"However, Xiao Yan, I also want to know how you recovered your strength."
After comforting Yan, Yun Yun also raised her doubts with Xiao Yan, "As
far as I know, no one has ever progressed from having no Dou Qi to becoming
a Dou Shi within a week. You should have already recovered your strength,
right?"
"Sister Yunyun… Sect Leader Yun is right. My strength was restored half a
year ago." Xiao Yan said after thinking for a moment.
"What? Half a year ago?" Upon hearing this, Nalan Yanran looked up at
Xiao Yan in surprise. "When was half a year ago?"
"It was that time I tickled the soles of your feet in my shoe, and you almost
tortured me to death when you got back."
Xiao Yan continued, "I almost died that time, but I miraculously woke up.
After surviving that brush with death, I discovered that my problem of not
being able to condense Dou Qi had disappeared. Although I still don't
understand how it disappeared, I can finally start cultivating again. Perhaps it
was the experience of dying and coming back to life that caused my body to
react in some way."
Xiao Yan deliberately concealed Yao Lao's existence, explaining it to Yun
Yun and Yan Ran with a mix of truth and falsehood.
"Since then, I've been secretly cultivating for the past six months. Did you
really think I'd been tamed by you? I was just putting on an act."
Xiao Yan stared coldly at Nalan Yanran, his tone carrying a hint of disdain.
"So that's how it is…" Nalan Yanran lowered her head sadly.
"My God, Xiao Yan, is it really true?"
Compared to Nalan Yanran, Yun Yun covered her mouth in surprise as she
looked at Xiao Yan. She felt a sense of admiration for him. Although Xiao Yan
hadn't made such a rapid progress in just one week, he had advanced from the
third stage of Dou Qi to Dou Shi in only half a year. His talent was truly
exceptional.
Of course, what Yun Yun admired even more was Xiao Yan's perseverance
and tenacity.
To endure six months of humiliation, conceal one's talents, and silently
accumulate strength—this kind of forbearance is something that ordinary
people cannot possess.
Yun Yun immediately realized that this young man would definitely
become a powerful figure renowned in the region in the future.
"Then, I'm willing to accept defeat. Xiao Yan, you can take your revenge on
me however you want." Yanran realized this time that she had completely lost,
not only in terms of strength, but also in terms of patience and perseverance.
"Of course, I will repay you for everything you have done to me."
Xiao Yan spoke coldly, but one could hear a hint of hatred in his voice.
Clearly, even though Xiao Yan's strength had improved thanks to Yan Ran's
actions, he still harbored resentment over the six months of torment he had
endured. "Take us to your secret base first."
"A base? Yanran, you have a secret base?"
Upon hearing this, Yun Yun exclaimed in surprise, while Yan Ran stood up,
dusted herself off, and said, "Yes, teacher, Xiao Yan, please come with me."
He then led Xiao Yan and Yun Yun to his cave.
"Yanran, is this where you usually torment Xiao Yan?"
Yun Yun looked at the hidden cave with some surprise. She also realized
that the reason she hadn't discovered Yanran's secret for so long must be
because of this secret base.
"Hmm," Yanran simply nodded in response to Yunyun's question.
"Kneel down," Xiao Yan commanded, sitting on the bed where Yanran
usually lay.
"What?" Yanran was clearly not used to this and stared at Xiao Yan in
surprise.
"Now that you're my slave, isn't it normal for you to kneel before your
master?" Xiao Yan said. "Kneel down!"
With a "plop," Yanran knew she had nothing to say after hearing Xiao Yan's
words, so she obediently knelt down in front of him. Seeing this, Yun Yun
could only sigh helplessly. Although she felt sorry for her beloved disciple, Yun
Yun knew that Yanran's character really needed to be tempered by such
setbacks and humiliations.
"Xiao Yan, how do you plan to punish Yanran? Can you… not go too far?"
Yun Yun still felt sorry for Yanran and turned to Xiao Yan to plead.
"Don't worry, I'm just returning what she did to me," Xiao Yan replied.
"Now, take off your boots."
Xiao Yan then gave Nalan Yanran an order.
Yanran obediently took off her boots, revealing her small feet in black
stockings. Instantly, a strong smell of foot odor filled the cave, causing Yunyun
to frown and mutter to herself, "This girl's feet really smell too easily."
However, Xiao Yan was used to this, and he then ordered, "Take off your
stockings too."
