658: Kidney: Are you being polite?

Yao Delong deeply agreed with Liu Ruyan's suggestion: "Senior Sister is absolutely right, there's no time to lose.

Since Martial Uncle Dan said that Secret Realm is 'about to open but not quite yet,' my intuition tells me it will likely open in an instant; any delay might lead to unforeseen changes!"

His eyes flickered with a longing for Opportunity.

Liu Ruyan also nodded solemnly, well aware of the significance of this trip to Pill Cloud Peak:

"Good! I will go now to gather the elite Elders and Disciples of the Peak. We meet outside the mountain gate tomorrow at the Hour of the Rabbit! Junior Brother, do you have anything else to prepare?"

"Nothing major, I just need to go back and inform Revered Master," Yao Delong replied.

"See you tomorrow then!" Liu Ruyan acted with swift resolution, turning into a streak of purple light to begin summoning people across the Peak.

Yao Delong didn't delay either, turning into a slightly dim (Kidneys: Are you being polite?) but undiminished streak of light, heading straight for the main hall of Luoxia Peak.

With a sweep of his Divine Thought, the hall was empty and silent; Revered Master's aura was hidden deep in the back mountain, clearly in seclusion to digest the gains from their 'in-depth exchange' a few days ago.

"It seems Revered Master has benefited greatly..."

Yao Delong's lips curled up slightly in relief, then he changed direction and flew toward the familiar Immortal Cave surrounded by a faint aura of profound ice—where Junior Sister Lin Qingxue resided.

Inside the Secret Chamber of the Immortal Cave, Lin Qingxue, dressed in a simple and elegant light blue gown, sat cross-legged. Chilly air swirled around her, and crystal-clear frost spread beneath her prayer mat.

She had recently finished exploring the Northern Border Secret Realm and was putting all her effort into consolidating her Late Nascent Soul Stage Realm.

Buzz!

A masculine aura familiar to her very bones penetrated the layers of Restrictions and was clearly imprinted in her perception!

"Senior Brother!"

Almost the instant Yao Delong landed, the stone door of the Secret Chamber slid open silently!

A light blue figure, carrying a refreshing chill and a waft of fragrance, lunged forward like a swallow returning to the woods, crashing straight into Yao Delong's embrace!

Lin Qingxue hugged him tightly, her exquisitely beautiful face filled with worry and lingering fear, her voice carrying a trace of imperceptible trembling:

"Senior Brother! Are... are you okay?! I heard you went to the Moyang Sect... and... to the Xuan Ye Dynasty? You scared me to death!"

She lifted her face, her ice-blue eyes nervously scanning Yao Delong from head to toe, as if to confirm he was unharmed.

Yao Delong felt the slight trembling of the beauty in his arms and her deep concern, a warm current flowing through his heart.

With one hand around her slender yet surprisingly powerful waist and the other gently stroking her waterfall-like black hair, his voice was tender yet carried a hint of pride:

"Hehe, Clear Snow, rest assured. Don't you know your Senior Brother's capabilities? That Mad Extreme Demon Lord has already been reduced to ashes!"

He looked down at the exquisitely beautiful face in his arms, tinged with a faint rosy glow from excitement, and a flash of admiration crossed his eyes.

"On the other hand, your cultivation has progressed at a lightning pace! Tsk tsk, Late Nascent Soul Stage already? This speed is almost catching up to mine!"

Lin Qingxue snuggled in his arms, feeling the reassuring warmth and aura, and her cold features softened.

She gave a faint smile that could melt ice and snow: "It's the Heaven-Grade Weapon 'Star of Eternal Silence' that Senior Brother gave me that deserves the credit.

We encountered a dangerous Formation trap in the Northern Border Secret Realm. If this treasure hadn't frozen the core eye of the Formation, my fellow Disciples and I would have struggled to escape.

I was fortunate enough to obtain some cold-attribute spiritual items, which allowed me to successfully achieve a Breakthrough."

"I see." Yao Delong nodded, also happy for his Junior Sister's Opportunity.

But with a beauty in his arms and a reunion after a long separation, the faint cold fragrance mixed with her unique elegant body scent kept wafting into his nose.

A large hand slipped down her slender waist very naturally.

