“Yes, yes, yes, you’re the one who looks most like the Head of Clear Mist Peak. It’s not like I’m lying on the ground mooing like a cow?”
Yan Bingling put her hands on her head like horns, full of malicious amusement.
“You!”
“Want to fight? Who’s afraid of whom? It’s just being deflowered, no big deal. Good fortune shouldn’t flow to outsiders.”
Hearing the words of the Magic Fallen Fairy, Gelan blushed, feeling ashamed to be associated with her. She flicked her sleeves and was about to leave, out of sight out of mind, but Yun Liu grabbed her.
“Don’t mind her for now. Miss Lan, look at me. I’m serious, not joking.”
The young man’s tone was firm.
If he let go now, he feared he might never see Gelan again. Don’t escape the Clear Haze Lament, only to fall at the hands of one’s own people.
A faint light appeared in Gelan’s eyes, then she shook her head in panic, lowering her voice to plead:
“No, no, Yun Liu, I’m so old, and I’m your elder. Besides, you’re Xiang’er’s future husband. Please stop humiliating me, okay?”
‘Was it that she didn’t want to?’
‘Liuer was not lacking in any aspect—they both knew that best, and even his youthful vigor was an absolute advantage from a certain angle.’
‘In a different setting, with a different identity.’
‘If she could form a bond with a Heavenly Dao Alchemy Master, the chief female rogue of Clear Mist Peak would also have no bottom line. Who would leave it to those little girls to scheme!’
“Those things you mentioned are not within my consideration. Right now, I am not speaking as Yun Liu, but as an Elixir Cultivator, inviting Miss Lan to engage in Dual Cultivation with me on the path of Dao. Don’t you want to glimpse the mysteries of the Hegemony Realm, or even question the Mahayana?”
Yun Liu’s idea was simple.
He had to do everything in his head to fill the huge pit that his Aunt Master had dug. Now that things had come to this, it was wishful thinking to immediately untie Gelan’s knot, but keeping her here was not difficult. Some notions could be answered straightforwardly based on their original forms.
And the young man put on a sanctimonious face, casting aside fixed ideas.
“Setting foot on this long road, everyone’s goal is the same—simply to cultivate and seek the Dao, to seek longevity.”
“Dual Cultivation is just one of the countless methods in the universe—the harmony of Yin and Yang, the Great Dao of Heavenly Principle.”
“Mm…”
Gelan turned her head away, hiding the turmoil in her heart.
That reasoning was correct. She had been stuck at the Lianxu bottleneck for years with no improvement. However, last night’s rain and clouds seemed to have loosened that sealed door. Using the Tree Sea Soul Essence to Dual Cultivate with a Dao companion was indeed the best way to break through to the Hegemony Realm.
‘But why did it have to be him…’
“If you leave, I can’t stay either, along with that nymphomaniac over there. Now Ah Lian is on the brink of death, and only we can save her. I need your powerful skills to help, and in the near future, you will need my Heavenly Dao Miracle Medicine to protect your Dharma.”
Yun Liu’s gaze was earnest, offering a reasonable excuse.
The evil cause had become a calamity, wearing down the Sword Heart. Although such a request was a bit shameless, it was better than doing nothing.
More subtly, when he got on the highway, he discovered something. The pure spiritual energy gained from this high-speed ride was not less than the demonic energy. The cauldron produced by Clear Mist Peak, all-natural with no preservatives, perfectly neutralized the icy demonic energy. Heavenly Walk and Bright Radiance advanced side by side.
‘In other words, one confrontation with Yan Bingling, and then a sudden advance on Gelan—did that balance out?’
“Stop talking, I beg you.”
“If you keep talking, I really won’t be able to go back…”
Gelan covered her face, letting out an improper sob, her resistance weak.
‘An old cow eating young grass, and it was grass at her own doorstep—how shameless.’
“Only when we build the Great Dao together will we be each other’s Dao companions as whetstones. At other times, as you wish.”
Looking again at the young man’s serious expression, his gaze burning.
‘He… is looking at me?’
Worst of all, Gelan did not resist at all, and even felt a bit of joy. Whether in flesh or soul, there was a voice inside that agreed and looked forward to it, slowly being convinced.
This child had grown more fresh and tender. Only she knew how much of the unique ways of doting and the intimate dirty talk between jokes were true and how much were false. The so-called authority of an elder had long since crashed during repeated collisions with the ball, self-immolating in playing with fire.
“Besides, our compatibility is very good, isn’t it?”
Yun Liu coughed, blushing and lowering his head.
Jueyun Peak might not be the best destination for Gelan, but no matter what, it couldn’t be worse than dying in the Clear Haze Lament. A karma of calamity could sometimes bear good fruit.
“You’re still saying that!”
Gelan’s legs straightened; this last sentence hit the vital point, especially fatal. On this point, she couldn’t deny it. The taste of the Great Dao was incredibly wonderful—she had wasted her years before.
‘She didn’t know where this brat learned such a Dual Cultivation method, so powerful and strangely effective.’
Qin Xiang’s transformation was vivid before her eyes.
‘If it was this child, maybe he really could…’
“Um, do you really have the confidence… to help me break through my bottleneck?”
Gelan was tempted, her tone wavering.
“…”
Yan Bingling panicked, bewildered.
“No way, A Niu, if you give in, what about me? Where did that defiant spirit from earlier go?”
“You should leave! The farther the better! Preferably take your thieving disciple with you and never come back!”
“Of course, I am willing to swear by my Dao Heart—if there is any deception—”
A warm little hand covered Yun Liu’s mouth.
Gelan’s head was already deeply buried in her chest, her face full of spring water, her heart in turmoil, ripples in her beautiful eyes.
“No need, you silly boy. If you dare to lie to me, you’re done for.”
“Miss Lan agrees?”
Yun Liu’s face showed joy; the Minghuang Holy Body’s natural charm was highly effective.
Gelan didn’t speak, perhaps the alcohol hadn’t worn off, or the Soul Essence was at work. But her shy actions had already spoken.
‘With her single-pole Wood Spirit Root, she thought she might also be crazy.’
‘Lianxu was the limit; it was impossible to go further.’
But just when Gelan was ready to give up the Path of Immortality and wait for her time, a glimmer of hope reignited. After worrying for most of her life, for this one time, she was not thinking of anyone else, only considering herself. Completely throwing off the burden of the Sect, living again as a cultivator.
Yun Liu squeezed Gelan’s hand and breathed a sigh of relief.
The crisis of dismantling the home was temporarily resolved.
Then he looked at Yan Bingling.
“This matter concerns Aunt Master’s Demonic Affliction; it was my negligence. When I return, I will give Xiang’er an explanation. There is no need for Miss Lan to come forward. If a fifth person finds out, you bear the consequences.”
Gelan shrank her head in great embarrassment.
She really wanted to peel off her face and bury it, along with the past, to reinvent herself. Whoever wants to be the master can be the master; she no longer recognizes Second Mother either.
“I, I, I… Starting today, I am Niu Yulan!”
Ao Tian covered his neck.
“Choking on gossip—this is truly a sparrow pecking a cow’s ass—truly fucking impressive.”
“How can a mouth keep a secret? Harm. This kid clearly said it to himself, but this big mouth…”
“Crazy, crazy. It’s not just Shiyu; the whole family has gone crazy.”
“The demonic affliction at Celestial Phenomena Peak has become a person-to-person phenomenon!”