50: Qingqiu's life was one of unparalleled excellence.

The door to the Stasis Chamber slid open silently, and Qing Lin stumbled out, disheveled, her hair messy. Her usually gentle and beautiful face was now covered in tear tracks, and her clear eyes were filled with confusion, shame, and bewilderment.

Leng Qingqiu, who had been standing quietly outside the door, radiating a cold aura that kept others at bay, showed obvious astonishment for the first time on her eternally frozen, stunningly beautiful face.

Failed?

How could this be?

In her eyes, the previous three—Xuanji, cold and hard as iron; Su Yao, obsessed with research; Liu Ruyan, rough and forthright—were all ignorant of romantic matters, so it was understandable if they failed.

But Qing Lin had the gentlest nature, and her Life Origin was full of vitality; logically, she was the most suitable... How could she fail?

"Qing Lin?"

Leng Qingqiu's cold voice carried a hint of imperceptible doubt as she stepped forward.

"Aunt... Aunt Leng..."

Seeing her was like seeing an elder, and Qing Lin's sense of grievance and shame deepened. Her tears flowed even more fiercely, and she was almost incoherent.

"I... I don't know... I... I failed... I let the Federation down... I..."

Leng Qingqiu frowned slightly, her jade finger flicking lightly, sending a cooling, calming aura into Qing Lin's body to help stabilize her nearly collapsing emotions.

"Do not panic; what kind of behavior is this?"

Leng Qingqiu's tone remained cold, yet carried a reassuring power.

"Tell me in detail, what happened during that time? Was that Chen Jun... already incapable?"

Under the comfort of her aura, Qing Lin calmed down a little, but she was still sobbing. She recounted the whole process intermittently and with shame—how she had been cautious, how she had tried to warm him, how she had awkwardly attempted, and finally... that desperate, unresponsive outcome.

"He... he said... it failed..."

By the end, Qing Lin's voice was as thin as a mosquito's, her cheeks burning red again, wishing she could find a crack in the ground to hide in.

Leng Qingqiu listened quietly, a faint light flickering in her ice-blue eyes.

So that was it.

In her view, this girl Qing Lin was ultimately too young and naive; she possessed the Realm but was completely ignorant of romantic charm, lacking any feminine allure.

How could such tepid actions, like taking care of a patient, stimulate a man's instincts?

Even if Chen Jun's state was extremely poor, it was impossible for him to have no reaction at all.

It must be that Qing Lin's own charm was insufficient, and her methods were completely wrong.

Thinking of this, the trace of doubt in Leng Qingqiu's heart vanished, replaced instead by a faint sense of superiority and confidence.

How could she be mentioned in the same breath as a young girl like Qing Lin?

Leng Qingqiu had cultivated for tens of thousands of years. Although she was devoted to the Dao and had never sought a permanent Dao Companion, she had traveled the galaxy in her early years, and her admirers were as numerous as carp crossing a river. She had also experienced the Inner Demon Tribulation a few times, so she was not someone ignorant of the world.

Coupled with her peerless appearance and unique temperament, if she were willing, how many men in the world could resist her charm?

Moreover, her lineage's Cultivation Technique was special; although it was dominated by ice, the extreme Yin gave birth to Yang, possessing unique mysteries in the path of bearing life, and her descendants were considered prosperous in the Federation.

When it came to experience in this path, she considered herself far superior to Qing Lin.

"Silly girl, this is not your fault."

Leng Qingqiu spoke lightly, her tone carrying a hint of an elder's understanding and instruction.

"You are still young and have not experienced worldly affairs, so it is normal that you do not understand the key points."

She lifted her chin slightly, a flash of arrogance appearing in her crystal-like eyes.

"Enough, wait here and come in with me. Today, I will let you observe and learn properly what a woman's charm is, and what the path of Yin and Yang complementing each other is. Watch how I handle this."

Upon hearing this, Qing Lin looked up abruptly, her tear-filled eyes full of shock.

