Since the Dancer didn’t appear to pick up on her odd state, Bianca just moved away and watched as the others also woke up, carefully paying attention to their reactions. Jia Bo Xun didn’t have any kind of unusual response, only seeming to blush a little at seeing Bianca’s body before looking away, like the good girl- uh, regur person that she was.

  ‘I shouldn’t be so quick to think of lewding anyone in my group, even if… there’s technically no reason not to. Somehow, having someone that I’m not fucking constantly seems like it would be a good idea…’ Bianca figured, turning her attention to the remaining few.

  Han Rushu didn’t hesitate for even a moment to ogle Bianca’s tits and ass when she spotted her retively naked form. A bulge quickly formed down below, although she seemed to have enough tact not to try and proposition Bianca out in the open. That was for the best, as she was still rather tempted to give the bcksmith a piece of her mind behind closed doors ter.

  Ideally, straight in Han Rushu’s ass for a change.

  ‘… That vision didn’t do me any favours. I’m thinking better, but all of those thoughts are about sex…’ she kept in a sigh.

  With everyone awake and looking in her general direction, the remnants of modesty remaining in her won out, as she crossed her arms to cover up her nipples. It was harder to cover up down below, so she didn’t bother.

  “Well… We’re not far from the town now, right?” Bianca asked.

  “It should be within a few hours of walking at most,” Huang Su replied, gncing at their surroundings, “Do you wish to be in charge once you’re there, Mistress?”

  “… I’m not familiar with the pce. It would be best if you led us while we’re there, at least at first,” she decided after a moment, “We still aren’t sure which pce we’re going to?”

  “Well, judging by the angle of the coast here, I think we’ll end up at Heart’s Core Town,” the kitsune pointed east, where a sandy beach began less than a dozen metres from them, “See how it’s curving north? It matches the maps quite well.”

  “Indeed, that appears to be the case. It was difficult to assess properly the day before, but it seems far more obvious now,” the Sect Master confirmed.

  “… It was more difficult to see from above than the ground?” Bianca couldn’t help but ask.

  Huang Su shook her head, “There were certain obstructions in the way, like the tall trees here, as well as the energy remaining in the air from our fight on the Dawntreader. My apologies, Mistress.”

  It sounded strange, but given that satellites could have their view obscured by various things as well, she could believe it. After all, increased range of vision didn’t necessarily mean that every little detail was easily visible from afar, only that it was visible in general.

  “Well, let us not stay too long. Get dressed and prepare to head out within… hm, ten minutes.”

  The time was arbitrary, and her own mood was mixed, but when everyone was eventually ready, they set off, Bianca in the front with Song Ming and Huang Su to her sides. Song Ming was mostly there to keep an eye on her state, to cheer her up if needed, and the Sect Master would provide direction to the entrance of Heart’s Core Town.

  ‘What a name, though… just the ke plus ‘town’ at the end. Whether Antanian or North Antanian, it feels like we had more ideas back home…’ she grumbled to herself in her thoughts, ‘Even my own skills have… never mind.’

  She had yet to come up with a better name for the dick-summoning skill, so she was hardly the one to talk about naming.

  “Mistress, how are you feeling?” Song Ming asked a short way into their trip, “Do you need me to-”

  “Sweetie, there’s not much you could do right now, even if it was sexual stuff. Maybe if we had a vehicle of some kind, but while walking…” she shook her head, “Let’s just focus. You never know when something might jump out at us, either.”

  “Well, I am able to sense a wide area around us-”

  “I know, I know… What should I be expecting in there?”

  Bianca looked in the direction she thought the town to be – with the particur angle of the beach and the plentiful foliage, it was effectively impossible for her to make out anything past it all – and asked nobody in particur.

  “Unlike the sects, towns tend to have hereditary leadership. Last time I checked, a man by the name of Liang Long was in charge here,” the kitsune began, “The key here is to not upset the leader, and not do anything too significant against their traditions. If we manage that, we’ll be fine.”

  “Furthermore, they have no particur reverence for the sects on the east of the Heart Lake. We should be able to get by even if your faces have been shown on wanted posters there,” Huang Su added, “Still, it would be best to not draw attention to them, or to any simirities in appearance.”

  “Couldn’t you just say that we’re alright and that they’ve got the wrong people? You do still have some status around here, right?” Bianca asked.

  “I… although my identity is likely to be exposed in the near future, presenting myself openly can threatened the disciples of the Phoenix Sect, as well. It would cause unnecessary trouble there, and bring unnecessary attention to us as well. It would be best for us to avoid such a thing until we can establish our position and status without relying on me… is what I think, Mistress.”

  ‘Your act isn’t very good today… or maybe I’m just paying closer attention,’ she tried not to look at the Sect Master with too much suspicion, ‘But that is technically true, just… ugh. We’ll see how it pys out in Heart’s Core Town.’

