Having established her authority in the martial arts hall, Huang Rong was in high spirits. She dusted off her sleeves, turned, and walked out of the stone chamber.

Xiaolongnu sheathed her Lady's Sword, her mind filled with recalling the flaws in the sword moves that Huang Rong had pointed out. She took the sword and walked towards the Jade Bed in the back mountain, preparing to re-enact the moves.

Yang Guo stood there, letting out a long breath. He had finally gotten through this ordeal. Just as he took a step to sneak back to his room for a nap, a graceful figure blocked the entrance to the passageway.

Li Mochou, holding a whisk, blocked the way.

"Guo'er, why are you in such a hurry?" Li Mochou lowered her voice, her tone carrying a gentleness rarely seen in her usual manner.

Yang Guo stopped in his tracks, alarm bells ringing in his mind. This female demon would never speak in such a tone normally; it couldn't be anything good.

"Sister Mochou, I didn't sleep well last night, and I practiced swordsmanship just now. I'm so sleepy I can't keep my eyes open." Yang Guo yawned, pretending to look listless.

Li Mochou stepped forward and gently pinched Yang Guo's shoulder twice.

"The sword technique you and your junior sister just practiced was indeed exquisite." Li Mochou withdrew her hand, looking directly into Yang Guo's eyes. "The two of you coordinated so perfectly; the internal energy cultivation method and incantations must be extremely profound, right?"

Yang Guo's heart skipped a beat.

This woman is trying to extract the secrets of the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra.

Yang Guo knew Li Mochou's intentions all too well. She had long coveted the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra, and now seeing how intricate and passionate this sword technique was, she was definitely driven by jealousy and wanted to learn it so she could drag him into practicing it.

If he taught her this, the secret of him and Little Dragon Girl undressing to practice martial arts would be exposed. Then the two women in the ancient tomb would definitely fight to the death.

Yang Guo forced a bitter smile and waved his hands repeatedly.

"Sister, you think too highly of me," Yang Guo said sincerely. "I'm just a lowly Taoist priest from the Quanzhen Sect. How could I possibly be qualified to learn the core techniques of your Ancient Tomb Sect?"

Li Mochou frowned slightly, clearly disbelieving.

"You haven't learned the inner cultivation method, so how can you coordinate so perfectly with your junior sister?" Li Mochou pressed.

"I'm just a sword stand!" Yang Guo spread his hands, looking aggrieved. "Teacher Long told me to thrust forward, so I thrust forward. She told me to retreat, so I retreated. She told me what stance to take, so I took that stance. I was just following her instructions. How would I know any mental techniques or incantations? I didn't even know what this sword technique was called until she told me just now."

Li Mochou stared at Yang Guo's face, trying to find traces of a lie.

Yang Guo's gaze was open and honest, without any hesitation. The actor's performance was at its peak at this moment.

Li Mochou pondered for a moment and felt that Yang Guo's words made a lot of sense.

Master was extremely wary of outsiders back then. Junior Sister, with her rigid personality, valued the sect rules more than her own life; how could she possibly teach the Ancient Tomb Sect's top secrets to an outsider? Yang Guo was at most just a sparring partner.

"You're honest enough." Li Mochou snorted coldly and turned to walk deeper into the passageway.

Since they couldn't get any information out of Yang Guo, they had no choice but to go find the person in charge.

In the stone chamber of Little Dragon Girl.

Little Dragon Girl sat cross-legged on the cold jade bed, holding a tree branch in her hand, practicing famous sword moves.

Li Mochou strode in and closed the stone door behind her.

"Junior Sister, you're quite the magnanimous sect leader," Li Mochou said sarcastically, standing by the bed. "That woman surnamed Huang was pointing fingers in the Ancient Tomb, and you didn't utter a single word. You've completely disgraced the Ancient Tomb Sect."

Little Dragon Girl didn't look up, and continued gesturing with the tree branch in her hand.

"The flaw she pointed out is correct," Xiaolongnu said calmly. "Correct is correct, why argue against it?"

Li Mochou was momentarily speechless, and her anger surged.

"I didn't come here today to discuss sword techniques with you." Li Mochou walked to the stone table and sat down, adopting the airs of a senior sister. "Back then, Master was biased and passed on the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra to you. I was resentful, but I accepted it. But the situation is different now."

Li Mochou tapped on the stone table, emphasizing her words.

"There are outsiders living in the ancient tomb now. That woman surnamed Huang is highly skilled in martial arts and has a deep mind. We are, after all, fellow disciples, and should work together. Hand over the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra, and we'll practice it together. Once we've mastered this unparalleled martial art, we'll drive that woman out of Zhongnan Mountain!"

Li Mochou's words, using righteousness to pressure people, sounded grand and dignified.

Xiaolongnu finally stopped what she was doing. She looked up at Li Mochou.

"You can't train it," Little Dragon Girl refused directly.

Li Mochou suddenly stood up.

"Don't try to fool me with that!" Li Mochou retorted angrily. "In terms of talent and comprehension, in what way am I inferior to you? What makes you so sure I can't master it?"