"Aunt... Aunt Leng? I... I am going in too? To observe and learn? This... how can this be?! It is too shameful!"

"Why not?"

Leng Qingqiu glanced at her, her tone unquestionable.

"This is a major matter concerning the future of the Federation. How can I let your petty, maidenly shyness ruin it? Being able to obtain this Opportunity to observe will also be beneficial for your future gestation of an Innate Sun Body. Follow me!"

After saying this, she said no more. The cold aura around her converged slightly, and she took the lead, stepping into the pure white Stasis Chamber.

Qing Lin stood where she was, her face flushing red and then turning pale. Finally, she bit her lip, lowered her head, and like a child who had made a mistake, took small steps to follow, wishing she could shrink into a ball.

Inside the room, Chen Jun was still curled up on the ground, his aura even weaker than before, like a candle in the wind.

Leng Qingqiu moved with light lotus steps, walking to his side, examining him from above with a slight frown.

"Indeed, he is at the end of his tether, a sign of being exhausted."

She commented coldly, then snorted.

"Xuanji, Su Yao, Liu Ruyan—they are all brutes who only know how to take and do not know how to nourish, wasting precious things!"

She flicked her sleeve, and several jade bottles wreathed in cold mist appeared in the air.

The bottle stoppers opened automatically, and suddenly, a refreshing, exotic fragrance filled the air. Just taking a breath made one feel refreshed, as if they were a few years younger.

"This is... Ten-thousand-year Warm Jade Marrow? And the essence of Nine-Turn Soul-Returning Grass? Ice Soul Condensation Dew?!"

Qing Lin watched from the side, dumbfounded. These were all peerless treasures that nourished the Origin and solidified the soul to extend life; any single drop flowing out would be enough to make Planet-level Experts fight to the death!

Aunt Leng actually took out so many at once!

Leng Qingqiu's expression did not change. With a wave of her jade fingers, those liquids radiating boundless vitality and gentle energy precisely hovered above Chen Jun's body, turning into strands of extremely pure warm currents that, as if possessing life, slowly seeped into his dried-up limbs and internal organs.

Her technique was skillful; she was clearly extremely proficient in this medical path.

As these incomparably precious medicinal powers were injected, Chen Jun's skin, which had been like old tree bark, began to become plump again at a speed visible to the naked eye. His gray, defeated complexion flushed with color, and his weak breathing became much stronger.

Although the essential emptiness of his life limit could not be made up for, the surface vitality and physical energy were forcibly stimulated, looking even "healthier" than before he had overdrawn, and his appearance actually recovered from the old age of eighty or ninety to that of seventy or eighty!

Chen Jun let out an unconscious moan and slowly opened his eyes.

The long-lost feeling of recovering vitality in his body made him somewhat dazed.

But he knew clearly that this was just an appearance; at the core, only a pitiful six years remained.

"Awake?"

Leng Qingqiu's cold voice came.

"Since you have recovered, do not waste any more time. Being able to have me personally treat you is a fortune you have cultivated over several lifetimes."

She signaled for Chen Jun to get up.

Chen Jun stood up silently, feeling this body that had temporarily "recovered its vitality," his mood complex to the extreme.

He looked at this Stellar Level Venerable before him, with ice-like skin and jade-like bones, her temperament as high and elegant as a Fairy of the Moon Palace, and then glanced at Qing Lin, who was trying to hide herself, and suddenly felt that this scene had a sense of absurd comedy.

Seeing him stand still, Leng Qingqiu began to fulfill her promise of "imparting experience."

She was not as urgent as the previous few; instead, she adjusted her dress with elegant posture, and then... began to use her cold and ethereal voice, accompanied by some extremely elegant yet clearly ancient guidance postures, to explain to Qing Lin—and perhaps also to Chen Jun—her understanding of the "Dao of Yin and Yang" and the "true meaning of the joy of life."

