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"Where to?"

Qin Le looked at Lu Qingshuang with some doubt, and a hint of curiosity also arose in her heart. It was unusual for Lu Qingshuang to take the initiative to invite her out alone.

Lu Qingshuang raised her hand, her slender fingertips pointing to the sky: "Go to the sky."

"The heavens?" Qin Le was taken aback. "Why do you suddenly want to go to the celestial realm?"

"It's not the celestial realm," Lu Qingshuang quickly shook her head, correcting, "It's the starry sky of the mortal world."

"Oh, so that's where it is." Qin Le smiled in realization, knowing he had misunderstood.

This is not his fault. In the minds of most cultivators, "heaven" usually refers to the celestial realm.

After all, for cultivators who can travel through the starry sea, the mortal starry sky is no longer a mysterious and unpredictable forbidden land, but more like a near sea that can be explored at will.

In fact, the ancestors of many of the inhabitants of this planet, which is now home to countless living beings, would have been called aliens in the mortal world.

They were all brought here from their original home planets by various deities after the celestial realm opened a passage, and gathered here for easier management and training.

Although a few who had no hope of ascending to immortality and were attached to their homeland chose to return to their mother planet to live out their days, the vast majority of them have already taken root here.

For cultivators, traveling through the stars is already commonplace.

"Where exactly are you going? Your hometown, Ziyun Star?" Qin Le guessed.

He knew that Lu Qingshuang's ancestors came from a planet called Ziyun Star.

"Can you stop making wild guesses?" Lu Qingshuang couldn't help but roll her eyes. "I'm far from passing away! I want you to come with me to find the Moon Star in the mortal realm."

She was born and raised on this planet beneath her feet, and had only heard of the legendary ancestral star, Ziyun Star, but had never set foot on it.

Moreover, in this era of highly integrated cultivation civilizations, different planets are more like different provinces within the same country, and the concept of region has long since faded.

Even if her lifespan eventually runs out, Lu Qingshuang doesn't necessarily feel that she has to be buried on Ziyun Star—after death, her body turns to dust and her soul enters the cycle of reincarnation; where she is buried is not important to her.

"There's a Moon Star in the mortal realm too?" Qin Le was somewhat surprised.

"Yes." Lu Qingshuang nodded in confirmation, and further explained, "To be precise, it was a small fragment that was peeled off from the Taiyin Star in the Heavenly Realm."

Her master, the fairy Chang'e, once told her that when the mortal world was first created, it was a desolate wasteland. Most of the sun, moon, stars, mountains, rivers, lakes, and seas were transported or copied from the celestial realm.

The Sun and Moon, which govern the day and night cycles of the mortal realm, were each taken from one of the two supreme stars in the heavens and placed in the mortal sky.

Lu Qingshuang's trip was precisely to utilize the power of the Taiyin Star in the mortal realm for her cultivation.

"Of course I can go with you, but you'll have to bring them along."

Qin Le readily agreed, then smiled and pointed to the demon classmates around him who seemed to be cultivating on their own but were actually listening intently.

He didn't ask Lu Qingshuang why he insisted on accompanying her—he would find out when they arrived at the destination.

However, if he were to run off on his own, leaving the three hundred demon classmates who were counting on him to cultivate behind in the academy, it would likely cause public outrage.

"Okay." Lu Qingshuang nodded, without any objection.

She was fully aware of Qin Le's situation, and since she was the one asking for his help, she naturally wouldn't fuss over such a small matter.

With a flick of her wrist, she revealed a delicate and translucent ice-blue lotus magic artifact in her palm.

As spiritual energy was infused, the lotus flower grew rapidly in the wind, transforming into a size large enough to accommodate several people sitting cross-legged, and quietly suspended half a foot above the ground.

Lu Qingshuang gracefully leaped onto the lotus platform, sat cross-legged in the center, and then looked at Qin Le, pointing to the empty seat beside her.

"Come on up, I'll take you flying, it'll be faster."

"Okay." Qin Le readily agreed and leaped down to sit beside her.

Lu Qingshuang made a hand seal, and the ice-blue lotus platform trembled slightly before transforming into a streak of azure light that shot into the sky and instantly disappeared into the blue sky.

Almost simultaneously, three hundred beams of various colored demonic light rose into the air one after another, closely following the blue light—they had heard the conversation between the two clearly, so they naturally had to follow.

The lotus platform sped through the sea of ​​stars, traversing one silent galaxy after another.

