178: Chapter 178 is too much!

She lay in his arms, feeling the warmth of his chest, his powerful heartbeat, and the tenderness of his hand gently stroking her back.

That tense body finally relaxed completely.

She let out a soft "mm" and buried her face a bit deeper.

Ye Changge lowered his head and placed a light kiss on her forehead.

Then, his Divine Sense sank into his Dantian once more.

Inside his body, the plundered dragon yang origin was turning into clusters of blazing golden light, hovering within his Dantian and emitting an astonishing heat.

It was too much.

This plunder far exceeded any previous time.

After all, with the Moonlight Phoenix's suppression, Xiao Caiyue's Dragon Pearl had almost no power to resist, allowing him to take advantage of her vulnerability and ruthlessly plunder a massive amount.

This Origin was now frantically releasing heat, as if it were about to set his Dantian ablaze.

Ye Changge only felt bursts of searing sensations in his Meridians, as if a fierce fire were burning inside him.

That heat spread from his Dantian, flowing through his Meridians to every part of his body, bringing waves of stinging pain wherever it passed.

He didn't dare to be careless and immediately began to circulate the Kunpeng Refining Art!

The Qi and blood in his body surged violently, transforming into the illusory phantom of a giant Kunpeng!

The Kunpeng opened its massive maw and took a sudden, powerful breath—

The golden light clusters hovering in his Dantian were instantly swallowed into the Kunpeng's belly!

The Kunpeng Refining Art operated at full power!

At the same time, deep within his Dantian, the Yin-Yang Dao Foundation also erupted with brilliant light!

The black and white Qi intertwined and spiraled, transforming into a massive Yin-Yang Millstone,

Drawing in the golden Origin swallowed by the Kunpeng, along with the Kunpeng phantom itself!

The Yin-Yang Millstone rotated slowly.

With every rotation, the golden Origin was ground down and refined bit by bit,

Turning into the purest spiritual power and merging into Ye Changge's entire body,

Into his Meridians, flesh, and his Dantian's Dao Foundation.

Under the refinement of the Yin-Yang Millstone, that blazing searing sensation finally began to slowly recede.

In its place was a warm, comfortable feeling.

It was the feedback from the Origin being refined and integrated into himself.

Ye Changge could clearly feel his aura slowly rising.

While Ye Changge circulated the Kunpeng Refining Art to refine the vast dragon yang origin in his body, he did not forget the soft body in his arms.

He lowered his head and gently kissed Xiao Caiyue's sweat-dampened temple,

His warm lips slowly moved down, kissing her closed eyelids,

Her perky nose, and finally resting on her slightly trembling lips.

The kiss was tender and lingering, carrying a sense of reassurance.

Xiao Caiyue lay in his arms, feeling the gentle kiss and the large hand stroking her back,

Her originally tense body finally began to relax.

However—

Beneath the water's surface, Ye Changge's movements did not stop.

The originally calm water surface, along with his gentle comforting and continuous movements underwater, gradually stirred up stormy waves.

The water rippled violently, circles of ripples turning into surging waves that slapped against the bluestones at the edge of the spiritual spring.

Splash—splash—

The sound of water was continuous, exceptionally clear in the quiet Immortal Cave.

Xiao Caiyue's body, which had just relaxed, tensed up again.

She subconsciously raised her head, revealing her beautiful face covered in a blush, her lovely eyes shimmering with water, as hazy as if covered by a thin mist.

She wanted to say something but only let out uncontrollable whimpers.

The sound was like weeping and complaining, low and melodious, containing both a bit of unbearable pain,

And a hint of something indescribable...

She could only use her fair and slender arms to tightly hug Ye Changge's neck, as if he were the only piece of driftwood in the vast ocean.

Their fingers intertwined, her knuckles turning slightly white from the force.

She buried her face in the crook of his neck, letting the irrepressible sounds spill from deep within her throat.

Those sounds were intermittent and endless.

—

To the side, Su Xiaotang was already blushing furiously.

Facing away from the spiritual spring, she pressed her hands tightly over her ears, but she couldn't block out the sound of the water and those voices, which drifted clearly into her ears.

Her pretty face was crimson, all the way to her ears, even her fair neck was tinged with pink.

She bit her lip, not daring to look back or open her eyes, her heart pounding as if it were about to leap out of her chest.

She didn't understand.

The sounds that sister was making clearly seemed painful,

But why... did they also seem to carry a hint of... enjoyment?

She pursed her lips, trying hard not to think about those messy things.

She thought of her unconscious Revered Master.

Then, she carefully moved her body to Nangong Zili's side.

Her Revered Master was still lying on the bluestone by the spiritual spring, her face as pale as paper, her aura so weak it seemed it could dissipate at any moment.

Su Xiaotang's heart tightened; she quickly reached out a finger, gently pressing it against her Revered Master's wrist pulse, and sent out a wisp of Divine Sense,

Carefully probing into her Revered Master's body.

As soon as her Divine Sense entered, she was stunned.

Inside her Revered Master's body, within those Meridians that were originally nearly dried up and riddled with holes from the backlash of the Moonlight Power, wisps of gentle spiritual power were now actually flowing!

The spiritual power was a faint gold, warm and inclusive; wherever it passed, those damaged Meridians were slowly healing at a rate visible to the naked eye.

Although her Revered Master was still unconscious and her aura remained weak, that life-sustaining force truly existed.

Su Xiaotang's eyes grew slightly hot.

Senior Ye hadn't lied to her!

He really was saving Revered Master!

An indescribable wave of emotion and joy welled up in her heart.

If there were a few more treatments like this, her Revered Master might really be able to recover as before!

She subconsciously turned her head to look into the spiritual spring—

Then, as if struck by lightning, she violently turned her head back, her cheeks instantly turning so red they almost bled.

In that fleeting glimpse, she saw two intertwined figures in the spiritual spring, saw the... rising and falling with the waves...

She covered her face tightly, not daring to look again.

But the splashing water and those intermittent sounds still clearly drilled into her ears, refusing to leave.

—

Inside the spiritual spring.

At this moment, the Yin-Yang Dao Foundation within Ye Changge's body was operating frantically, like a giant millstone,

Grinding and refining the continuously plundered dragon yang origin bit by bit, integrating it into himself.

His aura was rising at a rate visible to the naked eye.

However, in contrast, was Xiao Caiyue's state.

She was now as limp as mud; if Ye Changge hadn't been holding her waist, she would have probably sunk to the bottom of the water already.

Today, the Origin Ye Changge plundered far exceeded the sum of all previous times.

It was too much.

Although Xiao Caiyue had the assistance of the Moonlight Phoenix, she had only just awakened her spirit body and was already extremely weak; she simply couldn't withstand such a severe loss of Origin.

Ye Changge saw this and felt a pang of heartache.