Three days later.
Lu Yang carefully reflected on the gains from this round of cultivation.
"Not bad. It really worked!"
"Before, it was for the cultivation method, so I simply tortured them directly. But now things are different—killing them outright would be far too wasteful of resources."
After all, Foundation Establishment True Persons could cultivate on their own. For example, although Xiu Xin True Person had fought him so fiercely this time that even her Dao Foundation had become unstable, she would recover in one or two months at most. It would not damage her foundation, and then he could do it again, achieving sustainable drain-the-marsh-and-fish resource exploitation.
It even benefited his Golden Seeking!
"Pomegranate Wood is wood transformed, pure gold yet belonging to wood; it bears clusters of abundant seeds, its chambers gleaming within. Therefore, my cultivation conforms to its fundamental Image!"
Of course, that was merely a coincidence.
The reason Lu Yang had chosen Pomegranate Wood as the target of Golden Seeking in this life was purely for the sake of his Dao Path.
With that thought, Lu Yang turned back.
He saw that Xiu Xin True Person had already regained consciousness.
As for Yun Miaozhen, she had been watching all the way until just now.
"Alright, get up."
Lu Yang reached out and pulled Xiu Xin True Person to her feet. She did not resist in the slightest, instead leaning against him with the momentum, nearly draping her entire body over him.
Lu Yang then conjured a wisp of spirit fire and evaporated every trace at the scene, cleaning it all away. Only then did he look at the master and disciple pair and nod in satisfaction.
"Forget everything that happened between you and me today."
"And stop what you were planning to do to Yun Miaoqing.