75: breath of love fire

'Illusion.' Lin Feng began to lose control, but immediately became alert. He circulated the Nine Profound Sword Heart Art, and his Divine Sense, like a sword, slashed toward the decadent illusion.

"Pfft!" The illusion shattered instantly, but he still felt a sharp pain in his Divine Sense, as if it had been scorched by fire, and the circulation of his spiritual power became slightly sluggish.

Just as he broke through the illusion, he caught sight of the Crimson Sun Charming Fox's chest suddenly swelling. It opened its mouth and a pink breath attack spewed forth.

This breath was neither flame nor smoke, and its speed was incredible. It completely ignored the water curtain shield hastily activated by Lin Feng using the xuanming heavy water bead, passing through like an invisible object, and struck Luo Linger, who had just broken free from an even more unbearable illusion and whose mind was agitated and face was flushed.

"Eek!" Luo Linger let out a short cry, her body trembling. The clarity in her eyes was instantly replaced by confusion and burning desire. Her cheeks were crimson, her body went soft, and she could barely stand steady.

The residual force of the breath continued unabated, sweeping over the nearby Lin Feng. A scorching, profane Qi instantly drilled into his Meridians, spreading wildly like a lit wildfire, fiercely clashing and intertwining with his own spiritual power. An indescribable heat and intense urge rose from his lower abdomen, frantically assaulting the defenses of his reason.

"Love poison." Lin Feng instantly understood what kind of insidious trick he had fallen for. He was greatly alarmed and hastily circulated his Cultivation Technique to try and suppress it.

But the poison was unusually potent, and combined with the previous damage to his Divine Sense, it made it impossible for him to suppress it completely for a time. His body also began to tremble slightly, and his gaze involuntarily fell upon Luo Linger beside him, who was panting softly and whose eyes were glazed over.

Seeing its sneak attack succeed, the Crimson Sun Charming Fox let out a triumphant shriek and pounced again, its sharp claws aimed directly at the constrained Luo Linger.

Lin Feng suppressed the churning desire and burning pain within his body, lifted the semiconscious Luo Linger by the waist, and retreated rapidly to the side and back. However, poisoned by the Love Poison, his steps were no longer as nimble as usual.

"Tear!"

Although he avoided the vital points, the Crimson Sun Charming Fox's sharp claws still tore his clothes on the back, leaving several bloody gashes. Moreover, a scorching Fox Poison seeped in through the wounds.

Lin Feng grunted, using the force to quickly retreat backward, but he stumbled, and holding Luo Linger, the two of them tumbled together into a nearby hot spring where mist was rising.

"Plop!"

The warm spring water instantly submerged the two of them.

The underwater world suddenly became blurry and quiet. The spring water was warm, yet it seemed to intensify the burning of the wicked poison within their bodies.

Luo Linger struggled and writhed unconsciously in the water, her soft body pressed tightly against him. Her clothes, soaked through, were nearly transparent, outlining breathtaking curves. Her lips accidentally brushed against his neck, sending a shuddering sensation through him.

The string of reason in Lin Feng's mind finally snapped completely under this series of impacts.

He tightened his arms, embedding the scorching, delicate body in his embrace even deeper, lowered his head, and fiercely kissed those slightly parted, tempting lips.

The spring water rippled violently, and suppressed gasps and broken moans were swallowed by the currents.

Garments were stripped off one by one, floating upward. Skin met skin without obstruction, generating heat through friction and igniting deeper desire.

Lin Feng was extremely dominant in the water.

She let out a whimper that sounded like both pain and pleasure, and her long legs instinctively wrapped around his waist... Lin Feng's consciousness was hazy; he only felt the scorching, soft body in his arms. Every touch was like lighting a new flame, making him sink deeper and demand more.

Just as they were lost in passion and utterly oblivious to everything else, the heaven-stealing vine within Lin Feng's Sea of Consciousness Dantian seemed to be stirred by the continuously cycling, fiercely merging Yin and Yang Qi, and the pure Primal Yin and Primal Yang, causing it to tremble slightly.

