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

Changming Sacred Domain.

The moment Bai Rongling's finger touched the cloud-patterned jade talisman, he was teleported to the Cangming Sacred Domain, the teleportation array point of the Bai family's main branch.

The sound of the formation activating startled those around them.

When the Bai family disciples guarding the array saw the blood-stained figure within, their faces turned deathly pale, and they shouted...

"Quickly! The Ninth Young Master is seriously injured. Report to the family and elders immediately!"

In an instant, the entire Bai family headquarters was thrown into chaos.

The Bai family's top executives are all gathered.

Seeing the usually aloof and unapproachable Ninth Prince lying on the ground covered in blood, everyone was shocked and puzzled.

"How could it have come to this? Didn't he have a life-saving magic treasure? The Eastern Treasure Continent is barren, how could anyone have injured him to such a state?" One of the elders' voices trembled, his eyes filled with disbelief.

The patriarch's face was ashen. He shook his head. "Take him to heal his injuries first. This is not the time to dwell on these matters."

At this moment, Bai Rongling's consciousness became largely blurred. In the instant that the Myriad Emotions Formation was forcibly broken, Cui Xiu's move was aimed at taking his life.

Not only did it shatter his internal organs, but the murderous aura also eroded his meridians. If he wasn't treated soon, he would perish.

The Bai family dared not delay any longer and immediately carried him into the Xuanbing Immortal Transformation Pool.

At this moment, Bai Xuanjun, the patriarch of the Bai family who had been in seclusion for many years, was also alarmed and personally sat by the pond to heal him.

The old ancestor formed hand seals with his withered hands, channeling a continuous stream of holy water from the immortal pool into Bai Rongling's body, forcefully suppressing the rampant evil energy.

As the ancestor's divine sense probed deeper and deeper, the old woman's expression changed strangely.

Bai Rongling's core innate pure yang energy was completely empty, and it was even tainted with a trace of the opposite sex's aura.

The Bai family patriarch suddenly realized something.

Bai Rongling has been cultivating the Bai family's top-level Wuxia Tianyuan Gong since childhood. This technique emphasizes a flawless Dao foundation. If one's Yuanyang is present, one can absorb and exhale the purest innate Qi between heaven and earth.

But now, Bai Rongling has lost all her vital energy.

This is like a flawless piece of top-quality white jade suddenly developing a stain; how could it not be heartbreaking?

After treating Bai Rongling, the patriarch walked out of the main hall with a gloomy expression.

A crowd gathered outside the hall; they were all high-ranking members of the Bai family.

The patriarch asked anxiously, "Ancestor, how is Rong Ling?"

The old ancestor snorted coldly, her voice filled with suppressed anger, "His life has been saved. I have used the Resurrection Technique to stabilize his spiritual energy fluctuations, but..."

"Just what?" Everyone's hearts tightened.

A crack appeared on Bai Xuanjun's face as he said in a deep voice, "Rong Ling's vital essence is lost."

"What? Yuan Yang isn't here?"

Upon hearing the news, the entire audience was in an uproar, and everyone was stunned.

The reason why everyone was shocked was not only because of the cultivation technique that Bai Rongling practiced, but also because the only requirement to become the Holy Son of Changming Holy Domain was that the Holy Son must be perfect and free from personal feelings.

Becoming a Holy Son means receiving the baptism of the Heavenly Dao and controlling the fortune of the entire Holy Domain. However, now that Bai Rongling has lost her Yuan Yang, a rift has formed, and the once certain position of Holy Son is no longer possible.

How could the Bai family swallow this insult?

Bai Rongling may lose to other candidates for Holy Son, but she should never be permanently disqualified for such a reason.

"Does the Ancestor know who did this? We will make that person pay the price!" The First Elder's eyes were bloodshot, and he wished he could kill that person immediately.

Bai Xuanjun's expression was grim. She said, "We don't know yet. That technique is very strange. We'll see if Rong Ling is willing to undergo the soul search when he wakes up. In short, the pride of my Bai family must not be humiliated in vain. This matter will not be left unresolved."

After an unknown amount of time, Bai Rongling, lying on the cold jade bed, slowly opened her eyes as her long eyelashes fluttered.

What comes into view is the familiar glazed cloud-patterned dome, is that his Lingxiao Pavilion?

He is back.

Upon seeing that he had regained consciousness, the patriarch and the family head immediately dismissed everyone and questioned in a deep voice who had taken away his innocence.

