"AGH!!!"
Ri Guang screamed in despair.
At this moment, he was bound by an iron chain, the other end of the chain wrapped around the leg of the gigantic crane.
The feeling of floating in midair, the cold winds slapping his face, scared him so much that his soul felt like it was about to fly out of his body.
"Second Elder, I know I was wrong!"
Mu Qingyao sat on the crane's back and said with a smile: "What are you talking about? I'm only helping you admire the beauty of the Hehuan Sect more easily."
"AGH!!! Help!!!"
That day, all the disciples heard a shrill, desperate scream from the sky, but because there were too many clouds, they could not see what had made that scream.
Because of that, Ri Guang's scream became one of the greatest mysteries of the Hehuan Sect.
…
In the room, Ri Guang was bound by iron chains, kneeling on the ground. In front of him, Mu Qingyao sat cross-legged on a chair, her arm braced on the armrest, her hand propping up her beautiful face.
"I wonder…" Mu Qingyao, although her face still carried a smile, that smile was somewhat cold, making Ri Guang afraid: "What Human Pill… tastes like."
Ri Guang shivered, forcing a smile: "Um… Second Elder, I don't taste good. You also don't want to eat someone as ugly and smelly as me, right?"
"Hahahaha…" Mu Qingyao laughed loudly, her laughter full of contempt: "Do you think I don't know what you and Lan Yue have done together?"
"Ack!" Ri Guang was startled, but still hurriedly said: "Second Elder, what are you talking about? I don't understand."
"Huh!" Mu Qingyao stretched out her leg, her foot perfect beyond compare, pressed it onto his face, and said disdainfully: "Stop pretending, I… Ugh!"
Suddenly, she shuddered. The ticklish, wet sensation coming from her sole startled her, and she hurriedly pulled her foot back.
At this moment, Ri Guang, with a satisfied face as if he had just savored something incredibly delicious, smiled and said: "Ah! Second Elder, did you just say something?"
Mu Qingyao frowned, her eyes looking toward her foot. There was still a bit of Ri Guang's saliva stuck there. Even the warm sensation had not yet faded.
"You…" Mu Qingyao gritted her teeth, a nauseating feeling surging straight to her head like a volcano about to erupt.
Ri Guang smiled and said: "Second Elder, sorry, because your foot was too delicious, ah no, your foot…"
Mu Qingyao kicked him in the chest.
BAM!
"OUCH!!!"
Ri Guang let out a painful scream. The terrifying force sent him flying backward more than five meters, shooting straight out of the room, rolling on the ground several times before he finally stopped.
He clutched his chest, baring his teeth, eyes wide, groaning: "Ah! Second Elder, why are you so vicious? I… I'm about to die."
Mu Qingyao: "…"
She clenched both hands, then slowly relaxed them, let out a sigh, and said angrily: "Get up! I didn't even use much strength. What the hell are you groaning for?"
Ri Guang was startled when he heard that, immediately sat up, and rubbed the spot where Mu Qingyao had just kicked him. Indeed, it did not hurt at all, making him feel puzzled.
Mu Qingyao was no longer keeping that seductive, bewitching, lazy smile from before. Anger and coldness showed on her face, her eyes as if they wanted to squeeze Ri Guang into a pile of minced meat.
"For Lan Yue's sake, I'll spare you this time. If there's a next time, I'll crush you into minced meat and then throw you to the dogs to eat."
Ri Guang hurriedly knelt down and lowered his head, saying: "Yes, Second Elder. Thank you, Second Elder, for sparing me. I guarantee there won't be a second time."
In his heart, he added: 'But there will be a third time, a fourth time, the n+1th time…'
Mu Qingyao frowned at his sincere-looking appearance and said coldly: "Behave yourself, or I'll break all four of your limbs."
"Yes! Yes!" Ri Guang hurriedly nodded.
She let out a sigh, then asked: "Speak! Why do you have Cultivation?"
Ri Guang, hearing that, pretended to be confused, tilted his head to look at Mu Qingyao, his eyes blinking innocently: "Second Elder, I already said it… it was because of LeeXian, he…"
"Do you think I'm an idiot?" Mu Qingyao frowned, killing intent radiating and making Ri Guang tremble.
"Ack!" Ri Guang shuddered and said fearfully: "I… I…"
"Speak human words!"
Ri Guang hurriedly said: "In truth, I don't understand either. It's just that after I looked through the Hehuan cultivation technique, a different Cultivation technique suddenly appeared in my head."
Mu Qingyao frowned when she heard that: "Explain in more detail. What Cultivation technique is it?"
Ri Guang scratched his head, acting confused: "I… I really don't understand much either. I only know that Cultivation technique is called Sun-Moon Co-Illumination, and it's exclusive to me."
"If I do Dual Cultivation with someone, then both I and that person benefit, instead of the one-sided absorption of Cultivation like the Hehuan cultivation technique."
Mu Qingyao heard that, and her brows knit even tighter, but she thought of something. She raised her index finger, gently rubbed her chin, and said: "You… used it when you did Dual Cultivation with Lan Yue?"
