Chapter 352 - 351: Special Gameplay, Who is Influencing Whom?

Upon hearing that he wouldn’t need to strip down to his underwear, Li Jing heaved a sigh of relief.

In principle, he did what he said.

But if there were no boundaries at all, he couldn’t accept it.

At this moment, faced with Fu Yao’s eager gaze, Li Jing had no choice but to silently remove his clothes.

Just as he was about to ask what was to be done next, Fu Yao gave him a once-over.

Your body is not bad, and you are sturdy..."

Halfway through her sentence, she suddenly changed her tune.

"Can I touch you?"

"..."

Li Jing.

Fu Yao’s request could arguably be considered audacious.

Before he could refuse her, Fu Yao’s slender hand launched an assault on his chest and she frowned.

"You...are not human?"

Upon hearing this, the corner of Li Jing’s mouth twitched.

She randomly touched him without saying a word and then declared that he was not human.

Damn it, she was the non-human creature here!

But to be honest, Fu Yao wasn’t simple.

It was clear that Fu Yao was able to see that his physical body was not ordinary. That touch was just to confirm it.

Until now, Li Jing had never encountered someone who could discern the strength of his physical body without even engaging in a fight.

Pushing away the little hand which Fu Yao had placed on his chest, Li Jing spoke in a calm tone.

"I am a human, a hundred percent. My wife is right next to us, Clan Chief Fu, please behave yourself."

With Yulian suddenly caught in the crossfire, she burst out laughing and cast a glance at the certain someone.

She was very aware of his "figure" as she was often sticking close to Li Jing.

There was no mistaking it, the man’s physique was abnormally sturdy, unlike a typical human cultivator.

Previously, she hadn’t paid much attention to it, simply thinking that Li Jing was a bit more enthusiastic about physical training.

Now, with Fu Yao’s suspicion that he wasn’t human, it did make one wonder.

Over here, Fu Yao raised an eyebrow at Li Jing’s displeasure and smirkingly pouted.

"All I did was touch you once, right? You’re a big, rough man, it’s not like you’re at a disadvantage. Xiaoyu didn’t say anything, right?"

She then pointed at the two futons that were closely put together in the inner room.

"Sit on the futon on the left and face away from the other one. "

Upon hearing this, Li Jing complied and sat down facing away from the other futon.

As he was just settling down, Fu Yao turned towards Yulian.

"Xiaoyu, you sit on the other one, back to back with Son Li, remember to strip off the gauze."

Upon hearing this, Yulian subconsciously nodded her head and then suddenly realized something was off and looked back, perplexed.

"I ... also need to strip?"

"You are cultivating charm, you should understand that for a fox demon walking on this path, the less you wear, the better your performance, right?"

Fu Yao smiled.

"..."

Yulian.

This statement of Fu Yao’s was undeniable.

Because, in fact, it was true.

For a fox demon who walked the path of charm, the less clothing they wore, the stronger their combat power.

But this...

On the other hand, upon hearing Fu Yao’s words, Li Jing too became somewhat restless.

When he came in and saw the two women changing into gauze dresses, he subconsciously knew Fu Yao must have had a reason for doing so.

But he did not expect that the reason would be this.

Now, with Fu Yao requesting Yulian to remove her gauze dress, even if they were sitting back to back and couldn’t see each other, it still felt a bit too intimate!

As he was about to interject, Fu Yao looked at Yulian, who was paralyzed in embarrassment, and joked.

"It’s just merely sitting back to back, Xiaoyu, how come you’re suddenly acting shy? Aren’t you two a married couple? Could it be... you haven’t crossed that step yet?"

"..."

Yulian.

She and Li Jing weren’t a married couple at all, how could they have crossed that step?

But she felt that it wouldn’t be appropriate to explain that at this moment.

Looking up to see Li Jing, who was twisting his head and looking at her while hesitating to speak, Yulian lightly bit her red lip.

"Turn around, don’t peek."

"..."

Li Jing.

She’s really going to strip?

Did she need to go that far in the name of seriousness?

Before he could react, Yulian started unbuttoning her garment.

Seeing this, Li Jing’s heart jolted and he quickly turned his head, adopting a policy of watching nothing that is not proper to be seen.

As a man, Li Jing was rather honest.

If Yulian didn’t mind, then he would just go along with it.

Just like what Fu Yao had just said.

He was a rough man, so it’s not as if he was losing out on anything.

As a piece of gauze fell to the floor, a slight chill ran through Li Jing’s back when Yulian sat back down against him.

