Burial Furnace

"My master told me today that your cultivation chamber and rooms here are built with precious materials that isolate divine sense, and are equipped with the most powerful formations. Even the divine sense of a Mahayana cultivator cannot penetrate them. You can rest assured."

Zhang Yuan felt greatly relieved.

"Shall we go to the room?" Liu Mei asked, her face flushed with shyness and anticipation as she stared intently at him.

Zhang Yuan looked down at Liu Mei in his arms.

At this moment, she nestled in his arms, looking up at him with an air of complete surrender, a sight that could make any man's blood boil.

He took a deep breath, suppressed the romantic thoughts in his heart, and shook his head: "Cultivate first."

"All right."

Liu Mei was a little disappointed and a little resentful.

The two sat cross-legged facing each other.

Zhang Yuan took out the half of the top-grade spirit stone and placed it between the soles of his feet.

The spirit stone warmed the body upon contact, and an extremely pure spiritual energy surged in from the soles of the feet, slowly ascending along the meridians and converging into the dantian.

Liu Mei's gaze fell on the half of the top-grade spirit stone, her eyes widened instantly, and her mouth opened into a circle.

"Old man...you...you actually obtained half a top-grade spirit stone?"

Her voice was filled with shock.

She was in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage and could be considered quite knowledgeable, but she had only seen top-grade spirit stones once or twice in her life and had never obtained one.

Those are top-grade spirit stones!

One of them is equivalent to one hundred high-grade spirit stones!

It is a truly top-tier treasure, valued even by Golden Core cultivators and coveted by Nascent Soul cultivators.

Zhang Yuan didn't explain, he just stretched out his hands.

Liu Mei also stretched out her hands and gently pressed them together with his palms.

The moment their palms touched, they both felt a slight electric current emanating from their palms, a tingling sensation.

Zhang Yuan closed his eyes, activated the true energy in his dantian, and began to circulate the "Yin Yang Rejuvenation Technique".

True essence surged from the dantian, flowed along the meridians to the arm, gathered in the palm of the left hand, and then broke through the boundary of the palm and entered Liu Mei's body.

Liu Mei's body trembled slightly, then she relaxed and guided her true essence to circulate within her body, following Zhang Yuan's true essence.

The two streams of true energy, one yang and one yin, were like two swimming fish, chasing and intertwining with each other.

Soon, the true essence formed a large circulation within the two bodies, endlessly generating and harmonizing yin and yang.

A feeling of euphoria washed over me, so comfortable that I almost groaned out loud.

At the same time, the half of a top-grade spirit stone on the sole of Zhang Yuan's foot also began to take effect.

The purest spiritual energy, like a flood bursting its banks, surged into the body through the meridians on the soles of the feet, joining the great circulation and transforming into new true essence.

The purity of that spiritual energy far surpasses that of high-grade spirit stones, requiring almost no purification to be directly transformed into one's own true essence.

Liu Mei also took out several mid-grade spirit stones and placed them between her feet to absorb the spiritual energy from the stones to aid her cultivation.

Her true essence was being rapidly purified, and the true essence in her dantian was slowly increasing.

Her heart was filled with anticipation—perhaps, after this cultivation, she would be able to touch the threshold of the late Foundation Establishment stage.

……

Inside a hotel in Aoki Town.

Lu Muyao sat cross-legged on the carpet in the room, holding half of a top-grade spirit stone in her hand, and was cultivating.

The half of the top-grade spirit stone emitted a soft light, and pure spiritual energy flowed out of the stone quickly, surging into her palm, flowing slowly along her meridians, and converging into her dantian.

Her true energy was increasing little by little.

She was secretly delighted.

Last night, the sect asked her to cremate the corpses, and she managed to get a 40% discount, saving 40% of the spirit stones.

The forty percent of spirit stones naturally ended up in her pocket—including one and a half top-grade spirit stones.

This is an enormous fortune, enough for her to cultivate for a period of time.

Although she was in the late Foundation Establishment stage, it would still require a great many spirit stones to cultivate to the point where the liquefied true essence in her dantian was full.

With these spirit stones, she took another big step closer to achieving the Golden Core stage.

dong dong dong.

There was a knock on the door.

Lu Muyao stopped cultivating, put half of the top-grade spirit stone into her spatial ring, got up, walked to the door, and opened it.

Standing outside the door was Ma Yutang.

He changed into a clean blue Taoist robe, his hair was neatly combed, and a long sword was at his waist. He looked heroic and elegant.

He had a smile on his face, but his eyes revealed an undisguised eagerness.

"Senior brother, is there something you need?" Lu Muyao frowned slightly, her tone carrying a hint of aloofness.

Ma Yutang didn't answer, but walked straight into the room, closed the door behind him, and locked it with a click.

Lu Muyao frowned even more, but she didn't say anything. She just took a step back to keep her distance from him.

Ma Yutang lowered his voice and said, "Junior Sister, after you left last night, we encountered terrifyingly powerful enemies in the secret realm. There were not only Nascent Soul cultivators, but also level eight demonic beasts. We killed quite a few more enemies. I've already retrieved the bodies from my father, and you can cremate them tonight. Also, from now on, all corpses will be your responsibility to handle."

As he spoke, he took a bulging storage bag from his waist and handed it over.

Lu Muyao's eyes lit up immediately, and she reached out to take it, saying, "Thank you, Senior Brother!"

But Ma Yutang did not let up.

He gripped one end of the storage bag, his gaze burning as he looked at Lu Muyao, his eyes filled with undisguised possessiveness.

"Junior sister, you should know my feelings by now, right?" His voice was a little hoarse. "From now on, will you be my Daoist partner?"

Lu Muyao's smile faltered slightly, but she quickly regained her composure.

Her voice became charming, and her eyes held a hint of affection: "Senior brother, I know your feelings, and I admire you very much. But right now we're both still in the Foundation Establishment stage, with very short lifespans of only two hundred and fifty years. We must seize every second to cultivate. Let's begin after we advance to the Golden Core stage, when our lifespans reach a thousand years, okay?"

Her voice was soft and sweet, with a hint of coquetry, and paired with her big, watery eyes, it was impossible to refuse her.

Ma Yutang opened his mouth as if to say something, but then swallowed it back.

Golden Core... that will take a very long time.

Looking at his junior sister's exquisite face, curvaceous figure, and charming demeanor, he felt a fire burning in his heart, wishing he could have her immediately.

But he eventually let go.

Lu Muyao took the storage bag and quickly put it into her spatial ring.

Taking advantage of the moment, Ma Yutang stepped forward and passionately whispered sweet nothings: "Junior sister, do you know? I fell in love with you the first time I saw you..."

Before he could finish speaking, Lu Muyao interrupted him, her tone tinged with reproach: "Alright, stop wasting time. I'm going to cultivate now, and so are you. Otherwise, I might advance to the Golden Core stage before you do."