[GL]Whose Wife Is Always Acting Pitiful? Oh, It Turns Out It’s Mine 34

Chapter 34: Sweet as Honey

Xue Mu listened to Dugu Yuan’an talk about the “Soul Cold Twelve Arts.” It turned out to be indeed an internal mental cultivation method, with a total of twelve levels of internal energy.

Practitioners could mobilize cold energy by circulating internal energy, gradually reaching the state of suppressing Yang and overcoming poison. Whether it was the external scorching Yang energy or various Fire Poisons and Yang Poisons, practitioners of this art could convert them into Yin and cold energy for their own use. The levels were divided into low, middle, and high stages.

Practitioners needed to learn to mobilize the Yin and cold energy in their bodies. However, low-level Soul Cold internal energy was relatively shallow and could not directly absorb external scorching Yang energy, nor could it convert Fire Poison and Yang Poison.

After reaching the middle stage, practitioners could not only master the circulation of cold energy in their bodies but also absorb external Yang energy or Fire Poison and convert it into their own Soul Cold internal energy, enhancing their power. When striking with a palm, they could transmit Cold Poison into the opponent’s body.

Upon reaching the high stage, the practitioner’s cold internal energy reached the peak of perfection. Internal and external cold energy could be converted freely, capable of completely suppressing or even countering various cold and fierce toxins, entering a state where cold and Yang complement each other, and using cold to control heat and Yang to resist cold.

Dugu Yuan’an told Xue Mu that reaching the high stage of the Soul Cold Twelve Arts was extremely rare, and only a few gifted people could break through. In the legends of Jin Mountain, the ancestors of the Yu Clan who reached the twelfth level could freeze everything in the world instantly just by the vibration of their internal energy without striking a palm.

When she said these things, her expression was full of reverence, but soon she became desolate. Xue Mu carried her to the bed, kissed and coaxed her, and whispered, “Then where did you learn your finger technique?”

Dugu Yuan’an pursed her lips, smiling without speaking. Xue Mu just wanted to know this, pestering her with kisses. “Tell me!”

Dugu Yuan’an just laughed but wouldn’t say.

Anxious, Xue Mu said, “Then I’ll bite off all your fingers so you can’t use them to attack people!”

Saying this, she grabbed Dugu Yuan’an’s fingers and put them in her mouth, pretending to bite them off. Dugu Yuan’an scratched the roof of her mouth extremely quickly and withdrew. Xue Mu was tickled so much she immediately covered her mouth.

Dugu Yuan’an teased her deliberately, “Didn’t you say you were going to bite my fingers?”

Xue Mu was ashamed and indignant. “You… you…”

Dugu Yuan’an continued to tease her, pretending to stutter. “I… I…”

Xue Mu: “Yuan’er!!!”

Dugu Yuan’an smiled, wrapped her arms around her neck and kissed her, saying, “There are some things I can’t tell you yet. Wait until we consummate the marriage later, cure our bodies, and go out to roam the Jianghu. I’ll tell you slowly then, and also teach you how to use it, okay?”

Xue Mu curled her lip. “Fine then!”

Dugu Yuan’an lowered her eyes to look at the skin inside Xue Mu’s collar. Her index and middle fingers played gently with Xue Mu’s belt. Thinking of those paintings, she was truly distracted and restless, eager to see the scenery.

Dugu Yuan’an lowered her head, wanting to kiss Xue Mu’s neck, but heard Xue Mu ask, “Has Yuan’er reached the ninth level of kung fu?”

Dugu Yuan’an blinked. She keenly sensed something and calmly fished for information. “Does A-Mu know something?”

Xue Mu caught words like “hatred,” “ambition,” and “leaving” from the overheard conversation, wondering if Yuan’er wanted to take revenge and leave Hanfeng Town.

“Yuan’er, I know you bear a blood feud and want to catch the villains who exterminated the Yu Clan of Jin Mountain, but… but you can’t go out now.” Xue Mu said seriously. “Yuan’er, I will definitely help you cure your knees as soon as possible.”

Dugu Yuan’an lowered her head and remained silent.

Xue Mu was anxious. “Yuan’er, so what if you reached the ninth level? Father and Mother are very worried about you… I happened to hear their conversation. You want to leave, want to take revenge, don’t you? I’m really worried you’ll do something stupid. No matter what happens, we’ll bear it together!”

