SWNOVELXO Chapter 162
Chapter 162: The Pact of the Peach Garden
By Morning Clouds and Evening Rain
It means sex; simply put, that perverted Colorful Horse guy is suggesting we have sex right now.
I grabbed the Colorful Horse’s wrist.
“Wow. Already so proactive…”
“I have no intention of sharing Cloud and Rain Pleasure with you.”
I firmly shot down the suggestion, pulling away the blushing Colorful Horse.
Maybe if I were meeting him for the first time, I wouldn’t know, but I knew all about his past. He used to be a man. No matter how much he has transformed into a woman’s body now, I have no intention to share Cloud and Rain Pleasure with that guy.
Of course, I have absolutely no intention of giving up my precious virginity to him either.
Thinking back to my previous life when I had encouraged him to become a woman, I still feel a shiver.
“Why is that? Hee hee hee. What part of me is lacking as a girl?”
The Colorful Horse said with a wink.
His beauty could easily charm any man.
But I wasn’t swayed at all.
No matter how beautiful the outer appearance, if the inside is ugly, then it’s ugly. The Colorful Horse before me was exactly that.
“What I desire is not the pleasure of the flesh. It is the pleasure of the heart, where our hearts completely merge. True Cloud and Rain Pleasure lies in mutual satisfaction of both mind and body. Physical pleasure alone is empty. That is the path I have established. But since you, Colorful Horse, are solely pursuing physical pleasure, we cannot share Cloud and Rain Pleasure together.”
“Do you really think so? Hee hee hee. If the hearts don’t connect, does that mean the body is useless?”
The Colorful Horse showed a hint of her chest as she spoke. The sweet scent emanating from her body intensified—an enchantment that could seduce any man.
I had already resisted the hypnosis of Jeoksawol, the most beautiful woman; the Colorful Horse’s beauty couldn’t even touch me.
My lower half didn’t even budge.
“Yes.”
The Colorful Horse’s gaze stirred as she met my eyes. Pink light sparkled in her gaze. I confidently sat before her.
A smile crept onto the Colorful Horse’s lips as she examined me.
“Ho ho ho ho ho, hee hee hee hee, hahahaha!!!”
The playful tone of a woman transformed into the hearty laughter of a man.
It was hilariously imbalanced to see a breathtaking beauty laugh so heartily.
“Goeryong, you really are amusing. The pleasure harmonizing mind and body is true pleasure indeed.”
The Colorful Horse’s tone shifted to that of a man.
Is this a split personality?
But it doesn’t seem odd for him to use a male tone since he used to be a man.
The Colorful Horse poured some wine and downed it in one go.
Despite looking like a stunning beauty, her actions were definitely masculine.
Thud.
The Colorful Horse placed her cup on the table.
“I found your Color Spectrum to be quite impressive. Pleasure of the heart, indeed. This is certainly a perspective that this Colorful Horse overlooked. I prided myself on conquering all pleasures of the world, yet the realm of the heart’s pleasure remains.”
The Colorful Horse said with a serious expression.
Lady Gu and Colorful Horse were neither suitable partners for Cloud and Rain Pleasure.
But unlike Lady Gu, the Colorful Horse immediately grasped the true value of my Color Spectrum.
So this is why it’s called the Colorful Horse?
I can’t let my guard down.
However, it was the first time someone recognized my true intentions. Thus, I decided to briefly share the secret of practicing my Color Spectrum.
“Only after our hearts are connected can we truly enjoy Cloud and Rain Pleasure, sharing the joy of clouds and rain. Bodily pleasure without the heart is merely half-hearted pleasure.”
True sex is when hearts are in sync.
This saying has been proven true by modern science. During sex that connects hearts, the love hormone oxytocin is released, leading to stronger orgasms and satisfaction.
On the other hand, in sex that only pursues pleasure, oxytocin is not properly released.
Behold, the Color Spectrum is that scientific.
“Half-hearted pleasure? Hee hee hee. It might be radical, but it’s not without merit. Goeryong, or rather, Sword Dragon.”
The Colorful Horse’s gaze turned towards me.
