The room fell silent.
The atmosphere suddenly turned strange.
Luo Xiu looked away. "Do you have to take it this far?"
He felt the drunken Sun Li had beco a completely different person—wild and unrestrained, bold and speaking without a filter.
Sun Li's cheeks puffed out. "Hurry up! Stop dawdling. You're not so saint yourself, so why act all pure and innocent with ?"
With that, she began to take off her own clothes.
"Xiu, do you know why I've been sticking so close to you? I'll be blunt. I just want to sleep with you! I've never seen you as a friend; I purely want to sleep with you. And I know you and Lin Xiyue are going to get divorced sooner or later. You're just a shield she's using to dodge the marriage arrangent with the Cao Family."
As she spoke, she walked right up to Luo Xiu and wrapped her arms around his waist.
"Sleeping with you for a lifeti is impossible, I know. But even if it's just for one night, I don't want to have any regrets. Since I was a little girl, Sun Li has never failed to get what she wants!"
Luo Xiu sighed softly.
Things having co to this, he decided to grant her wish.
She had already lit the fire. Besides, he had drunk a fair bit himself and was feeling the heat. The alcohol made a feverish warmth spread through his body.
Sun Li tilted her face up slightly, gazing at him with love-struck eyes. "I'll go first."
With that, she slowly sank to one knee.
「The next day.」
It was around nine in the morning when Sun Li woke up groggily in bed.
The room was a total ss, with torn pieces of clothing scattered all over the floor.
"Hiss..." The unspeakable pain made her suck in a sharp breath.
Glancing at Luo Xiu, who was still sound asleep beside her, Sun Li froze. Her eyes flew wide, and she slapped a palm to her forehead, letting out a long, silent sigh.
"Oh my God... What in the world did I do last night? Did I really sleep with Xiu? This is insane! What on earth did I say to him?"
Her heart pounded in her chest as she rubbed her forehead, desperately trying to recall the blurry images from the night before.
She vaguely rembered that they had both gone wild. Luo Xiu, in particular, had been an absolute animal—more relentless than a farm mule!
"Ouch... It hurts like hell. That guy is a beast, absolutely terrifying. Poor Lin Xiyue... She must have it rough."
She gazed at Luo Xiu with a mixture of resentnt and tenderness, muttering her complaints softly. The mory of his frightening enormity sent a shiver of fear through her; she didn't want to face it a second ti.
After a little while, once she had recovered so strength, she gritted her teeth and forced herself out of bed, hastily grabbing clothes from the floor and putting them on.
This is too embarrassing. I have to get out of here before he wakes up.
After tidying up as best she could, Sun Li quickly fled.
However, just monts after she left, the soundly sleeping Luo Xiu opened his eyes.
In truth, he had been awake when Sun Li stirred, but he had feigned sleep to avoid the awkwardness.
He climbed out of bed and stood beside it, looking down at the wrinkled sheets. The dried, damp patches and that one conspicuous crimson stain looked like the most tragically beautiful landscape in the world.
He stood there for a long ti before he finally snapped out of it.
In the bathroom, Luo Xiu braced his hands on the sink and looked at his reflection, letting out a self-deprecating laugh.
His shoulders were covered in bite marks and scratches, and his neck was dotted with several large red marks. He was a complete ss.
After washing up, he left the hotel.
「Noon. Sea City Riviera, Villa Number One.」
On the spacious lawn, Lin Xiyue had changed into a black yoga outfit, her long hair tied back in a ponytail.
The yoga pants clung tightly to her slender legs. Sections of the pants were made of lace, allowing her snow-white skin to peek through, creating a mysterious and alluring effect. The designer's intent, however, was likely breathability and sweat-wicking, not seduction.
Watching Luo Xiu organize a set of Silver Needles, she felt sothing was off about him today, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it. She wanted to ask where he had been last night, but on second thought, she didn't feel she had the right.
A mont later, after arranging the box of Silver Needles, Luo Xiu glanced at her and teased, "How am I supposed to focus on teaching you when you're dressed like that?"
