Yun Qian didnât care whether she would get sick or not.
Her body was the same as any ordinary girlâs; if cultivation was useful, then it should be useful for her too.
"Will cultivation make my stamina better?" Yun Qian asked.
"It will." Wen Li was somewhat puzzled why Yun Qian cared about stamina, but she still responded.
Afterward, Wen Li took out a round magical artifact to gather the surrounding Spiritual Qi, simulating the Qi entering the body. She rolled up some colored Spiritual Qi, arranged it around Yun Qian according to the sequence of acupoints, let her remember the path of True Qi, and then gently sent the Spiritual Qi into Yun Qianâs meridians through her palm.
"..." Yun Qianâs face suddenly turned a little red, and her breathing became a bit heated.
Wen Li was taken aback and asked, "Junior Sister, whatâs wrong with you?"
The Spiritual Qi had just entered her body and hadnât taken more than a couple of steps; why did Yun Qian suddenly have a quickened heartbeat and heavy breathing?
"Iâm fine." Yun Qian shook her head.
At this moment, a warm current was flowing through her body, bringing a gentle and soothing feeling wherever it passed, and finally, all the Spiritual Qi gathered in her heart.
Ordinary Spiritual Qi could not bring Yun Qian such a mysterious, blush-inducing sensation.
Even any Dao Pattern would be completely torn apart and vanish into nothingness the moment it approached her.
However, the Spiritual Qi gathered by Wen Li indeed suppressed all of Miss Yunâs peculiarities, overwhelming her.
There was someone in this world who could make Yun Qian lose her composure like this, and that someone was none other than him.
"..."
Lightly biting her lip, Yun Qianâs eyes glistened with tears as she savored the warm aura in her meridians and chest, a flush creeping up to her earlobes.
This was her and Xu Changâanâs small courtyard, and due to her personal reasons, all the traces and auras that Xu Changâan emitted during his cultivation were scattered throughout the courtyard, confined there, and permeating the air.
Now that it was collected and introduced into her meridians by Wen Li, for Yun Qian, the Spiritual Qi carrying Xu Changâanâs imprint intruded into her heart like the most intoxicating wine, enough to "suppress" her into her current state.
Yun Qian took a deep breath and then said, "Itâs very warm."
"You can already feel the Spiritual Qi?" Wen Li exclaimed, then earnestly said, "Junior Sister, your sensitivity to Spiritual Qi is excellent. It seems perceiving Qi and Qi Cultivation will be very easy for you."
Wen Li pointed to the diagram of the meridians in the air, following the path from the heart downwards, and finally said, "This is the Lower Elixir Field, near the Guanyuan Acupoint..."
Wen Li paused and then said, "Gui Water is also here, but Junior Sister, the convenience brought by Gui Water in cultivation directly affects the Divine Soul and is not related to the Lower Elixir Field."
"Itâs indeed near the place where you have children." Yun Qian frowned.
"Child...." Wen Li was taken aback for a moment, then shook her head vigorously, coughed, and continued, "Afterwards, Junior Sister, according to the markings, guide the Spiritual Qi into the Lower Elixir Field and lock it in the Guanyuan Acupoint."
"Okay." Yun Qian responded.
But it wasnât long before Wen Li noticed a pure stream of Spiritual Qi dissipating from Yun Qianâs body, into the air.
It leaked again?
Wen Li held Yun Qianâs hand and quickly realized that her meridians were empty, devoid of any Spiritual Qi.
Wen Liâs expression suddenly turned stiff and solemn; she repeated the earlier procedure again, this time keeping a close watch on the movement of Spiritual Qi within Yun Qianâs body, finally reaching a conclusion.
Yun Qianâs meridians seemed to be like a bottomless wooden bucket, incapable of holding any quantity.
No matter how much water you fetch, it leaks just as much.
While Spiritual Qi could be brought in, it couldnât be stored in the Elixir Field; it dissipated without a trace before making contact, in less than two breaths.
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Yun Qian touched her lower abdomen.
Though the Spiritual Qi carried Xu Changâanâs flavor, making her not resist it, just relying on such a thin aura to break into her "daughterâs abode" was absolutely impossible.
So, she truly was a girl without cultivation talent.
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Wen Li took a deep breath, her brows tinged with seriousness and concern.
