14: Chapter 14 First Meeting with Yun Yun! Such Favor

"Yun Shan, a mysterious and unknown Dou Huang?"

Gu Han felt that it shouldn't be Yun Yun.

The opportunity instructions from five days ago clearly stated that the letter Yun Yun gave to Nalan Yanran mentioned returning to the sect in seven days; the timing didn't match.

But there was no need to know who the other party was in advance. Since the opportunity specified that swimming out from the other end of the cold spring at the first quarter of the hour of the Rat would gain the favor of a Dou Huang, he just needed to follow suit.

Composing himself, Gu Han decided to follow the opportunity's guidance to find the required underwater entrance.

Taking out his sword, he walked down the mountain and arrived at a forest by a cliff half an hour later.

At the other end of this forest was a huge exposed rock, and in front of the rock, there was actually a hidden open-air hot spring.

Entering the Black Tortoise Mystic Realm to sense his surroundings, Gu Han found that this hot spring pool wasn't deep, only about a zhang at its deepest point.

"Splash."

Removing his outer robe and putting it into his storage ring, Gu Han left the secret realm and dove headfirst into the hot spring.

After searching for a bit, he found an underwater passage on the rock wall at the bottom of the pool that could accommodate two people swimming through at the same time.

"I'll wait for the warm jade to transform into cold jade before acting."

Gu Han was in no hurry to move; instead, he surfaced from the hot spring, planning to soak for a while and then cultivate.

"Huh."

Circulating his Profound Ice Strength in the hot spring, Gu Han found that the Dou Qi in his body was moving very slowly, and the speed of refining the energy devoured from heaven and earth was also poor.

If his previous cultivation had been at this speed, he feared he wouldn't even dream of breaking through to the Dou Master level even with three to five years of hard work.

However, despite being slow, under some kind of pressure, the Ice Attribute Dou Qi seemed to become even more refined.

Slowness had its benefits.

Gu Han seized the opportunity, entering a state of cultivation to purify his Dou Qi.

Immersed in cultivation, time always passed faster.

In the blink of an eye, the bright moon hung high in the sky.

Gu Han, who had been keeping track of the time, withdrew his hand seal and dove into the hot spring, reaching the bottom passage.

Maintaining a rhythmic breath, he dove into the passage.

The distance of this passage exceeded Gu Han's expectations; he had swum about ten zhang and still hadn't seen the end.

Breathing became difficult. Just as he was considering returning to the Black Tortoise Mystic Realm to catch his breath, he suddenly sensed a dense cold air surging from ahead.

Clearly, the hundred-year jade embryo had formed at this moment, transforming into a piece of hundred-year cold jade.

If continuously influenced by the cold jade, the hot spring would henceforth become a cold spring.

The faint suppression vanished instantly, and Gu Han felt every pore open up, his whole body's cells becoming extremely active.

His swimming speed increased again. A few breaths later, he saw a faint blue light in the pitch-black bottom of the spring, which was exactly the source of that immense cold air.

"Collect."

Gu Han reached the cold jade and returned to the Black Tortoise Mystic Realm with it.

After taking a few deep breaths, he focused his attention on the hundred-year cold jade.

On the surface, it looked like an oval-shaped piece of ice. It felt extremely cold to the touch, but he found it very comfortable.

Sitting cross-legged, he placed the cold jade on his lap and formed a seal to attempt cultivation.

Under the influence of the medicinal power of the Mind-Awakening Pill, his original perception of the energy of heaven and earth had become much more acute.

The cold-attribute energy within the cold jade poured out continuously, and the circulation of the Profound Ice Strength in his body suddenly accelerated.

It was like playing a game in his previous life; what was originally lagging terribly suddenly had an accelerator turned on.

It made him want to groan with comfort, and he became intoxicated by it for a while.

At the same time, above the mountain range directly behind Yun Lan Mountain, a green figure quickly streaked across.

