Chapter 319: Regarding the Classification of Cultivation Realms

The moonlight spills, the small courtyard is secluded.

On a delicate bed, Wanwan sits cross-legged, a pair of jade palms pressed against Zhu Yuyan's back, using the Heavenly Demon Energy of the same sect to heal the "Yin Empress" Zhu Yuyan.

Beads of sweat have already appeared on the snow-white foreheads of both women, and a wisp of white steam rises from the tops of their heads.

Especially for Zhu Yuyan, a flush rises on her pale cheeks; she gasps for breath, drenched in fragrant sweat, which soaks her white undergarment and reveals her voluptuous charm.

After a long while, Zhu Yuyan spits out a mouthful of fresh blood with a "wah" sound. The blood actually carries a bone-chilling cold, freezing instantly upon being spat out, like brilliant blood crystals.

After a few more breaths, Zhu Yuyan says in a weak tone: "Wanwan, it is done. The cold energy has been expelled, and your master is no longer in serious trouble. The rest are just superficial wounds; they will heal after recuperating for some time."

"Understood, Master." Wanwan does not try to be brave; she first helps Zhu Yuyan up, lets her lie back, and only then takes an embroidered handkerchief from her bosom to wipe the sweat from her forehead.

"Wanwan... how are Elder Wen and the others?" Zhu Yuyan hesitates for a moment, finally unable to help but ask.

Wanwan's expression darkens, and she lowers her head: "Dan Mei and Elder Pi are dead. Elder Wen has fallen into a coma; even if she can be saved, her cultivation will at most remain at four or five tenths. Of the two hundred and twenty-three elite disciples, more than half are dead, and the rest are mostly mentally deranged; only a mere few are normal..."

Zhu Yuyan is silent for a moment, then sighs faintly: "This time it is your master's fault. Before investigating the opponent's strength clearly, I disregarded advice and attacked rashly, leading to this tragic result."

Wanwan shakes her head: "Master had made full preparations, but unless one has seen it with their own eyes, I fear it is hard to believe the young master's extraordinary martial arts."

Zhu Yuyan's long hair is disheveled, spread across the pillow like a piece of fine black silk. She sighs softly: "Regardless, lost is lost."

Wanwan says: "Master, what do we plan to do next? After this battle, the top experts of the Yin Gui Sect are all gone. How are we to contend for the world and unify the two paths and six sects?"

Zhu Yuyan shakes her head in distress: "Your master does not know either."

Wanwan's beautiful eyes brighten, and she says: "Master, why not take the opportunity to submit to the young master? With the young master's methods, he will surely unify the Central Plains in the future, and our Yin Gui Sect can also rise to the top, surpassing the two paths and six sects, and the Jingnian Chan Sect."

Zhu Yuyan waves her hand: "Wanwan, your master knows your thoughts. Let me consider it carefully."

After Wanwan leaves, Zhu Yuyan shifts her body upward, using a pillow to prop up her jade back. The curves of her figure rise and fall like mountain ranges, extremely moving.

Zhu Yuyan sighs softly again, intending to stop thinking about this troublesome matter for now and wait until her injuries recover. But as soon as she closes her eyes, the figure of Yu Liancheng involuntarily appears in her mind.

That man stands with his hands behind his back, possessing an indescribable elegance and composure, the corners of his mouth always overflowing with a smile of one who holds the winning hand, like a noble young master.

Yet once he strikes, every gesture carries the power to split mountains and break cliffs, filled with an incomparable dominance.

"Is this person merely a brute, or a peerless hero?" Zhu Yuyan's beautiful eyes suddenly open, flashing with the brilliance of stars, yet hiding a fox-like cunning.

The next day.

A carriage stops in front of the small courtyard.

Zhu Yuyan sways with charm as she arrives beside the carriage. After a night of regulating her breath, she can move freely, but she cannot casually circulate her internal energy, otherwise, her injuries will inevitably worsen.

