Chapter 65 Deep Brotherly Love
Day after day, as dawn breaks and the first rays of sunlight appear, a person returns on the wind, carrying fruits and vegetables, a faint smile on their face, like melting snow.
"Enlightenment".
Xiao Mingxin stopped in her tracks, her smile fading. "Master."
The Third Elder was astonished after examining him closely. "Your cultivation has broken through so quickly?"
He quickly realized something was wrong; a sinister aura lingered around Xiao Mingxin, and his expression immediately darkened. "You used those demon cores from the demons to boost your cultivation?"
Xiao Mingxin did not deny it.
The Third Elder spoke with deep concern, "With your talent, breaking through is only a matter of time. Why are you rushing things by using a demon core? Even if it's a demon core, you still need to refine the evil energy on it first. You've always cultivated steadily and surely, so why are you in such a hurry to break through lately?"
He looked at what Xiao Mingxin was holding and was speechless. "...Are you preparing to cook?"
Xiao Mingxin's expression remained unchanged. "I haven't tasted the flavors of life for a long time, so I just wanted to have a taste again."
Xiao Mingxin's behavior was truly abnormal, so the Third Elder couldn't say anything. He could only remind him again, "The Sect Leader has seen your growth over the past five years. Now the Sect Leader has the idea of gradually withdrawing from the affairs of the sect. In the future, you will have to take over the Tianyi Sect. Behind you is the entire Tianyi Sect. I hope you can take on this responsibility as soon as possible."
"Master, don't worry, this demonic energy won't affect me. I'll be able to refine it in a few days."
Even though Xiao Mingxin took an unconventional approach, he still spoke with the same composure and reliability as before. The Third Elder's suspicions subsided, and after saying a few more words, he left.
Xiao Mingxin's eyes warmed as she stepped into the Bamboo Grove Residence. However, Xu Cangyu had woken up early that day and noticed Xiao Mingxin the moment she entered.
"Leaving late and coming home early, what have you been doing these past few days?"
Xiao Mingxin smiled, put the fruits and vegetables aside, hugged him, and said teasingly, "Of course we're going to the summit to practice swordsmanship. You don't think I can resist the urge to sit still all night while sleeping next to me, do you?"
Xu Cangyu's face flushed slightly, but then she suddenly smelled a faint scent of blood on him. She picked up his robe, which was almost touching the ground, and asked, "Whose blood is this?"
Xiao Mingxin used magic to clean it up and brushed it off, saying, "It was probably dirt I accidentally got in the market."
Xu Zangyu had no suspicions and went to look at the fruits and vegetables in the basket. These were the things he had asked Xiao Mingxin to buy yesterday.
Xiao Mingxin originally wanted to buy some food from the restaurant, but Xu Cangyu said there was no need to trouble him. This made him feel guilty for not being able to take care of Xu Cangyu, so he secretly brought back a cookbook to study.
Xu Zangyu quickly prepared four dishes and a soup in the small kitchen, and just then Chen Zhiguang came over, so they stayed to eat together.
While they were eating, Xiao Mingxin suddenly asked him, "Junior Brother, the blood stasis in your brain has been cleared for several days now. Are you still unable to tolerate any stimulation?"
Xu Cangyu almost coughed up the food in his mouth, and glanced at Chen Zhiguang, thankfully he didn't know what Xiao Mingxin meant.
Chen Zhiguang checked Xu Zangyu's pulse again and said with a smile, "It's fine now. Even if you run dozens of laps and are exhausted, it's okay."
Chen Zhiguang's smile was innocent, and Xu Cangyu couldn't bear to look at him. However, Chen Zhiguang blinked his big eyes and looked over, making Xu Cangyu feel guilty. "...What's wrong?"
"I've noticed... Third Senior Brother, you seem even more handsome than before. When I first saw you a few days ago, I thought I had mistaken you for someone else. Don't you think so, Eldest Senior Brother?"
Xiao Mingxin carefully examined Xu Cangyu. "Junior Brother has always been very handsome. What has changed about him?"
In Xiao Mingxin's eyes, Xu Zangyu had not changed. Now, he was just a little fairer-skinned. He had never changed; he was still Xu Zangyu.
