Villain: Manipulating the Heroines into hating the Protagonist

Chapter 926: More Healing Sessions

Days bled into nights in the quiet, damp isolation of the cave. A routine, strange and intimate, began to form between the fallen Sect Mistress and the young disciple who had become her entire world.

Wang Jian played the role of the capable provider to perfection. He would leave for short periods, hunting ordinary game in the surrounding spirit-beast-free woods, returning with fresh meat that he would cook over a smokeless spiritual fire. He treated her with a reverence that was slowly, subtly shifting into something more possessive.

Every day, without fail, they had a "healing session."

And every day, the sessions became a little longer, a little more invasive, as he claimed he needed to "reach deeper meridians" that were buried beneath layers of muscle and skin.

"Sect Mistress, forgive me," he said one evening, his voice grave as she lay on the stone slab. "The secondary meridian channels in your lower abdomen... they are responding poorly. I need to apply the Verdant Essence more directly to stimulate them."

Lianhua, already used to his touch on her shoulders and back, nodded weakly. "Do what you must, Wang Jian."

He didn’t hesitate. He slid his hands under her tattered, bloodstained outer robes. His palms, warm and calloused, moved over the thin silk of her undergarments, resting flat against the soft, yielding skin of her stomach, just inches above her pussy.

She trembled, her abdominal muscles clenching instinctively at the intimate contact. It was terrifyingly close to her most private area.

"Relax," he murmured, his voice a soothing, hypnotic drone. "Let the energy flow. Don’t fight it."

He began to knead her flesh gently, pushing the healing energy deep. It felt... good. Too good. A warm, liquid heat that spread from his hands, pooling in her lower belly, dangerously close to stirring feelings she hadn’t felt in centuries.

A few days later, he introduced a new "complication."

"There’s a stubborn knot of necrotic Qi," he announced, frowning as he probed her chest area. "Right here, near the heart protector meridian. It’s blocking the flow to your upper limbs."

He didn’t wait for permission this time. He placed both hands firmly on the upper slopes of her massive breasts.

Lianhua gasped, her eyes flying open.

"Sorry," he muttered, sounding distracted, purely professional. "I have to break it up. It requires... pressure."

He began to massage her breasts. It was ostensibly medicinal, his thumbs digging into "pressure points," but in reality, he was brazenly fondling her. He kneaded the incredible softness of her globes, feeling their heft, their warmth. His knuckles brushed against her nipples, which betrayed her by hardening instantly against the thin fabric of her undergarments.

He spent a long time on that "knot," his hands exploring the magnificent contours of her chest under the unimpeachable guise of healing. He apologized profusely every time she flinched too hard.

"Forgive this junior’s clumsiness, Sect Mistress. The blockage is very deep."

His constant apologies, his seeming dedication, only made her trust him more. He was a gentleman, she told herself. He was doing unpleasant, necessary work to save her.

As her strength slowly returned, so did her ability to converse. During the long hours between healing sessions, they talked. It was a necessary part of his psychological siege.

"Tell me about the Crimson Pill Sect, Sect Mistress," he asked one night, sitting by the small fire. "What was it like, before all this? What was your vision for it?"

She spoke, at first hesitantly, then with more passion, about her dreams of a sect focused on healing, on elevating the Dao of Alchemy, rather than petty power struggles. He listened with rapt attention, playing the role of the sympathetic, admiring junior disciple perfectly.

Then, he opened up to her. He spun her a carefully edited version of his own history, designed to make him seem relatable, heroic, and trustworthy.

"I wasn’t born into this world of immortals," he told her, staring into the fire with a melancholic look. "I was just a farmer’s brat. My parents... they were good people, but they just wanted me to till the fields, marry a nice village girl, and die in the same mud I was born in."

Lianhua watched him, intrigued. "You are a mortal-born cultivator? That path is... incredibly difficult."

"It is," he agreed, letting a sad smile touch his lips. "I wanted more. I knew I had to get to the capital if I ever wanted a chance to be tested by a sect. But a peasant boy with no connections? No one would even look at me."

He looked at her, his eyes shining with a mixture of feigned vulnerability and determination. "That’s when I met Lingshan. Princess Yue Lingshan, back then."

"The princess?" Lianhua asked, surprised.

"Yes. It was... unexpected," he lied smoothly, weaving his tale. "She saw something in me. Not the dirt on my clothes, but... me. We fell in love. It was crazy, a princess and a pauper. But she used her status to get us both tested by the Mystic Peak Sect recruiters."

He chuckled softly. "Turns out, we both had talent. We joined the sect together. We promised to protect each other, always. That’s... that’s why I couldn’t just leave you there, Sect Mistress. I know what it’s like to need someone. To have someone stand up for you when no one else will."

Lianhua felt a pang in her chest. His story was so... pure. So noble. A true Dao companionship, forged in adversity. It was everything her own life, filled with political maneuvering and betrayals like Fu Yan’s, had lacked.

