542: An unexpected encounter with Lin Shishi

Yao Delong's Escape Light had not yet fully entered the Spirit Water Peak's territory, where even the Spiritual Qi carried a moist, watery essence.

A cool, ice-blue Escape Light, carrying the fresh scent of plants and a hint of moisture, rose from the mountain path below. Its graceful movement clearly indicated a great beauty.

Yao Delong's eyes lit up!

"Ding, target 'Lin Shishi' detected! [Affection]: 80 points (Admiration and Esteem)"

"Junior Sister Lin!?"

How swift was Yao Delong's movement technique? His Escape Light pressed down, instantly closing in like a shadow.

His handsome figure abruptly intercepted that elegant and pretty blue figure.

Lin Shishi was clearly startled. When she saw it was Yao Delong, a blush instantly bloomed on her pretty face, even more vibrant than peach blossoms in March.

"Senior... Senior Brother Yao!"

A hint of joy flickered in her clear, ice-blue eyes, like picking up a Spirit Treasure in the wilderness—reserved yet radiating delight!

"The sun is beautiful today on Spirit Water Peak. Junior Sister was just about to try her luck at the Treasure Pavilion,

to search for ancient texts to see if I could clear the blocked True Essence in my body... I didn't expect to meet Senior Brother here by chance."

She curtsied. Her ice-blue Daoist robe was perfectly tailored, accentuating her heroic demeanor,

yet the occasional shy upturn of her lips added a touch of delicate charm.

"Oh? Struggling to Breakthrough?"

Yao Delong showed just the right amount of surprise, his acting absolutely flawless.

"I heard Xiao Huohuo tried to Breakthrough to Nascent Soul as soon as he returned with the Profound Fire Ancient Mirror...

What, you're at Golden Core Perfection, with the quality of your Condensed Water Golden Core, could there be some obstacle preventing you from stepping over that threshold for so long?"

The light in Lin Shishi's eyes immediately dimmed. She pursed her red lips, and with infinite grievance and confusion, she softly said:

"I don't know either, Senior Brother... Every time I feel like I'm about to pierce through that thin paper,

it's like hitting an iron wall, my body and spirit ache immensely, but I just can't Break through. I'm just that little bit short!

Could it be... as the ancient scrolls say, that my Condensed Water Physique is too pure and vast, making it a legendary barrier that prevents me from truly transforming Qi to gather a Nascent Soul?

Senior Brother must have experience when you Broke through to Nascent Soul, right? Do you... do you have a way to break this shackles?"

Here it comes, the main course delivered right to his mouth!

A glimmer like that of a gold bar flashed in Yao Delong's heart, but on the surface, he maintained the calm and composure of a master.

He pondered for a moment, revealing a look of worry for the Sect's future:

"There is a method, though it might seem unorthodox, it follows the great Dao's simplicity... This is an ancient supreme secret method I obtained by chance!

The foundation of the Dao lies in cultivating Yin to hide Yang, balancing rigidity with softness. The mutual assistance and coexistence of Yin and Yang are the true Origin of everything.

I've recently gained some insights and need more practice to verify them..."

He looked at Lin Shishi, his expression extremely serious:

"If Junior Sister is willing to break through certain traditional restrictions and trust my experience,

you can come to my Immortal Cave tonight at Hai Shi (9-11 PM) for a small gathering, and I will impart this Dao without reservation.

Believe me, many crucial secrets of Cultivation Techniques only exist in the... deep discussions between seekers of the Dao who trust and support each other."

Who could be fooled by such words?

Lin Shishi's cheeks flushed crimson, almost dripping blood, and her eyes widened slightly.

She looked at his handsome, young face, which held a hint of mischievousness beneath his earnest, carefree demeanor.

"Senior Brother is talking about... could it be that legendary...?" She dared not finish, her voice as thin as a mosquito's.

Yao Delong frankly led her towards the conclusion!

"Precisely the 'Yin and Yang Mutual Aid' Great Dao of Dual Cultivation, which is widely circulated, remarkably effective, yet regrettable! Junior Sister's Comprehension Ability is as keen as ice and snow!"

"Ah!"

Receiving direct confirmation, Lin Shishi couldn't help but let out a soft cry.

