After being jilted by the saintess at the beginning, why is she crying?

When Gongsun Mili was hugged by him, her body went limp, and two blushes rose on her cheeks. The jealousy in her heart was long since dispelled by the sweetness.

She couldn't help but smile, but she still said reproachfully:

"Hmph, you're just using sweet talk to deceive me! ...Alright, the situation is urgent now, I need to help you improve your cultivation! I also need to heal my injuries."

Seeing the two so affectionately gazing at each other, Gongsun Chan subconsciously swallowed and, as if possessed, blurted out:

"Yes, yes... my dear disciple, I can help you too!"

As soon as she said it, she froze.

Her stunningly beautiful face instantly turned a deep, almost bloody red.

What...what was I just saying?!

She actually said she wanted to compete with her niece for Lin Fengmian's...

Oh no, I mean, help her heal Lin Fengmian's injuries?!

"Oh dear! That's not what I meant! I meant I was going to use spiritual energy to heal you! I meant proper healing!"

She frantically waved her hands to explain, her words incoherent, only making things worse. Finally, she stomped her foot in anger, her voice tinged with a hint of embarrassment and tears.

"You...you go ahead! I'll guard the place for you!"

After saying that, she turned around and squatted down at the entrance of the cave, burying her face in her knees, leaving only her burning-hot back of her head facing the two of them.

Lin Fengmian was also taken aback.

He glanced at his master, who had a hot body and stunning looks, with a strange look in his eyes, and thought to himself:

"Good heavens... Master Chan'er, you seem even more anxious than I am! Your thinking is dangerous!"

Gongsun Mili also glanced at her aunt's back with surprise, her eyes filled with complex emotions.

But with danger lurking everywhere and the Situ family's pursuit possible at any moment, she couldn't afford to delve into these minor details.

She raised her hand and cast a barrier, enveloping the depths of the cave. Without a word, she pulled the still somewhat dazed Lin Fengmian and led him inside.

"Idiot! What are you standing there for? Come in!"

Lin Fengmian looked at the woman in front of him who had suddenly become unusually proactive and enthusiastic, and subconsciously swallowed.

He used to always take the initiative, and this woman always liked to play hard to get, but today she's suddenly so enthusiastic.

He was actually a little flattered, and also a little unaccustomed to it...

But... taking the initiative is great! Absolutely great!

Just thinking about the exhilarating feeling of one's cultivation level skyrocketing when engaging in in-depth exchanges with a Nascent Soul cultivator...

And the indescribable, irreplaceable pleasure of Gongsun Mili made Lin Fengmian feel as if all the blood in his body was rushing to one place.

He stopped being coy:

"Hehe, since Sister Mimi has so kindly invited me, how could I possibly refuse!"

And so, while Gongsun Chan, her face flushed and ears burning, squatted angrily at the entrance of the cave, acting as a door god.

Deep within the cave, in a confined space isolated by restrictions, spiritual energy surged, clothes gradually fell off, and figures overlapped.

The two sat cross-legged facing each other, palms together, their spiritual energy merging, and their cultivation techniques gradually improved.

Lin Fengmian also completely let go of his worries and devoted himself wholeheartedly to cultivation.

After all, this is indeed the only shortcut to quickly recover strength and heal injuries right now!

The enchanting spiritual energy fluctuations were firmly sealed off by the restriction, but the faint sounds and increasingly rich life force made Gongsun Chan, who was squatting at the cave entrance, pound her heart like a drum.

She could only clutch her clothes tightly, cursing that shameless "good disciple" a hundred times in her heart.

I couldn't help but prick up my ears, secretly listening to see if there was any movement inside...

Several days passed in this way.

Li Cheng practically maxed out his stealth skills.

He moved stealthily within the Situ family's sphere of influence, avoiding countless overt and covert sentries. And he actually managed to uncover some crucial clues.

Gongsun Gaishi and others were imprisoned in a very secret, forbidden water dungeon.

Not only was the place heavily guarded, with a squad of elite armored soldiers patrolling every hundred feet, but the water prison was also surrounded by three layers of interconnected restrictions.

From illusionary mazes to deadly lightning arrays, everything is available.

Ordinary cultivators, let alone sneak in, would be instantly annihilated if they accidentally wandered into the outer perimeter within a hundred miles.

"Damn it!" Li Cheng mentally ranted as he carefully dodged a wave of patrolling spirit dogs.

"That kid is probably surrounded by beautiful women right now, living the high life like a god! Meanwhile, I have to do all the hard and tiring work! What kind of nonsense is this?!"

Indeed, he was half right.

In the hidden cave on the other side, Lin Fengmian had indeed not rested much these past few days.

Gongsun Mili seemed to be releasing all her previous repression and despair in another way.

In order to become stronger, she devoted herself to the cultivation technique, even to the point of being impatient, wanting to squeeze out every last bit of potential from the two of them with each cycle of spiritual energy.

Fortunately, Lin Fengmian had a solid foundation and a pure Yang holy body, which allowed him to withstand such a high intensity of spiritual energy fusion.

After several days of dual cultivation, Gongsun Mili's injuries were completely healed, and her cultivation level was also completely stabilized at the peak of the mid-Nascent Soul stage, even faintly touching the bottleneck of the late stage.

Lin Fengmian, on the other hand, felt that his cultivation at the Great Perfection of Core Formation was even more complete and harmonious.

His dantian seemed to have been tempered into a vast, golden ocean.

Every drop of spiritual energy was solid and full, yet no matter what, it could not touch the threshold of the next realm.

However, this caused great trouble for Gongsun Chan, who was guarding the cave entrance.

Although she had two strips of cloth stuffed in her ears to block out her five senses as much as possible, the faint fluctuations of spiritual energy still managed to seep through the gaps in the barrier.

It tickled her heart like a feather.

Listening to the faint, enchanting sounds coming from not far away, and feeling the intensely ambiguous spiritual resonance,

This stunningly beautiful master could only blush and shrink into a corner, forcing himself into meditation, but he couldn't truly calm his mind.

She felt a mix of emotions, a mixture of envy, bitterness, and something else entirely.

Inside the cave

Lin Fengmian looked her over, his tone carrying a hint of concern and probing:

"Mili, how are you feeling? Do you feel like you're about to break through?"

Gongsun Mili was in a daze at the moment, her mind still filled with the lingering effects of the breathtaking fusion of spiritual energy.

Startled by his sudden question, she snapped out of her daze, slightly opening her beautiful eyes and giving him a disgruntled glare.

"Do you think that breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage is as easy as drinking plain water?"

Each minor realm of the Nascent Soul stage is comparable to the leaps in previous major realms; how could it be possible to break through so quickly?

She paused, then asked in return,

"Stop criticizing me here. When are you going to break through?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Fengmian subconsciously touched his nose, somewhat helplessly:

"I can't feel the formation of the Nascent Soul stage at all; there's not a single sound."

He looked up at Gongsun Mili, a smile unconsciously creeping onto his lips, carrying a hint of frivolity.

"It seems we need to keep working hard at farming."

His words truly came from the bottom of his heart, recalling the experience of dual cultivation with Gongsun Mili.