After Xi Che returned to Yujing Palace, he stood outside the door and took out the pills from the small gourd. Just as he was about to swallow them, he suddenly heard Baihu say in his sea of ​​consciousness: "Are you really willing to do this to save him?"

Xi Che paused, then shook his head: "I didn't want to do it at first. I'm not that noble and selfless, but this is a problem left over from history, you know? Baihu, people should be responsible for their own actions."

Although Baihu didn't say anything, Xi Che could sense his dissatisfaction. Xi Che smiled and said: "You know, in my life, I hate those monks who become monks because of setbacks in reality. Although they have indeed abandoned worldly troubles, they have also abandoned their wives and children, abandoned their responsibilities as social people, and earned a good reputation for seeing through the world. In my previous life, I thought that as long as I died, everything would be over, but who knew that there were still so many things that had not been solved. I guess it was to let me come back to do these things. Of course, I have to solve all the troubles before I can feel at ease."

After he finished speaking, he paused: "Baihu, I think the person I feel most sorry for is you, If I die in this life, you should find a new master, and don't die with me again."

Baihu snorted coldly, "Are you the only one in the world who is loyal, and I am not loyal? Don't say such things. I know what to do and I don't need you to teach me. If you want to save Chu Yan, go ahead and save him, I won't stop you."

Xi Che smiled and swallowed up the power of 9,000.

This thing is worthy of being a pill made by Shennong. It melts in the mouth. Before Xi Che could taste it, the pill dissolved into water and flowed into his stomach. There was no feeling when he first swallowed the pill, but after a minute or two, Xi Che felt that the area around his dantian began to become warm, and then he felt it all over his limbs. I didn't expect it to be so effective so quickly, like a stimulant...

Of course, Xi Che knew that this was not as simple as a stimulant. Shennong was indeed capable and could actually make a medicine that could help people gain spiritual power out of nowhere.

"Baihu, how do you feel?"

"I feel full of strength!"

"...Don't talk like that, be normal, I'm scared."

Xi Che entered the palace gate and came to the Bi Bo Pond, only to see that the scene had changed. Chu Yan was sitting in the middle of the Bi Bo Pond. The hot spring water had receded a little, leaving only a shallow layer above his knees. A red pill was floating above his head, which was the Fire Spirit Pill.

The entire area of ​​the green pool was filled with red light due to the Fire Spirit Pill, which spread outwards like waves. Xi Che could feel the power it emanated even from his position outside.

Chu Yan was sitting cross-legged in meditation, with his eyes closed and regulating his breathing. He was only wearing a lotus-white gauze dress with a thin black silk draped over it. Both the gauze dress and the outermost layer of thin silk were wet by the hot water, sticking tightly to his body, outlining the traces of muscles under the clothes.

But it was obvious that Chu Yan was not doing well. His forehead was covered in cold sweat and his face was paler than ever. In Shennong's words, he looked very sick.

Xi Che walked into the palace and stood outside the green pool for a long time before Chu Yan opened his eyes. He was obviously surprised to see Xi Che: "Asa? Why are you back?"

Xi Che looked at him with some complexity, then raised his head to look into the sky. Although he was no longer the body of the God of War, he could feel that there was an ominous spiritual power mixed in this space, which was blocked and closed, as if things were going very hard. The Fire Spirit Pill floating in the air didn't look like it was going to be absorbed and refined, it was still that big...

"Will this Fire Spirit Pill be useful for your injury? Why do you look so bad?"

The sweat on Chu Yan's forehead just slid down, but he pretended to be relaxed and said to Xi Che: "It's okay, it just takes a little longer..."

Xi Che no longer believed Chu Yan. Shennong said that if the cold poison in his body could not be removed, the Fire Spirit Pill would not be able to enter his meridians normally. Even if the Fire Spirit Pill was barely refined, it would just be a waste of the medicinal materials.

Xi Che took off his shoes and waded into the green pool. Chu Yan watched him come to him and felt puzzled: "Asa?"

Xi Che simply sat down face to face with him: "Let me help you."

Chu Yan was stunned for a moment, and a hint of embarrassment flashed in his eyes.

