“So Senior Sister Lu is into that kind of…”
“No, no, I just didn’t choose the initial method, but the gentlest one.” Lu Li rolled up his gauze sleeve, revealing a fair arm.
“Just pressing our palms together, then we can begin.”
“Is that so… That’s a bit of a pity.” Shen Zhaoxue’s face showed a hint of regret.
“If we went deeper, the effect would multiply. Skin-to-skin contact gives eighty percent effectiveness, but just pressing palms together only gives a fifty percent boost.”
“But it’s also safer, right?” Lu Li, after all, was the “Saintess” of the Yin Yang Sect and had read more books in the Library Pavilion than ordinary disciples.
“Dual cultivation can bring cultivation boosts, but there are definitely risks.”
“That’s right. The first method involves soul fusion. If both parties lack firm will, they’ll be controlled by instinct, even indulging in beast-like actions.” Shen Zhaoxue nodded.
“But in all my years since joining the sect, I’ve never been controlled.”
“Then perhaps it’s because Junior Sister Shen has a strong will.” Lu Li watched as Shen Zhaoxue extended her hand, and they pressed their palms together.
“Please don’t forget, Junior Sister Shen, I was originally male. That method is somewhat… hard to accept.”
“Senior Sister Lu is so stunningly beautiful that if you hadn’t brought it up, I would have forgotten about that.” Shen Zhaoxue bit her lip, her expression mournful as she swept her gaze over Lu Li’s face.
“As a woman, I’m somewhat envious.”
“This… I can only say that people are like besieged cities.”
Lu Li glossed over the topic, closed his eyes, and carefully began to mobilize the yin-yang power within his body.
Over the past month, Lu Li had actually tried with Qing Luo, but her cultivation was too low.
Dual cultivation went smoothly, but it couldn’t let him sense his Ren and Du Meridians.
After learning this, she had pouted and sat in the corner for a few days as his senior sister, and it took Jiang Yuebai going to the Market Square within the mountain gate to buy sweets to coax her back.
Lu Li had also tried pressing palms with Jiang Yuebai, but both were originally male.
Pure cultivation enhancement was fine, but exploring the Ren and Du Meridians caused mutual repulsion, nearly injuring them.
This attempt also made Lu Li understand a principle.
Solitary Yin does not grow, solitary Yang does not thrive.
As True Qi gradually merged through their palms, Shen Zhaoxue’s Primordial Yin Force permeated into Lu Li’s body.
The moment it reached his veins, it brought a pleasure and numbness that softened his bones and marrow.
This feeling of ultimate freedom even made Lu Li absolutely unwilling to let go.
‘Just pressing palms together, I can feel that bittersweetness flowing from the palm, slowly spreading to the limbs and meridians.’
‘This feeling… it’s hard to resist.’
As the strange Qi filled his whole body, just breathing or a slight tremor, or the friction of clothes against skin, brought an unparalleled comfort.
With every breath, Lu Li could hear Shen Zhaoxue’s heavy breathing across from him. Her condition was clearly much more severe than his.
‘Maybe it’s because of my spiritual root.’
Thinking this, Lu Li suddenly felt a cool stream flow through his forehead, instantly spreading through his body, covering all the numbness.
‘Hmm?’ Amidst this cool sensation, Lu Li discovered that his heart suddenly became calm.
At the same time, faint points of light began to flicker in the meridians of his body.
‘Are these the Ren and Du Meridians among the Eight Extraordinary Meridians…?’
With a thought, the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi quickly entered his body and poured into those points of light.
This Qi Induction caused a small vortex of spiritual qi to appear above Lu Li’s room, absorbing all the scattered qi in the courtyard.
‘Compared to the original Twelve Principal Meridians, do the Ren and Du Meridians require that much Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi?’ Lu Li was now completely immersed in his internal observation.
He felt as if he were floating inside his own body. The Twelve Principal Meridians were like dense streams, and with just a slight thought, they would instantly pour into the points of light.
But those points of light were too greedy, vast as an ocean. After pouring all the True Yuan from the Twelve Principal Meridians, he still couldn’t fill them.
‘Instead of filling a little, it’s better to first locate the positions of the Ren and Du Meridians.’ Lu Li raised his right hand.
“Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, gather!”
BOOM
Spiritual Qi surged like a violent storm, directly shattering Lu Li’s window.
Shen Zhaoxue, who had been pressing palms with Lu Li, was also thrown back by a huge force, flying onto the bed.
She opened her eyes and saw Lu Li suspended in midair, his long hair wildly dancing and his skirt fluttering.
Behind his body, countless Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi turned into tiny vortices, swirling around him.
For a moment, he looked like a divine maiden descending from the nine heavens, causing Shen Zhaoxue to get goosebumps rolling like a tide.
“What happened?!” The loud noise also alarmed Qing Luo and Jiang Yuebai from the back room.
In the fierce wind, the three of them watched Lu Li suspended high in the air, all dumbfounded.
The female disciples in the distant courtyard were also frightened as they watched Lu Li’s body fly higher and higher, as if being drawn to the center of the courtyard to fully receive the irrigation of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.
“When someone in my clan broke through to Foundation Establishment, there wasn’t such a scene.” Jiang Yuebai furrowed her brow. “Is this the High-Grade Spirit Root?”
“…Perhaps. According to my clan’s records, only when breaking through to the Golden Core Stage would there be such a Celestial Phenomenon.” Shen Zhaoxue looked at Lu Li’s appearance, and her bitterness became even more pronounced.
‘Do I really have the confidence to recruit Lu Li into my family? With Lu Li’s talent like this, perhaps by the time I grow old, I’ll still be stuck at Qi Refining. He might ascend to immortality during the day.’
Carrying this confusion, Shen Zhaoxue looked at Qing Luo beside her.
Her gaze was the same as her own.
“What’s happening… This is breaking through to Foundation Establishment, no?!” In the distance, a blue light flashed quickly.
It was Su Wanqiu arriving on a Light Gauze, but just as she hovered in the courtyard, she caught sight of Lu Li suspended in the sky.
“This…?” “Master, what’s going on?” Jiang Yuebai asked, but her voice was so fragile in the violent wind.
“I don’t know… But as far as I can sense, he is opening his Eight Extraordinary Meridians… all by himself.” Su Wanqiu looked at Lu Li in astonishment.
“Perhaps there’s another possibility… His spiritual root is not a High-Grade Spirit Root.”
When the gentle voice appeared, the fierce wind in the entire small courtyard dissipated instantly, leaving only the spiritual qi vortex in the sky still present.
“Master?!” Su Wanqiu looked at the purple-robed girl beside her.
“How did you come out of seclusion?”
“I sensed the spiritual qi surging within the mountain gate. It happens to be my turn for the century duty.” The purple-robed girl looked at the sky.
“I’ll add a little fuel to the fire.”
A delicate hand rose, and a purple light merged into the spiritual qi vortex.
The vortex, which had been only the size of a millstone, instantly expanded to several dozen meters wide.
“Oops, my hand slipped.” The purple-robed girl looked at her fingertips.
“I haven’t done this in too long and don’t know my strength anymore.”
“But Lu Li shouldn’t be able to absorb that much spiritual qi. Master, your move has actually added many opportunities to the entire sect.”
“Yes, we just need to wait for this Qi Refining disciple… no?” The purple-robed girl stared intently at the vortex in the sky.
“He can actually absorb it?!”