69: Chapter 69: Night Shift Suli

Mo Zixing leaned over and pulled up the slipping quilt for Jiang Yuwei beside him.

His Junior Sister was sleeping soundly, and the few inches of skin exposed outside the quilt still bore the marks he had left behind.

She let out an unconscious whimper when he touched her, her entire body exuding a satisfied laziness.

Mo Zixing lightly flicked her cheek, then activated the System panel in his mind.

[Name: Jiang Yuwei]

[Cultivation: Qi Refining Level 9]

Mo Zixing raised an eyebrow.

As expected.

After all, he was now at Foundation Establishment Level 7, a whole major Realm higher than Jiang Yuwei.

In a single night, he had managed to push her to Qi Refining Level 9.

But conversely...

Jiang Yuwei's Qi Refinement Stage spiritual power was too thin.

For someone already at Foundation Establishment Level 7 like him, it no longer provided much nourishment.

Mo Zixing looked at his own panel again.

Sure enough, the cultivation column was still stuck at Foundation Establishment Level 7.

It seemed that if he wanted to surge upward again...

He would have to rely on Su Li, who was in the Crystallization Stage.

After all, even last time, when her Foundation was unstable and her spiritual power wasn't fully released...

She had successfully allowed him to jump two levels from Foundation Establishment Level 5 to Foundation Establishment Level 7.

If they were to have a proper cultivation session now, wouldn't he be able to charge straight to Ninth Level of Foundation Establishment Stage?

Calculating this in his mind...

He casually grabbed his outer robe from the bedside and draped it loosely over himself, tying the sash haphazardly.

Then, he pushed open the door to the master bedroom and walked out.

The wind blew with a hint of chill.

He faintly heard a rustling sound.

Mo Zixing paused and stood still to listen carefully.

The sound was coming from the guest room to the west.

He lightened his steps and walked over slowly.

The closer he got, the clearer the faint sound of fabric rubbing became.

There was also a sound of heavy breathing that seemed to be desperately suppressed, yet still leaked out.

Mo Zixing felt suspicious.

In the middle of the night...

What was Su Li doing in her room instead of sleeping?

He reached out and lightly placed his hand on the door handle.

With a slight push...

With a creak, the door opened a crack.

The commotion inside vanished without a trace instantly.

What does this mean?

Mo Zixing simply pushed the door wide and walked in.

Only a single dim, yellow candle flickered in the room.

The dancing candlelight fell upon the bed.

Su Li lay there quietly with her eyes tightly shut, looking as if she had passed away very peacefully.

But Mo Zixing was certain that he hadn't misheard anything outside the room.

He walked to the bedside and looked down at the person on the bed.

Su Li's cheeks were flushed with an alluring crimson; her eyelashes were clearly trembling ever so slightly, yet her eyes remained stubbornly shut.

Mo Zixing's lips twitched.

She was definitely faking sleep.

He just couldn't quite figure out...

If Su Li didn't want to sleep, then she didn't have to; no one was stopping her.

Why did she insist on pretending to be asleep?

His sense of playfulness was immediately piqued.

Mo Zixing leaned down, brought his face close to Su Li's, and gently blew a breath against her burning ear tip.

The warm breath swept across her sensitive ear.

Su Li bit her lip hard, forcing herself to remain silent.

Only she knew how overwhelmed with shame she was at this moment, wishing she could just stab herself to death with a sword.

Listening to the commotion next door earlier, she had felt hot and restless all over, and her body had reacted uncontrollably.

She didn't expect footsteps to suddenly come from outside.

Not only did it scare her into lying flat and playing dead instantly, but she also had to quietly erase the evidence of her actions from her hands.

Su Li prayed frantically in her heart for Mo Zixing to just take a look and leave quickly.

Otherwise, her reputation would truly be ruined.

But things didn't go as she wished.

Instead of leaving, Mo Zixing gently lifted a corner of the quilt.

He turned sideways and slipped inside.

The bed in the guest room wasn't wide to begin with.

As soon as he entered...

The two of them were pressed very close together.

The heat from Mo Zixing's body continuously transferred to her.

Su Li's body instantly stiffened.

Even though she wanted to kick him off the bed immediately, her body softened uncontrollably.

She could only keep her eyes closed and endure the charade of sleeping.

Mo Zixing leaned close to her ear and asked leisurely,

"Are you asleep?"

Su Li kept her eyes closed, giving no reaction whatsoever.

The next second.

A warm hand reached around her nightgown and rested on her waist, lightly grazing her skin as it moved upward improperly.

Su Li's whole body shuddered.

That familiar surge of heat rushed through her entire body.

She couldn't pretend any longer.

Her misty eyes opened, filled with shame and indignation.

She happened to meet Mo Zixing's smiling eyes:

"Oh, you're not asleep yet."

His voice was full of mockery; he had obviously seen through her act long ago, and everything just now was intentional.

Su Li's cheeks grew even hotter. Fearing she would wake Jiang Yuwei next door, she could only scold him in a low voice:

"Mo Zixing, what are you doing!"

"The night is long and quite boring."

Seeing her like this, the smile on Mo Zixing's face deepened:

"As a Cultivator, one should naturally work tirelessly at their Cultivation, shouldn't they?"

Su Li was angered into a laugh by his words and gritted her teeth:

"Then go and Cultivate in your own room. Why did you run over here to me?"

"Cultivating alone is too slow."

Mo Zixing spoke with perfect composure as he leaned close to her ear:

"Elder Su, I want you to help me Cultivate."

Su Li was stunned, her eyes full of bewilderment.

She was dazed for a full two seconds before she realized the meaning behind his words. Her face turned so red it seemed it might catch fire:

"You spent the first half of the night doing shameless things with your Junior Sister, and now you come to me saying you want to Cultivate?"

"Mo Zixing, have you no shame!"

"That's where you're wrong."

Mo Zixing grabbed the hand she used to push him away, pulled her into his arms, and smiled innocently:

"My Cultivation Technique is different from those dual cultivation methods that involve plucking and nourishing; this is genuine Cultivation."

"This cultivation speed can be described as advancing by leaps and bounds."

He paused, looking at her changing expression, and coaxed her persuasively:

"As the old saying goes, there is strength in numbers."

"Two people Cultivating is definitely faster than one."

"Besides, haven't you experienced it yourself, Elder Su?"

Mo Zixing watched the struggle in her eyes and continued to tempt her:

"From having a completely destroyed foundation to returning to Crystallization Stage 1 overnight."

"This speed... you might not even match it after ten years of secluded meditation, right?"

Su Li opened her mouth, wanting to refute his utterly absurd and crooked logic.

But the words reached her lips...

...yet she couldn't say them.

She had to admit that Mo Zixing had the grounds to say such things.

She had arduously cultivated to Crystal Stage Level 5.

Then her Foundation was completely destroyed in an instant.

But after being treated by Mo Zixing for one night, she had directly returned to Crystallization Stage 1.

This feeling of her cultivation rising rapidly was something she hadn't dared to even dream of in the past few years.

Her reason screamed in her heart:

No!

Cultivation must be done with one's feet on the ground!

This kind of unorthodox shortcut will only ruin your cultivation!

But another voice tempted her uncontrollably:

Just this once.

As long as you move your body, you can quickly regain your lost cultivation.

Besides, it's not the first time, so what does it matter?

The two thoughts clashed for a while.

In her heart...

...an uncontrollable urge to agree actually emerged:

"I... I want to..."