The Sword Sect's Holy Maiden Compromises, Baihu's Golden Core Appears

Several hours later.

The room finally returned to calm.

Baihu dressed, tidied his slightly messy long hair, and pushed open the door to come out.

She spotted Lu Qingxue hiding in the corner, her face flushed and her expression complicated.

The Baihu was slightly taken aback, then understood what was going on, and a mocking smile flashed across its cold face.

You saw everything?

"I..." Lu Qingxue looked away in a panic, like a thief caught red-handed, unsure how to explain.

"Haven't you always wanted to know why I didn't suffer any backlash from killing intent after cultivating the ' Taibai Slaughter Sword Scripture,' and why my cultivation even advanced by leaps and bounds?"

Baihu walked up to Lu Qingxue, looking at this true disciple of the Taibai Sword Sect, his tone carrying a hint of arrogance and pride.

"That's the answer."

Baihu glanced back towards the inner chamber. "As long as we stay by his side, his power of creation is enough to suppress all backlash and smooth out all bottlenecks."

"Those so-called sect secret techniques you speak of, the Cleansing Pool... are nothing but a joke in his eyes."

Upon hearing these words, Lu Qingxue fell completely silent.

She bit her red lips, her eyes filled with intense struggle.

That once unwavering sword heart, so steadfast in its pursuit of the Dao, now harbors an irreparable crack.

Dongfang Yueming leaned lazily against the headboard, watching Lu Qingxue, the Holy Maiden of the Taibai Sword Sect, standing outside the screen with a complex and struggling expression.

"Since you've seen through it all, and know my methods..."

Dongfang Yueming spoke calmly, as if discussing a trivial matter, "Then how about this? You give the Baihu the follow-up methods of the ' Taibai Slaughter Sword Scripture ' after the Golden Core Realm."

"As for your so-called 'supervision,' you can come with us. We have plenty of time now, we can leisurely stroll all the way to the Taibai Sword Sect, just like sightseeing. How about it?"

"You!"

Lu Qingxue suddenly raised her head, a hint of shame and indignation flashing across her cold and beautiful face.

This guy actually dared to demand someone else's sect's most treasured martial arts technique with such righteous indignation! And he even said he wanted to go to the Taibai Sword Sect for "sightseeing"? Does he think her Taibai Sword Sect is some roadside scenic spot?!

"The Taibai Slaughter Sword Scripture is the core of my Sword Sect. How can it be easily passed on to outsiders?!" Lu Qingxue instinctively refused.

"Rules are rigid, but people are flexible."

A woman in Hong Gui stepped out alluringly, adjusting her deep purple trench coat as she covered her mouth and chuckled, "Your Highness, you were watching our 'cultivation' from over there, completely engrossed. Could it be... you've fallen for us?"

"You're talking nonsense!" Lu Qingxue blushed instantly, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, and denied it outright.

"Hehe, it's not shameful to be tempted. After all, you've witnessed my Yueming's abilities firsthand." Hong Gui deliberately puffed out her proud chest, making no attempt to hide her powerful aura from her recent breakthrough to the Ninth Level of the Soul Condensation Realm.

Feeling the solid and profound pressure of the realm emanating from Hong Gui, Lu Qingxue bit her red lips.

She was going through a painful internal struggle.

She desperately wanted to see a miracle of someone perfectly mastering the "Taibai Slaughter Sword Scripture"! This sword technique had been dormant within the Sword Sect for hundreds of years due to its extremely strong backlash, with no one daring to cultivate it to Major Accomplishment. But this Baihu before her had not only not suffered from qi deviation, but his sword intent had reached the extreme of purity!

If... if that man could really use that "absurd" method to help Baihu break through to the Golden Core, or even a higher realm, without being consumed by killing intent...

This will be of epoch-making significance for the entire Taibai Sword Sect!

Thinking about this...

Lu Qingxue took a deep breath, as if she had made a tremendous decision.

"Good!"

She looked directly at Dongfang Yueming, "I can give you the subsequent methods! But I must be with you the whole time! I want to see her break through with my own eyes! If she shows any signs of losing control, I will risk my life to cleanse her of this mess!"

"Deal." Dongfang Yueming snapped his fingers.

Although Lu Qingxue was extremely unwilling, she still solemnly took out a sword-shaped jade slip that emitted a cold white light from her personal storage jade bracelet.

"This jade slip is covered with the restrictions of my Sword Sect. Anyone who tries to probe it without the Taibai Sword Intent will have their Divine Sense shredded by the sword energy!" She snorted coldly and handed the jade slip to the Baihu.

Baihu took the jade slip, glanced at Dongfang Yueming, and seeing him nod, probed it with his Divine Sense.

Buzz!

The white light on the jade slip instantly merged into the Baihu's brow.

"So that's how it is... the sword intent circulation routes of the Golden Core Scroll, the Dharma Manifestation Scroll, and even the Heaven Reaching Scroll..." The Baihu closed his eyes, carefully comprehending this vast sword dao inheritance, and a look of wild joy appeared on his face.