“To be honest, I was testing you earlier. Oh, I wasn’t lying about wanting to share Cloud and Rain Pleasure with you. If you had accepted, I would have truly considered offering myself to you. But you would have been disappointed. If a man could be swayed by such a mere temptation, he wouldn’t deserve the name Goeryong. But you not only overcame my temptation, but you also taught me a new path. The pleasure of the heart.”
The Colorful Horse quickly spit out her words, laughing.
“I never expected someone to enlighten this Colorful Horse with pleasure. Hahahahahahaha!!”
She laughed heartily.
So that was a test? It seems no normal genius exists among high-level martial artists. It seems you have to be missing a screw to be a master.
I was no longer surprised.
I thought as I sipped on my Pu-erh tea.
The aroma was nice.
“So, did I pass the test?”
“Of course! With flying colors! You surpassed my expectations.”
The Colorful Horse seemed genuinely impressed by my asserted Color Spectrum.
Hmph.
At least he has some discerning eyes.
“I wish to bind us as sworn brothers.”
But at the next words, I barely managed to swallow the tea in my mouth.
What?
Sworn brothers?
Sworn brother with the Colorful Horse? That can absolutely not happen.
The moment the rumor spreads that I have become sworn brothers with the Colorful Horse, my already solidified Goeryong image would be driven into an irreversible territory.
My hands trembled slightly.
“Are you joking?”
“Not at all! A full ten. I speak entirely truthfully, Goeryong. Will you not share the oath of sworn brothers with me?”
What is this, some Peach Garden Pact?
Why propose to be sworn brothers?
“I am of the Orthodox Faction, and you are a follower of the Demon Sect, right? How could we possibly be sworn brothers…?”
“The relationship between the Orthodox and Demonic factions cannot sever sworn brotherhood.”
I attempted to reject gently, but I failed.
The Colorful Horse gazed at me with a serious expression. It felt a little inappropriate to reject here.
Then it seems I must also set an absurd condition to make him give up.
“If you teach me the secret of the Heavenly Transformation Technique, then I’ll consider it.”
The Heavenly Transformation Technique.
It is an incomplete water regulation based technique that the Colorful Horse personally invented before falling into the Demon Sect.
I asked for the essence of that technique.
I had no intention of trying to undergo TS myself. That was out of the question for me.
I just wanted to use that unreasonable demand to reject the sworn brother proposal.
In the Martial World, asking for the essence of a top-secret technique is a grave taboo. Teaching a clandestine martial arts technique to an outsider completely contradicts the usual principles of the Martial World.
Thus, if the Colorful Horse were normal, or even not normal, there was no way he could accept my request.
“What? Ha, ha ha ha ha, hahaha!”
The Colorful Horse laughed at my words.
Good.
Now he will refuse. That’s all I need.
At that moment,
“If that’s what you say, then I will tell you.”
The next words from the Colorful Horse made me sour.
No way.
He is seriously considering it? This Colorful Horse is out of his mind!
“Why the grim face? Hee hee. If we were to become sworn brothers, wouldn’t that make you my brother, not just a stranger? Sharing martial arts secrets with a brother is no trouble at all! Hee hee hee. If you want, you can also become a woman and enjoy pleasure…”
“I’m not doing that.”
“Then why did you ask me to teach you?”
I cut off the dreadful idea, and the Colorful Horse asked me back.
As a master who reached the realm of purification after refining the water regulation in my previous life, I can’t deny I had some curiosity about a technique made from an incomplete water regulation.
However, I couldn’t admit that I knew the water regulation here. I wasn’t a eunuch.
‘…Perhaps I could grasp a clue to cure Sahyeong’s Stone Woman complex.’
I also knew that Sahyeong was a Stone Woman.
It was because she hadn’t had a normal period, and later I heard the truth from Dang Yeong-ryeong.
The fact that she was a Stone Woman must be a complex for Sahyeong, especially in a medieval martial world deeply rooted in Confucian duties about having children.
However, if there is a technique that completely transforms a man into a woman, it could be the breakthrough to resolve Sahyeong’s Stone Woman syndrome, right?
That thought suddenly struck me.
Anyway.
I didn’t expect him to hit back so hard when I casually threw out that request.
“To better understand women.”
“Hee hee. Then, if you share the oath of sworn brothers, I’ll share it with you.”
