Chapter 2: Following Heaven Is Easy, Defying Heaven Is Difficult

To go or not to go, that was a perplexing question.

But very soon, Lu Yang stopped being perplexed.

Because he simply had no right to refuse; under the bright sun and clear sky, Yu Suzhen actually reached out directly, stripped off his clothes, and took a bite.

"Hiss!" Lu Yang's teeth chattered as he struggled, saying, "Senior Sister, wait, at least let's change locations."

"No need, right here!"

Lu Yang's eyes simply could not refuse, and thinking that he still had the Book of Hundred Lives as a safety net, he simply lay flat and stopped resisting.

In an instant, a fierce battle ensued.

One was a true demoness of the Mo Sect, the other a transmigrator with a cheat.

One stick of incense later.

Yu Suzhen, however, frowned in dissatisfaction:

"Just this?"

"Truly useless trash."

Seeing this, Yu Suzhen scolded in annoyance, "You clearly have such a handsome face, yet you possess so little primordial yang; you failed so quickly."

"Good to look at but useless trash, trash!"

Almost simultaneously, Lu Yang's face turned pale.

Immediately after, he discovered that his meager remaining vital energy had all flowed into Yu Suzhen's body, and his already frail frame became even more withered.

"The Great Ode of Yin and Yang Pleasure?"

As the cultivation method distributed during the assignment flashed through his mind, Lu Yang suddenly gained understanding: it seemed the so-called trial of the Hehuan Hall was actually to have the registered disciples mutually drain each other using the Great Ode of Yin and Yang Pleasure, much like raising gu worms, where only the one who survived until the end could advance to become a formal disciple.

"Congratulations, Senior Sister Yu!"

At the same time, several registered disciples from the surroundings walked over with fawning expressions, saying, "After draining this last person, Senior Sister should be able to reach Qi Refining."

"Once one reaches Qi Refining, one is no longer a mortal!"

"Please take care of us in the future, Senior Sister; we are willing to serve you hand and foot."

Watching this scene, Lu Yang suddenly laughed.

"Hehe..."

A medicine dreg, completely drained and useless, suddenly laughing immediately drew everyone's attention; Yu Suzhen glanced at Lu Yang and then said indifferently:

"Why is Junior Brother laughing?"

"I am laughing for Senior Sister's sake," Lu Yang said sincerely. "I was originally worried about Senior Sister's health, but now it seems I was worrying unnecessarily."

"Worried about my health?" Yu Suzhen was stunned.

"Yes." Speaking of this, Lu Yang wore an expression of sighing regret: "Before I entered the sect, I lingered in the pleasure quarters and contracted a venereal disease; just now, Senior Sister was too hasty, and I didn't have time to mention it. But since Senior Sister is about to reach Qi Refining, surely a mere venereal disease poses no problem for you, right?"

Yu Suzhen: "..."

【Furious and distraught, Yu Suzhen beat you to death.】

【Current remaining pages of the Book of Hundred Lives: 99】

【Restarting a new life, you may choose one of the following gains from your previous life:

One: Treasure.

Two: Cultivation base.

Three: Lifespan.

Four: Forfeit all gains and randomly awaken a talent based on your previous life's experiences.】

"The person whose name is called, come before me."

Lu Yang opened his eyes and looked at the black-robed Daoist Priest on the platform, only then realizing he had returned to the square where names were called and assignments made, just as when he first entered the Chusheng Sect.

Though the experience just now had been undeniably real, and the taste of the demoness remained vivid in his memory, now he was starting over from the beginning; all past events felt like an illusion, and such a huge contrast left Lu Yang stunned for a while before he came to his senses, feeling both emotional and secretly delighted that his Book of Hundred Lives was indeed a strange treasure!

Stabilizing his mind, Lu Yang looked down at the options on the Book of Hundred Lives.

He skipped the first three options directly; after all, he had been drained to death by Yu Suzhen before he even began formal cultivation, so the only one he could actually choose was the fourth.

