'Aah… Fuck…' Edrick leaned out of an open window, allowing the frigid, fresh air to wash over him for several minutes.
This had been a beyond exhausting experience, especially for his reproductive organs, these guys had been beaten down and drained with excessive force the entire time, and let it be known that they would have much preferred to throw in the towels many times, however, Anoteros's usage of Five-Legged Devil Goat Physique had kept them going, truly forcing them to surpass their limits and go beyond.
Even now, the aftermath of hours upon hours of lovemaking with the two elders was surging to him and restoring his libido, but he had not informed them that this was an effect, even him could only handle so much…
He had greatly underestimated just how ravenous these two could be, one alone was probably plenty enough to be tiring, but together, they just didn't add up, they emboldened one another as well, Ting Zhenniao had never been so lustful during their training sessions, that he was certain of.
In any case, Edrick was currently experiencing the feeling of having your drained coconuts have their stock of elixir replenished at super speed, and it was a very strange one.
The effects of the cultivation technique he had earned through the system were already impressive, even though he hadn't even earned any boons that were mentioned in the description, the basic effects were already plenty, the problem was that it heightened his arousal and provided some sort of recuperative effect that allowed him to keep going on and on.
And the boost that followed the session was also nice, although it was a drop of power that was hardly noticeable, it also had a nice recuperative effect, so right now, despite having been milked for the entire morning by two insanely skilled women, he was as hard as a rock.
He did not wish for Ku Xing and Ting Zhenniao to notice this fact, so after borrowing a tub inside of Ku Xing's quarters to clean himself, which had gone as expected after they decided to join him, after that whole debacle, Anoteros excused himself and left the room, now taking in fresh air from a window on a completely empty floor.
'I should probably eat something, and drink too… They managed to suck up all my body's hydration alongside my-' he thought while descending the stairs, coming to a stop as he stumbled upon someone.
"Greetings" he said, prompting the other party to look him up and down, as though wondering if they knew who he was.
"Oh, greetings as well, you must be Edrick, right?"
"Indeed, and you are Core Disciple Li, correct?" he smiled, putting both hands behind his back.
"That is the right name… It is quite the coincidence that we cross paths, I heard that you have become quite familiar with Shu, so I assume that you are interested in what is going on within the sect?" spoke the core disciple, forcing an amiable expression on his face that typically barely even saw even the smallest of rictus.
His cold blue eyes locked onto Edrick's, Anoteros did not show the slightest of signs, but it was rather obvious that Li was not just doing small talk there.
'Those Yi and Li are similar, if JIngyi and those three form a story together… Why are her two love interests the exact same thing but in different packages?' he wondered, both were the aloof sort that was actually caring and gentle, both held high positions but were somehow madly in love with a weak, plain girl that had few personality traits beyond being nice.
If these were supposed to be stories, who were they for exactly?
"I suppose you could say that, but I would rather classify my relationship with Shu as a friendship, rather than as business partners, as you seem to have assumed" he simply replied with a shrug, spouting a most erroneous statement that could easily be verified as wrong as Shu would easily reveal the truth even if he tried his hardest not to.
"Why do you ask? Wondering about something? Want to know if a girl is single?" he kept on the same subject, but still managed to derail the conversation as the core disciple coughed in his fist as an expression of his embarrassment concerning the topic.
"Well… I suppose I can trust a righteous member of upper society with the information… But me and Yi are looking into a certain matter together, you see, someone that was admitted within the wall of the Myriad-Arm Sect is not at all righteous, and has laid his hands upon a girl without her consent"
'Mmh… Righteous? Does he not know the Elt clan? Even with Zixuan's crappy memory, I can tell that 'righteous' is not a word they can be described with' he raised an eyebrow in a most obvious manner, making sure that Li would see it.
"Is that so? Why not report it to the elders?"
"Even Yi, with his special sight, was incapable of gathering any concrete evidence, and furthermore, she- The victim, does not want the word of what happened to come out" Li looked to the side, visibly angered as he merely mentioned the events.
"Huh… Unfortunately, I haven't a clue about this, though…" Edrick took on a most innocent expression and slightly leaned forward "...I wonder why that girl would not want the elders to get involved, they can keep a secret, you must have told her right? And even if whatever ability Yi might have was ineffective, having more help could not possibly hurt right?"
"What are you getting at?"
"Well, I don't know the details, so perhaps I am emitting a most ludicrous hypothesis that I would not if I had more information- But what says that she isn't making it up?"
"Wha-"
"I mean, from my perspective, the famous Yi that almost became a royal prosecutor, and a core disciple of a most respected sect are both personally caring for a single girl, so I must assume that you both personally know her, I mean, how else would have anyone come to either of you for assistance? People of your status wouldn't just help the first stranger that comes limping your way, am I wrong?"
"Well…"
"You are men, she is a woman, do I need to draw the picture? Maybe she just wants your attention, or perhaps she just had sex with another man and thought that her lost virginity would impair her chances with you, so she decided to frame it as an assault so that you wouldn't hold it against her"
"But what do I know? Heh? You guys know that girl best!" Edrick slapped Li's shoulder and just went on his way, leaving him stunned in place as the gears in his brains turned.
'No… That's impossible, she would never…'
A seed of doubt had been planted.