Chapter 30: Lotus Dew

Under the moonlight, vines intertwined, and the hot spring water was filled with a hazy warmth.

The girl's face seemed to be flushed red from the heat, her eyes were dazed, and her slender fingers held onto his hand tightly.

Seeing this, Xie Lingyu belatedly realized that the girl's whimpers and moans, which seemed to be due to the pain of her wounds, actually had another reason.

He gently touched the wound with his fingertip, dipped it in the lotus dew from the lotus heart, and applied it, pressing it lightly in a circular motion. "Junior Sister, do you still want this?"

The dazed little fox shuddered, gripped his clothes tightly with her fingers, and nodded.

She didn't know how to say it, and she was a little anxious. After thinking for a while, she finally spoke, her voice sticky and muffled: "Continue...apply the medicine."

Xie Lingyu stopped, "Junior Sister, is your wound no longer painful?"

"It doesn't hurt anymore."

Only after receiving her reply did the young man continue his work, slowly applying the medicine with his fingertips, gradually turning the slightly red wound into a crimson hue.

But the application of the medicine was done very slowly.

Sang Ying was both anxious and dissatisfied with his leisurely attitude. Clutching his clothes, she couldn't help but complain, "Xie Lingyu, hurry up and apply it... are you even capable of doing this?"

The young woman, her vision blurred, chuckled softly, slowly applying the medicine with one hand, using a little force. With her free hand, she lifted the young woman's face. "Is this how a young lady asks for help?"

Sang Ying hummed softly, her eyes hazy, ignoring his words.

As the wound cooled and the cold air rushed in, the long finger applying the medicine was suddenly withdrawn.

Sang Ying immediately opened her eyes to look at him, grabbed his finger, her nose red, "Ugh... what do you want?"

She sniffed, "I... I can give you more pocket money, two hundred..." She paused, muttering under her breath, it was hard to hear clearly, "No, that way I can go to hotels and fool around..."

After thinking for a while, she raised her little face and said, "One hundred and ninety-nine is the most!"

"That doesn't sound very appealing."

Xie Lingyu lifted her small face with her fingertips, caressed her lips, and said in a low voice, "How about this, junior sister, give me a kiss, and I'll help you apply the medicine?"

Kiss... me?

Sang Ying thought about it with her muddled mind. Anyway, they had already kissed several times, so kissing again wouldn't hurt.

Without much thought, she reached out and grabbed his collar, pulled him close, and pressed her soft lips against his thin lips.

The young man being kissed didn't react much. Sang Ying didn't know how to kiss, so she just stayed close to him for a while, then felt it was enough, released his collar and pulled away.

As soon as they separated slightly, the young man grabbed the back of her head and kissed her heavily again, pressing so hard that her lips hurt a little.

The kiss was deep and intense, as if driven by some emotion; the kiss was forceful, the lips being sucked and licked.

Sang Ying suddenly let out a sob, her body trembling.

But it wasn't because of the fierce kiss, but because of the young man's fingers.

He truly kept his promise to her; she kissed him, and he began to apply the medicine. He used two long fingers together, applying sweet lotus dew, to probe into the pitiful wound, spreading the healing ointment and lotus dew evenly along the inner wall of the wound.

The faint scents of medicine and lotus dew mingled with the sandalwood fragrance emanating from his body.

The warm spiritual energy enveloped my well-defined fingers, soothing the wound; the temperature was even a little hot.

The spiritual energy dissipated, helping the wound absorb the golden lotus ointment, but also creating more lotus dew that dripped down the fingers.

He was kissing her at the same time, their lips touching, his tongue trying to pry open her lips and explore inside, but Sang Ying was dazed and bit her teeth because of the pain from her wound.

The young man kissed her for a while, then pressed his finger down hard. Sang Ying let out a soft "woo" and opened her mouth. He easily slipped his tongue inside, his tongue hooking around her little tongue.

Sang Ying's eyes were filled with moisture, veiled by a layer of mist, her eyelashes trembling, and she became even more dazed as he kissed her.

Like an ignorant little animal, it whimpered softly, naive and innocent.

Of course, this is assuming we ignore the fact that she begged the young man to help her apply the medicine.

They kissed for quite a while.

The kiss ended slightly, and Xie Lingyu gently kissed the corner of her lips, pressing lightly with his fingertips to soothe her, his voice low, "Junior Sister, do you like this?"

Sang Ying's mind was focused elsewhere, and she didn't hear what he was saying at all. She only knew to tug at his clothes and mumble incoherently.

