Earth Dragon Sect, rear garden.
Yu Tianqing was bare-chested, wearing nothing but a pair of loose shorts.
Ling Luochеn stood beside him, but the young woman had her head lowered and her fair arms folded across her chest, looking thoroughly bashful.
She was wearing a dark blue, one-piece swimsuit with a high-cut bottom. The fabric clung to her delicate figure, revealing the faint outline of her toned abs. Her exposed back was smooth as jade, and the elastic fabric lifted and outlined her shapely rear.
Yu Tianqing had made the swimsuit earlier in his spare time, modeled after women's swimsuits from his previous life. In a word, it was:
Professional!
It covered the necessary parts while freeing the limbs as much as possible, so clothing wouldn't get in the way of underwater movement.
In contrast to the young woman's bashfulness, Nan Shuishui stood beside her entirely at ease. She wore the same style, though hers was pink, and it bulged several sizes more at the chest than Ling Luochеn's.
Nan Shuishui was also stealing glances at Ling Luochеn. From the way she nodded as she looked her up and down, it was easy to see that she was very pleased with Ling Luochеn's figure.
"All right, Luochen!"
Nan Shuishui stepped forward and took Ling Luochеn's hand.
"The Earth Dragon Sect's secret realm is right here in this cold spring. There's no one here but Tianqing and Aunt Nan, so what are you so shy about?"
"I... I've just never worn anything like this before..."
Ling Luochеn's voice grew quieter and quieter until it was no louder than a mosquito's hum. Nan Shuishui paid it no mind, pulling her by the hand to an ancient well and jumping into the cold spring first.
Ling Luochеn watched Nan Shuishui disappear into the spring. She glanced back at Yu Tianqing, then immediately jumped in after her.
Yu Tianqing was left alone in the garden. He stared at the ancient well in a daze for a while.
Come to think of it, he hadn't seen Nan Shuishui in a swimsuit for several years.
Nan Shuishui had spent ages rummaging through a wardrobe before finding the one Ling Luochеn wore.
He had to admit, the two women were like plump Huan and slender Yan, each with her own style and charm.
And this cold spring...
Usually, he went down alone to cultivate.
But now,
didn't that make the cold spring the two women's bathwater?
Tsk. Yu Tianqing figured he must not have slept well. He wasn't that much of a creep.
He knocked on his head and dove into the ancient well.
The icy spring water washed over his body, instantly clearing his somewhat muddled thoughts. He dove more than ten meters down and saw the two women floating in the water, waiting for him.
Nan Shuishui took out a luminous pearl, and the previously gloomy underground space immediately grew a little brighter.
She led Ling Luochеn by the hand to a rock wall. In front of Ling Luochеn, she pressed several spots on the stone walls to the left and right, and an opening just wide enough for one person to pass through suddenly appeared.
This was the mechanism that opened the Earth Dragon Sect's secret realm. Nan Shuishui demonstrated it to Ling Luochеn without concealing a thing; she had already accepted her as one of her own.
Seeing the wall open, Nan Shuishui seemed to consider her task complete. She sent the two of them a voice transmission.
"Luochen, this is the Earth Dragon Sect's secret realm. You can consolidate your cultivation a little faster here. Let Tianqing keep you company; I'll head back up first."
Nan Shuishui handed the luminous pearl to Yu Tianqing and winked at him, only to be met with a resentful look.
How could Nan Shuishui not understand what he meant?
Previously, Yu Tianqing had needed the cold spring to suppress his Yang Lightning, but now there was clearly a quicker way, and she was unwilling to cooperate.
Remembering how she had stood Yu Tianqing up last night, and seeing his expression now, Nan Shuishui nearly burst out laughing.
But as an elder, she decisively chose to hold it in!
She waved to the two of them, then swam upward, her supple figure like a pink water snake.
In the gloomy cold spring, the two youngsters were left staring at each other.
"Let's go."
Holding up the luminous pearl, Yu Tianqing gestured to Ling Luochеn. He walked ahead and entered the cave first.
He passed through a barrier, which held the spring water outside.
Yu Tianqing used his Yang Lightning Dragon origin to raise a cloud of steam, instantly evaporating the water droplets from his skin.
Ling Luochеn came in just then. She glanced at Yu Tianqing, walked in front of him, then backed up two steps and pressed her back against his body, keeping him from seeing her face.
Yu Tianqing froze for a moment before he heard Ling Luochеn say softly,
"Help me dry off too."
The young woman's smooth, delicate jade back pressed against his chest, and her damp hair tickled him a little.
In the dim cave, the luminous pearl barely gave off enough light, and the two of them were alone.
Even Yu Tianqing couldn't help feeling his mouth go dry.
Aunt Nan, was this part of your plan too?
In this situation, he felt that even without using his Yang Lightning origin, he could do it with his rapidly circulating Bloodline Power.
His warm hands settled on Ling Luochеn's slender waist. White steam rose and blurred his vision. He felt the person in his arms twist, then wrap her fair arms around his neck, her youthful body pressing tightly against his chest through a layer of exceedingly thin fabric.
Perhaps because their vision was obscured, Ling Luochеn grew bolder too.
They were at an age when curiosity was at its strongest, and the young man and woman made no effort to hide their desire to explore each other's bodies.
Only when Ling Luochеn felt something scorching hot pressing against her lower abdomen did she leap out of Yu Tianqing's arms like a startled fawn.
Yu Tianqing felt awkward too and couldn't help scratching his head.
He was a hot-blooded young man, brimming with vigor and standing tall. What could he do?
He could only pretend nothing had happened and raise the luminous pearl in his hand.
"Luochen, it'll get colder the farther in we go. There should be a mineral vein in there, but only a Soul Master with Ultimate Ice can extract it."
"You came here mainly to consolidate your cultivation, so there's no need to rush."
Ling Luochеn nodded, touching her chest. Her fear at their contact just now had been purely instinctive.
Having studied in Shrek Academy's inner court for a while, she was no complete novice.
There were more women than men in the inner court, with yin flourishing and yang in decline, and a few of the senior sisters were especially open-minded.
She knew a thing or two about matters between men and women, but the outline she had faintly felt just now had seemed a little frightening.
Now that she had come out of her daze, she felt the exceptionally pure cold around her and cast those jumbled thoughts from her mind.
She could feel her ice-element Martial Soul rejoicing within her.
This place was fated to be hers.
And Yu Tianqing was the one fated for her.
At that thought, Ling Luochеn gave Yu Tianqing a long look. Her eyes shimmered with flirtatious promise, and she licked the corner of her lips.
Yu Tianqing, I've got you in the palm of my hand!
The sudden look startled Yu Tianqing. He rubbed his eyes, and when he looked again, Ling Luochеn was already sitting cross-legged in cultivation.
Hiss-
My eyes must have been playing tricks on me, right?
Why did this secret realm feel so chilly?