I’ve Reloaded the Save File! [Transmigration] 65

65: Dual Cultivation

When Wuyi had said this much, of course Mo Xiao understood. A cultivation technique that could make two people’s cultivation speed exceed that of cultivating alone was one hundred percent a dual cultivation technique.

“One must have no distracting thoughts during dual cultivation,” Mo Xiao emphasized. Looking at the innocent expression on Zuo Wuyi’s face, she had a reasonable suspicion that the other party was pretending to be innocent. What she was thinking in her mind was definitely not just a simple dual cultivation technique.

“That’s simple. We can just calm our hearts first, and then we will have no distracting thoughts,” Zuo Wuyi said with a straight face. She wasn’t holding back; she just felt that cultivating face-to-face with Mo Xiao for ten years was too boring. Cultivation should be a combination of work and rest.

Mo Xiao raised an eyebrow. Counting the time, Zuo Wuyi was already an adult now. “Are you sure you want to calm your heart?”

“Mhm. You should have a lot of things in your storage ring. Let’s just build a simple house here and then decorate it a little,” Zuo Wuyi said.

Using the ground as a mat and the sky as a cover was a bit of a test for people, so a house was a must.

Hearing this, Mo Xiao couldn’t help but laugh. “Alright, then let’s build a house.” If Zuo Wuyi hadn’t mentioned it, she wouldn’t have cared. But now that she had, it inevitably aroused her thoughts in that regard as well.

Building a house was not a difficult matter for the two of them, but after the basic structure was completed, Zuo Wuyi had a new idea.

If there were no accidents, this house would be lived in for several years. How could it be built so casually? It should be more exquisite.

Mo Xiao did not express any opinion on this, but directly gave her storage ring to Zuo Wuyi, letting her take whatever she needed.

And so, the house that was originally planned to be built in three days, under Zuo Wuyi’s strict requirements, took nearly a month to complete.

The two of them had originally planned for a small wooden house, but the actual finished product was a very exquisite and perfect courtyard, covering an area of nearly one mu.

The preparations were complete. The next step was to get down to business.

After so many years, the two of them were a little clumsy at the beginning, both of them fumbling and familiarizing themselves. But the clumsiness of their movements did not affect their already rich theoretical experience at all.

Although the place was different, and even the world’s composition was different, some physical characteristics had not changed.

Hearty and satisfying, this word should be able to aptly describe this process.

Both of them were at the Nascent Soul stage, and their bodies were much better than ordinary people. If it weren’t for Mo Xiao’s rationality being online all the time, Zuo Wuyi would probably have been able to drag her along for a long time.

After satisfying their needs in a certain aspect, the two of them began the real exploration stage. After all, the way demonic energy and spiritual energy operated was still a little different, and it was a bit difficult to dual cultivate under such circumstances.

The demonic energy in Zuo Wuyi’s body was more domineering. Any spiritual energy that entered her body, regardless of whether it was good or bad, was swallowed in one go. When it was time to contribute demonic energy, it became very stingy. After a long time, only a tiny bit of spiritual energy could be converted.

“Why don’t I just fall to the demonic path too? This way, the cultivation speed will be much faster,” Mo Xiao couldn’t stand it anymore. This speed was even slower than cultivating on her own.

Zuo Wuyi also fell into silence. She hadn’t expected the demonic energy to be like this, so stingy even to Mo Xiao.

“You don’t have a demonic vein in your body. If you want to fall to the demonic path, the process is a bit…” Zuo Wuyi thought about her wording. Generally speaking, falling to the demonic path was something that only happened when one had no other way out or was disappointed with the cultivation world.

“Simple. You can just transfer the demonic energy to me directly, without any conversion,” Mo Xiao said. “At that time, I’ll just let the demonic energy erode my meridians.”

“It will be very painful. Are you sure?” Zuo Wuyi was a little hesitant. “Why don’t we just forget it? Or we can just cultivate separately, so you don’t have to fall to the demonic path.”

“It’s fine. Just do as I say. If we both advance to the Spirit Transformation stage, even if the ancestors of the Inquiring Dao Sect come out, we can still run away together,” Mo Xiao had no scruples. If Zuo Wuyi could fall to the demonic path, she naturally could too.

“Alright,” Zuo Wuyi understood Mo Xiao’s personality. Since she had said so, she must be prepared.

Taking a deep breath and slowly exhaling, Zuo Wuyi controlled the demonic energy in her body. She first sent a little bit in. Seeing that Mo Xiao had no reaction at all, she tentatively sped up bit by bit.

Was it painful to be eroded by demonic energy? To be honest, Mo Xiao didn’t feel much discomfort. Compared to when she was undergoing her tribulation before, being devoured by demonic energy could only be considered a small matter. After all, when she was advancing to the Mahayana stage, all the meridians in her body had been broken and then grown back, and then broken again, repeating this process dozens of times before she finally completed the final body tempering.

