Meeting a Friend

Yan Shun walked through the outer courtyard of the sect and saw many disciples walking, many of them when they saw Yan Shun gave him mocking smiles and some insulted him calling him Alchemist 0.

The nickname was due to the fact that, being in a sect that specialized in Alchemy, he was the only outer court disciple who had no progress or rank in Alchemy.

Because of that, everyone made fun of Yan Shun, whether male or female, everyone made fun of him.

Yan Shun simply walked silently and did not hear any of the taunts directed at him.

After all, why bother with stupid ants? In the near future, he will be strong enough to destroy this sect with one finger and these worthless will surely keep trying to create a rank 4 pill which they will probably end up failing and shoving it up their ass out of frustration.

Yan Shun kept walking and saw a person with androgynous features walking towards a specific direction.

Looking from afar, the person had a face that leaned more towards feminine than masculine, it was truly beautiful.

Her dress floated in the wake of her slow walk, exuding a cool, serene, distant, and lonely aura. Her figure was wonderfully moving and delicate to the extreme. Beneath her long skirt, there was a pair of exquisite and slender legs that could be seen for a micro second from time to time.

Her physique was so elegant and beautiful that it made the men and women who looked at her pale. The small hills on her chest were covered by her hanfu in the form of a light blue pour.

Her soft, shiny black hair fell softly behind her slender, delicate shoulders. Her soft black eyes gazed vacantly as she walked as if she were lost to life.

Definitely when you looked at her you would say that the woman was a Goddess, but there was only one small problem.

'It seems my guess was correct, he has a Yin physique, but she asked me what rank he is… Heavenly, perhaps?' Yan Shun thought as he saw the light Yin aura that she was exuding from her body.

"Hello brother Meiling!" Yan Shun, after looking long enough, decided to approach his best friend Meng Meiling from behind him surprising him.

Yes... The beautiful woman was Meng Meiling, Yan Shun's best friend and the little problem with him was that was not a woman... but a man and what gave him away was his Adam's apple.

"Hiiii~" Meng Meiling upon hearing the voice so close was surprised and gave a soft cry of surprise.

But when he recognized the voice and the way in which he called him, he blushed slightly, and looked behind him, seeing Yan Shun, his eyes shone with joy and he smiled slightly.

"B-brother Y-Yan Shun s-it's you, what's the matter-" Meng Meiling stopped speaking upon seeing the condition Yan Shun was in, his eyes that were joyous darkened and a slight killing intent leaked out of them, but he quickly hid it.

"They hit you again, brother Yan Shun... Tell me who they were, I'll teach them a lesson so they know not to mess with my brother." Meng Meiling said with obvious anger with his angelic voice looking truly tender as he wanted to defend his best friend.

Yan Shun gently shook his head.

"Don't worry brother Meiling, they are minor injuries, besides I don't remember who it was." Yan Shun lied and gave Meng Meiling a soft smile so he wouldn't worry.

'Of course I know who it was, I'll be the one to gut them all myself, plus I have to act like my old self, changing my personality from one day to the next can be suspicious.' Yan Shun thought.

"Hmph, you always say the same thing, well it doesn't matter, one day when I find out who hit you, I'll hit him so hard even his parents won't recognize them." Meng Meiling snorted angrily at Yan Shun attitude of never telling him about her troubles.

"Come with me." Meng Meiling gently grabbed Yan Shun's hand with her soft jade hand and dragged him away.

Yan Shun just got carried away like his former self would, but the current one clearly didn't like being treated like a baby, but he had to admit that Meng Meiling cared deeply for him and he thought.

'He clearly shows signs of falling in love, but he seems to have a problem with his condition, this must be why he hasn't confessed until now, and that would also be the problem of why he hasn't completely fallen in love with me and his physique hasn't woken up.'

'I have to make her fall completely in love with me, so that her physique fully awakens and her body fully transitions into that of a woman.' Yan Shun thought and smiled evilly inside.

He knew that Meng Meiling wasn't really in love with him at first, and he knew that Meng Meiling hadn't fallen for him because of his outstanding looks or charisma, but because when they met, Meng Meiling developed an emotional bond for Yan Shun.

He developed it because Yan Shun had not insulted him for his feminine appearance despite knowing that he was a man. Rather, I treat him as an equal, as a brother, and Yan Shun being the only person who treated him as a normal person and not as a freak, little by little he clung to Yan Shun and did not want to let go, because Meng Meiling he felt that if he let Yan Shun go, he wouldn't find anyone else who would talk to him and treat him the way he did.

Unconsciously, he feelings for Yan Shun became confused the more she spent with him, seeing that he did not receive any kind of attention from people, but only ridicule from men for his feminine appearance and disgust from women for his not-so-masculine appearance, he little by little confused his feelings for Yan Shun and thought that he had fallen in love with him.

Although he was now 'in love' with Yan Shun, this could easily be broken if someone else appeared in his life and treated him like Yan Shun does.

That's why Yan Shun had to act before someone else appeared in Meng Meiling's life, when someone treats him the way Yan Shun did, the 'infatuation' he feels for Yan Shun will gradually fade away and he will only see him as a friend and not as his lifelong love.

But if Yan Shun plays her cards right, once Meng Meiling gives herself completely to Yan Shun there will be no turning back, because after that he will see Yan Shun and he will have no eyes for anyone else.

Yan Shun knowing this, would take advantage and use it to rise faster on his cultivation path. He didn't care even if he had to manipulate someone else's feelings, he will do whatever it takes to ascend.

'Now that I think about it, I have that dual cultivation technique.' Yan Shun thought with a slightly amused smile.