The recurrence of this situation twice made Wen Li aware of the gravity of the matter, and she finally got serious, reaching out to seize the air, confining the Spiritual Qi with a powerful Sword Yuan.
Yet even so, the confined Spiritual Qi couldnât be retained by Yun Qian, making Wen Li realize something was wrong.
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"Whatâs the matter?" Yun Qian asked.
Wen Li looked at Yun Qianâs cool and elegant visage.
"Thereâs a little problem," Wen Li took a deep breath and said, "Junior Sister, you should go inside and rest for a while. Iâll be back soon."
It turned out Yun Qianâs inability to cultivate wasnât related to the quality of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.
Looking at it this way, Yun Qian bore some resemblance to those rumored to have the Hundred Leaks Body who couldnât cultivate.
For the Junior Brother, this could be a troublesome matter.
However, Wen Li couldnât determine this by herself, so she hurriedly bade farewell to Yun Qian, planning to find her master to personally take a look at Junior Sister Yun.
As Yun Qian would also be counted as a person of Mu Yu Peak in the future, inviting her master wouldnât break any rules.
"...?"
Watching Wen Li leave, Yun Qian was somewhat confused about what Wen Li was thinking.
The person who couldnât cultivate was herself, so why should Wen Li, a teacher, be so anxious?
Was she afraid that if she couldnât teach her to cultivate, Xu Changâan would blame her?
But her husband wasnât that kind of person.
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It was noon, with the sun reflecting off the white eaves of the courtyard, casting beautiful gleams.
Clouds rolled like waves, shadows fell over the flowered paths, and waves of Spiritual Qi carrying Xu Changâanâs scent fluttered around Yun Qian like butterflies, soothing to the heart.
"The Elixir Field is a place to store Spiritual Qi." Yun Qian opened her palm, thinking that conversely, anything that can store Spiritual Qi is an Elixir Field, isnât it?
Why insist on her lower abdomen?
She blinked as the remaining traces of Spiritual Qi seeped from her meridians into the world.
From the perspective of the entire world, being the Elixir Field for storing Yun Qianâs Spiritual Qi would be its unreachable honor; it was being active in reaching out.
To use the world as the Elixir Field?
Yun Qian gently shook her head.
This would be beyond her husbandâs understanding, after all... he considered himself a person of no ambitions and little insight.
So Yun Qian wouldnât do such things, instead, she promptly curtailed this tendency.
Stretching lazily.
Yun Qian returned to her room, sat in front of a small table, poured a cup of hot water, and took a small sip.
The matter of cultivation, she had long thought to leave it to her husband; there was nothing more to care about.
At worst...
Sheâd store whatever Spiritual Qi she had in Xu Changâan instead, using him as the Elixir Field, which she would certainly like a lot.
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Unbeknownst to Xu Changâan, who was diligently working to make money at Muyu Peak, his Miss Yun had already given up.
He took on some flower-related tasks, picking some greenery plants heâd grown himself, delivering them to the Senior Sisters who needed them.
When he reached the lakeside, Xu Changâan suddenly paused; he stopped in his tracks, looking at a Li Hua cat confined in a "glass box" the size of an arm on the ground.
"Xiaohua?! What happened to you?"
At this moment, the lively, adorable, and well-behaved Li Hua cat was lying on its side in the "glass" cube by the lakeside, with closed eyes, seemingly motionless.
It was sealed within this "barrier" by Wen Li for various reasons, hidden at its favorite playing spot by the lake.
Xu Changâan didnât recognize the barrier, but no barrier in the world could escape his eyes which could directly see his Miss Yun.
So he could see it.
Without much thought, Xu Changâan immediately reached out to touch the barrier on the ground.
At the instant his fingertip touched the barrier, there sounded a series of fine glass-like breaking noises, and then the barrier shattered completely.
"...Meow."
With the shattering of the barrier, the sleeping Li Hua cat slowly opened its eyes, to be greeted by Xu Changâanâs worried face.
It hesitated for a moment before leaping into Xu Changâanâs arms, meowing pitifully.
This was an act of seeking justice from Xu Changâan against Wen Li.
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Mu Yu Peak.
With red-colored Spiritual Qi circling her, Liu Qingluo was holding hands with Gu Qiancheng as they stepped down from the Teleportation Array together.
"...!"
At a glance, Liu Qingluo saw the young man holding the cat by the lake and her expression suddenly froze.
Xu, Young Master Xu?