He looked up at Lin Yuan, who was still fast asleep. He had probably stayed up all night transferring spiritual energy to him and fallen asleep from exhaustion.
Although he was haughty, he was a decent person, nothing like the obsessive, gloomy final villain described in the book. Perhaps that was because he had not turned evil yet.
According to the book, a trusted elder of his own sect had harmed him and blinded him. After leaving this cave, he had met the female lead.
But the female lead had always stayed with the male lead and had no feelings for him.
He had thought the female lead disdained him because he was blind, so he had searched everywhere for a way to heal his eyes.
In the end, instead of healing his eyes, he had suffered cultivation deviation, and his temperament had become violent and erratic.
Ultimately, he and the male lead had become enemies over the female lead, and he had died by the male lead's sword.
Gu Yi sighed softly and hurried to find a set of clothes to change into before he woke.
Lin Yuan slept for a full day and night before waking. When he woke, he instinctively felt around beside him.
The spot where Gu Yi had been lying was already cold.
"Gu Yi?" Lin Yuan instinctively sat up and called out.
Gu Yi hurried over and pressed a hand against him. "You're awake, my little immortal? I'm here."
Only after hearing his voice did Lin Yuan feel a little reassured. "Are you... all right now?"
"I'm much better. I should be able to hold on a little longer. Thank you for transferring spiritual energy to me all night, my little immortal." Gu Yi sat down beside him.
He had just gone to look around the edge of the barrier, and the wind had chilled his hands and feet. Instinctively, he slipped his feet under Lin Yuan's blanket.
Lin Yuan stiffened, but he did not kick him away. Instead, he moved a little closer to help warm him. "Next time you feel unwell, you can tell me beforehand. I'll help you..."
The corner of Gu Yi's mouth twitched. There'll be a next time?
We've already done it twice, and he still doesn't know what we were doing?
We practiced soul cultivation!!!!
Doesn't he know you can't just enter someone's sea of consciousness? Only cultivation partners can do that!
As Gu Yi looked at Lin Yuan, a very serious problem suddenly occurred to him.
Even if cultivating together with Lin Yuan extended his lifespan, Lin Yuan was the final villain of this book.
Once he got out, he would meet the female lead and fall in love with her.
If Gu Yi did this sort of thing with him while he was completely unaware, would he let Gu Yi off in the future?
Thinking of all the things he did after turning evil later on????
I'd probably die an even worse death than I would now...
Maybe I should just die now. At least my death could be a little more peaceful.
"My little immortal, let me ask you something." After thinking it over, Gu Yi finally decided to come clean.
If Lin Yuan knew they were practicing soul cultivation and chose to save him, he would accept it.
"Hmm?" Lin Yuan turned his face toward Gu Yi, sensing the spiritual energy inside his body.
"Do you know what method you used to save me?" Gu Yi took a deep breath.
Now that he was about to confess and seek leniency, he suddenly felt a little nervous.
He was even more nervous than when he had unified the Demon Realm as the Demon Lord.
"Transferring spiritual energy."
Lin Yuan showed little reaction.
Although he had slept a little longer after transferring spiritual energy this time, his cultivation seemed to have increased a little too.
He did not know why, but extending Gu Yi's life could actually improve his cultivation, much faster than cultivating on his own.
The spiritual energy within this barrier was not abundant. It would take him a long time cultivating alone to improve this much.
Gu Yi pressed a hand to his forehead and gave a bitter chuckle. He really did not know.
"My little immortal, please don't get angry at what I'm about to say. If you think it's my fault after hearing me out, you can kill me."
Gu Yi took a deep breath and said solemnly, "We weren't simply transferring spiritual energy... We were... practicing soul cultivation."
"Soul... soul cultivation?" Lin Yuan froze when he heard that.
For a moment, he did not know what to say.
He seemed to remember his senior brother mentioning that only cultivation partners could practice soul cultivation.
"Yes. Including this time, we've practiced soul cultivation twice."
Gu Yi watched Lin Yuan's expression. If he really wants to kill me, I'll let him... I don't have much time left anyway. A day sooner or later makes no difference.
"If you kill me, no one else will know I practiced soul cultivation with you here. That way, you'll still be that spotless little immortal in the future."
Gu Yi gripped his clothes, involuntarily recalling the outfit he had soiled and changed out of earlier. How could I be so pathetic? I'm not even as good as this little immortal who knows nothing.
"Do you know how to cultivate together with someone?" Lin Yuan suddenly spoke, interrupting Gu Yi's wandering thoughts.
"Huh?" Gu Yi stared at Lin Yuan in surprise, not expecting him to ask that out of nowhere.
"I'm asking whether you know how to cultivate together!" Lin Yuan suddenly reached out and grabbed Gu Yi's wrist, as if afraid he would run away.
"Uh, I've seen a... cultivation manual for two people cultivating together before," Gu Yi said honestly. "But I've never cultivated with anyone."
"Teach me!" Lin Yuan said again, blinking his sightless eyes. "Teach me right now!"
"My little immortal... let go of me..." Lin Yuan's grip hurt, and Gu Yi struggled a couple of times. "Do you know what you're saying? Are you sure?"
"Of course." The corners of Lin Yuan's handsome mouth curved upward. Cultivating together could improve his cultivation, so he had to make the most of the time before Gu Yi died.
Holy shit, has Lin Yuan gone mad?
He actually wants me to...?
Even if it's to save my life, he doesn't have to sacrifice himself like this...
He may be good-looking, but I'm not an animal.
"Uh, my little immortal, I appreciate your desire to save me, but you really don't have to sacrifice yourself like this. Cultivating together is very complicated, and we're both men."
Gu Yi explained as he struggled.
But Lin Yuan's grip on his wrist only tightened. "If I tell you to teach me, then teach me! Why all this nonsense!"
Gu Yi could barely breathe under Lin Yuan's suppression.
He, the mighty Gu Yi, Demon Lord and Tribulation Transcendence Stage powerhouse, was actually being pinned down by a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator. Just thinking about it was humiliating.
Gu Yi pushed at Lin Yuan and threw caution to the wind. "Fine, fine, fine! I'll teach you. I'll teach you, all right? Wait, let me think of the cultivation formula."
Only after Gu Yi agreed did Lin Yuan withdraw the spiritual energy suppressing him, though he did not release Gu Yi's wrist.
Gu Yi tried shaking him off twice without success, then simply let him hold on.
He closed his eyes, recalling the manual for two people cultivating together that he had accidentally seen at the Illusory Demon Sect.
He seemed to have casually tossed it into his storage ring.
With a turn of his wrist, the cultivation manual appeared in his hand.
Gu Yi casually glanced through it, and his face immediately flushed red.
That was right. Gu Yi was a virgin, in both his previous life and this one.
Although he had seen some material before, the most he had ever done was with his own right hand.
He had never had contact with anyone else. With Lin Yuan holding his hand now, his palm grew slightly sweaty. "My little immortal, let go of me first. I can't run away in this state anyway. Let me read this cultivation manual, and then I'll teach you how to cultivate."
"Didn't you say you knew how?"
Lin Yuan released Gu Yi's wrist and tilted his ear toward the rustling sound of him turning the pages, one after another.
"I... haven't cultivated with anyone before. Cultivating together could cause injuries. I'll tell you once I've read it properly." Gu Yi flipped through the pages with a rustle.
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