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Yu Linzhou shifted his gaze from Yan Lingcang to Luo Yiyan's face, "Back then, you were severely injured by Elder Chu, and all your meridians were severed. Only the Azure Glazed Branch could save your life."

"He traded his Frost Lotus, which he had guarded for ten thousand years, for the elixir to you, which is why his injuries were delayed."

Luo Yiyan's breathing suddenly stopped.

Only then did he realize how much his master had sacrificed for him.

He had asked about it back then, but Yan Lingcang refused to talk about it. He only knew that the Azure Glazed Branch was refined into a pill, and Lin Zhixu had paid a great price to snatch it and save his life.

Therefore, he was both grateful and guilty towards Lin Zhixu, and always wanted to repay him.

But he never expected that his master had also sacrificed so much for him.

Luo Yiyan was somewhat lost in thought.

He had always thought that Yan Lingcang was aloof and unapproachable. Even though he treated him well, Yan Lingcang always seemed cold and distant when they were together.

He couldn't believe that Yan Lingcang would actually give up the thing he had guarded for ten thousand years to save his life for him.

"...I don't know any of this. Is there anything I can do for him?"

Yu Linzhou shook his head.

The light in Luo Yiyan's eyes dimmed, and her fingers, hanging by her sides, slowly clenched, her nails digging deep into her palms.

Yu Linzhou acted as if he hadn't seen it: "Alright, you've seen the person, it's time to go back. It's already against the rules for me to make an exception and bring you here, if those elders outside find out, they'll nag endlessly. You go back first, I'll have someone inform you when he wakes up."

Luo Yiyan gritted her teeth and shook her head: "I don't want to leave. I want to stay and accompany Master."

Yu Linzhou frowned: "You promised me."

Luo Yiyan stood there with his head down. After a moment, he suddenly took a step back, lifted his clothes, and knelt down.

His knee struck the cold stone slab with a dull thud. "I'm sorry, Immortal Venerable, I broke my promise. He is my master, and I cannot simply return without doing anything. My conscience will not be at peace. Please, let me stay and stay with him."

Yu Linzhou silently breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, Luo Yiyan did not disappoint him.

The room was quiet for a moment. Yu Linzhou seemed to be moved by his sincerity, snorted, and flicked his sleeves.

"Fine, since you're so sincere, I'll do as you please."

He stopped looking at Luo Yiyan kneeling on the ground, pulled up Lin Zhixu who was still confused about the situation, and walked out.

As he turned around, his sleeve twitched slightly, and something slipped out of his sleeve and fell silently to the ground.

Luo Yiyan picked up the book and was about to call out to Yu Linzhou when she looked up and found that the purple figure had already disappeared without a trace.

He intended to put the book away and return it another day, but his gaze involuntarily fell on the words on the cover: "The Ecstasy Manual, One Book to Solve All Worries".

His hand paused slightly as the image of Yan Lingcang lying weakly on the bed flashed through his mind, as if he were bewitched by some invisible force. He hesitated for a moment before finally turning to the first page.

With just one glance, his ears burned instantly.

The first move: take off your clothes.

Those who practice this technique, if they see the opponent's coldness penetrating their meridians and chilling them to the bone marrow, should remove their outer robes and press their skin against each other's.

Luo Yiyan stood there, stunned, the heat spreading from her ears to her neck.

The symptoms described in the book are exactly the same as Yan Lingcang's symptoms at this moment, but why does he feel that they are a bit unreliable?

But can skin-to-skin contact really dispel the cold for him?

Could it be that the book is a legitimate book, and he's just overthinking things?

……

Lin Zhixu became increasingly suspicious. He grabbed Yu Linzhou's sleeve and asked in a low voice, "What exactly are you trying to do? What did you leave for Luo Yiyan just now?"

Yu Linzhou was pulled back by him, glanced back at him, and gave a mysterious smile: "It's a good thing. I originally planned to keep it for ourselves, but then I thought about Yan Lingcang's miserable state, and it's too good for him."

Looking at the meaningful smile on his face, Lin Zhixu had a sudden flash of inspiration, which suddenly aligned with his strange thought process.

"You didn't leave him a manual on aphrodisiac techniques, did you?"

Yu Linzhou raised an eyebrow slightly, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes. Then, his eyes curved into a smile, which was tinged with pride: "Truly worthy of being my beloved disciple, you are of one mind with your master."

Lin Zhixu was furious. He took a deep breath and practically spat out the words through clenched teeth: "What exactly are you trying to do! Yan Lingcang is still unconscious, and you're stuffing this kind of thing into his mouth?"

"Don't rush, let me finish." Yu Linzhou raised his hand and pressed on his shoulder. "I really want to help them. Think about it, you know that Luo Yiyan is blessed with great fortune."

"If he could cultivate with Yan Lingcang, using his luck as a guide, he might actually be able to help Yan Lingcang overcome this tribulation."

Lin Zhixu also realized it. There really was such a possibility!

In the original novel, although Luo Yiyan and Yan Lingcang's dual cultivation takes place relatively late in the story, Yan Lingcang's cultivation level does indeed increase significantly after the two cultivate together, and the bottleneck that has troubled him for ten thousand years is finally loosened.

More importantly, the reason why Yu Linzhou was so obsessed with Luo Yiyan in the original work was because he saw the great fortune in Luo Yiyan and wanted to use the power of dual cultivation to fight against the protective formation of Tianheng Sect.

He stared at Yu Linzhou for a long while, his gaze gradually shifting from suspicion to complexity. "You're actually willing to give this up? Isn't this what you've always wanted?"

Yu Linzhou nearly jumped up, utterly shocked, his voice cracking: "When did I ever have such a thought! Don't wrong me, I'm completely loyal to you!"

In his panic, he grabbed Lin Zhixu's hand and pressed it to his chest, as if afraid he wouldn't hear the pounding of his heart. "Feel it, feel it! Can this heartbeat be faked?"

Lin Zhixu was so shocked by his reaction that he leaned back and tried to pull his hand away, but it was held even tighter.

He opened his mouth, but before he could speak, Yu Linzhou launched into a rapid-fire explanation: "I admit, I was initially a little interested in Luo Yiyan, but that was purely out of curiosity!"

"You know how special his luck is. I only wanted to take him as my disciple, to study what was going on with his luck, and see if I could use it to help me break through the sect's protective formation. But I never intended to cultivate with him, I swear!"

He became increasingly agitated as he spoke, his eyes welling up with tears. "I was just curious at the time, but after you came into my life, I completely forgot about it. You can't convict me based on something I didn't do!"

Lin Zhixu was both amused and exasperated by his sudden retort. He forcefully pulled his hand back, rubbed his wrist which was sore from being gripped so tightly, and said helplessly, "I just asked a question, why are you in such a hurry?"

"How can I not be anxious!" Yu Linzhou's eyes widened. "You've wronged me so much! If I'm not anxious and you run away, where am I supposed to find such a wonderful Daoist partner like you!"

Lin Zhixu: "...Aren't you overthinking it? When did I agree to become your Daoist partner?"