I tried to kill the heroines of destiny, but they ended up chasing after me.

"Of course not." Huang Quan regained his composure and replied, feigning calmness.

Looking at the deep, cold pool, Huang Quan inexplicably felt as if he had shot himself in the foot.

Although I said it wasn't dual cultivation.

Looking at the pool of water, which was not much wider than a regular bathhouse, the young man inexplicably felt as if he were bathing with his junior sister.

After receiving an affirmative reply from Huang Quan.

Gu Qici took a deep breath, then placed her fair, delicate hand on her slender waist ribbon.

The next moment, to Huang Quan's stunned gaze, the jet-black ribbon, like a fluttering butterfly, gently landed on the ground, and the girl's long dress also slowly slid down.

Gu Qici's shoulders were partially exposed, and her long, black, silky hair cascaded down, making her fair skin even more striking. Of course, it took a lot of courage for Gu Qici to take off her long dress in front of her senior brother. When the dress slipped down to her chest, she hugged it again, looking somewhat hesitant.

"and many more."

At this moment, Huang Quan finally came to his senses and wanted to say something. However, as soon as the boy finished speaking, Gu Qici gritted her teeth, released her hands that were protecting her chest, and let her long dress slip down completely. Soon, she was left with only a thin inner garment clinging to her soft skin.

Huang Quan paused again because the girl's graceful curves were almost clearly visible to him.

Gu Qici seemed oblivious to the boy's gaze. She lightly touched the king's foot, shattering the clear, ethereal light in the pool, and slowly stepped into the cold, dark water. Only when her body was completely submerged did the girl raise her watery eyes, trying to suppress her trembling voice as she looked towards Huang Quan.

"Aren't you coming in, senior brother?"

Chapter Ninety-Five: My Junior Sister Makes Sense

However, the girl's originally cool voice also carried a kind of coquettish feeling, like a kitten's tail, swaying in front of Huang Quan's eyes, tempting him to grab it and hold it tightly in his hand.

It's like a tingling, numb sensation tickling your heart, making you unable to stop.

Huang Quan's gaze inevitably fell on his junior sister.

Gu Qici's silky black hair was wet and clung to her body, and her fair neck seemed to have a faint blush.

After her body was soaked by the cold jade pool, Gu Qici's already thin gauze dress clung to her body completely, almost transparent, allowing Huang Quan to see large areas of her fair skin.

Even the towering snow mound that Gu Qici was pressing down with both hands was compressed into a breathtaking arc.

At that moment, the white ribbon tied around the girl's neck, connecting to her thin dress, became exceptionally eye-catching, as if a gentle touch would completely remove the girl's protective gear.

At this moment, the girl in the pool was like a fairy who had been tainted by the world's atmosphere. She lost some of her ethereal beauty and gained more of a bewitching charm that could captivate the world and bewitch all living beings.

Especially the girl's cool and delicate face, now shy and timid, is like a pure lotus in a clear and elegant state, about to bloom, with glistening dewdrops, so pitiful to behold, as if waiting to be picked.

Beneath the hazy veil, her flawless skin and alluring glimpses of spring seemed more captivating than any inherited supernatural power, drawing Huang Quan's gaze with a mysterious allure.

Golden light surged into Huang Quan's mind, ancient bells tolled like a great bell, and Buddhist chants echoed in his heart, suppressing his turbulent emotions.

Huang Quan felt that as the senior brother, he shouldn't have any other thoughts about his junior sister. But when Gu Qici took off her black dress just now, the young man found that his state of mind couldn't help but fluctuate.

Even such turbulent emotions are difficult to calm down; it's as if a restless mind is stirring within him, causing chaos and making it hard to suppress.

"Senior brother?"

It was at this moment that Gu Qici spoke again in a low voice, as if pleading, or as if she was afraid of something.

This increasingly soft and tender call almost made Huang Quan lose his composure.

It took Huang Quan a few seconds to regain his composure. However, looking at the girl in the pool, Huang Quan hesitated.

He underestimated his junior sister's charm and seemed to overestimate his own willpower.

Faced with Gu Qici at this moment, Huang Quan felt that his psychological defenses were gradually on the verge of collapse.

"A-Qi," Huang Quan took a deep breath, "Although we are fellow disciples, isn't it a little strange to be together like this?"

As Huang Quan spoke, an unusual flush appeared on his usually expressionless face. Although the boy was still trying to maintain his composure...

Gu Qici noticed the evasive look in his eyes and many other subtle changes.

Seeing the boy's somewhat awkward appearance, Gu Qici was also taken aback. The shyness in the girl's eyes dissipated considerably, and instead, her gaze towards Huang Quan began to fill with an unusual light. Even the blush on her face seemed to be covered by a kind of intoxicating flush of excitement.

As expected. My senior brother isn't completely wooden; compared to his ruthless past, he's much gentler now.

It's more like a "person".

Compared to his previous aloof and handsome appearance, the senior brother now exudes a more "cute" charm.

This made Gu Qici's already pounding heart beat even more violently. She longed to see her senior brother's expression like this a little longer.

Thinking of this, Gu Qici suppressed her shyness and took several deep breaths before raising her head and looking at Huang Quan with some confusion, asking, "Why is it strange? What are you worried about, Senior Brother?"

“Men and women are different after all.” Huang Quan said with a sigh, “Besides, Ah Qi, you’re at the age where you can find a Daoist partner, aren’t you?”

Although Gu Qici was much younger than him, she was already quite mature in every aspect.

Sharing a bath in the same pool, Huang Quan pondered that this was both a challenge and a torment for him.

