Chapter 50: Du Xian Sect 8 Part 2

Xun Ji firmly shook his pointed little head, flicked his tongue at Lu Yun Ting, then burrowed into Lu Yun Ting’s collar, leaving only half his tail outside, wagging it to signal him not to waste words.

“Very well.” Lu Yun Ting sighed lowly. “To approach the Passing Immortal Bridge is also your opportunity; I shouldn’t obstruct you.”

With that, his figure rose gracefully. With a few deft applications of the Light Body Technique, he arrived at the bridge’s edge in the blink of an eye.

There was an obvious crack on the bridge’s surface, like an ugly wound spanning across it. Crystal mist sprayed out from the fissure, like transparent blood surging from pain.

Lu Yun Ting took out the Buddha Heart Stone, circulated his energy, and formed hand seals, suspending it above the crack. Pure Buddhist Cultivation Spiritual Power from the Fan Tian Secret Realm was drawn out with his movements and infused into the bridge body. Though deprived of sight, his spiritual sense was extremely precise, and his actions showed no deviation.

Xun Ji quietly wriggled in Lu Yun Ting’s embrace, shifting his head and body to the edge of the collar to continue watching the Passing Immortal Bridge. It was indeed worthy of being the gathering place of spiritual energy in the Cultivation World; merely being there made Xun Ji feel as if his spiritual veins, ravaged and depleted by his original body, had encountered sweet rain after a long drought—they felt much more comfortable.

For Lu Yun Ting, this heaven-defying genius, it was even more so. As he channeled energy to repair the Passing Immortal Bridge, spiritual energy gathered around him like a spirit-gathering array. The sky full of crystal mists swirled and danced, enveloping him completely as vast spiritual power uncontrollably poured into his body.

When water was full, it overflowed. Lu Yun Ting’s cultivation, already at the peak of Mid-Stage Golden Core, was on the verge of breakthrough.

“Yulan Zhenren’s little favor is a bit too much; honing a sword isn’t done like this. Hasn’t he heard of forcing growth harms the plant?” Xun Ji complained to the System in his mind. In the original text, Lu Yun Ting’s cultivation had been tempered through real trials during his flight; now, the Passing Immortal Bridge’s spiritual energy was simply force-feeding him to bursting.

[Indeed, Host has only been in this world for seven days, and the Protagonist is about to break through from Mid-Stage Golden Core to Late-Stage Golden Core.] The System agreed.

“Yeah, I’ve only been in this world for…” Xun Ji suddenly paused. “How many days?”

[Seven days.] The System counted on its fingers. [Host and Protagonist slept for one day, Protagonist prepared for three days to enter the Fan Tian Secret Realm, and it took three days in the secret realm to retrieve the Buddha Heart Stone—exactly seven days.]

Xun Ji’s mind buzzed. He hurriedly poked his head out to look at Lu Yun Ting.

It was better not to look; upon looking, his vision went black.

Lu Yun Ting’s actions in repairing the Passing Immortal Bridge were no longer as steady as at the start. His hands trembled slightly involuntarily, barely maintaining the hand seal posture. His originally calm and solemn face now had furrowed brows and pursed lips, as if enduring some pain.

Xun Ji didn’t even need to look; his slender body was pressed against Lu Yun Ting’s chest, and he knew the changes in Lu Yun Ting’s body temperature all too clearly. Knowing made it all the more despairing.

“How did I forget such an important detail!” Xun Ji was speechless with regret.

Seven days ago, he and Lu Yun Ting had shared an intimate night, triggering Lu Yun Ting’s Emotion Vein Restriction and starting the task to unseal the Emotion Vein. But this damn restriction had a nasty feature: once triggered, it would backlash every seven days.

The consequence of the backlash was to repeat the scene that had triggered the Emotion Vein. In other words…

[So that’s how it is.] The System realized. [Meaning Host has to sleep with the Protagonist again every seven days!]

Xun Ji: “…” The words were crude, but the reasoning wasn’t wrong—though it was far too crude.

Wait, why me?!

Hope lit up in Xun Ji’s eyes. “The first time was an accident, but now he can totally do it with someone else!”

In the original text, each outbreak of the restriction backlash was a prime opportunity for Lu Yun Ting to deepen bonds with his various romantic confidantes— it should be the same now!

[Makes sense; Host doesn’t have to sacrifice himself!] The System agreed. [So where does Host plan to find someone else to sleep with the Protagonist?]

“Naturally, I’ll…” Xun Ji’s joyful expression froze.

The Passing Immortal Bridge’s barrier had closed; they could only leave after Lu Yun Ting finished the repairs. If Lu Yun Ting couldn’t leave, neither could he.

Lu Yun Ting’s hand forming the seal went soft, and the Buddha Heart Stone, losing its support, fell powerlessly onto the bridge surface, rolling along the bridge’s curve into the vast sea of clouds.

“Hiss hiss!” Lu Yun Ting! Get up and work! Hurry and repair it!

Lu Yun Ting heard the anxious cries of the little snake in his bosom, but he couldn’t understand their meaning and had no attention to spare. His whole body burned as if fished out of boiling water, his five fingers gripping the bridge’s stone pillar tightly, veins bulging on the back of his hand.

His eyes were tightly shut, curse seals shielding his vision slowly flowing across his eyelids. Sightless, his other senses sharpened; the crystal mists around him were affected by his chaotic spiritual power, whipping up a vortex of turbulent currents.