The lukewarm feeling of her skin, which was smooth as if made of ivory, wasn’t anything that would send his mind into a whirl of desire.

Even though he couldn’t see Yulian, who was sitting bare-skinned against his back, apart from feeling a bit uncomfortable, there were no special thoughts in his mind.

What the eye doesn’t see, the heart won’t grieve over.

Seeing Li Jing and Yulian sit quietly, Fu Yao went on to explain.

"Let me make this clear first, the technique I am going to use next is the Secret Method of Return. This is not something you can control at the moment, Xiaoyu. When you step into the Seventh Realm in the future, only then will you be able to control it. Otherwise, there’s a good chance of getting burned. The Secret Method of Return comes from a special effect that results from a high-level charm talent combined with the breath of celestial spirits. Try to feel it as much as possible. How much you can grasp depends on you, but I believe there won’t be any problems given your exceptional talent. If you have a personal experience, there won’t be many problems when facing the Tribulation later."

After speaking, she turned to look at Li Jing.

"Son Li, you don’t have to do anything. All you need to do is keep your mind steady. If you lose control, I will step in to control you."

?

Li Jing.

Lose control?

What does that mean?

Sitting back to back with him, Yulian was also taken aback for a moment, then her expression shifted slightly.

Being a fellow charm user herself, the word "lose control" was enough to give her a hint as to what was going on with Fu Yao’s Secret Method of Return.

Not having the time to think further, Yulian hurriedly turned her head.

"Wait... "

As the word "wait" didn’t utter from his mouth, Fu Yao impatiently exhaled a rich, pink smoke.

!!!

Yulian.

She wanted to stop it, but it was too late.

Fu Yao was, after all, a Heavenly Fox in the late stage of the Eighth Realm.

The pink smoke filled with subtle aura just emitted from her red lips, Yulian felt her head dizzy, she almost lost consciousness on the spot.

Before understanding what was happening, Li Jing’s body was stiff, he had a feeling of unease.

The most primal urge was rapidly fermenting within him.

On the panel.

The boundary breakthrough skill ’still water like mirror’ was shining brightly but had little effect.

Becoming aware of this, Li Jing almost cursed aloud.

"Xiaoyu, stay focused, Son Li, you are free to do as you please."

Fu Yao spoke, and took a step forward, beginning to dance around the two with a graceful twirl.

At the same time,

A mysterious and complex array centered on the two meditation cushions where Li Jing and Yulian sat quietly appeared.

Fu Yao’s dancing was beautiful.

Her light silhouette, seemingly unreal, like a dream.

Yet Li Jing had no mood to enjoy it.

At this moment, he now understood what Fu Yao meant by losing control.

With the most primitive urge fermenting wildly inside him, it would be challenging for him not to understand.

Clamping his teeth and keeping his mind clear, Li Jing silently cursed Fu Yao, shutting his eyes.

At this point, all he could do was endure as much as possible.

If he asked to stop now, Fu Yao might not.

And the more lethal thing was:

He wasn’t in any position to stop it now.

Once he let his guard down, he might lose control of himself.

Against Fu Yao’s Secret Method of Return, Li Jing’s still water like mirror had limited effect, mainly because the cultivation levels of the two were too much different.

But there was some effect, however little.

He could barely hold on.

A thing made Li Jing not feel pretty good was:

He could clearly feel that Yulian’s body temperature behind him was rapidly rising, and her breathing became more and more labored.

Yulian probably wouldn’t last long.

This was not so good!

Just as he was unsure of what to do, Li Jing suddenly sensed a strange energy stirring inside his body as if it was being led by something.

Hidden in it was a trace of terrible heavenly might that he could never forget.

Feeling this, Li Jing suddenly stopped thinking about how long Yulian could hold out and hurriedly introspected.

Fu Yao said that there was residual Heavenly Path Qi on him, but she didn’t say it was hidden in his body.

Is this...

Just a symbol?

It couldn’t be!

At the moment, under his introspection, the Heavenly Path Qi that was always hidden in his body and had barely been stirred up was completely fused with the celestial ling breath and could not be detected if it wasn’t active.

Not only that.

Li Jing had a clear feeling.

Heavenly Path Qi and Celestial Ling Breath had extremely similar structures. Not only could it cover its existence with Celestial Ling Breath, it also contained a power far stronger than the Celestial Ling Breath.

Li Jing didn’t understand what this power was.

But his Seventh Realm insight told him.

This power, like the ling breath of the immortals, is the power that represents the watershed after the cultivation level is reached.

In front of the power that existed within this Heavenly Path Qi, Ling Breath was negligible.

