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

Little Dragon Girl gazed in the direction where her senior sister had disappeared, and after a long while, she sighed softly.

"She was actually... a pitiful person too."

Yang Guo walked back to her side and said gently, "The past is like a shackle. If she herself is unwilling to let go, no amount of sympathy from others will help."

He paused, then looked at the cold jade bed.

"Should we continue practicing?"

Little Dragon Girl withdrew her gaze and nodded.

The two sat facing each other again on the cold jade bed, their palms touching.

The internal energy cycle restarts.

This time, however, the cultivation was only halfway through when the apricot-yellow figure returned from the shadows at the entrance of the stone chamber.

Li Mochou made no attempt to hide; she simply stood quietly at the doorway, watching the two people cultivating on the jade bed.

Her eyes were incredibly complex—filled with jealousy, longing, reminiscence, and bitterness.

Little Dragon Girl noticed her presence and paused slightly.

Yang Guo, however, seemed oblivious, simply closing his eyes and concentrating on guiding his internal energy.

"Let her see it." He transmitted his voice secretly, directly into Xiaolongnu's ear, "Some knots in the heart are better untied than blocked."

Little Dragon Girl's long eyelashes trembled, and she finally acquiesced.

And so, deep within this ancient tomb in the dead of night, this extraordinary scene unfolded—

On the cold jade bed, a young man and woman placed their palms together, their inner strength merging, practicing the most profound dual cultivation martial arts of the Ancient Tomb Sect.

At the entrance of the stone chamber, a woman in an apricot-yellow Taoist robe stood quietly, gazing at everything like a statue.

She watched as a faint blush gradually appeared on her junior sister's cool and aloof face.

Watching the young man in blue, so calm and collected, yet always able to perfectly coordinate with his junior sister at crucial moments, I was struck by his skill.

Looking at the increasingly obvious connection and harmony between the two of them.

A hard, cold place in my heart seemed to be gradually cracked open by this image.

There was a time when she had fantasized about such a scene.

To live happily ever after with one's beloved, to learn superior martial arts, and to become a divine couple.

But reality slapped her hardest.

Lu Zhanyuan's betrayal, his expulsion from his sect, and the bloodshed that engulfs the martial world...

She was transformed from a hopeful young girl into the bloodthirsty Scarlet Fairy she is today.

Now, her most envied junior sister has obtained everything she could never have.

How unfair is this?!

Li Mochou's hand, hidden in her sleeve, slowly clenched.

Her fingernails dug into her palm, the stinging pain keeping her conscious to the very last shred of her senses.

She cannot use her hands.

That kid surnamed Yang is too strong, so strong that she doesn't even have the confidence to launch a sneak attack.

Moreover... Moreover, just now when she watched him practice with his junior sister, her progress in the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra was much faster than she had imagined.

If it really could...

An absurd thought suddenly flashed through my mind.

But she immediately extinguished it.

No, it's impossible.

She was already a fearsome demon in the martial arts world, her hands stained with blood.

That kid looks gentle, but he's actually ruthless and can't tolerate any nonsense.

How could he possibly...?

Li Mochou bit her lower lip hard until she tasted blood.

Meanwhile, on the jade bed, Yang Guo and Xiaolongnu's cultivation had reached a crucial point.

The circulation of their internal energy suddenly accelerated, and a faint glow appeared around them.

With a soft shout, Xiaolongnu rose like a white crane and struck the void with her palm.

Yang Guo leaped into the air almost simultaneously, his right hand pointing out the spot where her palm strike hadn't finished, while his left hand drew an arc to protect the opening beside her.

The combined attack of the two caused their energy to surge and swirl within the stone chamber!

Li Mochou's pupils suddenly contracted—

The power of this attack is several times greater than that of her prime!

Moreover, judging from their auras, they clearly haven't gone all out yet!

"boom!"

The force of the energy struck the stone wall, leaving a shallow dent.

Yang Guo and Xiaolongnu landed gracefully, exchanged a glance, and both saw understanding and satisfaction in each other's eyes.

"Let's stop here for today," Yang Guo said with a smile, ending his practice. "Don't bite off more than you can chew. Miss Long also needs time to digest and understand."

Little Dragon Girl nodded, her breathing slightly unsteady, and fine beads of sweat appeared on her forehead.

Such intense dual cultivation was quite taxing on her.

She looked up and gazed at the doorway.

Li Mochou remained standing there, motionless, her eyes vacant.

"Senior Sister," Little Dragon Girl said softly, "how much longer...are you going to watch?"

Li Mochou shuddered, as if waking from a dream.

She gave the two of them a deep look, her expression indescribably complex.

In the end, she said nothing, but silently turned around and disappeared at the end of the passageway.

The footsteps gradually faded into the distance.

Silence returned to the stone chamber.

Little Dragon Girl walked to the door, looked in the direction her senior sister had left, and after a long while, sighed softly and closed the stone door.

Yang Guo walked to her side and said gently, "Her heart has softened?"

Little Dragon Girl was silent for a moment, then shook her head.

"It's not that I'm soft-hearted. It's just... I suddenly feel that perhaps Master wasn't entirely right to expel her from the sect back then."

Yang Guo smiled but did not reply.

There are some things she needs to figure out for herself.

"It's late," he said, then added, "Miss Long, you should rest early. We'll continue tomorrow."

Xiaolongnu nodded and watched Yang Guo leave the stone chamber.

The stone door closed, and she stood alone by the cold jade bed, reaching out to touch the icy surface.

The warmth of the other hand, which had been there during the earlier cultivation, still seemed to linger in his palm.

And... that wonderful feeling of subtle connection and fusion of inner strength.

A hint of gentleness, which she herself was unaware of, appeared on her usually cool face.

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