“Oh hoh? The reward has arrived?”
Ye Luqing raised an eyebrow and sat up from the bed.
With a thought, the System interface opened before her.
Inside the Backpack, a blue Essence was prominently displayed.
“This is…”
She focused her mind on the Essence and immediately saw its description.
[Shuimu Ying]
[“Form Infant” essential for breaking through to the Nascent Infant Realm. Can be directly used after refining.]
“Ah, this…”
Ye Luqing’s mouth opened slightly, unable to believe the System had directly given her a Form Infant.
And for some reason, she felt a strange affinity with this Shuimu Ying, as if by merging her true spiritual power and true Qi, she could refine this very form.
This really was a good thing.
She had just checked the prices of “Yang Essence of Heaven’s Father” and “Yin Essence of Kun Palace” in the Blackening Value Shop, and together they were close to a thousand points.
But she still sensed something was off.
“What does this have to do with dealing with Xiao Qingxuan?”
The compensation she asked from the System earlier was meant to help her face Xiao Qingxuan.
Could there be another secret within the Form Infant?
“Forget it. Having it is better than not.”
She muttered, summoning the Form Infant into reality and began the refining process.
***
The next morning
Ye Luqing yawned widely.
She hadn’t slept all night while refining the Form Infant, but fortunately, the process went smoothly, successfully imprinting her aura upon it.
As for the next step—merging the Form Infant with her consciousness—it would take even longer, and required a secluded place where she wouldn’t be disturbed.
This was because after merging, the Form Infant and consciousness needed to immediately spread outward, roam between Heaven and Earth, absorb Heaven and Earth Power, and attempt to comprehend its essence.
This step was critical.
The depth of one’s comprehension of Heaven and Earth Power greatly affected their future achievements in the Spirit Transformation Realm.
The status of the Spirit Transformation Realm manifested “Heaven and Earth Power,” so a solid foundation had to be built during the Nascent Infant Realm.
Ye Luqing stood up and stretched.
Conservatively, the process of merging with the Form Infant and comprehending Heaven and Earth Power would take at least a full day and night.
There were only four days left until the Sect-wide Tournament, and much to do.
For example, studying offensive Techniques and Shentong, strengthening her coordination with Little Sakura, training Ruyi Pei—no, using Ruyi Pei well—these would all boost her combat power more than simply breaking through to the Nascent Infant Realm.
To Ye Luqing, she already possessed Nascent-level spiritual power and true Qi.
Even if she broke through to the Nascent Infant Realm, it would only be the initial stage; without the Nascent Infant evolving into the Nascent Soul, its use was limited.
Thinking this, she made her way to the Master Bedroom where Ying Qianqian had slept last night.
At that moment, Ying Qianqian was still asleep.
Yesterday’s intense training had exhausted the Junior Sister at the peak of the Golden Core Realm, and a single bath couldn’t fully restore her.
Golden Core cultivators didn’t need to sleep unless their spiritual power was heavily depleted.
Now, after such a long sleep, Ying Qianqian had mostly recovered.
“Little Sakura, time to get up.”
Ye Luqing pinched Ying Qianqian’s small cheek.
Given this Junior Sister’s hardworking nature, sleeping too long would only make her feel guilty.
“Mm…”
Ying Qianqian rubbed her sleepy eyes and looked up in confusion.
“Senior Sister Ye?”
After breaking through to the Golden Core, she rarely rested, so this was the first time she’d slept so deeply.
Seeing Ye Luqing already dressed, sitting beside her with a hand supporting her chin and a gentle smile, Ying Qianqian’s face instantly flushed with two crimson clouds.
“Last night… I didn’t sleep with Senior Sister Ye, did I?”
She wondered.
She instinctively touched the side of the bed, feeling only a chill.
And there was only her own aura on the bed.
Noticing Ying Qianqian’s small movement, Ye Luqing chuckled softly.
“I didn’t rest here last night. I cultivated in the side room.”
“I see…”
Ying Qianqian’s brows lowered, her expression tinged with disappointment.
Ye Luqing’s lips twitched ever so slightly.
Did this Junior Sister want to sleep with her?
She still wanted to pounce on her?
The Corruption Value was only at the first stage and not full yet.
If it reached higher stages, would she really be pounced on?
At that thought, Ye Luqing became a little restless, quickly stood up, and headed for the door.
“Let’s train separately during the day. Little Sakura, keep studying formation Techniques. I need to practice offensive arts as well.”
“Same time tonight, meet at Baiyu Platform.”
With that, Ye Luqing gathered her true Qi and flew off into the distance.
She was so flustered that she didn’t notice Ying Qianqian’s slightly trembling body and increasingly red cheeks.
Senior Sister Ye’s excuse about cultivating in the side room last night was, of course, unconvincing.
From how Senior Sister Ye always patted her head and pinched her cheeks, she must like her.
Otherwise, she wouldn’t have bathed together last night.
Even if she liked her, she only engaged in slight teasing, never taking advantage during sleep.
Such a gentlemanly demeanor made Ying Qianqian want to “bully” her even more.
If Senior Sister didn’t want to make a move on a fellow Junior Sister, what if she forced her to sleep together, or even “accidentally” made her lose her chastity…
Clearly unwilling, yet helplessly yielding to her most primal desires, making ambiguous feelings grow stronger and stronger.
Just imagining that righteous, unyielding Senior Sister Ye turning into a blushing, defenseless figure overcome by desire made Ying Qianqian’s heart race uncontrollably.
Moreover, knowing Senior Sister Ye’s character, if such a thing happened, she’d surely take responsibility.
This way, she could surpass Xiao Qingxuan and win Senior Sister Ye first.
Thinking of this, she flopped back onto the bed, pinning the blanket beneath her.
She squeezed the blanket tightly between her legs, burying her face in it, breathing deeply as if searching for a trace of Ye Luqing’s scent.
“Huff… huff…”
“Senior Sister Ye… Senior Sister…”
***
Staring at the System’s prompt, Ye Luqing fell into deep thought.
[Detected Corruption Value of Ying Qianqian increased to 63% (Stage One*)]
No, really?
How did not sleeping together still raise the Corruption Value?
And just calling her to wake up was worth a 10% increase?
“I can’t let Little Sakura stay in my courtyard anymore…”
Last time, Ying Qianqian wanted to spend the night there, but Ye Luqing politely refused.
Now, it seemed that was definitely the right choice.
If she’d really let her stay, she would have ended up with “Junior Sister’s Forbidden Massage 2.”
“Not just sleeping—bathing together is dangerous too.”
Last night, Ying Qianqian had been too tired, but otherwise, those small hands in the bath might have done more.
She sighed, descending from Biluofeng and heading toward Heavenly Sword Peak.
Earlier, she went to Baiyu Platform to practice the Yiqi Sword Formula she learned the previous night, but found her performance lacking.
Without Xiao Qingxuan’s Sword Qi and guidance, her sword technique was laughably poor.
A technique originally ranked as Profound-level Upper had, in her hands, fallen below even Earth-level Upper.
After much thought, Ye Luqing decided to find Xiao Qingxuan at Heavenly Sword Peak.
With some luck, she might even be able to increase the Blackening Value of this Fated Female Protagonist.