Time Travel: I'm a Flower Thief

Xie Xiaoyi mentally complained, then tucked the turtle spirit into his arms and pressed his hands against the giant turtle's upper and lower jaws once more.

He channeled all the power of his dragon essence and phoenix blood into his arms, then exhaled sharply, forcefully opening the already closed glans again.

With a leap, he returned to the sea.

Just as he was about to turn around and swim away, after swimming a couple of times, his gaze suddenly fell on the corpse of the Xuanjia Jiao (a type of dragon) beside him.

Although this thing hasn't transformed into a dragon, it's still a beast that can rival the spirit turtle in strength. It might even have some treasures hidden inside. I'll have to take a look.

He circled the Xuanjia Jiao once, examining it carefully for a moment.

These dragon scales look hard, but they are far less monstrous than the shell of the spirit turtle.

Xie Xiaoyi drew Guan Canghai and tried to slash at the scales, but he couldn't cut them. However, he could easily pierce through the gaps in the scales.

He exerted force with his wrist, slowly cutting open the dragon's belly along the seams of its scales, and the seawater was quickly stained with blood.

As he wielded his sword to peel away the flesh, he drilled deeper into the dragon's corpse, carving a path through the thick flesh and blood.

After burrowing into the abdomen, Xie Xiaoyi rummaged through the sticky internal organs until his fingers finally touched a warm, hard sphere.

He clenched it and saw a blue-green inner core, radiating heat, lying quietly in his palm.

Xie Xiaoyi was overjoyed: "This must be the Dragon Core!"

He also put the dragon pill into his pocket and placed it with the tortoise spirit. Although he almost died, he had obtained a great opportunity and felt indescribably happy.

He then used his hands and feet to vigorously stir the seawater, and in a moment he broke through the surface.

Looking around, Fuyu Mountain had shrunk into a blurry shadow, and only then did I realize with surprise that I had unknowingly swum so far away.

Thinking that his aunt must be starving, he immediately dove into the sea, found a grouper, killed it with a single sword stroke, and swam to the surface by its gills.

He then tossed Guan Canghai into the air, clapped his hands on the sea surface, leaped out of the water, and flew towards Fuyu Mountain on his sword.

......

Upon returning to Wanghailu, Xie Lingyun was already eagerly waiting at the door.

Upon seeing Xie Xiaoyi return, she immediately stepped forward and, disregarding the large fish he was carrying, hugged him tightly, asking, "Why were you gone for so long?"

I searched for you for ages on my sword along the East China Sea, but couldn't find a trace of you. I even searched all over the East China Sea, but still couldn't find you...

I was so worried, I had no choice but to come back and wait for you.

Xie Xiaoyi gently hugged her back and said with a warm smile, "I'm sorry to have worried you, Aunt. You must be starving."

This is a long story. Let me make you something nice to eat first, and then I'll tell you slowly.

As he spoke, he found a thin blue stone slab, set it up on all sides, and lit a fire underneath. The stone slab quickly became hot and emitted a faint stone fragrance.

Xie Xiaoyi deboned the grouper, cut it into thick slices, and laid them on the hot stone slab. With a "sizzle,"

The oil oozes out instantly, and in no time, the fish is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, sizzling with heat.

Xie Lingyun watched him cook earnestly, feeling a sense of comfort and reassurance welling up inside her.

I feel that life is peaceful and stable, and all I ask for is this ordinary life.

Suddenly, a soft "gurgling" sound came from inside her stomach.

Xie Xiaoyi looked up and saw that the tips of her ears were turning slightly red. He immediately chuckled and said, "Auntie, I didn't expect you to be this hungry?"

Xie Lingyun glared at him and said, "You...you still have the nerve to say that? It's all because of what you did to me last night."

"I can make things difficult for you, but I need your aunt's cooperation first!"

"You... lecher!"

"Yes, yes, I am Deng Tu Zi. Auntie, come and eat the fish that Deng Tu Zi grilled!"

As he spoke, Xie Xiaoyi picked up a piece with his bamboo chopsticks and handed it over.