"You are a good man, Wang Jian," she said softly, her voice thick with emotion. "Lingshan is... very fortunate."

The conversation turned to her recent losses. The dam finally broke. She began to weep, mourning Elder Han, Elder Guan, all those who had died for her.

Wang Jian moved to her side immediately. He didn’t say anything. He just pulled her into his arms, holding her while she sobbed against his chest.

It was a purely "platonic" comforting hug.

But for Wang Jian, it was anything but. He could feel every astounding curve of her mature body pressed against him. Her massive breasts were squashed against his chest, he could feel their incredible softness and heat even through their clothes. Her tears soaked his shoulder, but his mind was focused entirely on the feel of her body, the scent of her hair.

It was incredibly, dangerously erotic. He held her, stroking her hair, while his own body responded with a hard, demanding erection that he carefully kept angled away from her hip.

After a week of this intense physical and emotional intimacy, she had recovered significantly. She reached the Fifth Stage of Qi Condensation. It was a pathetic level compared to her former glory, but she could walk around without help, she could use basic storage artifacts, and she felt like a living person again, not just a broken doll.

Wang Jian monitored her constantly. He knew exactly how much power she had. He was keeping her in the perfect sweet spot: strong enough to feel grateful and hopeful, but weak enough to be utterly, completely dependent on him for survival.

"We cannot stay here forever, Sect Mistress," he announced one morning. "It’s not safe, and I need better resources—proper alchemy furnaces, specific spirit herbs—to speed up your recovery and tackle the deeper damage."

"Where can we go?" she asked, looking at him with total reliance.

"There is a medium-sized cultivator city about three days’ travel from here," he said. "White Stone City. It’s neutral territory. We can rent a secure courtyard there, hide in plain sight. I can buy what we need."

They left the cave. Because she was still weak, they couldn’t fly fast or use high-level movement techniques. They had to travel overland for much of the way, moving like mortal martial artists.

It extended the journey, and it extended their intimacy.

The terrain was rough. Often, she needed help.

"Careful, Sect Mistress, this ridge is steep," he would say, offering his arm.

Other times, it was more than just an arm. "Allow me," he’d murmur, sweeping her up into his arms to carry her across a fast-flowing stream or up a treacherous rock face.

She would wrap her arms around his neck, her body pressed against his. He made sure there were plenty of "accidents."

A hand slipping while lifting her, cupping the full, heavy curve of her buttock, squeezing it for just a second too long before "adjusting" his grip.

"Oh, apologies, slipped," he’d mutter.

"It... it is fine," she’d stammer, her face flushing.

Once, while helping her down from a high ledge, he "stumbled," his chest brushing firmly, slowly, against her enormous breasts, his arm getting tangled between them for a moment.

The physical reliance was breaking down centuries of stoic walls. Lianhua, despite her age and status, found herself noticing him. Really noticing him. He was young, yes, but he was handsome. Strong. Capable. And he was taking care of her with a devotion that no one else ever had.

At night, they camped out under the stars. He would take the night watch, insisting she sleep. She would lie awake sometimes, watching his silhouette against the firelight, feeling a strange, unfamiliar warmth in her chest that had nothing to do with Qi.

Wang Jian’s own patience, meanwhile, was wearing razor-thin. Being this close to such a magnificent, voluptuous woman, having her practically in his arms day and night without actually taking her... it was testing his legendary self-control to its absolute limit.

’Soon,’ he told himself, gritting his teeth as he watched her sleep, her chest rising and falling. ’Once we are in the city. Once we are secure behind four walls. She’ll feel safe enough to let her guard down completely. And then... I collect.’

They finally arrived at White Stone City. Wang Jian used a fake identity—a wandering rogue cultivator and his "ailing aunt"—to rent a quiet, secluded courtyard in a decent part of town.

"This will be our temporary home," he declared, closing the heavy wooden gates and activating the simple privacy arrays included with the rental. "Here, we are safe."

Lianhua looked around the small, neat courtyard. It felt like a sanctuary.

"Now," Wang Jian said, turning to her with a serious expression, "that we are settled, I can attempt it. The most difficult part of the healing. Restoring the integrity of your actual dantian."

Her eyes lit up. "You can fix the dantian itself?"

"I believe so," he lied smoothly. "But it will require... the most intense, intimate contact yet."

That evening, in the main bedchamber of the rented courtyard, Wang Jian prepared for the "major procedure." He lit incense—not poisonous this time, just calming—and set up a few extra spirit stone formations to gather Qi.

He turned to Lianhua, his face grave. "Sect Mistress... for this... I cannot have any spiritual interference. Not even from ordinary silk."

She looked at him, confused. "What do you mean?"

