Chapter 675 - 669: The Wife Sings and the Husband Follows
Li Miaozhen had not only made significant progress in comprehending the Geng Metal Principle, but she also casually comprehended the remaining laws Qin Feng was familiar with.
Although she dedicated herself to the Geng Metal Dao and had no intention of cultivating these laws, understanding them more was beneficial for countering opponents with corresponding laws or employing minor schemes in the future.
For example, the Life Principle Qin Feng had comprehended inspired her, and she integrated some of these laws into herself, enabling her to recover more quickly from injuries.
In fact, many great powers who specialize in a single Dao would also explore other laws at higher realms to achieve a cross-disciplinary understanding.
Take the Gui Ling Ancestor from the Beast Taming Sect, for instance.
Though the ancestor entered Dao through the prediction of heavenly mechanisms and fate, he was not ignorant of other techniques. Being a Supreme Elder of the Beast Taming Sect, how could he not know the tactics of combat?
Besides her advancement in cultivation, the influence of the Hell Dragon Tiger Divine Status on her Daoist Heart, which had been affected, completely returned to normal during this process of Dual Cultivation.
The instability of her Daoist Heart was primarily due to the rapid refining of the Divine Status.
Now that her Dao cultivation realm had risen to a corresponding height, any negative energy that affected her Daoist Heart naturally dissolved into nothingness.
Li Miaozhen made swift progress, and of course, Qin Feng, who cultivated with her, could not possibly go without benefit.
In fact, Qin Feng made even greater progress during this Dual Cultivation; not only did his True Yuan surge, his Dao cultivation increased, and with Li Miaozhen’s assistance, he advanced from Dharma Image to Primordial Spirit in one fell swoop.
He cultivated many laws, and when they opened their spirits and consciousness to each other, allowing unfettered comprehension and merging with each other’s Divine Soul, Qin Feng also caught a glimpse of her insights into the Geng Metal Dao.
After witnessing Li Miaozhen’s achievement in the Geng Metal Principle, even though he was in a state of extreme pleasure, he could not help but be somewhat shocked.
In comparison, his own understanding of the Gold Element Principle seemed somewhat inadequate.
If his comprehension of the laws was like streams of running water that needed to come together to form a river, then Li Miaozhen’s Geng Metal Dao was a torrential river. None of his individual laws could compare to Li Miaozhen’s; only by combining them could he match Li Miaozhen’s power.
Thus, this session of Dual Cultivation caused his Gold Element Principle to advance by leaps and bounds, becoming the strongest among all his laws, and consequently, the power of his Gold Element Divine Powers also increased tremendously.
Especially the Ruyi Spiritual Golden Light, which he cultivated as his Innate Divine Ability, under the enhancement of his robust Power of Laws, was definitely twice or thrice as powerful as before. It could be used directly against Immortals and even threaten their lives, incredibly formidable.
Other Divine Power Magic like Golden Hole Finger, Vertical Earth Golden Light, Golden Escape Technique, and Chewing Iron Great Method of the Gold Element, also saw a substantial increase in power compared to the past. Once he consolidates this progress and thoroughly sorts out his Divine Powers within him, his strength would rise even further.
Due to the breakthrough to the Primordial Spirit Realm, his other laws also advanced accordingly.
After all, his laws support and enhance each other; with the advancement of his Gold Element Principle, other laws naturally progressed.
Apart from the advancement of his Dao cultivation, Qin Feng’s Physical Body also made a breakthrough.
The “Dual Cultivation Secret Technique of the Mystical Dragon Tiger” was indeed extraordinary. Although they were both limited by age and had not cultivated for a very long time, their rich foundation and top-tier Body Refinement Techniques led to a substantial accumulation of both Primordial Yang and Primordial Yin.
The Merge Dual Cultivation not only enhanced their Dao cultivation, but the blending of Primordial Yin and Primordial Yang also led to a breakthrough in their Dao Bodies.
Whether it was Li Miaozhen’s White Tiger Dao Body or Qin Feng’s Azure Dragon Dao Body, both were elevated by the merging power of Yin and Yang, not only bringing Qin Feng’s Physical Body, which was already on the verge of leveling up, to a realm capable of contending with a Primordial Spirit, but also taking Li Miaozhen’s cultivation a step further.
However, although Dual Cultivation Methods do require a Physical Body, their main effect is actually on the Divine Soul.
In the future, they can still openly share their Primordial Spirit with each other, learning from each other’s knowledge and insights to advance in Dao cultivation, and even make breakthroughs in True Yuan again through their interactions. But the future of the Physical Body is not so certain.
Cultivating a Daoist body required repeatedly refining the physical body and slowly tempering the body’s willpower and determination.