The Colorful Horse smiled seductively.
My head throbbed. Being sworn brothers with the Colorful Horse is absurd. But there was no escape. Why would he share his school’s top technique with anyone? Refusing at this point was impossible since he offered.
With a sense of resignation, I accepted the oath of sworn brothers cup from the Colorful Horse.
“Though we were born on different days, we now swear to cherish one another as brothers and pledge to die on the same day together.”
“I feel the same.”
It’s not even a peach forest; we are sharing an oath of brothers in a wine pond and meat forest.
This is insane.
I sighed inwardly as I downed the strong liquor in my cup.
Well.
At least I should find some comfort during my time in the Demon Sect, right?
—
At the same time,
The Heavenly Horse Hall’s Great Hall.
There stood Cheonma in a place overlooking the headquarters of the Heavenly Horse Church.
Drrrk.
Hearing the sound of the door opening, Cheonma turned around.
In Cheonma’s sight entered Jeoksawol, who appeared as Yeon Sowol.
“You’ve come.”
Cheonma said in a low voice.
Though Cheonma’s humanity had waned, he recognized he was the leader of the Heavenly Horse Church. Therefore, Jeoksawol’s intrusion was a serious issue.
It was none other than the top beauty, the number one of the Jianghu, with whom he couldn’t simply allow to disrupt the church.
“Yeomwang. I’ve accepted your request for a private meeting. Now tell me, why did you disguise yourself as a Post-Stimulation Indicator and come to my organization? And what about Goeryong?”
In Cheonma’s sight, Jeoksawol appeared. Since she was a master of the same level, detecting Jeoksawol’s emotions with the Heavenly Horse Divine Eye was impossible.
But the moment Cheonma mentioned Goeryong, it was only natural for confusion to appear on Jeoksawol’s face.
Her face flushed.
‘No way…’
Cheonma thought of a hypothesis in his mind again.
“That is…”
Jeoksawol began to speak, her heart racing.
Jeoksawol’s gaze captured Cheonma’s figure. Calmly settling her racing heart, she continued,
“The reason is that I am the Order Master of the Heavenly Alliance. Cheonma, if you have eyes, you must have noticed that the Blood Sect has begun its operations again in the shadows. And wasn’t your Demon Sect the most deeply connected faction to the Blood Sect? During the Orthodox-Demonic War, you were practically subjugated by the Blood Sect. Thus, it’s only natural for me as the Order Master to personally inspect the movements of the Demon Sect.”
At Jeoksawol’s composed words, Cheonma’s eyebrows twitched.
The Heavenly Alliance.
Cheonma recognized that mysterious faction. He also understood the vulnerabilities of his organization as Jeoksawol mentioned.
“I severed all ties with the Blood Sect when I ascended to the position of Cheonma. There might still be some remnants left, but… Anyway, those little pests are no match for me when I show my true power.”
“Even if one of the Five Demons is a collaborator of the Blood Sect?”
Jeoksawol narrowed her eyes.
The reason she infiltrated the Demon Sect disguised as a human was not to follow Lee Cheol-soo.
It was because she had received top secret intel that one of the Five Demons was a collaborator with the Blood Sect.
Hearing Jeoksawol’s words, Cheonma laughed.
“Hahahahahahahaha! Regardless, it makes no difference to me. No one can defeat me in the Heavenly Horse Church. Rather, I would hope that the Blood Sect would unite all the Five Demons and rebel against my church. That would make my mundane life as Cheonma a little more entertaining.”
As Cheonma laughed, black energy rippled from his body in all directions.
“There’s no one among masters who isn’t an exceptional talent.”
Seeing this, Jeoksawol narrowed her brow.
If there were betrayers, they should be hunted down.
But letting it just be a source of entertainment? Jeoksawol couldn’t understand Cheonma’s way of thinking.
He’s definitely no normal person.
Jeoksawol clicked her tongue at that moment.
“Yeomwang. Allow me to ask one more question.”
Cheonma’s voice pierced her ear.
“Speak.”
“Surely not, but… Are you perhaps harboring feelings for Goeryong as a woman?”
The moment Jeoksawol heard Cheonma’s question,
Her hand trembled. Her crimson eyes shook.