A poison master had one thing in abundance: medicine!
What was more, he was a poison master who dabbled in an extraordinarily broad range of fields.
This medicine nourished yang and replenished qi. It was a fine thing. In the past, he had always prescribed it for others, but now he wanted to try it himself.
Ideally, one dose would be enough to make Yuan Shu unforgettable!
Sure enough, the moment the medicine entered his body, his already feverish body seemed to flare into a raging prairie fire, completely beyond control.
Ji Yun drew a deep breath. Just as Yuan Shu opened her mouth, apparently intending to say something, he turned his face and suddenly kissed her lips.
Yuan Shu froze for a moment and reached out to push him away.
Ji Yun released her and let out a ragged breath. His voice was somewhat hurried. “Weren’t you planning to cultivate together with me?”
Yuan Shu fell silent for a moment. “That’s true, but shouldn’t we go inside?”
“No!” Ji Yun answered her at once.
The instant his voice fell, he waved his hand and cast a barrier overhead to prevent anyone from peeking. Then he lowered his head and kissed her lips.
Her body went limp from the sudden contact, and the power of the Hehuan Divine Tree within her began to surge violently.
Yuan Shu hurriedly hooked her arms around Ji Yun’s neck, tilting her head back to accept his kiss.
Ji Yun was frantic—more frantic than Yuan Shu had ever seen him before.
In the past, whenever they were together, Yuan Shu had more or less taken the initiative, while Ji Yun was usually the one being pressed beneath her.
But this time…
After one scorching, deep kiss, Ji Yun did not even enter the main hall of Ziyang Palace before stripping Yuan Shu bare.
“Mmm…”
Yuan Shu tilted her head back. All she could see was the swaying azure sky, with the occasional pair of spirit cranes flapping past overhead, flying side by side.
Ji Yun held her close, kissing her with tenderness and profound desire.
His wild power resonated with the power of the Hehuan Divine Tree within her, almost forming a tangible harmony.
Before long, Yuan Shu’s mind was reduced to a blank.
…
Ji Yun thought Yuan Shu was like water.
Whenever he touched her, his legs and feet went weak, and even his heart seemed to melt.
So whenever she pinned him down, he could never escape. He could only be like a fish on the chopping block, allowing her to do whatever she pleased.
What he had consumed was an unadulterated heavenly treasure.
Under the influence of Yuan Shu’s aura, it could make him intensely aroused, allowing him to become the one who influenced Yuan Shu!
This was also the first time he had discovered that it was not only pleasurable to be controlled by Yuan Shu. Taking the lead himself could likewise make his heart tremble with ecstasy!
From the courtyard of Ziyang Palace, to the main hall, and then to Ji Yun’s room—
They indulged themselves to the utmost.
By the time Yuan Shu woke up, her entire body aching and weak, it was already the next morning.
She was held tightly in the arms of the man behind her, his light breathing brushing against her ear.
The Ji Yun of the previous night had been a little insane, as though he were taking revenge on her.
But for Yuan Shu, who possessed the Hehuan Divine Tree, that degree was just right!
Yuan Shu struggled a little, but when she failed to break free, she reached out and carefully moved Ji Yun’s arm aside.
She had only shifted it slightly when the man behind her suddenly tightened his embrace.
“Last time, you also secretly wriggled free like this before throwing yourself into Ji Qingyan’s arms?” Ji Yun’s icy voice came from above her head.
Yuan Shu looked up and met his angry gaze.
“Why are you bringing Ji Qingyan into this out of nowhere?” Yuan Shu pursed her lips. Her body relaxed as Ji Yun pulled her tightly against him once more.
“Isn’t it the truth? Yuan Shu, you’re awful. You provoked me, then went and provoked him too. Do you have any idea what that means for him and me? We’re… we’re…”
Ji Yun gritted his teeth. His lips trembled, but he could not bring himself to finish.
When he looked at her with those beautiful, deep eyes, there was unexpectedly a hint of grievance in them.
Yuan Shu turned to look at him, keenly detecting that trace of emotion.
