1 Campfire Story

The campfire gave off a warm light in the night and emanated a comforting warmth. Basking in this gentle atmosphere, we all sat around the fire making a circle surrounding the flame.

"So, why are we doing this outside?" Asked the newest member of our little group.

"It's warm, isn't it?"

"Well, yes... There is a fire after all…"

"Yeon, she's asking why we specifically came outside to do this," One of the women clarified.

"I've actually been pretty curious about this too. I never really questioned it, but we did the exact same thing around a campfire when I first joined."

She looked at everyone else seated around the fire, "Elder Sisters, was it like this for you as well?"

"Again with the Elder Sisters, it's not necessary. Just call us by our names." The woman with long black hair replied.

She smiled gently when she spoke and her kind voice put the newcomer at ease, "And yes, we did.

Originally we could only do it outside like this since we were always on the move, but since it has seemingly always been this way, I guess it became the norm."

"I see…"

"Also, it's warm... This cosy atmosphere, I like it."

She had a tantalizing body that left nothing to the imagination, and her modest clothing only seemed to add to her mature atmosphere that oozed with sex appeal. Her motherly aura clashed with her face that seemed to naturally seduce the opposite sex. She could only be described as sinful.

The newcomer who knew nothing of her background was left with only her imagination to try and guess her history.

'Succubus!' She screamed internally. She was nearly 100% sure of herself. She felt that if this woman wasn't a succubus, then she wouldn't believe anyone else claiming they were!

"Thank you, Elder Sister."

"Ufufufu, there you go again with that title."

"Ah. It's just that I'm nervous and~"

Yeon smiled mischievously.

"Yes, and rightly so." Everyone's eyes focused on the only man present. His long black hair danced in the wind and its ends shined white under the moonlight. It looked as if he had bleached his hair with highlights but surprisingly his hair was natural.

His angular jaw and sharp nose made him look beautiful. His rather feminine features made him gorgeous rather than classically handsome, but his aesthetic would face no difficulty charming any woman.

His blood-red eyes carried an unfathomable deepness that sucked you in, giving him a profound and ethereal look. But at this moment, his eyes glimmered in playful mischief, excited about the prank he was about to pull.

Yeon cleared his throat and purposefully deepened his voice to add to his gravitas.

"In order to officiate you into my Lotus family, you will have to complete our ritual…"

*Gulp*

Surprisingly, it wasn't just the newcomer who was nervous, some of her seniors were slightly anxious as well.

'There was a ritual?! Doesn't that mean we aren't officially part of his harem?'

Of course, there were some who were completely apathetic to this charade such as the little girl sitting on Yeon's lap. She was stunningly beautiful and her hair was white with black highlights, the mirror opposite to Yeon's. Her face, sculpted to perfection was simply adorable.

She simply sat there making herself comfortable, leaning into his chest and snuggling into it. She looked like a doll, completely deadpan other than the slight curling of her lips and blush on her round cheeks.

"Father…" She whispered to herself as she inhaled his scent.

Some of the more experienced members of this group were seen smiling wryly at Yeon's charade. In particular, a buxom lady with flowing red hair and a face overflowing with pride and confidence seemed to be struggling to hold in her laughter.

"Wh-wh-what do I need to do?" The newcomer asked nervously.

Yeon didn't respond but instead closed his eyes as if deep in thought. He continued to stroke the hair of the little doll as she purred in content.

"Blood…" He spoke while opening his eyes. He turned to look at her and she felt as if her soul were being sucked in. As if her entire entity were being observed, swallowed by the man staring at her.

"B-blood!" She jerked up, eyes wide in surprise. "Whose blood? What sort of blood? Is this an evil ritua-"

"Of a thousand virgins, your mother, your father, any pets you have owned, the fattest calf, the prodigal son, your firstborn son. Oh! Abraham! This man wants your son!"

"Abraham!" She exclaimed without thinking, completely confused and very worried.

"Pffff, hahahahahah!" The lady with red hair cackled.

