Mission: Seduce the Master!
Chapter 115: Red Song of Lust

"You're too rough... do it more gently..."

"Hmm? Like this?"

"Correct... and now slowly pull out..."

Although the words from above could be misinterpreted, Li Yuilan and Xie Qing were simply trying to create a spiritual item. More accurately, the girl was teaching the young man.

And the only thing they understood in all this time was that Xie Qing, although he turned out to be talented in formations, could not make various items.

Therefore, they focused on engraving formations, which were complex geometric figures that had to be superimposed on each other to form a normally functioning formation.

"This is difficult. For example, here I can't figure out how to merge the 'detection' and 'flash' formations, as they have different coding!" said Xie Qing, raising his eyebrows in puzzlement and looking at Lu Yin, who was sitting to his right and making pills: "Lu Yin, when can I start making pills?"

"Hehe..." Lu Yin smiled gently and laughed, glancing at the young man who looked gloomy: "You need to help our Yuilan. Besides, you haven't learned everything you need for advanced pills yet. We don't want to waste expensive herbs, do we?"

"Ugh..."

Li Yuilan, who was sitting to his left, laughed, covering her mouth with her hand. She smiled when she saw that Xie Qing was already getting tired.

"Formations are a complex thing. Although you easily remember everything, you still have a basic level. For example, you are trying to merge two formations with different coding into one without using a key, which can lead to an explosion"

"Uh, who is this key of yours?" raising his eyebrows, Xie Qing asked, looking at the spiritual item in the shape of a pentagon in his hands: "I tried to connect them with the key 'Fan', but they don't listen."

"The key 'Fan' is used only for formations of the 'spirit' and 'qi' type, but here we have the 'protection' and 'signal' type, which is already a different category. For merging, you need to use the key 'Yuan'. It looks like this."

Li Yuilan smiled gently and waved her hand, drawing the hieroglyph in the air with the help of Qi which was supposed to become the key to the merging of two formations.

Xie Qing looked at this hieroglyph and, thinking for a moment, perfectly repeated it. Finally, the two formations lit up and merged into one - a more complex formation.

"Yes! Finally!"

The young man smiled happily and the two girls clapped their hands, which made Xie Qing feel strange.

"Why do I feel like they're comforting me like a child?"

The relationship between these three developed quite quickly, considering that they were from the same generation of cultivators and their Masters were friends.

Therefore, Xie Qing got rid of unnecessary formalities and stopped behaving too seriously or "cool". This helped him relax.

"Thank you, Yuilan. Without your help, I wouldn't have been able to learn everything so quickly" Xie Qing sincerely thanked, looking at the girl who only nodded shyly.

"It's okay. I'm glad I can help you" Li Yuilan replied, and then continued: "But I must admit, I was surprised by how quickly you learned. One hour and you already know the basic formations of the basic level and although I haven't taught you many keys yet, you were able to learn this while I was applying the formations."

Xie Qing, who was praised, couldn't help but show a proud smile, which made the two girls giggle.

Of course, they were just having fun with each other. Xie Qing finally felt what it was like to be in normal relationships with almost all peers... although Li Yuilan was eight years older than him, and Lu Yin was even ten.

The trio continued to study, occasionally telling each other something and teasing each other. This scene was watched by three Masters - Zhang Mei, Liu Yang, and Xu Mei.

It was unusual that these three had a gentle expression on their faces. Especially this was surprising for Zhang Mei, who usually behaved coldly and distantly.

"Lu Yin always smiled, but it was hard for her to replace friends. It seems that your disciple is outstanding, Xu Mei" Liu Yang suddenly said, and her gentle smile was sincere, like a mother watching her child grow: "He was able to get along with them so quickly. Oh, a first-class charmer, isn't he?"

"Pfft!" Xu Mei snorted and sternly looked at Liu Yan: "Aren't you tired, old rag, of looking at the young?"

