554: eavesdropping duo

"...Alright."

Those two low, deep words finally broke the long silence, like the morning bell and evening drum sending the first ripple across the tranquil water.

"The things that needed to be settled, are all settled."

He applied a little force, creating a small gap in the position where she was embedded in his embrace.

Luo Yan obediently lifted her head as he held her shoulders. The tear stains on her face were not yet dry, and her eyelashes were wet and clumped together.

Her eye sockets still bore a subtle redness and swelling, yet her eyes were now exceptionally clear,

like a deep pool washed by the gentlest rainstorm, gazing steadily at him.

"Do you remember?" Yao Delong flipped his wrist, and an inch-long, lustrous white jade bottle appeared silently in his palm.

The jade was extremely warm and moist, and the mouth of the bottle was plugged with a strange, blue-gray talisman wood.

Even with the bottle body shielding it, a surge of medicinal Qi—vast, irresistible, and seemingly containing the mysterious vitality of the Dao at its inception—had already seeped out,

making all the vegetation in the backyard seem nourished, quietly stretching out a bit!

Even the night mist outside the Restriction seemed to be pulled, gathering toward this place!

"I promised back then, once your Alchemy was complete..."

His voice was calm, as if stating a trivial fact,

"to help you solidify your breakthrough and gift you the [Profound Dao Pill]."

He pushed the jade bottle forward, pressing it directly into the arms of Luo Yan, whose palms were slightly open in surprise.

"It's been too long, but, it's not too late."

Luo Yan stared blankly at the jade bottle in her arms, which felt cool to the touch yet seemed to contain boundless, scorching medicinal power, feeling as if a lifetime had passed.

The Myriad Medicine Pavilion, the transactions behind the counter, the spring colors in the Secret Chamber, the calculation of benefits exchanged for resources after every Alchemy session...

Scenes flashed by, interlacing, and finally settled on the incomparably handsome face before her and those bottomless eyes.

Karma? Entanglement? Or... the fulfillment of a promise?

"Brother Yao..."

Her voice was slightly hoarse, carrying disbelief and a slight dizziness from being struck by such a huge gift, as she gripped the warm jade bottle tightly.

His expression was calm and waveless, as if he had just handed her a piece of candy: "All trivial matters are finished, we leave tomorrow."

His gaze swept over her flushed skin and her knuckles, which were slightly tensed from gripping the jade bottle,

then fell back onto that lotus-like jade face, which was a mixture of shyness, gratitude, and deep attachment.

The corners of his lips curled into a very faint arc:

"Tonight... let me properly examine this Golden Core Dao Foundation of yours."

His eyes were deep, and he enunciated the word "examine" with profound meaning.

Boom—!!!

An indescribable heat instantly coursed through Luo Yan's entire body!

Even though she was no longer a young girl and had been married before, under this absolute gaze, which carried an unquestionable control and ambiguous aggression,

her whole person, from her fingertips to the tips of her hair, felt as if struck by an electric current! Her face instantly turned as red as the most vibrant sunset clouds!

That was not simple shyness, but a tremor of having her desires exposed by the person she regarded as a god!

She bit her lower lip, squeezing out a trembling sound from her nose that was almost inaudible but filled with moisture:

"Mm..."

"Swish!"

A Restriction light curtain instantly pulled up! It was thicker and more solid than the one that had isolated everything before!

It not only blocked sight and Divine Sense, but even the slightest fluctuation of dust was completely sealed off!

"Heh..."

A low, sigh-like laugh seemed to ring directly in the depths of Luo Yan's mind, shaking her Divine Soul until it felt somewhat numb!

Yao Delong leaned over and wrapped his arms around her waist! His movements were so fast that her short exclamation hadn't even left her throat!

That warm, soft, and voluptuous body was already off the ground! She was swept up horizontally in a domineering yet extremely secure embrace!

As if he were holding a handful of the most precious Innate Spirit Medicine Origin!

The man's breath, carrying a scorching body temperature, brushed past her ear and neck, his strength as steady as a mountain,

allowing no resistance, as he walked straight through the outer hall, which still carried the lingering fragrance of Medicinal Pill and sandalwood, and swept into the inner chamber!

Bang! Click-clack!