When asked this question, the most handsome man's expression instantly showed a hint of embarrassment and awkwardness.

Fortunately, his face was covered by a mysterious ice silk veil, so others couldn't see his rosy ears.

"What unspeakable secret is she hiding? Who exactly is that enchantress?"

Bai Rongling lowered her long eyelashes and stared blankly for a moment, a rare sight indeed.

"Patriarch, please stop investigating. Rong Ling did this voluntarily."

"You volunteered?"

"Are you out of your mind! You know the limitations of your own cultivation method, how could you do something so absurd and self-destructive?"

Bai Rongling remained silent for a long time before omitting the details of Yu Luoning and the Hehuan Sect, only recounting the fierce battle.

When he revealed the identity of the purple-clad man as an evil corpse clone created by a powerful being from the upper realm, the faces of the Bai family patriarch and patriarch froze, and deep fear and dejection welled up in their eyes.

The cultivation world has always been a dog-eat-dog world. When they learned that the other party was a powerful being who could destroy the Bai family with a flick of his finger, most of the Bai family's anger was extinguished.

There's nothing I can do; I can't afford to offend them.

It wasn't until Bai Rongling mentioned exchanging her primordial yang energy for 30% of the other party's evil corpse essence that...

Everyone sighed, unsure of what to say.

This is both Bai Rongling's opportunity and his calamity.

The essence of the evil corpse is all the killing, pain, and obsession of the corpse slayer.

The greatest hurdle for all cultivators is the inner demon.

Having the essence of a benevolent corpse can stabilize one's Dao heart, allowing one to look directly into the abyss without falling into depravity.

Looking at Bai Rongling on the jade couch, whose eyes were cold and aloof, and who even revealed a hint of bewitching beauty that she had never seen before, Bai Xuanjun sighed in his heart.

The head of the family, however, immediately realized that something was wrong.

He stepped forward and asked in a deep voice, "That's not right. With your cultivation level and that purple-robed man's extraordinary abilities, how could you be trapped so badly by a mere secret realm formation?"

At this moment, Bai Xuanjun also narrowed his eyes slightly, his aura faintly visible, as he fell into deep thought.

"Rong Ling, this matter is of great importance, and you cannot hide it. If you find it difficult to speak of, then let this old woman search your soul."

Her voice was authoritative and resonated throughout the hall.

Bai Rongling moved her lips.

How could he possibly say those words?

Could it be that the demoness cultivated with both of them within the great formation?

Bai Rongling closed her eyes and nodded weakly.

After Bai Xuanjun used the Soul Searching Technique, she was greatly shocked.

"Impossible, how could the Path of Ten Thousand Emotions still have a lineage?"

Bai Rongling, enduring the pain of her consciousness being pulled, couldn't help but ask, "Ancestor, is something wrong?"

The patriarch stared intently at Bai Rongling and said in a deep voice, "The Path of Ten Thousand Loves is a demonic and evil path, which is not tolerated by other righteous paths. In ancient times, the patriarch of the Path of Ten Thousand Loves was killed by several powerful figures working together, but what I just saw in your sea of ​​consciousness was the figure of Lianfei, the patriarch of the Joyful Union Sect."

"When our former ancestor passed away, he left me with some secret memories, which you descendants naturally do not know. Tens of thousands of years ago, my Bai family also had a brilliant ancestor who was only half a step away from ascension. But because he fell into Lianfei's trap, he was willing to give up everything... and even almost handed over the entire Bai family to her."

A deathly silence fell over the air.

The patriarch, lost in thought, muttered to himself, "Is...is another demoness about to wreak havoc on the mortal realm?"

"Ancestor, we must completely eliminate her before she grows up."

Meanwhile, Bai Rongling, who had listened silently to the whole thing, gave a bitter smile. "I swore an oath to Heaven in the secret realm that I would never kill her in this lifetime..."

Bai Xuanjun also shook his head.

"Oaths to Heaven will have unimaginable consequences if broken. That woman named Yu Luoning not only possesses the supreme fortune of the Myriad Emotions Path, but also the protection of that powerful evil corpse. If we insist on killing her, my Bai family will certainly not fare well."

"Then what should we do? Are we just going to let it go like this?" The patriarch asked angrily, unwilling to accept the situation.

The air fell silent again, when suddenly a glint of light flashed in Bai Xuanjun's turbid eyes.

"Why don't the Bai family propose marriage to Rong Ling?"