"Shut up. The fact that you're younger than me doesn't make you young. You're also an old woman, just a little luckier" Liu Yan replied with unusual sharpness in her voice. Her eyes were closed, and there was a gentle smile on her face.

Zhang Mei rolled her eyes when she saw that these two were arguing again. She didn't pay attention to them and looked at Li Yuilan, who was smiling brightly.

"How cute. She used to smile, but now she's more sincere. I must say, this guy has some communication skills" Zhang Mei thought and narrowed her eyes, unhappily distorting the corners of her mouth: "But this bastard still won't remove the Soul Mark. And I can't tell Xu Mei about it, she'll start teasing me. How annoying!"

At that moment, the guy who was being cursed sneezed.

"Did you catch a cold?" Lu Yin was surprised, taking a pill out of the alchemical furnace.

"What cold? I would be ashamed if anyone heard about it" Xie Qing replied in a gloomy tone, and then added: "Probably some beauty is thinking about me again."

"You are shameless," Lu Yin said with a smile, laughing.

***

"I did it! Look, Yuilan!"

At some point, when Lu Yin was finishing cleaning the alchemical furnace, Xie Qing's voice was heard, full of joy. Li Yuilan finished arranging the created tokens and went up to the young man.

"Y-you... created an enhanced version with a coverage of five hundred miles?" Li Yuilan shouted in surprise, and her eyes involuntarily opened, showing empty but beautiful eyes: "Amazing!"

"Seriously... is there anything in the world that you're not good at?" Lu Yin muttered gloomily.

Xie Qing just rolled his eyes. He suffered for two days with these formations and studied them, finally managing to create an enhanced token.

It cost countless attempts and suffering, as merging two complex formations into one could not be done without a dozen keys, and choosing them was also difficult.

When two ordinary formations are merged into one with the help of a key, they combine and acquire a single form. The problem was that although the merging was successful, the inner part of the formation was still chaotic.

Since the coding was different, the more complex formations that needed to be combined, the more keys were needed. Moreover, some expensive resources were required.

This was difficult and long work, but after countless attempts, Xie Qing combined all the formations into one.

"You combined a second-level formation into a third-level formation, which at the same time consists of ten second-level formations. This is a very advanced level!" Li Yuilan was surprised and clapped her hands, a delighted smile appeared on her face: "You're so amazing! Even I replace it hard to do that!"

"Thank you, Li Yuilan. Your help was also important. Without your guidance, I hardly would have reached this" Xie Qing sincerely said, gently squeezing the girl's soft hands and looking at her: "Please, ask for anything. I want to thank you for your help, so name me anything you want and I will give it to you."

"Eh? N-no, it's okay. We're friends, so don't worry about it!" Li Yuilan was embarrassed and shook her head.

Xie Qing frowned, and Lu Yin smiled carelessly and went up to Xie Qing, who was sitting in the lotus position. She put her hands on his shoulder and leaned forward.

"Li Yuilan, just ask for something. This guy gave me a gift of gratitude for my help. As he said, it was a matter of a gentleman's dignity" Lu Yin giggled and patted the young man on the shoulder: "Right?"

"That's right. If I don't give something, I will feel bad" Nodding, Xie Qing said and smiled, gently squeezing Li Yuilan's hands and looking at her: "Please, ask for anything. I don't like to take and not give something in return."

"I-I understand, but... I don't even know what I want."

Li Yuilan looked embarrassed and puzzled, but in some moments also happy. The girl felt a warm feeling in her chest, which was foreign to her.

Lu Yin just smiled, watching these two. Her hands were still on the young man's shoulders, which looked very intimate from the side.

Thinking for a moment, Li Yuilan looked a little awkward but still asked for something.

"Actually... you don't have to do this, but... I wanted to create a certain item and I needed one more. If you can replace its location, that would be enough" the girl said and, hesitating a little, muttered the name of the ore: "This ore is called... um... Red Song... of Lust..."

"Hmm?"