Chen Zhiguang was stunned. This was considered no change? It was an almost earth-shattering change, like an egg shedding its shell.
He remembered taking some health-preserving pills a few days ago, which made him feel fragrant and his face was whiter than before. So he leaned over and asked Xiao Mingxin, "Senior Brother, don't you think I've become more handsome?"
Xu Zangyu: "Your complexion seems better than it was a few days ago."
Xiao Mingxin looked at him, puzzled. "...Probably."
Chen Zhiguang immediately deflated, "I've taken the newly developed health-preserving pills, and my appearance and complexion are clearly better. How come you didn't notice?"
After the meal, Xiao Mingxin cleaned up the mess, while Chen Zhiguang arranged a medicinal bath for Xu Cangyu.
After doing all this, he was ruthlessly kicked out by Xiao Mingxin. He couldn't even shamelessly try to chat with Xu Cangyu a little longer, as Xiao Mingxin monopolized almost all of Xu Cangyu's time.
Xiao Mingxin, however, said that he did it so that Xu Zangyu could get some rest.
Chen Zhiguang began to wonder if he was so talkative that he was annoying people.
In the past few days, Xiao Mingxin had been trying his best to reach the threshold of the late Nascent Soul stage, but he was still far from it. Just now, he secretly ate a few pills to improve his cultivation, and his spiritual power surged several times over.
After Xu Zangyu finished her medicinal bath, her body felt even lighter than before. She dried herself off and had just put on an outer robe when Xiao Mingxin walked in.
“My spiritual power has been strengthened these past few days. I will try to suppress the spiritual power in your body again.”
Seeing that he had failed several times, Xu Zangyu tried asking, "Does it require dual cultivation?"
"..."
“Lu Ming previously said that the problems I had could only be treated by practicing dual cultivation techniques.”
Xiao Mingxin's expression changed, his anger barely concealed. "With his cultivation level, how could he possibly cure your body? This isn't some pretense; he's trying to steal your cultivation through dual cultivation."
"I should have just killed him."
Xiao Mingxin regretted it; he shouldn't have let that disgusting Lu Ming live.
“I have an excess of spiritual energy that my meridians cannot withstand, so transferring some of that energy to another person is actually a solution.”
"But Lu Ming may not be here to heal me, but rather for the spiritual power within me."
If it were Lu Ming, Xu Zangyu would rather die than be treated; if it were Xiao Mingxin, it wouldn't be so bad.
Xiao Mingxin channeled spiritual energy into his palm, when Xu Cangyu suddenly pulled him onto the bed. "Want to try dual cultivation?"
"..."
Xiao Mingxin remained silent for a long time, his heart itching uncontrollably, but he could not take away Xu Cangyu's cultivation, so he did not use the dual cultivation technique.
The sect has such a technique, which can be used for mutual cultivation and benefit both parties. Xiao Mingxin had indeed read it, and with every page he turned, he was thinking of Xu Zangyu.
But right now, Xu Zangyu has no idea what dual cultivation techniques are.
He probably thought dual cultivation meant...
"You don't want to? Then forget it."
Xu Cangyu got up, but Xiao Mingxin pushed him back onto the bed.
He kissed Xu Zangyu's lips frantically, stealing her breath until her face turned bright red, before letting go. Once Xu Zangyu had recovered, he kissed her again.
Xu Zangyu was forced to consume Xiao Mingxin's flavor, but more importantly, Xiao Mingxin absorbed his aura from head to toe.
His fair skin turned completely red, and tears welled up in the corners of his eyes. Xu Cangyu didn't forget to ask him, "Are you using dual cultivation techniques now?"
Is it really that agonizing?
Xiao Mingxin paused for a moment, hummed in agreement, and continued to bury her head in her stomach.
"I have already sent spiritual energy into your body, so please do not resist it."
Xiao Mingxin spared no effort to make Xu Cangyu lose his mind and suppress the disordered spiritual power.
However, Xu Zangyu found it difficult to sense and control the spiritual energy within his body; he couldn't even touch it. "I... I don't think I can control it."
Xiao Mingxin comforted him, "It's okay, just try to relax."
As soon as Xu Zangyu relaxed his body, he couldn't help but curl up, curling his toes and clenching his teeth to keep from making any embarrassing noises.
