darknovel Chapter 1 Wedges
Chapter 1 Wedges
Kuixing Island, Sishui Street, Liuyuan Hutong.
It was midday, and the sun was scorching, making the bluestone pavement gleam white. Right at the dappled light and shadow at the alley entrance, a plump figure slowly emerged, like a peony blooming under the blazing sun, instantly stealing all the colors around her.
The woman was about thirty-eight or thirty-nine years old, just like a ripe peach.
She possessed an extremely alluring figure, truly "a slender branch bearing abundant fruit." Her waist was so thin it seemed impossible to grasp, yet her breasts and hips were almost unfairly full, stretching her lotus-colored silk dress to its limit. With each breath, the dress rose and fell slightly, as if there were undercurrents of waves.
Looking at that face again, her eyebrows were like distant mountains shrouded in mist, her eyes like autumn waters rippling across the surface, and the corners of her eyes and brows naturally carried a captivating charm.
She wore no makeup, yet her skin was as smooth as jade, her lips were naturally red, and the corners of her mouth always held a half-smile, giving her an air of enduring charm and natural allure.
She wore a moon-white pleated skirt, and a pair of small feet wearing red embroidered shoes could be vaguely seen under the hem.
The woman's walking posture was very special; it was not the dignified, shuffling steps of an ordinary woman, but rather a slight twist of her waist and a swaying of her hips.
Her plump buttocks swayed beneath her skirt, drawing breathtaking arcs with every step, truly a graceful and swaying movement.
With each step she took, her body trembled slightly like a willow swaying in the breeze, exuding a captivating and alluring aura unique to mature women.
She carried a bamboo basket in her hand, which swayed gently with the movement of her arm, making her wrists appear even whiter than snow.
Along the way, the once bustling and noisy Sishui Street seemed to have been put on pause.
The vendors on both sides, whether it was an old man selling spirit herbs, a butcher killing fish, or even a low-level cultivator passing by, all couldn't help but be drawn to her.
Those pairs of eyes stared intently at her back, some with their Adam's apples bobbing, others even forgetting their work, letting the fish on the cutting board slip to the ground.
The air seemed to be filled with a sweltering heat, a visual impact brought about by vibrant colors and aromas.
The woman seemed accustomed to the unbridled, covetous gazes around her. With her chin slightly raised, she swayed into the bustling crowd, exuding a natural languor and pride, leaving everyone with only a graceful silhouette that stirred their imaginations.
The beautiful woman, carrying a basket, swayed gracefully as she walked deeper into the crowd. She seemed oblivious to the countless, almost tangible gazes behind her, or perhaps she had simply grown accustomed to being the center of attention on this street in Sishui.
As she passed by, an eerie unspoken understanding emerged in the otherwise bustling market.
Old Wang, who was selling spirit grains, had his scales hanging in mid-air, the weights swaying precariously, but he forgot to put them down.
Zhang, the butcher next door, was sharpening his boning knife on the whetstone with a "whoosh," but the blade had already gone astray, producing blinding sparks. His eyes, however, were fixed on the woman's swaying hips.
Even the customers who were haggling over the price forgot to fight over the few taels of silver. Their Adam's apples bobbed up and down, as if they had swallowed something indescribably hot.
Everyone pretended to be busy, but their peripheral vision seemed to be drawn like iron filings to a magnet, greedily following that lotus-colored figure.
Until the woman turned the street corner, her plump and pert buttocks drew one last enchanting arc in everyone's view before disappearing completely.
"boom--"
As if an invisible seal had been broken, the entire Sishui Street instantly erupted in chaos.
"Damn it! This ass, it's a gift from God!" Butcher Zhang threw down his knife with a clatter, wiped the sweat from his brow, and cursed gruffly, "Look at that swaying gait, like a water snake, it could steal your soul! I've been butchering pigs for twenty years, and I've never seen such a voluptuous ass!"
"Pah! What do you know, you pig butcher!" Old Wang, who sold spirit grains, spat, squinting his eyes with a look of reminiscence. "That's called 'seductive to the bone'! Look at that waist, tsk tsk, as thin as a willow branch, yet with those two big lumps of flesh hanging down... It jiggles when she walks, it makes my heart tremble!"
