Yang Guo: I'm invincible in the opening battle against Aunt Guo!

His movements were natural, but Guo Fu felt that the strands of hair he touched were burning hot.

She mustered her courage and reached out to touch his hair, which felt cool and damp to the touch: "Brother Yang's hair... is also beautiful."

These words were silly, but Yang Guo laughed, took her mischievous hand, and gently kissed it.

"Sister Fu, today I will teach you a dual cultivation technique that can help you open up your meridians and improve your cultivation."

Guo Fu, now mostly sober, blushed slightly upon hearing this: "If it's dual cultivation, wouldn't it hurt when opening up the meridians?"

"It can greatly alleviate the pain when opening the meridians." Yang Guo nodded frankly. "My martial art is a top-level dual cultivation method, which requires two people to touch palms and mutually support each other's internal energy. However, there may be pain when the internal energy impacts the meridians for the first time. Sister Fu will have to be patient."

Guo Fu bit her lip, a determined glint in her eyes: "I'm not afraid. I'm willing to do anything to help Brother Yang."

Yang Guo felt a warmth in his heart and said softly, "Then let's begin. Close your eyes, concentrate, and focus your mind on your dantian."

Yang Guo extended his palms, and Guo Fu hesitated for a moment before placing her palms on top of his.

His palms were warm and dry, while hers were slightly cool and sweaty. The moment they touched, they both trembled slightly.

"Follow my internal energy," Yang Guo whispered.

A gentle and mellow internal force flowed from his palm, like a warm spring stream, slowly entering Guo Fu's meridians.

She guided the internal energy down the Ren meridian, past the Dantian, to the perineum. It was smooth at first, but it was blocked at the coccyx.

Yang Guo intensified the flow of his internal energy, and the warm current transformed into fine needles, gently aimed at that pass.

Guo Fu groaned, and beads of sweat appeared on her forehead.

"Relax, don't resist."

Yang Guo's voice was calm and steady, but his internal energy did not stop. Instead, it transformed into a spiraling force, gradually breaking through the blockage.

Guo Fu gritted her teeth and endured it, feeling as if the acupoints on that meridian were being burned by fire, or pierced by ice picks.

Just when she could barely bear it, the barrier suddenly opened up, and a warm current rushed through, rising straight up along the Du meridian, passing through the Mingmen and Lingtai acupoints, and then bursting open at the Baihui acupoint, like spring rain sprinkling on her limbs and bones.

"You've passed the first test." Yang Guo's voice was full of praise. "Sister Fu has excellent aptitude."

After catching her breath, Guo Fu felt completely refreshed, the effects of the alcohol had completely dissipated, and her mind was clear and lucid.

She opened her eyes and saw that Yang Guo's forehead was also covered in fine sweat. She was moved and said, "Brother Yang, you must have used up a lot of your internal energy?"

"It's alright." Yang Guo smiled. "Next, we need to activate the Dai Meridian and Chong Meridian. You might experience some... special sensations during these two meridian activations. Sister Fu, don't panic."

Guo Fu nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite.

The two closed their eyes again and pressed their palms together.

This time, Yang Guo's internal energy was even more vast, splitting into two streams. One stream entered her belt meridian and circled her waist, while the other stream rushed straight to the Chong meridian where her uterus was located.

The pulse was tolerable, but when it reached the Chong meridian, Guo Fu's whole body trembled violently.

The feeling was incredibly strange, as if a warm current was surging from the depths of my meridians, instantly spreading throughout my entire body.

She let out a soft groan, her body went limp, and she could barely sit up.

Yang Guo reached out and grabbed her waist in time, but his internal energy did not stop. Instead, he took advantage of the relaxation of her meridians and opened up the Chong meridian in one fell swoop.

"Ah..." Guo Fu couldn't help but let out a soft, sweet voice, which startled even herself.

