"What's wrong, Ah Yin?"
Through their mental link, Ji Hongchen sensed Ah Yin's current embarrassment.
Ah Yin manifested a phantom image of herself.
Her cheeks flushed crimson as she protested coyly, "We're pressed too close together. It feels like we're... we're..."
Realization dawned on Ji Hongchen.
Ah Yin was now half a living being, so naturally, she still possessed biological instincts. With this suit of Battle Armor pressed against him, a physical reaction was inevitable.
"Ah Yin, don't you want to be a mother?"
Ah Yin's cheeks grew even redder.
But at the thought of her child, pain filled her face.
She separated from Ji Hongchen's body, took human form, and sat on the ground, her eyes brimming with sorrow.
Her child had been gone before ever seeing this world.
Ji Hongchen walked over and embraced her from behind. Bringing his lips close to her ear, he comforted her softly, "Ah Yin, everything will get better."
"Don't you want a child of your own?"
A shiver of restless excitement ran through Ah Yin's body.
Ji Hongchen secretly controlled Ah Yin's body, making certain reactions unavoidable.
Ah Yin blushed with embarrassment.
"I... can I really?"
"Of course. You're half a living being now. You're perfectly capable of nurturing a new life."
Ji Hongchen continued coaxing Ah Yin.
"I'll help you."
Ah Yin's face was now completely red. She was like a fully ripened honey peach, and her steps grew unsteady.
Ji Hongchen caught her.
Taking advantage of the moment, he gradually breached her psychological defenses, making her surrender one step at a time.
The night passed without further words.
The next morning.
Ji Hongchen stretched lazily, looking thoroughly refreshed.
He had withdrawn Ah Yin into his sword dao soul core, ready to have her merge with him for battle whenever he