Chapter 392: Magic Claw (Part 1)

"Ahhh!" Unsurprisingly, hearing Yun Che's words, the Snow-Moon sisters simultaneously gasped, nearly jumping like cats whose tails had been stepped on.

"Ch-ch-chest... my chest?" Feng Hanyue instinctively clutched the front of her snow robe, her voice becoming a stutter.

"To open the Jade Pool Acupoint," Feng Hanxue asked, wide-eyed, "you have to place your hand... on the chest, just like on the back?"

Yun Che nodded innocently.

"How can that be!!" the Snow-Moon sisters exclaimed in unison.

"Yes, yes..." As the two girls' screams combined, the high decibel level made Yun Che instinctively flinch. He quickly said, "I know both Senior Sisters are pure and virtuous individuals, and would never allow such a thing to happen. Therefore... I have no other choice."

"Y-y-you... you're not trying to bully my sister and saying this on purpose, are you?" Feng Hanxue scrutinized Yun Che with her gaze, her words hitting the truth.

Feng Hanxue's words immediately reminded Feng Hanyue: "That's right! Are you doing this on purpose! You... you even peeked at us bathing that night! You're clearly... clearly... the great pervert that Senior Sister Qianxue and Senior Sister Lianqie talked about!"

Yun Che's mouth twitched, and he said indignantly, "I've explained many times! I really wasn't trying to peek that night! Qingyue even vouched for me. If you don't believe me, surely you believe my wife, Qingyue, right? Most importantly, I am so handsome, righteous, and exceptionally talented! Even your Grand Palace Master broke ancient sect rules to recruit me into the Frozen Cloud Immortal Palace. Could someone like me possibly be the 'great pervert' you speak of?!"

"Uh..." Yun Che's indignant expression and words startled the two sisters. The content of his words also made them begin to feel they had wrongly accused him. Feng Hanyue clutched her snow robe to her chest with both hands, and whispered, "You... you're really not lying to me just to bully me?"

Yun Che's gaze turned serious, and he said confidently, "If you don't believe what I say about the Jade Pool Acupoint, you can simply find someone outside who is skilled in medicine to examine you. What they say will be exactly the same as what I've told you, I guarantee it!"

"But my sister and I have never left the Frozen Cloud Immortal Palace, so we don't know anyone skilled in medicine," Feng Hanyue said weakly.

"Huh? You've never left the Frozen Cloud Immortal Palace?" Yun Che looked surprised. They were part of the famous and renowned Seven Frozen Cloud Fairies, yet they had never left the Frozen Cloud Immortal Palace in their entire lives?

"That's right..." Feng Hanxue's voice became mournful: "Because the Palace Master said that if we went out, we'd easily cause trouble and might even affect the reputation of the Frozen Cloud Immortal Palace. Waaah... My sister and I have always been the most obedient to the Palace Master, and we're always on good terms with all the other sisters and disciples. Other sisters can go out, but only we are never allowed to leave... The Palace Master is so biased."

Yun Che fully understood why Gong Yuxian didn't let the two sisters leave the Frozen Cloud Immortal Palace for the outside world.

The reason was simple... The women of the Frozen Cloud Immortal Palace gave outsiders the impression of being cold and arrogant as ice, keeping people at a distance, especially their cold eyes, which could almost freeze a person's soul. However, although Feng Hanyue and Feng Hanxue also cultivated the Frozen Cloud Arts, their dispositions had nothing to do with "cold arrogance." Moreover, given their status as two of the Seven Frozen Cloud Fairies, if they interacted with people of the same level from the outside world, and their true personalities were revealed, it would likely distort people's impression of the Frozen Cloud Immortal Palace.

"Actually, the Palace Master not wanting you to go out isn't favoritism; it's a sign of her affection for you," Yun Che said earnestly. "The outside world is full of dangers you can't imagine, especially countless 'great perverts' as you call them. Within the Frozen Cloud Immortal Palace, both Senior Sisters are not only the most beautiful but also have the most likable personalities. Just like me, although I've only known both Senior Sisters for three days, my heart instinctively brightens whenever I see you. The Palace Master must also love you two the most, which is why she's overly concerned about your safety and uneasy about letting you leave the Frozen Cloud Immortal Palace."

A love for praise is inherent in human nature, especially for women. Yun Che's few words made the two sisters' faces light up with delight, and they asked happily, "Are all these things you're saying true?"

"Of course, it's true." Yun Che nodded very seriously and continued, "If I really were the great pervert you claim, I would have already made a move on Senior Sister Qianxue, Senior Sister Lianqie, Senior Sister Lanyi, Senior Sister Yueli... But they all smoothly completed their Profound Opening. Both Senior Sisters are so likable; it's even less possible that I'd have any thought of bullying you. If you still don't believe me, then I have no other choice."

As Yun Che spoke, he quickly put on a hurt expression.

"No, no... we don't completely doubt you. It's just, it's just... Waaah, what should I do? Only the Jade Pool Acupoint is left... All the other Senior Sisters have opened theirs and achieved the Heavenly Spirit Divine Veins, but I haven't..."

Feng Hanxue bit her delicate lip and hesitated, "Yun Che, my sister has opened fifty-three of the fifty-four profound acupoints. She's just one Jade Pool Acupoint away from opening them all. If it's just one, the difference shouldn't be that big, right?"

