Pain and Progress

Qiu Jingyi spent the next day telling everyone about her pregnancy. Her parents were more shocked than happy and they spread the news to the clan. They belonged to an old noble clan within the Beast God Sanctum that was headed by Immortal Tempest Badger Qiu Chuyi, a lieutenant under He Zicheng. Thankfully, she was not a direct descendant and her ties to the clan weren't strong.

Chen Wentian felt that her parents could have spent resources early on to cure her weak constitution but they probably didn't want to waste money on a weak girl whose fate was to be married off. They also had tens of grandchildren already and the gift Qiu Jingyi received was woeful to say the least.

The people's attitudes could not be changed but Chen Wentian vowed to provide Qiu Jingyi with the best treatment so she could have a healthy baby. The pregnancy made it easier to convince her to leave the city. She agreed to a month-long vacation at an immortal resort island where she would be pampered. The whole package wasn��t cheap and He Xingping couldn't afford it but thankfully money wasn't a matter to Chen Wentian.

The resort was deep in human territory and would be completely safe. She was a smart woman and knew about the conflict between the Lion and Eagle factions. He made sure to mention some 'secrets he could not reveal' and she took the hint. Her instincts as a pregnant mother kicked in and she did not hesitate to protect her unborn child from any possibility of danger.

Qiu Jingyi still delayed the trip for three days to receive friends, family, and well-wishers. After all the partying was done, Chen Wentian escorted her to her new holiday abode. He brought half of the household servants as well to help her during the stay.

In secret, Chen Wentian also tapped Hai Huaming and his mercenaries to look for a talented doctor that could keep track of his wife's health and pregnancy. No expenses would be spared and he wanted the best. The only condition was that the doctor had to be a woman. He wasn't about to have some random man look after his wife for a month.

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Far away from the warm and tropical Beast God City, snow swirled and the wind blew across a city hewn from black rock. The cold made the common citizens bury their faces into their coats and hurry along in the streets. The sun was setting and the dark foggy clouds were settling in, blanketing everything in gloomy and frigid darkness.

Within a tall tower, far away from earshot of the commoners, a brightly lit room could be seen from a frosted window through a gap in the rich heavy drapes. Inside was a complete contrast to the outdoor environment. There were torches on the walls and a roaring fire in the hearth that warmed the room and illuminated an interesting sight.

The room, richly decorated with indisputable opulence, held two curious people and a strange contraption. It was a large wooden frame which had one person strapped to it. It was a woman and she was completely naked except for some strange metallic instruments attached to her breasts as well as between her thighs. Her arms were extended out horizontally by the frame and tied securely. Her perfectly long and smooth legs were forced apart and fastened to two diagonal beams that were anchored to the floor.

She seemed to be crying and screaming, but there was no one to hear her except for the man standing in front of her.

"Ahhhhhhhh!!" Wu Qianyu cried out for the hundredth time as pain raced through her body.

Chen Wentian pull back his spiritual force after a few seconds and Wu Qianyu slumped her head down, gasping for breath between sobs. He didn't say anything but looked interestingly at his latest handiwork, two large clamps that were fastened to her plump outer labia. A solid lead weight hung from each clamp by a thin steel chain. The clamp and weight caused her outer lips to painfully stretch with the pull of gravity as well as his spiritual force.

His mind wandered as he let her recover. His eyes were glued to her waist and the pink folds that peeked between her legs. Out of his disciples, he always found Wu Qianyu's pussy to be the most beautiful. She had a thick and soft vulva that puffed outwards from her hips. It hid her inner folds away from sight until he inevitably spread them apart. She would then open up like a spring blossom, displaying her rosy pinkness.

He closed his eyes and focused his attention back to the matter at hand. He extended his spiritual force once again, putting pressure on the two weights and pulling down on her gorgeous pussy lips.

"Ahhhhh! Nooo!"

Wu Qianyu's screams once again filled the room. It was purely an unconscious reaction as she was already lost in her spiritual sea, which that was filled with stormy and gusting spiritual energy. Unlike the first time, she fully embraced this reaction within her. She stood alone in the middle of her spiritual sea, absorbing the painful punishment as the world raged around her…

She rode the maelstrom until it finally calmed down. She was happy even though she had suffered greatly, she could sense a noticeable expansion of her spiritual sea from her master's lesson. She was still inspecting herself when she found herself distracted.

She realized she was no longer bound to the wooden rack and was lying on the soft bed. She felt her master's head between her thighs as he worshiped her abused pussy, as if making amends for the pain he put her through. His skillful tongue dug into her folds, scraping and scooping against her inner walls, and lapping up her overflowing love juices. Her whole body relaxed into a puddle of bliss as she enjoyed his treatment.

There existed four lesser realms within a peak Spirit Initiate Realm cultivator's path to their immortal Dao. These four were called Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Formation, Spiritual Awakening, and Spiritual Ascendance. Each lesser realm was an even more difficult breakthrough than all previous levels and realms combined. Each awarded a fundamental leap in their mastery of spiritual energy. What people called the half-step Spirit Lord Realm was merely the final Spiritual Ascendance lesser realm.

Chen Wentian was quite surprised by Wu Qianyu's progress. He sensed she was getting closer and closer to entering Spiritual Growth and it made him extremely happy. He decided to disregard his own needs and focused on rewarding her with a night of pure pleasure…

Wu Qianyu was still smiling from Chen Wentian's 'reward' as she met him for breakfast the next day. She even gave him a very long and moving kiss. He would have jumped her then and there but there were more pressing matters at hand.aa

"Qianyu, we have to put the monster fighting competition on hold for a little while. I have a really important job I need to handle and I want to bring you with me."

"Sure!" Wu Qianyu agreed immediately, "What kind of job?"

"Recruitment, we're going to see if we can convince a few immortals to team up for an upcoming battle."