Mountain and River Festival

Chapter 88 Don't Touch Me
The wheelchair landed in the magnetic field and immediately began to drift erratically.

Lu Xingzhou reluctantly put away the wheelchair and sat cross-legged on the ground to help Dugu Qingli up.

She wasn't injured just now, so why did she suddenly become weak? If we're talking about injuries, it was actually Lu Xingzhou who suffered some shock from the palm strike he exchanged with the Hehuan demoness; a fourth-rank demoness is no ordinary person after all.

Upon closer inspection, Little White Hair's current state is quite strange.

Her eyes were icy cold, and she looked at Lu Xingzhou as if he were a stranger... no, even less than a stranger, like looking at a roadside stone.

But her body was burning hot and limp, clearly a sign of being under the influence of a powerful aphrodisiac.

The body and soul felt as if they were torn apart.

So even though she froze her mind, seemingly preventing mental confusion, she couldn't stop her body's desires, which is why she couldn't fight... Lu Xingzhou understood immediately.

Originally, if the Hehuan demoness could have stalled for a little while, she could have been humiliated at will once she was in this state. However, Lu Xingzhou ruined that brief moment of delay, so one can imagine how angry he must be right now.

"Pfft..." A hundred miles away, a stunningly beautiful woman leaned against a deserted mountainside and suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.

His shoulders and back were covered in wounds, but he had no heart to treat them. His hands were tightly covering his lower body, and he was curled up like a shrimp: "Lu Xingzhou..."

She took a few deep breaths and shakily moved her hand away. She didn't know what effect Lu Xingzhou's kick had, but when she looked down, she saw her crotch was burned, and a cool sensation washed over her.

What's most infuriating is that all the fur has been burned off, leaving a completely white area.

The woman gritted her teeth and uttered each word carefully: "Lu! Xing! Zhou! The humiliation of today will be repaid a hundredfold in the future!"

Unfortunately, no matter how much he nagged, he couldn't kill Lu Xingzhou; at this moment, he was experiencing both pain and pleasure.

The little white-haired boy's attitude was extremely cold, but his body instinctively moved closer to him and even twisted. How to describe that feeling...

She resembled a captured female warrior who was all talk and no action, her body flushed from being provoked, yet her hair was disheveled and her eyes defiant as she said hatefully, "Gulp, kill me!"

Different in appearance, but the same in taste.

Lu Xingzhou found it quite amusing, subtly taking advantage of her. Since she had come to him of her own accord, he still managed to pull out an antidote pill and feed it to her: "I didn't bring any antidote pills specifically for aphrodisiacs, so take this general antidote first. It should at least provide some relief..."

Even after taking the pill, Dugu Qingli still said, "Don't touch me."

Lu Xingzhou chuckled: "Little white hair, now it's your turn to touch me."

"Don't call me Little White Hair."

"Okay, little white hair." Lu Xingzhou not only called out, but also touched her white hair.

"You!" Dugu Qingli paused, deciding not to argue with him anymore: "I can barely feel any effect from this pill... Are you deliberately not giving me a complete detoxification?"

“Speak with a clear conscience.” Lu Xingzhou was both amused and exasperated. “How could a grown man like me carry around something to counteract this? Does that make sense? This antidote was taken from the secret vault of the Incense Burning Pavilion; it’s of a very high grade. If it were my own, it wouldn’t have any effect. You should know that you were poisoned by the Aphrodisiac Secret Technique, not an ordinary aphrodisiac.”

Dugu Qingli fell silent; she knew this was a difficult situation.

The other party had definitely planned this deliberately, targeting her... This kind of seductive skill is very wicked. Usually, aphrodisiacs would be neutralized by intercourse, with no side effects. But Dugu Qingli, with her heart as cold as the moon reflected in the river, knew very well that if she were to actually have intercourse in her current state, her Frosty Heaven and Frozen Moon skill would undoubtedly be broken. From then on, her heart would be filled with intimacy with men, and she would never be able to maintain her sword heart and icy composure again.

That would mean completely breaking one's own composure! Once that composure is broken, it doesn't matter if the assassination fails; it's incredibly vicious.

This kind of targeted exercise is indeed beyond the reach of ordinary detoxification pills; it would be good enough if it could provide some relief.

The source of this attack... is likely because they revealed their identities to the Dongjiang army, and there might be members of the Hehuan Sect lurking within the army who reported this to their superiors. It would be perfectly logical for various demonic sects to target the Tianyao Holy Land; whoever can kill the Tianyao Holy Maiden would be practically invincible in the underworld.

The reason she didn't want Sheng Yuanyao to include her in the list of rising stars was precisely because of this. She lacked experience; while her fourth-rank strength seemed impressive, it was completely inadequate in the face of deliberate targeting by demonic cultivators.

The only one witch who came was probably because she happened to be nearby; if she had attracted the attention of the King of Hell, she would have been doomed...

But this time, the leak of his identity was for the sake of this earth-shattering case of the entire county being transformed into a demon. As the leader of the righteous path, he had no choice but to do so. There was nothing more to say, and he didn't think too much about it at the time.

Fortunately, I can freeze my heart, so I won't lose my mind to the seductive arts and can still deal with it calmly...

Just as I was thinking this, my heart suddenly skipped a beat.

She discovered that the ice in her heart was cracking, and the glacier was showing signs of breaking.

Then it dawned on me that this was a magnetic field! It could vibrate the soul! Normally, I could ignore it, but in this situation, I couldn't suppress it!
Dugu Qingli's breathing became slightly rapid. She turned to look at Lu Xingzhou. What was he doing?
He was actually engrossed in the ring, seemingly searching for something... medicine? Or was he planning to concoct an elixir on the spot?
What would happen if he lost his rationality and his mind was consumed by the effects of seductive arts?

