Yin & Yang Pleasures of Cultivation

"A-Ah! So-so perverse so early in the morning! At least save it until-Ah…." Yasami began to sigh when she was hit with a sudden feeling of loss.

When Darcel and Aniela turned their attention on her, each spouting broad smirks, Yasami quickly snapped out of her trance and tried to lightly admonish them.

However, in the middle of her talk, Yasami's mood broadly dipped as Darcel and Aniela stopped caressing her fox ears. 

The loss of their warm, gentle hands immediately made Yasami despair, wanting that same soothing warmth to wash over her again.

Darcel and Aniela even saw her fox ears noticeably droop down at the loss of their touch. 

"Like they have a mind of their own! Oooh, that's so cute!" Aniela was fascinated by Yasami's drooping fox ears.

She, just like Darcel, was hit with the sudden memory of Vice-Principal Zelle's fox ears. But during that time, Aniela had no way to touch her ears or was even given a chance. 

However, now with their new partner, Aniela became excited over all the possibilities of being with a fox girl.

"Besides just being cute. Those ears drooping and that audible sigh also gives away someone who isn't as innocent as she thinks she is. You most certainly want more, no?" 

Darcel teased, also being entertained by Yasami's bodily reactions. 

Yasami went back to pouting under the duo's combined teasing attack, crossing her arms under huge bountiful breasts. "That wasn't as perverse as your two kisses! And….I never said I didn't like it…." 

Aniela was quick to pet Yasami's fox ears again, hearing her indirect confession even though she said it in a small quiet voice.

"Aaaah~...." Yasami immediately began cooing again under Aniela's gentle caresses. 

"Hehe~, see? This is what happens if you're more honest and cute! Sooo, what's on the agenda for us today? I was thinking we should do a mission that lets us go far out in the Plunged Tundra. I'm getting cramped with just seeing the same areas of snow for two days!"

Darcel stopped to seriously think about what they should do. 

It was a thought swirling at the back of his mind. A thought that would undoubtedly sound outrageous to any other cultivators.

But Darcel believed, with him, Aniela, and Yasami combined might, they can easily destroy a Heavenly Transformation cultivator! 

Darcel sensed that none of them experienced any sort of typical rapid breakthrough under his Darkness Soul link.

The raging power slumbering inside him from his great breakthroughs was itching to be released. And with their skills and abilities, Darcel firmly believed no matter how mighty and potent Heavenly Qi was, it would fall under their extraordinary prowess.

Moreover, Darcel also had a curious line of thought if a Heavenly Transformation cultivator they encounter happens to be a female. 

Under these lines of ideas, Darcel told the girls, "Let's do that then. I'm sure you girls can feel your power just bursting with excitement, waiting to be unleashed into the world. And traveling through the Plunged Tundra can give us that perfect opportunity."

"Oh, absolutely, Darcy! We still have yet to find a really good challenge out in these snowy fields." 

The more battle-hungry side of Aniela began to appear as she felt her blood boil in excitement. The mere thought of unleashing her full prowess made her bloodline zealously quiver.

Yasami, though, who had been a bit quiet up to this point, didn't exactly share Darcel and Aniela's excitement. 

Instead, she boldly took hold of Darcel's hand and quickly placed it on her other fox ear, shyly telling them, "Ah….Mnh, in a few more minutes, we should go. I need to….umh….charge up my energy, yea! We all need to charge up our energy for the long day, right!"

On instinct, Darcel began to pet Yasami's fox ear as soon as he felt the soft fluffy texture.

Although that flimsy excuse, Darcel and Aniela can see right through it. 

Still, Aniela's smile grew more relaxed while saying, 

"Battles can wait. Since Yasami is starting to see it my way about morning rest, let's rest for a bit Darcy. This moment is also too cozy to quickly let up."

Aniela snuggled up closer in Darcel's chest while still petting Yasami's fox ears. Blissful warmth ran through Darcel as both Aniela and Yasami leaned all of their weight on to him.

"Ahhh~." 

Darcel even heard an audible sigh leak from the girl's mouth as they fully relaxed for this moment. 

Darcel saw no reason to deny the cute girls' request and simply smile, basking in their morning shine.

In his mind, though, Darcel was blessing one vital skill of his. 

The Yin's Pleasure skill!

'Really, whoever that voice was or is, should've told me about this ability sooner. If I can have blissful, wonderful moments like this, I wonder just how far it can take me....'

Darcel thought to himself, becoming increasingly excited with each passing idea his mind spontaneously came up. 

Truthfully, Darcel can say he may have just found one true passion in his life.

….

On the glossy blue roads of Mawold Town, Darcel, Aniela, and Yasami casually strolled through, going to a new district they had never been to before. 

As he walked now, Darcel was finding his current predicament far better than the last two days. 

Both Aniela and Yasami, who put her hoodie back on, they had saddled up very close to him.

Being this close felt like not even the cold air penetrating inside the town could affect Darcel now. 

Since there weren't any more invisible boundaries between them, Aniela had first suggested that she and Yasami hold Darcel's hands like they are loving partners.

However, Yasami was quick to shut it down, stating they don't need every passerby to know their business. 

So under Aniela's coasting, the girls settle for just walking extremely close to each other where they can still be snuggly together.

All Darcel reminded them to do was mask their presence again even when going outside since he was sure the Silver Bloody Hammer group would have their eyes on them.

Under masking their presence, the trio went out and took on another hard-tier mission as they agreed on. 

But this time, since they were traveling a remarkably long distance from Mawold Town, the trio got recommended to go to the beast trading center and rent a Spirit Monster beast mount.

