The Hehuan Sect cultivates alchemy; my senior sister helps me refine alchemy throughout the world.

Liu Mengli giggled and slid into the pool like a water snake.

She now had a noticeably fuller figure, her body appearing and disappearing in the steam, giving her a unique charm that made Shen Yifei stare in disbelief.

"Master, touch me and see if it's as I said. A few more times and I'll be able to regain my physical body. Give me a little more effort, and maybe it'll be done tonight."

Shen Yifei, aroused by her charms, said, "What do you mean by tonight? It's right now! But let me make this clear: if you can't handle it, don't force yourself. We'll take it slow."

"Don't worry, Master, I'm quite sturdy." Liu Mengli patted her chest so hard it trembled, making Shen Yifei envious again.

The two emerged from the pool, and Shen Yifei casually draped a robe over his shoulders. Liu Mengli, on the other hand, was quite straightforward, sitting cross-legged opposite him with a rather dignified posture.

"Master, shall we begin?"

"Hmm, relax your mind." Shen Yifei calmed his mind and, just like Ao Ying's dual cultivation process, slowly extended a wisp of his soul and gently touched Liu Mengli's brow.

"Oh my god... Master, this thing of yours... how come it's even more powerful than last time?" Liu Mengli's voice trembled, and her watery eyes were full of daze.

"I didn't fully grasp it last time, but now that I've practiced it more, I've got it all figured out," Shen Yifei said proudly, as he guided his soul to slowly explore the depths of Liu Mengli's sea of ​​consciousness.

Liu Mengli's sea of ​​consciousness is completely different from Ao Ying's.

Shen Yifei's soul probed into the depths of Liu Mengli's sea of ​​consciousness, and his first impression was... huge.

This wasn't his first time cultivating with Liu Mengli, but ever since the last time, when Liu Mengli said she had a physical sensation, Shen Yifei felt that her sea of ​​consciousness had grown much larger.

"Mengli, how come your sea of ​​consciousness has grown so much again?" Shen Yifei couldn't help but ask.

"I don't know either, maybe it's innate. We Nightmare Demons rely on our souls, otherwise how could we control other people's souls? It wasn't that big before, but now you've brought it out. What, scared?"

"I wouldn't say I was scared, just a little surprised." Shen Yifei steadied himself and guided his soul to explore deeper.

Then, he discovered a strange phenomenon.

Although Liu Mengli's sea of ​​consciousness was vast, it was completely empty. Could this be the reason why she did not have a physical body?

"I remember your soul was already in good condition during the last dual cultivation session, so why is it an empty shell now?" Shen Yifei asked, somewhat puzzled.

"I don't know either. Ever since I regained the feeling of a physical body, I feel more and more like an empty shell, with nothing inside. It's not as good as being a spirit, where I can breathe on myself and even change shape."

Liu Mengli paused for a moment, "So, Master, I've been urging you a lot lately because I'm afraid... I'm afraid that one day I'll really become an empty shell and no one will recognize me."

Upon hearing this, Shen Yifei's heart softened. He stopped talking and began to fully circulate his cultivation technique, slowly channeling his spiritual power into the depths of Liu Mengli's sea of ​​consciousness.

With this exertion, Liu Mengli began to moan and groan, her voice sounding strange, it was hard to tell whether she felt pleasure or pain.

Shen Yifei ignored all that and activated the small vortex in his dantian, sending strands of the Five Elements Demon God's aura into the depths of Liu Mengli's sea of ​​consciousness.

The moment that red aura entered Liu Mengli's sea of ​​consciousness, it spread like dry wood meeting a raging fire.

Liu Mengli's body trembled violently, and her entire soul began to glow intensely.

The pinkish light grew brighter and brighter, bathing the entire hot spring pool in an ambiguous pink hue.

"Master...Master...your fire...why..." Liu Mengli's voice was broken and soft, "why is it so hot..."

She said it was hot, but her body betrayed her; her entire soul clung to Shen Yifei like an octopus.

While calming himself down and continuing his dual cultivation, Shen Yifei cursed irritably, "What the hell are you up to now? I'm warning you, this is legitimate dual cultivation, so don't try anything funny."

"I didn't do anything funny... I just... I just couldn't control myself..." Liu Mengli's voice was trembling with tears, her eyes brimming with tears like two pools of spring water. "Master, your technique is too domineering, it's almost filling me up completely..."

"You should be filled up. You're just an empty shell right now. How can you regain your physical body if you're not filled up?"

As Shen Yifei spoke, he began to have doubts in his heart.

Liu Mengli's sea of ​​consciousness is ridiculously large.

Logically speaking, with his current cultivation level and the aura of the Five Elements Demon God, he should be more than capable of repairing the consciousness of a Nightmare Demon.

After half a day, Liu Mengli's sea of ​​consciousness was still like a bottomless dry well, which could not be filled no matter what she did.

Even more strangely, when his divine sense probed deeper, it always encountered an invisible barrier.

The barrier was soft and bouncy, like...like...what was that thing?

"Mengli, just bear with it a little longer, I'll give it my all."

Shen Yifei took a deep breath and urged the small vortex in his dantian to speed up its rotation even more.

The red aura surged through his meridians like a burst dam, rushing wildly into Liu Mengli's sea of ​​consciousness.

Liu Mengli's body began to tremble violently.

Her soul seemed to be stretched open from the inside by something, and its originally illusory outline gradually became clear.

First, the hands, with every single one finger clearly visible, even the lunulae on the fingernails.

Then there were her legs, long and straight, with exquisite lines, and even the curve of her ankles was just right, with glimpses of water flowing between them.

Finally, there's that face.

The previously blurry facial features now appeared as if they had been meticulously sculpted by an unseen hand, with every feature—eyebrows, eyes, nose, and lips—exquisitely detailed.

Shen Yifei stared, completely dumbfounded.

Although Liu Mengli can usually conjure up a physical form, it's fake, like an inflatable one that bursts at the slightest touch.

The woman standing before him at this moment was truly flesh and blood.

"Master...I...am I...?" Liu Mengli's voice trailed off, "Am I...having a physical body now?"

Shen Yifei's eyes nearly popped out of his head as he looked at the stunningly beautiful woman before him.

He reached out and gently touched Liu Mengli's cheek... It was warm, soft, and elastic; it was real flesh and blood, not the kind of air bubble that would burst at the slightest touch.

"Holy crap... Mengli, you... you really have a physical body now?" Shen Yifei's voice was trembling.

Liu Mengli looked down at her hands; her ten fingers were slender and fair, with a pinkish sheen on her nails.

She touched her face, pinched her arms, and squeezed the softness of her chest, then burst into tears.

"Master! I really have a physical body now! I really have a physical body!" Liu Mengli threw herself into Shen Yifei's arms, her arms tightly wrapped around his neck, sobbing uncontrollably. "I'm not an inflatable anymore! I'm not an illusion anymore! I'm a real person now!"