Dugu Yuan’an suddenly raised her face, her eyes flashing with a strange bright light, staring straight at Xue Mu, making her heart tremble. “Yuan’er…”

“Ninth level…” Dugu Yuan’an repeated softly. “Ninth level…”

Xue Mu thought she was bewildered and leaned over to bite her lips. “So what if it’s the ninth level? You have to be stronger, reach the tenth level, eleventh level, or even the twelfth level! Before that, you cannot leave without permission!”

Dugu Yuan’an exerted force with her fingertips, changing her offensive. She kissed Xue Mu’s lips and mumbled indistinctly, “I know, I won’t leave…”

Zi’ang waited outside the door for a long time, wanting to knock and ask if Dugu Yuan’an had finished reading the paintings, but it wasn’t good to disturb them like this, so she could only pace anxiously.

Inside the room, Dugu Yuan’an and Xue Mu fell on the bed, kissing entangledly, neither willing to let go of the other. Xue Mu had never been in contact with intimate matters since childhood. Now with Yuan’er in her arms, she couldn’t help kissing her repeatedly, her heart sweet as if she had drunk honey water.

“…Alright, I have to let Zi’ang take the things.” Dugu Yuan’an gently pushed Xue Mu away and transmitted her voice outside with internal energy. “Zi’ang, come in.”

Xue Mu hurriedly blocked in front of Dugu Yuan’an, whose hair was slightly messy. Zi’ang stepped in, not even looking at the two, and went straight to the wooden cabinet to take the things. Xue Mu was surprised. “How did she know what you wanted her to take?”

Dugu Yuan’an said, “I told Zi’ang.”

Xue Mu said, “Alright.”

Zi’ang took the paintings and ran out. Xue Mu noticed she took a pile. “What is that?”

“Illustrations for the medical texts,” Dugu Yuan’an lied.

Xue Mu nodded, not feeling anything was amiss. “Can Zi’ang understand them?”

Running out the door, Zi’ang almost slipped, stuffing the paintings into her bosom in shame.

Dugu Yuan’an turned over, propped her head on her hand, and said lazedly, “A-Mu, do you want to try the Soul Cold internal energy right now?”

“Tomorrow.” Xue Mu poked her cheek. “Oh, right, my master is going to teach me kung fu.”

Dugu Yuan’an nodded. “Mm, then learn well.”

Looking at her slightly narrowed eyes, Xue Mu said, “Yuan’er, I like you too.”

Dugu Yuan’an said, “Really? You’re not doing this just to repay me because I said I like you, are you?”

Hearing her say this, Xue Mu shouted, “What repay?! If I, Xue Mu, wanted to repay a benefactor who treated me well, how could I be willing to use… use… use ‘consummation’ to repay?!”

Dugu Yuan’an suddenly realized. “So A-Mu thinks like this. I wronged A-Mu.”

Xue Mu said annoyed, “You just like teasing me like this!”

Dugu Yuan’an smiled and nodded. “Indeed. Before, I thought A-Mu, having seen so many girls in the Xue Star Tower, would have a very flamboyant personality. I didn’t expect… you are so easily shy.”

“I’m not that easily shy, it’s just because you speak… speak too carelessly,” Xue Mu defended.

Dugu Yuan’an laughed softly and teased her for a while longer before saying, “A-Mu, I want to go into seclusion for the next two days. You go back to the Xue Star Tower first, okay?”

Xue Mu was stunned. “Seclusion? Is your Soul Cold internal martial art about to break through to the tenth level?”

“As for that, it’s far from the tenth level,” Dugu Yuan’an said. “When I come out of seclusion, I’ll ask Zi’ang to go to the Xue Star Tower to call you, okay?”

Xue Mu worried, “But usually, doesn’t cultivation seclusion take many days? You only need two or three days… Never mind, even if you haven’t come out by the fifteenth, I can endure it in the cold pool myself. You go into seclusion with peace of mind.”

Dugu Yuan’an said, “How could I bear to let you endure it alone? I will come out of seclusion early.”

Xue Mu nodded. “Okay.”

She lay down again, not seeing Dugu Yuan’an’s face instantly turning cold and grim.