299: Chapter 297 The Life-and-Death Gu

"We have arrived in the true Upper Realm."

Su Lin's voice was dry and hoarse as his gaze swept across the towering ancient trees surrounding them, their bodies gleaming with a dark gold luster and bark that looked like it had been cast from metal.

Here, the Laws of the Lower Realm were completely ineffective.

The heaven-defying cultivation they had once taken such pride in was mercilessly wiped away in this space filled with high-dimensional energy.

Measured by the Realms of the Lower Realm, they were currently not even at the most basic Qi Refinement Stage; they were entirely reduced to mere mortal flesh, albeit slightly stronger.

The grayish-white mist permeating the air was none other than highly pure Immortal Qi.

"Now, in this world, there are only Weiwei and Revered Master left."

"Revered Master finally... belongs completely to Weiwei alone."

Watching his third disciple, who had completely fallen into a state of madness, Su Lin felt a splitting headache.

He wanted to reach out and push her away, but found a piercing, agonizing pain radiating from his right arm.

He looked down and saw, to his shock, a purple-gold Bloodline emerging on the inside of his right wrist.

This Bloodline pulsed slightly under the skin as if it were alive, extending all the way to Chu Weiwei's left wrist.

This was the [Life-and-Death Bound Gu].

At the final, critical moment of life and death, Chu Weiwei had used her own Origin essence blood as a medium to forcibly bind their life forces together.

As long as this Bloodline existed, they would live and die together, their auras connected, and they would even experience a subtle sharing of their five senses.

"You crazy girl, do you know what you are doing?"

Su Lin gritted his teeth, enduring the tearing sensation coming from his Meridians.

"Of course Weiwei knows."

Chu Weiwei gently stroked the Bloodline on Su Lin's wrist, her eyes filled with infatuation and attachment.

Just as they were speaking, a heaven-shaking roar suddenly erupted from the depths of the dark, gray forest in the distance.

The roar was laced with terrifying ferocity, and the sound waves swept toward them like a tangible gale.

The surrounding thick, metallic ancient trees were shaken violently by the sound waves, and leaves rained down, clanging against the ground like metal striking metal.

Su Lin's expression changed drastically.

Just a single bestial roar had been enough to make his blood surge and his eardrums nearly rupture.

The strength of any random beast in this Upper Realm likely far exceeded their current limits.

In the Lower Realm, they were peerless experts capable of turning clouds and rain with a flip of their hands; but here, in these ruins of the Immortal Realm, they were merely ants at the very bottom of the food chain!

"I must recover my strength immediately."

Su Lin took a deep breath and forcibly sat cross-legged.

He closed his eyes, attempting to circulate the [Myriad Heavens Star Chart] within his body to absorb the free-floating Immortal Qi in the air.

However, as soon as the Immortal Qi entered his body, a destructive, burning pain exploded within his Meridians.

His Lower Realm Meridians could not bear this high-dimensional energy at all; even with the seedling of the world tree in his Dantian doing its utmost to protect him, the sense of crisis from being forcibly stretched to the breaking point made cold sweat pour down Su Lin's body.

"Urgh..."

Su Lin let out a muffled groan, dark red blood spilling from the corner of his mouth.

"Revered Master!"

Seeing this, Chu Weiwei panicked. She threw herself forward without hesitation, pressing her hands tightly against Su Lin's chest, while the remaining Medicine Immortal Origin within her transformed into a faint green light, attempting to calm the rampaging Immortal Qi in Su Lin's body.

But her own state was equally terrible, and that meager healing power was completely useless against the tyrannical Immortal Qi.

"Revered Master, stop! The Immortal Qi here is too heavy and violent; your mortal flesh and bones cannot withstand such intense scouring! If you keep absorbing it like this, your Meridians will shatter completely!"

Chu Weiwei's eyes turned red with anxiety as she gripped Su Lin's arm tightly, preventing him from continuing to circulate his Cultivation Technique.

"If we don't convert the Spiritual Qi in our bodies into Immortal Qi as soon as possible, how will we survive in this godforsaken place?"

Su Lin opened his eyes, his gaze filled with gravity.

The bestial roars in the distance were drawing closer, and the ground had begun to tremble faintly. Some massive, terrifying creature was approaching their location.

"There is a way... there is a way!"

Chu Weiwei bit her luscious red lips, a look of determination and fanaticism flashing in her amethyst-like eyes.

She stared intently at Su Lin, her voice lowered, conveying a charm and firmness that made one's bones melt.

"Revered Master, we are currently afflicted with the [Life-and-Death Bound Gu], our life forces connected, our auras intertwined."