Her words quoted classics, mixed with many ancient terms of Dual Cultivation and philosophical reasoning, sounding profound and mysterious, with a very high sense of status.

Qing Lin listened from the side with a flushed face, her eyes dodging, yet she couldn't help but secretly try to remember it, feeling that Aunt Leng knew so much and was so amazing!

She was truly a Senior who had lived for tens of thousands of years!

Chen Jun's mouth twitched slightly as he listened.

This big shot... is giving a lecture?

A biology class?

Or a live teaching version?

He almost couldn't resist asking:

"Teacher, will this be on the final exam?"

Leng Qingqiu finished her high-minded discussion, feeling that she had laid the theoretical and atmospheric foundation to the Peak, and then cast a "watch closely" look at Qing Lin, immediately beginning her practice.

(...To avoid harmony issues, millions of words of indescribable details are omitted here...)

Leng Qingqiu's practice was indeed completely different from the previous three.

She did her utmost to display the "female charm" she had seen and understood over her tens of thousands of years to the fullest extent.

Her posture was elegant, her eyes spoke volumes without words, and every movement strove for perfection, full of ancient and elegant ritual, as if she were not performing a task, but conducting a great exchange concerning the harmony of the Universe.

She was full of confidence in her heart:

"With me personally taking action, how can that little girl Qing Lin compare? This time, success will surely come naturally! At that time, an Innate Sun Body will be born!"

However...

A quarter of an hour passed.

Two quarters of an hour passed.

Half an hour passed...

Inside the Stasis Chamber, there was only Leng Qingqiu's increasingly obvious breathing, and her "performance," which was still trying hard to maintain elegance but gradually beginning to become a bit stiff.

Chen Jun's physical state was indeed very good, his vitality forcibly stimulated by the medicinal power, and some instinctive reactions were even stronger than when he was young.

From a purely physiological level, this feeling... was actually not bad.

He even began to feel a kind of pleasure from the initial humiliation and numbness.

He even started to silently complain in his heart: "This Aunt Leng... her theoretical knowledge is quite rich, but her practical class score might be failing... Her movements are a bit rigid, like doing radio calisthenics, and the elderly health version at that..."

Beside him, Qing Lin went from being ashamed and afraid to look, to secretly observing, and then to now... looking completely blank.

She watched Aunt Leng try so hard for so long, with all sorts of tricks and quoting classics, how... it seemed there was no progress?

Chen Jun looked much more energetic than before, but that strange Law fluctuation never appeared.

Fine, dense sweat beads appeared on Leng Qingqiu's forehead, not from exhaustion, but from anxiety and embarrassment.

The confidence in her heart began to waver, replaced by thick confusion and unwillingness!

How could it be?!

How could she not be able to do it?!

Even that tomboy Xuanji could!

Even that shrew Liu Ruyan could!

Even that bookworm Su Yao could!

Why couldn't she, Leng Qingqiu?!

In what way was she inferior to them?!

It must be that Chen Jun had consumed too much just now and hadn't fully recovered!

Yes!

That must be it!

"Hmph!"

She forcibly maintained her composure, stopped her movements, and took out a few more rare treasures flashing with different lusters, feeding them into Chen Jun's mouth without question.

"The medicinal power hasn't dissolved yet, try again!"

(...To avoid harmony issues, millions of words of indescribable details are omitted here...)

As the medicinal power dissolved, Chen Jun felt his whole body's Qi and blood surging, as if he had endless strength.

Leng Qingqiu regrouped and stepped forward again.

Failure!

Failure again!

Failure once more!

Leng Qingqiu's mindset began to gradually collapse...

She had been strong all her life, never losing to others on the path of cultivation, and her appearance and Aptitude were top-tier; when had she ever suffered such a defeat?

Especially in a field where she was full of confidence!

She could not accept that she was "not working" at all!

It must be the wrong method!

It must be that the stimulation wasn't enough!

I, Qingqiu, have never lost to anyone in my life!

