Chu Chuyan let out sobs. She subconsciously tried to push the man off her, but unfortunately she couldn't move an inch. Feeling the man's dominance, her voice became weaker and weaker.

She felt a sudden chill as her clothes slipped completely to the side. Her mind was in turmoil; was she really going to give herself to the man in front of her right here?

From a young age, she was the apple of the Duke's eye. With her stunning beauty and extraordinary talent in cultivation, she was the center of attention wherever she went. Countless men were captivated by her, and most of them felt ashamed and unworthy of her, so they could only bury their feelings in their hearts.

In addition, only the most outstanding men in all aspects would take the initiative to express their affection to her, but she was not moved at all.

Her ideal man is a peerless hero, someone she can admire like a little woman, who will cherish and pamper her, and love her dearly...

But she was already quite outstanding. Not to mention her peers, even among the previous generation, there were few who could compare to her. So the ideal man she fantasized about simply didn't exist. She could only satisfy her childhood fantasies by reading fictional characters in storybooks.

The more outstanding the male protagonists in those stories, the more closed off she became in real life, and the less she looked down on ordinary men.

So when it came time to get married, she simply chose a notorious good-for-nothing husband from the city. In any case, whether someone was considered outstanding or mediocre by the world, he was a good-for-nothing in her eyes.

For her, Zuan was just a shield. Perhaps after living together for decades, they would develop feelings that were somewhere between kinship and friendship, but she never thought that love would develop between them, let alone regard him as her real man.

But so much had happened during this trip to the secret realm. She still remembered how he had stayed by her side through life-or-death situations, and how his warm arms had protected her tightly during their bloody battle…

While her thoughts were in disarray, she had no idea how much impact her flawless, captivating body, sculpted from ice and snow, had on men.

Feeling the man's heavy pressure, her heart nearly jumped out of her chest. She was about to speak up to stop him, but it was too late.

When Zaun broke through her last barrier, her mental defenses collapsed completely in an instant.

Chu Chuyan stared blankly at the man in front of her, a tear silently sliding down her cheek. She didn't understand why she was crying, as if her body's reaction was completely out of her control.

...

Meanwhile, Qiao Xueying sat near the entrance on this floor, looking utterly lost.

There was something she had concealed from Zu'an: the "Half-Life Bond" was a skill possessed only by a very few among her people, and even those who knew it might never use it in their lifetime. If they did use it, it was because they deeply loved their partner—indeed, from ancient times to the present, the "Half-Life Bond" was only used on one's lover.

"What a huge loss!" Qiao Xueying bit her lip tightly, kicking the pebbles on the ground with her little boots. She was even more depressed when she thought that the "half-life bond" she originally intended for her lover had ended up being used on someone else's husband.

The thought of the two people inside celebrating their wedding night fueled her growing irritability, and she kicked the stones with increasing force, leaving the opposite wall riddled with holes.

......

After an unknown amount of time, Chu Chuyan's cold gaze on the stone platform gradually softened. The tear stains on her cheeks had long since dried, but her eyes still seemed to hold a pool of brimming autumn water.

She seemed to feel a little strength returning to her limbs. Her remaining modesty and shyness made her instinctively want to push the man off her, but he rudely pushed her aside.

From childhood to adulthood, Chu Chuyan had never felt so powerless. She was secretly bitter and angry. Normally, she could have pinned him down with a single finger, but now she was being taken advantage of by him. She thought to herself that once she recovered, she would definitely show him what real strength was!

However, her thought was immediately dispelled by the other party.

Chu Chuyan's cheeks flushed red, and her initial, subtle resistance gradually turned into deliberate or unintentional cooperation...

After a while, she suddenly heard Mi Li's voice transmitted through her vital energy: "Hold your mind and circulate your vital energy according to the incantation I taught you to completely refine that precious essence."

Chu Chuyan trembled, her skin flushed crimson; everything that had just happened had been seen.

A complex mix of shyness and embarrassment overwhelmed her, and she felt like she was going crazy.

"Don't get distracted!" Mi Li's voice rang out again.

Chu Chuyan was, after all, an extremely outstanding cultivator with strong willpower and judgment. Now that things had come to this, she knew that it would be too much of a loss to waste this opportunity.

So he followed the incantation to draw the man's energy from his body to nourish his broken and injured meridians. Unfortunately, several times when he managed to draw it at the crucial moment, it was all dispersed by the other party.

She bit her lip tightly, her cheeks burning red. She wanted to remind the other person, but she was too shy to speak and could only silently endure it.

Actually, she misunderstood Zu An. It wasn't that he didn't cherish women; on the contrary, he had been carefully repairing her broken meridians. However, his body had just been completely tempered by the Primordial Qi, making him far stronger than ordinary people. Chu Chuyan, on the other hand, was inexperienced and her body was too delicate, which led to this result.

Chu Chuyan practiced the incantation taught by Mi Li for a while, and for some reason, she felt her consciousness becoming somewhat blurred.

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