She felt that the ointment on the wound wasn't applied enough, or that his application technique was inadequate and he was just too clumsy; otherwise, why would she still feel so uncomfortable?

She rested her head on his shoulder, sniffed, and like an anxious little animal, bit his clothes, leaving several teeth marks.

"uncomfortable……"

Xie Lingyu was always worried that he might accidentally hurt her, so he held back his strength. After all, he was a Nascent Soul cultivator and usually practiced swordsmanship, so he was very strong.

Her body was weaker than most people's, and she had never experienced anything like this before. She could only apply the medicine to the outside of the wound, otherwise it would tear the wound open again like yesterday.

And... she seems a bit slow, it takes her a long time to process.

He had a vague idea yesterday, and today it has been confirmed.

Seeing that she was getting more and more anxious after applying the medicine for a while, he sighed softly and withdrew his finger.

Sang Ying was already dissatisfied, and this made her even more so. She grabbed his clothes, "Xie Lingyu... Waaah!"

Her tone suddenly changed at the end of her sentence.

The reason this time was that she was kissed by a young man.

He lowered his head, held her lower back, and pressed his warm lips against her small mouth, soft and tender, licking away the sweet dew from around her lips.

After sucking on her lips for a while, she parted her slightly red lips, and her tongue probed in, gently sweeping across her mouth.

The moonlight, cool yet gentle, spilled onto the hot spring, reflecting the shadowy vines and the crescent moon.

The area around the hot spring was filled with spiritual energy, and the fire element floating in the energy seemed to have a vague consciousness, making the two people who approached the hot spring feel light and ethereal.

Attracted by the youth's surging water-elemental spiritual power, some of them burrowed into the girl's body, while others brushed against her face.

The Azure Dragon belongs to the water element and also likes water.

Golden lotuses bloom in the lotus pond, and a blue dragon frolics and plays among several of them.

The long dragon tail teased a blooming lotus flower, while another half-open lotus flower dangled from its mouth. Its slender tongue parted the golden lotus petals, probing into the lotus heart, greedily devouring the sweet lotus nectar.

Everything happened very quickly.

An unexpected event, and a special feeling.

When Sang Ying blinked her wet eyelashes and her consciousness slowly returned, she looked down with her moist eyes and found that her hand was tightly holding his hair.

Xie Lingyu's hair was always very black and straight, like brocade, but the few strands in her palm were clenched into a messy, seaweed-like shape.

The young man slowly stood up, but the few strands of hair she had grabbed caught in his hair. He paused, "Junior sister is being a bit too heartless. I helped you and you still pull my hair."

Sang Ying belatedly realized what had just happened, her face burning hot, and she quickly let go of his hand. Watching the young man stand up, her gaze falling on his lips, which were slightly covered with a layer of luster, she felt a little dazed.

How did things turn out like this...?

She had just begged him to help her apply the medicine, even going so far as to kiss him. But she was still not satisfied and kept bothering him, so he kissed her repeatedly, and she blacked out almost immediately.

Sang Ying was dumbfounded.

She was just applying some medicine at first, and she wouldn't let him see the wound, covering his eyes. How did it turn out like this... Now, he's not only not looking at it, but he's even kissed her.

She still remembers that touch, the warmth, and the breath falling on her skin.

Xie Lingyu knelt in front of her, slowly wiping his fingers.

Looking up at her, he could clearly see that she had recovered, and deliberately asked, "Junior Sister, your body was shaking quite a bit just now. Are you still feeling unwell?"

Not to mention her body shaking, Sang Ying's hands are shaking a little now.

Her face flushed crimson, and her voice trembled, "I...I just..."

Xie Lingyu patiently repeated, "I just finished applying the medicine to my junior sister, but she felt it wasn't enough and begged me to apply more, so I..."

Before he could finish speaking, the blushing girl suddenly covered his mouth in a flustered manner.

"Okay, that's enough, I understand!"

If we continue, we'll get to the part where she was still dissatisfied, and then he kissed her.

Sang Ying's eyes were brimming with tears, her face burning hot, filled with both shame and anger. "Even so, how could you kiss me?!"

Xie Lingyu looked up and pulled her hand down. "Why not?"

Sang Ying bit her lip, her eyelashes trembling, her voice almost squeezed out between her teeth, so soft it was barely audible, "...unclean."

