"Why are you all sweaty?" Madam Li asked as she stood by the doorway with her arms crossed under her massive breasts, staring down in absolute bewilderment at Gu Fan.

As she watched the hot steam radiated from his skin, Madam Li narrowed her dark eyes and extended her spiritual sense to probe his physical condition.

But she frowned in confusion as her powerful Qi swept right through his body and only detected the exact same blocked meridians he always had.

She did not know that his System flawlessly masked his 9th Stage Body Tempering cultivation.

"I was just doing some intense physical training, mother," Gu Fan said, wiping a smear of the toxic sweat from his jaw as he stepped close to her. He knew exactly how to distract her.

He reached out and tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear completely ignoring the fact that he was getting black sludge all over her expensive red dress.

"Because I was sitting here alone in my room, and I couldn’t stop thinking about bending you over that desk and breeding your tight cunt,"

"Since you weren’t here, I had to push my body to absolute exhaustion just to burn off the furious heat."

"You!" Madam Li’s cheeks flushed red as under his intense gaze, and all of her political stress and initial suspicion melted away instantly.

She didn’t care about the toxic stench or her ruined dress as his words completely short-circuited her brain, prompting her to lean forward and smash her lips passionately against his dirty mouth.

Gu Fan did not shy away as he kissed her back hungrily, his tongue wrestling aggressively with hers while his large, rough hands dropped down to grab her plump ass cheeks, squeezing the soft flesh hard enough to draw a loud, whimpering moan from her throat as she rubbed her pussy against his semi-hard cock.

"You are a filthy beast, husband," Madam Li whispered breathlessly against his lips as she eagerly unfastened the front of her lavish red dress, letting it pool around her ankles so she stood in only her thin silk undergarments, "Let’s get you into the hot spring, because I need to clean you up before I let you fuck me."

"I wouldn’t mind it doing it right away, mother," Gu Fan said kissing her on the chin, "But your wish is my command."

~~~~~

Ten minutes later, the two of them were completely naked and soaking in the large, steaming hot spring bath.

Gu Fan sat comfortably against the smooth stone edge while the hot water washed the remaining toxic sludge off his body.

Madam Li, on the other hand, eagerly sat in his lap under the bubbling water, wrapping her smooth thighs tightly around his waist.

She giggled softly as Gu Fan grabbed both of her breasts, kneading the pale mounds aggressively before pulling her forward to suck hard on her stiff, dark red nipples, causing her to arch her back and splash water everywhere.

"Ahhn... Yes... Right there," Madam Li moaned shamelessly, tangling her manicured fingers deeply into his hair while she pushed her chest into his face because she absolutely loved how rough he was with her body.

"So tell me, sweetheart," Gu Fan let go of her breast as he looked up at her flushed face, sliding his hand underwater to rub his thumb directly against her clit, "Why were you barging into my room in such a frantic rush earlier?"

"That..." Madam Li let out a long, shuddering breath and rested her forehead against his shoulder, trying to focus her mind while his thumb teased her down there.

"It’s an absolute chaos outside," Madam Li panted, her voice trembling slightly as she explained the clan’s new mess.

"The guards heard an uproar in the eastern courtyard, and when the elders rushed over to investigate, they found Gu Chen and Gu Ling in his room."

"It was completely scandalous, because Gu Chen was beaten to a bloody pulp and entirely paralyzed, while Gu Ling was completely naked and furiously fingering herself on the floor."

Gu Fan couldn’t help it as a wide mischievous grin spread across his face, absolutely thrilled that his handiwork had been discovered in the most humiliating way possible.

Madam Li felt that and pulled away to look at his face. And when she noticed his highly amused expression, and her eyes narrowed slightly in suspicion.

"I don’t like that smile of yours," she noted, her voice dropping into a serious whisper, "You were covered in sweat and mud when I walked in."

"Did you have something to do with it?"

Gu Fan just chuckled as he wrapped his arms around her waist and suddenly lifting her up out of the water before slamming her back down so his thick, rock-hard cock pushed again into her soaking wet pussy in one brutal thrust.

"Ahhhh! Fuck!" Madam Li gasped at the top of her lungs, her eyes rolling back into her head as every single thought was erased from her brain.

"I have a lot of secrets, Mother. All you need to worry about right now is taking my cock," Gu Fan teased vaguely, thrusting his hips up rapidly from the bottom of the pool so their wet bodies slapped together with incredibly loud, echoing smacks.

"Now ride me properly, and stop worrying about pathetic losers who can’t even keep their own pants on."

~~~~~

Meanwhile, a deeply tense and volatile atmosphere completely suffocated the Gu Clan’s Grand Audience Hall.