"Shut up, you old geezer! Aren't you afraid of hurting your back?" A young porter chuckled lewdly, his eyes filled with naked lust. "If you ask me, this woman is a born 'seductress'! Underneath that skirt... tsk tsk, I bet she's wearing open-crotch pants, just for the man's convenience..."
"Bullshit!" A fishmonger standing nearby blushed but couldn't help interrupting, "She's the 'Jade Lady' of Liuyuan Alley. I heard she used to be a concubine of a disciple of a major cultivation sect, but she was kicked out... That kind of woman is top-notch. Look at her eyes, so watery, isn't she just trying to seduce men?"
"Hey, I love being drained by women like this!" A low-level cultivator with a pockmarked face licked his lips, his eyes glazed over, clearly lost in some indescribable fantasy. "If I could spend a whole night on that 'willow waist,' I'd be willing to die from exhaustion, let alone be drained! That feeling, tsk tsk, is even more pleasurable than dual cultivation!"
"You? Your tiny, three-inch thing doesn't even deserve it!" Zhang the butcher glanced at him disdainfully, then drifted back into his fantasy, "If I could marry this woman... I'd have her ride on top of me every day, pour all my semen into her, and have her give me a litter of fat boys... Even if I'm drained dry and become a dried-up corpse in the end, I'd still fucking have it all!"
"Hahaha……"
A knowing, lewd laugh rippled through the crowd.
Vulgar language and explicit fantasies flowed freely on this street, which had just been "baptized" by the beautiful woman, like the filth of a sewer.
Everyone is indulging their most primal desires in this fantasizing frenzy.
The "Jade Lady" who had walked away listened to the foul language without expression.
Her eyes were calm and still, as if she were not talking about herself.
"Hmph, mortals..."
She silently recited it to herself, her tone carrying a hint of indifference and disdain.
The woman, carrying a basket, strolled along, her steps as light as a butterfly. She passed through several alleys and arrived at a shop with a sign that read "Gu's Monster Meat".
Before she even stepped inside, her clear yet slightly languid voice drifted in: "Old Gu, do you have any fresh level-two demon beast flesh and blood today?"
The shopkeeper was a lean man in his forties who was chopping meat on the cutting board with a boning knife. Hearing the noise, he quickly put down the knife and came out with a smile.
"Oh, isn't this Lady Yu?" Old Gu rubbed his hands together, his eyes involuntarily drifting towards the woman's voluptuous figure. "You've come at the perfect time! We just delivered a level-two swordfish today; its flesh and blood are at their freshest, and it even carries some spiritual energy!"
As he spoke, he turned around and took out a piece of fish meat with a pale blue sheen from the freezer. It was about the size of a washbasin and had a thin layer of frost on it.
"Look at this! This is genuine second-grade swordfish dorsal fin meat, incredibly nourishing. If you take it home and make soup, I guarantee your skin will be so supple and smooth, even better than those young girls'!"
The woman leaned forward, pressed the fish meat with her slender fingers, feeling its firm elasticity, and then sniffed it to make sure there was no strange smell before nodding in satisfaction.
"Alright, this is it. Same as always, separate the meat from the bone, no skin."
"Alright!" Old Gu replied quickly, picked up the knife, and deftly peeled off the fish skin, separating the fish meat from the bones and cutting it into pieces.
"Why didn't you bring your eldest daughter today!"
As he spoke, he quickly wrapped the fish meat and offal in paper and handed it to the woman.
"She went out to play with the young master!"
The woman took the meat, paid with spirit stones, and then turned to the fruit stall next door, where she bought some spirit fruits and ordinary fruits.
As she passed through the alleyway again, carrying a basket full of things, the eyes of the men who had just been fantasizing lit up once more.
As she carried her basket and walked step by step into the alley, her figure gradually disappeared from everyone's sight.
The group of men remained standing there, savoring the fleeting glimpse of her alluring figure, continuing their vulgar fantasies.