She instinctively covered her burning pretty face, yet neither nodding nor turning to run was an option.

She could only bury her head, using her neck, which was quickly turning pink, to express silent consent.

"Senior Brother... this matter is quite significant..."

She was terribly shy, biting her lip and stammering out a few words,

"Tonight... it wouldn't be too late to discuss it tonight, would it? Junior Sister needs some time to think!"

Yao Delong was not in a hurry; being an old fox, he already understood!

"Alright! Junior Sister, take your time thinking! Be sure to consider it thoroughly for the sake of the Great Dao's future!

I have urgent matters, so I'll take my leave to go bother Senior Sister Cang!"

Then he gracefully rode his Escape Light, soaring away into the Void Realm!

But the direction he flew changed, making no pretense as he headed straight for Luo Miaomiao's mountain-water villa.

Lin Shishi stared blankly at his dashing retreating figure, which had left in a confused rush, for quite a while before snapping back from her peach-like cheeks.

Suddenly, an ice-blue figure flew overhead and teased:

"Hahaha, Senior Sister! You've been given 'peach blossom nectar' by that guy surnamed Yao, haven't you?

You're blushing like a peach demon's petals! Hehehehehe—"

"Ah, you hateful Junior Sister Bai!" Lin Shishi cried out.

Outside Luo Miaomiao's Secluded Pavilion!

Sitting at home, joy came from the heavens!

Luo Miaomiao, dressed in a form-fitting light blue undergarment, was still practicing her Profound Water Gentle Flow Mind-Cultivation Technique under the banyan tree.

Yao Delong's aura had just appeared when her keen spiritual sense detected it.

"Delong!"

Luo Miaomiao completely abandoned her composure, letting out a joyful cry and, with a bright, alluring glow, turned and pounced on him!

Her entire delicate and curvaceous body unceremoniously clung to Yao Delong's arm, as if she wanted to burrow into his embrace entirely!

It had been a month since she last saw this man who made her cultivation soar, a man she both loved and hated!

Yao Delong was entangled by the beauty and joyfully embraced her fully: "Miaomiao! I've missed you to death!"

"Delong, after a month, your aura..."

Luo Miaomiao hung on Yao Delong like a koala, tilting her small face up to carefully sense him,

"It seems deeper and sharper?"

She was only at Golden Core Perfection, and she only felt that the man before her was like an ancient sword with its edge sheathed,

heavily pressing on her perception, yet she couldn't glimpse his full extent.

Yao Delong wrapped his arm around her slender yet supple waist, lowered his head, and pecked her smooth forehead,

with three parts laughter and seven parts implication: "It is a bit stronger.

I've entered the initial stages of the Sword Dao, touching the threshold of 'Man and Sword as One.' But then again..."

He changed his tone, with a perfectly appropriate hint of 'trouble',

"I'm in the Spirit Transformation Realm now, and cultivating that little bit of Spiritual Qi is like trying to fill a tooth with a grain of rice.

Alas, so I shamelessly came to my Miaomiao... to seek that 'Opportunity' for Breakthrough?"

"Hmph!"

Luo Miaomiao instantly understood the hint in his ambiguous words, her pretty face flushed crimson, even her earlobes seemed dyed by the sunset.

She angrily raised her hand and punched his chest, but the force was soft and weak, more like flirting.

"You're so bad... always like this..."

Though complaining, her body was very honest. Her small hand instead tightly grasped the lapel of Yao Delong's chest,

and her footsteps involuntarily led him towards her own quiet room, filled with misty water vapor and exquisitely decorated.

As the cultivation gap between them widened, Luo Miaomiao didn't say it aloud, but the anxiety in her heart coiled like an unyielding vine.

The side effects of the Profound Dao Pill had long passed, but she still seemed to lack a torrential force sufficient to blast open the door to Nascent Soul.

The Secret Chamber door silently closed, cutting off the outside world. The flickering light of the Water Spirit Stones illuminated their figures like a dream.

Luo Miaomiao's eagerness was like a lit fuse, instantly igniting dry kindling.

She was no longer a passive recipient; instead, with a hint of determination to prove herself,

she clumsily but incredibly passionately kissed him, her movements filled with the moist suppleness and surging defiance of water.