Xiao Mingxin's body stiffened, a tingling sensation on his scalp accompanied by a dull ache from the impact. He suppressed Xu Cangyu's raging spiritual power, his throat already tasting metallic.
Swallowing the blood, he moved away from Xu Zangyu's lips and landed on her neck, greedily refusing to leave.
The sun sets and rises, and rests only the next day.
Xu Zangyu was the first to regain consciousness. He remembered that his whole body ached yesterday, but when he woke up this morning, he felt comfortable all over. His body had been cleaned up, and most importantly, the pain and stiffness in his meridians had also improved a lot.
He turned to look at Xiao Mingxin, whose face was much paler, and whose once rosy lips looked as if they had lost all their blood.
Xiao Mingxin took his spiritual power; shouldn't her complexion be better?
Why do I look like I've been drained of my life force by a demon?
Noticing the movement around him, Xiao Mingxin finally came to her senses. Her chest still ached dully, and her brows furrowed slightly. When she opened her eyes, she saw Xu Cangyu's worried gaze.
Xu Zangyu sighed: "It seems that even cultivators cannot indulge in excessive sexual activity."
Xiao Mingxin calmed the churning blood in his chest, and his complexion immediately returned to normal. He hugged Xu Cangyu and said, "I usually practice the Returning Breath Technique when I fall asleep. The abnormal complexion is just due to the effect of the technique."
"So that's how it is." Xu Cangyu breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't help but admire Xiao Mingxin's diligence, even cultivating while sleeping.
Senior Brother truly lives up to his name.
Are you hungry?
Xiao Mingxin touched Xu Cangyu's shrunken belly, penetrated deep into his thighs, and then quickly withdrew.
"I'll go cook."
Xu Cangyu was furious at being teased, and grunted twice, telling him to hurry up and go.
He sensed something amiss in the hidden place but dared not look. Was he really that lustful?
He didn't fall asleep until late last night, but... he really didn't feel tired. Maybe the body of a Nascent Soul cultivator is just that strong.
Xiao Mingxin lifted the blanket, and Xu Cangyu accidentally saw that his face had become even hotter.
He wasn't wearing any clothes.
They touched themselves and found they weren't wearing anything, so they ended up hugging like that all night?
Xiao Mingxin was open and honest, not avoiding Xu Zangyu's gaze. On the contrary, Xu Zangyu was embarrassed, especially when she saw the bloody scratches on his back. Her face turned red, and she turned over, not daring to look anymore.
After Xiao Mingxin left, he rolled out of bed, looked down, and cursed under his breath, "You bastard, when did Xiao Mingxin bite my crotch?"
It wasn't very painful, but the bluish-purple marks were quite embarrassing.
Not only were there marks on her legs, but they were also on other parts of her body. After getting dressed, Xu Zangyu thought for a moment and decided that she absolutely could not let Chen Zhiguang stay by her side while she took a medicinal bath today.
As if on cue, Chen Zhiguang arrived just in time to deliver the medicine, the timing perfect, just as the smoke from the kitchen began to rise.
Chen Zhiguang was taken aback when he saw Xu Cangyu. "Third Senior Brother's neck... why is it purple? Who hit you?"
Xu Zangyu turned her face away embarrassedly, "Perhaps it was a bite from a flying insect."
"Flying insects in the Bamboo Grove Abode?" Chen Zhiguang didn't think much of it and gave him a bottle of insect repellent. He looked towards the kitchen and asked, "Is Senior Brother cooking today?"
"Um."
Chen Zhiguang forced a smile and tossed him the medicinal bath medicine, saying, "I just remembered I have something to do, so I won't bother you any longer."
He hadn't forgotten that when he was a child, he ate a meal from Xiao Mingxin and suffered from vomiting and diarrhea for three days and three nights. After that, his master didn't dare let Xiao Mingxin into the kitchen.
In his eyes, Xiao Mingxin was practically a deadly chef.
He can only admire this sentiment from afar; he is truly unworthy of it.
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Author's Note: These past few days, I've been so engrossed in writing that I almost lost my temper, but thankfully I ate some Dove chocolate and enjoyed its silky smooth texture, so everything went smoothly for me [doge emoji].
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