"That's more like it!" Ning Yanlan pouted, put her hand on Jiang Yuan's shoulder and said with a smile, "We won't sleep in the bed, we'll give it to this single young lady!"

"What? Aren't you going to sleep?" Jiang Yuan felt a little helpless as he saw the pretty woman get up and walk over.

"Have you noticed the open-air loft on the second floor? There's a really comfortable sofa in there!" Ning Yanlan stuck out her tongue and looked at him expectantly.

"This isn't good, is it? I still need to cultivate my self-healing potential!" Jiang Yuan said with a wry smile. It's not scary for an ox to die from exhaustion, but it's truly pitiful for an ox to die. He might just kick the bucket in his current state.

"Yes, it's to cultivate self-healing potential!" Ning Yanlan blinked, then said thoughtfully, "Otherwise, what did you think they were going to do?"

"Then what are you going to do?" Jiang Yuan asked in a very straightforward manner.

"Of course I'll stay with you!" Ning Yanlan replied without hesitation. "Last time at Nan Guishan Pagoda, you held me as we slept and watched the sunrise. It's almost sunrise today too. You stay with me to watch the sunrise, and I'll stay with you to cultivate, okay?"

Jiang Yuan felt helpless and amused, but thinking about it, it made sense. Since their reunion, they had been struggling to survive and nothing romantic had happened. Now that Ning Yanlan had finally spoken up, he had no reason to refuse.

"Let's go, let's enjoy the comfortable sofa together!" Jiang Yuan wanted to carry Ning Yanlan in a princess carry, but Ning Yanlan walked away first.

"It's everyone's responsibility to be considerate of the patient, so I'll let you off the hook today!" Ning Yanlan walked ahead and stretched out her hand. "Come on, let me lead you away!"

"It would be my honor!" Jiang Yuan didn't like to act up, but he was still happy to play along with Ning Yanlan's antics.

The two walked one after the other up the wooden stairs. To avoid disturbing others, neither of them wore shoes. Jiang Yuan looked at Ning Yanlan walking barefoot ahead and felt an overwhelming surge of love in his heart. He might love this woman to death for the rest of his life.

The attic on the second floor was not large, and it was not completely open-air as Ning Yanlan had said. It simply had its roof replaced with a piece of highly transparent glass, making it appear as if it were open-air.

"You can look at the night sky!" Ning Yanlan looked up, then said with a hint of disdain, "It's just that there aren't any good-looking stars at this time!"

It's a little past four in the morning. Although the night is still dark, the stars have already quietly disappeared.

Jiang Yuan activated the intermediate-level Holy Spirit Source and said, "I'll put you to sleep first, then I need to cultivate!"

"Can't you cultivate while sleeping? Like me!" Ning Yanlan glanced at Jiang Yuan with a hint of resentment.

"You think everyone's like you! You can cultivate automatically, while we poor kids have to work hard ourselves!" Jiang Yuan said, both amused and exasperated. He was quite envious of Ning Yanlan's cultivation method; this way of increasing spiritual energy just by sleeping was undoubtedly a must-have for lazy people.

"Come on then, I'm so frustrated in front of Leng Yue!" Ning Yanlan pulled Jiang Yuan down to lie down and then threw herself into his arms.

"Woman, can you change your position?!"

Jiang Yuan's lips twitched. You can sleep, but you can't stick to me like an octopus.

"No, I like holding you like this!" Ning Yanlan showed no intention of letting go, instead pressing her face close to his chest.

Jiang Yuan smiled helplessly, and his hand gesture was similar to Ning Yanlan's, holding her tightly.

"Do you know? In a world like this, being able to run into the arms of your loved one and listen to their heartbeat is an incredibly blissful thing," Ning Yanlan whispered.

“It sounds a bit strange, but it’s true. In these uncertain times, who knows when life will end? Tomorrow? Or even now?” Jiang Yuan said with emotion as he held the person in his arms.

"Jiang Yuan, aren't you going to cultivate anymore?" Ning Yanlan looked up and asked softly, turning her head to the side.

"Yes, I want to, but activating my potential requires entering a deep meditation and self-hypnosis!" Jiang Yuan looked troubled and sighed, "But I don't want to let go of you while I'm holding you, what should I do!"

"You're lying, you secretly wish I'd move aside!" Ning Yanlan laughed and gently patted Jiang Yuan's face.

"How could that be? I promised to watch the sunrise with you. A man who breaks his word is not my style!" Jiang Yuan expressed his determination.

"Hey!" Ning Yanlan let go of his hand and sat up, tossing her hair as she said, "Forget it, you should continue cultivating. I've rested enough today, so it's my turn to guard you!"

"But don't blame me for dragging you out of bed to watch the sunrise when it's time!"

Ning Yanlan shrank back with a smile. She knew what she should and shouldn't do. Normally, it wouldn't matter if she was a little willful, and Jiang Yuan would definitely indulge her. But now Jiang Yuan was seriously injured and needed to activate his self-healing potential to recover. Every bit of time wasted would increase the danger.

"Remember, you must use the Holy Spirit to protect her on time!" Jiang Yuan's expression was solemn. He valued Ning Yanlan's safety more than his own life. If he were to harm Ning Yanlan because of his cultivation, he would rather give her up.

Ning Yanlan nodded heavily and replied in a tender, wifely tone, "Don't worry, I wouldn't want to leave you. Besides, dying is very painful, and I never want to experience that in my life!"

Jiang Yuan flipped open the animal parchment and put it aside without looking at it. The animal parchment was different from other skill orbs; it was more like a recording tool. The most important thing was the mental cultivation method on the animal parchment, and he had already memorized the contents of the animal parchment.

This is a mental cultivation method that guides ancient martial arts practitioners into deep meditation to conduct self-hypnosis and tap into their self-healing potential. Potential is everywhere, and self-healing ability is manifested in every human body, but the intensity of self-healing varies depending on individual constitution.

The first step is to enter into deep meditation.

Potential is everywhere, but it also requires an individual's resilience to reach a certain level; otherwise, the physical body will be ruined after unleashing potential, which would be a great loss.

This is why activating potential requires the identity of a martial arts practitioner, because only individuals like martial arts practitioners currently meet the conditions for sustained potential release; otherwise, the potential backlash would cause the user's lifespan to decline prematurely.

Finding your potential requires deep meditation. Potential is something else entirely. You might think you know yourself well, but no, quite the opposite. You know nothing about your own abilities, just like potential. It's a deep understanding of your own body, which is impossible to dissect with your superficial five senses. Only the more mysterious sixth sense can do it.

"who I am?"

The three words were softly uttered by Jiang Yuan. This was not a question he asked himself, but the first sentence recorded on the animal skin.

To enter into deep meditation, one must empty oneself, and the best way to empty oneself is to use the unknown to answer the unknown.

It is empty for a person to abandon worldly values ​​in order to find the meaning of their own existence; you cannot find the meaning of life, the meaning of existence, or the meaning of self.

Jiang Yuan's mind went completely blank. When his thoughts aligned with his ideal state, the animal skin paper beside him floated up and emitted an incredibly soft light.

"Use your sixth sense to perceive potential!"