Yang Guo: I'm invincible in the opening battle against Aunt Guo!

Yang Guo saw the confused and pained look in Huang Rong's eyes when she turned around.

I also noticed that the abnormal flush on her skin was spreading rapidly.

He instantly understood what had happened—the poison had acted up again.

Moreover, driven by the heat of the hot spring, the heat comes on exceptionally quickly and intensely!

Although this place is secluded, it is by no means a safe place.

If Guo Fu were to come looking for her, the consequences would be unimaginable.

In the blink of an eye, Yang Guo had made his decision.

He disregarded the need to avoid suspicion and darted away.

Like a wisp of smoke, he swept across the edge of the pool and grabbed the stack of clean cloths.

At the same time, he said in a low voice, "Aunt Guo, please forgive me!"

Before he finished speaking, he had already jumped into the pool, and the warm spring water instantly soaked through his clothes.

He quickly wrapped Huang Rong's wet and slippery body with a large cloth.

He wrapped his other arm around her waist, the touch of which was incredibly hot.

Huang Rong was already half-conscious. Her remaining consciousness made her tremble the moment she touched the man's solid body, but the violent desire within her immediately overwhelmed everything.

Unconsciously, she moved closer to the source of the coolness, her hands grabbing Yang Guo's clothes haphazardly.

"Quick...go..." she managed to squeeze out the last two words from her throat, using the last bit of her consciousness.

Yang Guo understood and knew that they absolutely could not stay here.

He took a deep breath, and the Yin-Yang Harmony Technique began to circulate spontaneously within his body.

The pure internal energy emanated from his body, carrying a hint of soothing and guiding, and flowed into Huang Rong's disordered meridians.

At the same time, he pushed off the white stones at the bottom of the pool with his feet.

Holding Huang Rong's wet body, he used the momentum to leap out of the hot spring.

Without stopping, he followed the mute servant who had led him in his memory.

They sped away from a secluded stone house hidden behind a peach grove that they had glimpsed from afar!

He moved extremely quickly, and was also concealed by the peach grove and reefs.

Furthermore, since everyone on the island was focused on settling in, no one noticed their movements.

The stone house seemed to be a place for storing old things; it was somewhat damp, but the door lock was rudimentary.

Yang Guo used his internal force to break the lock, slipped inside, and closed the door behind him.

They carefully placed Huang Rong, who was burning hot and trembling, on an old tatami mat covered with dry straw in the room.

There was no time to check the surroundings; Huang Rong's condition was already extremely urgent.

She was only wrapped in a soaked cloth, her skin was flushed, her breathing was hot and rapid, and her brows were filled with pain.

Without further hesitation, Yang Guo sat cross-legged behind her, pressing his palms against her smooth back.

The Yin-Yang Harmony Chapter is now in full operation!

Unlike his relatively passive approach at sea, this time Yang Guo actively guided his internal energy.

Like a finely woven shuttle, it travels through Huang Rong's almost boiling meridians.

As they practiced their techniques, their auras subtly connected, forming a small cycle.

The stone house was dimly lit, with only a few rays of sunlight filtering through the broken window, illuminating the rising steam and the yin and yang energies that gradually emanated from the two people.

I don't know how much time passed.

"Buzz—"

A deep, resonant sound emanated from Yang Guo's body!

As if some kind of barrier had been broken, the internal energy, which had originally reached the late stage of the third rank, suddenly surged after the "Yin Yang Harmony Chapter" efficiently refined the pure primordial yin and the strange energy transformed from poison in Huang Rong's body!

The meridians widen, the dantian expands and churns, the nature of internal energy becomes more solid, and the unique yin-yang harmony that comes from dual cultivation becomes more pronounced.

Early stage of second-rate!

It happened naturally, without any hindrance.

In just one day, he went from a third-rate martial artist with shallow internal strength to a second-rate one! This speed was enough to shock the world if word got out.

As Yang Guo made his breakthrough, the internal energy fed back into Huang Rong's body became even more refined and powerful.

The bottleneck of her innate perfection that had troubled her for many years suddenly widened after two consecutive deep cultivation sessions, especially after the thorough channeling and harmonization during the violent outbreak of poison!

"Click..."

There seemed to be a faint sound of porcelain shattering in the darkness.

Huang Rong shuddered, and her aura involuntarily emanated outwards!

The abnormal flush on her face completely faded, her skin became radiant and glowing, and her breathing became long and steady.

He unexpectedly broke through to the Grandmaster realm right here in this dilapidated stone house!

The cycle of the exercise gradually came to a stop.

Yang Guo withdrew his palm, regulated the surging new internal energy within his body, and felt a mixture of joy and surprise in his heart.

He looked at Huang Rong in front of him.

Huang Rong exhaled a long breath of white air carrying a faint fragrance, her eyelashes trembled, and she slowly opened her eyes.

The initial confusion in her eyes quickly faded.

Immediately, she realized her own state—she had broken through?