He understood that Xi Che wanted to speed up the process of refining the Fire Spirit Pill by exchanging spiritual power with him, inputting his spiritual power into his own body, and then taking the spiritual power back... This process requires cooperation from both parties, and of course, absolute trust. Otherwise, if at some point one of the parties suddenly starts to absorb spiritual power unilaterally, they will completely suck the person opposite them dry like a furnace.

This requires absolute trust between both parties, so it is often only possible between couples and lovers. Over time, this form of practice was given a very unpleasant name, dual cultivation. However, if it becomes a one-sided intake, it is called cai bu.

When Chu Yan transformed into Chu Qi, he used his spiritual power to heal Xi Che's injuries, which was actually very similar to the process of dual cultivation. However, the process was not complete that time, and Chu Yan did not use his real body to do it. Now that Xi Che suddenly brought up this matter seriously, he still felt a little uncomfortable.

However, Chu Yan never showed his emotions outwardly. The embarrassment only flashed across his eyes, but he did not show it particularly obviously: "Asa, I know you mean well, but your cultivation level is too far behind mine. It is already very difficult for you to accept my spiritual power unilaterally. If you want to be the output party, it really..."

He might not even last long enough to complete a small circulation before he was sucked dry.

Xi Che smiled and said, "It's okay. I have a good plan."

Shennong took this into consideration and gave him the power of 9,000. Letting Chu Yan suck him dry was a small matter, but failing to save Chu Yan was a big deal. The training that Daquan Jiuqian gave him could at least support them in circulating the spiritual power in the bodies of the two of them for one cycle, and then continuing to circulate in Chu Yan's body would not be so difficult.

But Xi Che also noticed Chu Yan's embarrassed expression. He thought, even for such a simple treatment method, Chu Yan would feel embarrassed because the outside world named it "dual cultivation". Then he would definitely not be able to bear what Chu Yan was going to do next. If he refused to cooperate at that time...

What to do... He had to think of a way to prevent Chu Yan from resisting.

Xi Che thought for a long time and said, "Chu Yan, I actually asked Shennong for a method that can increase my cultivation in a short period of time. However, my cultivation is still far behind yours. I have to trouble you to seal off part of your cultivation first, so that I can compete with you."

"Okay."

Chu Yan did not doubt him and immediately set up restrictions for himself - in short, what they need when practicing is the control of spiritual power, not the amount of spiritual power, so it doesn't matter if they seal off part of it. What's more, Chu Yan knew his situation. Since he couldn't wait for Asa for a long time, it was meaningless to continue this boring and long life, so he didn't care about his old injury and let it develop. Although Chu Yan has regained interest in life now that he has waited for him to come back, the life span of a succubus is still far from that of a god.

Is he going to have to go on living a long and boring life?

Chu Yan only hopes that God will give him more years to accompany Asa for the rest of his life, and he doesn’t ask for anything else.

Seeing that he did as he was told, Xi Che felt relieved - such a restriction would at least prevent him from resisting until the end. Xi Che smiled, lifted up the corner of Chu Yan's robe, and with a "swish" sound, he tore off a piece of white gauze. Chu Yan looked at him in confusion, and Xi Che immediately stood up, covered his eyes with the white gauze, and tied it behind his head.

"Asa...?"

"Well, although we are familiar with each other, it's still a bit awkward to sit so close. You won't feel uncomfortable if you cover your eyes."

Chu Yan listened with a frown. He felt something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong, so he could only let him cover his eyes.

After doing all this, Xi Che gently grabbed Chu Yan's right hand and asked him to open his palm and place it on his left hand. Chu Yan had his eyes blindfolded, and he was actually a little uncomfortable at first. Even the slightest movement made him extremely sensitive. Just by putting his palms together, Chu Yan felt his internal breath become a little unstable.

...If this continues, won't he go insane?

Xi Che couldn't help but smile when he saw Chu Yan's helpless look, and slowly closed his eyes. He hadn't mobilized his spiritual power for such a long time that he was a little unfamiliar with it. But after all, he was a god of war. After trying it a few times, he became proficient and mobilized the spiritual power in his body into Chu Yan's meridians.

He now has to find the meridians blocked by the cold poison and transfer it into his own body. Later, Chu Yan will be able to absorb the Fire Spirit Pill by his own strength.

