"Are you sure about this?" Bai Yunsheng asked with a gloomy expression, removing his outer garment.
Li Yuhua sat before him, already having removed her White Jade Sect outer garment, revealing to Batz Yunsheng a view of her creamy skin and her bandaged chest. A sweet smile graced her face, but her voice was full of impatience.
"It's fine, Master Bai. If this is what it takes to become stronger, I don't mind!"
Bai Yunsheng sighed and knelt before her.
"Dual cultivation involves physical and spiritual intimacy between a man and a woman. You and I are too strangers to engage in this. We're not even Dao partners to engage in dual cultivation!" Bai Yunsheng said, looking at her.
(Although, why should I care? I literally went to brothels to gather negative energy for my Body Core!) — he thought to himself.
He looked at Li Yuhua, expecting her to react like the character in his sister's novel, but all he saw was a sweet smile and a nostalgic gaze.
"Don't worry, Mr. Bai. I know what I'm getting into..." the girl replied and sat down in the lotus position.
Bai Yunsheng sighed, but stopped complaining and sat in the same position. Together, they began following the instructions in the book.
Extending his right hand, Bai Yunsheng took Li Yuhua's left hand, intertwining their fingers and bringing them together at the heart. Their other hands did the same and remained at the core of the Dao.
Everything in our world, from physical objects to living beings, originates from the interaction of the two principles of Yin and Yang.
The energies of Yin and Yang make everything in our world unique and different.
The soft, cold, dark, negative, inert, passive, and calm Yin is usually called the feminine principle. Meanwhile, the solid, hot, bright, positive, active, and moving Yang is commonly called the masculine principle.
The cultivation technique my wife and I invented in a past life involves the unification and interaction of the feminine Yin and masculine Yang.
We called this technique "Unification of Two Hearts."
To begin learning this technique, you must awaken the Yin and Yang energy within yourself. More precisely, you must transform the energy of the Dao into the primordial energy of Yin and Yang.
Close your eyes and try to imagine this energy. Direct the energy of the Dao throughout your body. A man should imagine a vast desert, with a scorching sun in the center. Meanwhile, a woman should imagine a harsh blizzard and a cold, bone-chilling snowfall...
Bai Yunsheng and Li Yuhua did as the book said.
Directing the energy of the Dao through his arteries, he tried to imagine himself in a vast desert, trying to imagine as much as possible.
The Dao energy began to flow out of his body and increase in temperature.
Opening his eyes, Bai Yunsheng found himself in a desert. There was nothing around him but sand. The first part had been successful.
He began wandering through the desert, forgetting what to do next.
***
Meanwhile, Li Yuhua racked her brain, trying to visualize the instructions. However, nothing worked.
Suddenly opening her eyes, she found herself standing in the middle of the mountains. There was a thick blanket of snow all around, and people were climbing below.
"Did it work?" she thought silently, looking around.
As she descended the mountain, her gaze fell upon a lake covered in a thick layer of ice, and in it she saw a little girl with black hair and blue eyes. Her hair was tied in two buns, and her face was slightly flushed from the cold.
"Yuhua! What took you so long?!" " a voice sounded behind her.
Turning around, the girl noticed a crowd of children running toward her. She smiled and ran toward them.
"Guys! I found some kind of cave in the center of the mountain!" she replied happily, causing the other children's eyes to light up with interest.
"Really?! Where is it???"
"Yes, yes, show me quickly!" the children said with wide smiles, to which the girl smiled broadly and ran back, and the other children followed her.
After a while, the group of small children reached the top of the mountain and approached a frozen lake.
"Well? Where is this cave?" asked one of the children as they surveyed the area.
Li Yuhua grinned and pointed to a huge hole in the middle of the lake.
The children approached it and exclaimed in surprise.
"Wow! It looks really deep!" said a girl with dark blue hair.
"I wonder if there's treasure down there?" asked a pale boy, as they all stared at the hole.
One of the girls said in a trembling voice, "What if there's an ice monster in there?!"
The others looked at her in surprise and started laughing.
"Oh, come on! If there was a monster down there, do you think we wouldn't know about it?"
"Still, it's dangerous to go down there! We should probably warn the adults about it!" Li Yuhua said, to which the others paused briefly and nodded.
"Then that's what we'll do! Let's get back to the village quickly!" one of the boys shouted enthusiastically, and the children turned and began walking toward the village.
However, before Li Yuhua could take a step, she suddenly slipped and fell onto the edge of the icy abyss.
"Yuhua!" the children shouted and ran to save her, but they didn't have time.
