The Journey to Cultivation - Genshin Au (Mainly Cynonari in the beginning.)

Chapter 2- The Vice Leader

T.W: CRAPPY GRAMMAR+MENTIONS OF INTERCOURSE 

The situation Cyno was in was not a good one.

Their very own Vice Leader had finally reappeared- only to be under the control of a Tribulation Cultivator.

There was only one other Tribulation Cultivator apart from the Sect Leaders, who had signed a pact to not interfere with each other's Sects.

And that was the Liyuean Sect's Vice Leader.

Their Vice Leader was a pawn in the hands of their enemy, the Liyuean Sect.

"Fuck... fuck, this isn't good." Cyno said nervously.

"No shit, sherlock." Dehya said sarcastically. "But in all honesty, the best way to prevent anything bad from happening is to remove the poison from the Vice Leader's body."

Cyno sighed, sitting back on his golden chair, while Tighnari had been rendered unconscious once again.

"And how am I supposed to do that? I'm only of the Void stage." Cyno said doubtfully. "He himself clarified that."

"Well..." Dehya started nervously. "There's a way to fix it... and it's also the only way to send your own spiritual energy to counter the caster's..."

"Well?" Cyno asked impatiently.

"Intercourse-"

"Absolutely not!" Cyno declared, standing up to emphasize his cause.

Dehya and Al Haitham sighed. "Of course it needs to be consensual, but you can't just straight up tell him everything. The poisoner might know, and cause the Vice leader to get qi deviation."

"Plus, if you first use him as a vessel, you'll most likely have your spiritual energy doubled due to his spiritual energy being of the Reunion level. That gives Sumeru their Vice leader back, along with another Reunion cultivator." Dehya explained.

Cyno thought about it.

"...I'll consider it." He finally said, before turning around and walking off, picking up Tighnari on his way out.

Al Haitham silently watched as Cyno made his way out, observing his spiritual energy flow.

"...as I thought." He muttered. "He crossed the threshold of the Soul Formation Stage too quickly. He could suffer from a Qi deviation, if he doesn't find a stable source of spiritual energy. And if left untreated, his Qi deviation could render his spiritual energy useless for the rest of his life."

...

"Oh how far have you fallen, the so-called undefeatable Liyuean Vice Leader?"

Huh...?

"...shut up. You've only managed to accomplish this because of your dirty tricks."

A tall man with ginger colored hair stood in front of him, grinning.

"Oh really now?"

A laugh.

Why am I seeing this?? First I was kidnapped to some General Mahamatra's place now-

"You seduced our sect leader into becoming delusional. I didn't know your true intentions, until you led me here."

"Now, don't jump to conclusions so quickly. I was just thinking... it'd be great if the Abyss recruited you... being a Tribulation cultivator and all..."

...? Tribulation...?

"...don't get your hopes up. You aren't... that ginger hair, are you?"

The man chuckled.

"How'd you know?"

Can you unpoison me pls?

"...it's too obvious. The way you've been acting for one, and that ginger hair has the acting skills of a brick around Sect Leader. Plus, you've been obsessed with the Snezhnayan Sect. Why would you change your allegiance to the Demonic Abyssal Sect?"

The demonic sects?

"Ha... I guess you're just too smart to fool. Oh well. Can't have you leaving anyways. You only poisoned that fellow Vice Sect Leader of yours to go and save you, right?"

"..."

Wow, ever heard about asking politely?

"The General Mahamatra has him now, your escape plan is practically ruined."

"...is it?"

"The General has an easier way to cure the Vice Leader than coming to save you, while you remain imprisoned in the depths of the Abyss."

"..."

TELL ME?!

"He only bought the Vice Leader for that very reason anyways- The Sumerian Vice Leader will be free from your control when the General finally makes his move. And by then, your little Liyuean Sect will have been eradicated!"

"...heh."

"Hm? You still have energy to laugh?"

"...you do realize I planned all this out right?"

"Pssh."

The man waved a hand nonchalantly.

"And what do you mean by that?"

"I mean that the said Sumerian Vice Leader is watching our conversation while you continue running your mouth."

??? Huh?

"Another cheap trick? No matter. You're doomed anyway."

The man reached forwards, and the scene turned black.

Tighnari awoke with a start.

What was that? He thought. And what did he mean that the General had a way to free me from this poison?

Looking around frantically, he finally realized that the said general was in his bed.

And that's when he finally remembered.

He was a vessel.

"'He only bought the Vice Leader for that very reason anyways- The Sumerian Vice Leader will be free from your control when the General finally makes his move. And by then, your little Liyuean Sect will have been eradicated!'"

And the only way to get rid of the poison that blocked his dantian- was to sleep with the General Mahamatra.

Hell no. He thought. I'm getting out of here.

He almost made his way off the bed before a hand grabbed his wrist.

Shit.

"Where are you going?" Cyno asked drowsily.

"Away from you."

"That's... sad." He said, before almost falling back asleep.

"Don't... leave me... again... though......."

Tighnari looked at him, surprised. Despite the sense of familiarity he had with Cyno, he couldn't remember ever seeing him before.

"If I hadn't been poisoned... this would be a very dangerous position for you right now." He muttered. "I could've killed you in a heartbeat..." He said, before finding himself being hit with a wave of drowsiness.

Huh...? He thought as he descended into the depths of unconsciousness again.