Both time-traveled characters ended up as villainous henchmen.

Chapter 136 Testing the Golden Elixir

After several days of such intimate dual cultivation, He Nian and Qin Weiyu recovered from the excitement of their first attempt and returned to their usual cultivation routine.

However, not long after, Qin Weiyu approached He Nian again with an excited expression.

"Junior Brother He, you—I—"

"Senior Sister Qin, you're already in such a hurry after only a few days apart?"

Seeing Qin Weiyu's face turn red with anxiety, yet she couldn't speak clearly, He Nian found it amusing and teased her.

Upon hearing He Nian's words, Qin Weiyu felt even more ashamed and indignant, and her beautiful eyes welled up with tears.

Seeing this, He Nian stopped teasing her and led Qin Weiyu to sit down in the cave. After brewing a pot of spiritual tea, he began to inquire about the details of the incident.

After being teased by He Nian, Qin Weiyu couldn't help but feel a sense of recklessness and asked directly, "Junior Brother He, why did a trace of lightning-type magic power arise within my body after our dual cultivation that day?"

Qin Weiyu's face flushed slightly. She knew very well that she had dual fire and wood spiritual roots, and her main cultivation technique was also fire-attribute. There was not a trace of lightning-attribute magic in the spells and secret techniques she cultivated.

It is impossible to conjure up a single trace of lightning magic out of thin air.

In the cultivation world, cultivators who wish to master special attribute spells beyond their main cultivation technique need to reach the Core Formation stage.

The problem is that Qin Weiyu is currently only at the Foundation Establishment stage.

Furthermore, the lightning-type magic power generated within her body was completely under her control and would not conflict with the fire-type magic power generated by her main cultivation technique.

Even if she exhausts it all, it will not disappear. Instead, it will gradually recover as she breathes in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

It was as if he had suddenly acquired a lightning-type spiritual root.

Based on Qin Weiyu's understanding of the Thunder Dragon Body and the sect's dual cultivation method, she simply could not explain these phenomena.

She was too embarrassed to ask her own master alone, so she decided to try it out with He Nian first.

If that doesn't work, take He Nian with you to see your master to handle it!

As if sensing Qin Weiyu's thoughts, He Nian calmly took a sip of spiritual tea before speaking under Qin Weiyu's anxious gaze: "I don't know the specifics either, but I guess it should be related to my Thunder Dragon Essence Body."

"Why don't we try cultivating it again and see if there are any other differences that haven't been discovered yet?"

He Nian's expression remained unchanged, but Qin Weiyu's face flushed even more upon hearing this, and she lowered her head involuntarily.

After a moment, Qin Weiyu raised her head again, her face showing a hint of charming coquettishness, and nodded in agreement with He Nian's suggestion.

"Yes—yes."

As a result, the array and restrictions within He Nian's cave were activated again, and it was quickly sealed off once more, leaving no one to know what lay within.

The next day, He Nian, led by Qin Weiyu, arrived at the cave of her master, Elder Xinglian Xie Yushan.

Looking at the Golden Core Elder's cave dwelling, which was even less impressive in scale and design than his own, He Nian couldn't help but feel a sense of awe.

He also knew Elder Xinglian, Xie Yushan, who had attended his apprenticeship ceremony. However, he had only given her a brief greeting and they weren't exactly acquainted.

Even though He Nian later visited many Golden Core cultivators of the Hidden Moon Sect in order to quickly transform his otherworldly power into a cultivation system, Xie Yushan was not on He Nian's list of visitors.

The main reason was that Xie Yushan's strengths did not meet He Nian's needs at the time.

Xie Yushan was mainly responsible for managing the medicinal fields on Tianqiong Peak. Her skills in alchemy were not particularly profound; rather, it was her disciples who were more skilled.

Zi Qinweiyu is exceptionally talented.

However, these are not the reasons why Xie Yushan was treated poorly among the Golden Core cultivators of the Hidden Moon Sect. The main reason for her poor treatment lies within herself.

Xie Yushan seems to have made a mistake in her early cultivation, which caused her cultivation level to remain at the early stage of Core Formation. In addition, she has a cold and aloof personality and is unwilling to interact with other Golden Core cultivators in the sect. Over time, she has become what she is now.

"Master, your disciple Qin Weiyu and Junior Brother He Nian pay their respects."

After sending the message using the disciple's token, Qin Weiyu and He Nian waited silently outside the cave entrance.

"Come in."

Xie Yushan didn't keep the two waiting long. She quickly opened the cave's protective barrier and let them in.

Upon entering the cave, He Nian saw a place where spiritual herbs and plants grew luxuriantly, resembling a fairyland garden.

Led by Qin Weiyu, the two soon found Xie Yushan meditating on a pavilion in the water.

Xie Yushan wore a simple lotus-patterned long dress, her figure graceful and her appearance beautiful. She was even more elegant and pure than the various lotus plants in the waters surrounding the pavilion.

He Nian glanced at her briefly before looking away and followed Qin Weiyu to Xie Yushan's side.

Xie Yushan then opened her beautiful eyes, glanced calmly at He Nian, and then turned her gaze to Qin Weiyu.

"Wei Yu, have you encountered difficulties in alchemy again lately?"

When Xie Yushan looked at Qin Weiyu, her gaze was incredibly gentle, and her aloof and unapproachable demeanor vanished instantly.

"Master, the matter—this is what happened."

After hesitating for a while, Qin Weiyu finally blushed and told the story of what had happened.

He Nian listened quietly without offering any opinion.

He was fully aware of the unusual thing about Qin Weiyu, but he wasn't going to say it.

After observing for some time, he gained a better understanding of the unique features of his "Thunder Dragon Body".

Aside from his significant advantage in the basic methods of dual cultivation, he can use dual cultivation to silently share some of his abilities with his cultivation partner.

In contrast, he can not only acquire certain special talents of his cultivation partner, but also allow his physical body to relive the partner's cultivation process.

In other words, through dual cultivation over the past few days, he has relived all the changes in Qin Weiyu's physical body, magical power, and spiritual consciousness during her cultivation process from the time she entered the Qi Refining stage to the previous mid-Foundation Establishment stage.

His understanding of the two major realms of Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment far surpasses that of other cultivators.

This profound perception won't allow his cultivation to advance by leaps and bounds, but it will allow him to further explore the secrets behind the mortal world.

He vaguely sensed the possibility of advancing further in his Foundation Establishment realm.

This is also why He Nian did not directly attempt to form his core.

Now, Xie Yushan's appearance has given him the possibility of experiencing Core Formation cultivation ahead of time.

After listening to Qin Weiyu's story, Xie Yushan first glared angrily at He Nian, and then came to Qin Weiyu's side with concern to personally examine the special condition inside her body.

A moment later, Xie Yushan finished her examination.

"No problem, the foundation is extremely solid, and some hidden injuries and bottlenecks left over from previous cultivation have also been eliminated."

Even her own cultivation aptitude has improved to a certain extent.

This discovery filled Xie Yushan's gaze towards He Nian with shock and bewilderment.