Xie Lingyun didn't stand on ceremony and ate with Xie Xiaoyi right there on the stone slab. The scalding hot food, wrapped in heat, was delicious, and they ate one bite after another, feeling completely comfortable and with a lingering fragrance in their mouths.

The lingering fragrance on the stone slab had not yet dissipated when Xie Xiaoyi was bending down to clear the dishes when he suddenly felt a sharp pang in his heart.

A sense of restlessness surged through my meridians, rushing to my limbs and bones, causing my blood and qi to churn uncontrollably.

His body stiffened, his legs went weak, and he knelt down with a thud, veins throbbing on his forehead, his jaw clenched tightly.

Xie Lingyun immediately frowned and stood up, quickly stepping forward to support his arm, her voice filled with urgency: "What's wrong?"

Xie Xiaoyi gritted his teeth and forced himself to speak: "I don't know, I feel a surge of true energy about to burst out of my body."

Xie Lingyun's heart sank, and the tender scenes of last night resurfaced in his mind—

At that moment, their skin touched, and she vaguely felt a warm, profound energy flowing into her body.

After circulating for several weeks, it was quietly drawn back to him, and now, thinking about it, it all seemed strange.

Could the way this true energy flows be the same as the dual cultivation technique between men and women?

She frowned as she looked at Xie Xiaoyi, her tone urgent and confirming: "Last night, did you use dual cultivation techniques on me?"

Sweat beaded on Xie Xiaoyi's forehead, and his jaw trembled as he nodded.

"This mental technique is like it's etched into my bones. Every time... every time I'm with a woman, I unconsciously use it."

Xie Lingyun frowned, cursing inwardly, "Damn it! Judging from his words, it sounds like his behavior has become the norm!"

"That's outrageous! So it's not just me he does this to, but every woman?"

But seeing Xie Xiaoyi's distressed appearance, her heart softened immediately.

She reached out and helped him up by his arm, then half-pulled and half-dragged him to a flat bluestone in the courtyard.

"Don't force yourself, sit cross-legged, and concentrate your energy."

Xie Xiaoyi sat down cross-legged as instructed, closed his eyes and regulated his breathing, but felt his blood and qi rushing around like a wild horse.

Xie Lingyun knelt down in front of him, condensed a wisp of true energy at his fingertips, and gently touched the Yintang acupoint between his eyebrows. A cool sensation flowed straight through his meridians.

Then, move your fingers down and press on the Fengchi point on the neck, the Tanzhong point on the chest, and the Shenshu point on the side of the waist in turn. At each point, a steady stream of true energy penetrates in.

Sometimes patting, sometimes kneading, sometimes gently massaging with fingertips along the meridians.

Where Xie Lingyun's fingertips brushed, Xie Xiaoyi's restless blood and qi gradually calmed down, turning into waves of warmth that flowed along his meridians.

He felt a surge of power rising from his dantian, spreading through his limbs and bones, and wherever it passed, his muscles, bones, and meridians were being slowly tempered.

Suddenly, the warm current gathered into a torrent, rushing straight to the Baihui acupoint on the top of the head!

Xie Xiaoyi shuddered, as if a thunderclap had exploded in his ears, and the air around him surged wildly, causing the fallen leaves and pebbles on the ground to spin around incessantly.

He could clearly feel that the barrier of the peak ninth-grade realm was crumbling inch by inch under the impact of this torrent.

The true energy in his dantian surged, far exceeding what it had been before, and his meridians also widened considerably, making his five senses exceptionally sharp.

A clear, long howl rose into the sky and lingered for a long time.

The surrounding mountains and forests rippled in response, birds took flight in fright, and leaves rustled down incessantly.

After a long while, the surging power gradually subsided, condensing into a lustrous vortex within the dantian.

Xie Lingyun observed the changes in his body and relaxed his brows slightly: "You have already reached the Upper Five Realms, the Starry Sky Profound Realm."

Xie Xiaoyi slowly opened his eyes: "Ninth-Rank Peak Realm...broken?"