Jiang Chenxin quickly withdrew her finger, her tone even tinged with fear, "What the hell! What kind of evil magic are you planning to use on me, you vixen?"

Although the time was short, Gu Qingqiu had already confirmed her guess—the countdown would stop when she touched Jiang Chenxin, and given that the male protagonist system had just said that the experience bar had indeed increased, she felt that she should indeed increase the frequency of dual cultivation.

Anyway, if it really is a bug, then it's the fault of the main god system, and she can't be blamed for it. Besides, regardless of whether Jiang Chenxin and the male lead have a relationship, she needs to cultivate with Jiang Chenxin more now.

So Gu Qingqiu said confidently, "I want to cultivate with you."

"...Now? Aren't you tired?" Jiang Chenxin was somewhat shocked. The disciples of Dengle Sect were indeed unrestrained and unconventional, actually taking such initiative?

“Yes, right now.” Gu Qingqiu tilted her head, then suddenly seemed to remember something. “Oh! Haven’t you been resting well? My senior sisters all say that medicine is really effective. Do you want to try it?”

"I...don't...need!" Jiang Chenxin gritted her teeth and said, "I'm perfectly capable! Do whatever you want!"

Gu Qingqiu grinned, "Okay."

However, half an hour later, Gu Qingqiu stopped again.

This time, Jiang Chenxin's low mood was so intense that even Gu Qingqiu noticed it. She lowered her head in shame, "I'm sorry, my physical strength is really not good. This is the limit I can handle. I have to go and cultivate right away."

Jiang Chenxin glared at Gu Qingqiu through gritted teeth. Although Gu Qingqiu couldn't see anything, she still felt like she was being burned by his gaze.

Gu Qingqiu said helplessly, "I really can't do it now. It will take me several hours to digest the internal energy I absorbed in thirty minutes."

Jiang Chenxin felt that she would be driven crazy by this vixen sooner or later, and even suspected that she would develop some kind of functional disorder if this continued.

Gu Qingqiu meditated for three hours and finally converted the internal energy absorbed by the mental cultivation method into her own cultivation. She felt refreshed and even had the desire to sit next to Jiang Chenxin and chat with him.

"Hey, are you asleep?" Gu Qingqiu poked Jiang Chenxin's lower back.

Jiang Chenxin shrank back and said irritably, "If you're going to do it, then do it. If you're not going to do it, then get lost."

"Don't be angry," Gu Qingqiu coaxed. "It's just the two of us here. If I leave, won't you be lonely?"

Jiang Chenxin said speechlessly, "I was fine before you came, thank you for your concern."

“You’ll be fine even if I come,” Gu Qingqiu said with a smile. “I can chat with you and tell you stories, and I’ll even rescue you in the future.”

Jiang Chenxin remained silent for a while, but his longing for the outside world finally made him hesitate before finally speaking, "...What interesting things have happened outside in the last few months?"

Gu Qingqiu has only just arrived in this world, how could she know what's happening outside?

She could only tell Jiang Chenxin about the trivial matters, like the quarrels between old women and women, that she had heard in the neighborhoods of other cultivation worlds.

He had expected Jiang Chenxin to be impatient, but Jiang Chenxin listened very attentively and would occasionally ask questions or offer his opinions.

"Does her husband know about this?"

"That adulterous couple should be drowned in a pig cage."

"Spirit Pearls have already increased in price to this extent?"

As Gu Qingqiu was talking, she also felt sleepy and actually leaned her head against Jiang Chenxin and fell asleep.

Jiang Chenxin was startled and subconsciously tried to push Gu Qingqiu's head away, but because her limbs were chained, she could only make some clanging sounds.

However, Gu Qingqiu was clearly fast asleep and was not woken up.

Jiang Chenxin sighed more times in a single day than in the previous three years, and for the first time regretted becoming a heretical cultivator.

If he hadn't become an evil cultivator, he wouldn't have been besieged by righteous people; if he hadn't been besieged, he wouldn't have been captured because he was outnumbered; if he hadn't been captured, he wouldn't have been imprisoned in this dark and damp cave; if he hadn't been imprisoned in this cave, he wouldn't have been tortured by this demoness as a human massage stick.

Listening to the enchantress's even breathing, Jiang Chenxin felt a surge of grievance and irritation.

When Gu Qingqiu slowly woke up, it was already the next day, but because she was in the cave, she couldn't tell the exact time.

Hearing Gu Qingqiu stretch, Jiang Chenxin sneered, "Finally decided to wake up? How comfortable is your human pillow?"

“…Huh?” Gu Qingqiu was taken aback at first, then quickly realized how she had fallen asleep and hurriedly apologized, “I’m so sorry, I was too tired yesterday, it was the first time I had such a lot of exercise.”

Jiang Chenxin rolled her eyes so hard they almost reached the sky. You call such a small amount of up-and-down movement and such a short duration exercise?

Once he gets out, if he has the chance to break through the various sects and take revenge, he must add a rule to those sects' regulations: practice squats for at least one hour every day.

Gu Qingqiu realized that her behavior was somewhat inappropriate and said, "My physical strength and internal energy are not good right now, so this is the only way. After I cultivate for a while, I will definitely be able to last longer than I am now! You can believe me! Moreover, I feel that since I started dual cultivation, it's as if my Ren and Du meridians have been opened up, and my cultivation technique has advanced by leaps and bounds. Maybe in seven or eight times, I will be able to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage. At that time, my physical strength and internal energy will definitely reach a new level."

Although Jiang Chenxin subjectively did not want to believe Gu Qingqiu's nonsense, she objectively acknowledged the heaven-defying cultivation method of the Dengle Sect and was also very confident in her own strength. She knew that dual cultivation with her was a good opportunity for any Dengle Sect disciple to increase their power.

Seeing that Jiang Chenxin didn't speak, Gu Qingqiu thought he was still angry, so she gritted her teeth and decided, "Okay! If I'm too weak next time, I... I can help you with my hands... Is that alright?"

Although they had already done the most intimate things, Jiang Chenxin still felt a strange sense of shame when he heard this, and he gave a random reply, "...Mmm."

Gu Qingqiu took it as a yes and was very happy that she had reached a consensus with her contractual partner on friendly cooperation and mutual assistance.

About two weeks later, Gu Qingqiu successfully ushered in the moment when she was about to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

In this world of cultivation, advancing from the Qi Refining stage to the Foundation Establishment stage does not require undergoing tribulation, but it does require meditation and focused concentration.

Gu Qingqiu deliberately found a seat far away from Jiang Chenxin, fearing that something might happen during her attempt to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage and she might accidentally leak her internal energy and injure Jiang Chenxin.

Although her internal strength was insignificant to Jiang Chenxin, she still kept her distance from him just in case.

Gu Qingqiu crossed her legs and began to circulate her internal energy. She felt her internal energy surging uncontrollably, about to overflow at any moment. While using her cultivation technique to guide her internal energy to prevent it from becoming chaotic, she closed her eyes and calmed her mind.