Heroine, don't turn back, I'm just a farmer.

Even so, Lu Guo still felt puzzled.

That day, my master Dao was clearly a trap.

And this Ming Suxue, she's not a widow waiting to be saved, she's clearly a white tiger in sheep's clothing!

Do you know who these people are?

Ming Suxue's tone was somewhat complicated. Judging from Lu Guo's tone, he had only been there for a day and a night, yet he had already discovered the spies in the manor. Although she had also discovered them, it was only after a period of testing that she had found them.

This little guy has quite a few secrets.

She looked up at Lu Guo, a hint of cunning in her eyes, "But thinking about it, I can understand why these people were exposed, after all, you, the successor of the Heavenly Blade, just happened to appear at this time."

"A master of the Inner Breath Realm, with an extraordinary background and remarkable martial arts skills, who also 'happened' to know where I am. Wouldn't it be a waste not to make use of such a person?"

Lu Guo: "..."

He didn't answer, but he understood the subtext in Ming Suxue's words.

"So you were acting the whole time?"

Ming Suxue neither denied nor admitted it. She simply tilted her head slightly to look at Lu Guo. The morning light shone on her well-defined profile, and her understated beauty revealed an extremely alluring and aggressive charm.

"Tianluoxiang and Wuji Demonic Sect are both sects among the Nine Outer Paths, also known as the Demonic Sect. Outsiders only know that these two sects are sworn enemies, but they do not know that they secretly communicate with each other. The secret I have discovered is that Tianluoxiang's supreme mental cultivation method, the Tianluo Scripture, is actually a branch of the Tianmo Book. The two sects originally had the same origin, but they split up later."

This amount of information is too much for Lu Guo to process all at once.

"No wonder the lady wanted to obtain the Heavenly Demon Book."

Ming Suxue nodded: "I not only practiced the Tianluo Scripture, but also the Tianmo Book. One is Yin and the other is Yang, but the two techniques need to be harmonized in a special way."

"So what now?" Lu asked. "What are you planning to do?"

"Now I'll teach you how to use a knife, and then we'll deal with those people."

Ming Suxue stood up, walked to the side, and took the knife out of the box again. This time, she did not hold back, but slowly drew it out in front of Lu Guo.

The moment the blade was drawn, a sharp aura burst forth from the edge, leaving a shallow mark on the bluestone floor of the room, but it remained firmly wrapped around the blade.

Lu Guo's pupils suddenly contracted—this was not an ordinary release of internal energy, but rather "the formation of sword energy" that only appears after swordsmanship has reached an extremely high level.

Not long after.

You have learned the Crane Spread Pose.

[You have mastered: The Ethereal Blade.]

You have learned: the graceful walk.

【you……】

This game mode makes learning so easy; you can learn something just by watching others demonstrate it once.

Lu Guo couldn't help but sigh.

Judging from the condensed and persistent sword energy, this should be the state when true energy combines with mortal objects.

Cultivators must not only understand their weapons and be proficient in their techniques, but also have extremely precise control over their inner energy.

Without needing to think, you should have a clear understanding of your own internal energy.

Does this Lady Xue feel that she hasn't done enough in this regard?

"With your level of understanding, you should be able to comprehend what I've taught you."

After saying that, Ming Suxue sheathed her sword.

Is this over?

Lu Guo looked at her with a puzzled expression.

He thought Lady Xue would make a few more cuts, and he wanted to see how powerful she was.

"Cultivation is not child's play. Don't get caught up in fancy moves. The real killers are simple and pure, and true masters don't waste their true energy on useless things."

That is indeed true.

After all, the amount of true energy that the human body can hold is limited. If true energy is spent on special effects, the consumption will definitely be large. What was originally a potentially lethal move might only cause serious injury because of a slight difference. In a life-or-death battle, these things can be fatal.

As Lu Guo began to frown and ponder how to make up for his weakness in true qi, Ming Suxue, who was watching him from the side, was not as rosy as she appeared on the surface.

The morning light shone on her skin, which was as white and soft as a peeled egg, but inside it was red as if it had been sunburnt in the summer. The energy within her body was somewhat restless and turbulent, rolling under her skin, even causing the surrounding air to refract light slightly.

Her eyes were filled with a look of embarrassment and annoyance.

Her spiritual practice has encountered serious problems.

It wasn't that she was too hasty or reckless in some part of her practice of the "Heavenly Demon Manual," or that she didn't understand it well enough, nor that she went astray in her practice. Rather, it was that the "Heavenly Incense" method she was practicing had a problem with it!