Whatever beast they had there would be the best suited for long travels. Or so the mission Elder told them. 

Darcel wanted to ask Fruna about it, but once again, she wasn't in the lounge.

So, Darcel, Aniela, and Yasami settled for scoping out the best trading center themselves. While the trio knows they could feasibly quickly travel moderately long distances, they also know their stamina isn't endless.

Even for all the great endurance Darcel and Aniela have, they wouldn't dream of traveling hundreds of miles on foot. 

Yasami could even fly, yet she could only do it for so long until her reserve depleted. 

The act of flying is a concentrated and complicated task that not every Innate Core warrior can adequately grasp. Even the veteran ninth rank warriors can experience some trouble with flying for moderate distances.

Furthermore, Heavenly Kings as well couldn't fly out for long distances. 

This is why places like Mage's teleportation center exist to make traveling much more manageable and efficient.

However, in Mawold Town, they had no such center. 

The Ice Drake Guild Mages had no specialties in teleportation arts. So Beast mounts were the next best things.

Unlike mere Spirit Monsters in the wild, beast mounts were explicitly bred by cultivators for extremely long travels. 

While these special Spirit Monsters' combat prowess are average, sometimes even lower than the weakest of talents. They all made up for it with their insane stamina and monstrous speeds. 

As they near the Beast mount center, Aniela suddenly spoke up, breaking the comfortable silence between them.

"You know….I was thinking during our walk over here. With all so many beasts to choose from, I think we should definitely go for something very wide. Like a….lizard mount! That way, we can saddle up close together for our long journey ahead."

Yasami was half tempted to agree. Saddling up and riding comfortably was an idea that sounded like the best route to take. 

However, Yasami was in a 'mission mode,' and she wanted to effectively complete their mission in a short amount of time.

"Lizards….aren't they a little too slow and dim-witted? We need something faster that can easily tear through the snow. Like, like a….giant hare! Besides, for this mission, it sort of has a time limit attached to it. So you two can't be completely shameless during the whole time."

"Hmmm….I guess you bring up a good point….little fox." 

Immediately Yasami cringed a bit at the pet name Aniela kept teasing her with. "St-stop calling me that! You could've at least given me something better than that!"

Truthfully, if anyone else were to call her that or other such nicknames, Yasami would've immediately taught said person a painful lesson in respect.

But with Aniela, Yasami wasn't really upset at all. 

She just wanted to maintain her fierce decisive status on their team. And the term 'little fox' wasn't fierce or decisive at all!

Darcel chuckles internally, enjoying Yasami's reaction. It reminded him of the days where he himself found Aniela's various nicknames strange. Shaking his head of such thoughts, Darcel knows Yasami will eventually get used to it.

Though the question for him remained on whether or not Yasami will come to find the various names Aniela can come up with as cute. 

"Ah! I agree, Yasami! Cutie does fit you better! Still, barring nicknames, what if we can find something both fast and cozy to travel on?"

Aniela seriously questions while Yasami rolled her eyes from under her hood, hearing the other name Aniela likes to call her. 

"Hmmm….how about we go for-oh? We're already here." Darcel said as he, Aniela, and Yasami spotted just a few meters ahead, the humongous Beast Trading center building. 

There was a large, flashy sign at the front of the place and walk in doors allowing easy access.

Like many other buildings in Mawold Town, the buildings were designed in a beautiful glossy blue shine. And running along the building designs were unique paints of all kinds of Spirit Monsters.

Aniela and Yasami were slightly impressed by the Beast Trading Center design. The unique-looking Spirit Monster arts that ran along the walls was an immediate attention grabber for them.

As they neared the Beast Trading Center, Darcel didn't spot many cultivators walking in and out of the center. 

Most obviously, the mornings aren't quite the time where business would be booming for the trade center.

"In my honest opinion, we should probably go for a Spirit Monster wolf. They look like they should be the largest, fastest, and most cozy to travel on." Darcel offered his suggestion on the topic.

A sense of irony swelled in Aniela as she began to giggle. "Hehe~, now after killing countless of them, we might ride on one." 

Yasami's mind went to the more monetary aspect of the trip as she said, "Hopefully, they don't run for insane prices here." 

The trio finally made it up to the Beast Trading Center and walked through the doors. They were greeted to a tavern-like design for the first main room of the center.

Just this opening room of the Beast Trading Center was incredibly vast. More so than even the lounge area of the Nobe's Fang group! 

Making up for the vast space here was the plethora of doors lined up on the wall. Each door had a unique color about it and above said door was a sign detailing a Spirit Monster species. 

Looking around the whole room, neither Darcel, Aniela, nor Yasami spotted many cultivators shopping about.

Though it was to be expected as in the mornings, cultivators tend to be resting or well cultivating. 

Darcel pointed ahead of them to the expansive center desk that currently held no customers, telling the girls, "Let's see what a professional has to say about this. It'll save us loads of time from you two having to window shop beasts." 

Aniela playfully crossed her arms but didn't have any expression of disagreement as she told him,

"Hm, alright. But we must come back here one of these days. I think it'll be good to experience their whole variety here." 

A mischievous thought sparked in Yasami from all the curious deals they can get here. "Not just experience, we can probably also get more….exclusive deals with your swaying charms Aniela." 

Darcel can just feel the mischievous smirks that etched on Aniela and Yasami's lips from that thought.

As the girls talked, the trio made it up to the center desk, and they came face to face with a kind, professional-looking woman. 

She gave Darcel a friendly smile asking him, "Welcome to the Beast Trading Center. What can I do for you three?"