Little Dragon Girl put down the branch, her expression extremely serious.

"This martial art requires two people to practice together," Xiaolongnu explained, "and it has extremely strict requirements for the training environment and conditions."

"What are your requirements?" Li Mochou pressed.

"When cultivating the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra, the internal energy will be pushed to its limit, and the whole body will be steaming with heat." Little Dragon Girl revealed everything without any guile. "In order to prevent the heat from stagnation and causing qi deviation, you must open your heart. The two of you must sit facing each other, remove all your clothes, and have nothing to cover yourselves. It must be done in an open and well-ventilated place."

Xiaolongnu's original intention was very simple.

Her senior sister had no internal energy left and couldn't activate her true qi at all. Moreover, besides herself, there was no other woman in this ancient tomb who could train with her senior sister. She wanted to make her senior sister give up.

However, these words struck Li Mochou like a thunderbolt from a clear sky.

Li Mochou froze on the spot.

Remove all clothing?

There can be no obstruction whatsoever?

Training together as a pair?

Li Mochou's mind raced. Besides Xiaolongnu, Yang Guo was the only other living person in this ancient tomb.

Li Mochou's breathing became rapid, her chest heaving violently. She pointed at Xiaolongnu, her fingers trembling uncontrollably.

"You...you practiced this martial art with Yang Guo?" Li Mochou asked through gritted teeth, enunciating each word clearly.

Little Dragon Girl nodded, admitting it readily: "I practiced it."

Li Mochou felt a sudden darkness before her eyes.

What a pure and detached leader of the Ancient Tomb Sect! What a virtuous and innocent junior sister!

She actually took off her clothes and practiced martial arts with my man behind my back! How could you do such a shameless thing right under my nose!

No wonder Yang Guo has been complaining of back pain these past few days. No wonder he wouldn't even come into my room last night. Turns out, you vixen drained him dry!

Li Mochou wished she could slap Xiaolongnu to death. But with her internal energy sealed, she was no match for Xiaolongnu. A direct confrontation would only lead to her death.

Li Mochou took a few deep breaths, suppressing the anger and jealousy in her heart.

If they can't deal with you, someone else will.

Li Mochou turned around, opened the stone door, and walked out without looking back.

in the hall.

Huang Rong sat at the stone table, a cup of hot tea in her hand, savoring it slowly. Although she had just regained her composure in the martial arts hall, she still harbored doubts about the relationship between Yang Guo and Xiaolongnu.

Li Mochou strode into the hall and sat down opposite Huang Rong.

"Chief Huang has remarkable composure," Li Mochou said with a forced smile. "Just now in the martial arts hall, Chief Huang's sharp eyes exposed the flaws in that sword technique with just a few words. Mochou admires you."

Huang Rong put down her teacup and looked at Li Mochou.

"Fairy Li, please speak frankly. I don't like beating around the bush," Huang Rong said coldly.

Li Mochou leaned closer and lowered her voice.

"Chief Huang is a master of martial arts, so he naturally knows the ins and outs of all martial arts. But do you know what the true method of cultivating the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra is?" Li Mochou threw out the bait.

Huang Rong frowned slightly.

"I would like to hear the details."

A vicious smile curled at the corners of Li Mochou's mouth.

"This technique is extremely domineering. When practicing it, one must find an absolutely secluded place." Li Mochou slowed her speech, emphasizing each word, "The two people must sit facing each other and remove all their clothes. Only by being completely naked and without any cover can their true energy merge."

Huang Rong's hand trembled violently, and the water in the teacup spilled onto the stone table.

Seeing Huang Rong's face change color, Li Mochou felt a great sense of satisfaction and continued to embellish the story.

"Junior Sister rarely leaves the Ancient Tomb and is unaware of the proper boundaries between men and women, so it's one thing for her to do such absurd things. But Yang Guo is a hot-blooded young man. A lone man and a lone woman, naked together practicing martial arts." Li Mochou's tone was full of mockery. "Chief Huang, you've been through this yourself. What kind of tricks do you think they'll come up with as they practice?"

Huang Rong suddenly stood up.

The stone benches scraped against the ground, making a harsh sound.

Huang Rong's face turned ashen, and her fists clenched tightly.

You rascal Yang Guo!

Last night at the hot springs, you swore eternal love to me, promising to remain chaste. Today, you were flirting with another woman in public. And now it's been revealed that you two were practicing martial arts naked!

Without uttering a word, Huang Rong turned and strode towards Yang Guo's stone chamber. Each step she took was heavy, filled with boundless rage.

Li Mochou sat by the stone table, picked up the half-cup of tea that Huang Rong had left, and drank it all in one gulp.

If Little Dragon Girl can't cure him, can't she cure Yang Guo?

Huang Rong is Yang Guo's elder. As long as she takes action, Yang Guo will have no choice but to obey!

Yang Guo's stone chamber.