However, before this process had begun for too long, someone suddenly broke in from outside and shouted, "Azas! Get out!"

... Zhu Wu, this guy, actually broke in at this time.

Xi Che quickly opened his eyes and turned to look at the source of the sound. The door of the Bi Bo Chi was forcefully opened, and the God of Law Enforcement, wearing a dark purple robe, rushed in.

He was originally full of anger, but when he saw Xi Che and Chu Yan both sitting in the green pool, he immediately turned his head away and said angrily: "You are doing such shameful things here in broad daylight!"

Xi Che was immediately embarrassed - he had not had time to do anything shameful!

"What nonsense are you talking about! We are just healing..."

"Do you need to be so disheveled to heal? You...you are actually practicing dual cultivation?"

Xi Che twitched his mouth. He couldn't explain clearly to this old-fashioned local guy how they were practicing dual cultivation. If this kind of dual cultivation method is put on some welfare websites, they will say that your copywriting is fraudulent because it is too plain.

But he couldn't just let him talk nonsense. Xi Che couldn't see Chu Yan's expression now, but he was afraid that if Zhu Wu continued talking, he would refuse treatment in anger.

Xi Che hurriedly changed the subject: "What are you doing here? Do you want to kill me again?"

Zhu Wu then remembered the business: "I want to kill you all the time."

Xi Che glanced at him: "You can see that I can't leave now. Can you come back to me for revenge after some time?"

"What?!" This is outrageous. He wants to kill him, and the person he wants to kill has the chance to bargain with him?

"I'm healing Chu Yan's wounds now. It doesn't matter if you kill me, but if you insist on interrupting me, he will definitely get hurt as well. Zhu Wu, you should know how serious his old injuries are. Wouldn't this implicate innocent people? You have always enforced the law fairly and never hurt innocent people. You don't want this situation to happen, right? Why don't you come back later... By then, even if Chu Yan tries to stop me, I will go with you, and you can do whatever you want to me."

Zhu Wu listened to what he said and felt that it made sense, but he also felt that something was wrong. However, Zhu Wu couldn't think of a rebuttal for a moment. If he hurt Chu Yan for revenge, he would feel guilty.

Zhu Wu struggled for a while, but finally compromised and did not seek revenge on the spot: "Okay, I'll wait for a while and come back again, but by then, Chu Yan can no longer interfere in the affairs between you and me."

As he spoke, he saw the two disheveled people in the green pool, and he couldn't bear to look at them and shook his sleeves vigorously: "Goodbye."

After Zhu Wu left, Xi Che breathed a sigh of relief - fortunately, the people of the gods, especially the righteous gods, are really stubborn. It can also be said that they are pure and innocent. They have their own logic, and it is easy to convince them if you sort out the logic.

At this moment, Chu Yan suddenly said: "Did you lie to him just now? I can't let you go with him."

Xi Che squinted his eyes and smiled: "I lied to him."

He would calculate how to make the most of his life in the next six months.

Xi Che pushed the spiritual power to flow in Chu Yan's body and soon found the meridians frozen by the cold poison. The veins in that section were so densely packed that it looked like they could not be cleared by normal means. And judging from the damage to the veins, it would probably take at least seven days to completely absorb the cold poison.

Xi Che was worried that someone else might break in and discover their situation, so he waved his hand and lowered the gauze curtains around them to block out the sights and sounds inside. Chu Yan heard the slight sound of wind and subconsciously turned his head, asking doubtfully: "Why..."

"We have to concentrate on healing our wounds and cannot be disturbed by others."

After Xi Che finished speaking, he looked at the pure expression on Chu Yan's face and couldn't bear to lie to him anymore, so he said: "Chu Yan, I, I know you are as noble as the moon, but in an emergency, you have to have a compromise. Just think of what happened today as me forcing you, you... don't think too much about it."

Chu Yan frowned, and Xi Che sighed heavily: "Let's get started!"

Then the next second, Chu Yan felt a hand pulling the belt around his waist. Because he was in his own palace, Chu Yan did not wear a haori or a sash, and his waist was only tied with a silk ribbon, which would fall apart if pulled off. His body couldn't move too much at this time, but his hands and feet could still move. However, he didn't know what the meaning of doing this was, so he didn't move for the time being.

