Mortal: Starting in a chaotic starry sea, I can upgrade everything.

What pleased Zhou Yuan even more, yet also made her feel ashamed in private, was that what Jiang Yu brought her was completely different from the respectful and bland relationship with her deceased husband.

It was a feeling I had never experienced before. Being with them was fulfilling and satisfying, and they were incredibly caring. I often felt like I had wasted half my life.

Zhou Yuan's face was still flushed, and she said shyly, "This concubine thanks Brother Jiang for his...gift."

Well, this time... she really benefited from the dual cultivation, so it's only right that she expresses her gratitude.

Silence fell over the room once more.

Jiang Yu reached out a hand to comfort the beautiful woman on his body and said softly, "Alas, I have been completely fooled by Madam... this has caused me great suffering."

Despite saying that, he didn't find it bitter at all; on the contrary, he found it quite enjoyable.

Before he could become Zi Ling's man, he had already become her father. Jiang Yu couldn't help but chuckle at this.

Hearing Jiang Yu's sigh, Zhou Yuan assumed he was concerned about the scheming, and looked up to ask, "With the Miaoyin Sect in dire straits, I had no choice but to seek help from you, Jiang... will you blame me?"

Seeing her cautious demeanor, Jiang Yu's heart stirred again.

So he turned to the side, facing the other person to admire their unparalleled figure.

"It was just a joke, Madam, you're overthinking it."

As he spoke, he reached out and stroked her beautiful face, saying gently, "I suppose Madam's many actions before were also for the sake of Miaoyin Sect, which I can understand."

"Furthermore, how could I bear to blame a beautiful woman like you, who is so destined to be with me?"

He smiled slightly, gently embraced the beautiful woman, and felt the soft, warm body of the mature woman. Gradually, the two began to talk intimately.

"Would Brother Jiang think I'm the kind of shameless woman?"

Zhou Yuan lowered her eyes, her voice filled with undisguised inferiority and unease.

"You don't seem like it."

Jiang Yu's tone was calm yet resolute, his gaze fixed on her cool and gentle features, without a trace of frivolity.

"Doesn't seem like it?" Zhou Yuan was slightly taken aback, looked up at him, her eyes full of doubt.

"Yes, I could tell when I first met you, Madam, four years ago. The piece you played in that illusion is still fresh in my memory to this day."

Upon hearing this, long-buried memories flooded Zhou Yuan's mind, the past vivid in her mind. She silently nodded and responded with a light "Mm".

"That piece of music was composed by me in memory of a deceased friend. So much time has passed that I can no longer remember the complete melody."

Zhou Yuan's tone was tinged with a faint sense of melancholy, and a trace of lingering loneliness flashed across her eyes.

Jiang Yu gently shook his head, keenly sensing her low spirits, and wisely stopped continuing this sad topic.

Everyone has their own obsessions and their own hardships, and deep down they all have pasts they are unwilling to easily reveal.

"Does Madam know what I was thinking when I first met you?" Jiang Yu asked, changing the subject.

Zhou Yuan's dejection dissipated, and a spark of curiosity arose within her. She asked, "What are your thoughts?"

Jiang Yu smiled faintly and whispered in her ear, "To tell you the truth, Madam, the first time I saw you, I was immediately captivated by your beauty and fell in love with you."

"At that time, I was thinking about what method I could use to win over such a beauty like you."

As Zhou Yuan listened, she gradually felt a hardening sensation in her lower abdomen. She blushed and gave him a reproachful look, saying, "You lecherous scoundrel! You're so vulgar!"

However, after hearing Jiang Yu's words, she couldn't hide her joy.

"And then what happened?" she asked again.

"Later, I agreed to your request and asked you for the dual cultivation technique so that I could form more bonds with the Miaoyin Sect."

"However, I never expected that this Yin-Yang Harmony Manual would bring you such success, Madam..."

After hearing this, Zhou Yuan murmured to herself, "Yes, I gave it to you with my own hands..."

Jiang Yu interrupted her, grinning mischievously, "Yes, but I also personally gave the lady a return gift."

A reward?!

Zhou Yuan was taken aback, then realized what was happening, her face flushing red. How come she hadn't noticed this side of the person before...?

You're so awful.

She instinctively reached out to pinch Jiang Yu, but he suddenly grabbed her hand.

Under her bewildered gaze, Jiang Yu turned over, looking down at her with a fiery gaze and a meaningful expression, and said:

"Now, it's time for you to repay me, Madam."

As he spoke, Jiang Yu pressed down and sealed her delicate lips with his, slowly circulating the Yin-Yang Harmony Sutra.

"No... Waaah... Don't..."

…………

This ordeal lasted for three days and three nights, during which the two enjoyed the pleasures of love.

Zhou Yuan didn't know how she got through it; she only knew that she kept circulating the Yin-Yang Harmony Technique.

Breathing in and out… Breathing in and out…

When she stepped out of her boudoir again, the spiritual energy flowing around her was already calm and profound, and she had steadily entered the mid-stage of Core Formation.

After pondering for a moment and weighing the matter carefully, Jiang Yu ultimately declined Zhou Yuan's offer to stay.

During these three days, he absorbed a lot of the primordial yin energy from Zhou Yuan, thinking that he could also break through to the mid-stage of the Core Formation realm after returning and cultivating for a while.

As for the two of them, their love has already taken deep root and they are already bound together, so why should they crave a moment of tenderness?

If he wanted that beautiful woman, wouldn't it be something he could easily get rid of with a simple sound transmission talisman?

The day after Zhou Yuan emerged from seclusion, she publicly announced that Jiang Yu was a formal elder of the Miaoyin Sect, a person of high status, on par with the sect leader.

Not long after, she inadvertently displayed the aura of someone in the mid-stage of Core Formation.

After that, all the forces that had been secretly coveting the resources of the Miaoyin Sect and frequently trying to sabotage and suppress it all put an end to their wicked intentions.

From then on, the turmoil at Miaoyin Sect gradually subsided, allowing it to calm down and recuperate steadily, and return to a stable development track.

………………

One month later.

In the tranquil cave, Jiang Yu sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, spiritual energy flowing into his body like silk threads, continuously refining the golden core in his dantian.

Suddenly, a soft yet clear "pop" sound rang out, as if the shackles had been shattered.

A surge of powerful spiritual energy instantly transformed into a wave of energy that swept out from his body, causing the candlelight inside the cave to dance wildly.

Jiang Yu slowly opened his eyes, his gaze gleaming with a sharp, restrained intensity, and his aura had risen to a whole new level.

He clenched his fist slightly, feeling the surging spiritual energy within his body. His tone was filled with certainty and relief as he whispered, "Mid-stage Core Formation, finally achieved."

After carefully sensing it for a while, he then lightly flicked his fingertips with a spell, and a gentle water technique surrounded him. The flowing water cleansed his body, and in a moment, his body was clean and his clothes were spotless, and his spiritual energy was completely pure.

After getting ready, Jiang Yu stood up and officially stepped out of his secluded cultivation cave.

He quietly spread his divine sense and found Yuan Yao sitting upright on a futon in the side hall, focused on cultivating the Xuan Yin Technique.

A cold, lingering spiritual energy swirled around her body, her aura calm and steady. Unbeknownst to her, she had already steadily climbed to the eighth level of Qi Refining!

hiss!

The Yin Body is terrifying!