"Weiwei has the body of the Medicine Immortal and is naturally endowed with powerful tolerance and refining abilities. As long as... as long as Revered Master is willing to engage in Dual Cultivation with Weiwei..."

A blush flew across Chu Weiwei's cheeks, but her eyes were exceptionally bright.

"We can utilize the connection of the Life-and-Death Bound Gu to construct a perfect Great Circulation cycle."

"Weiwei will first absorb that violent Immortal Qi into my body, using my Medicine Immortal Origin to perform preliminary filtering and domestication, neutralizing the most lethal Laws of destruction within it."

"Then, through the convergence of Yin and Yang, I will transfer this domesticated Immortal Qi into Revered Master's body without reservation."

"The seedling of the divine tree within Revered Master's body will then be able to absorb it completely without any risk, converting it into your own Foundation!"

"Finally, Revered Master will feed the purified power back to Weiwei; we will be both cauldron and barrier to each other."

"Only in this way can we reshape our Immortal bodies in the shortest possible time and defend against external enemies!"

After hearing this, Su Lin fell silent.

He naturally knew that what Chu Weiwei said was true.

This method of cultivation, based on Yin and Yang complementarity and entrusting life and death to each other, was indeed the safest and most efficient way to break the current deadlock.

But he was also aware that once this deep level of Dual Cultivation began, under the augmentation of the Life-and-Death Bound Gu, their Divine Souls and physical bodies would form an inseparable bond.

Chu Weiwei's extremely paranoid and pathological possessiveness would be imprinted on the depths of his Soul without reservation, never to be washed away.

"At a time like this, do not mention such unorthodox methods; this Revered Master has his own way to resolve the crisis."

"How much longer is Revered Master going to lie to himself!"

Chu Weiwei did not retreat; instead, she hugged Su Lin even tighter, her soft body pressed firmly against his.

"The monster outside is about to arrive! In our current state, we won't even be able to withstand a single breath from it!"

The ground shook violently, and the surrounding metallic ancient trees emitted harsh, screeching friction sounds.

A giant claw covered in black scales, the size of a house, slammed down less than a hundred zhang away from them.

A terrifying, fishy wind mixed with a nauseating stench rushed toward them.

Time did not allow him any further hesitation.

Su Lin took a deep breath, looking at the young girl in his arms who had tears in the corners of her eyes but a face full of stubbornness.

"Very well."

Su Lin's voice was low, carrying a hint of compromising exhaustion.

"Find a hidden place."

Hearing this, a radiant smile instantly bloomed on Chu Weiwei's pale little face, and the madness and infatuation in the depths of her eyes almost overflowed.

"Weiwei knew that Revered Master loves me the most."

She forced her weak, aching body to stand up and looked around.

In this dark golden forest, there was an exceptionally thick ancient tree, its roots intertwined; due to the erosion of time, a relatively hidden and dry tree hollow had formed underground.

"Revered Master, let's go there."

Chu Weiwei supported Su Lin, and the two of them stumbled into the tree hollow.

The space inside the tree hollow was not large, barely enough to accommodate the two of them sitting side by side.

Chu Weiwei dug out a few bottles of the remaining concealment medicinal powder from a corner of her storage ring and carefully sprinkled it at the entrance of the tree hollow.

Although these powders were not of high grade, they could emit a pungent odor similar to rotting wood, enough to mask the faint aura of the living on their bodies for a short time.

After doing this, the tree hollow plunged into complete darkness.

Only the purple-gold [Life-and-Death Bound Gu] Bloodline on their wrists emitted a faint fluorescent glow in the darkness.

"Revered Master..."

Chu Weiwei knelt down opposite Su Lin, the cramped space making their knees inevitably touch.

Her breathing became extremely rapid, her chest heaving violently.

There were no superfluous words.

She slowly raised her hands and untied the last few ribbons of her already tattered, moon-white Medicine Immortal dress.

The clothing slipped off and piled up at her ankles.

Under the faint light of the Life-and-Death Bound Gu, that flawless, supple body, fair as congealed fat, was revealed to Su Lin without reservation.

Her skin still bore a few fine bloodstains, but they did not ruin this beauty; instead, they added a touch of breathtaking allure and fragility.

Chu Weiwei's voice was trembling uncontrollably; she leaned forward, pressing her burning cheek against Su Lin's chest.

Su Lin closed his eyes, forcibly suppressing the chaotic thoughts surging in his heart.

"Focus your mind, return to the One."

He gave a low shout, raising his hands to press tightly against Chu Weiwei's soft, boneless palms.

Hum!

The moment their palms met, the purple-gold Bloodline on their wrists erupted with brilliant light.

