thought that she had an especially great sweet tooth, but after not having the free reign to pick from the kinds of selections she would expect back home, she was ravenous. Thus, she made sure to pick anything and everything that looked vaguely recognisable, and didn’t cost too much.

  She may have been given a decent sum, but that didn’t mean she had to spend all of it in one go.

  Her pet might’ve been slightly less eager, given that she hardly knew any of the treats scattered around this store, but after a while, she livened up and started picking anything that looked remotely tasty. Together, the two of them easily selected somewhere around 30 items, much to the surprise of the store’s workers. However, since this only meant that their store was going to be especially profitable today, none of them objected.

  In the end, they were seated at one of the nicer tables, offering them more space and higher dividers on either side, and there was even a faint yer of energy around them that seemed challenging to pass through with spiritual energy. Thanks to the Weave, Bianca’s had no issues, but if anyone wanted to spy on them, it would hopefully deter them.

  ‘Still not an excuse to fuck in here…’

  She tried to ignore the remaining moisture between her legs as she sat close to her darling, nearly touching one another.

  They were close enough for Bianca to feel her pet’s warmth, though, and she appreciated it in full while she waited for their first item to be brought forward. If not for all of the circumstances surrounding her travels in this world, Bianca would’ve loved if all of her time was spent like this; simply enjoying her time, rexing next to someone dear to her, and eating tasty food and sweets.

  “Dear customers, let us present you with the first of your selections. This is our very own red velvet cake, inspired by ancient recipes from an era predating the Master of Yi City, and it is renowned for the unique colour and fvour. I will allow you to experience it yourselves,” the employee bowed before them while another brought forth a small pte with a slice of cake, standing tall and proud to showcase the many yers separated by cream.

  It looked moist and soft, and had a delicious and sweet scent that she really wanted to eat up right away, but she did promise to feed her pet, so…

  “Sweetie, open up, and enjoy this,” Bianca smiled as she took up the fork and took a small piece of the cake, bringing it over to her pet’s lips.

  “… Aah,” Song Ming’s lips parted and put out her tongue, her eyes nearly shutting as a blush appeared on her cheeks.

  She looked as though she was prepared to take something very different to the piece of cake that Bianca had on the fork, intensifying that phantom sensation down there. It felt as though her cock was tenting her clothing, ready to emerge and be shoved in her pet’s eager mouth – except she still hadn’t summoned it, nor was she going to, of course.

  Forcing herself to endure, she fed the cake to her darling, and found herself delighting in her pet’s own delighted expression. She seemed to have never tasted such a sweet treat, and seemed to almost shine, as though she was from some food-focused anime – although in those, she’d then proceed to have the safe for work version of an orgasm, sparkles would appear all over, and light out of nowhere would dominate the scene.

  ‘She looks really sweet when she’s just enjoying herself…’ Bianca found herself smiling, and quickly reached for another piece of cake, pcing it in her own mouth.

  Immediately, she felt the explosion of fvour, a mixture of sweetness and cocoa, as well as whatever the people here chose to put into it, that delighted the senses. She loved it, and she didn’t hesitate to separate another piece from the slice of cake and eat it, before she even finished with the first piece.

  ‘Fuck, I’d… I’d forgotten things like this. Xue Yaling’s biscuit collection is good, but this is amazing. I… I almost want to buy this store, except I really can’t,’ Bianca sighed, but the taste of the cake helped out her mood right away, ‘The cream and frosting is so nice, too… Mhm. Love it.’

  “Mistress… This is amazing!” her pet agreed, her eyes gleaming as she opened them, “What is this cake?”

  “A red velvet cake, dear customer,” the employee that had been standing by – the same woman that Bianca had initially approached – answered, despite covering the matter already in her introduction, “This is a specialty of our Ascended Delights Bakery.”

  “It’s amazing, I had never tasted anything like this at Xi- at my hometown before,” Song Ming said, looking at the rest of the cake, “Mistress, can I…”

  “Have more of it, if you want. I guess we’ll be buying some of this to master take with us no matter what.”

  Huang Su stood in a store that was filled with countless pnar materials, a treasure trove for anyone wanting to repair or create an array, but her mind was elsewhere, her spiritual perception stretching out and checking whether their little party was safe.

  She went over them periodically, and finished her exploration with Bianca. Although their so-called leader was quite capable of defending herself due to the sheer power of her skills, as well as her other side, but that side also made her rather dangerous to leave alone for too long. In the event that an incident occurs, Bianca could end up killing many, and this would not only put in further danger – as the people of Heart’s Core Town wouldn’t appreciate their fellow townsfolk being sughtered – but also further impact her mind.

  Already, Huang Su suspected that Bianca’s mental state was worse than she let on in their st private conversation. If it kept worsening, if pressure kept stacking on up her, the Sect Master feared that the circumstances would be devastating. Without any reservations, with naught but killing intent on her mind, Bianca could do incredible yet horrible things.

  She hoped to be able to prevent such a thing. She wanted the young woman to do incredible things, of course, but to lead her to a path where this fledgeling sect of hers would be a force for good. Opposing the necromancers that destroyed the Reaper’s Grave and brought ruin to the whole of the Reaper archetype was definitely a step in the right direction, but beyond that… it was hard to know where Bianca and the others would end up.

  Without Huang Su to watch over her, Bianca would almost certainly get influenced by the kitsune, which… wouldn’t be ideal. No, it would be awful.

  Xue Yaling had a very significant reputation despite her low realm, and the fact that she had only really published a single book of any particur note – mainly due to various errors that were noticed in certain aspects a low realm cultivator like her would inevitably be less informed about. That book was the most known aspect of her identity, but there were many other rumours as well.

  Notions of her buying sves, working with svers, and eagerly doing all kinds of malicious things, were rather common, and Huang Su was able to confirm that at least some of the rumours had to be true.

  ‘… I hate it. And… that feeling again. That… violet. Why does it keep eating away at me…’ the Sect Master resisted the urge to grasp at her chest, to pce her hand over her heart, where that tension and frustration built, ‘I must resist it, but I must also protect M- Bianca. Was I… that corruption. It is worse than the kitsune, even, in terms of the influence it exerts on others.’

  As long as one was careful, avoiding the kitsune’s schemes was easily, but avoiding the threat of that corruption was nearly impossible if given a long enough time. All it took was one slip up, Huang Su was sure, and the next time would be harder to avoid, then harder again.

  Eventually, it would dominate one’s mind, as it did with Song Ming. Although the Sect Master did not wish to theorize anything about that girl’s decisions had she not been influenced, she did have a feeling that her… rather extreme devotion to Bianca was brought on by the ever increasing corruptive energy residing within her.

  Unfortunately, all of her efforts had stalled. She couldn’t figure out any way to purge that energy safely – as even destroying one’s own cultivation and forever destroying the meridians would likely leave remnants of corruption in their body – leading to her generally trying to keep Bianca out of trouble by asking them all to remain low profile. It wasn’t ideal, but with no big incidents, it might give the young woman enough time to process things and to improve her mental state, in turn preventing her from affecting others in a harmful way.

  That aside, she only had one lead on solving the problem more permanently.

  The kitsune.

  Although she wasn’t expressly attempting to interact with corruption, Huang Su didn’t believe for a moment that she wouldn’t be trying to get her own corruption under control. Doing so by summoning a penis might be rather unorthodox, but since that skill would be based on Bianca’s own, it might also be able to do what the Sect Master’s more conventional means could not.

  ‘I just hope that she cannot manipute the energy in the same way that Bianca can. If she was to have the same ability to corrupt others… It would be a tragedy.’