novelraw Chapter 216
Chapter 216
216: Rapid Strength Improvement
"Oh? Then shall I help you?" Jiang Yun's fingers lightly traced Yuyin's back and waist.
Since she had already been discovered in a situation where any explanation would sound unconvincing, and the Ghost King's power was immense beyond question, why not make the best of it and let her help with body refinement? If she agreed, it would not only allow Yuyin to resume the long-neglected dual cultivation body refinement but also prove her innocence. Wouldn't that be... killing two birds with one stone?
"Your Majesty, I have a secret manual called Imperial Daughter Body Refinement. It can be cultivated alone, but dual cultivation yields better results. If a powerful woman assists me, the effects are even greater. However, Your Majesty has many affairs to attend to. How could I dare to trouble you?" Yuyin spoke while kneeling on the bed, not because she wanted to present herself in this position before the Ghost King, but because she couldn't move after receiving the God-Devouring Chess punishment.
"Indeed, I've been quite busy lately. But today, I happen to be free. Besides, you're my fiancée. Cherishing you and helping you are things I enjoy doing. How could that be considered trouble? So tell me, how do you need my help?" Jiang Yun looked down at Yuyin, feeling somewhat surprised. She didn't truly believe she had caught Yuyin doing something strange, but she also felt that Yuyin's claim of body refinement was just an excuse. Who ever heard of body refinement that looked like this? She wanted to see if Yuyin could really explain it properly.
So Yuyin, still in her prone position, said honestly, "If Your Majesty is truly willing to lower yourself to help, you could assist Yuyin with local body refinement. Within this Imperial Daughter Body Refinement, there are several secret techniques for local refinement. I ask Your Majesty to examine and correct them..."
Yuyin roughly recited the Imperial Daughter Body Refinement local refinement secret techniques and movements to Jiang Yun.
"Oh? Your secret technique is somewhat similar to the female body refinement techniques passed down in my East Saint Domain. However, your technique is truly excellent. Just listening to it, I feel there are several aspects that could inspire our own domain's body refinement methods." Jiang Yun's eyes brightened upon hearing it. She was also a woman who loved cultivation, especially body refinement. She had thought Yuyin wouldn't have any good secret techniques, but upon hearing it, she found it quite extraordinary.
"Do you have the original manual?"
"Not at the moment. Yuyin has memorized it by heart."
"Mm... Then tell me, which part do you want me to help you cultivate now?" Jiang Yun looked down at Yuyin, her chest heaving, her eyes showing both affection and sternness.
"Well..." Yuyin naturally wanted her to start with her arms, but she couldn't move from this position. To avoid exposing that, she could only blush and make up a plausible explanation.
"I must confess, as Your Majesty saw, when you entered just now I was exercising my buttocks. I've trained halfway and it's not good to stop midway. Your Majesty, could you help me..." Yuyin found it somewhat difficult to say.
"Help you cultivate your buttocks? Hmm, of course I can. Or rather, very much so."
"After all, you are my fiancée..." Jiang Yun teased, looking at Yuyin.
"However, you must not let other women help you cultivate, understand? Otherwise, I definitely won't let her off!" In her excitement, she thought of an unpleasant possibility. A fierce aura caused the entire stone house to tremble, and Jiang Yun's voluminous, wild hair swayed with it.
"I understand, Your Majesty..." Yuyin buried her face in her hands, a cold glint in her eyes. Yuyin wasn't a woman who liked lying, but sometimes, certain things couldn't be said truthfully, or it would harm her teacher.
"Then Your Majesty, I will tell you the specific secret technique and set of movements for local buttocks cultivation." Yuyin said.
"Mm, go ahead."
Yuyin recited the Imperial Daughter Body Refinement local secret technique movements, the method of circulating Primordial Energy, and the Profound Yin power to Jiang Yun. With Jiang Yun's realm, she basically mastered it after hearing it once.
"Truly exquisite. From now on, you can only cultivate with me alone. Understood?"
Yuyin didn't answer. But in Jiang Yun's view, a woman's silence meant consent, right?
"Then, are you ready? We're about to begin." Jiang Yun said, her voice warm yet urgent as she lifted Yuyin's skirt.
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Though Yuyin recovered quickly, the Ghost King's profound skill truly greatly benefited Yuyin's local body refinement. Yuyin thus "turned misfortune into blessing" and simply devoted herself to letting Jiang Yun help her cultivate.
This cultivation session lasted over two hours.
After finishing, Yuyin felt thoroughly refreshed, as if the indescribable waves accumulated from punishment had also been released. Her body, especially the locally cultivated area, felt comfortable and filled with power.
"Second level... buttocks cultivation has actually reached the second level. Just one session with Her Majesty, and her skill is truly remarkable." Yuyin panted, her chest heaving.
Jiang Yun helped Yuyin up. "Come, I also have a set of relaxation techniques after cultivation. Let me teach you."