He actually broke through to the Grandmaster level?

Then came the cool, rough feel of the straw mat, the damp cloth covering my body, and the warm breath of the young man behind me…

And the surging, yet subtly connected, internal energy within his body surged into his heart like a tide.

"Ah!" she gasped, instinctively curling up and pulling the wet towel tighter. Her back was to Yang Guo, and her neck and ears turned bright red instantly.

The stone house was deathly silent, with only the sound of two people breathing rapidly.

She never expected the attack to come on so quickly.

The location was so unbearable, but the result... was the breakthrough I had always dreamed of.

"...You...you go out first."

Huang Rong's voice was terribly hoarse, and despite her forced composure, she couldn't hide a tremor.

Yang Guo silently got up, walked to the corner of the stone house, and turned his back.

He could hear the rustling sound of someone quickly putting on clothes behind him.

A moment later, Huang Rong's voice rang out again.

The former tranquility has been somewhat restored, but upon closer listening, ripples still remain:

"What happened today...is even more...unexpected than what happened at sea. You..."

She paused, seemingly unsure how to phrase it.

Yang Guo spoke at the opportune moment, his tone calm and sincere:

"Aunt Guo, I accidentally entered the hot spring and saw you suffering from the poison. In my haste, I only wanted to save you and had no intention of disrespecting you whatsoever. It was all caused by this strange poison. I understand."

He attributed all the blame to "toxicity" and "accident".

He adopted an extremely humble posture, and his words were full of his original intention to "save people".

He made no mention of his own breakthroughs, nor did he show any sign of using favors or ambiguity.

Huang Rong listened to his calm tone.

Looking at his tall, straight back with his back to me.

The tension in my heart eased slightly.

Yes, it's that damned poison after all...

And this young man did indeed "save" her once again, and even helped her break through her bottleneck.

A complex mix of gratitude and deeper embarrassment.

"You...you've broken through to the second-rate level?"

She suddenly sensed that Yang Guo's aura was not yet fully contained, and asked in surprise.

That's way too fast!

"Thanks to Aunt Guo's good fortune, I have made some progress by chance," Yang Guo said, downplaying the seriousness of the matter.

Huang Rong stopped asking questions; her mind was in turmoil.

"This matter... must never be known to a third party, especially not to Fu'er." She took a deep breath, her tone turning serious.

"I'll handle this stone house. You go back to Tingtao Garden immediately, and don't leave unless it's urgent. I... I need some peace and quiet."

"Yes, Aunt Guo," Yang Guo replied, then turned around, still keeping his head down, not daring to look Huang Rong in the eye.

Huang Rong had already put on that plain-colored dress and tied her wet hair up.

Besides, there was an unnatural blush on her face.

And with the lingering complex tears in the depths of her eyes, her appearance had largely regained its solemnity.

She stepped aside to clear the doorway.

Yang Guo strode out of the stone house and his figure quickly disappeared into the peach grove.

After he left, Huang Rong stood alone in the dimly lit stone house.

Looking around, and thinking about everything that had just happened here, shame and anger surged up again, and he slammed his hand heavily on the old wooden table next to him!

"Crack!" The wooden table shattered.

She closed her eyes, forcing herself to calm down.

The most urgent task is to completely eliminate this poison.

And the solution... seems to be the only option left.

At the same time, she also clearly realized that after these detoxifications...

A profound connection, beyond the ordinary, had developed between her and Yang Guo.

It involves not only the body, but also the source of internal energy and the progress of cultivation.

"Brother Jing..." she murmured softly, her fingertips digging deeply into her palms, the pain temporarily suppressing the raging storm in her heart.

After a long while, she tidied herself up, made sure no one was around, and then walked out of the stone house as if she had just happened to be passing by.

But the slightly damp temples and the lingering shadows deep in the eyes hinted at the turmoil that had just occurred.

Yang Guo returned to Tingtao Garden, closed the door, and his heart was filled with turmoil.

So many changes have occurred in just half a day.

He walked to the window, his gaze seemingly able to penetrate the houses and trees to see the hot spring and the stone house.

"System," he steadied himself and silently recited in his mind, "Sign in at Tingtao Garden on Peach Blossom Island."

[Ding! Sign-in successful! Host detected at the special story location 'Peach Blossom Island - Listening to the Waves Garden', reward obtained:]

[Complete Sheet Music and Introductory Insights for "The Song of the Azure Sea and Rising Tides"]

A wealth of profound information about musical rhythms, internal energy fluctuations, and tidal rhythms flooded his mind, eventually coalescing into a musical score containing a unique artistic conception of internal energy fluctuations.

The realization that he had broken through to the second tier reinforced his understanding of this unique skill, which unexpectedly deepened his comprehension.

"The Song of the Rising Tide of the Azure Sea..." Yang Guo mused.

This seems to be a closely guarded secret of Peach Blossom Island, one of Aunt Guo's signature skills.