Bei Bei: What! You need to book a hotel room to cultivate?

Her martial soul was Blue Silver Grass, and her talent was average. Even with hard work and the help of the Mysterious Heaven Skill, she had only barely reached Rank 31. But Blue Silver Grass was simply too weak; among Soul Masters of the same rank, her combat strength was practically at the bottom...

An ordinary disciple would have been eliminated long ago. Only because she was the Tang Sect Master had she received some care and preferential treatment, allowing her to remain at Shrek Academy to cultivate.

Rank 31 might not have been much to look at, but Rank 41, Rank 51, even Rank 61—she did not believe she would still be weak then!

Ye Chen's Secret Art gave a tenfold cultivation speed. Cultivating for one year was equivalent to gaining ten years of cultivation! Her rise was just around the corner!

Though she felt rather embarrassed, she still chose to shamelessly take advantage of it...

"Of course. I'm the Tang Sect Vice Sect Master, and Sister Xiaoya, you're the Tang Sect Master. We should definitely help each other and grow together. Only then can we restore the Tang Sect to glory~"

"This is the surprise I mentioned. Do you like it, Sister Xiaoya?"

Ye Chen raised his brows and looked at Tang Ya with a smile.

When he had read the original novel, he had greatly disliked the phrase "restore the Tang Sect to glory." Yet now that he was using it to fool Tang Ya, he found it inexplicably useful.

As the saying went, everyone disliked capitalists, yet everyone wanted to become one.

Many people disliked it when a novel's male lead built a harem, but if they truly transmigrated into another world and possessed a heaven-defying cheat, they would definitely want to collect every woman in the world into their harem.

"Of course I like it... Then I'll have to trouble Vice Sect Master Ye~" Tang Ya twisted slightly and gave Ye Chen a radiant smile, her heart filled with surprise and gratitude.

Sure enough, her intuition had not been wrong. Keeping Ye Chen in the Tang Sect had definitely been the wisest decision she had ever made.

"Alright, no time to waste. Let's begin early."

Ye Chen led Tang Ya upstairs, booked a suite, and brought her inside.

Ye Chen sat down on the bed first, then invited Tang Ya, saying, "Because the Secret Art is rather special, Sister Xiaoya needs to stay within half a meter of me for it to work."

To be safe, half a meter was better. Once Tang Ya got used to it, he could gradually shorten the distance.

One had to eat one bite at a time, lest something unexpected happen.

"Alright."

Tang Ya did not doubt him in the slightest. She took off her shoes and sat cross-legged opposite Ye Chen.

"Mhm. Sister Xiaoya, follow my breathing rhythm. Only when the two of us have reached a certain degree of coordination will the Secret Art take effect."

Ye Chen spoke solemnly.

"Alright!"

Seeing how serious Ye Chen was, Tang Ya also sat upright. Suppressing the shyness in her heart, she closed her eyes to cultivate and sense Ye Chen's rhythm.

After a moment, once Ye Chen felt Tang Ya's state of mind settle, he activated Resonance.

Bzz—

An indescribable power linked Ye Chen and Tang Ya together.

Their Soul Power intertwined, forming a vortex that continuously drew in the surrounding heaven and earth energy.

Their cultivation speed instantly soared by more than tenfold!

"It really... works..."

Feeling the flow of Soul Power in her meridians become more than ten times as active as usual, Tang Ya was utterly shocked.

She had thought Ye Chen's claim of tenfold was an exaggeration. Even a doubling of her cultivation speed, or perhaps a fifty-percent increase, would have been enough to satisfy her.

But she had never imagined that it would truly be tenfold—and even a fair bit more...

"Cultivate in peace. We only have one hour, so we can't waste it." Noticing the change in Tang Ya's state of mind, Ye Chen hurriedly reminded her.

"O-Okay..." Tang Ya hastily composed herself, but she still could not calm down. Her face visibly reddened and heated up.

Because she was simply too close to Ye Chen right now. She could clearly feel his breath, as well as the strange faint fragrance on his body. It smelled really nice...

Ye Chen, on the other hand, remained calm.

After all, he had endured Ma Xiaotao's intentional and unintentional seduction every day. His will was firm, and his control over his body had become very strong. Naturally, he was as steady as a rock in such a minor situation.

Still, Tang Ya's scent was quite pleasant as well. While it lacked Ma Xiaotao's mature, alluring peach-like fragrance, it was full of youthful, lively energy and was very nice.

Of course, he could have kept it going for longer, but he had only told others that it lasted one hour. After all, if he cultivated with Tang Ya for too long, the others would get less...

As a master of time management, Ye Chen could not play favorites.

Ordinary Soul Masters only cultivated for around one hour a day. Even Shrek students cultivated for at most two hours a day. Only workaholics like Huo Yuhao cultivated for more than five hours a day.

Moreover, the longer one cultivated, the weaker the effect became. What truly mattered was talent and resources.

This world never lacked workaholics like Huo Yuhao. There were plenty of Soul Masters who cultivated for twelve hours a day, yet it was not as though their cultivation improved twelve times faster than everyone else's.

If hard work alone were enough, what would talent and resources be for?

Someone with even a little talent could cultivate for one hour a day, and with the support of their natural gifts and resources, gain as much cultivation as a poorly talented Soul Master who painstakingly cultivated for more than ten hours.

That was the gap.

But Ye Chen had a cheat, so his cultivation acceleration was absolutely real.

This one hour of cultivation for Tang Ya was equivalent to three or four days of her usual cultivation. That was already extremely impressive.

As long as their intimacy kept increasing, the effect would only get better. It might reach a hundredfold, even a thousandfold in the future. There was no need to rush over this little bit of time.

Cultivation was dull. Ye Chen was still more willing to spend his time dating, or doing the things lovers did.

An hour passed quickly.

Ye Chen finished cultivating and slowly let out a breath. Then he looked at Tang Ya and asked, "Sister Xiaoya, how do you feel?"

Tang Ya was still immersed in the exhilaration of cultivating at such incredible speed. It took her quite a while to come back to her senses.

"I feel amazing!" Tang Ya said with delighted surprise. Then, somewhat dissatisfied, she murmured, "It's just a shame it can only last for an hour. It would be great if it could last longer..."

If she could grow stronger quickly, she would be willing to spend the entire day cultivating!

"Cultivation is great, but you can't devote all your time to it. You should spend more time on other beautiful things," Ye Chen advised.

What was so interesting about bitter cultivation? While they were young, they should enjoy life properly.

"Enjoy life..."

Tang Ya murmured to herself, spacing out slightly. Clearly, that was a luxury to her.

Though she usually appeared carefree and cheerful, it was all a disguise.

In truth, darkness filled her heart. She lived only for revenge and was willing to pay any price for it. She cultivated desperately, so naturally she had no mood to enjoy life.

"That's right, Sister Xiaoya. You should be happier. I told you already—leave revenge to me. You don't need to put so much pressure on yourself~"

Ye Chen comforted her softly.

"Waa... Ye Chen, thank you..."

Tang Ya threw herself at him and hugged him tightly. Her eyes reddened as she quietly sobbed.

Ye Chen's words of comfort had truly struck her to the core, touching the softest part of her heart. They were countless times better than Bei Bei's meaningless sweet talk.