While attempting introspection, Li Jing felt a pair of arms hugging his neck from behind, the feeling on his back transformed from flat to an infinitely imaginative warmth and softness.

With this feeling, Li Jing could hardly hold himself together.

Yulian... had lost control.

Her losing control affected him too.

Originally, sitting back to back, he could still hold on.

But how could he sit still now?

He was a normal man!

Repeatedly telling himself not to open his eyes, Li Jing bit his tongue and held on.

He managed to keep his sanity.

Just as he hadn’t started to feel relieved, he suddenly entered the perspective of the Primordial Spirit Leaving the Body.

The Primordial Spirit Leaving the Body was an ability one would possess upon entering the Sixth Realm.

When necessary, it can be used against enemies.

For enemies who don’t understand the spiritual level measures, there’s almost no solution to fighting against the Primordal Spirit.

The only way to solve this was to confront a Primordial Spirit with a Primordial Spirit.

A Primordial Spirit that had left the body was essentially very weak.

If it was damaged, it could easily be fatal.

Therefore, this method was usually only used when a cultivator was desperate.

Li Jing had no need for such a method.

Ever since he started cultivating, no one was his match in the same realm.

If he encountered someone in a higher realm, using his Primordial Spirit to fight them was no different than seeking death.

So up till now, Li Jing had never tried Primordial Spirit Leaving the Body.

Entering the perspective of Primordial Spirit Leaving the Body at this moment was really quite novel.

The perspective of Primordial Spirit Leaving the Body was similar to the perspective of Sky Eye Technique.

He couldn’t see objects clearly and could only see a vague silhouette of people, this view was a full 360 degrees with no dead angles.

Walls could not act as barriers.

The scope of Primordial Spirit sensing was the scope he could see under the state of Primordial Spirit Leaving the Body.

Under this view, he could see that every human silhouette hid a cluster of energy represented by pure white color.

Li Jing’s Seventh Realm insight told him:

That was Primordial Spirit, hidden in their bodies.

At his fingertips, Fu Yao was still twirling.

The Primordial Spirit inside her was like a sun, unrivaled.

The Primordial Spirit of monsters wasn’t that strong, but after all, she was the one at a high cultivation level.

As a monster, she had experienced heavenly tribulations in both the Seventh and Eighth Realms.

Most of the time for monsters at the Seventh Realm, they would have to go through the Spirit Tribulation.

But at the Eighth Realm, not necessarily so.

Under the baptism of the Spirit Tribulation, her relatively weak Primordial Spirit Strength would increase significantly.

Now, looking at Fu Yao’s strong Primordial Spirit inside her body, Li Jing couldn’t help marveling in awe.

After experiencing the baptism of the Spirit Tribulation and having the Limit Breakthrough skill like Silent Shadow that could enhance the Primordial Spirit Strength, his Primordial Spirit Strength far surpassed the ordinary people.

However, in front of Fu Yao who’s in the late stage of the Eighth Realm, he genuinely did not count, not even as a little brother.

She was still a creature with relative weaker Primordial Spirits, and she was a monster.

What if she was a human cultivator at the Eighth Realm? How strong would that Primordial Spirit Strength be?

Just as he’s marveling, Li Jing suddenly realizes something is wrong.

It seems that he can’t see Yulian’s Primordial Spirit?

The outlines of himself and Yulian were clearly visible from the perspective of primordial spirit leaving the body.

He didn’t have the pure white collective representing the primordial spirit within him because he had left his physical form.

And yet, Yulian’s body seems completely empty too?

Just as this question forms, Li Jing suddenly senses something and turns his Primordial Spirit’s gaze.

Then, a transparent, white figure enters his field of vision.

???

Li Jing.

This transparent, white figure is indeed Yulian.

Yulian’s Primordial Spirit is so beautiful and adorable.

Her Primordial Spirit features slender fox ears atop her head, and a fluffy tail at her waist.

It satisfies not only the most basic human aesthetics but also some special preferences.

But that’s not what matters.

The important thing is.

This Primordial Spirit is standing right next to Li Jing.

But under the all-round vision of primordial spirit leaving the body, he had to specifically focus his attention to see it.

If he wasn’t looking directly, he wouldn’t notice Yulian’s presence.

This ...

What’s going on?

Just as he’s confused about all of this, Yulian who’s next to him also becomes aware of something and turns to look at him.

As their Primordial Spirits lock gazes, Li Jing instantly understands.

Under the influence of some factor, Yulian’s Primordial Spirit establishes a connection with his, the two completely intertwined.

You can interpret it this way.

