Yuan Shu suddenly turned around, directly hooking her arms around Leng Shuxue's neck and tilting her head to look at him.
"Congratulations, Senior Brother Leng. You are now a Nascent Soul stage expert, while I am still just at the lowly Foundation Establishment stage. Will you... despise me?"
Leng Shuxue's heart tightened. He immediately shook his head and said, "How could I? Everything I have was given by you, and everything I have is yours!"
"If you think Nascent Soul isn't good, then I am willing to cripple a portion of my spiritual power and return to the Foundation Establishment stage to accompany you. I..."
A fair finger gently pressed against Leng Shuxue's thin, crimson lips. Yuan Shu raised her eyes, looking at the sincere man before her, and smiled.
"You finally managed to advance your strength. You might be willing to waste it, but I certainly am not."
As Yuan Shu spoke, she suddenly leaned close to his ear, her soft and delicate voice carrying an ambiguous tone.
"Senior Brother Leng, I heard that when a dual cultivation partner advances to the Nascent Soul stage, they become much stronger in that regard. Is it true?"
Warm breath brushed against his ear, causing Leng Shuxue's body to tense. His Adam's apple bobbed uncontrollably. "Shu... Shushu..."
"Hmm?"
Yuan Shu blinked. Her hand slowly trailed down from his shoulder to his chest, gently tracing two circles as she pressed further, "Senior Brother Leng, is it really true?"
Leng Shuxue's grip on Yuan Shu's waist tightened.
Lowering his gaze, he saw Yuan Shu's beautiful little face wearing a wicked smile, the corners of her lips curled into a charming arc.
It made one unable to resist wanting to do something.
His deep eyes, which normally gleamed like white ice, surged with dark desire. Leng Shuxue's voice grew hoarse.
"Shushu, do you want to try it out now?"
Yuan Shu smiled seductively, looking at him as she asked in return, "Does Senior Brother Leng want me to try?"
The hand behind her waist suddenly pressed hard, pulling her flush against his own waist.
Leng Shuxue's gaze was profound. His eyes, tainted with lust, stared straight at her. "I do!"
Yuan Shu could already feel it.
Extending her arms, she directly wrapped them around Leng Shuxue's neck and pulled him down.
"Then, what are we waiting for?"
As soon as the words fell, she had already captured his lips in a kiss.
A top-grade human cauldron physique! If she wasn't afraid that Leng Shuxue wouldn't be able to withstand the demands of the Hehuan Divine Tree, Yuan Shu wouldn't want to let him go at all!
She knew that Leng Shuxue had called her here to share the joy of winning the grand competition's rewards.
But those were just worldly possessions. What she wanted had always been very simple.
For example, his body!
Of course, for Leng Shuxue, repaying Yuan Shu in this way was something he was more than happy to do.
Being a cauldron for his beloved was a joyous thing!
Inside the dim cave dwelling, unusual sounds soon echoed.
The former Leng Shuxue, whose legs were crippled, who sat in a wheelchair, aloof and distant...
...had now transformed into the most passionate and uninhibited little wolf dog, wishing he could give his entirely to Yuan Shu!
In the depths of their passion, Yuan Shu bit his chest, leaned close to his ear, and used her soft voice to declare her sovereignty.
"Leng Shuxue, from now on, you can only be mine, understand?"
Leng Shuxue didn't speak. He merely looked down at her with deep eyes, and then responded to her with an even fiercer storm.
In her daze, Yuan Shu vaguely heard his reply.
"Mm, I am yours, Shushu."
...
By the quiet cliffside, Yuan Shu sat cross-legged, circulating her energy.
Powerful spiritual energy swirled around her, fluttering her robes and blowing the hair at her temples into a dance.
Within her body, the five-colored diamond-shaped tree foundation condensed by the Hehuan Divine Tree emitted a dazzling light, slowly drawing closer to the bottom of the divine tree's roots.
Finally, it entirely submerged into the divine tree.
