Two hours later.
"Heh heh~"
"So this was the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace? The most talented disciple of the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace was still just a..."
Ling Qingzhu was beside herself with shame and anger. "Shut up, you! This is all your fault!"
"How is this my fault too? You can't even empathize with your earlier self, can you? You were the one who begged me!"
Ling Qingzhu's fair, jade-like face was no longer as cold and aloof as before, though it remained untouched by the mortal world. Now, however, it was covered in fragrant sweat that slid down her jade-like body.
"Besides, I still have your vital spot in my hand, so watch what you say."
Xiang Yun gave it a firm squeeze. Ling Qingzhu's delicate brows knitted slightly as she remembered her current situation, and she hurriedly broke free of his large hand.
Xiang Yun let go as she pulled away.
"Also, treasure the remnants of my Dao body that I left you. Ordinary women couldn't get them from me even if they wanted to..."
Before Xiang Yun could finish, a sword came down against his neck, nearly cutting his throat.
"Don't bother bringing out that scrap of metal. Do you really not know what our Primordial Hall is best at?"
As Xiang Yun spoke, he even stepped forward. The moment his body leaned in, Ling Qingzhu hurriedly pulled back the blade.
She was worried she might accidentally kill him.
"Are you courting death?! What kind of strange things are you saying?! And I told you long ago to keep it outside!"
Ling Qingzhu put away her sword as she heard Xiang Yun's outrageous words.
Her face flushed with embarrassment. She had clearly told him to keep it outside, yet he hadn't listened to a word she said?
Black lines covered Xiang Yun's forehead. This woman really started talking nonsense as soon as post-nut clarity hit, didn't she?
"You were holding me too tight!"
"With your strength, couldn't you have broken free?"
Ling Qingzhu's face flushed. In situations like this, what she feared most was that the other person still remembered.
"Why would I have broken free? And remember, I've already granted the request I owed you. Now you owe me quite a few."
"Besides, did you really think I was joking? Try sensing your Supreme Induction Art now."
"Huh?"
At Xiang Yun's words, Ling Qingzhu instinctively recalled the Supreme Induction Art, which had always been hazy and seemed to have little effect.
Now it was clear as day.
It was as though she had only experienced this feeling when her master first taught her.
After that, she had become the young palace mistress of the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace.
Her master had said she was the person most likely to fully comprehend the Supreme Induction Art.
Yet now, after merely discussing it with Xiang Yun, she had made tremendous progress with it?
"How is that possible?"
Ling Qingzhu's lovely face was full of doubt. Could the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace's method of cultivating the Supreme Induction Art have been wrong all along?
Did she have to...
Do that to cultivate faster?
Xiang Yun looked Ling Qingzhu up and down and smiled. "I can tell you if you want to hear it."
"But I'd still suggest you put your clothes on first."
His words turned Ling Qingzhu's jade-like face bright red. Her already fair cheeks looked like a shrimp boiled by this sea of fire.
Ling Qingzhu turned around, revealing her jade-like back, and put her long dress back on, looking much as she had when she entered the Ancient Tomb Mansion.
Only her clothes were wrinkled, and her cold, aloof face now had a touch of feminine allure.
"How about we go out first and talk?"
Xiang Yun put his clothes back on and looked at Ling Qingzhu, who had returned to her cold, aloof appearance.
He had to admit it.
No wonder so many people liked watching cold and aloof fairies. It was the contrast that made it good.
"Tell me here. I still have to go inside and grind that old thing's bones to ashes!!"
Ling Qingzhu gritted her teeth. Although she could feel that the Nirvana Heart had allowed her to break through to Half-Step Nirvana,
It was still a fact that she had lost her virginity. It was all that old thing's fault!
He was already dead, yet he still behaved without the dignity of an elder.
If not for Xiang Yun, she wouldn't have found anyone to draw yang Qi from. Wouldn't that have meant losing her virginity to someone from these low-rank dynasties?
Even Lin Langtian, whom Huangfu Jing praised so highly, was nothing much in her eyes!
Luckily, Xiang Yun was here. She didn't know why he had come here, though. Could it be...
Ling Qingzhu inwardly raised a brow. Could this guy have specifically had someone keep track of information about her?
Could he really have feelings for me?
"My constitution is special. When you and I verify our Dao with each other, the remnants of my Dao charm left in your body benefit you."
"Especially since what you cultivate is something like the Supreme Induction Art..."
At his words, Ling Qingzhu rolled her eyes and said coldly, "Shameless. Is there really such a constitution?"
"How could a mere young palace mistress of the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace understand the greatness of the Innate Dao Embryo?"
Xiang Yun wasn't lying.
The Innate Dao Embryo was innately close to the Dao. In fact, that meant its comprehension was exceptionally strong, and it even had an exceptionally strong sensitivity to the origin of heaven and earth.
So the substance containing his life essence was itself a great medicine, to say nothing of the fact that he also had the Heavenly Tyrant Body.
After all,
The Plane Embryo was much like the Heavenly Heart of the Shrouding the Heavens World. The Innate Dao Embryo could be said to make comprehending the Supreme easier than the Supreme Induction Art did.
If Xiang Yun hadn't joined the Primordial Hall first, he might have been the true young palace master of the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace.
The Supreme Induction Art was essentially a way to create an artificial Innate Dao Embryo.
"Of course, you can also try using Origin Energy to refine my Dao liquid inside you. Then you'll know for yourself."
Xiang Yun looked at the sea of fire around them and casually stepped forward. In that short time, he had already found the life gate of the Illusory and Real Fire Sea Array.
He didn't need to break the array; he only needed to find its gate and walk out.
With the comprehension of his Innate Dao Embryo, that really wasn't difficult.
Ling Qingzhu stared speechlessly as Xiang Yun's figure vanished.
He actually understood arrays?
At once, ignoring how sore and weak her entire body felt, she rode the Azure Sky Lotus across the sea of fire. There was no telling what power the old thing inside still possessed.
If he still had even a little of his Nirvana Realm power, Xiang Yun would likely suffer for it.
But by the time Ling Qingzhu crossed the sea of fire, Xiang Yun had already emerged from the tomb chamber.
Xiang Yun stretched and said, "It's dealt with. How much strength could an old dog's primordial spirit have?"
"That old dog even said I'd gained a benefit just now. Heh."
Xiang Yun wore a speechless expression. If the old dog had really followed them into the Ancient Tomb Mansion, wouldn't that have been a live broadcast for someone else to watch?
He had no such interest.
Even if it was only a primordial spirit left behind after being dead for who knew how many years.
When Ling Qingzhu heard the words "gained a benefit," she couldn't keep her composure either, but she still retorted stubbornly, "Wasn't he right?"
Xiang Yun glanced at Ling Qingzhu and gave a cold laugh.
She'd gotten the better end of the deal and was still playing innocent. After he returned this time, his master would likely ask about his situation.
Although whether or not he kept his pure yang body made no difference to his cultivation speed.
But his master believed that avoiding women was the true essence of cultivation, just like a copy of the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace.
They might as well rename it the Monk Hall, though calling it that was a bit of an insult to monks.
After all, plenty of monks played around in all sorts of ways.
He had gained quite a lot this time too. Of course, he wasn't referring to Ling Qingzhu.
He meant the Supreme Induction Art.