Dragon or Swan, Lin Hai Wasn't Picky

Gu Yuena wore an expression that said, "I understand."

"You want me to take off my clothes, right?"

Lin Hai looked grave, his tone leaving no room for doubt.

"Otherwise, it could easily lead to qi deviation. The consequences would be severe."

Gu Yuena was rather calm about it.

In the traditional mindset of soul beasts, wearing no clothes was the norm.

Putting on clothes after taking human form was merely a habit learned from humans.

Since Lin Hai, a human, said not to wear any, then she would not wear any.

She gave Lin Hai a slight nod.

"Follow me!"

Lin Hai's heart warmed as he rubbed his hands together and hurried after her.

Four years! Four years! Who knew how he had spent those four years?

Drawing blood and extracting fluids from all kinds of soul beasts...

Some had been fairly normal, while others had been... utterly unbearable to look at!

Now, the clouds had finally parted to reveal the moon. At last, he could properly cleanse his eyes.

He used the Inkstone of No Return's power to seal off the Dantian Space. If Old Bodhi Tree wanted to peep, it would have to forcibly break through his seal—something it could do, but Lin Hai would definitely notice.

After all these years together, Lin Hai was immensely grateful to Old Bodhi Tree.

But there was no way it could be allowed to see his future wife's body.

As for anything else, he realized he really could not offer Old Bodhi Tree much help...

After all, Old Bodhi Tree's method of growth was simply too overbearing...

I'll tell it more stories in the future, Lin Hai thought to himself.

The two entered the cave, and Gu Yuena raised a hand to set up a spatial barrier, cutting off the inside from the outside.

Then she circulated her Divine Power. Her white clothes instantly transformed into drifting wisps and scattered away, revealing a flawless, perfect body before Lin Hai without the slightest concealment.

Such directness truly caught Lin Hai off guard.

As far as the eye could see—

Exquisite, slender, perky, flat, deep, straight, crystalline...

It was all naturally perfect. One fraction more would be too much; one fraction less would be too little. It was as though this were the most perfect form in the world.

He raised his right hand with difficulty and covered his nose and mouth, appearing to have been stunned by this earth-shattering beauty.

He was indeed stunned, but he had another purpose as well—

He needed to check whether he was getting a nosebleed.

Lin Hai knew very well that Gu Yuena had always regarded him as an otherworldly great power rebuilding his cultivation.

Before their relationship was clear, he could not afford to embarrass himself like that!

Fortunately, his nose held firm. Then again, it had even withstood Hu Liena's headbutt without bleeding.

Seeing Lin Hai's strange expression, Gu Yuena did not understand what was going on and could only ask softly,

"Is this alright?"

Lin Hai swiftly composed his expression and nodded.

"Turn around, get on the bed, sit cross-legged, and leave an opening for me."

Gu Yuena did as instructed.

As she turned, the soul-hooking curve of her back dealt Lin Hai another critical blow, hammering straight into his heart!

Thinking that they might spend countless years together in the future, the most important thing now was still to win her heart.

He took a deep breath, suppressed his thoughts, removed his shoes, and climbed onto the bed to sit cross-legged.

With considerable ceremony, he formed a hand seal. Then both palms pressed against that jade-like back, smooth as snow.

Gu Yuena cooperatively released the restrictions around her body, allowing Lin Hai's Soul Power and Spiritual Power to carefully travel through her body.

This feeling was completely different from healing injuries with a spirit skill.

There was none of that comfortable sensation that made one drowsy. Instead, waves of numb itching arose, mixed with a faint, barely perceptible... desire.

Aside from the silky sensation that had come from his palms at the beginning, Lin Hai soon became entirely focused.

His eyes had enjoyed themselves, and he had taken the benefits too, but there was still work to be done. His professional ethics had not entirely disappeared...

The entire process lasted several days.

During that time, Gu Yuena also cooperated by circulating her Divine Power and activating her abilities.