Yuan Shu quickly changed her hand seals, condensing a ball of fiery red energy in front of her, and struck it into the Hehuan Divine Tree.
In an instant, a brilliant red light bloomed, illuminating the entirety of Yuan Shu's sea of consciousness.
It wasn't until a long time later that the light slowly dissipated.
Immediately after, the Hehuan Divine Tree trembled violently with excitement. A moment later, a familiar voice suddenly rang out in her mind.
"Shushu?"
The androgynous voice sounded as crisp as a silver bell, carrying an indescribable thrill and excitement.
"I... I've finally come back to life? Shushu, you are truly the best! Even after being reborn, you didn't forget to awaken my sentience first!"
During this time, although it hadn't gained enough power to awaken its sentience, it could feel Yuan Shu repeatedly transmitting power to nourish it.
It could be said that a large part of the reason Yuan Shu was in such a hurry to finish collecting the first layer of the tree foundation was because of it!
Because of this, Yuan Shu had even delayed her own advancement speed.
Otherwise, with the top-grade spiritual root Primal Yang from those few core disciples, Yuan Shu would have broken through the Foundation Establishment stage long ago. Why would she need to wait until now?
Yuan Shu's divine sense condensed in her sea of consciousness. Looking up at the Hehuan Divine Tree, which was shaking its branches with an excited expression, a relieved smile appeared on her face.
"Yes, awakening your sentience wasted quite a bit of my spiritual power. So from now on, you have to work hard to help me make up for it!"
When she was first reborn, although the Hehuan Divine Tree had followed her, it had reverted to its initial form, completely devoid of sentience.
She wasn't sure if she could successfully awaken it, so even when all five divine tree foundations were gathered, she had never dared to help it awaken.
It wasn't until she obtained the sixth wisp of Primal Yang power from Zhai Shuo that she made up her mind to try.
Now, her hard work had paid off, and she had finally successfully helped the Hehuan Divine Tree awaken its sentience!
"Don't worry, leave it to me!"
The Hehuan Divine Tree patted its trunk, its tone carrying a sense of looking down upon the world.
"In my past life, I could help you achieve the Body Integration stage, and in this life, I can do the same! And the speed will only be faster!"
Yuan Shu's lips curled up. "Happy cooperation!"
"Happy cooperation!"
"Let's go. If we can successfully get the spiritual plants we want this time and refine a high-level body-protecting spiritual pill, we can absorb the spiritual source power of the spiritual vein."
"Your second-layer tree foundation can also be unlocked!"
...
Medicine Cloud Peak of the Falling Immortal Sect was the peak with the strangest terrain among the sect's five peaks.
It was divided into five sections.
Right in the middle was the main hall of Medicine Cloud Peak, where the elders and the peak master held meetings and discussed matters.
On the hillside to the left of the main hall was the Crimson Sun Hall, the place where Medicine Cloud Peak refined pills and medicines.
It was said that within the Crimson Sun Hall, a wisp of the ancient spiritual fire, the Crimson Sun Fire, was still preserved. It had been collected from the Edge of the Sky by the founding ancestor of Medicine Cloud Peak.
Every year, a massive amount of wealth was required to nourish the Crimson Sun Fire to ensure it would never extinguish.
On the right were the residences of the peak's disciples and elders. With black tiles and white walls hidden among the woods, the environment was beautiful.
The area near the rear cliff was where spiritual medicines and plants were grown, with mountainous and aquatic terrains arranged in an interlocking pattern.
There were also many stone cliffs and mountain forests simulating a wild environment around it, and there were even many specially planted companion weeds inside.
By planting medicinal plants and companion weeds together, some of the growth habits of the companion weeds could actually enhance the efficacy of the medicinal plants!
Therefore, if someone without a discerning eye entered the back mountain, they might not even be able to pick out the medicinal plants from the thousands of weeds!
But what was most worthy of attention was a place below the cliff where, from a distance, all the vegetation appeared to be a bluish-purple hue.
