Dual cultivation makes you stronger, everyone else is a prodigy, and I'm the only one slacking

At that moment, the heavens and earth trembled.

A deafening roar pressed in from all directions. The calm yellow sand beneath our feet surged into waves, collapsing and sinking at an alarming rate.

A rotating void opened up in the center of the desert, and a powerful suction force quickly engulfed everything around it.

Before Yu Luoning could regain her balance, she was violently pulled by the suction force, and Feng Qiguang was also pulled to the side.

The next instant, the two were swept into the bottom of the vortex.

Yu Luoning's vision went black, and when she opened her eyes again, she found herself lying on Feng Qiguang's body, while the latter had his eyes closed and was not moving.

My heart skipped a beat. Could she have crushed someone to death?

He carefully moved closer and used his index finger to check the other person's breath.

Thank goodness! He's still breathing. It seems he just fainted.

Taking advantage of the halo of phoenix light, Yu Luoning quickly got up, preparing to make a quick getaway.

She had considered ending Feng Qiguang's life with a single blow, but with the knife hovering over his neck, she tried several times but couldn't bring herself to do it.

Since that's the case, she decided to give up. She formed hand seals and activated her teleportation technique to prepare to leave.

However, the spiritual energy in his Qi Sea could not be mobilized.

She found it extremely strange, and after looking around, she discovered that it was a huge underground palace.

The dome was very high, so high that it was impossible to see clearly, but in her current state without spiritual power, she couldn't get up there at all.

The walls are made of a mixture of yellow sand and black stone, and are very rough.

Yu Luoning stood up, leaning against the sandy wall, and walked towards the slightly brighter area.

I had only taken two steps when a muffled groan came from behind me.

Feng Qiguang slowly awoke, his eyes still unfocused, before he reflexively roared, "You fatso, stop right there!"

Yu Luoning paused, then slowly turned around.

He slapped Feng Qiguang across the face.

It's very crisp.

Amidst the other person's shocked expression, which seemed to want to devour her, Yu Luoning said, "Don't you have any manners? You keep calling me 'fatty' and relentlessly chasing after me. All I did was take your virginity. You and I both know what happened back then. If we hadn't practiced dual cultivation, we would have both been killed by that old woman."

"In the end, I'm the one who saved you. You chased me all the way to this secret realm. Do you think I owe you anything?"

Upon hearing this, Feng Qiguang paused, his face turning pale and then flushed. His Adam's apple bobbed, and he forced out, "Even if I don't hold that matter against you, what about the Transcendental Technique? It's a unique skill of the Feng family. How did you learn it?"

Yu Luoning blinked, his smile particularly smug.

"I learned it from you."

Feng Qiguang sneered, clearly not believing a single word.

That time in the stone cave was the first time the two met. How could he possibly teach her the Feng family's secret techniques? This woman treated him like a fool from beginning to end.

Yu Luoning was too lazy to explain; a secret is a secret only if it is known to oneself.

"Believe it or not, it's up to you. Anyway, no one here can use spiritual power, so you can't kill me."

Feng Qiguang's expression suddenly turned serious. He tried to get up by supporting himself on the ground, but a sharp pain shot through his right foot. He groaned and fell back onto the sand pile.

Feng Qiguang looked disheveled.

At this moment, he was no longer the imposing figure of the genius Kitagawa. His black robe was torn to shreds in the quicksand of the underground palace, revealing large patches of his frosty white skin. The wounds from the friction of the sand and gravel were particularly conspicuous.

There's a strange beauty to it, a beauty that's been ravaged, making you want to think about it.

Yu Luoning couldn't help but take a second look.

After all, she had only ever seen a man as exceptionally handsome as Feng Qiguang on the big screen in her previous life.

"What are you looking at? If you look again, believe me, I'll gouge your eyes out!"

Feng Qiguang felt extremely uncomfortable under their gaze. He threatened them with a blustering but weak tone.

At this moment, a blush of embarrassment and anger appeared on his pale face.

Yu Luoning instantly snapped out of her daze of beauty; her greatest strength was her ability to see the situation clearly.

"Why did you gouge out my eyes? Don't you ever ask yourself who you're trying to seduce by dressing so provocatively?"

Feng Qiguang was so angry at this shameless remark that his chest heaved.

He touched his waist, only to find it empty; the black jade Qiankun bag had vanished somewhere when he fell into the whirlpool.

Yu Luoning chuckled, took out a female cultivator's robe from her Qiankun bag, and tossed it into Feng Qiguang's arms.

"What are you doing?" Feng Qiguang asked instinctively.

Yu Luoning said, "Your clothes are all torn, can you still wear them? I only brought women's clothes, so please make do with these, otherwise I'll just have to continue to enjoy the view."

In fact, there were several thick blankets and cloaks for warmth in the corner of her Qiankun bag. With just a flick of her finger, she could preserve the last bit of dignity for this genius.

But on what basis?

She enjoyed watching him suffer in humiliation and inner turmoil, wanting to strangle him but powerless to do so.

Feng Qiguang stared at her intently, furious, and threw the women's clothing back at her.

"roll!"

"If you're so angry, then don't wear it. It's not like I'm the one who's embarrassed."

Yu Luoning stopped teasing and took out a black cloak from her Qiankun bag, handing it over: "Alright, I won't tease you anymore. Wear this for now to cover yourself up."

Feng Qiguang didn't take it, his back straight, conveying an unyielding spirit.

Yu Luoning pursed her lips.

"Um, you've probably noticed it too, right? This dungeon is a bit strange. Right now, it's just the two of us. If you promise not to kill me before we leave, we can temporarily team up and escape from here together."

Feng Qiguang sneered, "Ha, you wish."

Yu Luoning rolled her eyes. "Fine, then you can stay here and be the most beautiful girl in the palace."

After saying that, she ignored him and turned to leave.

The underground palace was as vast as a maze, and Yu Luoning had no spiritual power at the moment, but she remained quite calm.

Since he could sense the Star Moon Sword in his forehead, he was temporarily out of danger.

She wandered around for an unknown amount of time. The underground palace was so quiet that only her own footsteps could be heard. The sand and dust clung to her body, making her feel sticky and uncomfortable. Yu Luoning couldn't stand it any longer. She took out a purification talisman from her storage bag.

Fortunately, the talisman was still usable. A refreshing breeze swept by, and the sweat and dust on her body vanished without a trace.

Yu Luoning took out food and water from her spatial storage, ate a few bites to maintain her strength, and continued exploring.

Not long after, she seemed to see something terrifying and ran back in a panic.

She was panting heavily when she saw Feng Qiguang leaning against a stone pillar, his hands trembling as he tried to tear open his inner garment to bandage his wound, but he was too weak to do so.

Hearing footsteps, he looked up abruptly, a hint of anger and embarrassment at being caught on his disheveled face.

"What? You haven't left yet?"

Yu Luoning smiled, stretched in front of him, and casually took out a purification talisman from her Qiankun bag.

"Do you want it or not?"

Feng Qiguang coldly retorted, "You think you can show off with just a low-level talisman?"

"Regardless of whether it's low-level or not, in this situation, isn't this what you need most?"

"Oh, right, I also have some pills in my storage bag. How about it? If you team up with me, we can help each other out, and I can share these with you."

Feng Qiguang remained silent.