You understand… my ass!
Ye Luqing looked somewhat speechlessly at Ying Qianqian in her arms.
Although this pink furball was soft and gentle, the ever-surging love within her body weighed somewhat heavily on Ye Luqing.
This kind of inexperienced, lovesick maiden was like a blank sheet of paper with “I like you” brazenly written on it. Even if she tried desperately to conceal it, her every move revealed it.
Even if Ye Luqing in her previous life was an inexperienced shut-in, it wasn’t difficult to notice this.
【Ying Qianqian’s Corruption Value increased to 48% (Phase 1)】
【Ying Qianqian’s Corruption Value increased to 50% (Phase 1)】
Listening to the system’s continuous string of notifications, Ye Luqing felt completely at a loss on how to respond.
Given her current situation, her focus most certainly had to be on Xiao Qingxuan. It was difficult to respond to Ying Qianqian.
Besides, this seemingly harmless pink furball was actually planning to turn the tables on her.
“I need to think of a way to make Little Ying drop the idea of reversing the roles,” Ye Luqing thought.
The Array Diagram for the Yin-Yang Meridian Array materialized in her mind, the complex Array Runes resembling stars twinkling one after another.
But in her eyes, these stars were already perfectly aligned.
She had it.
Leaning on Ying Qianqian’s shoulder, she whispered:
“Let’s give it a try. If Little Ying does well, your senior sister will have a reward.”
“A reward?”
Ying Qianqian’s aqua-blue eyes flickered, looking utterly expectant.
She didn’t care what the reward was; as long as it came from Senior Sister Ye, she would like it.
Seeing this, Ye Luqing nodded, satisfied. Immediately, her Spiritual Power expanded outwards, constructively manifesting the Array Diagram for the Duo Formation.
“I’ve thought it over. I will control all the formation cores of the Dual Formation. Little Ying, you handle the connection and following parts, ensuring synchronization with the formations I construct.”
“Also, in the second Duo Formation, I want to add some Array Runes for guiding True Qi transmission. These extra parts will be your responsibility.”
As she listened to Ye Luqing tirelessly elaborate on the formation, Ying Qianqian was utterly stunned.
In such a short amount of time, Senior Sister Ye had not only divided the formation work according to her abilities but had even improved the Duo Formation.
This was a formation created by their Shizun upon breaking through to the Void Comprehension Stage, and Senior Sister Ye could actually make modifications to it.
“What’s wrong? Is there part you don’t understand?” Ye Luqing tilted her head slightly.
“No… I understand it all. Let’s try it!”
Ying Qianqian’s fighting spirit ignited. Since Senior Sister Ye had taken on the main burden of the Duo Formation, how could she not work hard on those minor details?
……
Two hours later.
The sky had completely darkened. The only light left in the area came from the White Jade Platform and the night candles around it.
Looking at the exhausted Ying Qianqian collapsed on the platform, seemingly already fast asleep, Ye Luqing also flopped straight backwards onto the ground.
Her True Qi was completely drained, leaving just a little Spiritual Power to sustain consciousness.
“Let’s stop here for today…” Ye Luqing said between gasps.
After lying there for a moment, she slowly rose from the ground and walked over to Ying Qianqian.
Watching the peaceful sleeping face of the pink furball, Ye Luqing’s mouth twitched.
“Such a hard worker…”
It seemed like she, controlling the main formation, expended more, but the two’s reserves of True Qi and Spiritual Power couldn’t be compared.
As a Golden Core Stage Cultivator who had fallen from the Nascent Soul Stage, she only lacked the “status” of the Nascent Soul Stage and the “Primordial Spirit” compared to before. Her remaining True Qi and Spiritual Power were still at the standard of early or even mid Nascent Soul Stage.
Thus, even though she was the main controller of the Duo Formation, Ying Qianqian, responsible for support, was the first to deplete her True Qi and Spiritual Power.
She picked up the unconscious Ying Qianqian from the ground and hoisted her onto her back.
“Quite heavy…”
This petite-framed, less-than-five-feet-tall pink furball took some effort from the True Qi-exhausted Ye Luqing to carry.
Ye Luqing turned her head slightly, looking at Little Ying’s angelic sleeping face.
