Glancing at Ke Ren beneath the bright red quilt beside him, Jiang Yun felt a faint warmth in his heart, but ultimately restrained himself.
He got out of bed quietly and went to the adjacent alchemy room.
Jiang Shuanglan heard the movement next door, and the corners of her lips curled up slightly.
Some of yesterday's cooking utensils were still in the alchemy room. Jiang Yun lit a fire and made Jiang Shuanglan some breakfast.
Last night's exertion had been rather intense, so they ought to eat something good in the morning.
While cooking, Jiang Yun opened the panel.
[Panel] Realm: Sea of Bitterness cultivator Physique: Mortal Physique (Sacred Physique 1.92%, Divine Physique 1%) Bloodline: Hengyu Bloodline (1%) Cultivation Technique: "Dao Scripture" Reflection Points: 1 Source Space: 40*40*40 Dao Companion: Jiang Shuanglan (Hengyu Bloodline 3.25%, Divine Physique 5.5%) Favorability: 76 Marks: 10 Descendant Bonus: None
Looking at the completely refreshed panel before him, Jiang Yun was greatly surprised.
He had not expected the panel's powerful functions to truly reveal themselves only after he gained a dao companion.
The bloodline and physique possessed by his dao companion could actually be directly transferred onto him. Though they both began at only 1%, it was already astonishing.
The ten newly appeared Marks were the key to strengthening his own physique and bloodline.
With a thought, Jiang Yun added two Marks to the Divine Physique, then added another two to the Sacred Physique.
A strange energy immediately flooded into Jiang Yun's body, but there was too little of it for him to feel much.
[Sacred Physique 1.93%, Divine Physique 1.02%]
The Sacred Physique had risen by one ten-thousandth, while the Divine Physique had risen by two ten-thousandths.
Jiang Yun quickly calculated in his mind.
The Sacred Physique would likely require around twenty thousand Marks, while the Divine Physique would need ten thousand. The enormous demand made Jiang Yun feel suffocated.
Yesterday's five rounds of hard cultivation had earned him ten Marks. Each time gave one Mark, while favorability provided another.
Jiang Yun nearly collapsed. Even at five times every day, he would need a thousand days to obtain ten thousand Marks.
Even something forged from iron could not endure that. Even if he could, Jiang Shuanglan might not be able to.
Jiang Yun calculated again. A thousand days was just under three years.
If they cut back a little, it would only take five or six years. Suddenly, five or six years for a Divine Physique seemed acceptable.
After some consideration, Jiang Yun directly added all his remaining Marks to the Divine Physique. In the early stages, investing in the Divine Physique was more worthwhile.
After adding the Marks, Jiang Yun seemed to see doors of limitless potential glowing within his body. It only flashed for an instant, and Jiang Yun almost thought he had imagined it.
As for the Sacred Physique, he would wait for Ye Fan to break its curse before adding Marks to it.
More importantly, one point of Sacred Physique required two Marks, while the Divine Physique required only one.
If Jiang Yun wanted to improve his physique quickly now, investing in the Divine Physique was more reliable. It was absolutely not because he was poor.
After adding the Marks, Jiang Yun's panel became:
[Panel] Realm: Sea of Bitterness cultivator Physique: Mortal Physique (Sacred Physique 1.93%, Divine Physique 1.08%) Bloodline: Hengyu Bloodline (1%) Cultivation Technique: "Dao Scripture" Reflection Points: 1 Source Space: 40*40*40 Dao Companion: Jiang Shuanglan (Hengyu Bloodline 3.25%, Divine Physique 5.52%) Favorability: 76 Marks: 0 Descendant Bonus: None
Looking at the changes on the panel, Jiang Yun saw a future where he could punch the undying and kick Emperor Zun.
Jiang Shuanglan's Divine Physique on the panel had unexpectedly increased by two points as well. Could it be added to his dao companion at a five-to-one ratio? Jiang Yun was somewhat puzzled.
He could test it the next time he added points.
Looking at the single Reflection Point on the panel, Jiang Yun sank his consciousness into it and understood its mystery.
Reflection Points could reflect a dao companion's ancestors and obtain cultivation techniques bestowed by those ancestors.
Was this forcing one's ancestors to give wedding gifts?
This Reflection Point had been given when Jiang Shuanglan's favorability reached 70.
