Helan Zhao’s hand, which had been resting on Yuan Shu’s slender waist, suddenly froze. Then, as if he had been burned, he snatched it back.
After stammering his way through a few words, he released Yuan Shu and staggered backward. He grabbed the clothes beside the hot spring, turned, and ran.
He looked very much like he was fleeing in panic!
Yuan Shu quietly watched his retreating figure, the corners of her lips slowly curling into a smile.
As expected, no matter how much one said, nothing worked as well as a useful pill.
Yuan Shu smiled faintly and lowered her head to glance at the marks Helan Zhao had left all over her body.
Who knew what this fellow had been secretly learning lately? He certainly had plenty of ways to tease someone.
He had left her aching all over, yet she could only look and not have him.
Tsk!
Yuan Shu clicked her tongue, then slipped back into the water, allowing the warm current to submerge her body.
The power of the aphrodisiac raged inside her. Yuan Shu knitted her brows and quietly endured it. Suddenly, she found herself missing Yun Sheng very much.
If he were here at a time like this, wouldn’t there be a perfect use for all this aphrodisiac energy?
Just as she was thinking this, something strange suddenly stirred beneath the water.
…
Yuan Shu’s body trembled, and her breathing grew ragged.
As her thoughts drifted away, her vision suddenly changed. By the time she realized what had happened, her consciousness had already entered her sea of consciousness.
The moment she came to a stop, a cool, warm sensation brushed against her ankle.
Yuan Shu froze slightly and looked down. The pale blue-and-white body of Xiushe was already winding its way up from her ankle…
Her heart, already stirred by Helan Zhao’s teasing, instantly filled with two more parts of a different kind of longing.
Yuan Shu’s spiritual body went weak beneath her, and she fell backward.
The pain she expected never came. Instead, she fell into a broad, solid embrace.
Yuan Shu looked up, and Ling Chi’s handsome, otherworldly face appeared before her.
The blue immortal mark between his brows glimmered faintly. His silver hair fell beside his face, making his features look even more refined and beautiful.
“Master…”
His voice was clear and pure, like a spring striking stone, pleasant to the ear.
The way he lingered over her title somehow carried an inexplicable tenderness.
The aphrodisiac energy inside her had taken effect, and even her spiritual consciousness was suffering from it. Waves of strange, heated sensations washed over her.
Yuan Shu’s lashes trembled as she reached out and lightly grasped the lapel of the spiritual body’s robes.
Ling Chi seemed to sense her movements. Looking at Yuan Shu’s hazy eyes, his gaze trembled slightly.
He lowered his head and kissed her without hesitation.
A clean, cool fragrance like that of spiritual iris flowers spread through the air, pure and refreshing, just like Ling Chi himself.
Yuan Shu let out a soft moan and raised her arms to hook them around his neck.
Soon, one hand wrapped around her waist. With a turn, he carried her onto the fur rug nearby.
“Master, you said you owed me a soul dual-cultivation session. I’ve come to collect now.”
Ling Chi leaned close to her ear and spoke in a low voice. It sounded like a lover’s intimate murmur, enough to stir the heart.
“Mmm…”
Yuan Shu’s body tensed. She whimpered softly, her arms tightening around him.
At that moment, the aphrodisiac energy inside her seemed to have finally found an outlet.
Yuan Shu’s consciousness grew hazy. Soon, all she could see was Ling Chi’s shifting face.
…
Within the silent space of her consciousness, an enormous dark-blue serpent lay coiled in a circle. Every so often, its body rolled over, revealing a section of its snow-white belly.
If one looked carefully, they would see a small flash of white emerging from the middle of the serpent’s body.
It was a woman’s delicate, beautiful foot.
In the wind, a woman’s faint sobs echoed in the distance, lingering without end.
…
When Yuan Shu’s consciousness returned, the first thing she smelled was the delicious aroma of food.
She opened her eyes in confusion and found herself face-to-face with Yun Sheng’s worried expression.