"Precisely because we are different, the only person I can rely on now is my senior brother."

“If it’s Senior Brother, there’s definitely no problem.” Gu Qici said firmly. Then, after a slight pause, the girl said in a low voice, “And we’re just cultivating, aren’t we?”

Huang Quan nodded stiffly.

Gu Qici pursed her rosy lips slightly, but then her eyes rippled like the autumn moon, suppressing a hint of mischief and cunning, and revealing a somewhat timid expression: "Since it's just cultivation, what else does Senior Brother have to worry about?"

"Or do you have other thoughts on your mind?"

"It's not that it's impossible..."

She almost couldn't help but say the last sentence.

In the end, I swallowed it back.

At this crucial juncture, we must not alert the enemy.

Upon hearing this, Huang Quan's heart skipped a beat, and he subconsciously replied, "Of course not."

Gu Qici bit her lip and said something that even she found incredibly embarrassing: "Since Senior Brother has no other intentions, then why is Senior Brother still standing outside? What are you still worried about?"

Huang Quan also felt that his junior sister's words made sense. After hesitating for a moment, he still walked towards the cold and secluded jade pool.

He had only come to help his junior sister cultivate and rescue Jiang Wanyu, and had no other intentions. It was strange that he was so hesitant.

It would have been better if I hadn't said those things; saying them will only make my junior sister feel more awkward.

Thinking about all this, Huang Quan exhaled and stepped into the jade pool. Soon, the icy cold water began to seep into his body.

At the same time, Huang Quan's body subconsciously activated the supreme cultivation technique of the Heavenly Demon Sect, drawing upon the icy, bone-chilling power of the pool of water.

This cold pool also has many uses for Huang Quan, as it can assist him in his cultivation.

This made Huang Quan feel a little strange, realizing that the girl's cultivation of supernatural powers, in a sense, was more like pushing the Heavenly Demon Sect's techniques to their extreme.

When Gu Qici saw Huang Quan walk down, her eyes flickered slightly. The little voice inside the girl seemed to clench her fists, almost to the point of somersaulting and rolling around on the ground.

Although her senior brother was a blockhead, based on her understanding of him, she eventually managed to get him hooked.

Then, Gu Qici said softly, "Then I will have to rely on my senior brother for my future cultivation."

As soon as she finished speaking, Gu Qici closed her eyes. Her spiritual energy fluctuated and her soul power rippled as she began to absorb the spiritual energy from the cold pool.

Upon seeing this, Huang Quan's chaotic thoughts completely dissipated. His junior sister was simply pursuing cultivation. Had he been overthinking things before?

Chapter Ninety-Six: I Can Bear It

Before long, wisps of cold air began to spread across the icy pool as Gu Qici cultivated.

The chill seeped into the air and condensed the water vapor, forming countless ice crystal-like fragments that drifted in all directions.

Strangely, the water in this icy pool always emitted a faint blue light, and despite its bone-chilling cold, it never showed any sign of freezing over.

This is what makes this pool so special; not only is the Taiyin Jade Stone there, but the water itself is also an extremely precious treasure.

The two complement each other and nourish the power of Taiyin.

It's truly baffling where Gu Qici got all these connections; she found this coveted treasure land in less than half a day.

While Huang Quan was paying attention to Gu Qici's cultivation, he also sensed the moon-like cold jade embedded in the cold pool.

Extremely cold spiritual energy, seemingly mixed with the power of Yin, began to converge towards Gu Qici.

However, when those powers gathered into Gu Qici's body, they were hindered by the ice, making it extremely difficult for them to be absorbed.

In the end, only a trace of Yin energy was absorbed, making the efficiency extremely low.

As Gu Qici continued her cultivation and forcibly absorbed this power, the temperature of the entire pool water became lower and lower, and even the girl's skin began to condense with azure frost.

The girl's pretty brows began to furrow slightly.

Clearly, this accumulation of power is a huge burden and source of pain for Gu Qici.

However, soon after, a dark light rose from the cold, dark pool.

Huang Quan began to use his own power to alleviate the ice seal on Gu Qici's soul.

Suddenly, the cold, eerie light that had been blocking Gu Qici began to melt away.

From the gaps created by the melting ice, the icy spiritual energy that Gu Qici had refined began to rapidly flow into her body.

As Gu Qici circulated her internal energy, her spiritual power roared, and the illusory figure, as bright as the moon, became increasingly fixed, its aura becoming more and more solid.

The icy aura that had accumulated in Gu Qici's soul was also being refined by Huang Quan.

The boy was almost completely focused on maintaining the stability of the two energies, allowing the spiritual power to successfully bypass the ice and merge into Gu Qici's soul.

Gu Qici placed all her trust in Huang Quan and began to fully absorb the power of the cold pool.

Realizing that his junior sister's cultivation was on track, Huang Quan breathed a slight sigh of relief and withdrew some of his attention to focus on Gu Qici's cultivation progress.

But then Huang Quan frowned again.

Although he dispelled the blocking cold air for Gu Qici, the frost on Gu Qici's body showed no signs of melting during the cultivation process.

As the girl continued to cultivate, frost continuously condensed on her body.

Each time that power is injected, it first passes through the girl's body.

Gu Qici needed to cultivate, and her body also had to endure the cleansing of this icy aura.

The spiritual power injected by Huang Quan was insufficient to dispel the chill within Gu Qici's body or relieve her pain.

Huang Quan realized this and began to wonder if it was because the Heavenly Demon Sect's techniques also belonged to the Yin-based power, or because his methods were too brutal.