"Tianluo Xiang" is a female sect. This Yin-type true energy method can not only make people's thoughts more agile and their minds clearer, but also has a unique method of observing Qi. When cultivated to a high level, one can even perceive the good and evil in people's hearts.

Evil cannot be hidden; even if a good person suddenly harbors a wicked thought in front of you, you can sense it instantly.

This is also what makes the female disciples of Tianluoxiang special.

However, this is a furnace-cauldron technique.

The only weakness of this true qi method is that the cultivation speed is relatively slow, and the true qi produced is flexible but accumulates very slowly. Therefore, she tried every means to cultivate the "Heavenly Demon Book", a method that can generate true qi continuously by itself after cultivation. After all, the two schools have the same origin, and the two methods complement each other.

The problem is that she herself is a woman, and is naturally averse to yang-attribute true qi. To solve this problem, she entered the Taoist sect and infiltrated the Qingyang Temple in the capital to steal secret manuals. There, she met a Taoist friend and they became friends. The two of them found a method in the Taoist temple that could be used to replenish true qi.

According to that friend, this method was practiced by the Dasheng royal family and is called "The Sun Shines on the Goddess," which can harmonize Yin and Yang.

After some testing, it was found that this method did indeed have the many wonderful uses she described, and it was entirely beneficial to her true qi method.

She and the woman selflessly shared their cultivation experiences and methods with each other. Over the years, they practiced together according to the methods, and indeed, it had many wonderful effects. Her cultivation progress was also smooth.

Once you reach the threshold of the upper three realms, your true energy can flow freely around your body.

However, it was during a conversation with a friend at this time that she realized a big problem.

Every time I practice the "Goddess Painting", to put it nicely, I am prone to lust; to put it bluntly, I am consumed by burning desire.

As she was about to enter the upper three realms, the true energy within her body became condensed and powerful, transforming into a potent medicinal catalyst that tormented her day and night!

Even stopping cultivation is useless.

The true energy flowing through her meridians would often erupt violently without her noticing, and the surging lust made it difficult for her to control her body's instinctive reactions.

If one is practicing cultivation, and if one is using one's true energy intensely, then this feeling will come even more rapidly.

This is also the main reason why she was very reluctant to take action and why her emotions did not fluctuate much.

As the investigation deepened, Ming Suxue discovered that the "Sunlit Goddess Painting" was not a genuine Taoist inner scripture, but rather the Yin Desire Scripture within the "Yin Yang Heavenly Desire Scripture" of the Heavenly Desire Demon Palace.

This is a dual cultivation method that assists in spiritual practice.

Only by practicing dual cultivation with a man who practices the Yang Desire Sutra can one quell lust, greatly improve one's cultivation, prolong life, and if all goes well, live for one or two hundred years without any problem.

If one does not engage in dual cultivation with a man who practices the Yang Desire Sutra, there are only two possible outcomes: either one must cease cultivation and forcibly endure the torment of burning desire several times a day, ultimately dying from exhaustion of vital energy; or one must indulge in desire.

She is not a dissolute person, nor are her friends.

Otherwise, why would she have betrayed Tianluoxiang, joined the righteous army, and collected martial arts techniques from all over the world to strengthen her own power? It was all so that she wouldn't be controlled by others and naturally wouldn't indulge her desires.

Clinging to a sliver of hope, she consulted all the cultivation texts related to this type of practice, including notes left by some practitioners, desperately wanting to find a way to counter this method.

Fortunately, she found a clue.

There is a supreme method that can easily dispel the lustful fire generated by the Yin Desire Sutra in the Yin-Yang Heavenly Desire Sutra.

The records she found did not explain in detail how to easily resolve the problem, but she understood that this effect came from the relics and could purify this stubborn ailment that was like a demon in one's heart.

That night, she secretly watched the duel between Tianluoxiang's red sheath and Lu Guo.

Red Sheath clearly had the upper hand, so why couldn't she defeat Lu Guo? Every now and then, his aura would mysteriously reappear.

She repeatedly recalled the events in her mind and suddenly had a strong intuition: this successor of the Heavenly Blade, her "Guo'er," not only possessed a relic that could solve her physical problems, but he himself was probably practicing that strange method of endless life and death!

At the same time, she didn't dare waste any time and immediately sent someone to inform her friend.

The reigning empress dowager of the Dasheng dynasty.