Yanran took off two more pairs of black stockings, revealing her fair and
delicate little feet.
It must be said that although the smell of Yanran's feet was extremely
pungent, her feet were indeed fair, delicate, and beautiful—truly exquisite feet.
It's just that the smell…
"Alright, now kneel over there, just like you did to me back then."
Xiao Yan then pointed to the pillar next to him.
After Yanran knelt down, Xiao Yan picked up a rope and tied her hands
behind the pillar. He then tied her knees to the sides with the rope, securing
them in the same position as he had done before.
"Next," Xiao Yan picked up a pair of stockings that Yanran had taken off,
crumpled them into a ball, pinched Nalan Yanran's chin, and stuffed them into
Nalan Yanran's mouth.
"Waaaaah!"
When the stocking was stuffed into her mouth, Yanran felt a strong stench
in her mouth, accompanied by a salty and fishy taste. She immediately felt
nauseous and wanted to spit the stocking out of her mouth, but Xiao Yan had
already used another stocking to gag Yanran.
"How does it feel to have your own stockings stuffed in your mouth? Don't
worry, this is just the beginning. I'll make you pay for everything else one by
one," Xiao Yan said fiercely.
"Next, smell your stinky shoes."
Xiao Yan picked up one of Nalan Yanran's boots, shoved the top of the
boot directly into Nalan Yanran's face, and then secured it with a rope.
The moment the boots were placed over her face, Yanran could clearly feel
the stench hitting her, which was also damp and hot, making it hard for her to
open her eyes.
"Oh my god, are my feet that smelly?"
Yanran was somewhat surprised by the smell in her boots; indeed, she had
never smelled her boots carefully before.
At this moment, she finally began to understand how much pain Xiao Yan
had suffered back then.
Yun Yun, standing to the side, was also shocked by Xiao Yan's actions. She
understood that what Xiao Yan was doing now was exactly what Yan Ran had
done to him, and what shocked her was Yan Ran's ruthlessness in the past.
"It seems that Yanran really needs to be taught a harsh lesson before she
can control her temper," Yun Yun thought.
"Next, this is my own original creation." Xiao Yan walked behind Yanran,
squatted down, and then stretched out his hands to vigorously scratch
Yanran's bare feet that were upside down.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!"
Yanran, whose soles were being tickled, immediately began to struggle
violently. Her small mouth, which was stuffed with socks, kept emitting
indistinct laughter. Yanran's soles were particularly ticklish, and in terms of
sensitivity, she was no less than her teacher, Yunyun.
Moreover, this wasn't like before when Xiao Yan shrunk down and tickled
the soles of his feet inside his shoes. Instead, it was like he was back to normal
size and scratching himself hard with his hands. The itchiness was
incomparable to what he felt before; it felt like an electric current coursing
through his entire body.
Yanran wanted to laugh out loud, but the stockings in her mouth
prevented her from doing so.
At this moment, Nalan Yanran was in great discomfort. The itching in her
feet was so intense that she felt like she was dying, as if thousands of ants were
biting her entire body.
Meanwhile, in his mouth and nasal cavity, he was constantly savoring the
stench of his own feet.
The pungent stench made Nalan Yanran want to vomit several times, and
she felt nauseous as if her stomach was churning.
But the stockings stuffed in her mouth prevented her from doing so.
The itching sensation on the soles of her feet continued. Xiao Yan seemed
to have no pity for Yanran, tickling her soles incessantly, giving her no time to
rest.
Yanran could already feel her consciousness slowly fading.
Yun Yun sat beside her, watching Yanran struggle violently as her feet were
tickled. She couldn't help but recall when Xiao Yan had tickled her feet before,
and her pretty face flushed slightly. She thought to herself, "Was I like this
when this little guy tickled my feet before?"
After an unknown amount of time, Xiao Yan finally noticed that Yanran's
struggles had lessened. Looking up, he saw that Yanran's head was drooping
and she was motionless. Yun Yun also realized something was wrong and
quickly ran over, removing the boot from Yanran's face. She saw that Yanran's
eyes were closed, and she had obviously fainted.
I just don't know if she fainted from the smell of her own feet or from lack
of oxygen due to prolonged laughing.
"Yanran, Yanran, are you alright?" Yunyun anxiously patted Yanran's face
and called out.
"Don't worry, she just fainted, she'll be fine. I fainted quite a few times
when she was torturing me like that."