"Asa, what are you doing?"

After Xi Che unbuttoned his clothes, he began to untie his belt. Chu Yan's eyes were covered by him at this time, with only his slightly upturned thin lips exposed. The white gauze and black silk on his body were all wet, and without the silk belt around his waist, his entire chest was exposed. Xi Che stared at his body for two times and couldn't help swallowing: "Just... dual cultivation."

"..."

Xi Che nervously held Chu Yan's hand: "You don't think dual cultivation is just a simple exercise of energy... I didn't come here to play this kind of trivial game with you. You see, right... You can't judge a person by his face. After all, I am a succubus now, and you are a god... To me, you are just a dish, so you can understand what I am going to do."

Chu Yan didn't say anything. He really didn't understand what he wanted to do, but he knew he was talking nonsense now.

After Xi Che finished speaking, he didn't care how Chu Yan would react. He simply tore open his robe, took off his pants, and climbed on top of him.

Chu Yan heard Xi Che gasping for air, and one hand seemed to want to hold his shoulder, but it slipped down many times, and it was obvious that he was very nervous.

"Damn it..."

Xi Che cursed in his heart, his face flushed red, almost bleeding. He held Chu Yan's hand tightly and slowly sat down. Xi Che was glad that he was now a succubus, so he didn't have to work so hard.

Xi Che clenched his back teeth tightly to prevent himself from making some unskilled sounds. He wanted to act like a succubus who was used to taking sex, otherwise his lies would be easily exposed.

Chu Yan was speechless with shock at this series of developments, he had indeed thought about doing this to Asa, but he never expected that one day he would take the initiative to do it to him, and even tricked him into setting a restriction that would not allow him to move.

…Why is this happening?

"Hmm..."

Chu Yan couldn't see anything. He could only hear Xi Che's breathing becoming more and more rapid. He raised his head slightly, and his Adam's apple slid up and down in his neck: "Asa."

Xi Che hurriedly looked up at him and said intermittently: "I... I won't tell anyone about what happened today... I just want to get some strength and replenish my energy. We are all old friends. You won't be so stingy..."

- He wouldn't be stingy, but could he be faster?

(Harmony)

"You... didn't you place a restriction?! Why can you move?!"

"I placed the restriction myself, so I can naturally remove it at any time."

"..."

(Harmony)

"Asa, I can give you anything you want."

(Harmony)

"Chu Yan! Chu Yan... don't do this, you will go astray."

"Didn't Asa deliberately want me to go astray? Then all my cultivation will be yours."

Xi Che shook his head vigorously, with a subtle cry in his voice: "I don't want it anymore... Chu Yan, you calm down..."

(Harmony)

In the end, Xi Che had forgotten how many times they had done this, but Shennong didn't lie to him. This method could indeed absorb the cold poison in Chu Yan's meridians.

He looked up at Chu Yan's face in front of him, and felt that he looked very amorous with only the lower half of his face exposed. He didn't know whether it was drops of water or sweat that dripped down Chu Yan's chin, and there was water flowing slowly. The white gauze on his body turned transparent, tightly wrapping his full muscles. He looked completely different from the usually dignified and reserved Mingzhao Tianshen.

Xi Che raised his hands and hugged Chu Yan's neck tightly, then pulled him down and kissed him on the lips. The latter seemed to have been waiting for a long time, he opened his mouth and bit Xi Che's lips, his tongue tip pried open his lips and teeth and couldn't wait to conquer him. Xi Che always felt that this scene was similar to a dream he had one morning. He thought he might be dreaming now, so he opened his mouth and took the initiative to ask for a kiss.

Chu Yan had never thought that one day he would be able to really kiss him like this. Many of the times before were stolen or cheated by him... In short, not a single kiss was a real kiss.

But now he was hugging Xi Che, finally hugging him for real.

The water from the Bi Bo Pond overflowed and slowly moistened Xi Che's temples, but he was still reluctant to let go. The same was true for the person holding him, and they were truly integrated at this moment.

With this kiss, everything seemed to become clear.

The feelings they both have for each other seem... not pure enough.