Faced with the Show-off's utterly blatant hint, Jiang Jingyi's expression twisted slightly.
Bastard! What an absolute bastard! That damned Show-off—she knew he wouldn't suggest anything good!
"Lin Heng, stop it right now. Don't say such shameless things again!"
"What do you take me for? A Lazy Master who only knows how to cut corners?"
Lin Heng grinned, flashed to her side, and wrapped an arm around her. "As the saying goes, choice outweighs effort. Don't always use Lazy Master as a comparison. Besides, if we, Dao companions, engage in Dual Cultivation together, it can also deepen the feelings between husband and wife..."
"And another thing—what did you say before, Sister Jiang?"
"That we could only engage in Dual Cultivation after the Starry Sky Ancient Road ended."
"It's already been half a year since then. I've had my eye on this piece of meat for far too long."
"No. Absolutely not!"
Jiang Jingyi immediately shoved him away, rose to her feet, and stood with her back to him, fists clenched. "I will never take a shortcut. My foundation would absolutely be unstable that way. I want to rely on my own efforts and feel my way to that threshold step by step, not borrow your strength and resort to such trickery. What if my path becomes hollow and arduous in the future?"
Lin Heng stood as well, took two steps forward, and said helplessly, "As long as my realm keeps rising and my opportunities keep growing stronger, what's the harm?"
The moment those words left his mouth, Jiang Jingyi lost her composure even more. She turned around and raised her hand, ready to give the Show-off two hard slaps.
How could the reaction speed of a mere peak Mahayana cultivator like her compare to Lin Heng's now? The instant she turned