Ever since the Cultivation World had seen the dissemination of Dual Cultivation techniques, no Body Refining Cultivator had ever been heard of who could, through the yin and yang of Dual Cultivation, maintain their physical body in a state of constant improvement.
If such an excellent Cultivation Technique really existed, Body Refining Cultivators would have widely adopted it long ago. Relying on the powerful physical bodies of Body Refining Cultivators, they could just Dual Cultivate day after day. Why would they still need to painfully search for resources to polish their physical bodies?
So this time, it was only because it was Qin Feng and Li Miao Zhen’s first time merging yin and yang that their physical bodies gained such great benefits.
Nonetheless, this improvement was quite significant, saving them, at the very least, several years of laborious effort.
Of course, this was based on their Consistent Cultivation progress to date. If the degree of physical improvement they experienced this time were to be applied to other Body Refining Cultivators, it would require at the very least several decades or even a century of arduous Cultivation.
Even with their strength, they felt somewhat tired after several days of non-stop Cultivation.
Of course, it wasn’t that their physical strength couldn’t withstand this minor friction, but rather the exhaustion left from ceaselessly mobilizing their internal strength and continuously circulating True Yuan, especially since the meridians and acupoints had been operating at high speed for a long time and were now somewhat overloaded.
So, when the Dual Cultivation ended, the two of them soon embraced and fell into a deep sleep.
At some point, Li Miao Zhen suddenly woke up to some movement, and when she opened her eyes, she saw Qin Feng’s hand up to mischief.
However, as she awoke, Qin Feng seemed to have fallen back into a deep sleep; that hand seemed to have only moved a few times unconsciously.
“Don’t pretend to be dead!”
Li Miao Zhen unceremoniously gave his leg a light kick.
“Uh…”
Qin Feng chuckled sheepishly and quickly opened his eyes, “Senior Sister, you’re awake!”
In fact, he felt quite embarrassed inside, after all, neither of them had expected to fall prey to Philotes’ Dao, nor did they expect their relationship to develop to this extent so quickly.
So now, Qin Feng still didn’t know quite how to face the awakened Li Miao Zhen.
As for just before, he could swear to the heavens that he had just regained consciousness and subconsciously grabbed something soft in his hand without thinking, only for Li Miao Zhen to also wake up at that moment and catch him in the act.
Of course, whether the Heavenly Dao of this world would pay any attention to his heart’s oath was another matter.
If it really could sense his oath, it might strike him with lightning and kill him on the spot regardless of whether his oath was true or false!
After all, to the Heavenly Dao of this world, Qin Feng was truly an invader from beyond their domain. Although his power was somewhat weak, he would certainly not receive any kindness from the Heavenly Dao of this world.
“What, you want me to pretend to sleep again?”
Li Miao Zhen’s phoenix eyes slightly narrowed, looking at him with a smile that was not quite a smile.
Seeing that meaningful gaze, Qin Feng’s face instantly turned red, and remembering that he was still holding his Senior Sister in his embrace, he hurriedly got up, picked up the scattered skirts on the ground to cover Li Miao Zhen, then quickly went to put on his own clothes.
Compared with Qin Feng’s embarrassment, Li Miao Zhen seemed completely unconcerned.
Or perhaps her personality was just too unconventional. Since she had already become intimate with Qin Feng, and she didn’t dislike him—in fact, it was more a mutual admiration.
As to whether she had a bit of affection for him, that was unknown, for she usually focused too much of her attention on Cultivation and battle, and had never considered this question.
Deep down, though, she wasn’t opposed to interacting with Qin Feng; otherwise, she wouldn’t have ended up the closest to Qin Feng among all the other disciples.
Because of her carefree personality, she didn’t feel shy about the previous incident and boldly fixed her gaze on Qin Feng. She stared outright as he dressed, which only made Qin Feng feel increasingly embarrassed—as if he were the little girl being bullied by the ‘bad person’ Li Miaozhen.
“Heh heh…”
Seeing Qin Feng blush and stiffen, Li Miaozhen found it immensely amusing and couldn’t help but laugh out loud.
Qin Feng paused at the sound of her laughter and hurried to dress faster.
After he was dressed, he noticed Li Miaozhen still lying lazily in the same spot, semi-concealed by her gown, with one fair arm propped beside her, hand supporting her cheek as she stared at him incessantly, not caring about inadvertent exposure.
“Cough…”
Feeling uneasy, Qin Feng lowered his head to tidy up his clothes, then looked at Li Miaozhen and asked, “Senior Sister, do you need to change your clothes?”
“Hmm? What, are you offering to help?”
“Uh… sure!”
