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

"Lin...Lin Fengmian, why...why aren't you cultivating?"

Cang Yuwei regulated her breathing for a while before she could barely suppress her surging blood and qi.

Seeing Lin Fengmian looking listless and even somewhat drowsy, he couldn't help but ask in a low voice.

Lin Fengmian yawned lazily, leaning against the edge of the bed, his tone casually irritating:

"There's nothing worth cultivating. This little bit of spiritual energy isn't even enough to fill a tooth gap."

His completely resigned, "what's the use" attitude left Cang Yuwei speechless, yet strangely envious. At least... he didn't seem flustered at all.

Lin Fengmian did not actually lie down.

He secretly separated a wisp of his divine sense and carefully explored the entire Absolute Spirit Gate.

Soon, he learned some extremely important news.

This news came after the introduction of these new disciples, and the once-a-decade Demon Suppression Abyss dispatch had just begun.

This time, the current female leader of the Phoenix Cry Kingdom has personally dispatched the team, and the current Holy Maiden of the Spirit Extinction Sect will also be here to personally lead the delegation.

When this news spread, the entire Jueling Sect was in an uproar.

Lin Fengmian's eyes lit up when he heard the news.

The Demon-Suppressing Abyss! The current Empress of the Phoenix Cry Kingdom personally dispatched an envoy, led by the current Holy Maiden of the Spirit-Suppressing Sect!

This is a golden opportunity!

He was just worried about not finding a way out of this hellish place, and this journey to the Demon-Suppressing Abyss might just be the way out!

But his excitement only lasted a few breaths before he wilted again.

He glanced at the pitiful amount of spiritual power within his body, and then touched the hundreds of spirit stones in his pocket, and couldn't help but sigh.

Although the Absolute Spirit Sect is small, it has quite a few old foxes keeping an eye on it. Those elders and guardians, aren't they all cunning old foxes with centuries of experience?

The last time he took out two spirit stones, it already aroused Qingming Zhenren's suspicion. If he takes out several hundred more, he will probably be put on the fire the next day and interrogated about the source of the spirit stones.

Not to mention, even if he were to use them all, the spiritual energy contained in those few hundred low-grade spirit stones might be enough to propel a mortal to the third level of Qi Refining on the Xuan Tian Continent, but in this Spirit-Deprived Land, coupled with his bottomless five spiritual roots...

"Not even enough to fill a tooth gap..." Lin Fengmian sighed.

He now deeply missed the thousands of spirit stones he had consumed during his Foundation Establishment stage. Those stones had single-handedly pulled him back from the ranks of mortals to the first level of Qi Refining, but even so, he had only barely touched the threshold. These few hundred spirit stones, if thrown in, probably wouldn't even make a splash.

His gaze involuntarily drifted to Cang Yuwei, who was sitting cross-legged in the corner with her brows furrowed.

For several days in a row, the girl had been desperately trying to draw spiritual energy into her body, but the spiritual energy in this desolate place was too thin, even more difficult than finding water in the desert.

Each time, she would barely sense a wisp of spiritual energy before it dissipated completely, before she could even guide it into her body. Her delicate face was filled with anxiety and resentment.

Lin Fengmian looked at her, and a thought suddenly popped into his mind.

Double repair.

He possesses the Pure Yang Holy Body and the profound dual cultivation technique of "Yin Yang Harmony Chapter." If he could merge his spiritual power with Cang Yuwei's and become each other's furnace and cauldron... wouldn't his cultivation level improve by leaps and bounds?

Thinking of this, he got up and walked to Cang Yuwei's side, leaned close to her ear, and whispered about the matter of dual cultivation.

The moment the words "dual cultivation" left her lips, Cang Yuwei's pretty face flushed crimson to her ears. She was both ashamed and angry, and abruptly pushed him away, her eyes filled with frost.

"Lin Fengmian! What kind of person do you take me for! I, Cang Yuwei, would rather die than do such a thing!"

She glared at him through gritted teeth, her chest heaving, clearly enraged.

Lin Fengmian was pushed back half a step by her, but he wasn't annoyed. He just shrugged and said in a flat tone:

"If you don't want to, that's fine. But I have to warn you, with the scarce spiritual energy here, if you want to cultivate to the first level of Qi Refining on your own, even if you are a once-in-a-century cultivation genius, you won't be able to step into that threshold without spending a year or two."

After saying that, he turned around and went back to meditate, saying no more.

Cang Yuwei stood there, biting her lip, a hint of hesitation flashing in her eyes.

She didn't speak again, but simply closed her eyes again and continued trying to draw qi into her body.

But the spiritual energy, like a playful fish, lingered and wandered outside the meridians, refusing to obediently enter.

Seven more days passed.

That night, Cang Yuwei once again forcibly circulated her cultivation technique, attempting to guide that faint wisp of spiritual energy into her dantian. However, as soon as the spiritual energy entered her meridians, it immediately dissipated, and the backlash caused her chest to tighten. With a "pfft," she spat out a mouthful of blood.

She collapsed to the ground, her face ashen, her whole body trembling.

She had practiced martial arts since childhood, possessing exceptional talent. At the age of fifteen, she reached the level of a martial arts grandmaster and was always proud and arrogant. However, she never expected that after embarking on the path of immortality, she couldn't even perform the most basic act of guiding qi into her body. That profound sense of powerlessness was like a boulder, pressing down on her and making it hard for her to breathe.

She lay on the ground, clenching her fists so tightly that her nails dug deep into her palms.

Is it really going to come to that?

However, her desire to become stronger and to suppress the demonic energy in the Demon Suppression Abyss has always been her most steadfast and unwavering obsession.

She remembered when she was a child, her mother held her hand and pointed to the abyss shrouded in gray mist in the distance, telling her that the most terrifying demon in the world was suppressed there, and that her Cang family ancestors had always taken it upon themselves to guard the Demon-Suppressing Abyss.

If she cannot become stronger, if she cannot embark on the path of immortality, then what will she use to guard the land? What will she use to fulfill her mother's last wish?

Thinking of this, she slowly raised her head and looked at the figure sitting quietly not far away.

She gritted her teeth, stood up, her steps unsteady, and walked step by step to Lin Fengmian.

She kept her head down, her ears were so red they almost bled, and her voice was barely audible, trembling with embarrassment.

"Lin...Lin Fengmian...your...that method you mentioned...is it really...really effective?"

Lin Fengmian opened his eyes and looked at the woman in front of him, who was usually aloof and proud, but now blushed and lowered her head. His heart stirred slightly.

"Of course it works," he said confidently. "I wouldn't stoop so low as to lie to you about something like this."

Cang Yuwei didn't speak again, but just clenched the hem of her clothes and remained silent for a long time.

Finally, she nodded gently, her voice barely a whisper: "Then...then...let's give it a try."

As night deepened, candlelight flickered inside the cabin.

The two sat facing each other. Lin Fengmian raised his hand and placed his palm on Cang Yuwei's back.

Pure spiritual energy flowed into her body through his meridians, and at the same time...

The Yin-Yang Harmony Chapter's techniques operated on their own, and the two people's auras began to intertwine and entwine under the pull of spiritual power.