477: Senior brother, let me lend you a hand!

"Hmm?! She... hasn't returned!?"

The terrace was silent, with only moonlight and night dew coalescing.

The residual Sword Intent flowing in the courtyard carried only the aura from nearly a month ago!

A trace of extreme unease pierced into Yao Delong's heart like an icicle.

Liu Rumei... was only a Disciple at the Middle Golden Core Stage!

Given her Aptitude and status, what kind of Sect mission could she have taken that would require a whole month?

Even with the vastness of the Ba Xia Dynasty, there was no reason for a standard patrol mission for the Yin Yang Sect to take that long!

"The Mission Hall?"

His gaze, sharp as lightning, swept toward the massive complex of halls in the distance, where the lights had already been extinguished.

The night was as deep as ink, and even the aura of the night-watch Disciple was nowhere to be found!

A trace of extremely faint irritation climbed into his heart like fire.

Suddenly!

The morning breeze seemed to carry a faint yet exceptionally clear... chill from another unique peak in the distance!

It was Spirit Water Peak, towering into the sky and shrouded in rich water-elemental Qi! Deep within the tranquil mountain range, where the cranes had long since returned to their nests...

Yao Delong suddenly looked up!

He clearly sensed two extremely familiar life auras lingering on the peak!

One was as cold as ten-thousand-year black ice, carrying traces of the recently lingering, not yet fully dissipated, destructive remnant power of thunder... Cang Yunyao!

Strands of extremely cold ice essence, refined after the Soul Transformation Heavenly Tribulation and becoming increasingly vast and pure, were like the first ray of sunlight piercing through a frozen sea!

She had successfully withstood the Heavenly Tribulation and had just entered the Soul Transformation Realm!

And the other...

Moist, warm, and carrying a kind of... lively joy full of vitality, like peach blossoms just blooming after the rain!

This was exactly what his hungry Origin fire most longed for at this moment!

Luo Miaomiao!

"The medicinal power of the Profound Dao Pill...! This little girl has actually successfully surged from the Late Golden Core Stage to Perfection?"

Yao Delong raised his arm and sniffed his sleeve, which was stained with a few traces of the aura from Liu Duan's valley, and revealed a smile with deep meaning:

"Perfect... the time of spiritual sea bathing is when one most needs to consolidate their Foundation and cultivate their Origin... Senior Brother has come to lend you a hand!"

The vast Divine Sense of the Mid-stage Soul Transformation and the terrifying speed brought by his powerful Physical Body erupted completely!

The clouds and mist in the mountain col between Spirit Forging Peak and Spirit Water Peak were instantly torn open behind Yao Delong, creating a brief vacuum channel!

The next instant!

In a refined and elegant, cold courtyard built against a small jade-like waterfall, crystalline dewdrops were gently rolling off the green stamens of several spirit-gathering daffodils.

A figure with a thick aura, carrying a trace of the special rhythm of Golden Core Perfection and the Yin and Yang rosy clouds that were about to dissipate, suddenly darted out from the open quiet room on the second floor!

"Delong?"

Luo Miaomiao was dressed in a home-style water silk dharma robe as thin as cicada wings, her long hair slightly disheveled, and her delicate, small face flushed with a bewildered, incredulous blush from the newly acquired power!

When she saw the man who had suddenly descended into the courtyard under the moonlight, his body faintly exuding a terrifying aura that her current Realm could not fathom at all, a low exclamation filled with indescribable joy instantly pierced the damp, cold silence of the courtyard!

The next second!

That fragrant, soft body had already joyfully rushed forward, knocking aside a few obstructive spirit flower leaves... Thump!

She precisely threw herself into Yao Delong's arms, which had long been open and were as solid as a heavenly wall, steadily receiving the warm and fragrant jade!

Her slender arms wrapped tightly around his back, her pink and white face buried in his beloved chest, and her voice, as low as a mosquito's hum, carried surprise, shyness, and a hint of coquetry:

"Delong! It's so late, why... why did you come? I... I just achieved the Breakthrough to Perfection... my Qi is not yet stable..."

Yao Delong felt the warm, soft impact in his arms, and his Adam's apple slid imperceptibly.

His powerful arms not only did not loosen but instead tightened! He completely fixed that astonishingly supple waist in front of him.

The smile on his face became even more gentle and calm, like a breeze soothing a deep pool on a moonlit night, and he naturally lowered his head to her delicate, fair earlobe:

"Miaomiao, the other day I caught a glimpse of you peacefully focusing on your Breakthrough, and Senior Brother had some insights, so it was inconvenient to disturb you."

His warm breath drifted over her sensitive skin:

"After a Breakthrough, one's Foundation is most slightly afloat, in the gap where a new Realm is born! Senior Brother has just had a Breakthrough and truly needs to 'verify' the supreme principles of mutual aid between hardness and softness with someone... I was eager to come and discuss the Dao with you! This... is a rare opportunity for good fortune that one might not find in a hundred years!"

"Discuss... the Dao...? You..."

Luo Miaomiao was so shy she almost buried her head in Yao Delong's chest, feeling only that her earlobes were burning hot!

She gave him a light, reluctant punch with her pink fist, but her body happily pressed even closer, her breath chaotic:

"Hmph... every time you think of shameful things... you insist on finding some serious-sounding excuse to coax people..."

Her water silk robe fluttered like a cloud! The light figure had already been swept up into his arms horizontally!

His burning gaze was like a branding iron, wanting to shake open the misty, long night:

"Oh? Does Miaomiao think those are words used to coax people?"

"Then, Senior Brother must lead by example and explain the 'true meaning' to you properly!"

Before the words had faded! His figure flashed! Like a night phantom swallowing light! The two disappeared into the depths of the courtyard.

The next instant, in that small, fragrant boudoir, lit with the scent of expensive sandalwood cloud wood and covered with nourishing water talismans on the walls...

"W... you... you just had a Breakthrough..."

A light, encouraging, and magnetic response: "Focus your mind! Guard your Origin!"

I don't know how much time passed.

That vast and pure water-elemental vitality, like the purest nectar from above the Nine Heavens, nourished the Origin fire meridians within Yao Delong's body, which were slightly "parched" due to his rapid Breakthrough.

That trace of imperceptible, tiny restlessness was smoothed out and healed within the cycle of the supreme principles of water and fire.

His Mid-stage Soul Transformation Realm was like being re-smelted and forged by divine gold, instantly solidified and tamped down. With a thought, his massive Divine Power responded accordingly, perfectly smooth and compliant!

[Ding! Detected that the host and target Luo Miaomiao have engaged in deep Yin-Yang Harmony! Target compatibility is extremely high! Obtained a large amount of primal yin power! yin yang points + 60! Current freely allocatable yin-yang value: 70!]

I don't know how much time passed, but in the Secret Chamber, the roaring resonance of the water and fire Origin slowly subsided.

Yao Delong's aura was round, thick, and heavy, without a single flaw.

With every movement, his Divine Power of Soul Transformation was like an extension of his own arm, condensed to the extreme!

And Luo Miaomiao, who was in front of him, had glowing light flowing around her, her Golden Core Perfection aura completely stabilized, adding a sense of depth and weight to her liveliness.

Although the subtle barrier of the Realm left over from the Profound Dao Pill had not been completely broken through, it had loosened significantly, and her Foundation was now incomparably solid!

She slowly opened her eyes, and the look she gave Yao Delong was filled with immense gratitude and a deeper awe for the Dao.

This "discussion of the Dao" practice, which combined the Dao with reality, yielded gains far beyond imagination!