Yang Guo's breathing became heavier, but he still kept his mind steady and guided his internal energy to circulate through her eight extraordinary meridians.

With each cycle, their inner strengths merged slightly; his masculine energy nourished her feminine meridians, while her primordial yin energy replenished his dantian essence.

The candlelight had burned out sometime earlier, and moonlight seeped in through the cracks in the window, spreading a frosty white blanket on the ground.

Inside the tent, only the intertwined breathing of the two people and the faint humming of their internal energy flowing through the air could be heard.

Fine beads of sweat appeared on Guo Fu's forehead, and her back was already soaked, clinging to her skin and outlining the graceful curves of a young girl just coming of age.

Yang Guo's situation wasn't much better.

His long hair was loose, with a few wet strands clinging to the side of his neck. The collar of his undershirt was slightly open, revealing his sharp collarbones.

Sweat slid down his chest and soaked into the depths of his clothes.

The most crucial moment has arrived.

"Sister Fu," Yang Guo's voice was hoarse, "next we need to break through the 'Mysterious Pass' where the Ren and Du meridians meet. This is a most secret place in the human body; there will be a strong reaction when true energy flows here. You..."

"I'm not afraid." Guo Fu interrupted him, her eyes glistening with tears, yet her resolve as firm as a rock. "Brother Yang, please continue."

Yang Guo gave her a deep look, said nothing more, and pushed all his internal energy to its limit.

The immense internal energy, like the Yangtze River, surged into Guo Fu's meridians.

This time it was no longer gentle, but rather it charged straight at the entrance with the force of splitting mountains and shattering rocks!

"Ugh!" Guo Fu tilted her head back, her neck forming a graceful arc, and a broken sob escaped from her throat.

The feeling was too intense.

It felt as if thousands of silver needles were simultaneously piercing her meridians, or as if she were being seared by a scorching hot iron, causing her...

Her body was like a willow catkin in the wind, supported entirely by Yang Guo's arm around her waist.

Under the moonlight, her face was flushed as if she were drunk, her lips were slightly parted, she was breathing softly, and her eyes were misty with tears, making it impossible to see the person in front of her.

Yang Guo has also reached a critical juncture.

He closed his eyes and focused his mind, guiding the two merging internal energies to circulate within their bodies.

With each cycle, the barrier at the entrance weakens a little more, and Guo Fu's trembling intensifies a little more.

finally--

"boom!"

It was as if spring thunder had struck deep into the soul.

The entryway suddenly opened up!

The accumulated internal energy surged forth like a flood bursting its banks, instantly flowing through all the meridians in Guo Fu's body.

At the same time, Yang Guo also felt a surge of pure Yin energy flowing into his meridians. The energy was cool and gentle, and wherever it passed, it was like sweet rain falling on a parched field, nourishing the essence he had depleted from exerting all his strength.

The dual cultivation has been perfected.

Their inner strength merged seamlessly, becoming indistinguishable from one another.

Yang Guo's masculine energy circulated nine times within Guo Fu's body, helping her to broaden her meridians and solidify her foundation.

Guo Fu's primordial yin energy nourished Yang Guo's dantian, making his internal energy even more refined and concentrated.

After a long while, his internal energy gradually calmed down.

Yang Guo withdrew his palm and exhaled a long breath.

The aura condensed into white mist under the moonlight, lingering for a long time.

Guo Fu collapsed softly into his arms, drenched in sweat, too weak to even lift a finger.

She felt a warm current still flowing slowly through the depths of her body's meridians, making her feel comfortable as if she were soaking in a hot spring, and giving her an indescribable sense of fullness.

That's a natural reaction after the gateway to enlightenment is opened and the Ren and Du meridians are connected.

"Did it...did it succeed?" she asked weakly.

"It's a success." Yang Guo hugged her tightly. "Fu-mei, now all eight extraordinary meridians are open and your Xuan-gate has been opened. From now on, your martial arts training will progress by leaps and bounds."