Within the expanse of Hua Ke’s soul, a vast spirit essence sea churned wildly. Several strange spirits resided here, some floating upon the crashing waves, others hovering above.
The Rank 1 Boner Spirit bobbed on the water. It looked exactly like a withered brown stick, but it possessed tiny twitching legs that kicked at the spiritual current.
Meanwhile, the Rank 1 Ballsack Spirit did not reside in the soul space at all. It was a fleshy pouch shaped storage spirit bound directly to Hua Ke’s ballsack, perfectly designed to hoard recipes and Jade stones.
Deep within the crashing spirit sea swam the Rank 1 Dual Cultivation Spirit. It manifested as a pair of glowing translucent koi fish, constantly chasing each other in an endless, ethereal circle.
Above them floated two spirits Hua Ke could not even use. The Rank 1 Squirt Spirit took the form of a crystalline clam shell, constantly throbbing and dripping a sweet smelling glowing dew.
Beside it drifted the Rank 1 Breast Milk Spirit, an oddly plump white gourd with glowing pink tips that radiated a warm, comforting aura.
He had quickly realized that activating either of these required abundant yin energy, something his purely masculine body lacked entirely.
Still, having so many Rank 1 spirits roaming his soul was not a burden. As long as he did not recklessly refine a higher rank spirit beyond his realm, his soul remained perfectly safe.
In the cultivation world, quality always triumphed over sheer quantity.
Right now, however, the spirit essence sea roared like a trapped beast. Hua Ke sat cross legged in the physical world, attempting a dangerous advancement from the Rank 1 middle stage to the upper stage.
Outside his mind, inside the quiet village hut, a beautiful mortal girl was tending to him. Cui Cui dipped a cloth into a wooden water basin, wringing it out before gently dabbing the heavy beads of sweat forming on his brow.
The immense pressure radiating from his body made the air thick, yet she braved it, gazing upon his handsome, strained face with pure admiration.
But as the minutes ticked by, that innocent admiration began to change into something far more primal.
"Yes, young girl... just like that... keep rubbing him off."
While Cui Cui was starting to feel weird, inside Hua Ke’s soul a black-haired woman was looking at the Rank 1 Dual Cultivation spirit, which was starting to get restless.
The intense yang energy rolling off his skin carried a masculine scent that clouded Cui Cui’s mind. Her hands slowed. A strange trance overtook her bright eyes. Cui Cui leaned closer, her breathing growing shallow as she absentmindedly sniffed the crook of his neck.
The scent of his sweat was intoxicating. Unable to stop herself, she parted her soft, plump lips.
Her warm tongue darted out, slowly and sensually dragging along his damp skin, tasting the salty, musky essence of a cultivator on the verge of a breakthrough. It felt like a forbidden treat, pulling her deeper into a dizzying haze of desire.
Meanwhile, completely oblivious to the soft lips exploring his neck, Hua Ke was fighting a war inside his own soul.
He was right at the breaking point of his advancement. Suddenly, he noticed something bizarre. The Rank 1 Dual Cultivation Spirit grew incredibly frantic.
He could feel that something was off when he caught a slight glimpse of a woman grabbing the koi fish, but he didn’t know if it was real. After all, what he was doing was far too taxing for him to divert his attention. Find the original chapter at g.com.
The two glowing koi fish began darting through the chaotic spirit essence sea as if desperately trying to break free from his soul entirely.
Hua Ke frowned in his spiritual form but dared not split his attention. He was standing on the absolute edge of a breakthrough.
A single moment of lost concentration would invite a devastating backlash. Gritting his teeth, he ignored the struggling koi fish and poured every ounce of his willpower into shattering the bottleneck.
Outside, Cui Cui was entirely lost to her lust, her hands tightly gripping the bedsheets as she continued kissing and tasting his sweat slicked skin.
Then, two immense events occurred at the exact same time.
A thunderous boom echoed within Hua Ke’s soul as the sea expanded, growing thicker and far more profound.
He had successfully broken through to the Rank 1 upper stage! Yet, in that exact fraction of a second, the yin koi fish of the Dual Cultivation Spirit vanished completely from his soul space.
Hua Ke slowly opened his real eyes, letting out a long breath of stale air. A sense of triumph washed over him, but it immediately died the moment he looked down.
Lying unconscious on the bed beside him was Cui Cui.
He stared at her deeply, utterly bewildered. The wet cloth was abandoned on the floor. He knew she had been helping him wipe his sweat, but why was she passed out on his bed?
Before he could investigate, a pained whimper escaped Cui Cui’s lips. Her entire body began to shake uncontrollably, cold sweat breaking out across her delicate skin.
"What is going on?" Hua Ke muttered, his eyes widening in shock.
He reached out with his spiritual senses and felt something impossible. There was spirit essence inside her mortal body. More specifically, it was his own spirit essence!
"Did I do something to her during my breakthrough?" he asked the empty room.
History always taught that the lust path was a vile, demonic path. But why was it truly demonic? Was lust itself evil? Love and lust were the exact foundation of human existence.
The love a man held for a woman, and the lust a woman held for a man, were merely two sides of the same jade stone. Why was the path of love revered, while the path of lust was hunted down?
The answer was simple. It was because lust path cultivators lacked restraint. There had never been a lust path master who did not drown the world in great, devastating scandals. Visit novelping.com for the full chapter.
Senior Pu Zi had tried to correct this fatal flaw in her inheritance, though she ultimately failed.
Now, as her sole inheritor, Hua Ke looked at the shaking girl and put the pieces together.
The missing yin koi fish. The name of the spirit itself explained everything. It was designed to bridge yin and yang energy. But how did it cross over into a mortal girl who possessed zero cultivation base?
There were only two logical explanation.
Cui Cui was now a spirit master. Either she had a deeply hidden latent talent, or the yin koi fish had forcefully created a soul within her.
Hua Ke rubbed his temples, feeling a massive headache brewing. His grand plan to abandon this group of mortal villagers was going down the drain. He absolutely could not throw away a precious spirit and just run off into the sunset.
"Should I find a way to extract it from her?" he murmured, studying her trembling form. "But how do I even do that without killing her?"
Another wild, absurd idea sprouted in his mind. Should he help this village girl advance as a spirit master? It sounded completely ridiculous. She was a mere mortal just a few minutes ago. But if the chance truly existed, cultivating her meant he would gain a boundlessly loyal and valuable ally.
Besides, Cui Cui was a remarkably brave and interesting girl. And undeniably beautiful. Hua Ke could not deny the faint attraction he felt toward her.
Driven by a strange tenderness, his hand slowly reached out to caress her flushed cheek.
Just as his fingertips brushed her warm skin, Cui Cui’s eyelashes fluttered. Her eyes snapped open. She stared at his hand, then up at his face, her expression twisting in total confusion.
A second later, the memories of what she had done to his neck flooded her mind.
Her face turned as red as a blooming lotus. She shot up from the bed like a frightened rabbit.
"I am so sorry young master!" she stammered, bowing her head in deep shame. "I should not have done that!"
Hua Ke looked at her in genuine confusion. "What exactly did you do, Cui Cui?"
"Nothing!" Cui Cui squeaked.
Too embarrassed to face him, she spun around and sprinted out the door, completely forgetting the water basin and the wet cloth on the floor.
As Cui Cui ran out of the courtyard, her younger brother Qing Qing happened to be walking by. He saw her flushed face, her disheveled clothes, and the direction she was fleeing from.
Qing Qing stopped in his tracks. His face darkened as he clicked his tongue in bitter anger.
"Even my own sister," he muttered sharply, glaring at the closed door of Hua Ke’s room.