As it was about to reach Yun Lan Mountain, the figure suddenly changed direction, flying toward the third peak of the rear mountain range and arriving in front of a cave located on a cliff.

A breeze blew past, and the bright moon emerged from the clouds at this moment. Moonlight fell upon the green figure, illuminating her form.

A simple dress wrapped around her curvaceous body, her skin as white as snow seemed to glow under the moonlight. Her long hair was tied into a noble phoenix hair ornament, with some strands fluttering in the wind. Her temperament was of an indescribable grace and nobility.

Her beautiful face bore a calm and serene expression, and her eyes were as gentle as water, yet as clear as a mountain spring that could see through people's hearts.

Behind her were illusory wings condensed from released Dou Qi, adding a touch of ethereal beauty.

She was like a butterfly fairy, dancing gracefully under the moonlight.

This woman was exactly the person Gu Han thought impossible to appear tonight: the current Sect Leader of the Cloud Mist Sect, a top-ranked female Dou Huang expert of the Jia Ma Empire, Yun Yun.

A Dou Huang expert can control the power of heaven and earth, mobilizing large amounts of external energy of the same attribute, and their perception of the outside world is extremely acute.

Yun Yun mobilized the Dou Qi in her body, gaining a clear understanding of the situation within a radius of dozens of zhang.

Confirming there was no danger in the cave, she flashed inside, and the Dou Qi wings on her back dissipated.

When she broke through to Dou Wang many years ago, she had discovered this hot spring in a cliff cave and treated it as a secret base, coming here to rest when tired or to bathe and relax.

Stepping toward the hot spring deep in the cave, Yun Yun's clothes became fewer and fewer. Along with her inner armor, she put everything into her storage ring, until only a silk dudou and undergarments remained.

"Splash."

Yun Yun placed her perfectly arched jade-like feet into the hot spring.

The sensation caused a hint of doubt to flash in her eyes.

"Today's water temperature doesn't seem as warm as usual."

But a hot spring was still a hot spring; for a Dou Huang expert like Yun Yun, it didn't have much of an effect.

She walked to one side of the hot spring pool, slowly sat down, and leaned against the rock wall she had polished before, allowing her whole body to relax.

"It's time!"

Within the Black Tortoise Mystic Realm inside a spatial node at the bottom of the hot spring, the hard-cultivating Gu Han opened his eyes.

Without the slightest hesitation, he left the secret realm, entered the external hot spring, and swam toward the light above.

"Splash."

Swimming out of the hot spring's surface, Gu Han stood on a nearby rock, exposing half his body, and shook the water from his hair.

But in the next moment, his pupils constricted, and all his movements came to a halt.

Before his eyes was a beauty with most of her body hidden in the hot spring, her hands raised as she tied her long hair.

Her current posture perfectly highlighted the proud curves wrapped in her dudou, stirring primal human desires.

But in only an instant, Gu Han closed his eyes, simultaneously mobilizing his Profound Ice Strength to force himself to calm down.

Some beautiful sights can be fatal with just one extra glance.

He couldn't understand how this kind of thing could be an opportunity.

It would be good enough if Yun Yun didn't kill him to keep him silent; would he really gain her favor?

"Splash!"

Gu Han's reaction made Yun Yun suddenly snap back to her senses.

A man had actually suddenly appeared while she was bathing!?

Although the light in the cave was poor and she wasn't completely undressed, so she wouldn't be fully seen, this was still an unprecedented experience.

Even though Yun Yun had experienced countless narrow escapes and great storms, at this moment, an unprecedented sense of embarrassment and panic surged from deep within her heart.

At the same time, there was anger at being peeked at, but Gu Han's reaction kept her calm, and she didn't rush to do anything.

"You may open your eyes now," Yun Yun's ethereal voice rang out, sending goosebumps all over one's body.

Gu Han opened his eyes, a flash of amazement crossing them.

Profound Ice Strength, a mere low-level Xuan-rank cultivation technique, was indeed not enough.