【Settling your previous life's experiences for you...】

【After draining you, Yu Suzhen broke through to the Qi Refining Realm, but alas, she contracted a venereal disease that her true qi could not expel; she lay bedridden for several months and finally died from a critical illness.】

【Since ancient times, following heaven is easy, defying heaven is difficult.】

【Martial arts cannot match divine abilities; the gap between mortals and cultivators is greater than the difference between heaven and earth.】

【Yet you entered the game with your own body, skillfully using the method of dual cultivation to slay a cultivator with a mortal body, truly worthy of being called 'victorious over heaven by half a move'; no act of defying heaven could surpass this!】

【You have awakened the White Talent: Dual Cultivation Prodigy.】

【Dual Cultivation Prodigy: Your comprehension of dual cultivation methods is extremely high; no cultivator of the same realm can drain you, and any attempt to forcibly drain you will only result in backlash against them.】

Immediately after, the glowing text on the panel changed again.

【Name: Lu Yang】

【Age: 18】

【Cultivation Base: None】

【Talent: Dual Cultivation Prodigy (White)】

【Cultivation Method: Great Ode of Yin and Yang Pleasure (Entry Level)】

【Divine Abilities: None】

【Treasures: None】

【Book of Hundred Lives Pages: 99】

Lu Yang exhaled deeply, feeling a surge of blood and qi rush straight to his dantian; instantly his strength was restored, he was vigorous and robust, and his originally weak body gradually recovered.

"The venereal disease... it doesn't seem to be cured yet, I just last longer now."

Lu Yang carefully sensed his own condition.

Besides the physical recovery brought by the talent, Lu Yang also gained significant insight into the dual cultivation method distributed by the Hehuan Hall, the 'Great Ode of Yin and Yang Pleasure'.

After all, compared to pure theory, practical combat experience was far more important, not to mention the bonus from the talent.

Afterward, everything developed exactly as before.

Because of his naturally handsome face, Lu Yang was still assigned to the Hehuan Hall, still met Yu Suzhen at the entrance, and was chosen by her at first sight.

"What a remarkable Great Ode of Yin and Yang Pleasure!"

This evil method of draining, besides being able to drain a person's primordial yang and primordial yin, could actually also drain knowledge; the experience of cultivation methods and divine abilities could all be drained over!

Thinking of this, Lu Yang immediately became even more vigorous.

One day, two days, three days...

As time passed, Yu Suzhen's expression gradually changed from enjoyment to terror, and her originally flat lower abdomen slowly began to bulge...

"Enough, enough! Stop for a moment!"

"I, I can't take it anymore, ah!"

"I'm sorry, I was wrong, wait a moment..."

Turning a deaf ear to Yu Suzhen's pleas for mercy, Lu Yang kept circulating the Great Ode of Yin and Yang Pleasure, his mind completely immersed in the joy brought by cultivation.

And during this process, for the first time, he felt the existence of 'qi'.

This strand of 'qi' resided within Yu Suzhen's body; if the two had not been so close at this moment, Lu Yang might not have been able to sense its existence at all.

"This thing ought to be used by me!"

Thinking this, Lu Yang did not hesitate for a moment; he immediately circulated the Great Ode of Yin and Yang Pleasure and forcibly extracted all the 'qi' from within Yu Suzhen's body.

"No!!!"

Almost simultaneously, Yu Suzhen let out a miserable scream, then her head slumped to the side.

The next second, Lu Yang felt his essence, qi, and spirit merge with that strand of qi, followed by a sudden thunderous tremor, as if an invisible great door had swung open.

Lu Yang instantly experienced a sudden enlightenment: "I have broken through!"

When spirit and qi unite, it is called 'Qi Refining'!

As an old registered disciple of the Hehuan Hall, Yu Suzhen was only one step away from Qi Refining.

In the previous life, she drained him to complete that final step and successfully reached Qi Refining; in this life, she was drained by him instead, and all her accumulation benefited him.

From this day forward, he was a cultivator of the First Layer of Qi Condensation!

Breaking through in a single morning and advancing to a formal disciple was a status change akin to rising straight to heaven; though it seemed simple, countless years had seen it block countless registered disciples.

"Truly pleasurable; Senior Sister Yu, I probably won't forget you for my entire life."

Lu Yang stood up, looking at Yu Suzhen who lay on the ground without a sound, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

(End of Chapter)