“Yeah right, in your dreams!”
Li Miaozhen casually tossed the clothes covering her at Qin Feng, and a clean magic robe along with the intimate garments ended up covering Qin Feng’s head.
By the time he finally pulled the clothes off, Li Miaozhen had already changed into a deep blue dress at some unknown point.
This was the first time Qin Feng had seen Li Miaozhen dressed like this. Wearing the dress, she seemed softer and more delicate than her usual valiant appearance—an entirely different charm.
“How do I look?”
Li Miaozhen saw him staring and spun around twice proudly, showing off her exquisite figure. “This dress was a gift from Lianxing. She said I didn’t look like a woman, so she gave me this to dress up. But this is actually my first time wearing a dress; it feels a bit strange!”
Her straightforward personality never knew embarrassment; instead, she liked to flaunt her individuality. She even preferred to wear men’s clothes since she was young, like a tomboy, and even after joining the sect, she wore gender-neutral magic robes. Now, suddenly wearing a dress common among female cultivators, she really wasn’t accustomed to it.
But now, without opponents, she didn’t need to fight or show off her personality to anyone, so she showed off her beauty to Qin Feng.
“It looks good, Senior Sister looks good in anything!”
Qin Feng nodded hastily, not daring to utter a word against it under her beautiful phoenix-like gaze.
After all, Li Miaozhen was already beautiful, with a rarity of temperament not found in ordinary women. Now dressed in attire she never usually wore, she exuded an even more enchanting charm!
Li Miaozhen, greatly satisfied with Qin Feng’s flattery, stepped forward, lifting Qin Feng’s chin with her hand as she examined his handsome face with interest. After a moment, she said, “Now that you’re mine, remember not to fool around outside, or be careful—my White Tiger Saber might just cut off that trouble-making source of yours!”
“I’m yours?”
Even though he was well aware of Li Miaozhen’s straightforwardness, hearing this still made Qin Feng grin.
This woman was indeed extraordinary, with a mindset so unique.
Other women would entrust their body and heart to a man after intimacy. Li Miaozhen, instead, embraced the outcome boldly as her own—completely reversing gender roles, with the weaker male and the dominant female.
If this got out, what would become of his reputation, Qin Feng?
But then again, this was a matter between him and Li Miaozhen; it seemed unlikely to spread since others didn’t know their privacy. He wouldn’t be laughed at or known by others.
Considering this, there was no need to worry about reputation, right?
Yet, he still wanted to struggle a bit.
So he said, “Senior Sister, usually after such events, isn’t it normal for the wife to follow the husband? Us doing the opposite might not be so good, right?”
“Hmph! Men?”
Li Miaozhen lifted her delicate chin, looking at him with a half-mocking smile: “What, in your eyes, am I weak? Are you confident that you can beat me?
Or are you saying that I’m inferior to you men in some way?”
Qin Feng quickly replied, “Senior Sister, you have talents that match men, with rapid progression in cultivation and top-notch saber skills, how could you be weak!
As for combat power, Senior Sister is unmatched in the world, and I am not necessarily your opponent!”
Li Miaozhen’s pride grew at his words, her eyes nearly rolling up to the heavens: “Since you admit I’m superior, of course you’ll follow me. From now on, you are the son-in-law of the White Tiger Lineage, my man, Li Miaozhen. We’ll be wife leads and husband follows—wherever I point, you’ll attack, and if I tell you to chase dogs, you won’t chase chickens!
Especially remember one thing, don’t go seducing men behind my back!”
“Uh?”
Qin Feng felt a chill and rubbed his arms to ease the goosebumps while he corrected her: “Senior Sister, you got it reversed; I’m not your daughter-in-law—I’m a man. I should not be seducing women!”
“Of course, I know you’re a man!”
Li Miaozhen rolled her eyes at him.
The past few days had been proof enough that Qin Feng was a man.
“I’m just concerned that you’ll misbehave behind my back. Women are one thing, but if you dare find a man behind my back, I guarantee you will never be a man again for the rest of your life!”
“Cough, you’re overthinking it, Senior Sister; I wouldn’t dare!”
Qin Feng said with his skin creeping, overwhelmed by Li Miaozhen’s baffling train of thought. What an odd twist—how could such a topic even connect with her? Did he have any inclination towards men?
Huh?
Could Senior Sister be referring to that Liu Wuxiang?
Qin Feng murmured in his heart.
His and Liu Wuxiang’s looks were still the same, and they got along well as members of the Spiritual Snake Lineage, with frequent interactions. Perhaps Senior Sister was feeling uncertain seeing them together so often?
ps: Alright, it was banned. Some things really can’t be touched, so I had to make a big edit and repost!