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nHua Ziyan woke up in Wu Long’s embrace, and an intense feeling of happiness spread through her from this simple truth. The memories from yesterday came to her, and her face became slightly red. She felt intense pleasure, one she never felt before, but she also felt his care and how he cherished her from his every touch. The final embrace made her feel truly loved, a feeling she never felt before in her entire life.

nShe snuggled into his embrace and felt his arms tighten around her a little, and a blissful smile appeared on her lips. This warmth and safety made her the happiest she ever felt, even happier than when she was brought into the sect and given enough food and good clothes. She never knew that just the feeling of being cherished was this blissful.

nAs they lay in the bed, he did not rush her, letting her enjoy this time as much as she wanted. But as she felt that the sun was already high up as it was way past noon, she finally reluctantly got up.

nWhat she felt next was indescribable. She felt a connection to him. A deep bond which tied them together, and tears appeared in the corners of her eyes as she him closer than ever. This feeling was so heartwarming that she felt out of breath. He hugged her from behind and she turned in his arms to hug him back.

n“W-Wu Long…I…can I stay with you forever?” .

nShe asked in a nearly crying voice as she was overwhelmed by the sudden influx of emotions. Her head was buried into his chest as she did not want him to see her face.

n“Of course”

nHe said to her ear, and she began crying as he patted her head and held her in his arms. The feeling this bond brought was like an eternal promise, an oath of love. She did not know how long she stayed like that, but after some time even when she stopped crying her head was still buried in his chest. She was now slightly embarrassed. But when she finally raised her head what she saw was his sincere gaze, without a hint of teasing or laughing.

nThey stayed hugging for some more time before cleaning up and getting clothed. Both actions they did together, and to each other. She felt a new sensation when he was cleaning her body in the bathroom, and felt happy that he allowed her to clean his. The way he dressed her also felt very intimate.

n“But…I do like…sucking it…so next time…”

n“Haha…of course, I will be in your care. I very much enjoy it”

nHe said with a chuckle as she embarrassedly said before they went out of the room.

nBoth of them sent the energy from this cultivation session to the Spiritual Qi War Art, and Hua Ziyan was surprised by how much her Spiritual Qi improved when she woke up. Wu Long just enhanced his Yang Qi with the Yang attribute medicines so it was incredibly potent, enough for her to nearly double her reserves of her Spiritual Qi and dramatically raise its quality even if he was a Major Realm lower than her. And the important thing was that he still had not used up all of his stock so he would continuously improve.

nWu Long felt his foundation stabilizing and knew that he would soon be able to start increasing his cultivation base again. The sporadic increases caused by his partners in cultivation being much higher than him in realms were actually not the ideal way to dual cultivate, as steady growth for both parties was the idea behind it. But like most things, there is no ideal way, and he had to compromise and find ways to make it work. Besides, this gave him time to focus on improving his Spiritual Qi while he could not raise his cultivation, since if his cultivation rose steadily, he would not have the spare time to advance it so this actually created a nice balance where he could cultivate and when his cultivation base rose would switch to improvement of Spiritual Qi and back.

nHe could improve his Yang Qi, Yang Root, and Body Tempering from demonic cores, Neidans, and Yang attribute medicines.

nWhen they came out Wu Long noticed Wei Lan’s gaze to which he smiled and she turned away right afterward, causing him to chuckle. Ye Ling noticed it and made a movement with her eyebrows, as he slightly shook his head with a smile. Though she was able to give him good advice when it concerned his heart, the way of winning over the hearts of beauties was something he was way more proficient in. He knew that now was not yet the time, but it would come soon.

nHe decided to teach Hua Ziyan ‘Hundred Thousand Fists of Lion Fury”. An incredibly profound and powerful skill, which he would normally not attempt to pass to her, at least at this step, but with the help of Luo Mingyu he had confidence in succeeding.

nThis technique would conjure fiery-looking fists that looked a little like lion heads of Spiritual Qi. The hundred thousand referred to the maximum number, and the first styles and forms only conjured ten, gradually increasing after.

nThis might be a little inconsistent with an image of a rather petite beauty, as her height was only slightly higher than Luo Mingyu and Shen Min, and her body structure was slim except for the curvy parts, it was actually incredibly fitting to the type of Spiritual Qi she had, as it was incredibly tenacious. Her fighting style would also be greatly enhanced by this technique.

nIt would normally take a lot of time, but with Luo Mingyu, and Wu Long who was proficient in the technique and knew its ins and outs, coupled with her own high talent he was confident that she would reach initial mastery within a week, and would be good enough for the current task within two.

n“Ziyan, will you consider also learning Spiritual Palm Arts?”

n“Hm? I was trying to figure out which one to choose in the beginning, but since we only had a good Spiritual Fist Technique, I decided to go with it, so if it is possible to learn both and complement them, I would love to!”

nShe replied as her eyes shined with a light of excitement. He smiled and nodded with satisfaction. There were many people who said that focusing on only one of those would bring greater mastery and thus refused to mix them, so he was not sure whether she would consider it, but her reply greatly delighted him, since he knew a few palm techniques that would suit her as well, “Great Wall Palm” being one as well.

nIf she was able to learn it and achieve great mastery, coupled with the fact that they both were Dual Cultivators and were linked by a bond of Dual Extremes Infinite Uniont Art, their combined attack would be devastatingly powerful.

nDuring the time she was digesting what she learned he taught Shen Min the “Profound Yin Yang Combat Tactics”, which was not strictly a chakram technique but more of an overall combat skill that involved manipulation of soft and hard power, as well as dark and light later when her cultivation levels would allow for it. It complemented her physique and also suited her style of fighting

nLuo Mingyu immensely benefited from all of this as well, as she wanted to learn as much knowledge as possible from various fields to create her own understanding of the Dao. So helping them learn their respective techniques was also expanding her own worldview.

nWei Lan cooked for them again, and it seemed that she planned to do so every day, which surprised them to the point that they were fascinated at how a former Grand Elder did not consider it even a little beneath her. To which she got slightly angry with the words “there is nothing lowly about food”, and they raised their hands in surrender.

nWei Lan marveled at the sight of how happy the four women were around Wu Long, and how his eyes shined with a glint that was not there when they were not around. She slowly understood that when she called her sect her family, she was actually mistaken. The blissful joy they felt just from being in close proximity, even if they were simply admiring the scenery of the spring flowers blooming in silence was something incredibly miraculous. She soon felt a tugging feeling and longing, as such happiness was incredibly enviable.

nAfter a long day of teaching and cultivating Golden Yang Dragon Body, Wu Long sat down on a sofa in his room, thinking about his plans and making calculations when he heard a knock on the door. As he said “Come in”, Hua Ziyan came inside and closed the door behind her. She was wearing a long night robe covering almost all of her body, but he could see stockings on her legs peeking out below.

n“You said we would cultivate every day…”

nShe shyly said, and he smiled, nodding in recognition. But as he started the motion to stand up she gestured him not to.

n“I understood what you meant last night, and…thank you…I asked sister Ye Ling earlier and she explained everything…but even if I am your woman, I want to express my passion my way”, she said untying her robe.

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