Leng Shuxue's personality was aloof and solitary. Especially after he lost the ability to walk, he rarely interacted with others.
But at this moment, facing Yuan Shu, facing Yuan Shu draped only in light gauze, his breath was scorching, and his temperament was like fire.
Burning, intimate kisses trailed along her smooth swan-like neck, slowly making their way to the side of her ear, gently biting her earlobe.
His scalding large hands had already covered Yuan Shu's waist, slowly wandering upwards.
When Yuan Shu couldn't help but let out a soft moan, a thought stirred in his mind; he turned her over, supported her back, and captured her lips.
Even though he had tasted those lips many times before, they seemed to possess a special magic, rippling through his heart and captivating his soul.
It made him unable to resist wanting more!
But this time, it was clearly different.
Wisps of smoky pink energy seeped out from Yuan Shu's body, forming ribbons of spiritual power that wrapped around him.
Then, they transformed into tiny threads of spiritual energy that sank into his body.
He felt as if the spiritual power within him had been cleansed, slowly beginning to grow and solidify!
His strength, which had stagnated at the late Foundation Establishment stage due to the demonic poison in his body, was inexplicably increasing!
Leng Shuxue opened his eyes slightly in surprise and doubt, only to hear Yuan Shu's low reminder by his ear.
"Fourth Senior Brother, focus. Opportunities for soul synchronization are rare!"
As Yuan Shu's words fell, she reached out and held his hand.
At the same time, the Divine Tree of Hehuan within her body emitted specks of faint blue fluorescence, merging into the smoky pink spiritual power condensed by the Yin-Yang Hehuan Art.
It flowed from Yuan Shu's palm into Leng Shuxue's body.
Yin and Yang embraced, merging into one, circulating the Yin-Yang cycle.
A wave of pleasure originating from the soul filled his body and mind.
Leng Shuxue's brow twitched as he wanted to say something, but remembering Yuan Shu's reminder just now, he closed his mouth and focused on following her guidance.
Soon, an extremely powerful divine force surged into his consciousness.
When it erupted, Leng Shuxue felt a sharp pain in his mind, let out a soft groan, and fainted.
After the spiritual power circulation ended, Yuan Shu slowly opened her eyes, reached out to support the unconscious Leng Shuxue, and laid him flat on the bed.
She then sat up straight, raised her hand to stare at the tip of her right finger, and flicked it.
"Sizzle!"
A wisp of bright red flame appeared at her fingertip, shining brilliantly!
Yuan Shu's eyes lit up.
"The Red Lotus Purifying Fire is finally back!"
...
When Leng Shuxue woke up, Yuan Shu was already gone.
The room looked as if it had been tidied up; overturned tables and chairs were restored to their original positions, and the fallen shelves stood upright again.
The scattered paper and pens on the floor were also neatly organized and placed squarely on the desk.
An intimate, sweet, and musky scent still seemed to linger in the air, but Yuan Shu's dress that had been on the wooden rack had disappeared.
She left?
Leng Shuxue's eyes were dazed for a moment.
He thought that after Yuan Shu found out he had a supreme human cauldron physique, she would definitely make a move.
After all, if this physique was harvested using special methods, the cultivation speed would be unparalleled!
She actually left?
Leng Shuxue frowned. Suddenly, as if sensing something, he clenched his fist tightly in front of him.
A massive burst of spiritual power abruptly surged from his palm, like a dazzling cluster of supreme ice crystal spiritual light, illuminating the entire cave dwelling!
"This, this is... the late Golden Core stage? I broke through to the late Golden Core stage? Am I dreaming?"
His hands trembled slightly.
Just last night, he was only a late Foundation Establishment cultivator. After one night, he had crossed an entire major realm to become a late Golden Core cultivator?
If the events of last night weren't still so vivid in his mind, him and Yuan Shu...
He wouldn't believe it no matter what!
However, his senses couldn't be wrong; the intensity of the spiritual power within his body had truly reached the late Golden Core stage.
