Chapter 140 You're on the first level, I'm in the atmosphere

Yu Xiaoshuang's already flushed face instantly turned red all the way to her ears.

Like a young girl caught red-handed doing something wrong, her eyes darted away as she stammered a greeting to Lin Xiao:

“Ah... Lin, Lin Xiao, you're here...”

Looking at Yu Xiaoshuang, whose face was like a peach blossom and whose eyes were filled with rippling light, a flash of playfulness crossed Lin Xiao's eyes.

He took a step forward, feigning worry, his face full of concern.

“Master Yu, are you alright? Your complexion doesn't look very good.”

“Could it be because today's lecture material is too profound and complex, causing you to exhaust too much mental energy and not get enough rest?”

Yu Xiaoshuang's heart skipped a beat under his concerned gaze. She quickly reached out a jade-like hand to tidy the loose hairs by her ear and shook her head gently:

“No... I'm fine, I just feel a bit stuffy and hot, that's all.”

Lin Xiao nodded slightly, then naturally shifted his gaze to the bamboo slips spread out before her, saying seemingly at random:

“Teacher, is today's lecture related to Yin and Yang Dual Cultivation?”

Hearing the words 'Dual Cultivation', Yu Xiaoshuang's delicate body tensed slightly.

Faced with Lin Xiao's direct inquiry, she didn't know how to respond for a moment.

Seeing that Lin Xiao's expression was open and honest, as if it were truly just a casual question, she took a deep breath and nodded her head, feigning composure:

“Tha... That's right. Today I indeed intend to speak on the Dao of Yin and Yang Dual Cultivation.”

Lin Xiao smiled faintly, his gaze inconspicuously glancing toward the incense burner emitting wisps of smoke.

Combining Qin Hao's sneaky and abnormal behavior today with Yu Xiaoshuang's peach-blossom face and surging hidden passion...

He instantly understood what was happening.

Clearly, he was being set up by that cuckold Qin Hao.

However, Lin Xiao possessed the Pure Yang Sacred Body, which was immune to all evils; drugs of this level were like a gentle breeze to him, completely useless.

But Yu Xiaoshuang was different. She was only at the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage and had been lonely for over thirty years. Under the catalysis of this specialized drug, the collapse of her defenses was only a matter of time.

However, while Qin Hao was only on the first floor, Lin Xiao was already standing at the stratosphere.

This move seemingly looked like Lin Xiao falling into the poisonous trap Qin Hao set to awaken his Immortal Vein, but in reality, it was all within his control.

After all, the 'distance-shortening pill' that Qin Hao spent a fortune on for today's scheme had come from Lin Xiao's hands—more accurately, from the hands of the Alchemy Grandmaster Yao Ling inside his tianxuan bead.

Outside the door, Qin Hao, hiding in the shadows and trembling with excitement, had no idea that Lin Xiao had already set his sights on him as far back as the Dragon Abyss Secret Realm.

From the Qin Family dropping the jade pendant, to the Qin Xuan Legacy, to the appearance of the 'distance-shortening pill', everything had been suspiciously smooth.

Just after obtaining a Heaven-Defying Cultivation Technique that required being cuckolded to awaken an Immortal Vein, he 'happened' to encounter the Lin Xiao he hated to the bone during the academy assessment.

Seeing his Awakening progress stall, the secret medicine that could facilitate the matter 'just happened' to appear by his side.

It was as if from the very beginning, these scripts had been clearly arranged by an invisible giant hand.

And Qin Hao, who considered himself the Child of Destiny, believed without a doubt that this was the will of heaven, firmly convinced that he was indeed a person of great Luck.

On the other side, Yu Xiaoshuang's gaze swept across the empty classroom, a flash of resentment crossing her eyes.

In the past, although there were Disciples who would quietly skip class, they had never been so blatantly absent en masse like today.

Furthermore, even Qin Hao, whom she had always treated as her own, was nowhere to be seen today.

She even suspected if this group of Disciples had colluded in private to deliberately embarrass her.

Upholding her original teaching intention to give a good lecture even if there was only one person below the stage, Yu Xiaoshuang sighed softly.

She suppressed the increasingly strange heat in her heart and returned her gaze to the bamboo slips.

“Today, we shall discuss the most controversial cultivation method in the cultivation world—Dual Cultivation.”

Her clear voice echoed in the empty lecture hall.

“The 'I Ching' says: 'One Yin and one Yang constitute the Dao.' Combined with the records in our Human Race's ancient texts 'Zhouyi Cantong Qi' and 'Huangdi Neijing', heaven and earth were born from Chaos, dividing into Yin and Yang. Isolated Yin cannot grow, and solitary Yang cannot live.”

“Secular people often narrowly understand 'Dual Cultivation' as the pleasure of the flesh between men and women...”

At this point, Yu Xiaoshuang felt an inexplicable dry heat in her throat.

But she only thought it was because she had been restless lately, and that discussing such a sensitive topic had stirred her emotions.

She subconsciously avoided Lin Xiao's gaze and forcibly suppressed the abnormality in her heart.

“There are two major advantages as to why this method has remained popular in the cultivation world.”

“First, Dual Cultivation can accelerate cultivation. If one encounters someone with complementary Cultivation Techniques or Physiques, the spiritual power of both parties blends, supplementing each other's weaknesses, often bringing twice the result with half the effort for both.”

“Second, Dual Cultivation has a miraculous effect on breaking through cultivation Bottlenecks. When a Cultivator faces the barrier of a major Realm, the spiritual power feedback and Divine Sense resonance between Dao Companions can greatly assist the other party in breaking through the Bottleneck.”

Lin Xiao's gaze followed her slender swan-like neck downward.

Truth be told, these two advantages were indeed quite 'large'.

Yu Xiaoshuang continued to speak with animation, unaware of what Lin Xiao was thinking.

“...However, the Great Dao is impartial; taking shortcuts inevitably comes with hidden dangers.”

Her hands gripped the edges of the bamboo slips tightly, a slight tremor creeping into her voice.

“First, if one's Heart-Nature is not firm, a Cultivator can easily sink into the ultimate pleasure brought by Dual Cultivation, eventually forgetting their original intention.”

“Secondly, Dual Cultivation emphasizes 'one heart and one mind, blending of Qi'. If one party harbors evil intentions and secretly uses Demonic Path techniques like 'Plucking Yin to Supplement Yang' or 'Plucking Yang to Supplement Yin', the other party will at best have their Dao foundation destroyed, or at worst be sucked dry of essence and blood, ending in death!”

“Moreover, the karmic ties are too deep. The Qi of both parties is bound; once a Dao Companion unexpectedly perishes, the other's Dao Heart will inevitably be damaged, leading at best to stagnant cultivation, or at worst to regression, making it difficult to ever glimpse the Peak of the Immortal Dao again in this life...”

Just then, the System's voice suddenly rang out.

[Ding! Detected that the host has triggered a random event. Please make the following choice:]

[1. The Man of Integrity: Remind Yu Xiaoshuang that the incense burner is suspicious, leave this place immediately, and help the other party expel the medicinal power from her body, ruining Qin Hao's plan; Reward: One 'Good Person Card', villain points +250]

[2. Beat Them at Their Own Game: Deliberately lure Yu Xiaoshuang into the abyss and obtain her Taiyin Origin. Note: This action will significantly promote the recovery of Qin Hao's Immortal Vein and activate Yu Xiaoshuang's Mutated Lightning Spiritual Root; Reward: Primordial Cultivation Technique 'Five Thunders Heavenly Heart Secret', villain points +20000]