This light spread rapidly along their arms, completely connecting their bodies into a perfect closed loop.

"Weiwei is beginning."

Chu Weiwei took a deep breath, voluntarily letting go of her resistance to the surrounding environment, and began to frantically absorb the heavy, violent Immortal Qi from the outside.

A massive amount of gray mist surged in through the cracks in the tree hollow, drilling into Chu Weiwei's pores without obstruction.

"Urgh!"

Chu Weiwei let out a muffled groan of pain, her delicate body convulsing violently.

That Immortal Qi rampaged through her Meridians like thousands of wild beasts tearing at her flesh.

Her skin instantly took on an eerie blue-gray hue, and large beads of sweat mixed with filthy black Impurities seeped out frantically from her pores.

This was the necessary suffering for cleansing the Meridians and marrow and reshaping an Immortal body.

But she bit her lower lip hard, not letting out a single scream.

She pushed the core Medicine Immortal Origin within her to the limit, transforming it into a massive furnace, tightly wrapping, refining, and domesticating that violent Immortal Qi.

Those high-dimensional energies that had originally been filled with Laws of destruction gradually shed their violence under the filtering of the Medicine Immortal Origin, turning into streams of pure, gentle, transparent Qi.

"Revered Master... catch it..."

Chu Weiwei trembling opened her purple eyes and thrust her palms forward.

That thoroughly domesticated, pure Immortal Qi surged into Su Lin's body like a floodgate opening, flowing through their pressed palms.

Su Lin felt his parched Meridians instantly filled with a warm, vast energy.

This feeling was a hundred times more comfortable than the long-awaited rain after a drought.

He did not hesitate, immediately guiding this Immortal Qi toward his Dantian Qi Sea.

In the center of the Qi Sea, the seedling of the world tree, formed by the Fusion of three [world core]s, sensed this pure high-dimensional energy and immediately swayed joyfully.

It extended countless roots, greedily absorbing this Immortal Qi and converting it into the most essential power of the Chaos of creation.

Subsequently, this power of Chaos, purified by the world tree, flowed throughout Su Lin's body along his Meridians, repairing his damaged flesh and reshaping his Foundation.

Under the scouring of this power of Chaos, the Impurities belonging to his Lower Realm mortal body turned into wisps of black smoke and were expelled from his body with his breath.

"Convergence of Yin and Yang, endless life."

Su Lin gave a low shout, passing the excess, extremely gentle power of Chaos within his body back to Chu Weiwei through the connection of the Life-and-Death Bound Gu.

As soon as this power entered Chu Weiwei's body, it acted like a top-tier healing medicine, instantly soothing the Meridians that were on the verge of shattering from her forcibly refining the Immortal Qi.

Her complexion recovered its rosy glow at a speed visible to the naked eye, and her face, originally twisted in pain, now relaxed, transforming into the ultimate pleasure and satisfaction.

"Ah..."

Chu Weiwei could not help but let out a soft moan, the sound echoing in the narrow tree hollow, carrying an allure that made one's blood boil.

With the energy cycle completely established, their Divine Souls were also forcibly pulled together by the power of the Life-and-Death Bound Gu.

This was a Soul melding ten thousand times more intimate than physical contact.

Su Lin could clearly perceive every thought in the deepest part of Chu Weiwei's heart.

These emotions were like a surging tide, impacting Su Lin's Dao Heart wave after wave, attempting to drag him into that endless sinking as well.

"Focus on guiding the Spiritual Qi, do not let the Heart Demon consume you."

Su Lin issued a stern warning in his Sea of Consciousness, attempting to use his rock-solid will to guide the Soul that had fallen into madness.

But Chu Weiwei not only did not restrain herself, but instead took advantage of this opportunity of Soul melding to transform her Divine Soul into countless soft vines, tightly wrapping around Su Lin's Primordial Spirit.

"Revered Master... Weiwei loves this feeling so much..."

"Your Soul is so warm, so vast..."

"Weiwei wants to carve all her traces into the depths of your Divine Soul."

Her voice echoed continuously in Su Lin's mind, carrying an irresistible magic.

As time passed.

The sweat on their bodies had completely soaked the dead leaves on the ground.

Their skin shed all mortal Impurities, becoming as crystal clear as the finest Immortal jade, emitting a faint glow.

That was the characteristic of a true Immortal: Immortal skin and jade bones.

Outside, that terrifying giant beast seemed to have lost its target; after rampaging in the vicinity, it gradually moved away, accompanied by dull footsteps.

But the two in the tree hollow were already completely immersed in this mysterious Realm of entrusting life and death to each other and the convergence of Yin and Yang.