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

Yin Wuxie stared at Shen Yifei's face, as if to confirm whether he was joking. Shen Yifei's expression was serious, not at all like he was joking.

Say it again.

"Dual cultivation." Shen Yifei said without changing his expression, "The medicinal fragrance on my body has an aphrodisiac effect on female cultivators. The cultivation levels of female cultivators who have dual cultivated with me will increase dramatically. You are at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage. Although your soul is injured, your foundation is still intact. After dual cultivating with me once, you will recover at least 50% to 60% of your strength, if not completely. 50% to 60% is enough for you to suppress the Grand Elder."

Yin Wuxie did not get angry after hearing this.

She has lived for over three hundred years; she is not a naive little girl who knows nothing.

Dual cultivation is perfectly normal in the cultivation world, and the Joyful Union Sect even founded itself on it. Logically speaking, Shen Yifei's proposed solution is flawless, and is even currently the most effective method.

"What do you get out of cultivating with me?" Yin Wuxie stared at him. "Don't tell me about helping others. Someone like you wouldn't do something without a benefit."

"I'm doing this so you can live." Shen Yifei said bluntly, "If you die, the Grand Elder will take over. Will he let me go? I've stood behind you for so long today; he already considers me one of yours. If you fall, I'll be buried with you. So you have to live, and you have to live a powerful life, a life where no one dares to touch you."

Yin Wuxie remained silent for a while.

"That's it?"

"There's one more thing." Shen Yifei held up one finger. "What you said in the main hall just now—not refining blood pills, not killing the innocent, and turning over a new leaf. I want to see if you can do that."

Yin Wuxie paused for a moment, then laughed. The laughter echoed in the stone chamber, carrying a hint of irony and bitterness.

"You believe this?"

"I don't believe it." Shen Yifei shook his head. "But I want to see what it's like when someone turns from the evil path to the righteous path. Just consider it... an experiment."

"Using me as a guinea pig?"

"Is that not allowed? When you use living people to refine pills, aren't you using them as experimental subjects too?"

Yin Wuxie's laughter stopped abruptly.

She stared at Shen Yifei for a long time, and finally closed her eyes, as if making her final decision.

"Dual cultivation it is then." Yin Wuxie opened his eyes, a ruthless glint flashing in his blood-red pupils. "But I'm warning you, if you dare to play any tricks during dual cultivation, I'll take you down with me even if it means my soul is destroyed."

"Don't worry, Master, I'm the most honest person." Shen Yifei grinned. "Before we start dual cultivation, we need to do some preparatory work."

"What preparations?"

Shen Yifei took out a jade bottle from his storage ring, poured out a pill, and handed it over.

"What is this?"

"The Rejuvenation Pill is for repairing the soul. Your soul is too badly damaged right now, so dual cultivation won't be very effective. Repair your soul first, and dual cultivation will be much more efficient."

Yin Wuxie closed her eyes and guided the medicinal power through her body for one full cycle. When she opened her eyes again, her complexion was noticeably better, and her lips had regained some color.

"Your pills... are indeed quite good."

"Of course, I refined them myself." Shen Yifei took out several bottles of pills from his ring and lined them up on the stone bed. "This is a Spirit Gathering Pill to replenish spiritual energy. This is a Soul Nourishing Pill to continue repairing the soul. This is a Meridian Unblocking Pill to clear the meridians. Take a set before dual cultivation, and the effect will be doubled."

Yin Wuxie looked at the row of jade bottles on the stone bed and his lips twitched.

"Do you usually carry so many pills with you?"

"What would a pill refiner carry if not pills?" Shen Yifei said matter-of-factly. "Here, take the Spirit Gathering Pill first, then the Soul Nourishing Pill, and finally the Meridian Opening Pill. The order is crucial; otherwise, the efficacy will be compromised."

Yin Wuxie ate the pills one by one in the order he instructed.

After taking three pills, her body began to heat up. The spiritual energy in her dantian seemed to be ignited, burning fiercely. Her damaged soul was rapidly repaired under the nourishment of the medicine. Although it was far from returning to its peak state, it was at least no longer as riddled with holes as before.