"That's right! But… not exactly." Ri Guang said with a smile, his expression somewhat awkward.
"Hm?!" Mu Qingyao glanced at him.
Ri Guang hurriedly explained: "After all, I'm not a Cultivator. How would I know how to use that kind of Cultivation technique? It's just that… when I do Dual Cultivation, that Cultivation technique circulates automatically. After finishing the Dual Cultivation, I faint. By the time I wake up, I've reached Qi Refining, Stage 2."
"And Lan Yue, she also gained benefits. It feels like she is about to Breakthrough, so she went into secluded cultivation."
Mu Qingyao's face showed all kinds of emotions, from disbelief, to surprise, and then jealousy.
Mu Qingyao said coldly: "Take that Cultivation technique out for me."
"This…" Ri Guang scratched his head and stammered: "I… I don't know what it's like. I don't know where to start explaining it to you."
"Then how do you cultivate?"
"I don't cultivate. It's just that when I do Dual Cultivation, it circulates automatically."
"So what you mean is… you don't cultivate, you also don't go into secluded cultivation, and you don't look for ways to Breakthrough?"
Ri Guang nodded, feeling a bit worried inside. In truth, he had already thought of an explanation like this if someone discovered it.
After all, within the Sect there were terrifying existences. They only needed a glance to know his condition clearly, so lying was very difficult.
Therefore, he decided to say that some mysterious existence had helped him. Even if he did not mention that person, the Cultivation technique 'Sun-Moon Co-Illumination' suddenly appearing in his head would make everyone think that some mysterious existence had helped him learn that wondrous technique.
Mu Qingyao frowned, her finger lightly flicked out a thread of spiritual power that shot straight toward Ri Guang's head, making him jolt.
But at this moment, he sensed his body as if being bound tightly by countless invisible strings, unable to move.
The thread of spiritual power wriggled through his entire body like a snake searching for something.
It moved everywhere, from his head, arms, legs, to his heart, then began moving toward his dantian.
Right at this moment, when that thread invaded his dantian, the Cultivation technique 'Sun-Moon Co-Illumination' began to circulate, sucking that thread in.
Mu Qingyao's eyes widened in shock. She hurriedly tried to retract her spiritual power, however, it was too late.
"Impossible!" Mu Qingyao murmured. With a light snap of her fingers, another stream of spiritual power, also like a thread, shot toward Ri Guang's dantian.
Two threads of spiritual power invaded his body, but quickly turned into nutrients for the Moon and the Sun within his dantian.
Mu Qingyao frowned, hurriedly severed the threads of spiritual power, her eyes full of disbelief as she looked toward Ri Guang.
But… Ri Guang was still kneeling on the ground, his face puzzled as he looked at Mu Qingyao. In truth, he only felt two threads rummaging around inside his body, without any discomfort or pain at all.
He even sensed that the spiritual power within his body had increased a little. Not much, only a little, like a drop of water falling into a large cup of water.
Mu Qingyao frowned: "It's indeed very strange. It's the first time I've seen such a strange Cultivation technique, as if… it doesn't come from this world."
Hearing her say that, Ri Guang felt a bit worried, because that Cultivation technique was given to him by the Rebate System. Inside, he thought: 'Could it be she wants to kill me to seize this Cultivation technique? Impossible! Even if she kills me, the Cultivation technique along with the System will automatically disappear.'
He hurriedly said: "Second Elder, I… I also don't know where this Cultivation technique came from. I only know that… when I saw the Hehuan Sect's Cultivation technique, a shadowy figure really appeared, and then this Cultivation technique appeared in my head."
Mu Qingyao glanced at him, rubbing her chin as she thought for a moment, then said: "About this Cultivation technique, you must not tell anyone, understand?"
Ri Guang hurriedly nodded: "Understood! Second Elder, rest assured, I won't tell anyone about this Cultivation technique."
Mu Qingyao said disdainfully: "I don't know whether you're lucky or unlucky. If you were someone with talent and extremely high spirit root, this would be like a gift, but for your current situation, it's more like a curse."
"If the Cultivation technique you possess gets exposed, I'm afraid…"
Mu Qingyao did not finish, but her cold smile told him what would happen.
She snorted, then asked: "I heard you cook very well, right?"
Ri Guang nodded and said confidently: "That's right! Second Elder, do you want to eat something? I will definitely do my best to satisfy you."
"Anything is fine, as long as it tastes good." Mu Qingyao threw him a piece of white jade.
Ri Guang caught the piece of jade, feeling that this thing was definitely not ordinary.
Mu Qingyao stood up and said softly: "You can bring the White Crane to the nearest town to buy cooking ingredients."
After saying that, she left.
Ri Guang held the white jade in his hand, brought it to his nose and sniffed a little: "Oah! So fragrant, is this the Second Elder's body scent? Can I…"
At this moment, a stream of spiritual power shot out from the room, blasting Ri Guang up into the air, making him let out a miserable scream: "AGH!!!"
Inside the room, Mu Qingyao's face was slightly flushed. She frowned and muttered: "Pervert!"