YIN-YANG DEVOURER

It was night as a carriage moved slowly through the streets of the City. The carriage was escorted by some imposing guards wearing black armor. Their golden capes made them look quite heroic, causing pedestrians on the street to look at them with eyes full of admiration.

"Which group do those soldiers belong to?"

"I don't know but they look more impressive than the royal lair."

"I think they are mercenaries… According to what I heard, they belong to a young captain who is a member of the Blood Wolves."

"Blood Wolves you said? I heard rumors that they are going to disintegrate in the next few days"

"Oh really? Why would they do it? Their fame is such that many consider them one of the best mercenary bands on the continent…"

"I don't know either but it seems that several of its members died and others seem to be looking to retire…"

"Well, it wouldn't be strange… They must have gained an enormous amount of wealth during their last jobs, after all, The Three Swords Sect was one of the richest Sects on the continent" said another of the pedestrians walking through the streets. Tavern gossip was a fairly effective source of information; it was evident that the matter of the blood wolf gang disbanding was a popular topic at this time.

"Oh! It seems like people found out pretty quickly about the dissolution of the band" Ruvan said with an ironic smile as he looked out the window at Lira who was currently riding on her Earth Horse. She along with another group of mercenaries were escorting Ruvan's carriage.

"It's only natural… Our exploits destroying the Three Swords Sect shook the continent" Lira said proudly as she spoke from outside the carriage.

'It was great that I managed to get the other map fragment… Hopefully I can collect the other fragments in the future' Ruvan thought to himself. He had managed to acquire another fragment of the map that supposedly led to the tomb of the greatest cultivator in the history of the continent of Marxus.

Ruvan's purchases had been quite large during this auction so it took several mercenaries to dissuade any idiots from getting any funny ideas.

"I'm not very familiar with the subject... But mercenaries have a high mortality rate in their jobs... I heard from my father that many of them die poor without even having tasted a little money"

"The fact that you and your friends can retire to live their peaceful lives while enjoying their profits seems like a success story to me" Su Meiyao said. She was always a woman who sought to avoid problems, so her approach to the issue was completely different from that of many of the people on the streets.

"What Miss Su says is true…"

"Unfortunately it is in the nature of human beings to want more than what they already possess… The same thing happens with cultivators, they risk their lives for opportunities that can help them break their bottlenecks instead of settling for the realm they have achieved" Ruvan said with a smile. The impulse to want more was what moved human beings. That impulse was their greatest strength and as well their greatest weakness depending on the case.

"By the way..."

"I never imagined that electric herb would sell so well," Ruvan murmured with satisfaction.

"It was the most valuable article of the night! I never imagined that I would see so many spirit stones in my life" Su Meiyao said in amazement as she recalled the event tonight. She was surprised when Ruvan invited her to accompany him. Ruvan along with Aaron and Jiri had agreed to watch the auction together in a private room, each of them would be accompanied by a partner so Ruvan had asked Su Meiyao to be his partner for the night.

Su Meiyao for her part was amazed but after a few seconds of hesitation she finally ended up accepting after all Ruvan had always been quite kind and considerate of her and her daughter. Furthermore, a slight feeling of desire had begun to arise in her after spying on Ruvan and Lira several nights while they were having fun in bed.

"Ru-Ruvan… I want to thank you for the necklace you bought me tonight… You really didn't have to do it."

"I'm sure that necklace would look better on a much younger girl like young Lira"

The mature woman said in a timid manner that made Ruvan's blood boil. Ruvan had already revealed his real name to Su Meiyao but reminded her to keep it a secret to which she fervently agreed.

'This woman certainly has an aura of sensuality that she hasn't even realized' Ruvan muttered inwardly as he looked at Su Meiyao.

A pair of full pink lips along with an attractive mole beneath them made her an extremely attractive woman, not to mention her rather voluptuous body along with her thin but at the same time plump waist.

"Please Meiyao… I can call you Meiyao, right? A necklace as beautiful as that deserves to be on the neck of an equally beautiful woman" Ruvan said with a flirtatious tone as he changed his way of addressing Su Meiyao. Slowly but surely he had been making his advances and this time he aimed to go all the way, after all his time with this beautiful mature woman was running out. 

"But Ruvan… I'm sure you have many young and beautiful women behind you. Furthermore, I am not a cultivator but a mere mortal woman who is almost forty years old…" Su Meiyao said with a pitiful tone. She didn't feel in the least capable of competing with those beautiful female cultivators who were casting flirtatious glances at Ruvan while they were at the auction.

It was this low self-esteem that caused her to not notice the burning looks she was receiving from the guests who had arrived at the auction. Although they had been in a private room they were still seen by many people as they passed through the halls of the auction house.

"All those women lack the charm of Miss Meiyao."

"And what charm can I have?" Meiyao asked with a slightly frustrated tone after all she didn't understand what Ruvan saw in her.

"You are a beautiful and intelligent woman who was capable of anything to protect her daughter…"

"It is true that I can find all kinds of women due to my age and position, however how many of them will have a pure heart like yours is different."

"Many times what a man looks for is a woman who makes him feel loved when everyone seems to be against him" Ruvan said seriously as he stood up to hold Su Meiyao's cheek.

"Ruvan"

"Smoch"

Before she could say anything else her lips were covered by Ruvan's. 

The mercenary in charge of driving the carriage, accustomed to this type of situations, simply began to accelerate the pace of the carriage without caring in the least about the screams of the poor pedestrians.

"Until he finally got it"

"Looks like I'll have to go find a girl to spend the night with" Lira laughed ironically as she saw how Ruvan was about to devour the defenseless single mother.