She began to constantly try different methods, changing different "strategies," and even began to recall the folk remedies and secret arts she had heard about during her early years of training...

Beside her, Qing Lin's expression had changed from blank to shock, and then to...

A trace of imperceptible sympathy?

She watched Aunt Leng act as if she were possessed, failing again and again, taking out more precious, peerless medicinal treasures that made even her eyes red and heart race, giving them to Chen Jun to consume, just to let him "recover his state," and then trying again and again...

Those medicinal treasures...

Many of them were treasures that even she would covet!

Just like that...

Just like that, they were wasted as "virility medicine"?!

Qing Lin felt her heart bleeding, and her worldview had suffered a huge impact!

As for Chen Jun, he accepted everything.

Anyway, everything he ate was good stuff. Although it couldn't replenish his lifespan, this physical state was genuinely improving, and he felt "vigorous" like never before.

He even began to cooperate—anyway, he wasn't at a loss, and he could get so many top-tier supplements for free, why not?

"Hmm, this Nine-Leaf Dragon Ginseng tastes good, crunchy."

"Whoa, this bottle of Star Liquid is potent, refreshing and invigorating."

"Aunt Leng has so much stock... worthy of being a veteran expert."

He commented silently in his heart.

Leng Qingqiu just like that, refusing to believe in evil, tried again and again.

From day to night, she had almost exhausted her precious stock of treasures used to nourish the Origin!

After dozens of attempts...

Chen Jun was glowing, looking as if he had gradually recovered to the appearance of a man in his twenties?!

And he was full of energy, feeling that he hadn't been this full of strength even when he was eighteen!

And Leng Qingqiu, this Stellar Level Venerable who had lived for tens of thousands of years and had always presented herself with a cold and noble image, had a slightly messy bun, her robes were no longer absolutely neat, and her stunningly beautiful face carried a flush from exercise, but more of it was a near-collapsing sense of doubting life and a forced composure.

She looked at her lower abdomen, which still had no movement, and then looked at Qing Lin beside her, who had a complex expression and wanted to say something but dared not, feeling her face burning hot.

She didn't even dare to look into Qing Lin's eyes.

Finally, she used up the last of the Materials that could quickly stimulate vitality.

Inside the Stasis Chamber, dead silence fell.

Leng Qingqiu stood where she was, her body trembling slightly, her Dao Heart of tens of thousands of years of cultivation covered in cracks.

She, Qingqiu, had never lost to anyone in my life...

But today...

She had been utterly defeated in such a matter!

Losing so thoroughly!

And so ugly!

And in front of a Junior!

That eternal Opportunity of the Innate Sun Body...

Was it ultimately not meant for her?!

Not even an Innate Moon Body?

Her persistence again and again was because she saw Chen Jun still had Origin, fantasizing that even if it wasn't an Innate Sun Body, an Innate Moon Body or even an Innate Star Body would do.

Huge loss and unwillingness almost drowned her!

The cold shell she was forcibly maintaining was about to shatter...

She turned around abruptly, facing away from Chen Jun and Qing Lin, her voice trying to maintain calmness, but carrying a hint of undeniable hoarseness and trembling:

"Today... let's leave it at this. Qing Lin, let's go..."

After speaking, she rushed out of the Stasis Chamber as if fleeing, even her back revealing a sense of desolation and embarrassment.

Qing Lin looked at the direction where Aunt Leng had disappeared, then looked at Chen Jun, who had an "innocent" face and even seemed to be "reminiscing," opened her mouth, but in the end, said nothing. With a red face and lowered head, she also quickly followed out.

In the pure white space, only Chen Jun remained.

He felt the surging vitality in his body, built up by a massive amount of rare treasures, touched his face that had recovered its youth, and felt the still-cold system interface: [Remaining Lifespan: 6 years].

A sense of extreme absurdity surged into his heart.

He suddenly couldn't help it and laughed lowly.

The laughter echoed in the absolutely quiet Stasis Chamber, appearing exceptionally eerie.