  Seeing that the questioning didn’t continue, Huang Su rexed, and Bianca returned her attention to the front, walking ahead through the most obvious route through the forest. It was extremely comfortable and straightforward, feeling more like a hiking path, and that was when she realised it likely was.

  “I think we’re close. This road feels well-travelled,” she said.

  “Most likely, yes. Shen Vilge to the north may well take this route to trade with Heart’s Core Town,” the kitsune nodded, “I’d expect the rest of the trip to be no longer than one or two hours, then.”

  That was fortunate, as Bianca had gotten rather tired of walking. Not due to physical exertion – although she was getting awfully sweaty for whatever reason, not that Song Ming or Yu Juan seemed to mind – but more so due to the retively boring ndscape. There weren’t many fantasy things for her to admire, nothing glowing or shining, and although she refused Song Ming’s offer, she would’ve preferred to be able to fuck instead.

  Since she couldn’t make anything interesting happen on the road, and she couldn’t really sink into her own mind would having to confront anything and everything that wasn’t right with her life, she was left with little choice but to just walk forward until the end.

  “Mistress, we are nearly there. Do you wish me to walk in front?” Huang Su’s voice tore through the monotony, prompting Bianca’s eyes to focus and look ahead.

  Indeed, the road had improved somewhat, turning from a random dirt path to a road paved with rock, each one polished on top to be perfectly smooth, although they weren’t aligned especially well. There was plenty of room between some of the rocks, and so it was easy to step on dirt or otherwise get a foot into one of the gaps.

  Still, it was progress, and as they walked, the road became more and more refined, eventually leading up to a rge entrance to the town. There were no gates – and in fairness, with most threats being able to either jump over or fly around, they seemed a little pointless in this world – but there were walls that were roughly two metres tall, made up of wood for the most part, horizontal logs that were seemingly plunged into rge bricks of greyish stone.

  It was a curious wall, though it wasn’t anywhere near as impressive as the sects she had seen. In particur, those three in the mountains, visible from the vilge she had awakened in.

  There were guards at either side of the opening in the wall, and they instantly focused on them and ignored all others when they got near. Bianca had a somewhat striking appearance thanks to her Demon Queen outfit and pale skin, light hair and mostly-red eyes, but the others weren’t exactly subtle either.

  “Halt! Decre your purpose here!” one of the guards stopped them, coming up to the middle of the road.

  He was in the third realm, so he didn’t appear too afraid of most of them, and either he didn’t take note of Huang Su, or didn’t notice her cultivation. She was hiding her identity again, so perhaps she was able to hide her cultivation without completely hiding the aura that Bianca used to identify such things.

  “Resting for a day or two, then moving along,” Bianca replied before Huang Su could, seeing no reason to disguise their intent.

  “Hm… Very well, move along, but we’ll be watching you,” the guard responded, letting them by surprisingly easily.

  As they proceeded past them, Bianca realised the potential reason, as the guard had rushed over to his fellow and was pointing towards Huang Su’s departing back. Clearly, they finally noticed her cultivation.

  It was a little strange, but she couldn’t be bothered with the oddities of the people here. Her priority now was simply to get to a pce where she could rest, and do so.

  “Do either of you know of a good pce to stay the night here?” Bianca asked the Sect Master and kitsune, as she kept walking down the street, looking around at the surrounding buildings.

  They were all retively simple, each positioned on slightly elevated ptforms and with paper covering much of the outside. There weren’t many – if any – gss windows, and the majority of doors were sliding, rather than opening inward or outward – making it resemble North Antania or Enia in architecture.

  Most of the buildings on this road were shops, with people sitting out in front and advertising various products that were id to their sides, with openings in the doors showcasing various products on shelves.

  Nothing out there caught her eye, so she didn’t bother looking after the first few stores.

  “There is a certain pce that served filling meals and had comfortable beds, it should be the perfect opportunity for us to finally rex and get the sleep that we have missed out on,” Huang Su lightly nodded her head towards the south-west, “The Braised Dragon Inn, it is hard to miss.”

  “Long Shiyi never got upset at that,” Bianca couldn’t help but ask.

  “Nah, she’s got better things to do than that. Besides, you should see the ‘Skinned Qilin’, the ‘Finest Phoenix Plume’ and the like,” Xue Yaling chuckled, “The ancient beasts didn’t really care, and if they felt upset for any reason, they would just fuck the owner or the owner’s wife, or mother, sister, daughter – assuming they were of age, of course – and settle matters that way.”

  “Uh… that’s certainly one way to do things.”