Gu Chen was kneeling forcefully in the centre of the massive room, his pristine white robes torn and completely stained with his own dried blood.

Even his face was covered in dark purple bruises and a thick layer of green medicinal paste that had been hastily applied to his injuries.

Beside him stood Gu Ling, shivering with a thick shawl wrapped around her shoulders to cover her exposed body, and her beautiful eyes were completely red and teary from the immense trauma of waking up naked in front of the entire clan leadership.

Patriarch Gu Yangtian sat on his high wooden throne with his fists clenched so tightly the wood groaned under his grip.

And down below the Patriarch’s seat, the clan elders stared down at the two highly regarded geniuses with expressions ranging from sheer fury to utter disgust.

"Gu Chen! Gu Chen! What have you done? Explain yourself, " Gu Yangtian helplessly sighed as he looked at the two of them, "We found you heavily poisoned with illegal lust powders, beaten half to death, and trapped in a room with your naked cousin! Do you have any idea how completely disgraceful this is for the future of our family?!"

Gu Chen gritted his teeth so hard one could hear his jaw pop, his gaze was bloodshot fury because the utter humiliation of being caught in such a disgraceful position was literally eating his soul alive.

"We were attacked, Patriarch!" Gu Chen replied back, furiously trying to defend himself, "I invited Sister Ling to my room to properly guide her unstable Frost Qi, but we were ambushed by an assassin."

One of the elders slammed his cane against the floor in anger, "Ambushed?! Ambushed you say?"

"You are at the 9th Stage of the Spirit Realm, boy! What kind of assassin beats you to a bloody pulp without alerting a single guard, and then chooses to drug you both with aphrodisiacs instead of just slitting your throat?!"

"Yes! Gu Chen don’t make excuses. Tell us what were your intentions?" Another elder echoed the opinion of the first.

Gu Ling who had been silent and staring at the floor all along took a hesitant step forward.

"It’s the truth, Elders," Gu Ling cried softly, clutching the shawl tightly against her chest while she looked up at the angry elders.

Even after all of what Gu Chen put her through, she was surprisingly determined to protect Gu Chen’s reputation out of a deeply twisted sense of loyalty.

"I went there for cultivation guidance, but a terrifying illusion array suddenly trapped us both, and neither of us could fight back before the drugs were forced down our throats."

The elders exchanged highly skeptical, suspicious glances since the presence of extremely potent aphrodisiacs strongly suggested a degenerate, incestuous encounter gone wrong and not a professional assassination attempt.

"You expect us to believe this ridiculous excuse?" the elder spoke spitting everywhere, "Did you see the face of this supposed attacker? Who was he? What did he look like?"

"I couldn’t see his face because he was completely invisible!" Gu Chen murmured, his voice barely audible.

"Are you yourself hearing what you are saying?" The elder crouched a bit as he looked at Gu Chen with annoyance.

"I perfectly know what I am saying," Gu Chen spoke not able to explain.

"But I know exactly who it was! It was the exact same bastard who murdered Chen Long and hung his body at our front gate!"

The moment Gu Chen mentioned the invisible killer of Chen Long, the entire Audience Hall fell completely dead silent.

The clan elders visibly flinched, and a wave of genuine concern instantly rippled through the room.

The brutal murder of the Chen Clan young master had already pushed them to the absolute brink of a gang war with the Bai Clan."

And the terrifying thought that his killer was now freely roaming their inner courtyards and toying with their top geniuses was entirely paralyzing.

Gu Yangtian’s expression darkened considerably as he weighed the political consequences and the Scandal.

Though he wanted to, he couldn’t just let them walk away unpunished since the rumors had already begun spreading like wildfire among the servants.

"Regardless of whether it was the invisible killer or your own lack of discipline, you have severely disgraced the Gu Clan today," Gu Yangtian declared in a cold, authoritative tone that left no room for argument.

"To preserve whatever tiny shred of reputation you have left, I am suppressing this incident entirely, and anyone caught gossiping about it will have their tongue cut out."

The Patriarch stood up from his throne, glaring down at his battered son and the shivering ice genius.

"As punishment for your utter carelessness, both of you are hereby sentenced to one full month of strict, unyielding seclusion inside the clan’s underground repentance caves," Gu Yangtian ordered ruthlessly, ignoring Gu Chen’s immediate protests.

"You will not see the sun, and you will not receive any cultivation resources until the Poison Valley Annual Tournament begins next month."

"Guards, take them away immediately!"

’You...’ Gu Chen gritted his teeth as he glared at the Patriarch, ’Whoever you are... You better dug yourself a whole.’

’If I find you, I will hang you with your guts on the Clan gates for everyone to see.’

...

"Achoo!"

"It is getting chilly in here."