Yang Guo was lying face down on the jade bed, pounding his lower back with his hands. These past few days of continuous battles had taken a toll on even the strongest kidneys. He was pondering how to get some goji berries from the back mountain to make tea.

"Bang!"

The stone door was kicked open.

Huang Rong stormed in, exuding a murderous aura. She slammed the stone door shut and bolted it shut.

Yang Guo was so frightened that he jumped out of bed.

"Rong...Rong'er, what's wrong?" Yang Guo felt a chill run down his spine when he saw Huang Rong's murderous gaze.

Huang Rong quickly walked to the bedside and pointed at Yang Guo's nose.

"Tell me the truth. When you and Miss Long were practicing that Jade Maiden Heart Sutra, did you take off your clothes?" Huang Rong's voice trembled with anger.

Yang Guo's mind went blank for a moment.

Li Mochou! It was definitely that wicked woman Li Mochou who betrayed them!

This is it, everything's over. The battleground has completely exploded.

Yang Guo jumped off the bed, waving his hands wildly and shouting that he was wronged.

"Who told you this gossip? This is pure slander! Someone is definitely trying to sow discord!" Yang Guo tried to bluff his way out of the situation.

"Don't give me that nonsense!" Huang Rong pressed closer, grabbing Yang Guo's collar. "I'll only ask you one question: Did you take your clothes off or not?"

Yang Guo saw the murderous intent in Huang Rong's eyes. He knew that if he lied now and was exposed, his fate would only be worse.

"I took it off," Yang Guo admitted, forcing himself to be honest.

Huang Rong raised her hand, about to slap him.

"That's for scientific heat dissipation!" Yang Guo shouted with his eyes closed.

Huang Rong's hand froze in mid-air.

"What heat dissipation?" Huang Rong frowned, completely not understanding the term.

Yang Guo opened his eyes, his brain racing. All the jumbled lines and scientific knowledge he had memorized in his previous life on the film set came flooding back to him at this moment.

"Auntie, calm down and let me explain!" Yang Guo pulled Huang Rong's hand down and held it tightly in his own. "The internal energy circulation path of the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra is extremely special. It pushes the body's qi and blood to their limit. The body will generate a large amount of heat energy in a short period of time."

Yang Guo pulled Huang Rong to sit down on the stone bench, stood in front of her, and began to talk nonsense with a straight face.

"You've read the Nine Yin Manual, so you naturally know the dangers of stagnant internal energy. Even wearing clothes while practicing, even just a thin layer, will hinder the skin's pores from breathing," Yang Guo spoke rapidly, giving Huang Rong no time to think. "If heat can't dissipate, it will flow backward through the meridians. At best, it will cause qi deviation; at worst, it will sever all the meridians. In physics, this is called the first law of thermodynamics, the conservation of energy!"

Huang Rong was stunned.

"What physics? What laws?" Huang Rong asked, her face full of confusion.

"That's not important!" Yang Guo waved his hand. "What's important is that Ouyang Feng went mad because he practiced the Nine Yin Manual in reverse and his blood and qi flowed in reverse. Wasn't that because he didn't find the right way to relieve the problem? Lin Chaoying, the creator of the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra, also faced the same problem, which is why she came up with the method of undressing."

Yang Guo spoke more and more fluently, and he was almost convinced of his own words.

"This is called the principle of physical heat dissipation. By removing clothing, the surface area of ​​the body in contact with the air is increased. Then, by utilizing the unique low-temperature environment of the ancient tomb, a heat balance is achieved. This is a scientific training method entirely for survival, not the kind of sordid things you're thinking of!"

Looking at Yang Guo's righteous face, Huang Rong's anger was actually halved by this unheard-of theory.

"Even if it's for cooling off," Huang Rong gritted her teeth, "you two, a man and a woman, naked together. Can you honestly say you didn't have the slightest impure thought?"

Yang Guo immediately knelt on one knee and held Huang Rong's hands in his own.

"Rong'er, think about it. If I really had those kinds of thoughts, would I have used this sword technique in front of you?" Yang Guo's eyes were so sincere they could almost drip water. "It's precisely because I have an open mind and treat it as a pure discussion of martial arts that I'm showing it to you without reservation."

Huang Rong snorted coldly and did not pull her hand back.

Seeing that there was hope, Yang Guo immediately increased the dosage.

"Besides, that Little Dragon Girl is so cold and aloof. How could she possibly have even a fraction of your charm, Rong'er?" Yang Guo leaned closer to Huang Rong, his voice becoming low and hoarse. "Even if I took off my clothes and faced her, my heart and mind would be filled with nothing but your image, Rong'er."

Huang Rong blushed.

"Don't try to sweet-talk me." Huang Rong forcefully pulled her hand away, stood up, and said, "This kind of talk only fools naive young girls. This isn't over. I'll be watching you in the Ancient Tomb. If you dare to cross the line, I won't let you off easily!"

Huang Rong opened the stone door and went out.

Yang Guo slumped to the ground, raising his hand to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead.

Physics, the eternal god.

Little Mochou, you're dead meat!

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