At this moment, from the perspective of their Primordial Spirits.

Yulian is Li Jing, and Li Jing is Yulian.

Not only that, they also share the same Primordial Spirit’s vision.

Whatever Li Jing sees, Yulian can see too.

And vice versa.

Under these circumstances, the two are completely unified.

Usually, when observing the surroundings, one often overlooks oneself.

That’s why Li Jing didn’t see Yulian just now.

Just as he senses this oddity, Yulian notices it too.

Their eyes meet, and Li Jing instantly realizes why Clan Chief Fu Yao claimed that if Yulian could control this technique, her upcoming tribulation wouldn’t pose many difficulties.

Their current state is more than just sharing the same vision.

Under their connection, their Primordial Spirit’s strength is also completely shared.

The strength of the Primordial Spirit that Yulian currently possesses is completely on par with Li Jing’s.

Considering this situation, how hard could her tribulation be?

Remember.

Li Jing, who has the advantage of a stronger than average Primordial Spirit, faced a Spirit Tribulation amidst his heavenly tribulations while he was in the Seventh Realm already.

For him, what would another Spirit Tribulation of the Seventh Realm mean?

If she called him to help her during Yulian’s tribulation, they could easily pass through it together.

This Secret Method of Return is quite impressive!

Li Jing can’t help but feel sincerely amazed.

But immediately after, he realizes something is wrong.

The look in Yulian’s Primordial Spirit’s eyes seems a bit wrong?

It looks...

Like she wants to eat him?

’Xiaoyu?’

Li Jing blinks, trying to call out to her using his Primordial Spirit.

This call was like the last straw that broke the camel’s back of reason.

Yulian’s normally calm Primordial Spirit shakes a bit and lunges at him, just like a hungry fox pounces on a lamb.

!!!

Li Jing.

He wants to resist.

But in the state of the primordial spirit leaving the body, the physical strength of his body seems absolutely insignificant.

Of course.

Yulian is in the same predicament, she just happened to overpower him and pin him down first.

Seeing Yulian’s seemingly irrational Primordial Spirit knock him down and lean in to kiss him, Li Jing tries to dodge but fails, he can only remain stupefied.

As their lips meet, Li Jing immediately senses that something is wrong.

The sensation is too real.

While being kissed wildly, he has only one thought.

TM...

I didn’t know it could be played this way?

...

Time.

He doesn’t know how long it has passed.

Everything that happens when one leaves their physical body feels unreal, almost dream-like.

Everything that was supposed to happen, happened.

Li Jing’s Primordial Spirit lies on the ground, a little doubtful about life.

After her release, Yulian’s Primordial Spirit has regained its calm.

She has also realized the subtleties of the Secret Method of Return.

But she doesn’t have the time to dwell on them.

Right now, she’s wondering.

If a Primordial Spirit collides with another Primordial Spirit, would it be considered...?

As a fox demon who has caused chaos in the human world, Yulian is quite conservative, she still remains pure and untouched.

It wasn’t easy to maintain such a state.

She was transformed from an ordinary vixen into a demon.

After transformation, gaining intelligence was straightforward.

But before she obtained intelligence, following natural instincts to mate during certain seasons was an instinct ingrained in all living beings.

If she encountered a male fox, she would mate with him.

She has remained untouched until now, not because of her principles, but because her real form is a pet snow fox, her master only raised her and there wasn’t any potential mate.

From a certain perspective, Yulian could be considered a disgrace to demon foxes.

There’s an ancient tale of fox demons beguiling humans.

Having lived for over a hundred years and still a virgin, moreover, mainly using charm, it wouldn’t be wrong to label her a disgrace among fox demons.

Leaving this aside.

When it comes to moral values, there’s not much difference between Yulian and ordinary demons.

A demon is a demon, her restraint is simply because she doesn’t want to be too frivolous.

She wouldn’t dwell too much or make a fuss if certain things happened.

However, she never expected that the hundreds of years of persistence would end in such an inconceivable way.

Turning to look at Li Jing, who has a dumbfounded look on his face after the whole thing, Yulian felt quite embarrassed.

To be honest.

If it had really happened, it might not have been so awkward.

Yulian herself already had quite a liking for Li Jing. It wouldn’t have just happened out of the blue, but who knows, with a rush of emotion one day, it might come to pass.

If it really came to that, she wouldn’t mind just being his woman!

But under the current circumstances, it didn’t really feel like it truly happened.

Although it felt very real, it definitely couldn’t compare with reality. At most, it could be said that the two had communicated on a spiritual level.

