Chapter 15: But I was a virgin this morning

Evening settled over the town while they were still in bed. Su Qingxue woke from a short, heavy doze with her hand curled over his chest, holding him.

And one leg still thrown over his. Between her thighs she was sore, so sensitive that shifting made her body tremble. The dual thread sat warm and solid between them. She could feel his Yang like her own heartbeat.

He was already awake, his good hand moving slowly up and down her back. His head was pressed between her breasts as she held him. She could feel the heat of his body, as if he still wanted to be close to her. 𝑓𝑟ℯℴ𝓂

As soon as she felt it, her breathing turned heavy. Her body was weak, but the thought itself made her heart race.

She lifted his head from her soft breast and met his eyes, then placed her lips on his, their tongues meeting. Not embarrassed anymore..

"Hey,"

"Hey." Her voice was rough. "last night... how long was I out?"

’night? Haha , it was morning! ’

"Not long, the sun’s just going down."

She nodded against him. For a while neither of them spoke. The room smelled of sweat and the faint lotus of her skin. The sheets were a disaster. She didn’t care anyway..

"I can still feel you," she murmured "Inside my ....! and my heart..It’s like a thread."

Girl are you embarassed Now ?’ " it’s a Partial Soul Thread. It formed during the dual. It’ll get stronger if we keep going..."

"We’re going to keep going." It wasn’t a question. He smiled against her hair.

She pushed herself up on one elbow and looked at him properly. The dual-colored mark over his Dantian was clearer now. His eyes looked brighter. The weakness that had hung on him since the village was mostly gone.

"You broke through!?"

"Yes, I’ve reached the Foundation Establishment stage now, because of you."

A small stunned laugh left her. "Me? I was a virgin this morning."

She pinched his side. Then she leaned down and their lips touched. When she pulled back, her expression had turned serious.

"What happens now?"

"What? We’ll leave in the morning. The selection grounds are still two days away if we keep a steady pace. My arm is better now. Your cultivation will start rising too .... The Yang I gave you must have opened your meridians, you’ll feel it on the way."

She absorbed that. "and the men who came after us?"

"Someone higher up is paying for news of mixed energy. They don’t fully understand what the dual core really is. Their boss might, so we need to get into Azure Cloud before more of them show up."

’even if they knows about dual body, they don’t know about Chaos dual core ! I’m sure of it heh’

She nodded. The fear was still there, but it had settled further back now, behind the warmth of the dual thread and the ache and the way he looked at her.

"I’m not sorry, about today. about choosing this." "Even if it makes the situation more dangerous for us "

She settled back against him. His arm came around her. Outside, lamps were being lit in the street. Carts moved, ordinary life went on while her body still hummed with the memory of him.

After a while she said, "We should clean up, my ..... It’s itching...my abdomen it hurts....I’m hungry too we should eat and sleep properly before tomorrow."

"We should." ’thats the basic thing to do ,uh.. I feel stronger already ’

Neither of them moved immediately. When they finally did, she winced getting out of bed. He steadied her. They washed at the basin together, his hands gentle as he helped her. She blushed the whole time and did not stop him. The worst of the sheets they turned inward.

Downstairs they ate simple noodles in near silence, knees touching under the table, the dual thread warm between them like a secret.

Back in the room she lay down on her side of the bed and immediately shifted until her back was against his chest, then their arms closed around each other.

Sleep took her easier than it had in weeks. No rigid distance, no fighting the pull. Just his heat and the dual core turning steady in the dark, and the knowledge that she had chosen this with her eyes open. Her "spring water" coloured eyes shining brightly, and her dark hair a little messy.

Far ahead on the path to Azure Cloud, the message about mixed Yin-Yang energy had already been received!

Someone who understood "dual physiques" better was already moving pieces on a board Lin Tian and Su Qingxue could not see yet..

Lin Tian watched her for a while, then closed his eyes.

’The first dual is complete. In the morning we would leave the inn together . I’ll have to be stronger quickly to protect my harem ! well I’ll have to make one first. , hmm....and to claim the spirit Fragments so that I can figure out about my past! ...’