Chapter 88: Do Not Touch Me

The wheelchair landed in the magnetic field and immediately began drifting wildly.

Lu Xingzhou helplessly retracted the wheelchair, sat cross-legged on the ground, and propped Dugu Qingli up properly.

Clearly, she hadn't been injured just now; how had she gone limp? If anything was injured, it was Lu Xingzhou himself who had taken a bit of shock damage from that palm strike against the Hehuan Demoness; a fourth-rank demoness was simply not ordinary.

Looking closely, Little Bai Mao's current state was very strange.

Her eyes were ice-cold, looking at Lu Xingzhou as if he were a stranger... no, even worse than a stranger, as if looking at a stone by the roadside.

Yet her body was scorching hot and completely limp, a complete manifestation of having been poisoned by a powerful aphrodisiac.

Her body and soul seemed split apart.

So even though she had frozen her spiritual platform, seemingly stopping her mind from going mad, she couldn't stop her body's desires, so she couldn't fight... Lu Xingzhou understood at once.

Originally, the Hehuan Demoness only needed to delay for a moment; once she fell into this state, she could be defiled at will. But that moment of delay was ruined by Lu Xingzhou; one could imagine how angry the other party must be right now.

"Pfft..." A hundred li away, a peerless beauty leaned against a deserted mountain, suddenly spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood.

Her shoulders and back were covered in wounds, but she had no mind to treat them; her hands tightly covered her lower body, her whole body arched like a shrimp: "Lu Xingzhou..."

She breathed deeply a few times and tremblingly moved her hands away. She didn't know what effect Lu Xingzhou's kick had carried; looking down now, her crotch had been burned through, leaving a cool breeze.

What made her angriest was that all her fur had been burned away, leaving a completely white patch.

The woman gritted her teeth tightly and recited word by word: "Lu! Xing! Zhou! The humiliation of today will be returned a hundredfold in the future!"

Unfortunately, no amount of chanting could chant Lu Xingzhou to death; right now, he was suffering and enjoying it at the same time.

Little Bai Mao's attitude was extremely cold, yet her body was completely instinctively pressing closer to him, even writhing; how to describe that feeling...

It was exactly like a captured female hero who said no but acted yes; while being teased until her whole body flushed red, her hair was disheveled and her eyes unyielding, hatingly saying, "Gah, kill me!"

The performance was different, but the flavor was the same.

Lu Xingzhou found it quite amusing; his hands remained expressionless as he ate some tofu, but since she had come to him herself, he actually took out a detoxification pill and fed it to her: "I didn't bring any pills specifically for antidoting aphrodisiacs; eat this universal detox pill for now; at least it can relieve some of it..."

Dugu Qingli swallowed the pill and still said: "Don't touch me."

Lu Xingzhou laughed: "Little Bai Mao, right now you are the one touching me."

"Don't call me Little Bai Mao."

"Okay, Little Bai Mao." Lu Xingzhou not only called her that, but also stroked her white hair.

"You!" Dugu Qingli paused, deciding not to argue with him: "This pill of yours, I can hardly feel any effect... are you deliberately not giving me a complete antidote?"

"Speak with a conscience." Lu Xingzhou was at a loss between laughter and tears: "I'm a grown man; how could I possibly carry something to antidote this thing around with me? Is that reasonable? This detox pill was even stolen from the secret vault of the Incense Burning Pavilion; its grade is very high. If it were my own, it would be even less effective. You must know you were poisoned by the Hehuan Secret Art, not an ordinary aphrodisiac."

Dugu Qingli fell silent; she knew this was difficult to handle.

The other party was absolutely targeting her deliberately with prior planning... this aphrodisiac art is quite insidious. Ordinary aphrodisiacs are usually cured by intercourse, with no aftereffects. But Dugu Qingli's heart, illuminated by the Moon over the Cold River, knew clearly that if she really had intercourse in this state, the Frosty Sky and Frozen Moon Art would surely be broken; in the future, her heart would be full of intimacy with men, and she could never maintain her sword heart and icy coldness again.

