Venerable Supreme of Myriad Dragons

Just as Shen Daoxing dove down, a colossal beam of sword light spanning heaven and earth came crashing down.

BOOM!

A thunderous crash echoed.

The entire surface of the lake was momentarily cleaved in two, exposing the lakebed below. Fish flopped helplessly on the muddy ground, but there was no trace of Shen Daoxing.

Then, Gu Muyun’s enormous Golden Body Dharma Aspect transformed into a streak of light and slowly descended over the lake. Her brow furrowed into a tight line as she stared at the spot where Shen Daoxing had vanished. Abruptly, she swung the massive Treasure Sword in her hand.

BOOM!

BOOM!

BOOM!

Instantly, the waters of Yun Meng Lake erupted in towering plumes. The lake was blasted apart, revealing one massive crater after another, but Shen Daoxing was still nowhere to be found.

At that very moment, Shen Daoxing was swimming desperately along the lakebed. He glanced up to see a frigid aura, one that felt like it could freeze anything, pressing down from the hazy surface above.

Shen Daoxing immediately dove deeper, hiding himself on the lake floor and keeping a watchful eye on Gu Muyun’s movements above.

But Gu Muyun didn’t dive in after him. Instead, she flew restlessly over the surface, blasting away with her Treasure Sword and sending up massive sprays of water as she searched for him.

Shen Daoxing waited patiently at the bottom of the lake. He wasn’t sure how long it had been, but eventually, Gu Muyun, unable to find any trace of him, seemed to finally give up.

Shen Daoxing felt the frigid presence fade away bit by bit, until it vanished completely.

Shen Daoxing didn’t rush out. He waited for a good while longer. Only after confirming that Gu Muyun was no longer on the lake’s surface did he quietly break the surface. Seeing no one around, Shen Daoxing summoned his sword and, using Sword Control, silently slipped back to his own quarters.

After being chased by Gu Muyun all night, Shen Daoxing was utterly exhausted. He collapsed onto his bed and immediately fell asleep.

「The next day.」

The sky was just beginning to lighten as the first rays of the rising sun filtered through the window, falling upon Shen Daoxing’s face.

Suddenly, a clamor of voices erupted outside. Shen Daoxing groggily opened his eyes, the noise pulling him from sleep.

He opened the door and stepped outside to see scores of Outer Sect Disciples craning their necks, all staring up at the sky. High above, numerous Inner Sect Disciples flew past on their swords, weaving between the various Suspended Islands as if searching for something.

His curiosity piqued, Shen Daoxing walked over to see what was happening.

He immediately overheard the crowd’s discussion:

"Did you hear? Last night some male disciple actually snuck into the female disciples’ quarters!"

"It’s more than that! I heard he was bold enough to steal Fairy Muyun’s underwear! We’re talking about *the* Fairy Muyun’s underwear!"

"What?! Fairy Yunxian! He dared to do something to Fairy Muyun?!"

The surrounding crowd was stunned.

"Doesn’t he know that Fairy Muyun is the goddess of every male disciple in the entire sect? He defiled the goddess of our hearts! How can we let him get away with it?"

"That’s right! Now every male disciple in the sect is looking for him. We’re going to drag that pervert out and get revenge for Fairy Muyun!"

"Damn it! How dare he defile our Fairy Muyun! We can’t let that pervert off easy!"

"Yeah! That’s right!"

The surrounding crowd was filled with righteous indignation, their faces a mask of jealousy.

’Huh?’

Hearing this, Shen Daoxing froze. ’Holy crap!’ he thought, stunned. ’Aren’t they talking about me? What pervert? What degenerate? That’s not what happened at all!’

Shen Daoxing instinctively raised his hand and saw a pink piece of underwear still clutched in his grasp.

It turned out everything had happened so suddenly last night that he hadn’t even had a chance to get rid of it.

"Senior Brother He Huai is here! Senior Brother He Huai is here! He’s the prodigy of the Fusang lineage, already a master at the Fifth Layer of the Earth Profound Realm at such a young age."

A loud voice suddenly cut through the crowd, "They say he’s Fairy Muyun’s most devoted suitor. If anyone dared to defile Fairy Muyun, Senior Brother He Huai would be the first to make them pay."

Hearing this, Shen Daoxing froze for a second before quickly hiding the underwear behind his back.

But Senior Brother He Huai and his group of male Inner Sect Disciples merely flew over the Sky Island where the Outer Sect Disciples lived, gave it a passing glance, and headed elsewhere.

It wasn’t surprising, really. The "pervert" from last night had managed to sneak into the female disciples’ quarters, get discovered by Fairy Muyun, be pursued by her, and ultimately make a successful escape.

And who was Fairy Muyun? Besides Jun Wushuang, she was the most talented disciple of the younger generation. Anyone capable of escaping from her grasp had to be extraordinarily powerful.

He Huai and the others would never suspect any of these Outer Sect Disciples, so they couldn’t be bothered to search them.

Abruptly, the disciples nearby started gossiping again:

"So who do you think that pervert who broke into the female disciples’ quarters last night really was? To escape from Fairy Muyun, he must be incredibly strong."

"You think it could have been Ouyang Cheng? He’s always pestering Fairy Muyun for a duel. He’s challenged her one hundred and eight times already," someone suddenly suggested.

Hearing this, the others shook their heads. "No way! Impossible! Ouyang Cheng isn’t that strong. He’s lost every single one of those one hundred and eight duels. With his level of skill, there’s no way he could’ve escaped from Fairy Muyun."

"Then what about Jun Wushuang?" someone else piped up.

Again, the crowd shook their heads. "Can’t be him either. Jun Wushuang is on Yingzhou Island in closed-door cultivation, trying to comprehend the second Stone Stele. He wouldn’t have the time."

For a moment, everyone was stumped. "Then who else is strong enough to steal her underwear from right under Fairy Muyun’s nose and escape completely unharmed?"

Suddenly, someone’s expression turned odd as a thought struck them. "What if... what if it was one of the elders from our masters’ generation?"

At this, the disciples exchanged glances, their expressions turning exceptionally peculiar.

While they were talking, Shen Daoxing had already slipped quietly back to his quarters.

Although he hadn’t been suspected for now because he was just a Servant Disciple, Gu Muyun had seen his face.

For the next few days, Shen Daoxing became extremely cautious, rarely leaving his room and spending nearly all his time cultivating.

After mobilizing in force and searching every single island without finding the pervert, the male disciples of the Cyan Nether Sword Sect had no choice but to give up.

The rumor that one of the old elders from their masters’ generation was responsible for the incident began to spread like wildfire. Since Gu Muyun never came forward to explain what happened, everyone tacitly accepted this version of events.

As for what sort of magical properties Fairy Muyun’s underwear possessed to make a sect elder risk utter disgrace just to steal it, that became one of the Sword Sect’s most titillating and scandalous tales.