"Your clothes," he said, his voice a little rough. "They have minor defensive weaves, standard for high-grade robes. They will scatter the Verdant Essence if I try to push it directly into the dantian’s core. You must... be unclothed."

Lianhua froze. This was a massive step. A monumental breach of propriety. A Sect Mistress, naked before a junior male who was her disciple’s companion?

But the temptation was too great. He was offering her back her foundation. Her future. The desire for vengeance, for restoration, outweighed her modesty.

"Very well, Wang Jian," she said, her voice trembling slightly. "I... I trust you. You are a healer. This is necessary."

She went behind a changing screen. He heard the rustle of silk.

When she stepped out, she was wrapped only in a thin, white bed sheet, holding it tightly around herself. Her face was flushed a deep, becoming pink.

"Lie down, please," he said, gesturing to the bed.

She lay down on her back, rigid with tension.

Wang Jian sat on the edge of the bed. He didn’t hesitate. He gently, but firmly, took the edge of the sheet and pulled it down to her waist.

Her magnificent upper body was revealed to him fully for the first time. No hurried glances in a foggy bathhouse this time. She was right there.

The candlelight danced over her skin. Her breasts were even more staggering without the constraints of her robes—heavy, luscious, sprawling slightly to the sides, topped with large, dark-pink aureoles and nipples that were already hardening in the cool air (and perhaps from something else). Her stomach was flat, smooth, leading down to the curve of her hips where the sheet barely covered her pussy.

He had to use every ounce of his willpower not to react visibly, to keep his ’professional healer’ mask in place.

"I’m beginning," he said hoarsely.

He placed both hands on her lower abdomen, just above her pussy, his thumbs almost brushing the hair that peeked out from under the sheet.

He began channeling the energy. He didn’t make it purely clinical this time. He deliberately made the healing energy sensuous. It was a warm, vibrating heat that didn’t just repair; it stimulated. It spread from her core, a tingling, pleasurable wave that washed through her sensitive spots from the inside out.

Lianhua’s breath hitched. Her eyes fluttered, losing focus. It felt... incredible. Intense. Arousal, long dormant, began to uncoil in her belly, fed by his energy.

"I need to balance the flow," he murmured, his voice dropping an octave. "The energy is pooling near your heart. I have to disperse it."

He moved one hand up from her belly. He didn’t hover. He didn’t hesitate. He placed his hand directly, firmly, cupping her massive left breast.

Lianhua gasped, her whole body jolting.

His thumb brushed across her hardened nipple. "Tell me if this hurts," he whispered.

It didn’t hurt. It felt electric.

Then, he did something unthinkable.

"Manual stimulation isn’t enough," he said, his voice thick, his eyes dark as they locked onto hers. "I need a more... direct conduit for the spiritual pressure."

Before she could even process his words, he leaned down.

His mouth closed over her right breast.

Lianhua cried out, a shocked, strangled sound. He wasn’t just kissing it. He took a large, hungry bite of her soft flesh, his teeth grazing her skin, before his tongue swirled out, laving the nipple. He began to suck, hard, drawing on her nipple as if trying to extract milk.

At the same time, his other hand, still on her left breast, stopped ’healing’ and started fondling. He squeezed the massive globe, kneading it like dough, his thumb rubbing rapidly back and forth over the erect nipple.

Lianhua’s mind reeled. This... this wasn’t healing. This was...

She was a pure fairy. She had guarded her innocence, her body, for hundreds of years. No man had ever touched her like this. And now, this junior... this boy... he was eating her breast!

"Wang... Jian..." she whimpered, trying to find her voice, trying to tell him to stop.

But her body wouldn’t obey her mind. The pleasure was blinding, overwhelming. The sensation of his hot mouth on her nipple, the suction, the way his teeth grazed her... it sent jolts of pure, white-hot lust straight to her groin. She was already wet, insanely wet, her juices soaking her thighs under the sheet.

Wang Jian knew. He knew that this action had blown his cover. She wasn’t stupid. She knew his intentions now.

’Can’t stop now,’ he thought, a savage thrill racing through him. ’Crossed the line. No going back.’

Damn, he had been looking forward to this. To tasting this magnificent body.

He didn’t stop. He sucked harder, making a wet, slurping noise that echoed in the quiet room. He bit down gently on her nipple, pulling it between his teeth, stretching it.

"Aaahhn!" Lianhua moaned, the sound loud, uncontrolled, shameful.

He moved his hand from her left breast down to her belly, then lower. He didn’t bother with the sheet anymore. He slid his hand right under it, his fingers finding the wet, slick heat of her pussy.

He looked up at her, his face smeared with her scent, his eyes blazing with triumphant, unmasked lust. He kept one hand on her breast, pinching the nipple hard, while his other hand dove into her wetness.

She was his. The line between healer and lover—between savior and conqueror—had been irrevocably, violently shattered. And she was too weak, too aroused, too desperate to do anything but moan.