  “It’s one you’d love to engage in too, wouldn’t you?” the grin was practically audible in the kitsune’s voice, “No more waiting for your foes to leave you alone – just barge in and fuck them until they can do nothing but think of your cock, isn’t that right?”

  Yet again, Bianca was happy that she hadn’t summoned her cock, especially with all the gazes that ended up on their little group. Clearly, this was not the kind of subject they tended to discuss around here.

  “Shut your mouth for now, dumbass,” Bianca snapped at her, sighing, “Do you get off on bringing everyone’s attention to us? Are you some kind of exhibitionist?”

  “As if you’re not drawing attention to us either, Sect Mistress,” the kitsune shrugged.

  It was true that her words also earned plenty of looks, so she lowered her voice a little and replied.

  “That may be so, but you’re still an exhibitionist,” she muttered.

  “I don’t intend to deny that allegation entirely… though I tend to prefer seeing others exposed out in public. It’s hot, you’ve got to agree.”

  “… As long as nobody but me can touch them,” Bianca gave it a moment of thought and responded.

  To her side, Song Ming seemed to blush as easily as ever, and even Yu Juan looked a little flustered, which was a little rarer… not counting the way she appeared within her own mental domain, which was certainly something.

  ‘Fuck, I wish I’d had the time to shove my cock into that wet throat and pound her face until… hah… I can’t do this. Not right now,’ she forced the lewd thoughts away, even as she felt the phantom sensation of a boner.

  Her body had gotten a cock so many times by this point that it sometimes felt strange to go without it, and she had formed a certain association between arousal and having a thick, hard, throbbing thing jutting out from her groin. At this point, there was no hope of removing such an association, but she did want to remain careful enough not to conjure it up any time she felt horny. Otherwise, the dress she was wearing would make it all too obvious.

  ‘… Would that be so bad?’

  That thought should’ve come and gone, but for whatever reason, it refused to budge. It joined the swarm of other intrusive thoughts with ease – indeed, she was strong enough at this point, and had proper backing in the form of Huang Su, even if said backing refused to be too proactive in showcasing herself.

  If she wanted to walk around with a bulge in her dress, could anyone really stop her? At most, she’d get a few dirty looks, maybe someone would compin under their breath, but that was the worst of it.

  Dragon blood tended to flow in a few people as well, so if anyone saw it, they’d just assume she had some in her veins…

  ‘I shouldn’t do it yet, but… it’s something to consider. When I’ve got my sect, I should definitely let my cock show. Maybe I’ll be able to get some disciples into my bed- no, no, not again…’ she bit her lip to try and focus through the pain, “Anyway, how far?”

  “Only a little more to go, turn right here and… there it is, Mistress,” Huang Su pointed quickly forward, to the prominent sign pced on the middle floor of the three-floored structure.

  It contained the name of the inn, as well as a rather cartoonish image of a dragon that coiled around the words, almost like a mascot. The atmosphere around it was certainly friendly enough, so Bianca pushed down all of the lewd thoughts that kept trying to surface and headed towards the open doors.

  The structure was on the rger side, so even with the retively open floorpn of the first floor, she could see several doors into other rooms, chambers and, presumably, at least one staircase that wasn’t evident from the outside. There were two other floors, after all, likely housing rooms to stay or to eat in private, so unless the expectation was for everyone to leap or fly, there had to be some way up.

  Bianca paused for a moment near the entrance, gncing back to let Huang Su signal whether everything was safe, then walked in with long, proud strides, as though entering her kingdom.

  Right by the doorway, two of the inn’s employees bowed to them, both dressed in more traditional Pnar Continental garb. Long robes with an embroidered dragon curling around their bodies looked rather regal for a moment, before Bianca recalled that the ck of any pnar materials in their outfits made the robes far cheaper. For a smaller town like this, though, it was still enough to draw attention.

  “Welcome, dear customers. Would you like to dine in public, or in private?”

  “Do you also offer a pce to stay?”

  The other employee responded, “We typically only offer rooms nearer to the end of the day, for an overnight stay. If you’re interested, please ask in the evening.”

  “Inconvenient. Fine, we’ll be eating in private,” Bianca sighed, waving the attendant away, “Get on it.”

  “Yes, dear customers,” the man didn’t present any compints, perfectly performing his job, although Bianca could hardly tell whether he had any issues internally.

  She had a hard enough time standing too close to them, as the men had a rather unpleasant scent, not to mention how little effort she wanted to spare in looking at a man’s face in the first pce. It didn’t help that the moment they came inside, she could feel a few gazes on her and her group, containing an obvious degree of lust that made her shudder from disgust.

  ‘Fuck… I’m banning men from even getting close to the sect. Any merchants will have to hire women if they want to trade with me…’ another idle thought popped into her head as she followed the employee to one of the many doors, which slid open to reveal a staircase.