Xie Lingyu suddenly smiled, his handsome eyebrows curving slightly, his expression as cool and refined as jade. He had thought she disliked his closeness to her, but he hadn't expected it to be for this reason.

"I, the person involved, haven't even said anything yet, and my junior sister is already complaining on my behalf?"

Sang Ying blushed, feeling like the sky had fallen when she thought about what had just happened. Why had she become so unlike herself, even asking him to apply the medicine?

This hazy, confused state is just like after taking that medicine yesterday, even though the effects of the medicine have clearly worn off.

"Junior sister, would you like to soak in the hot springs?"

...She really wants to find a place to hide now.

Sang Ying avoided eye contact, gave a vague "hmm," and started to get up, leaning on the stone.

Before she could stand up straight, her legs suddenly went weak, and Sang Ying sat back down.

The young man in front of her chuckled softly, and Sang Ying's ears burned even hotter. Before she could say anything, her waist tightened, and she was lifted up.

It wasn't a horizontal carry, but rather a carrying position like that of a child. Sang Ying sat on one of his arms, leaning against him, and was carried towards the moonlit hot spring.

The young man walked down little by little, and fearing that she couldn't stand the water temperature, he didn't let her get down. Instead, he placed her on the edge of the hot spring, with only her calves immersed in the water.

The swirling water vapor and the fire elemental energy danced and floated on the water's surface.

Sang Ying's mind was still preoccupied with what had just happened. She lowered her head shyly, not daring to look at him. Her legs swayed slowly, creating ripples on the water and disturbing its calm.

Just like her mood.

Xie Lingyu in front of her was actually quite similar.

It appears calm, but it is not calm at all.

Xie Lingyu looked at her evasive gaze and remained silent. He knew things had progressed too quickly between them. Only in the last two days had she discovered his true nature beneath his facade, and that he had been secretly coveting her all along.

The fact that she didn't despise or hate him was already the best possible outcome.

Not to mention that she also wanted him to take responsibility and agreed to be with him.

Xie Lingyu was afraid that she would regret it, so she thought she would take it slowly and give her time to adapt, step by step. She just didn't expect her to take the initiative like this today.

This made him realize something: although his junior sister was shy, she actually enjoyed this kind of thing.

Xie Lingyu lowered his eyes in thought. He didn't know much about these things; he had only observed her reactions before acting. There must have been something he hadn't done well enough, which was why she had been dissatisfied earlier. It was his fault.

Dragons, due to their hot flashes, are quite knowledgeable about the art of combined cultivation, but he left home at a young age and never studied it. It seems he needs to take some time to return to the Cloud Spirit Realm.

The girl sat quietly by the hot spring for a while. Xie Lingyu felt that it was about time and was about to ask her to get down when she looked up and saw the girl holding some red fire elemental energy bubbles in a daze.

Seeing that he had looked at it, she looked at him, a little confused: "Xie Lingyu... I think I can see it?"

The spiritual energy in the cultivation world contains the power of six elements: the five elements (metal, wood, water, fire, earth) and the element of thunder.

A cultivator's spiritual roots are also classified based on these elements. The most common are the five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. Occasionally, some rare mutated spiritual roots will appear, such as ice-type spiritual roots, but overall they are still rooted in water elemental spiritual power.

As for the lightning spiritual root, it is extremely rare, with no known case in the world to date, leading many to doubt its very existence.

The way to judge a cultivator's talent is by looking at the strength of their ability to perceive elemental spiritual power.

Some people are exceptionally talented and can sense elemental abilities from birth. For example, the Azure Dragon clan has a natural affinity for the water element, and they encounter almost no obstacles when drawing qi into their bodies for cultivation, making their cultivation speed thousands or even tens of thousands of times faster than that of ordinary people.

Some people are simply not gifted enough to perceive elemental abilities. For example, Sang Ying was not diagnosed with a spiritual root when she was a child, so her perception of elemental spiritual power was almost zero. When Xiao Lingzhou told her what elemental spiritual power was like when she was a child, she could only rely on her imagination.

Over the years, despite consuming numerous elixirs and maintaining his cultivation, he has yet to reach the Foundation Establishment stage.

Xie Lingyu was also stunned. He raised his hand and grabbed her wrist, using his spiritual power to examine her body.

There was no mistake; some fire elemental energy was indeed active in her meridians, softening her stiff tendons and moving towards her dantian.

Sang Ying looked at him nervously, a hope rising in her heart, yet fearing that her hope would be in vain.

