Dual Cultivation Meditation Method!

Night fell, and the lights of Suotuo City came on one by one.

Looking down from the rooftop terrace of the Rose Hotel, the entire city looked as though it had been strewn with shattered gold.

Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Ze stood by the railing, taking in the nightscape for quite some time.

Then Ning Ze began laying out the next part of their plan.

"We've settled the academy matter. We'll head straight to Heaven Dou City—Heaven Dou Royal Academy."

"Heaven Dou Royal Academy?!"

The three girls' eyes immediately lit up.

Heaven Dou Royal Academy was the Heaven Dou Empire's premier noble academy.

Its faculty, simulated cultivation environments, and resource supply—every last one of them was hundreds of times better than that shabby Shrek, which could not even be bothered to register itself.

Of the three, Zhu Zhuqing was actually the happiest.

Over the past few days, Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu had played themselves silly. Only Zhu Zhuqing, after spending the day shopping and returning to her room exhausted enough to barely keep her eyes open, still meditated through the entire night.

She would never forget that pursuit for the rest of her life.

More than anyone, she wanted to grow stronger.

Now that she had been told she could enter the continent's most prestigious academy, the anxiety that had hung over her for days finally eased.

When she looked at Ning Ze, her eyes brimmed with gratitude.

"However, before we go to Heaven Dou City..."

Ning Ze changed the subject and smiled at the three girls. "We'll make a trip to the Star Dou Great Forest first."

"The Star Dou Great Forest?" Ning Rongrong blinked and tilted her head. "Don't people go there to hunt soul beasts for soul rings? Ning Ze... did you break through?"

Ning Ze did not keep them guessing and nodded. "Yes, I just reached level thirty."

The moment he said that, all three girls froze.

Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu stood there with their mouths open for a long while, staring fixedly at Ning Ze.

Level thirty?

When they had sparred at Shrek's gates a few days ago, he had clearly only been level twenty-eight.

They had spent just four days eating, drinking, and having fun in Suotuo City. They had not even seen Ning Ze meditate, yet he had already reached level thirty?

What kind of monstrous speed was that?

Before Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu could recover, Ning Rongrong frowned first, as if she had suddenly caught something off.

"That's not right... We've been out shopping every day these past few days, and at night we didn't... do that... How could you still cultivate so quickly?!"

The instant the words "do that" left her mouth, Ning Rongrong realized what she had said. Her face instantly flushed all the way to the roots of her neck, and she clapped a hand over her mouth.

But it was already too late.

Xiao Wu's rabbit ears shot upright as she leaned closer. "Do what? Rongrong, what exactly is this 'that'?"

Zhu Zhuqing said nothing, but her eyes were fixed directly on Ning Rongrong as well.

Could the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect possess some secret cultivation method that it never passed on to outsiders?

With two pairs of eyes staring at her, Ning Rongrong wanted nothing more than to crawl into a crack in the ground. Her ears were so hot they could fry an egg, and she waved her hands repeatedly.

"N-No, it's nothing! There's nothing! It's a secret between Ning Ze and me! I won't tell you even if you beat me to death!"

"A secret?!"

The more she tried to hide it, the more interested the other two became.

Xiao Wu grabbed Ning Rongrong's arm and shook it. "Good Rongrong, sweet Rongrong, just tell us! What method could make Soul Power rise so quickly?"

Zhu Zhuqing did not join in shaking her. She simply stared at Ning Rongrong, and the heat in her gaze made Ning Rongrong's scalp tingle.

Thin-skinned Ning Rongrong finally could not take it anymore.

"Ugh, you're so annoying! If you want to know, ask Ning Ze!"

She stamped her little boots, covered her face with both hands, and ran off the terrace without looking back like a startled fawn being chased.

Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing looked at each other, then turned their heads toward Ning Ze in unison.

With two pairs of eager, inquisitive eyes fixed on him, Ning Ze rubbed his nose but did not hide it.

"It's not really some incredible secret."

"My Love God Martial Soul is a little special—as long as someone of the opposite sex who has feelings for me stays close to me and meditates with me, our martial souls resonate, and both of our cultivation efficiencies increase severalfold."

"What?!"

Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu's eyes went wide.

There was actually a martial soul like that in this world?

It could speed up cultivation just based on affection?

Zhu Zhuqing recovered first. "Ning Ze! Then let's start right now! I've been so idle these past few days that my bones are itching!"

Xiao Wu nodded frantically beside her.

"Exactly, Ning Ze! Count me in! Let's meditate together right now! But that's nothing unspeakable, is it? Why did Rongrong blush like that just now?"

Looking into Xiao Wu's pure, innocent eyes,

Ning Ze was the one who became a little embarrassed. He coughed and scratched the back of his head.

"Ahem... This meditation is different from sitting separately and cultivating on your own."

"The two of us have to press our bodies together so our martial souls can connect at close range... That's why Rongrong..."

Zhu Zhuqing's mind exploded. Her face burned from the roots of her ears down to her neck, and her chest rose and fell sharply.

"P-Press together?!"

A lone man and woman, their bodies pressed together...

Xiao Wu was stunned for two seconds, then waved a hand openly.

"I thought it was something huge! Isn't it just sitting next to each other while meditating? What's there to be embarrassed about? Ning Ze, come on, back to the room. We'll try it first!"

In her eyes, Ning Ze was handsome, generous, and powerful. At Shrek, he had even stood up for her in front of so many people. He had long since become the person she trusted most.

If sitting next to each other could make them stronger, what was there to be embarrassed about?

"Fine, let's give it a try."

The two left the terrace side by side.

Zhu Zhuqing stood there alone, biting her lip as she watched their backs disappear around the corridor corner, not knowing what she was thinking.

Inside Ning Ze's private suite, he spread a velvet cushion in the center of the carpet, took off his shoes, and sat down cross-legged. Then he patted the space behind him.

"Xiao Wu, sit cross-legged like me and press your back against mine."

"Got it!"

Xiao Wu did not hesitate in the slightest. She took two steps over, sat cross-legged behind Ning Ze, and gently leaned back.

The moment her back touched the boy's broad, warm spine, her whole body trembled.

Through their thin clothing, his scorching body heat and steady heartbeat were transmitted to her at once.

Xiao Wu could not describe the feeling. She only felt that her carefree heart suddenly began beating faster against her will.

An indescribable sense of security welled up inside her, making her want to lean back against him a little longer.

Don't think about it, don't think about it!

Ning Ze sees you as a companion. This is proper cultivation!

He treats you so well. You can't let your thoughts wander!

She secretly spat at herself, took a deep breath, and closed her eyes.

"Xiao Wu, summon your martial soul and focus your mind as one."

"Mm!"

Two streams of Soul Power surged from their bodies at the same time, and phantom images rose above their heads—a pink-gold heart and a snow-white, crystalline Soft Bone Rabbit.

Drawn by the Love God's magnetic field, the two martial souls intertwined on their own.

The little white rabbit hopped merrily around the pink-gold sphere of light, sometimes pressing close to the heart and sometimes rubbing its head against it.

It played to its heart's content.

Ning Ze and Xiao Wu only felt as if their meridians had become one in that instant. The ambient energy of heaven and earth in the air transformed into visible white mist and poured relentlessly into their bodies.