That would mean completely breaking her cultivation! Once the cultivation is broken, even if the assassination fails, it doesn't matter; it is extremely vicious.

This targeted technique indeed cannot be cured by ordinary detox pills; being able to relieve some of it is already good.

The source of this targeting... might be because she revealed her identity in front of the Dongjiang army; there might be members of the Hehuan Sect lurking within the army, reporting to their superiors. It would be perfectly logical for various demonic sects to cause trouble against the Heavenly Yao Holy Land; anyone who could kill the Heavenly Yao Holy Maiden could practically walk with their nose in the air on the path.

Originally, she didn't let Sheng Yuanyao write her into the New Talent List for this very reason. Her cultivation experience was insufficient; her fourth-rank strength looked good, but under the premise that demonic path people would deliberately target her, it was completely inadequate.

Only a Hehuan Demoness came, probably because she happened to be nearby; if she had provoked the Yan Lord, she would be doomed...

But this time, leaking her identity was for this shocking major case of entire prefecture demonization; as the head of the Righteous Path, it was her duty, nothing more to say; she hadn't thought so much at the time.

Fortunately, she could freeze her heart, so she wouldn't lose her mind to the aphrodisiac art and could still deal with it calmly...

Just as she was thinking this, her heart suddenly skipped a beat.

She discovered her heart's ice seal was wavering, with signs of the glacier about to shatter.

Only then did she remember: this is a magnetic field! It can vibrate the mind itself! Normally it could be ignored, but under the current circumstances, she couldn't hold it back!

Dugu Qingli's breathing was vaguely a bit rapid; she turned her head to look at Lu Xingzhou; what was he doing?

He was actually immersed in the ring, seemingly searching for something... looking for medicine? Or planning to refine pills on the spot?

If her sanity collapsed and the aphrodisiac art's effect took over her mind, what would he do?

He was so lecherous; he would surely take the opportunity to do that... just like with Shen Tang? Touching and kissing.

Drool is truly disgusting.

Dugu Qingli's gaze became increasingly hazy; she slowly reached out to grip the constantly trembling sword hilt.

If he turned his head and came to bite, she would give him a sword strike!

As if by telepathy, Lu Xingzhou really turned his head and looked at her once.

Dugu Qingli instinctively wanted to swing her sword, but discovered she didn't even have the strength; the sword thrust was crooked and wobbly.

Lu Xingzhou noticed at once; he caught her hand with amusement: "What are you doing?"

Dugu Qingli gritted her teeth: "You, you are not allowed to touch me!"

"Just now you were quite glacial; how did it get like this..." Lu Xingzhou glanced around and quickly figured it out; he shook his head and said: "In this situation, I suggest you don't force resistance. If the soul is sealed but the body is uncontrollable, especially under the vibration of the magnetic field, I strongly suspect you will cause a split personality if you keep holding on."

Dugu Qingli panted; she didn't know if what he said made sense.

But releasing the sealed state wouldn't that mean falling into the aphrodisiac art's effect? He truly had ill intentions!

"Lewd thief..." Dugu Qingli barely gripped the sword and tried to thrust again.

Lu Xingzhou was both angry and amused; he grabbed her tightly: "Don't move around; if you move again, I will kiss you."

Dugu Qingli was startled and indeed froze motionless.

Lu Xingzhou found her look of heroic sacrifice truly amusing: "Relax a bit; I am looking for a way."

"Can, can there be any way?" Dugu Qingli already felt her sanity about to collapse; she looked at his profile in a daze, thinking it looked very good.

Inside, there was a desire; she herself wanted to hug over, kiss over... especially in this environment where she was tightly embraced by him, her body was even steaming hot, only wanting to rub closer with him.

But her sanity ultimately didn't collapse; she still held it down tightly.