"How are you feeling?" Shen Yifei asked.

"Not bad." Yin Wuxie flexed his wrists. "My soul has recovered about 20%, and my spiritual energy has recovered about 30%."

"That's enough." Shen Yifei stood up and began to take off his clothes.

Yin Wuxie watched as he took off his outer robe and inner garment, revealing his muscular physique. His muscles weren't exaggerated, but they were very solid, with eight neatly arranged abs on his lower abdomen.

"You have a nice figure." Yin Wuxie's gaze swept over him.

"How can you cultivate dual cultivation without a healthy body!" Shen Yifei was quick and waited for Yin Wuxie.

Yin Wuxie didn't hesitate. She reached out and untied the belt of her blood-red robe, which slipped off her shoulders, revealing her body underneath.

Shen Yifei had already caught a glimpse of her once before when she was changing clothes, but it was only a fleeting glance. Now, seeing her up close, he realized that Yin Wuxie's figure was indeed perfect.

Yin Wuxie lay down on the stone bed. "Come on, stop talking nonsense."

Shen Yifei didn't rush upstairs. He sat down on the edge of the bed and placed his hand on Yin Wuxie's lower abdomen.

"Let me clear your meridians first," Shen Yifei said, as the spiritual energy in his palm slowly seeped into Yin Wuxie's dantian.

Yin Wuxie felt as if a warm little snake had crawled into her lower abdomen and was slowly moving along her meridians.

Shen Yifei's hand moved upwards from his lower abdomen, past his navel, past his ribs, and finally stopped in the center of his chest. The spiritual energy in his palm rippled outwards like water, seeping into his heart meridian.

Yin Wuxie's breathing became more rapid. The spiritual energy in Shen Yifei's palm surged within her heart meridian, producing a tingling sensation. That feeling spread from her chest to her limbs, like countless ants crawling all over her body.

Shen Yifei's hand lingered on her chest for a moment, then continued upwards, past her collarbone, across her neck, and finally rested on her chin.

He grabbed Yin Wuxie's chin and turned her face to face him.

Shen Yifei lowered his head and kissed her lips.

Shen Yifei kissed her for a while, then released her lips and looked up.

"Master, can you close your eyes when you kiss me? Staring at me with those red eyes is creepy."

Yin Wuxie was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing.

Her smile dispelled much of the coldness on her face.

"You've got a lot of demands." She closed her eyes. "Alright, continue!"

Shen Yifei kissed her for a while, then released her lips and looked down at her.

Yin Wuxie's eyes were closed, her long, blood-red eyelashes trembled slightly, and a thin blush rose to her face. Her chest heaved violently, and her breathing was much more rapid than before.

"Master, your heart is beating fast."

"Nonsense." Yin Wuxie didn't open her eyes. "I haven't been with a man for over three hundred years. Tell me, isn't my heart beating fast?"

"More than three hundred years?" Shen Yifei paused, looking down at Yin Wuxie's flushed face. "Master, you're not joking with me, are you?"

"You think I'd joke about something like this?" Yin Wuxie said with his eyes closed. "My cultivation method emphasizes a pure Yin body. After losing your virginity, your cultivation speed is halved. Is that clear enough?"

Shen Yifei remained silent for three breaths.

A Nascent Soul Peak cultivator who has lived for over three hundred years, the leader of the Blood Soul Sect, a ruthless character who doesn't even blink an eye when using living people to refine pills, is actually still a virgin.

"What's with that expression?" Yin Wuxie opened his eyes, a hint of annoyance in his blood-red pupils. "You think I'm old?"

"No," Shen Yifei shook his head, "I was thinking about how the sect leader has survived for over three hundred years."

"What's so strange about cultivators being pure of heart and free from desires?" Yin Wuxie turned his head away. "Are you even capable? If not, get off here and stop dawdling."

"You dare say I can't do it?"

Shen Yifei used all his skills on Yin Wuxie, making Yin Wuxie pay a heavy price for his words.