Those perky buttocks, whose incredible elasticity could still be felt through her dress.

He gave them a squeeze that was neither too light nor too heavy.

"Humph!"

Lin Qingxue's delicate body trembled slightly, like a startled fawn, and she instantly broke free from Yao Delong's embrace by half a step.

Her face flushed crimson, and she gave him a huffy look, but her reproachful eyes were filled with inseparable tenderness.

"I knew it! Senior Brother didn't come here just to see if Clear Snow was safe! You must have... bad intentions again!"

Being exposed, Yao Delong chuckled, his skin as thick as a city wall. He extended his long arm.

He pulled the cold-exuding delicate body back into his arms and whispered into her ear with hot breath:

"Dear Clear Snow, I missed you, truly! But..."

His tone shifted, carrying a hint of 'righteousness,' "As your brother, my cultivation has now reached the Perfected Spirit Transformation Stage, and I am about to charge at the Void Refining Bottleneck.

This 'Yin-Yang Harmony' method is a key aid... Conveniently, I can also 'examine' your dao foundation to see if the gains from the Northern Border Secret Realm left any hidden issues."

"Fallacy!" Lin Qingxue bit her red lip with her pearly teeth; her cold facade had long since collapsed before her beloved.

Especially when she felt the heat pressed against her lower abdomen.

And the magical heat by her ear, a throb originating from the depths of her Soul was instantly ignited!

Although the Profound Ice Cultivation Technique she Cultivated gave her a cold temperament, it had never extinguished the fiery emotion for Yao Delong that was already carved into her marrow!

"Bad man..."

Her voice was as faint as a mosquito's, filled with shyness and endless submission. She rested her head gently on Yao Delong's shoulder, and the cold air surrounding her quietly transformed into an enticing warmth.

Inside the Secret Chamber, ice and fire merged.

No many words were needed; the two were already of one mind, their movements perfectly synchronized.

Although Lin Qingxue was not as wild and proactive as Cang Yunyao, nor as passionate as Liu Rumei.

But her submission beneath that coldness, along with the occasional clumsy shyness, combined with the unique icy touch of the Profound Ice Cultivation Technique.

It gave Yao Delong another kind of extreme, Soul-consuming experience.

Under the mysterious guidance of the Yin-Yang Harmony System, the duo's Origins—

Yao Delong's vast and pure Yin and Yang Origin, which had reached the limit of Soul Transformation, and Lin Qingxue's pure and condensed Profound Ice Origin (of the extreme yin attribute), having just entered the Late Nascent Soul Stage.

They were like two streams with mutually generating attributes and harmonious Concepts, perfectly blending, circulating, and complementing each other!

Half a day's time passed in the blink of an eye.

At the moment when both reached the extreme Peak of spirit and desire, their Souls seemed to resonate and tremble!

[Ding! Detected completion of deep 'Dao Rhyme Resonance' with target 'Lin Qingxue'! Mutual Origin Yin and Yang compatibility: Extremely High!]

[Ding! yin-yang value +100!]

[Ding! Current total yin-yang value: 870 points!]

[Ding! Prompt: Both parties' Origins have received a trace amount of tempering and improvement!]

At this moment, Yao Delong's Origin, which had already reached the limit of Soul Transformation, was nourished by this pure Profound Ice Origin.

It was as if he had taken another step forward from the top of a hundred-foot pole, becoming increasingly condensed, transparent, and harmonious, almost touching the edge of the "Dao" of this Realm!

Although there was no substantial Breakthrough, it laid a more perfect Foundation for charging into Void Refining.

And Lin Qingxue was the biggest beneficiary of this Dao Rhyme Resonance!

Yao Delong's majestic and pure Soul Transformation Origin power, which contained the ultimate principles of Yin and Yang, was like the gentlest warm sun.

It nourished and tempered her originally somewhat immature Profound Ice Origin. She could clearly feel that...

Not only was her newly entered Late Nascent Soul Stage Realm completely stabilized, but the little ice-blue figure within her Nascent Soul Dantian...

...had become much more solid, emitting a deeper and more powerful aura, faintly touching the threshold of the Late Nascent Soul Stage Peak!

This speed of progress far exceeded months of her hard cultivation!