Cultivation
Mu Yu’s hand stopped on his chin. “I have an idea now!”
“You want to lure Gui Ximing into Spirit Void Domain? You just said he’s aiming for the top floor, which is through another exit, though. How are you going to bait him to the forty-sixth floor?”
“He doesn’t have a choice if I destroy the other exit.”
“Is that even possible?”
“For a limited time. It happened once on the seventy-third floor, where I encountered Elder Lu and Gui Han, and it took approximately an hour to be restored.
“Gui Ximing has to wait fourteen hours to reach the ninety-ninth floor from where he currently is. The path from the eighty-ninth floor to the ninety-ninth floor will be open for less than thirty minutes. As long as we can stall him for long enough, Gui Ximing won’t be able to reach the ninety-ninth floor. The other exit will lead to the forty-sixth floor. If I destroy an exit, it’ll rile him up. All we have to do then is flee to the forty-sixth floor.”
“I won’t be able to release Ocean Archfiend, then…”
“There’s no guarantee you can free him even if you find your way to the ninety-ninth floor. Most importantly, if he also makes it there at the same time, how will you beat him? The two of us are no match for him, and that skull is designed to subdue Ocean Archfiend. We can only sabotage him until we find a way of defeating him.”
“Don’t let him obtain what we can’t obtain. I like that strategy. You have my vote,” commented Xiaoshuai.
“It’ll be giving him a taste of his own medicine,” added the dragon vine.
“Releasing Ocean Archfiend is still important, though,” argued Qiao Xue.
“Relax. I already told Elder Lu how to reach the ninety-ninth floor. We can entrust it to them, and then we can work our way up after we get rid of Gui Ximing.”
“We don’t have much of a choice.”
Qiao Xue and Mu Yu assumed meditation sitting positions to prepare for battle later on. Whilst revising formation knowledge Ku Mu imparted during his trip to the past, Mu Yu utilised Dustfallen Mental Cultivation, trying to ascend beyond Spirit Severing Realm Seventh Layer with the aid of his black and white qi.
Soon, Mu Yu and Qiao Xue’s spiritual energy found a common frequency. After roughly ten seconds of circulating in his body, his spiritual energy would transfer to Qiao Xue’s body and circulate within her. Her cool spiritual energy would then transfer over to him, thereby providing a refreshing feeling.
As tranquillity set in, Mu Yu saw himself meditating in an idyllic utopia of nature. The sound of the running small river was music to his ears, while the growth of plants harmoniously danced according to the river’s tune.
Mu Yu stopped by the river bank to scoop up a handful of water. The water assumed Qiao Xue’s appearance, both silently reading each other’s thoughts through eye contact. No matter how much time past, they never changed.
Suddenly, Mu Yu pulled Qiao Xue into his embrace and gave her a peck on her lips. The world around them ceased to exist as they lost themselves in each other’s eyes and touch. They naturally, yet slightly passionately, flowed with each other as if they were in a dance.
Their qis locked out the winning fish, Xiaoshuai and the dragon vine. Qiao Xue’s water barrier hid them from sight, while Appose Horizon Formation inside it further made it impossible for anyone outside to know what unfolded inside.
Xiaoshuai, who was suddenly kicked out of his “bed”, griped, “It’s been eight hours already. They done?”
“Would you and Momo do the same thing?”
“Oi!” Xiaoshuai strangled the dragon vine, cursing, “You feel oxygen deprived if you don’t mention Momo?!”
By the time the two inside the water barrier came to their senses, they found themselves in each other’s embraces.
“Wh-… Why did this happen?!”
Qiao Xue shoved Mu Yu aside and hastily draped her clothes over herself, glaring at him.
“Umm… I, uh… I don’t know what happened, either. Your spirit lord and mine are a match made in heaven, hey? It’s pretty peculiar.”
“How should I know?! I wasn’t ready for this!” Qiao Xue blurted, unable to calm her racing heart and mind.
“You’re the one who claimed choosing who you like is a freedom everyone deserves…”
“Yes, but a maiden’s first time is important! I never wanted to do that with you while being unaware!”
“It’s also my first time, so we’re even, aren’t we? What I want to kn-, hang on.” Mu Yu jumped to his feet, blurting, “How did I ascend to Spirit Severing Realm Ninth Layer?”
Qiao Xue also discovered from the spring on her finger that she had jumped three layers to Spirit Severing Realm Sixth Layer. That said, she grouched, “Get dressed, will you?”
“Ahaha,” Mu Yu dryly chuckled. He slapped his clothing on, then got close to Qiao Xue again. “I never knew cultivating together was so beneficial. We should’ve done this sooner.”
Qiao Xue squirted Mu Yu in the face with water from her finger. “Don’t try to take advantage of me.”
“What do you mean? They call me the exemplary, virtuous, always-sensible young man,” argued Mu Yu, wiping his face.
“Says every criminal ever.”
Qiao Xue got to her feet to remove the water barrier. Using her voice, she dispersed the fog and welcomed back the cheerful winning fish.
“Ahem.” Mu Yu harrumphed, then swept his gaze around to see Xiaoshuai and the dragon vine wrestling with each other, spurring him to intervene. “Xiaoshuai, how long has it been?”
“There are six hours left,” Xiaoshuai answered, spitting out a seed and holding another ten peaches using his tail.
“Where did you two find peaches from?”
“We plucked them from World Manifestation Samsara Cycle Mountain. What was I supposed to do while you and Qiao Xue were being intimate, starve to death?”
Mu Yu snatched two peaches from Xiaoshuai, one for Qiao Xue.
“What are we going to do about what we accidentally did now?” queried Qiao Xue, aware of Mu Yu’s feelings for Tian Ran and undesiring a relationship bound by nothing but lust.
“I… didn’t do it on purpose, either. It’s all because of that qi,” replied Mu Yu. “Mm, this peach is pretty good; it’s refreshing.”
Qiao Xue pulled her brows in. “In other words, you’re just going to pretend it never happened?”
“I… I…”
Xiaoshuai raised his claw. “Stupid, you’re going to be a couple, of course.”
“Yeah, you and Momo!” Mu Yu fired back. He turned back to give Qiao Xue an assurance, saying, “I will own up to what I did. It’s only fair we get together officially.”
“What about Tian Ran?”
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