It seemed that the nervous reaction of the newcomer was too much for her. Her raucous laughter dominated the campfire.

"Haaaa-" She calmed down her breathing as her weighty chest heaved up and down.

"Don't worry little one, he's just playing with you."

"He is?" She turned to look at him blankly. Upon seeing his face, tensing in an attempt to keep it neutral, she blushed all the way to her ears.

*Ahem*

"Yes, but seeing as how you are so exceptionally beautiful, we will collectively bypass your requirement of fulfilling the ritual." He looked at her and meeting her gaze he spoke in a voice full of tender affection:

"Darling, you're gorgeous," He smiled at her.

She blushed even further and managed to squeak out a response:

"Thank you, Yeon…"

"Damn, she's just been played." Whispered the lady with red hair to the woman next to her.

"Mhmm" She nodded in response.

Her metallic silver hair waved as she bobbed her head. Her cold sharp eyes were also silver, but they seemed to shine a deep azure or purple depending on the angle.

But her most eye-catching features were the scars that covered her body. Red burns extended from her right eye like a small stream that grew wider as it travelled down her neck to her collarbone. Numerous other areas of her body exhibited similar old wounds.

Her narrowed eyes were defiant and cold, giving her an unapproachable aura. But even her eyes lovingly softened when she looked at Yeon hoodwinking her newest junior.

'Master…Master, Master, Master, Master, Master, Master, Master, Master, Mast-'

"Now, the reason I gathered you all today is so that you can all get to know each other. Dear, now that you've become mine, you can't leave us. I'm afraid that betrayal means death since you would know too much about us. Is that fine?" Yeon spoke out.

"Yes! That's fine. I would never betray you Yeon."

"Haha, thank you dear. I know you wouldn't, but it still has to be said. If our secrets were to be made public, we would make too many new enemies and empower old ones. Now, before we mov-"

"Boy," Interrupted the woman with red hair, "I prefer your other form. You're going to be talking for a while, aren't you? Let me see some eye candy and I'll sit here quietly. I'll be a good girl, how about that?"

"Hmmm, well I guess that now that she one of us, I don't need to hide it"

Under the moonlight, Yeon's black hair turned white and his white highlights turned black. His effeminate face became even more bewitching, his face narrowing and becoming smaller. His broad shoulders shrunk and his hips widened slightly, his thighs and ass gaining more weight to them. Finally, his chest gained a sizeable protrusion.

"THE WHITE LOTUS!" She screamed out. "But, but, she's not supposed to be, whaaaaaaa~"

While she came to terms with the sudden change, the little girl on Yeon's lap felt the physical change that occurred. More accurately, she felt an additional weight at the top of her head where Yeon's breasts snugly lay.

"Father?" She perked her head up to look at Yeon's face, and in doing so made Yeon's breasts jiggle.

*Slurppp* The eyes of the red lady were fixated on Yeon's breasts, her breathing dangerously heavy and laboured.

"I'm in my white form" Yeon replied while patting the little girl's head. Her voice rang out in a slightly husky and harmonious tone, much like a singer's voice.

"Mother…" The little girl moved to make herself comfortable, and in doing so made Yeon's breasts bounce again.

"How about we go a round Yeon? It's been a while since we've done it in that form? I promise to make it unforgettable." The mature lady with red hair asked with an eager tone.

"Shush you! There are children here, so stop it. Also, we just did it just the other day. I need to tell my story tonight."

"Come on, she doesn't care and knows all about what you do anyways. You're not going to be talking the entire night. Right? The night is still young my little Lotus, we've got plenty of time to get busy. Let me drink your sweet nectar while you drink from mine" She spoke seductively, and her rough breathing shook her large breasts in an inviting manner.

It took all of Yeon's self-control to take her eyes away from her.

"No, not today. As I've said, we're busy tonight."

"Chet" She sulked, frowning in an adorable manner while kicking the floor.

"So, you're the White Lotus…" The newcomer spoke out.

