27: Chapter 27 My Senior Sister's Thought Process is a Little Different

The wind at the bottom of Guhan Cliff still carried a bone-chilling cold, weaving through the withered vines and jagged, strange rocks.

Gu Yi sat cross-legged quietly, letting the scent—a mixture of sulfur and the cold fragrance of orchids—linger at the tip of his nose.

He lowered his head, his gaze tenderly fixed on the cold Senior Sister Mu Qingxue in his arms, who seemed to have completely melted.

To prevent the cold air at the bottom of the cliff from invading her delicate body, which had just undergone a violent transformation, Gu Yi took out a large black fox-fur cloak from his storage ring and wrapped both of them tightly within it.

Under the fox fur, Senior Sister Mu Qingxue still maintained that defenseless posture, burying her cheek deep into the crook of his neck. Her warm, steady breathing brushed against Gu Yi's skin like soft feathers, one after another, bringing waves of numbing itchiness.

As his Primordial Limitless Creation Immortal Body operated steadily within him, Gu Yi slowly sank the immense True Qi that had just surged to the Peak of the Golden Core Stage into his Dantian, completely stabilizing his current Realm.

After doing all this, he slowly raised his hand and, with extremely gentle movements, tucked a strand of damp black hair that had fallen beside Senior Sister Mu Qingxue's cheek behind her ear.

When his fingertips touched her delicate earlobe, which was flushed with a charming pink, the beauty in his arms let out an extremely faint murmur.

Senior Sister Mu Qingxue's long eyelashes, like butterfly wings in the wind, fluttered slightly, and her tightly closed eyes finally opened slowly.

Consciousness returned to her spirit platform.

The first thing that flooded her brain was not the cold, clear, and transparent feeling she had during her morning sword practice, but an unprecedented softness and soreness that seemed to seep out from the gaps in her bones.

Especially in the area where their bodies were tightly pressed together, there remained a scorching aftertaste that made her Soul tremble whenever she recalled it.

Senior Sister Mu Qingxue's vision was initially unfocused. She stared blankly at the solid chest right in front of her, feeling the strong, powerful heartbeat, and it took a long while before she could piece together everything that had just happened in her mind.

Removing her Dharma robes.

Activating the Formation.

The intense pain of ice and fire clashing.

And... that "healing" that destroyed all her reason and turned her into a puddle of spring water.

A breathtaking flush spread rapidly from the roots of her ears to her entire beautiful face at a visible speed.

The reserve carved into the bones of a Sword Cultivator made her instinctively want to retreat, attempting to break free from this male embrace, which was filled with strong aggression.

"Don't move, Senior Sister."

Gu Yi keenly sensed her intention. The arm wrapped around her waist not only did not loosen but tightened slightly instead.

He lowered his head, resting his chin gently on top of Senior Sister Mu Qingxue's head. His deep voice carried an undeniable dominance and doting tone: "The extreme Yin Origin within you has just completed a deep-level reorganization and is at its weakest right now. If you are exposed to the cold air at the bottom of the cliff, it will leave behind lingering ailments. Be good, just lean in my arms and regulate your breathing for a while."

This magnetic "be good" was like a spell with magic.

Senior Sister Mu Qingxue's delicate body, which had just tensed up, instantly softened again under this gentle yet forceful soothing.

She gave up struggling and let herself continue to curl up in Gu Yi's arms and beneath that warm fox-fur cloak.

However, when she followed Gu Yi's instructions and subconsciously mobilized her Divine Sense to introspect into her Dantian, her clear eyes instantly widened.

"This... this is..."

Senior Sister Mu Qingxue's voice was filled with unbelievable shock.

She clearly saw that the Golden Core inside her Dantian, which she had polished for decades, had disappeared.

In its place was a miniature person, emitting a pure ice-blue halo and resembling her by seventy percent, who was breathing steadily in the center of her Dantian with its eyes closed.

That was a Nascent Soul!

Countless talented Cultivators spent their entire lives, experiencing countless life-and-death hardships, unable to cross this chasm, yet she had actually... crossed it just like that?

Senior Sister Mu Qingxue was completely dazed.

In her cognitive system, a Breakthrough in cultivation must be accompanied by day-after-day hard training, one Epiphany after another on the edge of life and death, and the nine-deaths-and-one-life trial of the Lightning Tribulation.

How could it be possible that just by having a... a highly shameful Formation healing with Junior Brother Gu, she directly broke the Golden Core and formed a Nascent Soul?

Gu Yi looked at her dazed and shocked expression, and couldn't help but feel a hint of a smile rise in his heart.

"Senior Sister, no need to doubt, this is indeed a Nascent Soul."

Gu Yi spoke softly, resolving the doubts in her heart, "While your extreme Yin power was removing the fire poison, it also underwent the baptism and tempering of the Pure Yang Qi. This is the Creation of breaking and then establishing, it is the blessing you exchanged by sacrificing yourself for Revered Master."

In a few words, Gu Yi once again perfectly pinned this immense favor and Creation on the high-sounding pretext of "for Revered Master."

Senior Sister Mu Qingxue slightly tilted her head, her cold and transcendent face now filled with confusion and bewilderment.

She looked into Gu Yi's deep and gentle eyes, her mind constantly replaying the crazy scenes in the Formation just now that made her almost lose her reason. That feeling was too strange, completely exceeding her understanding of all common sense in the Cultivation world.

"Junior Brother Gu..."

