Looking Up and Down Through Past and Present

Time Illusion shimmered faintly; light filled the cave.

Two figures intertwined within the soft glow, seeming almost like a single body.

The cave was tiny. Rather, it had not originally been a dug-out cave at all. The Veil of Time Illusion had merely rested here, naturally separating out a space from its surroundings. Then Qin Yi had punched his way in, forming this little cave.

The two of them had already been cramped inside. Now, they were tangled together as though they were one person.

No one knew how long passed before one slender, graceful figure lifted her neck, biting her fingers as she suppressed her voice. "G-Good brother..."

The other figure murmured into her ear, "You're satisfied. What about me?"

So the sounds quieted again. After a long, long while, Xi Yue ran out with her clothes in disarray, staggering slightly.

The moment she left the cave, she cast a Cleansing Spell and scrubbed her hands hard, as though no number of washes would ever be enough.

Qin Yi followed her out, calmly straightening the hem of his robes, refreshed and unruffled. He raised a finger, seemingly having just learned a water-element spell as well. It glimmered faintly beneath the hazy flow of time.

Without even turning her head, Xi Yue flung a Cleansing Spell at him. Everything returned to stillness.

The air was quiet for a while. Xi Yue curled her lips, turned around, draped herself over his shoulder, and whispered into his ear, "Will doing that... affect your combat strength?"

Qin Yi puffed out his chest. "How could it? Right now, even if a dragon came, I could hammer it to death!"

"Heh..." Xi Yue lightly kissed his cheek. "Then... prepare to brave danger, my good brother..."

Even concealed by the Veil of Time Illusion, they were