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At midnight, Jiang Ping'an entered Dongfang Jintang's cave abode again.

"Where are the spirit stones?" Dongfang Jintang asked coldly. "Only two days remain."

Jiang Ping'an replied blandly, "What's the rush? You said it yourself—there are still two days."

He had basically concluded that Dongfang Jintang would make her move once she received the last hundred spirit stones, so he could not hand them over now.

After a few more rounds of dual cultivation, he estimated that he could open the Yuzhen Spiritual Aperture and advance to the late Spirit Aperture Realm.

Dongfang Jintang gave a cold snort.

As Jiang Ping'an walked toward the stone chamber, he said, "A spring night is fleeting; an inch of time is an inch of gold. Don't waste time."

Dongfang Jintang secretly ground her silver teeth and walked toward the stone chamber as well.

Before long, spring filled the stone chamber, and sounds that made one blush rose within.

Two hours later, Jiang Ping'an withdrew from Dongfang Jintang's body and sat cross-legged beside her to circulate his cultivation. Dongfang Jintang lay there for thirty or forty breaths before getting up and leaving the bed.

More than half a cup of tea later, Jiang Ping'an finished circulating his cultivation and opened his eyes. Unlike before, he got out of bed, left the stone chamber, and entered the main hall.

Sure enough, Dongfang Jintang was sitting in the main hall instead of going to rest.

"Dongfang Jintang, come to my room again in an hour," Jiang Ping'an said.

If he could cultivate day and night over the final two days, he should be able to open the Yuzhen Spiritual Aperture.

Upon hearing this, Dongfang Jintang abruptly turned to look at Jiang Ping'an.

He had never made such a demand before.

"Impossible!" she refused decisively, her tone icy.