Now that we have the method, there's no time to lose.

Dongfang Yueming pulled the Baihu into his arms, a wicked smile playing on his lips. "Strike while the iron is hot. Let's begin our 'dual cultivation' now to help you break through."

"Huh? Now?"

Baihu's pretty face immediately flushed red. Although she had already tasted the sweetness of it, she still couldn't quite let her guard down in front of outsiders, her aloof nature making her a little reserved. "There... there are still people around."

She subconsciously glanced at Lu Qingxue, who was standing not far away.

"What's wrong with that?"

Dongfang Yueming forcefully kissed Baihu's red lips, saying indistinctly, "If she likes to watch, let her watch. It's a good opportunity for her to learn how to break through to the Golden Core without any side effects."

"Ugh..." The Baihu struggled symbolically for a moment, but quickly softened into a puddle of water under Dongfang Yueming's skillful attacks.

Lu Qingxue stood there, completely dumbfounded!

She could hardly believe her ears and eyes!

That bastard! He actually planned to... practice dual cultivation right in front of her?!

"You... you are all... shameless! This is outrageous!"

Lu Qingxue was both ashamed and angry. She turned around and tried to rush out the door, but her feet seemed to be rooted to the spot, firmly rooted to the ground.

A surge of power, a mixture of pure killing intent and boundless Creation Vitality, erupted within the room!

"Ah... the Yueming..."

Baihu's originally cold voice had now transformed into an extremely charming moan. Under the frenzied infusion of Dongfang Yueming's [Heaven Grade Dual Cultivation Profound Truth - Good Fortune Replenishment], the circulation path of the newly acquired subsequent cultivation technique within her body was like a fuse that had been lit!

The originally extremely violent and backlash-prone killing sword energy of the [Taibai Slaughter Sword Scripture] instantly became extremely docile when it came into contact with the supreme [Nine-Transformation Golden Core] power of Dongfang Yueming!

Furthermore, these killing sword energies began to be continuously purified and compressed, and finally, they gathered wildly within the Baihu's dantian!

"This... this sword intent..."

With her back to them, Lu Qingxue clearly sensed the qualitative change taking place within the Baihu's body.

"The killing intent was completely suppressed! It even transformed into the purest essence of swordsmanship!"

Lu Qingxue was utterly shocked.

She turned around in disbelief.

Although the scene before her was erotic and decadent, in her eyes it was as if she were witnessing a Martial Dao miracle!

At the point where the two were joined together, a white lotus flower of sword energy appeared and disappeared.

"Boom--!!!"

Accompanied by a high-pitched scream from the Baihu.

A sharp, white beam of light, seemingly capable of cleaving the heavens, shot up from the Baihu's body, even piercing a small hole in the roof of the Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion!

A white Golden Core, radiating extreme Sharpness, completely condensed and took shape within the Baihu's dantian!

[Early Golden Core]!

Moreover, it is Golden Core with absolutely no impurities and its sword intent is pure to the extreme!

"He broke through... He actually broke through?!"

Lu Qingxue was stunned, her legs went weak, and she involuntarily collapsed to the ground.

There was no qi deviation, no backlash from inner demons. A mere absurd dual cultivation practice actually created a perfect sword-path Golden Core?!

a long time.

The wind has died down and the rain has stopped.

Baihu, dressed in a plain white dress, came out from the inner room.

Her demeanor at this moment was even more aloof and sharp than before, like a peerless divine weapon unsheathed. But the look in her eyes as she gazed at Dongfang Yueming was filled with undisguised gratitude and deep affection.

"I've reached the Core Formation stage."

Baihu gripped the sword at his waist and said excitedly, "Thank you, Yueming."

"This is what you deserve." Dongfang Yueming smiled and patted her head.

"Tch, you've forgotten about your older sister now that you've got the Golden Core?" Hong Gui walked over sourly. "But you have indeed become much stronger. From now on, if there's a fight, you'll be the one to rush in."

Lu Qingxue, slumped on the ground, looked at the Taibai Sword Sect genuine Golden Core successor of the Taibai Sword Sect before her, her heart filled with mixed emotions.

She stood up, dusted herself off, and took a deep breath.

"Now that she has broken through..."

Lu Qingxue gritted her teeth and looked at Dongfang Yueming, "You promised me you would send her back to the Taibai Sword Sect to acknowledge her ancestors. Let's set off now!"

She didn't want to stay in this room filled with lewd atmosphere for another second. She was afraid that if she continued to watch, her rock-solid sword heart would truly crumble completely.

"No problem heading to the Sword Sect."

Dongfang Yueming walked up to Lu Qingxue and looked down at the aloof saintess.

A sly, even shameless, smile flashed in his eyes.

"However, before you leave."

Dongfang Yueming stretched out his hand and naturally opened it in front of Lu Qingxue.

"Could you please give me a basic [Heaven-Reaching Realm] technique first, so I can study it and try to understand it?"