24: Don't rub your waist while biting the quilt and crying.

Opening the array, Zhi Meng and Su Qingyue stepped through the light, their lotus steps graceful, their beauty unparalleled, like divine maidens and celestial beings, beautiful and transcendent.

"Master, Junior Sister!"

A fragrant breeze swept over, and Gu Qing's body stirred with agitation, his blood surging like the sun.

Looking at the cold and exquisitely beautiful girl, Gu Qing felt his body burning, but he quickly suppressed the surge of blood.

He thought to himself, "The Lunar Divine Body truly lives up to its reputation as the best cauldron physique, capable of stirring one's primal instincts. It seems Junior Sister has completely activated the power of the Lunar Divine Body over these three years, advancing her physique even further."

"Senior Brother."

Su Qingyue was somewhat afraid to look at Gu Qing.

She had so many things she wanted to say to Gu Qing, but upon seeing him in person, she suddenly felt a sense of unfamiliarity.

Perhaps, they were strangers to begin with.

It was just that over these three years, she had come to see Gu Qing as her spiritual anchor.

"Three years unseen, Junior Sister has become even more beautiful," Gu Qing responded with a smile, then looked at Zhi Meng.

What met his eyes were a pair of super long legs, and further up, a slender waist.

His Master was an extraordinary woman with a broad mind, her chest majestic, capable of encompassing everything, even all of him.

Her divine face was hazy, making her true appearance unclear.

Her aura was like that of a god or a demon, giving off a sacred, inviolable, and supreme presence.

"Master, I wish to go out for some practical training."

Gu Qing wanted to return to the continent, hunt monster beasts, extract monster beast liquid, and evolve his Chaotic Star Body.

If he could encounter a child of destiny, that would be even better.

After all, a child of destiny was a treasure trove of riches.

Leaving aside the treasures, the sheer immense luck of a child of destiny alone made Gu Qing incredibly covetous.

Thinking this, Gu Qing's gaze fell upon Su Qingyue.

With such an exquisitely beautiful and ethereal appearance, and being a Lunar Divine Body, she was probably a female lead.

"System, check her attributes."

[Name] Su Qingyue.

[Realm] Xuan Dan First Level.

[Physique] Lunar Divine Body.

[Talent] Exceptional Genius.

[Fate] child of destiny (Female Lead).

[Destiny] A life full of twists and turns, but always able to turn misfortune into good fortune.

[Luck] Fifty thousand.

"As expected, she's a female lead," Gu Qing thought to himself, his mind racing. This time, when he went out for practical training, he had to take her with him, no matter what.

It was well-known that the female lead's halo could attract the protagonist.

"Hmm, I had the same intention."

Even if Gu Qing didn't say it, she would have wanted him to go out for practical training.

After all, true powerhouses emerged from mountains of corpses and seas of blood; they weren't forged by merely secluding themselves in cultivation.

Gu Qing had been in seclusion for three years and must have gained a lot; it was the perfect time to hone his divine abilities and techniques.

However, before he left, she had to preach to Gu Qing to prevent him from taking the wrong path.

As the Saint preached, eloquent words bloomed, golden lotuses sprouted from the void, and celestial flowers rained down.

The two listened, utterly entranced, and instinctively circulated their cultivation techniques, absorbing the celestial flowers and golden lotuses.

These were the essences condensed from Zhi Meng's Saintly Dao laws, imbued with the rhyme of the Saintly Dao.

Gu Qing's cultivation rapidly ascended: Xuan Dan First Level peak.

Xuan Dan Second Level.

Xuan Dan Third Level... Zhi Meng's eyelids twitched, Gu Qing's comprehension was truly terrifying.

Breaking through realms was as simple as eating and drinking for him.

As for Su Qingyue, she was much more normal, only breaking through from Xuan Dan First Level to Second Level.

In fact, this was already very impressive, no weaker than the Saint Sons and Saintesses of those ancient orthodoxies.

After all, the higher the realm, the harder it was to break through.

Moreover, she had deliberately controlled her own Dao laws to prevent the two from absorbing too much and causing an unstable foundation.

"Master, there are some things I don't understand..."

Seeing Zhi Meng stop her preaching, Gu Qing immediately spoke up to ask questions.

From the initial explanation of Dao techniques to the offensive arts of divine abilities.

The two went back and forth, drawing inferences from one point to others, maintaining their respective viewpoints.

Zhi Meng believed that in the offensive arts of divine abilities, all methods returned to one; they should be concentrated at a single point, refined to the extreme, to break through a surface with a point, achieving a decisive kill in one move.

But Gu Qing believed that Dao followed nature, techniques arose from the heart, and divine abilities were naturally formed; this was the method of innate divine abilities, conforming to the great Dao of nature, as if divine abilities had existed since ancient times, and he only needed to unveil their mysterious veil. Why bother with deliberate embellishment?

The Dao of the two: Zhi Meng's was the Dao of Unity, Gu Qing's was the Dao of Simplicity.

Neither could be said to be superior.

Su Qingyue watched, dumbfounded.

Was this kind of profound inquiry into the Dao something she was even capable of listening to?

She was just a small Xuan Dan Realm cultivator.

Su Qingyue blinked her beautiful eyes, gazing steadily at Gu Qing, her admiration evident.

Gu Qing could actually debate the Great Dao with a Saint; if she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she would never have believed it.

In fact, Zhi Meng also found it incredible and even began to suspect if Gu Qing had been possessed by an old monster.

She took out a detection magic treasure and secretly investigated. He hadn't been possessed; his soul and body were perfectly integrated, he was the original, genuine article, no mistake.

Zhi Meng secretly breathed a sigh of relief; it was good that he wasn't an old monster.