Li Yuhua fell into the abyss and plummeted to the very bottom. Fortunately, she wasn't seriously injured because she was sliding on the icy walls.
"It hurts..." the little girl complained, and looking around, she realized she was deep in the abyss.
"Where am I?" she asked into the void and began walking.
Wandering alone, the little girl grew colder and more afraid with every step.
With each passing minute, the cold grew stronger, penetrating to her bones, and the little girl began to shiver with cold and fear.
After a while, her stomach rumbled, and she realized she hadn't eaten anything in a long time.
Frightened, she began to dread every sound, and tears threatened to burst from her eyes. Suddenly, the girl felt a rush of cold air, and the precocious Yuhua realized it must be coming from the exit and ran toward it.
However, after running for some distance, she found no exit. Only a spacious room in the center of which sat a gigantic sphere made of snow and a cold vortex.
Driven by childish curiosity and drawn by an unknown beauty, the girl unknowingly approached this gigantic sphere and, reaching out, touched it.
Suddenly, a powerful stream of cold energy rushed toward her and began to penetrate the girl's body.
Suffocating and freezing, the girl squeezed her eyes tightly shut in fear, and after a few minutes, everything became silent.
Opening her eyes, Li Yuhua realized she was still inside that very room within Mount Wangmei.
A bright blue aura hovered around her, and her eyes shone as if reflecting the moonlight.
Looking ahead, she saw Bai Yunsheng, enveloped in the same golden aura tinged with orange fire, and when he opened his eyes, they glowed red.
Instinctively, Li Yuhua squeezed his hands, and Bai Yunsheng responded in kind. His lips curled slightly into a smile.
"It seems we've completed the first part!" he said, his voice hoarse as if from thirst. Li Yuhua smiled tenderly and nodded in acknowledgement.
After a few minutes, they were able to rest and continued following the instructions in the book.
Now that you have Yin and Yang energy, all that remains is to begin the cultivation itself!
Bai Yunsheng sighed and leaned toward her. His face was a few centimeters from hers, his nose touching hers, his gaze fixed solely on her.
Li Yuhua shuddered as she felt his breath on her lips. Her heart beat faster with the awareness of their closeness.
Dual cultivation involves the physical and spiritual union of two beings, during which Yin and Yang energy must be channeled into each other for a long time.
Bai Yunsheng grasped Li Yuhua's hands and gradually began to infuse his Yang energy into her, and she felt warmth within her.
Her cold, blue aura gradually took on a new color, and with heavy breathing, she channeled her Yin energy into Bai Yunsheng.
Swallowing hard, Bai Yunsheng focused on the sensations Li Yuhua evoked within him and pressed himself closer to her.
Their bodies pressed as close as possible, Bai Yunsheng's arms wrapped around Li Yuhua's waist, and she wrapped her arms around his neck.
Both cold and hot auras resonated with each other, vying for dominance while also perfectly complementing each other.
Li Yuhua's cool and calm aura cooled and soothed Bai Yunsheng's frantic energy, cooling his body and calming his mind.
Meanwhile, Bai Yunsheng's hot and turbulent energy warmed the girl, saving her from the chill and giving her the feeling that she wasn't alone and that she could rely on him.
Over time, their connection grew more intense, and Bai Yunsheng's hands wandered over the girl's body, sliding over her smooth skin.
Li Yuhua did the same, feeling the muscles of the man in front of her.
And so, this cycle of energy flowing between them continued for quite some time.
Bai Yunsheng and Li Yuhua absorbed energy from the air and flowed it back and forth.
***
After a considerable amount of time, Bai Yunsheng opened his eyes. As he sighed, a small cloud of steam escaped his mouth.
The fiery aura enveloping him was absorbed into his body, and for a moment his eyes glowed amber red before returning to normal.
Looking ahead, he saw Li Yuhua also finish her meditation, and with a deep sigh, she too opened her eyes.
Bai Yunsheng glanced around and noticed how all his senses had sharpened. His vision became more precise, his hearing sharper, and his sense of smell detected every scent in the room, including the subtle scent of snowdrops that began to emanate from Li Yuhua's body.
"It seems we've succeeded!" Bai Yunsheng whispered, standing up and beginning to dress.
Li Yuhua looked at him for a moment and then donned her clothes.
"However, this is only the beginning. According to the book, we've only just begun mastering the 'Unification of Two Hearts' technique! We still have a long way to go!" she replied with a slight smile.
Bai Yunsheng didn't answer and took the book and began to collect all the valuables he found in the immortal's room.
Li Yuhua looked at him in amazement and smiling softly, did the same...
To be continued...