Chapter 479 - 242: Yuzhi’s Return! The Nanzhao Gu King

Chapter 479: Chapter 242: Yuzhi’s Return! The Nanzhao Gu King

Chen Sheng was passionate about power, relishing the feeling of control, but he valued his life even more.

He never lacked the resolve to withdraw if a situation became untenable.

Sun Yuzhi gazed at his calm profile, knowing he spoke the truth. Her heart settled slightly.

"As long as you have a plan."

"Oh, right. How was your trip to Nanzhao? I noticed your aura seemed a bit sluggish just now. Are you injured?"

Chen Sheng asked with concern.

"I..."

Sun Yuzhi was about to answer when she felt an irresistible force grab her ankle.

Chen Sheng gripped her ankle and yanked her into the pool.

"Ah!"

Caught completely off guard, Sun Yuzhi cried out as she lost her balance. With a SPLASH, she tumbled into the Spirit Pool, soaked to the bone in an instant.

Fortunately, she wasn’t wearing light summer clothes. Although the soaked fabric clung to her body, outlining her stunning curves, she wasn’t left in a completely undignified state.

"You..."

Sun Yuzhi stood up, wiping the water from her face. Her cheeks flushed with a mixture of anger and embarrassment as she shot a fierce glare at the culprit.

Chen Sheng just laughed heartily. With a sweep of his long arm, he pulled the dripping Sun Yuzhi into his embrace without another word. His fingertips found and teased a hardened peak as he leaned in and chuckled by her ear:

"This is much closer. Now I can hear you clearly."

Feeling the warmth of his breath on her ear and his arm around her waist, Sun Yuzhi struggled for a moment out of habit before giving in.

She shot him another glare before turning her head away. While combing her wet hair back from her forehead with her fingers, she began to briefly recount her trip to Nanzhao.

Overall, the trip had been a success.

After all, with her substantial foundation, she had been quite confident from the start. She encountered almost no danger within the predecessor’s cave residence and, after a period of seclusion, had smoothly established her Spirit Platform and ignited her Divine Fire.

She had successfully broken through to the Divine Communication stage of the Profound Mastery Realm.

The only real danger came after her breakthrough. While stabilizing her new realm, she unexpectedly ran into experts from the Blood River Sect and was wounded by the Demon Fire of the Blood River Sect Master himself.

However, since Sun Yuzhi had no intention of getting entangled in a fight, she didn’t linger and managed to escape successfully.

The only unpleasant part was being hounded by them for quite some distance before she finally managed to shake off her pursuers.

"Blood River Sect?"

Chen Sheng’s brow furrowed.

He was under orders to oversee Ning’an. Besides suppressing the local Jianghu Influence, he had another mission: to eradicate the troublesome Blood River Sect.

He had expected the Blood River Sect to interfere when he made his move against Golden Spring Temple or Qingfeng Temple.

But even days after he had wiped out the temple, no fiends from the Blood River Sect had shown themselves.

He had assumed they were too afraid to make a rash move.

He never expected that the Blood River Sect wasn’t even in Ning’an, but had gone to Nanzhao Prefecture! 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ

"It wasn’t just the Blood River Sect that attacked me. There were people from the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect as well. I suspect they might be colluding, but I don’t know what they’re plotting."

Sun Yuzhi shook her head. She had been outnumbered and hadn’t dared to linger, so she had no idea what was really going on.

Chen Sheng’s hands clenched into fists, his expression turning grim.

’The Ten Thousand Poisons Sect has already aligned itself with the Nie Family, and now they’re colluding with the Blood River Sect, too?’

’What is the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect up to?’

"Oh, there’s something else you might find interesting."

Sun Yuzhi suddenly remembered something. She looked up at Chen Sheng, a few strands of wet hair clinging to her flushed cheeks, revealing a rare, soft charm.

"What is it?"

Chen Sheng refocused his attention and asked.

Sun Yuzhi hesitated for a moment, as if the words were difficult to say, but she finally began in a low voice:

"The predecessor from whom I inherited my legacy mentioned in her writings that during her travels in the Southern Border, she used a special Secret Technique deep within the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect’s forbidden ground, the Poison Flame Cave, to cultivate a pair of ’Yin-Yang Gu Kings.’"

"These Gu are no ordinary creatures; they contain a portion of the bloodline of Flood Dragons and phoenixes."

At this, Sun Yuzhi paused, her cheeks growing even redder as her voice dropped a little lower.

"The predecessor left behind the Gu Control Secret Technique. She stated that if one could find this pair of Gu Kings, refine them into one’s body with the technique, and then employ a special... Dual Cultivation Technique to harmonize the Yin and Yang Qi..."

"...it would not only dramatically improve the aptitude and constitution of both partners and open certain hidden acupoints, but it would also provide an immeasurable boost to future cultivation and Breaking Realms."

"It is especially effective for consolidating one’s foundation and solidifying one’s cultivation base."

By the end, Sun Yuzhi’s voice was barely a whisper.

No matter how straightforward her personality usually was, she couldn’t help but blush and feel her heart race when discussing such an intimate matter of dual cultivation in front of Chen Sheng.

A glint flashed in Chen Sheng’s eyes upon hearing this.

’Improve one’s aptitude and constitution?’

’Solidify one’s cultivation base?’

For any Cultivator, this was an irresistible temptation.

Gazing at Sun Yuzhi in his arms, who was showing a rare, bashful coyness, Chen Sheng leaned close to her ear. His warm breath brushed against its sensitive shell as he spoke, his voice laced with amusement:

"The Poison Flame Cave, you say? It sounds... like a place worth investigating."

"However, there’s another cave I’m more interested in right now."

"What?"

"Heh heh...."

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