Looking at Gu Qing was like looking at a peerless treasure.

"Master, what's wrong?" Gu Qing asked, seeing her stop again, feeling somewhat unsatisfied.

Zhi Meng's mouth twitched. Did he want to debate with her for ten or eight years?

A month had already passed!

"Alright, too much is indigestible. This sermon ends here."

"You may go. Ji Ning will take you across the void and back to the continent."

Before her words finished, she had already vanished from her spot.

Gu Qing looked distressed; he still had many theories he hadn't expounded.

Although Zhi Meng's sermon and the debate on Dao techniques and divine abilities this time had brought him immense gains, giving him a deeper understanding of Dao techniques and divine abilities, and further increasing his foundation.

But to stop at this point, neither up nor down, was truly stifling.

His gaze turned to Su Qingyue, who was present.

"No, no, Senior Brother, I can't do it."

Su Qingyue was so scared that her face turned pale, and she waved her hands repeatedly.

She certainly didn't want her Dao heart to collapse from debating.

"Haha!"

Gu Qing chuckled softly, not expecting Su Qingyue, who was as cold as a fairy from the Guanghan Palace, to have such a cute side.

"Let's go, we're returning to the Barren Ancient Realm," Gu Qing stood up, pulling her up as well.

"Back to the Northern Region?" A blush appeared on Su Qingyue's exquisite face, her small hand resting on Gu Qing's warm hand, making her heart pound.

"That's right. Where is your home? We'll start our practical training in your hometown first," Gu Qing said with a smile.

Su Qingyue was a major female lead, with a massive luck of fifty thousand.

One should know that Lin Chen's initial luck, at the very beginning, definitely wasn't one hundred thousand.

In those last two months, he had plundered three thousand luck from others, which showed how powerful Lin Chen's fate of devouring protagonists was.

Su Qingyue, without a plundering halo, still had fifty thousand luck, so she was definitely a major female lead.

Wherever she appeared, she would surely attract the protagonist.

Perhaps she already knew the protagonist.

"Go to my home?" Su Qingyue's face grew even redder.

A man going to a woman's home, wasn't that just meeting the parents? The meaning was self-evident.

"Does Senior Brother like me?" She couldn't help but steal a glance at Gu Qing, thinking to herself.

His profile had distinct features, perfectly flawless, like a divine face meticulously carved by a master.

His physique was tall and upright, and standing beside him gave her a sense of calm security.

"Yes, after being away from home for so long, your parents must be very worried about you."

Gu Qing said with a smile.

Looking at her shy demeanor, Gu Qing felt a little confused. Did Su Qingyue like him?

It couldn't be, could it? Shouldn't female leads be indifferent to all men except the protagonist?

But looking at her bashful and timid expression... he wasn't sure, he'd observe more.

"Okay, I'll listen to Senior Brother."

Su Qingyue said softly.

A look of shyness appeared in her beautiful eyes.

"Alas, another misguided young woman."

The expressionless Ji Ning followed behind the two like a ghost, watching with great interest.

Seeing the young couple's shy expressions instantly made her feel thousands of years younger, reminiscing about her youthful years.

"It's just..." Ji Ning looked at Su Qingyue, sizing her up.

Her figure was excellent, slender and graceful, with a voluptuous front and back, like a budding flower about to bloom.

Her skin was like congealed cream and white jade, emanating a faint, captivating luster, truly captivating.

"Little girl, this kid's blood is like an ocean, terrifyingly powerful. You won't be able to handle him. Don't end up rubbing your waist and crying into your pillow..." she thought, not without pity.

Su Qingyue suddenly turned around. She didn't know why, but she always felt a malevolent gaze scrutinizing her from behind.

However, when she turned, there was only Ji Ning, silent like a doll, her true appearance shrouded in mystic light, making it impossible to discern.

"Was it a hallucination?" Su Qingyue retracted her gaze, muttering to herself.

She smiled shyly at Gu Qing: "Senior Brother, your divine abilities and Dao techniques are so powerful! To be able to debate with Master, if word gets out, it will surely shock the ages."

"It's not that exaggerated."

"Why not? That's a Saint Realm mighty expert! Before coming to the Star God Temple, Saint Realm mighty experts were always legendary existences."

"That was because I awakened my innate divine ability, and we were discussing low-level knowledge," Gu Qing would not be arrogant enough to believe that his Dao cultivation was more profound than that of a Saint Realm expert.

"That's still very impressive... practically unparalleled through the ages."

Su Qingyue's clear, beautiful eyes showed admiration.

She had also awakened her innate divine ability, but she completely failed to understand what the two were discussing.

Gu Qing smiled; being admired by a girl as beautiful as a fairy felt quite good.

He looked at Ji Ning behind him and asked, "How long will it roughly take to go to the Northern Region this time?"

"About a month," Ji Ning said concisely.

Gu Qing nodded. A month was enough time for him to digest what he had gained.

And there would still be spare time to comprehend the Little Thousand Swordplay.

Becoming stronger, he was serious about it.

He absolutely could not waste a single second.

One must know that the journey of cultivation had always been a path of defying fate, contending with people, and contending with heaven.

If one did not work hard in their youth, they would become brothers in the Ten Thousand Soul Banner later.

Seeing this, Su Qingyue thought to herself, "Is Senior Brother going into seclusion again?"

A small sense of disappointment rose within her.

If only she could admire the vast starry sky with Senior Brother.

However, Su Qingyue quickly shook that thought out of her mind and looked at Gu Qing with admiration and reverence.

He had talent, was diligent and hardworking, and his heart for seeking the Dao was sincere.

At this moment, Gu Qing's majestic back grew infinitely taller in her heart.

"I must also cultivate diligently and follow in Senior Brother's footsteps," she thought with determination.