The Carnation Goddess

It was night time in the Holy Maiden Sanctuary.

A maiden with a night mask and in a night dress had quietly sneaked into the celestial sects' records chamber to check all the names of the protégés in the holy land of the Holy Maiden Sanctuary.

This maiden was actually Fairy Xiang Yun.

After a short while in the records chamber, she was quite startled to find Shen Lie's name among the protégés of the Holy Maiden Sanctuary and she had learnt that he was a new protégé.

"New protégé? Experiential training?"

She was startled Shen Lie was such an easy find?

She had not expected to find Shen Lie in the Holy Maiden Sanctuary and were expecting to find a Shen Lie among the numerous celestial sects in the holy land of the Holy Maiden Sanctuary.

She began to ponder slowly, "I've killed some proteges during their experiential training. Maybe one of them is Shen Lie? No, I must go back to investigate…"

With this thought, she had sneaked away.

Unknown to her, Fairy Yue Yuwen had been secretly tagging on her and saw that Fairy Xiang Yun had changed into a night dress, only to sneak into the records chamber later.

She began to wonder, "What is she doing in there?"

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Meanwhile back to Shen Lie and the experiential group 10.

For 2 days, Jie Ying had been avoiding Shen Lie while they trekked in the mountain wilderness.

During these 2 days, the group did not encounter any dangers. There was a desolate beast or two but they were all low level desolate beasts and had quickly fled at the sight of the 20 protégés.

At the end of the 2nd day, Shen Lie had quietly approached Jie Ying with a soft sigh when they were alone in the night. He said quietly. "I am sorry."

Jie Ying hummed softly, "Please leave me alone. We have nothing to do with each other from now onward."

Shen Lie had suddenly grabbed Jie Ying's hand and he was inhaling deeply, "I am really sorry. Please hear me out?"

Jie Ying turned to look at him with sad countenance, "Do we still have anything to say? You can continue to look for your Carnation Goddess."

Shen Lie sighed quietly, "I would like to tell you a story. Do you want to listen to my story?"

Jie Ying looked a little startled, "Your story?"

Shen Lie nodded slowly, "That's right. My little story…"

When he saw that Jie Ying had kept quiet, he began to say slowly. "It is indeed tough for me to choose 1 Carnation Goddess from among 7 beautiful saintesses. I can only choose 1 of them. This is indeed a hard decision for me."

Jie Ying: ???

Shen Lie explained slowly, "Actually in my heart, I have already decided on the one that I've liked the most. But she is not the Carnation Goddess."

Jie Ying looked at him slowly with a look of perplexation.

Shen Lie sighed, "I like Saintess Sheng Feiyan…"

Jie Ying was startled, "You like our Saintess?"

There was a look of disappointment in her eyes that it was not her that Shen Lie had in his heart. But she glad that he had been honest with her.

Shen Lie laughed weakly, "Actually I like all 7 of them."

Jie Ying: …

"Then why don't you marry all of them?"

She was only teasing him; it was impossible for Shen Lie to know all 7 saintesses and moreover he had the intention to ask them to strip for him. This was the most laughable thing that she had ever heard but she was willing to listen to his story.

Shen Lie sighed, "I can't. If I marry all 7 of them, I can't finish my Carnation Goddess Painting and I can't be the highest realm cultivator in this divine realm anymore."

Jie Ying muttered, "Between cultivation realm or women, men will always choose cultivation realm as their priority."

Shen Lie nodded slowly, "The day that I have chosen my Carnation Goddess is also the day that I must leave with my dao partner. I need to say farewell to all of you."

Then he turned to look at Jie Ying, "And I've also like you."

Jie Ying was suddenly flushing as she stared at him…

She sighed softly, "Sometimes, I don't know if you are telling me the truth or not."

Shen Lie sighed softly as he recalled the day that he had met Saintess Sheng Feiyan once again; he already had a brooding feeling that she would not be willing to be his saintess for the Carnation Goddess Painting. And that was why he had threatened her to be his depraved slave.

It was actually not because of what the old man had said that he needed to increase his charms.

And she rather be his depraved slave than partake in his Carnation Goddess Painting.

Jie Ying said quietly, "So the reason why you are not taking them all into your harem is because you can only bang those that is not the candidate for your Carnation Goddess Painting?"

Shen Lie nodded slowly…

Jie Ying asked again, "So do you like me or not?"

Shen Lie nodded slowly…

He inhaled deeply before he said quietly. "The truth is, if I can't complete my Carnation Goddess Painting like the last time, my divine tribulation will punish me one way or another by crippling my cultivation core."

Jie Ying inhaled softly and she was startled, "You will be crippled?!"

She really could not believe what she was hearing but it seemed to her that Shen Lie seemed to be telling the truth.

She looked at him with a soft look before finally saying, "Just for the end of this experiential training, I want you to forget that you are Shen Lie. Just pretend that Shen Lie is dead. This is only a small request for me. Can you do that?"

Shen Lie muttered softly, "Just for a while, pretend that I am not Shen Lie and that Shen Lie is dead? I guess so..."

Just as he was about to ponder further, Jie Ying had kissed him and they were suddenly rolling in the darkness.

Jie Ying muttered softly as she could feel Shen Lie's rubs on her, "Tonight, let me be yours…"

Shen Lie responded by lifting her skirt and pulling her panties off, "Maiden Jie Ying, no matter what. I will make you into a saintess…"

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Author Note:

1. Shen Lie must complete his Carnation Goddess Painting or there will be terrible consequences.