As long as the relationship was good, the ancestors gave rewards!!
The Jiang Family's ancestors—were they Emperor Hengyu, Emperor Guhua, or someone from the Human Desire Dao on the Ziwei Star? No, no, no, it was a friend.
It was not him. He could not slander someone's innocence out of thin air.
Jiang Yun felt that he must have been influenced by that person, which was why he had received such a proper system.
Jiang Yun finished studying the panel just as the meal was ready, and hurriedly carried it to Jiang Shuanglan.
When Jiang Yun returned to the room, Jiang Shuanglan had already gotten up.
"Ever since I began cultivating, I haven't slept in so long. That felt so good."
Jiang Shuanglan lazily stretched, fully displaying her lush and graceful figure.
Jiang Yun's eyes seemed beyond his control.
Seeing Jiang Yun's restless expression, Jiang Shuanglan hurriedly sat down beside the table.
"Lan'er, you're so beautiful."
Jiang Yun placed the prepared food on the table, walked over, and pulled Jiang Shuanglan into his arms.
Feeling the jade-like warmth of the beauty in his embrace, Jiang Shuanglan was still somewhat stiff at first, but gradually softened as she felt Jiang Yun's scorching breath.
"Hubby, we're cultivators now. We can't always be like this. You've only just stepped onto the path of cultivation, so you should focus on cultivating."
Feeling that mischievous hand, Jiang Shuanglan recalled last night's embarrassing scenes. Enduring the tingling through her body, she earnestly advised Jiang Yun.
"Oh!!! Hubby, it's still daytime. Later, we still have to go see the ancestor."
Jiang Shuanglan suppressed the tremor in her voice, hurriedly escaped Jiang Yun's embrace, and hid to one side.
Though he was not a virgin, whenever he faced a peerless beauty like Jiang Shuanglan, he always had the urge to pin down this elegant and dignified-looking woman.
"Lan'er is right. We still have to see the ancestor later. Sit down and eat something first."
Suppressing his body's reaction, Jiang Yun and Jiang Shuanglan sat on opposite sides of the table and began eating.
Although they were cultivators, they had not yet reached the Life Spring realm and could not go without food for long periods. Eating to replenish what they had expended was necessary.
"Hubby, you've only just entered the path of cultivation. You should press forward with all your strength and not always think of indulging in these worldly pleasures."
As they ate, Jiang Shuanglan felt that Jiang Yun was somewhat overly absorbed in matters between men and women, and could not help advising him.
She knew her own talent was lacking and that the Dao Palace would likely be her limit. But Jiang Yun was different. Grandma Feng had said that her husband's Sea of Bitterness had opened at an astonishing speed, and that even the ancestor had marveled at his extraordinary comprehension.
Grandma Feng had also told Jiang Shuanglan to properly urge Jiang Yun to work hard after marrying him, so that he could complete his cultivation in the Sea of Bitterness Secret Realm as soon as possible.
The sooner he went to the Jiang Family Ancestral Lineage, the greater the achievements he could attain.
"Lan'er, it isn't just me who needs to cultivate well. You need to work hard too. In the future, we'll become an immortal couple, living freely and forever, hand in hand as we travel beneath the stars filling the sky."
Jiang Yun looked at Jiang Shuanglan before him and spoke sincerely.
Jiang Shuanglan had never heard such sweet words before, and sweetness immediately filled her heart.
Jiang Yun saw Jiang Shuanglan's favorability on the panel rise directly from 76 to 78.
Whether feelings were sincere or false could be seen at a glance.
After the meal, the newlywed couple remained in their room for a while and whispered private words to each other.
At noon, Grandma Feng arrived. Seeing the two being so affectionate, she was greatly pleased. Her painstaking efforts as their matchmaker had not been in vain.
"You two will have plenty of days together in the future, so stop showing off your affection in front of me this time."
Thick-skinned Jiang Yun pretended not to hear her.
Jiang Shuanglan, however, blushed furiously, and even her ears turned red. Under the sunlight, they looked like red jade, crystalline and translucent.
"Grandma!!!"
She ran from Jiang Yun's side to Grandma Feng's, wrapping her arms around Grandma Feng's arm.
After the three chatted for a while, Grandma Feng rode a divine rainbow with them toward the ancestor's residence.
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