"No taking it back, Qingqing."
"Wait, how old are you?"
Xuan Yan pondered, how old was he? It had been so long since anyone had asked him his age that he himself seemed to have almost forgotten.
"It's been thousands, almost tens of thousands of years."
"?" Shen Muqing's mouth dropped open in disbelief. She slowly voiced her question, "You haven't touched a single woman in thousands of years, are you...?"
Her words were meaningful, and she kept looking him up and down, her gaze lingering on that part of him.
"Qingqing, you'll know once you try."
Xuan Yan chuckled in exasperation; so this was how Qing Qing saw him.
Before she could react, Xuan Yan leaned down and silenced her rambling mouth with a light bite, punishing Shen Muqing.
The mist in the cold spring of the cave was even thicker, and you wouldn't know there were people inside unless you looked closely. The two figures were intertwined, sometimes in this place, sometimes on the shore, and sometimes in the middle of the spring.
"Qingqing, do you understand now?"
"knew."
She nodded haphazardly, her eyes lifeless and unfocused; she dared not speak again.
For a long, long time, there was no movement in the cave. Xuan Yan lazily carried Shen Muqing out. Her body was too weak to fully accept him, so he dared not give her all his vital energy and could only give it to her little by little.
However, this was also very beneficial to Shen Muqing. Her cultivation level advanced rapidly in her sleep, eventually reaching the late stage of Foundation Establishment and faintly approaching the Golden Core stage. She was just one opportunity away from forming her Golden Core.
After the Core Formation, one will develop their own spiritual consciousness. As is well known, dual cultivation does not simply refer to...
Shen Muqing slept for several days. When she woke up, she felt refreshed and full of spiritual energy. No wonder everyone wanted to cultivate with her partner. She felt her cultivation level and realized that she was almost at the Core Formation stage. This dual cultivation was really great. Taking shortcuts really worked.
"woke up?"
Xuan Yan was reading a book in her room. When he saw her wake up, he handed it to her, saying, "This is a technique suitable for you to cultivate. Take a good look at it."
"Okay, thank you, Master." Shen Muqing took it and wanted to read it.
"Are you feeling unwell?"
He sat by her bedside, tidying her messy hair, and pinched her fair cheek, leaving a red mark.
"No, Master, I'm about to form my core."
Shen Muqing said happily, her cultivation level had increased by more in just two months than she had in the previous ten years combined.
"I know."
A cultivator must undergo a tribulation of lightning to form their core. The severity of the tribulation varies depending on individual circumstances. Some people form their core easily, while others find it extremely difficult and are reduced to ashes in the tribulation.
Of course, with Xuan Yan around, this minor tribulation is nothing to worry about.
Yun Ruoyue had tried to visit Shen Muqing several times in the past few days, but Xuan Yan refused to let her in, saying that Shen Muqing was not feeling well.
Today, Shen Mu finally woke up, but Yun Ruoyue came again.
Shen Muqing: "Master, Yueyue is here to see me. I'll go out for a bit."
"Okay, remember to come back early."
"Um."
The two girls couldn't chat on Canghua Mountain, so back at Ruoyue Peak, Yun Ruoyue couldn't wait to ask, "Qingqing, do you want to go down the mountain for training?"
"Didn't you say you'd go after my cultivation level improved?"
"Time waits for no one. Several strange things have happened in Qingyun City recently, causing widespread panic."
Qingyun City is not far from Qingyun Sect, and the area it occupies is under the jurisdiction of Qingyun Sect. Now that strange things have happened in Qingyun City, the sect leader immediately notified Yun Ruoyue to take several disciples to resolve the situation.
Yun Ruoyue immediately thought of Shen Muqing and Luo Yi, as this would be a good experience for them. So she came to tell Shen Muqing and ask for her thoughts.
"They say it's caused by a monster, Qingqing, do you want to go?"
"Of course, I want to go."
Shen Muqing hasn't left the sect in so long, he definitely needs to go out and see the world.
"You're such a good sister. Don't worry, I'll protect you. Just treat it as a fun day."
"Wow, it feels so good to have someone protecting you."
Shen Muqing leaned against Yun Ruoyue's shoulder like a little bird.
Yun Ruoyue explained the situation to her.
In Qingyun City recently, several grooms have died inexplicably at their weddings. The manner of their deaths is as if they were drained of their life force by something, and their hearts were completely ripped out and crushed everywhere. The grooms all have a strange, distorted, and terrifying expression on their faces, and their tongues have all been cut off.
Shen Muqing felt a chill run down her spine. What kind of monster was this, daring to cause trouble right under the noses of the Qingyun Sect? Its audacity was truly admirable.
Are you scared?
"How could that be? With you here, how could I be afraid? You're kidding."
"Qingqing, hurry up and pack your bags. We have to leave right away. If we're late, someone else will probably die."
"Okay, I'll go back and tell my master."
"Then go quickly."
After Shen Muqing left, Luo Yi came out with a wronged look on his face. Yun Ruoyue thought someone had bullied him again and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Master, I want to go too."
Yun Ruoyue patted her head, forgetting that she hadn't told him yet, "I forgot to tell you, I'll take you with me too. Don't worry, I won't forget you."
"Thank you, Master!" Luo Yi's face flushed with excitement. His innocent and naive appearance made it impossible for anyone to guess that he was the one who had expressionlessly pulled out his heart earlier.
"Luo Yi".
Yun Ruoyue called his full name thoughtfully, her eyes narrowed as she stared at him, "Did you know that Li Gang, who competed against you, disappeared that very night?"
"Master, I don't know, what's wrong with him?"
Luo Yi spoke calmly, without batting an eye, and there was even a hint of concern in his words.
This put Yun Ruoyue at ease. She had been overthinking it. She said, "How could that be? Even if Li Gang, who was only at the Foundation Establishment stage, was punished, Luo Yi, who was only at the Qi Refining stage, couldn't possibly kill him."
Then there's only one possibility: Li Gang couldn't stand the humiliation he suffered that day and left the sect on his own.
"It's alright, you go and pack your things."
"good."
As soon as Luo Yi turned around, his expression changed. He gave a nonchalant smile. His master was rather naive.
The sight of Shen Muqing leaning against Yun Ruoyue just now stung his eyes and made him feel very uncomfortable. He couldn't explain why, but he just wanted the person in his master's arms to be him, only him, and only him.
The next day, Yun Ruoyue and her two companions packed their things and prepared to leave, but two uninvited guests arrived: Ling Yeyao and Jiang Duxue.
“Ah Yue, my junior sister and I are going too. I have already informed the sect leader.”
Having said all that, what else could Yun Ruoyue say? She put the mask back on and forced a smile.
“Okay, I also hope that Yao will come with me.”
"Um."
Jiang Duxue secretly thought to herself with smug satisfaction that she wanted to follow Ling Yeyao, not for any other reason than to disgust Yun Ruoyue and dislike her hypocritical smile. Ayao could only be hers.
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