“You and Ji Qingyan aren’t brothers? How could you…”
Ji Yun pressed his lips together before speaking. “We are brothers, but we have different mothers. He has an extremely powerful cultivation talent, and Father favors him greatly.”
“Unlike me. Ever since Father learned that I raised poisonous insects, he regarded me as an ill omen and abandoned me in the rear mountains.”
“They never cared about me!”
The more Ji Yun spoke, the more aggrieved he became. Tears glimmered in his starry eyes.
“At long last, I met you first, and now he wants to take you away too. Shushu, do you like him and not me?”
The thing Yuan Shu feared most in this life was a handsome man shedding tears.
Especially when those tears were shed to win her sympathy.
She reached out and gently wiped the tears from the corners of Ji Yun’s eyes, then gave a soft laugh. “How could I? If I didn’t like you, why would you be the first person I thought of when something happened?”
“Ji Yun, you know that yesterday, you were my first choice!”
She raised her head and lightly kissed the corner of his lips, then reached out and pinched his cheek.
Ji Yun’s eyes trembled. Thinking of what had happened the day before, his heart softened. He pulled Yuan Shu into his arms and spoke in a muffled voice.
“Was I really the first person you thought of?”
“Of course. Didn’t you see it with your own eyes?”
Ji Yun had looked through Yuan Shu’s communication jade talisman. She had only contacted him.
Thinking of that, Ji Yun brightened.
He was her first choice. Hearing Yuan Shu say that was enough for him!
Ji Yun hugged Yuan Shu tightly and lowered his head to place a gentle kiss on the crown of her hair.
“Then remember this from now on. Always choose me first, all right?”
Yuan Shu keenly caught the joy in his voice and immediately agreed with a curl of her lips. “All right!”
…
“Shushu, I think I’ve advanced?”
After clinging to Yuan Shu for a while longer, Ji Yun finally released her and stood up to get dressed.
The moment he moved, he realized that something was wrong.
He had originally been at the late-Golden Core stage. To break through to the Nascent Soul stage, he should have first crossed the threshold of the Golden Core perfection stage.
Yet now, he suddenly discovered that he had broken through.
He had advanced directly from the late-Golden Core stage to the early Nascent Soul stage!
He clenched his fist and calmly sensed the surge of spiritual power within his body. His eyes widened slightly.
It was real. He could feel it—the perfect power of the Nascent Soul stage.
He had actually advanced!
How had this happened?
“You advanced to the Nascent Soul stage? Not bad.” Yuan Shu smiled, resting her cheek on one hand. “You’re almost caught up with me.”
“Caught up with you? Shushu, could it be that you also…”
Ji Yun stopped halfway through his sentence. When he saw the power suddenly surging from Yuan Shu’s body, he was completely stunned.
“The Nascent Soul stage? You advanced to the Nascent Soul stage too? How… how is that possible?”
He clearly remembered that not long ago, Yuan Shu had only just broken through from the Foundation Establishment stage to the Golden Core stage. How had she broken through to the Nascent Soul stage so quickly?
When he had been at the Golden Core stage, Yuan Shu had only been at the Foundation Establishment stage. Now that Yuan Shu had reached the Nascent Soul stage, he had only just arrived there himself.
What kind of terrifying cultivation speed was this?
Ji Yun was shocked and could hardly believe it.
But as he looked at the unmistakable power of the Nascent Soul stage radiating from Yuan Shu, he swallowed hard. He had no choice but to believe it.
Yuan Shu had truly advanced to the Nascent Soul stage!
Then…
“Senior Brother Ji Yun, Senior Brother Ji Yun! News has come from Luoxian Hall. The sect master has summoned all disciples at the Golden Core stage and above to the Ascension Platform.”
A hurried knock suddenly sounded at the door, followed closely by the shout of a young disciple.
Ji Yun froze. His heart tightened, and he could not help asking, “The Ascension Platform?”
“Who has advanced to the Deity Transformation stage?”
Luoxian Sect’s Ascension Platform was an institution that would only be opened to the public when a cultivator at the Nascent Soul stage advanced to the Deity Transformation stage.
