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

Yu Luoning's heart skipped a beat. Could she really be that unlucky?

Wasn't the owner of this grotto already deceased?

Yu Luoning slowly exhaled, realizing she shouldn't have scared herself. Though she said this, her heart was pounding.

"Oh well, as long as no one else saw it, let's just pretend it never happened."

Li Yunyu hummed in agreement, then added, "You owe me a favor."

Yu Luoning's eyes widened, and she demanded, "On what grounds?"

"Because... I kept it a secret for you." Li Yunyu said seriously.

Yu Luoning was speechless, pushed him off her shoulder, and said fiercely:

"And I saved you, didn't I?"

"Yes, the debt of saving my life has been settled."

"When? How come I didn't know?"

"I've given myself back to you."

"Pah! They're just giving out things nobody wants."

Li Yunyu chuckled softly, a faint laugh carrying a hint of ambiguous pleasure.

The next moment, he suddenly reached out and pulled Yu Luoning into his arms.

A warm breath suddenly approached.

Before Yu Luoning could react, a hot kiss landed on her lips.

Then,

Every last breath of air was plundered and squeezed dry.

Sure enough, a man who has tasted the forbidden fruit is different.

"Your injury..." Yu Luoning closed her eyes, breathing heavily, and uttered a few words intermittently.

His response was an even more irresistible kiss.

Looking into Li Yunyu's eyes, which were filled with intense desire, Yu Luoning's fingers tightened slightly, and for some reason, he too was aroused by his desire.

"Slower!"

"It won't be slow."

His voice was hoarse, filled with barely suppressed emotion.

The fog was so thick that it seemed to blur one's vision.

Only fragmented sounds pierced through the thick fog.

"My darling! Between him and me, who do you truly love?"

He stared intently at her.

Yu Luoning's breathing became slightly erratic, and her eyes welled up with tears.

Looking at Li Yunyu's handsome face, Yu Luoning couldn't help but chuckle softly.

These men are quite jealous.

Even at this point, they still can't resist this argument.

"Of course it's you," Yu Luoning answered without hesitation; she wasn't someone who was out of touch with reality.

"Oh, who am I?" he asked in a low voice.

Yu Luoning opened her eyes, looked at his handsome face so close to hers, and smiled:

"Li Yunyu".

The moment that sound fell, it was as if something within his blood was completely ignited.

His blood was surging, and his eyes were filled with a deep, dark aura.

With a flick of the fingertip, a recording stone flashed light silently and disappeared in an instant.

Yu Luoning was completely unaware of this.

Outside the palace gates.

The monks, who had been waiting for half a month, had gradually gone from initial anxiety to all sorts of speculation.

"Damn it, how long have they been inside?"

"Could something have gone wrong here? It's been half a month, and the two of them still haven't come out."

The old man who was speaking paced back and forth in front of the palace gate.

"What kind of changes could occur to the young master of the Li family's Foundation Establishment cultivation level?"

"Then why haven't they come out yet after so long? Could there be another passage? Did the two escape? Or is there some kind of opportunity?"

Upon hearing this, the crowd immediately became restless.

Someone stepped forward and reached out to push the palace gate, but before they could get close, the gate bounced away.

Everyone fell silent.

Such attempts have been made countless times in the past two weeks.

No matter what they did, the palace gate remained unmoved, and the restrictions on it did not diminish in the slightest.

Feng Qiguang stood on the outside of the crowd, not joining in the fun.

He kept squeezing and releasing the tracking compass in his hand, his brows never relaxing.

Li Yunyu's behavior is indeed suspicious.

The compass needle always pointed in the direction of the palace gate.

At this moment, what is there left to be unclear about?

The female cultivator chosen by Li Yunyu was Yu Xiaoguai.

hateful!

Lu Feishuang stood beside him without saying a word.

While Mo Yuntian glanced in the direction of the palace gate, Mo Fei muttered something under his breath.

"Grandpa, it's been so long, and that blind man still hasn't come out. Could he have died inside?"

Mo Yuntian glanced at him, helpless. "Fei'er, even if the young master of the Li family doesn't hold it against you, you can't always address him so rudely. My cultivation hasn't progressed in a hundred years. If I were to pass away, who would support you in this world?"

Mo Fei lowered his eyes and remained silent.

The murmurs in the crowd grew louder and louder.

"Perhaps there's another passage inside, and these two have already exited through another exit. This palace gate simply can't be opened."

"Yes, fellow Daoists, we cannot just sit here and wait for our demise."

"If these two really escape, the day we escape will be the day the Li family is wiped out."

"Indeed! Although the Li family has a strong foundation, if they incur the wrath of all of us cultivators, they simply cannot withstand it!"

Just as everyone was speculating, the palace gates suddenly shook, and everyone's eyes turned to look. With a loud bang, the palace gates slowly opened.

Golden light spilled out from the cracks in the door, spreading out little by little and bathing the entire valley in a warm hue.

Everyone fell silent, and then two figures emerged from the golden halo.

One in front and one behind were Yu Luoning and Li Yunyu.

Yu Luoning walked ahead, his expression normal, as if nothing had happened.

Upon closer inspection, her cheeks seemed to be slightly flushed, but this was concealed by the purple aura of poison.

Li Yunyu followed behind him, the white silk covering his eyes again, and his robes were brand new, showing no signs of anything amiss.

Suddenly, someone in the crowd shouted, "It's open! The palace gates are open!"

"Spiritual power! My spiritual power is back!"

The scene immediately erupted in excitement.

Everyone made hand seals and activated their magic, causing their spiritual energy to surge unimpeded.

They're back; the spiritual power that originally belonged to them has returned.

Everyone's faces lit up with joy.

Seeing that the palace gates had opened, the cultivators, who had been unable to sit still for a long time, rushed off in a hurry.

But the next second, with a whoosh.

A solid barrier suddenly appeared in front of the door, blocking the way.

It was Li Yunyu.

He said calmly, "I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. The palace gates are now open. Please keep your promise and give this fellow Daoist a high-grade spirit stone to everyone who enters."

The crowd fell silent.

Yu Luoning sneered, "What? You dignified cultivators are going back on your word? What did you say when you went in? Do you know how dangerous it was for us inside? We almost died there."

"Aren't you all just sitting back and reaping the benefits?"

Yu Luoning said this with complete confidence.

Now everyone's cultivation has recovered, just as she and Li Yunyu had guessed while in the mist.

As the saying goes, men are easier to talk to in bed.

She had already guessed that once the palace gates opened and everyone's spiritual power was restored, some people would definitely not keep their promise and pay a high-grade spirit stone as a toll.

So she had already made arrangements with Li Yunyu to have him oversee things and collect admission fees for her.

Even so, some people still refused to give up.

Suddenly, a Foundation Establishment cultivator stepped out from the crowd. He was burly and had a lot of muscle.

He laughed twice, his voice so loud it was deafening.

"Why should I pay? The cultivation world has always been a dog-eat-dog world. Have you ever beaten me? Let's talk!"

Before he finished speaking, he had already attacked Yu Luoning at an extremely fast speed.