"Indeed, I am."

"You're also the Black Lotus…"

"That too."

"Many male cultivators will have their hearts broken…"

"Hahaha, unfortunately for them, I don't swing that way."

"The untouchable fairy, the only genius that could match the Black Lotus. No wonder you were at the same level of genius, you were the same person! But how is this even possible? Are you a descendant of the lost hermaphrodite race? No. They were both female and male at the same time. But you're both male and female but not simultaneously, so that can't be right. You… Do you have both a male and a female soul?"

"Correct! That was a very clever guess of you, you're the third person to have guessed correctly."

"Hehe, thank you." She blushed.

"Chet, she got lucky." Another chimed in, slightly jealous that she had received Yeon's praise.

"But how is that possible? There have been no known survivors of any soul fusion experiments done between the opposite genders. The experiments have always been forbidden as well since it was seen as an act against the Heavens."

She looked at Yeon and the little girl in her lap whose hair now matched like a mother-daughter pair, she asked hesitantly, "Were… were you experimented on when you were younger?"

"Hahahaha," Yeon laughed, her charming husky voice ringing out.

"Not quite. I guess you could say that the Heavens were the ones to experiment with me."

"Then, are you two different people?"

"No, my souls have perfectly mixed to create a new soul. You could say that two souls came together to make me, Yeon. I'm simultaneously both souls but also neither. The two souls are what make me who I am, but that doesn't mean that they define me. I am my own person, it's just that I have the memories and facilities of both souls."

"Is that why your soul is abnormally powerful?"

"Yes, it's also what allows me to cultivate both yin and yang arts since my soul is both yin and yang."

"So, about the soul fusion bit…"

"I know what you're worried about, but as I've said previously: I am Yeon, a single entity. Who I am doesn't change, it's only my physical form that changes."

"Then, do you see yourself as a male or a female?"

"Hmmmmm. I don't think about it too much, to be honest. The timespan of memories of when I was a male and a female are evenly matched making neither side dominant. Both my souls before fusing liked women, so I never suffered any confusion on that front. I just usually go around in my male form since it's annoying when male cultivators stick to you like flies."

"Agreed," Everyone around the campfire chimed in before looking at each other and laughing: "Hahahaha"

"I guess we've all suffered similar fates from entitled young masters."

"We're all beautiful after all."

"It's almost criminal how someone like Yeon gets to hog us all."

"Haha, that's true"

"No, he deserves the world."

"Of course, you'd say that."

"Hahahaha" Another round of laughter ensues.

Meanwhile, the culprit pretends to be oblivious to the comments that are being made about her while she directs all her attention to the girl in her lap.

Yeon played with her soft cheeks, squeezing them and pulling them. She would sometimes massage her cute round ears, rubbing her lobes between her index and thumb.

"Mmmmmm"

"Do you like that?"

"Mmmmmm" She hummed in response.

"How adorable," Yeon murmured as she continued to play with her.

"I'll do that as long as you want."

"So, about that girl," It seems that the girls had finished with their conversation.

"Mhmm"

"Is she your daughter?"

"Yes"

"Then…" She looked around the campfire, meeting the eyes of the other members there. "Who's the mother?"

"You are," Yeon replied blankly while looking her straight in the eye.

"I am!"

"Hahahaha" Everyone laughed at her cute antics.

"Well, everyone is. She's not actually my daughter, but rather she's my weapon. Since she was born from my flesh and soul and has an ego, we treat her like my daughter. Well, she just started treating me like her parent as soon as her ego was established so we just went with it. And since you're all my wives, that makes you all her mother too"

"Is that even possible?"

"I guess it is."

"How?"

"Well, it's part of my story. How I met her, how I met you and everyone else here. It's what we've gathered here to talk about."

"Will you tell me now?"

"Well, where should I start… The beginning of my story starts with an unfortunate boy. A genius cultivator with an ironic fate: a body that rejects qi. The interesting thing about this situation is that later on we actually find out that-