Senior Sister Mu Qingxue bit her lower lip lightly, hesitated for a long time, and finally asked the question that had been circling in her simple thought process for a long time.

Her voice was very soft, revealing a sense of confusion and curiosity like a little girl.

"Is healing... always like this?"

Hearing this pure question that was almost a Soul-searching interrogation, Gu Yi's breath suddenly hitched.

His fingers hidden under the fox-fur cloak curled involuntarily, and he exhausted all the self-control granted by his Creation Immortal Body to barely suppress the urge to burst out laughing.

This Senior Sister is truly a bona fide "love idiot."

She actually thought that the cloud-turning and rain-covering Dual Cultivation just now was some kind of formal and common "healing" procedure in the Cultivation world?

Gu Yi was frantically complaining in his heart, but on the surface, he quickly adjusted to an expression of immense affection, even carrying a hint of solemnity and apology.

He could absolutely not answer "Yes."

If he agreed with her and admitted it, would this simple Senior Sister go to "cooperate with the Formation" to heal others if she encountered them injured in the future? Moreover, what he wanted was to completely subdue her body and mind, not have her regard it as a transaction or a task.

"Of course not."

Gu Yi's voice became unprecedentedly serious and gentle. He raised his hand and gently stroked Senior Sister Mu Qingxue's flushed cheek, the delicate touch from his fingertips making him reluctant to let go.

"Senior Sister, ordinary healing in this world naturally only requires Medicinal Pills and True Qi assistance. But Revered Master's situation was too critical, so only by using that highest-level Yin and Yang harmonization method could it work."

Gu Yi gazed into her clear eyes and said word by word: "This kind of Formation interaction requires both sides to open up everything, and even the Soul cannot have the slightest defense. In the Cultivation world, this is called 'Dao Companion Dual Cultivation'."

"Dao Companion... Dual Cultivation?"

Senior Sister Mu Qingxue murmured these four words, the confusion in her eyes deepening.

In her world, the sword was her only Dao Companion. She had never thought that one day she would establish such a bond with a man, a bond said to be even closer than Bloodline.

"That's right."

Gu Yi hugged her tighter, his tone filled with an unquestionable firmness.

"To save Revered Master, you gave up your reputation as a woman, and you also gave up the pride of a Sword Cultivator. But in my eyes, you are not just a Formation eye, and even less a medicinal ingredient. After the interaction just now, your aura, your extreme Yin Origin, have been completely imprinted in my body. In this life, we can never be separated again."

Gu Yi lowered his head and solemnly planted a kiss on Senior Sister Mu Qingxue's smooth forehead.

This kiss carried no lust, only full of cherishing and promises.

"Senior Sister, I did not lie to you just now. Regarding today's events, if you are unwilling, I can swear a Heart Demon oath and keep it buried in my stomach forever. But I, Gu, am not the kind of shameless person who pulls out the radish and refuses to acknowledge the debt."

Although strange vocabulary was mixed into Gu Yi's words, in this warm atmosphere, it appeared exceptionally sincere.

"You gave your most precious first time to me, not only saving Revered Master but also helping me solidify my Foundation. From now on, you are my, Gu Yi's, woman. No matter how much blood and rain there is in this Cultivation world, I will stand in front of you and protect you for all eternity."

If these love words were placed before those battle-hardened enchantresses of the Hehuan Sect, they might only earn a sneer.

But for someone like Senior Sister Mu Qingxue, a blank sheet of paper who had only known how to cultivate in seclusion and had never even held a man's hand, its lethality was comparable to a Heavenly Tribulation.

That intense impact of being treated as a treasure by someone, with a promise to protect her for eternity, instantly crushed the last line of defense in her heart regarding "propriety" and "rules."

Senior Sister Mu Qingxue's cold heart, which originally only contained the Dao of the Sword, seemed to have been injected with a pool of scorching warm current.

She stared blankly at Gu Yi.

Looking at this young Junior Brother, who had been arrogantly domineering in the Formation just now but was now so gentle that he seemed able to melt ice and snow, her eyes inexplicably felt a bit sore.

"Your... woman..."

Senior Sister Mu Qingxue murmured softly, and a sense of novelty and sweetness that she had never experienced before gradually melted in her chest.

It turned out that besides Revered Master's strict teachings and the cold sword edge, being protected in someone's arms so domineeringly was so reassuring.

"Mm."

Senior Sister Mu Qingxue responded softly, and her originally cold-as-frost voice was now tinged with a hint of tenderness and attachment that even she herself had not noticed.

She obediently closed her eyes, no longer caring about the cold wind at the bottom of the cliff, nor thinking about the disturbances of the outside world. She stretched out her long, fair arms, wrapped them around Gu Yi's solid waist, and completely indulged herself in this gentle land called "Dao Companion."

[Ding! Detected that the core Luck daughter (Senior Sister Mu Qingxue), under the host's guidance, has completed the reshaping of her worldview and emotional binding.]

[The Luck daughter's body and mind have completely submitted, and the interception and control of her destiny trajectory have reached a perfect degree!]

[Villain Value +500 points!]

Listening to the crisp sound of Villain Value being credited in his mind, the corners of Gu Yi's mouth curled into an arc.

He reached out and gently patted Senior Sister Mu Qingxue's thin back, enjoying this rare peace and satisfaction.

Outside this small fox-fur world, water mist still filled the air.

On the surface of the hot spring pool not far away, water vapor surged. After an imperceptible sound of water, an aura that was originally lurking under the water seemed to be quietly changing...