He's so lecherous, he'll definitely take the opportunity to do *that* to her, right... like he did with Shen Tang? Touching and kissing her.

Saliva is disgusting. Dugu Qingli's eyes grew increasingly misty as she slowly reached out and grasped the trembling hilt of her sword.

If he turns around and bites back, then stab him with your sword!
As if by telepathy, Lu Xingzhou actually turned his head and glanced at her.

Dugu Qingli instinctively reached for her sword, but found that she didn't even have the strength, and the sword jabbed crookedly.

Lu Xingzhou noticed immediately and, amused, grabbed her hand: "What are you doing?"

Dugu Qingli gritted her teeth: "You, you're not allowed to touch me!"

“It was so icy just now, what happened to this…” Lu Xingzhou looked around and quickly figured it out. He shook his head and said, “In this situation, I suggest you don’t force it. If your soul is sealed and your body is out of control, especially under the vibration of the magnetic field, I doubt you will develop a mental breakdown if you continue.”

Dugu Qingli was panting, unsure whether what he said made sense.

But lifting the lockdown means falling under the influence of seductive arts? He really has ill intentions!

"You lecherous thief..." Dugu Qingli barely managed to grip the sword, ready to stab again.

Lu Xingzhou was both amused and annoyed, and he pulled her close, saying, "Don't move, or I'll kiss you."

Dugu Qingli was startled and, as expected, froze.

Lu Xingzhou found her heroic sacrifice amusing: "Relax, I'm looking for a solution."

"What...what can we do?" Dugu Qingli felt her rationality was about to collapse. She looked at his profile in a daze and thought it was very handsome.

There was a desire in my heart, a desire to hug him and kiss him... especially now that he was holding me tightly, my body was burning with heat, and I just wanted to rub against him even tighter.

But reason prevailed, and he managed to hold back.

A thought flashed through my mind—was their mouth-to-mouth contact driven by this impulse? But isn't this a negative effect of demonic arts?

The Imperial Supreme Scripture is indeed not a good cultivation method; it has demonic effects even when there's nothing wrong with it.

She was half-asleep and didn't quite catch what Lu Xingzhou was saying: "I always feel that no matter what kind of seductive arts or aphrodisiacs they are, they all ultimately stimulate hormones in the body... Oh, to put it bluntly, they stimulate and amplify the yin energy in women or the yang energy in men. Ordinary people, after releasing these hormones, are basically like sages, which means they just masturbate and that's it..."

Dugu Qingli: "?"

"But in your case, you probably can't do it yourself; you need to harmonize Yin and Yang. The cultivation method I'm practicing now should have some solution, but I haven't mastered it yet. Wait while I look into it..."

Studying the techniques on-site?

Only one concept flashed through Dugu Qingli's mind: Could it be a dual cultivation technique?

"Can you stop being so awkward... and keep your mouth away from me, don't breathe on my neck." Lu Xingzhou was really helpless: "The magnetic field here also affects my mind, don't make me lose control and punish you on the spot!"

Dugu Qingli blushed, "So, after all this time, you mean I'm seducing you?"
Oh, I think so.

Look at this posture! I'm practically lying on his shoulder, my face pressed against his neck, my body rubbing and twisting. I figure it'll make me feel more comfortable...

I really can't hold it in anymore... The glacier is already starting to overflow, and you're asking me to break free of my mental seal? That would be even worse...

In reality, Lu Xingzhou was already quite patient; the interference of the magnetic field was making him agitated, and his self-control was far lower than usual. Furthermore, Shen Tang had just said something that seemed to imply that doing anything would require his girlfriend's permission, further testing a man's patience.

However, given Lu Xingzhou's current level of knowledge in alchemy and medicine, he could roughly guess that if Xiaobai Mao really did it, he would probably lose all his cultivation. He was holding back because he truly felt he couldn't harm Xiaobai Mao. If it weren't for this situation, he probably would have already done it.

The Yin-Yang Ultimate Skill definitely has a method to help others harmonize Yin and Yang, and it is indeed a kind of dual cultivation skill in a broad sense, not necessarily referring to sexual intercourse. However, his Yin-Yang Ultimate Skill is incomplete, only containing the martial arts section. Dual cultivation skills belong to the category of Taoist scriptures, so it is vague here, with only fragments that need to be pondered by oneself.

The human body is like a furnace, into which the yin and yang energies are poured to refine it, transforming it into an elixir that returns to the body...

This is fucking sexual exploitation!
The name "furnace" originates from this...

However, I understand the theory. Right now, the opponent's body is filled with extremely strong Yin energy. If I input my Yang energy into it, using the opponent's body as a furnace to refine the Yin-Yang elixir, and then take it back to myself, it would be a clean and efficient way to replenish my own energy. This would be very harmful to the opponent.

But what if we don't take it back?
Does that mean it's all resolved?
Would that be considered reverse replenishment, and would result in losses for myself?

Another point is, how is one's own yang energy inputted? If it's transmitted from palm to palm, that's inputting one's regular true qi, and it doesn't allow for the separate allocation of yang energy to her. How does this work? Does it really require physical intimacy to count?
Logically, this shouldn't be the case. None of us are beginners in spiritual practice, and we all know very well that the broad concept of dual cultivation doesn't require actually doing *that*.

Just as he hesitated, he heard a soft "oh" in his ear. Dugu Qingli had completely lost her mind and pulled him into a tight embrace, her red lips shoving kisses all over his cheek: "Don't touch me..."

"Damn it... who's touching whom?!" Lu Xingzhou could no longer hold back, grabbed her head, turned and kissed her.

The exchange of breath between hands cannot be separated into Yin and Yang, so wouldn't this be considered Yin and Yang in contrast? There should be some difference!
(End of this chapter)