Immediately after, several delicate, thread-like, nearly transparent emerald Spiritual Tendrils silently extended, gently wrapping around their tightly pressed waists, backs, and even their intertwined arms... They wrapped more and more, tightening further and further... Emerald light flowed across the vine, subtly forming a mysterious cycle, causing the turbulent and surging Qi around their bodies to gradually show signs of strange fusion and calming down... The sky darkened and brightened, brightened and darkened again. After an unknown number of days, the ripples in the hot spring gradually subsided, leaving only faint, gentle movements.

Lin Feng opened his eyes. The first thing he felt was the warm, soft, jade-like sensation in his arms, and... the awkward posture of the two of them still tightly connected and skin-to-skin.

His body stiffened, and his ears instantly flushed hot.

He instinctively tried to pull back, but found dozens of familiar Spiritual Tendrils wrapped around both him and Luo Linger. They had appeared on their own at some unknown time, binding the two of them together like a cocoon. With a thought, the Spiritual Tendrils quickly retracted back into his body and disappeared.

As the Spiritual Tendrils receded, Luo Linger in his arms let out a soft moan and slowly woke up. Her long eyelashes fluttered a few times, and she opened her eyes in confusion, meeting Lin Feng's gaze, which was close by and filled with awkwardness and helplessness.

Instantly, all the memories flooded back. Her cheeks rapidly turned crimson at a visible speed, spreading all the way to the back of her ears and neck. She cried out in surprise, wanting to push Lin Feng away, but found her body aching and weak. Her push felt more like a touch of feigned resistance.

"You... I... We..." She stammered incoherently, avoiding his gaze, so embarrassed she almost wanted to bury herself in the water.

Lin Feng was also utterly mortified. He quickly released her, retreated slightly backward, opening up a bit of distance, causing the water surface to ripple.

"Senior Sister Luo... I... the Love Poison was too fierce just now, I..." He tried to explain, but found his words pale and inadequate.

The two fell silent, and the atmosphere in the hot spring was extremely awkward.

Luo Linger lowered her head deeply, realizing neither of them was wearing clothes. She could only wrap her arms around her chest, trying to cover herself, her heart pounding like a drum. But gradually, a strange feeling replaced the initial embarrassment.

She found that the spiritual power within her body was unusually full and surging, circulating incredibly smoothly. The cultivation barrier of the Early Foundation Establishment Stage had subtly loosened, and she had even made significant progress.

Her Divine Sense was also much clearer, and her perception of the surrounding environment became sharper.

'What... what is going on?' She was filled with doubt and surprise. 'Could it be... Dual Cultivation? But... how could the effect be so remarkable?'

She vaguely knew that Dual Cultivation, especially under certain special Physiques or Opportunities, was beneficial to cultivation, but the extent of her own improvement was too astonishing.

She secretly glanced up at Lin Feng opposite her, who was equally awkward and silent. Her heart was filled with confusion and a hint of unspeakable delight, but she dared not ask.

Lin Feng quietly floated towards the surface, retrieved their clothes floating on the water, and after dressing, the two of them surfaced together.

Just then, a fox howl came from the shore.

The Crimson Sun Charming Fox had actually been guarding the area the entire time. Seeing the two of them awaken, it immediately seized the Opportunity, its eyes blazing with pink light, and pounced again. Several clusters of Soul-Scorching Fox Fire shot toward the pair in the water first.

Lin Feng's eyes narrowed, and he shouted in a low voice, "Be careful."

Subconsciously, he was about to activate the azure flood dragon banner to attack, but he felt a wave of weakness inside. The circulation of spiritual power in his Meridians was actually slower than usual, as if the effects of the previous intense consumption and the Love Poison had not fully faded.

The azure flood dragon banner flashed with spiritual light, but failed to materialize immediately.