64: They actually broke into my house in the middle of the night!

He lowered his head and kissed those two soft lips he had long wanted to taste.

Mu Lingxi let out a satisfied moan, responding passionately yet clumsily as her arms tightly encircled his neck.

From lying in his embrace, at some point she shifted to straddling him.

The bright pearl on the zither table was brushed off at some point, and the light grew dim.

Moonlight filtered through the window frame, spilling over the entwined figures and sketching a hazy, charming silhouette.

Clothes slipped off quietly at some point, and the ancient zither lay lonely in the corner, ignored and looking quite pitiful.

The Restriction inside the room activated silently, isolating the interior from the exterior... The night deepened, and the moon tilted westward.

Outside Lu Yu's small courtyard on Dream Bamboo Peak, a pink figure landed silently like an elf of the dark night; it was Fifth Senior Sister Li Miaoer.

Her cat ears twitched slightly, her face carrying a hint of dissatisfaction and confusion.

"Strange, why didn't Junior Martial Brother come to Miaoyin Pavilion tonight? Was he worked to exhaustion by Fourth Senior Sister and went to bed early?"

She grumbled, deciding to take a look for herself and, while she was at it... see if there was a chance to abduct the power bank back.

Having grown accustomed to Lu Yu lying beside her while she slept, her Cultivation speed would increase countless times; days without Lu Yu were truly uncomfortable!

Her Cultivation speed was also agonizingly slow.

Oh no, it seemed she completely couldn't do without her Junior Martial Brother anymore.

Many times when her Junior Martial Brother wasn't around, she would think of his figure and reminisce about the scent on him.

But she resolutely refused to admit it!

She only wanted to speed up her Cultivation!

Restraining her aura, she slipped nimbly under the window of Lu Yu's courtyard like a real cat.

It was pitch black and silent inside.

"Is he really asleep?"

Li Miaoer pricked up her ears and listened carefully.

At first, there was no sound at all.

Just as she thought Lu Yu had truly collapsed from exhaustion, an extremely faint sound—mostly dampened by the Restriction yet still catchable by her keen hearing—drifted out indistinctly.

Was that... suppressed panting?

Soft whimpering?

And... the faint, rhythmic creaking of a bed?

Li Miaoer was stunned for a moment, and then those beautiful cat ears turned bright red with a "shua"!

Her pink tail also puffed up instantly and stood up stiffly!

She, she, she... what did she just hear?!

There's a woman in Junior Martial Brother's room?!

And this commotion... this is clearly...!

Li Miaoer froze in place, her cheeks so hot they could fry an egg.

Although she usually talked a big game with her Junior Martial Brother, tossing out all sorts of provocative and bold words like a pro...

But when it came to the real deal, she had zero practical experience—a pure theorist!

She was just a mere "keyboard warrior" of words!

At this moment, hearing the faint sounds from inside that made her face flush and her heart race, Li Miaoer felt all the blood in her body rushing to her head, her toes curling in embarrassment as if they could dig out a whole apartment.

She wanted to turn and flee immediately, but somehow her feet were nailed to the ground, and her ears involuntarily pricked up even straighter, trying to discern more details from the blurry sounds... "It's not that I want to listen; I'm just concerned about Junior Martial Brother. I'm afraid he won't be able to control himself, and I'm worried he'll be tricked by some other bad woman!"

Li Miaoer comforted herself this way in her heart.

After a moment, she seemed to realize who the other person was.

Is it... is it that girl Mu Lingxi?!

Well then!

Usually acting so cold and noble, yet she actually snuck in to steal the home in the middle of the night!

Li Miaoer's heart was sour, angry, and ashamed—a mix of complex emotions.

She stood outside the window like a fool, listening to the charming storm inside that had nothing to do with her, unable to either leave or stay.

Time passed bit by bit.

The sounds rose and fell, occasionally mixed with Mu Lingxi's tearful, blurry whispers and her Junior Martial Brother's low-voiced comforting.

The blush on Li Miaoer's face never receded, and her heart beat as fast as a drum.

Who knows how long passed—maybe an hour, maybe two—before the commotion inside finally subsided, leaving only the sound of long, steady breathing.

Only then did Li Miaoer feel as if a freezing spell had been lifted. She jerked back a few steps, covering her burning face. Her legs were trembling slightly, and she instinctively shrank back, glancing around like a thief.

Then, her figure blurred, turning into a faint pink stream of light as she fled the courtyard in a panic, vanishing into the night.

Returning to her Miaoyin Pavilion, Li Miaoer collapsed onto the soft couch, burying her burning face in a pillow, her fluffy tail swishing irritably.

"Dammit... Dammit, dammit! That little girl Mu Lingxi... she moved so fast!"

She grumbled muffledly, the inexplicable sourness and loss in her heart, combined with the unprecedented shame and thumping heart from the sounds she heard tonight, left her mind in a mess.

So... Junior Martial Brother and others... are like this?

Her mind uncontrollably replayed those blurry sounds, making her cheeks even hotter.

"Hmph! What's so great about it!"

She suddenly sat up, patted her burning face, and a defiant flame reignited in her glass-like cat eyes.

"Isn't it just... isn't it just Dual Cultivation! I... in the future, I will also..."

She ultimately couldn't bring herself to say the rest, but her gaze became increasingly determined and... dangerous.

The night was still long; once certain seeds are planted, they quietly sprout in the heart.

Inside the quiet room of the courtyard, the two sleeping in each other's arms were completely unaware of the little episode outside, immersed only in the warmth and peace of their blended auras.

Throughout the afternoon, Mu Lingxi still hadn't managed to initiate her Cultivation of the Chaos Yin Art. After all, it was an Immortal Grade Cultivation Technique and wasn't that easy to get started with.

However, with Lu Yu's help at this time, various insights flooded into her mind.

There is a saying that goes: practice is the sole criterion for testing truth!

Only through practice can one Cultivate better and faster!

And so, with Lu Yu's help, Mu Lingxi successfully initiated her Cultivation of the Chaos Yin Art.

With Lu Yu, who had a max-level Chaos Yang Art, guiding Mu Lingxi's Cultivation, it was a piece of cake!

And Lu Yu couldn't help but praise the terrifying nature of this top-tier Immortal Grade Dual Cultivation Technique!

The effect was truly Heaven-Defying!

From just this one session of Cultivation, his Realm advanced once again, reaching the fourth level of the Nascent Soul Stage!

However, a large part of the credit went to the refinement of Leng Qingshuang's Cold Jade Primal Yin power from before, with this final step forward being attributed to tonight's Cultivation.

Leng Qingshuang's Mahayana Stage primal yin power naturally contained an extremely massive amount of pure energy; up until now, he had only refined a small portion of it!

With such a massive amount of energy contained within his body, his cultivation strength would surely increase tremendously once it was all refined.

However, the refinement speed was somewhat slow, as he was currently just a minor Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator.

But this primal yin power was inside his body; it wasn't going anywhere.