Xiao Yan spoke calmly, his tone uneventful, but he began to untie the ropes
binding Yanran.
After putting Yanran down, Yunyun took out the gag and gently placed her
on her lap. She pinched Yanran's philtrum, trying to wake her up. After a
while, Yanran finally woke up slowly. Looking at Yunyun's anxious face, she
suddenly burst into tears and threw herself into Yunyun's arms.
"Waaaaah, teacher, just now, just now I felt so bad, I thought I was going to
never see you again."
Yanran cried in Yunyun's arms. The experience of suppressing her laughter
in the stench was like hell for her. She finally understood how much Xiao Yan
had suffered back then.
"You can't even handle this? Compared to what you did to me back then,
this is less than a tenth of what you did to me." Xiao Yan coldly observed the
weeping Yanran from the side and said in a cold tone.
"Yanran, I know you're in pain, but think back to when Xiao Yan was
tormented even more by you. This is the punishment you deserve for your past
mistakes, and you have no choice but to continue. Don't worry, I'll be with
you."
Although it pained her, Yunyun knew she had to harden her heart at this
moment, so she could only gently stroke Yanran's hair to comfort her.
"Mmm," Yanran nodded in Yunyun's arms.
"Alright, let's end this touching master-disciple relationship here. My
punishment for you isn't over yet." After watching for a while, Xiao Yan
interrupted the two, "Sect Leader Yun, do you have any 'Little Man Pills' on
you?"
"I didn't bring any of those things with me." Yun Yun shook her head
helplessly.
"I…I have," Yanran whispered.
"Take it out," Xiao Yan commanded coldly. Then Yanran took out a jade
bottle from her storage ring.
"You know how to do it, right? I won't feed you. Just take one yourself."
Xiao Yan said coldly as he watched Yanran take out the familiar pill from the
jade bottle.
Looking at the pill in her hand, Yanran was filled with mixed feelings. This
was originally a pill she used to toy with Xiao Yan, but now it was going to be
used on her. After hesitating for a moment, she gritted her teeth and
swallowed the pill.
Immediately afterwards, her body shrank rapidly.
After Xiao Yan shrunk, Nalan Yanran picked him up and, just as she had
done before, threw him into her own smelly stockings, then put him into her
boots. "You'll stay here from now on. I'll let you out tomorrow."
Xiao Yan spoke to the boots, then placed them in front of Yun Yun.
"Xiao Yan, wait a moment." Yun Yun called out to Xiao Yan as he turned to
leave. "Xiao Yan, are you… are you leaving?"
"Sect Leader Yun, do you want me to stay?" Xiao Yan asked, turning his
head.
"Hmm, Xiao Yan, didn't you want to punish Yanran? How can you punish
her if you don't keep her in the Yunlan Sect?"
Yun Yun nodded and said, "Moreover, Xiao Yan, you have great talent. If
you can stay in Yunlan Sect, I will definitely give you the best resources."
Yun Yun genuinely wanted to keep Xiao Yan this time.
Having witnessed Xiao Yan's potential, I felt even more strongly that Xiao
Yan was a promising talent.
Moreover, Yun Yun had already developed some different feelings for Xiao
Yan at this time.
Therefore, rather than deciding to keep Xiao Yan after witnessing his
talent and perseverance, it would be more accurate to say that they finally
found a legitimate reason to keep him.
"I can stay if you want, but my condition remains the same: I want to stay
in your shoe." Xiao Yan didn't mince words in response to Yun Yun's plea to
stay, directly stating his conditions.
"Ah, didn't you say before that you were just pretending?" Yun Yun's eyes
widened in surprise upon hearing Xiao Yan's request.
"But this is the only thing I'm not faking," Xiao Yan said with a smile,
glancing at Yun Yun's beautiful feet hidden in her high heels. "If Sect Leader
Yun doesn't agree, then I'll have no choice but to leave."
"No, no, no, I promise."
Yun Yun quickly grabbed Xiao Yan. How could she possibly refuse Xiao
Yan's request? She was willing to pay a price to keep this little guy with
unlimited potential, whom she had already secretly developed feelings for.
Besides, she didn't dislike Xiao Yan staying in her shoe at all; on the contrary,
she quite liked it.
"Alright then, Sect Master Yun, I'll stay by your side." Xiao Yan turned
around and smiled contentedly.