"Master, get on the carriage; the young master is also inside." Wanwan is riding on horseback, holding a whip in her hand, appearing heroic and spirited. While speaking, she winks at Zhu Yuyan, signaling her to get along well with Yu Liancheng in the carriage.

Zhu Yuyan hesitates for a long while, then lifts the curtain and enters the carriage.

Yu Liancheng is indeed in the carriage, holding the "Longevity Formula" woven with mysterious gold threads.

"Come over and massage my legs."

The carriage wheels rumble as they turn. Yu Liancheng says to Zhu Yuyan without even raising his head, his tone devoid of any ripples, as if he treats the Yin Empress Zhu Yuyan, the head of the Eight Great Masters of the Demon Sect, as an ordinary maid.

Zhu Yuyan's pretty face changes; she bites her cherry lips, her expression shifting uncertainly.

Not knowing how long she hesitated, the Yin Empress finally walks over and squats before Yu Liancheng's legs, her buttocks resting on her own legs, invisibly squeezing out a full, rounded curve, and gently massages the other's legs.

Yu Liancheng pays no more attention to Zhu Yuyan; his fingertips rub against the "Longevity Formula," feeling that strange texture, his eyes showing a look of contemplation.

A few days ago, he gathered knowledgeable people in Daxing City to decipher the Longevity Formula, and he solved quite a few characters.

These characters not only contained an understanding of the concepts of "Yin and Yang and the Five Elements" but also many other miscellaneous pieces of knowledge, which broadened one's horizons.

Among them, what attracted Yu Liancheng the most was the concept of the classification of martial artists.

"Post-Innate, Innate, Grandmaster... Heavenly Human, Divine Human..."

It is a pity that it has not been fully deciphered yet, and Yu Liancheng cannot clearly classify his own cultivation level.

"In reality, the 'Longevity Formula' only has vague classifications. To truly judge whether one can win or not, one only knows after fighting."

"Post-Innate is cultivating the internal universe, opening up the meridians of the whole body, and storing True Qi. Innate is cultivating both internally and externally, transforming Post-Innate True Qi into more refined Innate True Qi."

"Yet Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling directly cultivated Innate True Qi based on the 'Longevity Formula,' but in terms of strength, they were initially clearly inferior to Post-Innate experts."

"Looking closely, the classification of realms here follows the four steps of refining essence into Qi, refining Qi into spirit, refining spirit into void, and refining void into the Dao. Post-Innate and Innate are refining essence into Qi, equivalent to the Qi Refining stage of the Immortal-Hero world. Grandmaster and beyond is refining Qi into spirit..."

"I wonder when the Longevity Formula will be fully deciphered."

"After going to Luoyang to seize the 'He Clan Jade' this time, I will go find that old fellow Lu Miaozi, have him help decipher the 'Longevity Formula,' and by the way, see if I can deduce the location of the 'Zhanshen Dian'."

After flipping through the Longevity Formula again, Yu Liancheng finally turns his gaze toward Zhu Yuyan.

Today, Zhu Yuyan is not wearing a white veil, allowing Yu Liancheng to see her true face for the first time.

The Yin Empress truly has a face that could topple the masses; her eyes are charming and deep, her nose high and straight, her mouth like a cherry. Her skin is fair, like flawless jade, without a single wrinkle at the corners of her eyes, looking like a pure beauty in her twenties. Compared to Wanwan, Shi Qingxuan, the Dugu Clan women, and others, she has a few more parts of mature charm.

And this Yin Empress, known as the number one expert of the Demon Sect, gives people a feeling of purity, flawlessness, holiness, and dignity, making one not dare to harbor the slightest thought of blasphemy.

But Yu Liancheng knows that as long as Zhu Yuyan is willing, she can transform into a demonic woman who is eerie and bewitching, leading people to fall into hell at any moment.

"I do not like the Yin Gui Sect."

This is the first sentence Yu Liancheng says.