Soon, three hours passed. The abundant spiritual energy in Mo Xiao’s body had completely changed. Her meridians were filled with rich demonic energy. In terms of total amount, the demonic energy in Mo Xiao’s body was twice as much as that in Zuo Wuyi’s.

“How is it? Are your meridians damaged?” After sending the demonic energy into Mo Xiao’s body, Zuo Wuyi had been observing her condition.

Apart from her skin turning a shade paler, Zuo Wuyi could very clearly feel a change in Mo Xiao’s entire temperament. Especially during the conversion process, it almost made her subconsciously on guard.

Mo Xiao let out a breath of turbid air. “No, I feel much stronger than before.”

After Mo Xiao had adapted to the operation of the demonic energy in her body, she began to dual cultivate again.

Sure enough, the transmission and conversion between demonic energy and demonic energy were very smooth. With the two of them working together, even with the extra process of devouring spiritual energy with demonic energy, their cultivation effect had doubled.

After the surrounding spiritual energy had been repeatedly depleted and replenished, Mo Xiao and Zuo Wuyi’s cultivation also rose rapidly. Every time they finished cultivating, they could very clearly feel the barrier expanding.

Although there were changes of day and night in the secret realm, there were no changes of seasons. The two of them stayed in the secret realm for four years. In the middle of the fifth year, Mo Xiao touched upon the opportunity to break through.

“The lightning tribulation is coming. Wuyi, you should hide far away first,” Mo Xiao said, taking out her life-bound sword and looking up at the dark clouds above.

Normally, there would be no lightning tribulation in a secret realm. But Mo Xiao’s situation was special. In the past four years, apart from dual cultivating, she had also polished her way of the sword to the extreme.

If it weren’t for the fear that her body couldn’t withstand the power of the way of the sword, she could have directly crossed the Spirit Transformation stage and reached the Mahayana stage. Her overly abnormal talent directly made the lightning tribulation ignore the barrier of the secret realm.

Zuo Wuyi did not say much, but quickly retreated outside the range of the lightning tribulation to avoid increasing the difficulty of Mo Xiao’s tribulation.

In her past life, Mo Xiao could reach the level of half a step from ascension. In this life, she definitely could too. It was just a lightning tribulation for advancing to the Spirit Transformation stage. She could definitely do it.

Zuo Wuyi tried her best to comfort herself in her heart, but seeing the several-meter-thick heavenly lightning strike down, she still couldn’t help but feel her heart tighten. After all, the Heavenly Dao’s requirements for the demon race were stricter, and the corresponding lightning tribulation would also be much fiercer than that of ordinary human cultivators.

Compared to the worried Zuo Wuyi outside, Mo Xiao, who was being struck by lightning, didn’t feel much.

To her, the lightning tribulation was just a means of body tempering. Especially after she had fallen to the demonic path, with the abnormal devouring power of demonic energy, she had even absorbed a portion of the heavenly lightning and also tempered her life-bound sword, making it also tainted with the aura of heavenly lightning.

After about half an hour, the dark clouds gathered in the sky completely dispersed, and the original barrier in the secret realm also no longer existed. In its place was a small island floating in the very center.

“Are you alright?” Zuo Wuyi ignored the existence of the small island and rushed to Mo Xiao’s side at the first opportunity.

“Apart from the outer clothes being a little damaged, there’s nothing wrong,” Mo Xiao said, directly taking off her outer robe and changing into a new one in a flash.

“It just passed like that?” Zuo Wuyi was a little disbelieving. Although she believed in Mo Xiao, a Spirit Transformation stage lightning tribulation, and it had only damaged a piece of clothing?

“What else? Do you want me to be injured?” Mo Xiao retorted.

Zuo Wuyi did not answer, but directly went up, grabbed Mo Xiao’s hand, and sent her demonic energy into it. After a long while, she let go.

“Could it be that in a secret realm, the power of the lightning tribulation is a little weaker?” Zuo Wuyi muttered to herself, then continued, “The floating island above, do you want to go and take a look?”

Mo Xiao looked up. Her intuition told her that the inheritance must be up there.

“No hurry. Wait until you have also successfully transformed into a god, then you can go up and take a look,” Mo Xiao said. “My way of the sword is already accomplished. The inheritance above is of no use to me.”

Zuo Wuyi hesitated for a moment. “But my cultivation was all improved by cheating with my demonic veins. I’ve only comprehended a little bit of sword intent.”

“So you have to go and take a look even more,” Mo Xiao said seriously. “A great power who can create this kind of secret realm, the way of the sword he has comprehended is definitely not inferior to mine.”

The reason Mo Xiao gave successfully convinced Zuo Wuyi. Now that she was at the bottleneck of the Nascent Soul stage, it would only be a few months before she broke through to the Spirit Transformation stage.

“Then… should we?” Zuo Wuyi blinked at Mo Xiao.

Mo Xiao understood in a second, then nodded with a straight face. “We can. Now that my cultivation is higher than yours, I can also make your cultivation speed faster.”