Yun Che's eyes were clear, and he shook his head with utmost seriousness: "If it's fifty-three profound acupoints compared to fifty-two, the difference is indeed very small. However, fifty-three profound acupoints versus fifty-four profound acupoints is a world of difference! Because with all fifty-four profound acupoints open, you achieve the Heavenly Spirit Divine Veins. Missing even one means it's not the Heavenly Spirit Divine Veins. The Heavenly Spirit Divine Veins are called that because with all acupoints open, the circulation, condensation, and release of profound energy will be equivalent to entering another, higher realm of laws, allowing the profound veins to transcend the 'human' level and reach an entirely new domain... Just one profound acupoint represents a difference in fundamental level. It's like how there isn't a huge difference between Sky Profound Realm Level Nine and Level Ten, but there's a world of difference between Sky Profound Realm Level Ten and Monarch Profound Realm Level One."

"Senior Sister Hanyue has currently opened fifty-three profound acupoints. The strength of your profound veins has increased by nearly two-fold. However, compared to your Senior Sisters who have already achieved the Heavenly Spirit Divine Veins, your cultivation speed, circulation speed, and condensation speed of profound energy might be at least fifty percent slower."

"Fifty... fifty percent!?"

Yun Che's words completely stunned the two sisters. Especially after Yun Che brought up Murong Qianxue and the others, who were also among the Seven Frozen Cloud Fairies, and detailed their so-called huge disparity, Feng Hanyue almost burst into tears on the spot... Fellow disciples, both ranked among the Seven Frozen Cloud Fairies, originally similar in aptitude and growing up together, but now, because of one Jade Pool Acupoint, such a vast gap had appeared. How could her naive yet competitive heart accept this?

"Waaah, Xuexue, what should I do?" Feng Hanyue said helplessly. "If this is how it is, I'll be left behind by the Senior Sisters, and the gap will only grow wider."

"...It's okay," Feng Hanxue comforted her with great affection. "When I achieve the Heavenly Spirit Divine Veins, I'll work hard for both myself and you, Big Sister. That way, together, we won't be left behind by the Senior Sisters."

Her simple and heartfelt comfort, however, had no comforting effect at all. Instead, it made Feng Hanyue feel even more helpless... Because not only the Senior Sisters, but even her younger sister would achieve the Heavenly Spirit Divine Veins. She wouldn't just be increasingly outpaced by the Senior Sisters, but by her sister too...

No, no, no! I absolutely cannot be left so far behind them. I'm clearly just one step away from being like the Senior Sisters... Absolutely not...

Feng Hanyue turned her head to look at Yun Che, and pitifully asked, "Yun Che, is there really no other way to open the Jade Pool Acupoint?"

Yun Che said apologetically, "If there were, I would do everything in my power to help Senior Sister Hanyue achieve it. But... the Jade Pool Acupoint's location is too unique; I truly have no other way."

Feng Hanyue said nothing more. Her pearl-like teeth bit her lips, subtly biting harder and harder. After a long moment, she finally made the most difficult decision of her life, and said with a wronged expression, "If... if I let you help me open the Jade Pool Acupoint... Can you do it through my clothes?"

"Huh? Big Sister, are you really going to?"

Feng Hanyue buried her face in her snow robe, and whimpered, "Just a little bit more, and I can have the Heavenly Spirit Divine Veins... If I don't open the Jade Pool Acupoint, maybe soon I won't be ranked among the Ice Fairies like Xuexue anymore... Besides... besides, he already saw that day... Anyway, compared to the Heavenly Spirit Divine Veins, all of this doesn't matter!!"

"Well..." Yun Che cautiously leaned closer: "Senior Sister Hanyue, are you sure you want to do this? However, doing it through clothes carries a significant risk, a risk that could completely destroy the Jade Pool Acupoint."

"Then... what if I close my eyes?"

"If your eyes are closed, you won't be able to see. What if something goes wrong somewhere..."

"Aargh... I don't care anymore, I don't care!!" Feng Hanyue, who had been facing away from Yun Che, suddenly turned around. Although her snow robe was still gathered over her chest, the full, fair curves of her shoulders were already exquisitely beautiful. Her beautiful eyes stared directly at Yun Che, her face clearly displaying an expression of resolute sacrifice: "If you're going to open the Jade Pool Acupoint like this... how long will it take!"

"...Three minutes."

"So long..." "Then... then... then... after you help me open the Jade Pool Acupoint, you cannot tell anyone about today! No one can know! Not even Qingyue! No one at all!"

Yun Che nodded like a pecking chick: "Mm-hmm, this concerns Senior Sister's reputation, I absolutely... absolutely won't tell anyone!"

Nonsense, if someone of Gong Yuxian's caliber found out about this, everything would be completely exposed!

"Then... then... then... come on!!"

After Feng Hanyue's small hands, clutching her snow robe, trembled for a while, she finally closed her eyes and completely let go. Instantly, the snow robe slipped, and a dazzling expanse of snowy white skin softly sprang forth, like a pair of delicate flower buds about to bloom, quivering gently amidst crystalline, fragrant skin, leaving Yun Che utterly dazzled.

"Ah!" Feng Hanxue instantly clapped her hands over her mouth... She hadn't expected Feng Hanyue to be so bold, actually...