Liusu's Dao

"It really was a misunderstanding." The peach blossom at the center of it all sniffled, sitting aggrievedly in Cheng Cheng's palace. "An'an and I didn't do anything. I just drew out An'an's water, and she got a little weak..."

"???"

Xi Yue and Cheng Cheng sat across from him, one tilting her head left and the other right. Both wore expressions that said, "Do go into more detail. I'm interested, and I'm not short on time."

Qin Yi realized his words were ambiguous and hurriedly explained, "I meant Taiyi Life Water, Water Spirit Power—not that kind of water, not..."

Cheng Cheng said disdainfully, "From how that Little Clam feels, she clearly has the lingering aftertaste of having done that. Do you really think I can't tell?"

Qin Yi: "..."

You're very experienced, all right... But how was I supposed to know that she would suddenly... suddenly become like that just as the circulation of Water Spirit absorption cultivation was proceeding perfectly and reaching its grand completion?

By then, An'an had already been taken away by the little foxes of Demon City to be cared for. She still looked completely drained, as if she had not recovered from being dried out. The looks those little foxes gave Qin Yi at the time... tsk tsk.

Qin Yi pitifully clasped his hands over his knees and drooped his head, feeling that even if he jumped into the Yellow River, he would never wash himself clean.

Xi Yue understood, though... because this was dual cultivation. The joy of the soul brought by successful cultivation, even the body's reactions, might not be inferior to doing that—perhaps even more intense. As a man, you might not feel it quite so dramatically, but women truly did...

Otherwise, why would this broad sense of dual cultivation generally only