Lin Xiyue's expression was cool as she replied nonchalantly, "This is what I usually wear when I work out at ho."
Luo Xiu pinched his chin. "Great figure."
Lin Xiyue huffed. "What exactly do I need to do?"
She had stayed ho from work because Luo Xiu had told her she would be taking the inner core today.
"Originally, this inner core was potent enough for several of you. But now that everyone else is gone, you're the only one left to take it all," Luo Xiu explained. "The effects will be intense, and it's going to be very painful."
Lin Xiyue t his gaze with determination. "We've co this far. What's the point of chickening out now? Let's do it."
Luo Xiu held out his right hand and clenched his fist. A wondrous power instantly pulverized the inner core in his palm. Then, with a wave of his hand, the glowing powder was controlled by so force in the void, gathering into a single cluster.
"Open your mouth."
Lin Xiyue's lips parted slightly.
The next mont, the powder Luo Xiu controlled seed to have a mind of its own as it flew into her mouth.
A short ti later, Lin Xiyue's delicate body began to tremble. Her skin flushed red-hot, and she was drenched in sweat. Although Luo Xiu had warned her it would be painful, the reality of it was unbearable. The thought of giving up even crossed her mind.
At that mont, she felt as if countless ants were gnawing on her entire being, from her bones and limbs to her very core. Her stomach didn't look bloated, but the pressure inside was excruciating.
Before long, she lost consciousness and fainted.
This, however, was within Luo Xiu's expectations.
Martial arts training normally began in childhood, like with Su Shanyue. But Lin Xiyue was already in her twenties. To embark on the Martial Way at her age ant she would inevitably have to endure far more hardship.
What Luo Xiu had to do now was use the Spiritual Energy in the inner core to refine her body while simultaneously using external force to help open her Dantian.
When a Martial Artist trains, the first barrier is to externally strengthen their muscles, bones, and skin. This is known as the Body Refinent Phase. The second barrier is to cultivate one's breath internally, which is referred to as the Qi Holding Stage.
But without opening the Dantian, one cannot gather Qi within the body, as there is nowhere to store it. One is only considered to have reached the Qi Holding Stage after consolidating that Qi into a stable mass within the Dantian, allowing it to be called upon at will.
Of course, this was all based on Luo Xiu's personal understanding. Before coming down the mountain, he knew nothing about the different realms of martial artists or the distinctions between them; he simply practiced as his master instructed. It was only after descending and eting other Martial Artists that he gradually began to form a theoretical understanding.
Even after passing out, Lin Xiyue's body continued to tremble and convulse, a clear sign of the imnse pain she was enduring.
Luo Xiu gently laid her flat on the lawn, then quickly inserted Silver Needles into several of her acupoints. He quietly infused them with the dicinal power of his Qihuang Technique to stabilize her fragile ridians. Years of suffering from her strange illness had left them extrely fragile. They couldn't withstand the internal strength of an ordinary Martial Artist, let alone potent Spiritual Energy. That was why Luo Xiu needed to use the power of the Qihuang Technique to protect them.
Logically speaking, given her condition, Lin Xiyue should have never been able to step onto the Martial Way in her lifeti.
But she was lucky. She had t Luo Xiu.
After so ti, once Lin Xiyue's condition stabilized, Luo Xiu removed the Silver Needles. He scooped her up into his arms, carried her to a second-floor room, and placed her in the bathtub.
When the tub was full of hot water, Luo Xiu retrieved a bottle of refined dicinal liquid from his Jade Pendant and poured it in. In just a mont, the clear water was tinted a pale green, and a pungent dicinal scent filled the air.
Stimulated by the dicinal water, Lin Xiyue's body began to shiver faintly.
Luo Xiu took a deep breath, then slowly reached toward her, intending to remove her yoga suit. The clothing would hinder her body's absorption of the dicinal liquid.
But his hand froze halfway.
Damn it... Should I take it off or not? We've already ended that kind of relationship... so this would be inappropriate, wouldn't it? Oh, whatever. Forget it.
After a brief, conflicted pause, Luo Xiu finally extended his sinful claws toward Lin Xiyue.
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