Pink strands of hair clung to her cheeks, her long eyelashes quivering with each step, her slightly parted cherry lips tempting one to kiss them.
“Senior Sister Ye… reward…” Ying Qianqian murmured softly.
“Still thinking about that even now?” Ye Luqing chuckled.
“Seeing how hard Little Ying worked, of course I’ll keep my promise.”
With that, she opened the Blackening Value Shop.
After completing the mission “Partner with Ying Qianqian for the Duo Tournament,” her points had once soared to 1200.
As for the “Random Discount on Earth-Tier Technique Combinations” reward, it was exactly the Lewd Trio: Binding Silk Art, Mist Crossing Hand, and Layered Flower Shadows.
These three Earth-Tier Techniques totaled 2800 points, but buying the combination pack cost 2000 points.
After confirming the team-up with Ying Qianqian and completing the mission, she received a further 50% discount. The three Earth-Tier Techniques now only cost 1000 points combined.
If these three techniques weren’t of the Dual Cultivation lineage, she would have bought them without a second thought ages ago.
Ye Luqing sighed. Whether it was for Pei Ruyi’s Phase 2 Corruption Value or the grand plan to train Xiao Qingxuan, these things were indispensable.
After all, the combat power gap between her and Xiao Qingxuan was simply too vast. Even if she chased diligently, she could only catch the dust. For now, she had to change her approach.
And since she had chosen another path, she couldn’t afford to be indecisive any longer.
With a thought, she selected to purchase the Lewd Trio.
As her Blackening Value points dropped back to 200, strings of risqué memories appeared in her mind.
Massive amounts of information about the Binding Silk Art, Mist Crossing Hand, and Layered Flower Shadows flooded into her mind, as if she had executed these techniques countless times before.
“Guh… Ha…”
Just as she felt her brain was about to burst from these Earth-Tier Techniques, the system’s voice suddenly reached her ear.
【Detected Host equipped with title “Magnetic Charm.” Triggering hidden effect: Blissful Union Technique Comprehension Difficulty -50%】
It felt as if the mountain crushing her had been halved; the pressure instantly lessened considerably.
She gasped for air in huge gulps, her body collapsing uncontrollably. She barely propped herself on the ground with the last vestiges of her strength.
The originally azure-blue True Qi vortex slowly morphed into a bewitching pink. Compared to those Profound-Tier Formation Arts techniques she had previously mastered, these three Earth-Tier Blissful Union techniques instantly altered the nature of Ye Luqing’s True Qi.
The sensation of her bones melting like candle wax and then reforming, similar to when she took the Soul-Molding Pill, emerged again. Only this time, the change was purely physical; her soul remained the same soul.
“Mmm…”
Even Ying Qianqian on her back seemed affected. In her slumber, she subconsciously wrapped herself around Ye Luqing like an octopus.
A long while later, Ye Luqing had successfully mastered these three techniques.
“Whew…”
She let out a long breath. Unlike the transmission of techniques from Bai Yuhan, those bought from the Blackening Value Shop were poured directly into her brain, even bringing with it the experience of having executed the techniques.
The price was that the process was much cruder. Fortunately, the Magnetic Charm effect had lowered the difficulty; otherwise, she would have been comprehending these three techniques until tomorrow morning, and she might not have been able to endure it.
Ye Luqing had just stood up when she felt a pair of soft but powerfully toned thighs clamping tightly around her waist, transmitting a rolling heat.
At that moment, between her legs and torso and her back was a layer of sticky sweat, soaking the skin between them.
“Senior Sister Ye… so hot…”
“Senior Sister… Senior Sister…”
Feeling the gradually tightening force around her waist, Ye Luqing swiftly activated the Binding Silk Art. Ying Qianqian instantly quieted down on her back.
“This girl…” Ye Luqing clicked her tongue.
As expected, among the three current romanceable targets, she was the one most eager to pounce on her. Her level of aggression was truly formidable.
She stood up, walking towards her small courtyard in the direction of Emerald Water Lake while simultaneously looking at the system prompt in her mind.
【Technique Chain Diagram: Dual Cultivation Sacred Body (Mid-Level) (3/6)】