But that wasn’t the most awkward aspect.

The most awkward part might be the potential trauma inflicted on Li Jing...

The key point being, he was completely dominated by her.

Not to mention, this instance might have left a lasting impression on him, but how would they face each other in the future?

This Fu Yao really knows how to make things difficult...

If she had known that this Eighth Realm fox demon, regarded as a great senior, was so irritating, she should have listened to Li Jing earlier and gone exploring Yun Cheng by herself.

Seeing that Li Jing beside her was filled with doubt about life, Yulian sighed quietly and coughed to break the silence.

"Er...how about we consider this a dream?"

Hearing her, Li Jing paused and then looked at her with surprise.

"Can you really treat this as a dream?"

"..."

Yulian fell silent and then asked reluctantly,

"Otherwise, do you want to recreate this scene in reality?"

Recreate the scene?

Li Jing was suddenly energized.

This idea seemed possible!

Wait a minute!

Why on earth would he think like that?

Li Jing quickly shook his head, and then he realized one thing.

With the continuation of The Secret Method of Return, the connection between him and Yulian seemed to grow stronger, as if their thoughts were merging.

How could Yulian, who was so smart, not realize this as well?

This added a new layer of complexity.

Both of them were influencing each other.

So the question was...

The expression Li Jing had just now wasn’t his usual self.

Was he influenced by her?

Yulian didn’t think so.

She even thought that the words that had come out of her mouth just now weren’t her own.

Such an unwise move?

So....

Which of them was not sincere?

Staring at each other, Li Jing and Yulian both gave up on trying to understand.

This was undoubtedly the influence of Li Jing.

After all, he often did this kind of thing.

However, Yulian had no objections to this.

"How long do you think this state we’re in will last?"

"I don’t know."

Li Jing sighed and replied,

"We don’t even know how long it’s been, right? I just hope nothing goes wrong."

"It won’t go wrong."

Yulian shook her head and said,

"I have had quite a bit of understanding of The Secret Method of Return. Our mutual influence is due to our Primordial Spirits gradually syncing, this influence is temporary and won’t be a problem once it ends."

Saying this, she cast a glance at Fu Yao, who at some point had stopped jumping around and was squatting near Li Jing’s body, and then sighed helplessly,

"This incident really has served as a wakeup call. Fortunately, Fu Yao has no ill intention towards us, otherwise, this one incident would have been disastrous."

Upon hearing this, Li Jing was dumbfounded.

The damage done was indeed something he should take to heart.

However, it wouldn’t be as disastrous as Yulian thought.

After all, he still had two immortal items inside his body.

If Fu Yao dared to make a move, Qingfeng and Linglong would retaliate.

Despite the fact that the two items alone couldn’t defeat Fu Yao, they could disrupt the array in the courtyard and give them a chance to recover.

With a quiet sigh, Li Jing glanced secretly at Yulian’s bare spirit.

This glance was rather soothing.

Just as he was hesitating whether or not to say something, Fu Yao suddenly stood up and lightly brushed her sleeves.

Immediately after, both Li Jing and Yulian’s spirits quickly returned into their bodies.

The sudden return of their Primordial Spirits caught them both off guard.

Before they had a chance to come to terms with it, Fu Yao giggled with a meaningful smile.

"How was your adventure in the Spirit World?"

At the sound of this, Li Jing’s face fell.

There was a considerable amount of cynicism in Fu Yao’s words.

This old fox undoubtedly deliberately withheld information about what would happen from them.

But faced with the current situation, he couldn’t say anything.

After all, they were claiming to be husband and wife. He couldn’t just turn around and attack himself.

More importantly, even if he said something, all she would do was apologize.

On the other hand...

Yulian, with a slightly reddened face, stood up, wrapped a robe around her, concealing her immeasurable beauty, and then asked intendedly,

"Elder Fu, has two days passed already?"

"No, it’s only been half a day."

Fu Yao shook her head and then sighed heavily.

"We can’t continue this way, the Heavenly Path Qi disappeared after being disturbed. To be precise, it was absorbed by something inside Son Li."

?

Li Jing slowly typed out a question mark in his mind.

Absorbed by something?

Even before he could reflect on it, Fu Yao turned her gaze to him.

"Son Li, is there something extraordinary inside you?"

On hearing this, Li Jing frowned.

The extraordinary item could only be the Unnamed Taoist Tool.

The Heavenly Path Qi was absorbed by it?

Why?

The spirit of Unnamed was long gone, and the main body was damaged to the point that only its hardness remained.

Could it still absorb the Heavenly Path Qi?