The starry sky is deep and vast, far removed from the hustle and bustle of life-bearing planets, leaving only eternal tranquility and the faint light of distant stars.

About an hour later, Lu Qingshuang, who had been silently traveling, suddenly sighed softly and turned to look at Qin Le, who was resting with his eyes closed beside her.

"You...aren't you going to ask why I insisted you come with me?" Her voice was exceptionally clear in the silent starry sky.

Qin Le opened his eyes, glanced at her, and smiled frankly: "There's nothing to ask. When we get there, we'll know what we need to know."

Lu Qingshuang sighed again, knowing Qin Le's temperament, and took the initiative to explain:

"My master told me that although the Taiyin Star in the mortal realm is just a fragment, the Taiyin power it contains is still extremely powerful, distorting a large area of ​​space and forming a natural spatial barrier. With my current cultivation level, I cannot force my way in... I need your help."

Although Qin Le's actual combat strength was not as good as Lu Qingshuang's at the early stage of the Refinement of Emptiness and Integration of Dao, her mastery of the Dao of Space was far superior to Lu Qingshuang's.

After all, Lu Qingshuang was still a mortal cultivator, far from the Celestial Immortal realm where she could begin to explore space travel. Qin Le, on the other hand, had already comprehended the Immortal Path of Time and Space.

This was also the only person Lu Qingshuang could turn to for help. She couldn't possibly disturb the Jade Emperor or the celestial leaders in the alliance for such a private matter.

Moreover, even if she were to seek an audience, those high and mighty beings would probably be too lazy to pay attention to an ordinary cultivator like her, who might be considered a prodigy in the mortal realm but is nothing special in the eyes of the celestial realm.

Their attention would only fall on monsters like Qin Le, geniuses like Chen Yun who could bring about change, or generals like Luo Qiuyue who possessed special military leadership skills.

"I see, no wonder you came looking for me." Qin Le nodded in understanding.

"Hmm." Lu Qingshuang responded softly, her tone tinged with helplessness: "Only you can help me."

At this moment, Qin Le seemed to suddenly remember something and asked with a hint of curiosity, "By the way, what exactly was the exclusive cultivation technique you obtained at the Heavenly Realm's Source Stele last time? I don't think I've ever heard you mention it before."

During their last trip to the Heavenly Realm, several of their companions revealed more or less the characteristics of the cultivation techniques they obtained from the Source of Law Stele, but Lu Qingshuang was vague and evasive at the time.

Upon hearing this question, Lu Qingshuang's body stiffened almost imperceptibly, and a faint blush seemed to rise on her fair cheeks.

She remained silent for a few seconds before looking at Qin Le helplessly: "You... really want to know?"

"I am indeed a little curious," Qin Le nodded frankly.

Lu Qingshuang took a deep breath and slowly exhaled, as if she had made up her mind and resigned herself to her fate, and said, "That is a... dual cultivation technique."

"Dual cultivation?!"

Upon hearing this, Qin Le's eyes widened slightly, clearly surprised by the answer.

No matter how he guessed, he never expected it to be like this.

Lu Qingshuang nodded with a wry smile: "Yes. It's a superior cultivation technique that specializes in cultivating Yin energy. It's extremely powerful, and progress in cultivation is very rapid... However, it requires the assistance of Yang energy to harmonize with it and to avoid the backlash from the Yin energy. So..."

She didn't say anything more, but her meaning was already quite clear.

No matter how suitable or powerful this cultivation method is for her, it is useless if she cannot find a suitable Daoist partner who possesses supreme Yang power and is willing to assist her in cultivation.

Before meeting Qin Le and the others, Lu Qingshuang had always followed a path of detachment and solitary pursuit of the Dao, and had no interest in finding a Daoist partner.

Even after she integrated into the group and enjoyed the warmth of friendship, she remained completely clueless about romantic relationships and had no intention of doing so.

Thus, he found himself in the awkward situation of possessing powerful techniques but being unable to cultivate them.

Qin Le listened, seemingly lost in thought.

He raised his right hand, extended his index finger, and his mind stirred slightly.

puff.

A warm, bright orange-red flame, seemingly imbued with the essence of primal life and civilization, quietly appeared at his fingertips, burning silently.

"Look at this... does it count as the power of ultimate yang?" Qin Le looked at Lu Qingshuang with clear eyes, filled with pure inquiry.

Lu Qingshuang's gaze fell on the flickering flame. She was slightly taken aback at first, and then a look of disbelief and surprise flashed across her beautiful purple eyes.

She nodded slowly, her voice soft but firm:

"Calculate."