Moreover, there seemed to be room for further growth!
Leng Shuxue thought of the soul synchronization Yuan Shu mentioned last night. Could it be... because of that?
But what was soul synchronization?
He had never heard of it before.
After thinking for a while to no avail, Leng Shuxue frowned and stopped delving into it.
The most important thing right now was to consolidate his recent breakthrough!
His legs had recovered, and if his cultivation talent could also recover, that... would be wonderful!
...
Yuan Shu's courtyard.
Yun Sheng stewed the spiritual chicken he had just slaughtered today, preparing a lot of the spiritual mushrooms Yuan Shu liked to go with it. After stir-frying them, he left them to simmer over low heat.
Although he wasn't sure when Yuan Shu would come out, he prepared her favorite meals on time every day.
Yuan Shu had been in secluded cultivation for seven days, and a sound-isolating barrier had been cast around her room.
He didn't dare to disturb her and could only quietly wait in the courtyard.
The day Yuan Shu returned, he smelled an unusual cedar scent on her.
He knew that whatever Yuan Shu had wanted to do was likely accomplished.
The sourness in his heart lasted only a moment before Yuan Shu stopped in front of him, instructing him that she was going into secluded cultivation and was not to be disturbed unless necessary.
He agreed, and she entered the house.
He hadn't seen her for seven days!
From the other side of the core disciple courtyard, noisy cheering suddenly erupted.
Yun Sheng peeked over; it seemed like the disciples from Azure Cloud Peak had returned, crowding around someone.
He could vaguely hear words like "Junior Sister" and "amazing."
The youngest core disciple of Azure Cloud Peak, wasn't that Su Lingxi?
Yun Sheng was very good at reading people's expressions. Although Yuan Shu never said it out loud, he knew that she disliked this junior sister!
After thinking for a moment, Yun Sheng followed the crowd out, pulled aside a junior disciple, and gave him two spirit stones to ask for information.
Afterwards, he returned to the courtyard with a grim expression.
Su Lingxi had returned from the Death Demon Forest, and she had even broken through to the Foundation Establishment stage!
Talk about dumb luck, breaking through so quickly?
Yun Sheng gritted his teeth resentfully. The moment he looked up, he saw Yuan Shu in the courtyard.
His eyes widened slightly, a flash of awe passing through them!
Under the smoky purple Lingshu flowers, Yuan Shu wore a long crimson dress, sitting quietly on a rattan chair in the courtyard with her legs crossed.
Her snowy white skin seemed to have a radiant light flowing across it, contrasting sharply with the crimson red of her dress.
Her long black hair was draped casually over her back, swaying slightly as she drank her tea.
An aura of leisurely elegance surrounded her, as if she had been baptized by the passage of time, giving people the illusion that she was completely different from before!
"Miss Yuan!"
Yun Sheng called out softly, dashing in front of Yuan Shu at an extremely fast speed.
Yuan Shu turned her head. On her fair, beautiful little face, a conspicuous spiritual mark resembling a lotus flower had appeared right between her eyebrows.
Yun Sheng paused, "Miss Yuan, your forehead..."
Only then did Yuan Shu realize in hindsight that after awakening her natal spiritual fire, the Red Lotus Purifying Fire mark on her forehead had been exposed for quite some time.
"It's nothing, just a spiritual energy mark."
Yuan Shu tilted her head to look at him, looking him up and down. "We haven't seen each other for a few days, and it seems your strength has increased again?"
A faint blush appeared on Yun Sheng's handsome face. "It's all thanks to the high-level cultivation technique Miss Yuan gave me, and... and that pill, that my strength could improve so quickly."
Yuan Shu nodded in appreciation, then shook her head. "External assistance is ultimately just external. The things I gave you aren't enough to make you advance from the early Qi Refining stage to the tenth level of Qi Refining in such a short time."
"During this period, you must have put in a lot of thought and time."
"What kind of reward do you want?"