“Shushu, are you all right?”
He had gone to the hot spring to look for her the previous night, only to find Yuan Shu leaning against the edge of the pool, her expression pained and feverish.
He had been startled. After pulling her from the water, he hurriedly carried her back to the guest courtyard.
He had been about to call someone to examine her when he heard her repeated, passionate moans.
He knew that sound far too well.
After all, he had heard it countless times before.
Yun Sheng held her hand and kept watch beside her bed. As he watched her consciousness struggle within her sea of consciousness and saw her body reacting in the same way, he finally realized that Yuan Shu was…
Dual-cultivating with someone through their souls.
Before his strength had broken through to the Foundation Establishment stage, Yuan Shu had once practiced soul dual-cultivation with him as well. He was very familiar with the power that radiated from such a spiritual union.
And it was obvious that Yuan Shu was doing it willingly!
The tension in Yun Sheng’s heart immediately eased, leaving behind a mixture of bitterness and relief.
He felt bitter because Yuan Shu had found someone else.
He felt relieved because she was safe.
So Yun Sheng held her hand and sat quietly beside the bed, watching her throughout the night.
Yuan Shu’s expression was somewhat dazed. She raised a hand to shield her eyes from the sunlight filtering through the window.
The instincts of a snake were truly lascivious. Yuan Shu had experienced that again last night.
Sometimes he was a handsome young man with silver hair. Other times, he was the enormous, fierce beast known as Xiushe.
Yuan Shu could not remember how many times he had shifted between the two forms. She only knew that there had seemed to be no pause at all.
Even now, after her consciousness had left the sea of consciousness, her body still instinctively felt weak.
The hand she had raised seemed to have no strength left in it either.
“I’m fine.” Yuan Shu shook her head. “I’m just a little tired. I’ll be fine after resting for a while.”
“Then I’ll keep the food warm for you. You can eat whenever you wake up,” Yun Sheng said softly.
Yuan Shu gave a quiet response and soon sank into a deep sleep.
Yun Sheng reached out and touched the sheet beneath her. Only after confirming that everything was fine did he finally relax.
The previous night, he had remained beside the bed and changed the sheets a full ten times.
At one point, he had even wanted to disregard everything and enter Yuan Shu’s sea of consciousness with his own spiritual sense to wake her.
But he was afraid that doing so might truly harm her, so he forced himself to endure and ultimately gave up.
He did not know who the other person was, but whoever had tormented Yuan Shu like this deserved to die!
Yun Sheng was angry and heartbroken, yet powerless to do anything.
In truth, Ling Chi had been wrongly blamed.
As a Xiushe, Ling Chi naturally possessed a potent lascivious energy. During soul dual-cultivation, that energy heightened the senses.
Besides, serpentine beasts naturally possessed tremendous stamina.
Although he had not deliberately tormented her, Yuan Shu’s body was extremely sensitive, and some things simply could not be controlled.
Within the sea of consciousness, Ling Chi coiled himself into a circle, carefully sheltering his abdomen within the middle of his massive body.
This was his Master’s scent.
Smelling it every day made him feel much better.
If he preserved it properly, the scent could last for a very long time.
But that still was not enough!
Ling Chi repeatedly flicked his tongue, constantly catching the alluring fragrance drifting through the air.
This, too, was his Master’s aura.
…
Deep within a quiet forest, Helan Zhao had hidden himself in a secluded cave, where he had been fumbling around for most of the night.
His entire body had turned bright red, but his eyes were even redder.
He had not slept at all. He had spent the whole night working at it, constantly recalling the images in the guide to avoiding fire and imitating them.
But…
Nothing happened.
Absolutely nothing!
Helan Zhao was on the verge of tears. This concerned his dignity as a man. How could this be happening?
Clearly, when he had been facing Yuan Shu beside the hot spring yesterday, he had been passionate and excited, and his body had responded exactly as he wished.
Why was there no reaction at all now?
