Dashing Student

"We have just relieved the Love Poison; let's recover our strength first." Chen Nan's voice was hoarse, and his Adam's apple unconsciously bobbed.

He avoided Lin Qingzhu's gaze, his fingers trembling slightly as he tidied up his disheveled collar.

Sitting cross-legged, he felt the surging True Qi in his meridians like a wild horse out of control. He had to take a deep breath and silently recite the Heart Method of the Yin Talisman Scripture, attempting to calm the restless Spiritual Power within.

Lin Qingzhu bit her lower lip, her slender jade fingers brushing over the wrinkles on her skirt.

As she moved, a feeling of soreness and swelling between her legs caused her to knit her eyebrows lightly.

Before closing her eyes, she couldn't help but steal a glance at Chen Nan.

His sharply defined profile appeared particularly resolute under the dim light in the cave, which reminded her of the warmth of his palm touching her waist moments ago when their skins touched.

"Mmm..."

She suddenly covered her burning cheeks, her originally pale skin now flushed with a blush like a peach blossom, even her earlobes turning coral red.

The embarrassing scenes kept flashing back in her mind: the entwined fingers, the rapid breaths, and that incredible sensation of the souls trembling as their Spiritual Powers merged...

She hastily formed a hand seal to enter meditation but suddenly opened her almond eyes wide during the circulation of her Spiritual Energy.

The Spiritual Power within her body was surging like a river, colliding and disrupting in her Eight Extraordinary Meridians, and the bottleneck, which originally required months of hard cultivation to loosen, was now on the verge of breaking!

"How... how is this possible?" She inwardly observed her Dantian, only to find that the True Qi in her Dantian was over 30% denser than before, faintly glowing with a pale golden light.

Even more astonishing, threads of Yang energy intertwined with her inherently Yin True Qi, forming a perfect Yin-Yang cycle.

She suddenly looked at Chen Nan and saw a faint cyan halo enveloping him, his robes fluttering without wind.

The Spiritual Energy between heaven and earth was gathering toward him at a speed visible to the naked eye, forming a small vortex above his head.

"Could it be... the Yin-Yang harmony brought by Dual Cultivation?" Lin Qingzhu's heart pounded like a drum; she knew Dual Cultivation could elevate a cultivator's realm.

But what she never dreamed of was that the elevation would be so astonishing!

On the other side.

At this moment, Chen Nan was experiencing even more intense changes.

He felt his Dantian like a piece of black iron thrown into a furnace, with each breath causing the True Qi to boil.

The meridians, which were originally like streams, were now painfully stretched by the rapidly expanding True Qi.

Although he had dual cultivated with many women, it was his first time dual cultivating with a female cultivator like Lin Qingzhu, and the True Qi generated by Dual Cultivation showed signs of losing control.

"Not good!" He suddenly let out a muffled groan, fine beads of sweat seeping from his forehead. The Spiritual Power within him uncontrollably surged toward the governor and conception vessels, forming a scorching Spiritual Force vortex at the Huiyin acupoint.

This was a sign of an impending breakthrough, but it was too violent, risky enough to shatter the meridians if handled improperly.

At the critical moment, his mind suddenly became clear, and the principles of the Yin Talisman Scripture's extremity of Yin giving birth to Yang flashed in his mind.

Chen Nan, blessed with inspiration, no longer suppressed the rampaging True Qi, instead guiding it to rush straight through the spine to the Baihui point.

"Boom!"

It was as if thunder exploded in his mind, and a pale golden mist burst from every pore of his body.

The True Qi, which had been rampaging, suddenly became gentle and soft, joyfully flowing in the reconstructed meridians.

Chen Nan was pleasantly surprised to discover that the range of his soul perception had expanded by more than double, able to clearly sense the movements within five hundred meters around him.

"Foundation Establishment Stage Third Layer!" He opened his eyes, his pupils shining like electricity, never expecting to step into the Third Layer of the Foundation Establishment Stage in such a short time.

Meanwhile.

Chen Nan also clearly felt a strong aura emanating from Lin Qingzhu's body; she too had stepped into the Third Layer of the Foundation Establishment Stage!

It seemed as if sensing Chen Nan's gaze, Lin Qingzhu slowly opened her bright eyes, a hint of joy flashing in them: "I never expected that disaster would turn into fortune, allowing us to reach the Third Layer of the Foundation Establishment Stage during the trial!"

Saying this, a blush suddenly appeared on the girl's face, her beautiful eyes also revealing a trace of shyness.

Initially, she had been brooding over the unexpected loss of her chastity, but now all her displeasure vanished with the breakthrough of her realm!

Chen Nan chuckled, then glanced at the distant cave, speaking softly: "Miss Lin, may I ask for your assistance?"

Lin Qingzhu replied softly: "Does Mr. Chen want that Inner Sect Disciple token?"

Chen Nan nodded solemnly: "Though the combined strength of the two of us is still not enough to fight that mysterious beast, we can wait for nightfall. I'll go in to lure it out, using the diversion strategy, and then you can take advantage of the opportunity to slip in."

The mysterious beast was too powerful for Chen Nan to think it could be slain.

However, during the brief encounter before, he had noticed the beast's weakness.

The beast feared sunlight, which was why it hadn't chased them out.

But if they went in at night and enraged it, it would certainly come out, and at that point, Lin Qingzhu could get the Primordial Heaven Order!

"Let's follow Mr. Chen's plan, and we'll act separately after dark." Lin Qingzhu had developed a good impression of Chen Nan and naturally wanted to join the Yuantian Sect with him.

"Someone's coming!"

Suddenly.

Chen Nan's expression changed abruptly, sharply sensing the sound of footsteps approaching from afar. At a distance, he could see two cultivators approaching from afar, looking around as if searching for something.

Chen Nan immediately recognized them as the two Foundation Establishment Stage Third Layer cultivators bought off by Zhao Kai. There was no need to think twice about it; they were clearly here to find him.

"Mr. Chen, there's a tree hollow over there; let's hide inside!" Lin Qingzhu communicated through soul transmission, her beautiful eyes reflecting nervousness.

For her during the assessment period, aside from Chen Nan, she couldn't trust anyone else and had to be on guard.

Chen Nan looked toward the tree hollow Lin Qingzhu pointed out, smiling wryly: "If we're discovered, wouldn't we become trapped like birds in a cage?"

Lin Qingzhu mischievously smiled: "You needn't worry about that. I have a way to conceal our presence so they won't discover us!"

Seeing her so confident, Chen Nan didn't have much to say, after all, both of them had stepped into the Third Layer of the Foundation Establishment Stage, and even if they were discovered, they had the strength to fight.

The reason they didn't want a direct conflict now was ultimately to avoid alerting others.

The woody scent of decay wafted into the tree hollow.

As Chen Nan bent to climb in, his back struck the damp cave wall.

Soon after, Lin Qingzhu's graceful figure squeezed in, the sound of rustling fabric filling the narrow space.

She had her back to Chen Nan, her hair tips brushing past his nose, carrying the fresh scent of bamboo after the rain.

The warm, soft curves fit perfectly into his embrace.

Meanwhile.

A unique maiden fragrance filled Chen Nan's nostrils, causing his breathing to become heavy, with a sudden inexplicable agitation rising in his heart.

Lin Qingzhu formed a hand seal, activating the jade pendant at her waist to conceal their auras. Then, as if sensing something, she groped behind and couldn't help muttering: "Mr. Chen, why are you carrying a stick?"