A series of higher-level Restriction lights flickered and lit up! Layer upon layer! Bizarre and fantastical! Completely sealing off the interior of the bedroom!

...

Outside the window lattice, the colorful and receding bustling lantern shadows of Jinling City were vaguely imprinted.

Inside the bedroom, however, there was only the most primitive palpitations and the fiercely burning flames!

Luo Yan, who was gently placed on the brocade quilt, felt a sudden coolness. Her fingertips moved slightly!

That simple yet high-quality outer robe was instantly stripped to her jade wrists by an invisible force! It slid off her shoulders!

The undergarment clinging to her skin was as thin as flowing clouds and mist!

Wrapping that jade-like, voluptuous bosom, which had become even more astonishingly beautiful with time, and her supple waist, they were instantly exposed under the dim, ambiguous candlelight!

With her rapid breathing, the curves rose and fell in a breathtaking manner! Her skin glowed with a warm, smooth luster like mutton-fat jade in the darkness!

Yao Delong's eyes were deep and dark. But this was not a prelude to plunder!

He just leaned over, his hands landing precisely on the complex ties at the side of her taut undergarment.

And Luo Yan!

She was no longer the one passively enduring as she was back then! Shattered by that declaration, that embrace, and that Medicinal Pill, all her shackles and chains were broken!

A fire, nearly savage and carrying extreme desire, was ignited in the depths of her eyes!

She was like a Essence Spirit vine nourished by a Spirit Medicine for a thousand years! She suddenly arched her body!

With a decisiveness and heat almost at the same frequency!

A pair of slender hands, painted with charming nail polish, accurately and unmistakably grabbed the green jade-inlaid pearl cloud-patterned belt at Yao Delong's waist!!

Sss... a faint sound of a metal mechanism!

The jade ornaments at his waist were snapped and flew off!

The belt, which symbolized countless dignities and was stained with a powerful protective Concept, was forcefully ripped off by her slender hands with a strength that trembled with determination—

The green Dragon brocade silk cloud-patterned dharma robe, layered and tough as Dragon scales, and imbued with the terrifying Spiritual Pressure fluctuations of the Soul Transformation rank, instantly lost its restraint!

It was fiercely pulled open by Luo Yan's hot breath, which sounded like she was on the verge of tears, mixed with the fragrance of Medicinal Pill and her body scent, and her trembling yet bold hands—

The wild and strong lines! The chest, covered in crisscrossing, explosive muscular grooves that looked as if ancient demonic patterns were engraved upon them, suddenly slammed into the dim light like a silently burning mountain, pressing into Luo Yan's mist-filled pupils!!!!

Dry wood?

Raging fire?

No! This was a dormant volcano being ignited! It was an apocalyptic carnival of a collision between the Nine Heavens thunderstorm and the clouds!!

...

"Clatter..."

A pot of spirit plants had its leaves crushed down by the suddenly intensifying, turbulent spatial impact from afar.

Inside the side room, two heads poked out from behind a pile of spirit fruits almost simultaneously.

Qiong Shuang had a fist-sized spirit berry in her mouth, and the shimmer in her silver eyes was not the simple curiosity of a child,

but the instinctive perception of a top predator toward that majestic rhythm emitted by the intense oscillation originating from the source of life, and the resonance of the Divine Soul and energy!

"Damn! Big Brother... such a fierce Origin oscillation! ...Wait?!" She frowned, her tongue licking the fruit pulp from the corner of her mouth,

"...Is it triggering the heaven and earth?! Can Sister Luo's small Golden Core body handle that?! !!"

Beside her, You Yuan wasn't eating spirit fruits, but was hugging a piece of Dragon blood jade essence half her size, gnawing on it until her mouth was full of light!

Her little face was ignorant yet serious: "Resonance..."

She raised her green-robed sleeve, wiped her non-existent greasy mouth, and said in a milky, yet suspiciously serious voice: "It... it is Harmonic Resonance! dao rhyme... compatibility... uh..."

She was at a loss for words for a moment, then finally tilted her head and blurted out what she thought was the most appropriate word: "——Clang-clang-clang!!!"

...

Who knows how many tides rose and fell! Who knows how many times the Divine Soul resonated as if tearing apart the firmament!

The inner chamber was filled with the suffocating scent of Spirit Medicine and a scorching, primitive aura!