She had accepted this fact over the years. But if... if she could sense elemental spiritual energy, then she could cultivate, although the speed might not be very fast, at least there would be hope.

"...Xie Lingyu?"

Xie Lingyu withdrew her hand, looked up at her, and her usually emotionless eyes revealed surprise. "I don't know the reason yet, but Junior Sister's body has greatly improved its ability to perceive fire elements. Before you even draw in the Qi, the elemental spiritual power has already actively integrated into your meridians."

He paused, pondering, "And it seems to have been a while. Although it's thinner, there is indeed some elemental spiritual energy in my dantian that is not from this place."

Sang Ying held the floating fire element bubbles and tried to draw qi into her body. A few bubbles melted into her palm, warm yet slightly scalding, flowing into her meridians, feeling comfortably warm.

...This feeling...it feels somewhat familiar?

Sang Ying recalled that it felt just like the last time she was injured in the demon realm, when Shen Ying used her innate healing ability to help her clear away the residual demonic energy.

"Oh, right."

Sang Ying suddenly remembered, her watery eyes widening, "When you kissed me just now, during that very comfortable moment, there were lots of bubbles flying in front of my eyes, and that's when they melted into me!"

Xie Lingyu was taken aback.

Sang Ying blurted everything out, then realized what she had said, her face turning bright red as she covered her face, "No..."

Xie Lingyu pondered, everything must have a cause, it shouldn't be a coincidence, he really didn't control himself at that time and mobilized water-attribute spiritual power.

"Junior sister."

Sang Ying slightly parted her fingers, revealing one eye. "What's wrong?"

"Try again." He looked up at her with his dark eyes.

Sang Ying's ears instantly turned bright red, her body tensed, and she stammered, "No...uh!"

Before she could finish speaking, the young man grabbed the back of her head and kissed her. Sang Ying breathed a sigh of relief for no reason. So that's what the kiss was for... No, what was she thinking? It's all that bad dragon's fault!

Intended as an experiment, the kiss wasn't very fierce.

The young man mobilized all his water-elemental spiritual power, paying attention to his surroundings. Sure enough, he saw many fire elemental bubbles floating towards them, slowly merging into the girl's body, several times more than the elemental spiritual power she had just drawn into her body.

Xie Lingyu then tried many other methods. When the two were not in contact, the spiritual energy would only be attracted and not absorbed by Sang Ying.

Holding hands isn't enough; it's much less efficient than kissing, with only a few bubbles being absorbed.

Xie Lingyu released her, "It seems that the closer we are, the more efficient our cultivation becomes."

Sang Ying blinked in confusion. What's the principle behind this...?

If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she would have thought it was a lie told by the evil dragon to get closer to her. After all, how could there be such a thing as cultivation just by getting close to someone?

She swayed her leg and asked suspiciously, "Are you sure you're not lying to me?"

His ankle was suddenly grabbed underwater.

Warm, jade-like dragon scales clung to her ankles, while the dragon's tail coiled tightly around her calves.

Sang Ying was startled. "What are you doing?"

The young man in front of her, his white clothes soaked through by the hot spring water, revealed a muscular chest. He reached out and put his arm around her waist, pulling her into the hot spring water.

Sang Ying suddenly entered the water and instinctively clung to him, "Xie Lingyu, I can't swim, let go of me!"

The young man leaned close to her ear, his clear voice low, "Whether it's a lie or not, Junior Sister did indeed benefit from it and improved her cultivation, didn't she?"

That's true.

The dragon's tail, underwater, coiled up its calves, splashing water.

Xie Lingyu gently bit her ear, whispering seductively, "And Junior Sister just said...it felt very good."

"So, how about we do it again?"

Sang Ying's face flushed, and her heart pounded like a drum.

...

Outside the barrier, a girl crouched in the dense grass, her movements furtive and her presence concealed.

"Tsk, so stingy. Covering it up so tightly, not letting anyone see at all."

She let out a long sigh, curled up into a ball, lay down to sleep, and blocked out the noisy system voice in her mind, yawning and muttering to herself.

"The jade pendant was clearly handed to her, but you caught it quickly, kid."

"Why are you being so mushy so early in the morning? Ugh."

"Forget it, if it doesn't work this time, we'll try again next time."

Lying on the clouds, the girl gazed absently at the clear moon in the sky.

Her expression gradually calmed down, and she took out a jade sword tassel, gently swaying it in the moonlight.

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Thanks to Little Fox for the rocket launcher! [doge emoji with rose in hand]