Unintentionally, a thought flashed through her mind—did their mouth-to-mouth contact stem from this impulse? But isn't this the negative effect of the demonic art?

The Huangji Jing World Art indeed is not a good technique; even without trouble, it has demonic art effects.

Lu Xingzhou's words were muddled and unclear to her: "I always feel that whether it's a seduction technique or a seduction pill, it ultimately stimulates the hormones within the body... oh, to put it plainly, it amplifies a woman's yin or a man's yang. For ordinary people, once released, they become sages, meaning they just finish it off by themselves..."

Du Gu Qingli: "?"

"But in your case, I'm afraid doing it yourself won't work; you need to harmonize yin and yang. The cultivation method I'm practicing now should have a solution, but I haven't mastered it yet. Wait while I study it..."

Studying a cultivation method on the spot?

Only one concept flashed through Du Gu Qingli's mind: Could it be a Dual Cultivation Art?

"Can you stop being so awkward... and keep that little mouth away from me, don't breathe on my neck." Lu Xingzhou was truly helpless: "The magnetic field here also affects my mind; don't provoke me into losing control and executing you right here!"

Du Gu Qingli's face turned red from holding it in; after all this, did he mean she was seducing him?

Oh, it seems so.

Look at this posture; she is completely leaning on his shoulder, her face right by his neck, and her body is still rubbing and twisting, as if that would make her feel better...

But she really couldn't hold it back... the glaciers had already started to melt, and he was asking her to release her mental seal; wouldn't that make it even more...

In reality, Lu Xingzhou was already holding back immensely; the interference of the magnetic field made him irritable and restless, his self-control far lower than usual. Plus, Shen Tang had just said that before... it seemed like doing something would be permitted by his girlfriend, and this cognition was even more challenging to a man's endurance.

But Lu Xingzhou, having studied the Dao of Alchemy and Medicine to this extent, could roughly guess that if Little Bai Mao really did it, she would likely ruin her cultivation. He was truly holding back because he didn't want to harm Little Bai Mao; under different circumstances, he probably would have already gone ahead.

The Supreme Art of Yin and Yang definitely has a method to help others harmonize yin and yang; in essence, it does belong to a broad category of Dual Cultivation Arts and does not specifically refer to doing that act. However, his Supreme Art of Yin and Yang is incomplete, containing only the Martial Scripture portion; the Dual Cultivation Art belongs to the Dao Scripture category, so the text here is vague, with only scattered phrases requiring him to ponder on his own.

The human body is like a furnace; cast in the two qi of yin and yang to refine them, transform them into a pill, and return them to oneself...

This damn thing is essence extraction!

The term 'furnace and cauldron' originates from this...

However, the theory is understood; now the other party's body is extremely rich in yin qi. Inputting one's own yang qi into it, using the other party's body as a furnace, refining a pill of harmonized yin and yang, and seizing it back to oneself is a straightforward and decisive essence extraction, which would cause great harm to the other party.

But what if one doesn't seize it back?

Would that count as harmonizing it?

Would that count as reverse essence extraction, causing loss to oneself?

Another point is, how does one input their own yang qi? If it is according to palm-to-palm transmission, that inputs one's regular true qi and cannot separate the yang qi alone for her; how is this operation performed? Does one really have to do that act for it to count?

Logically, it shouldn't be so; neither of them is a novice in cultivation, and they clearly understand that the broad concept of Dual Cultivation does not require actually doing that act.

While hesitating, a "ying" sound came from her ear; Du Gu Qingli had completely lost her reason, hugged him tightly, and kissed his side of the face wildly with her red lips: "Don't touch me..."

"Damn it... who is touching whom!" Lu Xingzhou could no longer hold back, grabbed her head, turned her face, and kissed her down.

Hand-to-hand qi transfer cannot separate yin and yang; does this current situation count as yin and yang facing each other? There must be some difference!

(End of Chapter)