After several days, Lin Hai had more or less figured out the differences between her and ordinary humans.

Speaking of which, she lacked none of the structures humans possessed. It was simply that the way her power circulated was entirely different.

Next came modifying the Life Technique, which was far more troublesome than adapting the All Spirits Affinity Technique had been.

Lin Hai could only contact Old Bodhi Tree and begin the first "Enlightenment Under the Bodhi Tree" of his life.

Why had he not used this method for enlightenment before? Would that not have saved him vast amounts of time and perhaps even allowed him to create even more heaven-defying techniques?

The truth was far from that simple.

Although Enlightenment Under the Bodhi Tree had no limit on the number of uses, one had to completely rid oneself of distracting thoughts before entering that mysterious state.

And since coming to the Douluo World, aside from studying, cultivating, and researching...

Lin Hai's mind had been filled with things like "snow-white breasts," "legs as straight as brush handles," and "crystal-clear little feet"...

The "brainwashing" process required before entering deep enlightenment even once took quite a bit of time.

Now that the situation demanded it, he had to tailor a God Level Life Technique for Gu Yuena. Moreover, her essence was neither human nor beast.

The entire enlightenment process lasted three months, but the gains were considerable.

Not only did he complete the adaptation of the Life Technique, he also created two fierce sword moves along the way and even tried to comprehend the secrets of the Inkstone of No Return's spirit skills.

His other abilities would naturally grow as his cultivation rose. Only the Law of Time required him to explore it himself.

After three months, he had barely touched upon a trace of its threshold.

If he continued studying along this thread of insight, perhaps he could create a Time Spirit Skill.

Even if its effects were negligible, it would still touch upon the path of time!

The same was true of the two sword moves.

Turning the Mercy Sword into his seventh soul ring had greatly increased his attack power, but it had also caused him to lose the active and passive spirit skills it should originally have possessed.

Thus, he fused the sword arts he had learned in the past and created these two sword moves, taking their killing power to another level.

The instant his consciousness returned to reality, Lin Hai was startled.

Why am I naked in a bath barrel? And who's scrubbing my back behind me?!

He did not dare turn around immediately, afraid that he would see Xiong Jun's foolish face.

"Since you're awake, I'll head out first."

A gentle, soft voice came from behind him.

It's a woman...

Lin Hai instinctively touched his chest and let out a breath of relief.

When he turned around, he saw an incomparably beautiful woman standing there gracefully, dressed in green, her green hair cascading like a waterfall and emerald wings growing from her back.

She had a tall, elegant figure and a gentle, kind face. She was none other than the Jade Swan, Bi Ji!

"Why are you here? And you even..." Lin Hai trailed off.

Bi Ji gave a faint smile and explained,

"The Lord said you have a cleanliness obsession. She was worried that after sleeping for so long, you would find it unbearable when you woke up."

Lin Hai did not truly have a cleanliness obsession. It was just that, back when he had drawn blood from a small number of soul beasts, those scenes had made him vomit several times.

After all, not all soul beast blood was red, and not every soul beast had arms and legs...

To be fair, in that kind of scene, any normal person with even a little food in their stomach could not keep it down!

Back then, he had sworn that no matter how powerful those soul beasts' soul rings were, he would never give them to his women.

Lin Hai smiled in understanding.

"So you were sent here?"

Bi Ji nodded, amusement in her eyes.

"Zi Ji originally wanted to take this job, but the Lord was afraid she would be too clumsy, so she sent me instead."

Lin Hai thoroughly agreed.

Zi Ji was excellent at charging into battle, but delicate work like scrubbing someone's back was indeed beyond her.

Little Dragon Cub had thought everything through.

He wanted to get up and thank her, but remembering that he had nothing on, he could only lean over the edge of the barrel and cup his fists toward Bi Ji, saying half-jokingly,

"Thank you, Sister Bi Ji. I have no way to repay you, so I can only offer myself to you!"