87: Tonight, it's Bai Qiuyue's turn to suffer from insomnia

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

"How could such a thing possibly improve one's talent!"

Bai Qiuyue's worldview was shaken like never before.

Since the Spiritual Qi's resurgence, countless superhumans had been searching for ways to improve their talent.

From Reincarnators like Feng Ao Xian, who had lived for an unknown number of years, these individuals, even with ancient secrets in their hands, would stir up trouble and even take risks to break through the shackles of their talent.

Down to the ordinary people on the streets who had just awakened a one-star talent, all dreamed of one day achieving talent evolution.

Even she, the Director of the White Tiger Bureau and a nine-star talent holder, was seeking to break through the upper limit of her talent.

And Zhao Li's talent damage was something she had witnessed firsthand.

In her early years, she had forcefully used her talent, suffered a backlash, and her talent's origin had fractured.

Over the years, she had searched for famous doctors in the cultivation world and tried countless rare medicinal ingredients.

She had even asked her Master, Luo Yuheng, for help, but they could only barely suppress the injury, allowing Zhao Li to maintain the strength of a one-star peak.

She had never thought that one day, Zhao Li's talent could directly recover!

But now, Zhao Qingge was saying that all of this was achieved through such an absurd act between Lu Ming and Zhao Li?

How could she accept this?

She looked at Zhao Qingge's confident yet sly expression, only feeling her head buzz and her breathing become labored.

The words Zhao Qingge had whispered in her ear just now had completely overturned all her understanding of cultivation.

"You... what nonsense are you talking about!"

Her voice was trembling, both anxious and embarrassed, and her eyes darted away from Zhao Qingge's gaze in a panic.

"The path of cultivation has always emphasized gradual progress. Improving talent through such... such an absurd act? It's simply preposterous!"

Zhao Qingge, however, remained completely unperturbed. Instead, she leaned in closer, lowering her voice with a hint of seduction.

"Senior Sister, wouldn't you know if you just tried it? Don't you want to know what a talent above nine stars is like?"

"Try it?"

Bai Qiuyue's heart skipped a beat.

Immediately after, she sternly lectured Zhao Qingge.

"What nonsense are you talking about, you wretched girl? That's Lier's husband!"

When she said this, her heart was conflicted.

She had to admit, when Zhao Qingge mentioned a talent above nine stars, she was somewhat tempted at that moment.

Zhao Qingge wasn't annoyed by the scolding; a faint, knowing smirk played on her lips.

Her goal had already been achieved anyway.

Planting a seed deep within her Senior Sister's heart was enough.

Any further persuasion would make her motives seem impure.

"I was just saying it casually, Senior Sister, why are you so serious?"

Zhao Qingge feigned a bit of displeasure, muttering a few words, then turned around.

The sounds from next door still hadn't subsided. Bai Qiuyue secretly cursed, "Can't they be a little quieter!"

Though her words carried a hint of reproach, her ears uncontrollably flushed red.

She was about to raise her hand to set up a sound-proofing array, but her fingers froze in mid-air, her expression constantly changing.

"What if Junior Sister is telling the truth?"

"Should I observe a bit longer?"

As soon as an absurd thought emerged, Bai Qiuyue abruptly cut it off.

She closed her eyes tightly, trying to banish Zhao Qingge's seductive words from her mind.

But the more she tried not to think about something, the more she thought about it.

That was a chance beyond nine stars; even the current Empress would find it hard to resist such a temptation.

"Hmm! I'm just observing, nothing else!"

Bai Qiuyue secretly justified herself, as if trying to convince herself, and also as if afraid that someone would expose the little secret in her heart.

She raised her hand to smooth her clothes, trying to maintain the dignified composure of the Director of the White Tiger Bureau, but the flush on her ears wouldn't subside, and even her fingertips carried a subtle, imperceptible tremor.

Her spiritual power probed over, and her pupils instantly constricted.

Huh?

This is also possible?

Bai Qiuyue's breathing suddenly stopped, and her spiritual power trembled along with it.

Strange, unfamiliar knowledge forcibly entered her mind.

An hour later.

Bai Qiuyue looked as if she had just been pulled out of water, her breathing rapid and hot.

She even suspected that Zhao Qingge, that wretched woman, was playing a trick on her.

Making her suffer so much.

Just then, a sudden change occurred.

Lu Ming's origin glowed with a warm, pale golden light, like a melting warm sun, and with each pulsation, it emitted fine specks of light.

And Zhao Li's previously fractured origin was now enveloped in a faint white glow.

Those golden specks of light, as if alive, actively drilled into the white glow, slowly moving along theVeins of the origin.

Even more astonishingly, the original cracks were healing at a visible rate under the nourishment of the golden specks of light, and the spiritual energy around Zhao Li was even stronger than before!

"This... this doesn't conform to the fundamental laws of talent!"

Bai Qiuyue subconsciously widened her eyes.

She had studied the origin of talent for decades, and her understanding of it was deeply ingrained.

The origin was the foundation of a cultivator, fragile and exclusive.

Let alone allowing another's origin to actively nourish it, even a slight touch could trigger a backlash from the origin.

At best, one's cultivation would regress; at worst, one's life would be in danger.

But Lu Ming's origin was indeed nourishing Zhao Li's origin.

Not only that, the same thing was happening within Xu Youyou and Xu Lulu.

Although this change was very subtle, Bai Qiuyue could guarantee that it was absolutely not her imagination.

Because she had observed it all night, seeing it clearly.

Which meant... Zhao Qingge was telling the truth!!

This kid indeed possessed the ability to enhance talent!!

It's just... the method seemed a bit unconventional.

"Tsk, isn't this scoundrel ever going to get tired!"

Bai Qiuyue glanced quickly, then swiftly withdrew her spiritual power.

Tonight, she was destined to have a sleepless night!

Zhao Qingge sensed her breathing becoming erratic, and a silent smile appeared on her lips.

Senior Sister, now you know how difficult it has been for me!

The fact that I haven't made a move yet means I've already exercised restraint... As night deepened, even the insects outside the window stopped chirping.

Lu Ming gently kissed Xu Youyou's sweat-drenched face, his eyes full of tenderness.

She was probably truly exhausted.

After her physical body broke through to the fifth realm, let alone her who hadn't even awakened yet, even Zhao Li was a bit overwhelmed.

But Xu Youyou still gritted her teeth and persevered in the end.

Among Lu Ming's three wives, Xu Youyou was not as mischievous as her younger sister, nor did she have Zhao Li's aloof demeanor with a hidden contrast.

But she was the most meticulous and considerate, so well-behaved that it made one cherish her.

Beside them, Zhao Li and Xu Lulu had already fallen into a deep sleep.

Xu Lulu had no proper sleeping posture, clinging tightly to Zhao Li's arm like an octopus.

Her little head occasionally rubbed against Zhao Li's shoulder, muttering in her sleep.

Listening closely, they were all words like "stinky brother" and "bad husband."

Lu Ming gently stroked their sweat-dampened hair, carefully covering their shoulders with a thin blanket, afraid that the night wind might chill them.

Next, it was time to refine the Immortal Seed, open the Qi Sea, and step into the fourth realm!

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