The night lay still as water, but inside the Master Bedroom of the Song-Style Courtyard House, passion filled the air, and the formation's light flickered faintly.
Chen Lin sat cross-legged on the large bed, with the four women positioned around him according to the formation prescribed by the Phoenix Yin-Yang Essence Cultivation Art.
Despite the air conditioning, fine beads of sweat covered the women's smooth foreheads, and their cheeks flushed so deeply they seemed ready to bleed.
"Center yourselves and clear your minds." Chen Lin's low voice rang through the room with unquestionable authority.
Even Qin Chuxia, normally the most restless of them, obediently kept her eyes shut, her lashes trembling.
Although this was called dual cultivation, Chen Lin had not immediately indulged himself. The core of this profound art, which led straight to the nascent soul stage, lay in the complementary interaction and resonance of spiritual power.
"Qiu Ya, give me your hands." Chen Lin held out both hands.
Song Qiuya bit her lip and offered her slender hands, interlacing her fingers with his.
The instant they touched, a stream of pure spiritual power flowed through his palms into his meridians.
This was the foundation Song Qiuya had built by practicing the Azure Origin Sword Art. Without hesitation, Chen Lin sent his azure origin true essence flowing back into her along the pathways of the Phoenix Yin-Yang Essence Cultivation Art, forceful yet gentle.
One yin, one yang-the two streams of spiritual power formed a perfect closed circuit within their bodies.
"Mm..." Song Qiuya let out a muffled moan, her body suddenly tensing.
She felt an unprecedentedly pure stream of spiritual power dissolve through her meridians, like welcome rain after a long drought.
"Keep it steady. Xiao Yue, Ruoxi, Chuxia, sink your qi into your dantian and guide the spiritual