Jiang Yun helped Yuyin relax hands-on, arms, waist, legs... Two women so close together, their already intoxicating scents mixing, if not for themselves, even the cold stone house would melt into water...
"By the way, Yuyin, I came this time to tell you the date for our pilgrimage to the sacred site has been set. In ten days, on an auspicious day, prepare yourself. We'll set off then." Jiang Yun said.
So the Ghost King had come to tell her this. But why come personally when she could have just sent a messenger?
Of course, Jiang Yun wanted to see her.
After the relaxation techniques were complete, Yuyin prepared to respectfully see Jiang Yun off. Looking at Jiang Yun's back, narrow and delicate in her armor from behind, Yuyin couldn't help but feel a flutter in her heart. After all, moving about the palace today, Jiang Yun wasn't wearing those draping ribbons.
"Your Majesty." Yuyin called out to Jiang Yun.
Jiang Yun turned back, her eyes holding a look of one who controlled everything. "What is it?"
"Can my two sisters also come along?" Senior Lian and Senior Jing, Yuyin felt a bit uneasy leaving them here while both she and the Ghost King were away.
"Them? Sure." Jiang Yun said. These two girls had high aptitude, which Jiang Yun quite admired. Otherwise, she wouldn't have passed on the mural cultivation secret techniques to them.
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After Jiang Yun left, Yuyin rested well. In the following days, she continued intensifying her Chess World battles. After all, once she left here, it wouldn't be convenient to do this cultivation on the journey to the sacred site.
Yuyin's win rate still showed no obvious improvement. During this period, she fought fifty-one Chess World battles, winning twenty-two.
Three days before departure for the sacred site, Yuyin achieved her twenty-third victory. And after receiving this victory's Primordial Energy, her strength reached the Perfection-Stage of Purple Domain Realm.
"Perfection-Stage of Purple Domain Realm..." Yuyin stood by the window, gazing at the vast mountains and sea in the rain and mist. "I never thought I'd already be at the same realm as my teacher back then. Just last year, before my teacher, I was just a Direct Disciple with no power to resist, guided and disciplined by her."
"But my teacher was truly good to me... I wonder, on Earth's side, how is my teacher now? And Yingluo, Little Yuan..."
A wave of longing welled up in Yuyin's heart.
Today, for Yuyin who had long lost track of Earth's calendar, she didn't know it was already late January. According to the lunar calendar, the New Year was approaching.
"There's still one year and three months until the marriage agreement date I set with the Four Ghost Kings, which is also the day Li Su Star materializes in the solar system. I must inform Earth's side of this crucial news as soon as possible. And before that, I must bring my teacher, Yingluo, and the others to a sufficiently safe place. Also... my mother whom I've never met."
Based on Yuyin's current feelings toward the Ghost King, asking her to send Senior Lian and Senior Jing back should be possible. But she herself must also return. Otherwise, how would she find her mother? Who would protect Yingluo, Little Yuan, and the others?
Earth was about to face a great catastrophe.
"But... there's another big problem." Yuyin suddenly realized, "Even if the Ghost King is truly willing to send us back, the Lingdu Two Realms Gate is occupied by Li Su's great army. Such a massive force of powerful experts, Lingdu's defense is sufficient, but attacking to retake it would be extremely difficult. Those Li Su forces likely still occupy the Lingdu Two Realms Gate."
"It seems without sufficient strength, we really can't return!"
"First, let's see the East Saint Domain's ancient prophecy. Learn more revelations about this great catastrophe, and see if it's truly a prophecy about me." Yuyin pondered. "Then, find a way to gather intelligence on the Lingdu Two Realms Gate situation. If Li Su forces are guarding it, then continue cultivating here... and act according to circumstances."
"But no matter what, I must return to Earth before the great catastrophe arrives. Mother, teacher, and Yingluo, Little Yuan, they know nothing. I must go back. When the Heavenly Tribulation comes, we must be together. If we can fight, I, Xia Yuyin, will naturally take action and battle Li Su! If we're outmatched, then I must take them and flee to a safe place."
Yuyin's long hair fluttered, her gaze cold and determined.
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The day to depart for the sacred site arrived.
According to Ghost Clan customs, so-called auspicious days were likely what Xia people would call "greatly inauspicious days." And the departure time was at the deepest night, the third watch when yin energy was heaviest.
That evening, Yuyin, Lianyue, and Jing bathed early and made preparations.
When the time came, they followed Zi Qiang to a secluded side gate at the foot of the ancient fortress to wait.
In the deep night, Ghost King Jiang Yun arrived with the Ghost Princess.
Only the two of them.
This pilgrimage to the sacred site was different from ordinary Ghost King excursions. It was a journey of pilgrimage that couldn't involve pomp and circumstance. Unless for a great ceremony, she wouldn't bring unnecessary attendants. Though fierce alien beasts roamed the path, with the Ghost King, one of the Prison Abyss's apex experts, what need was there for extra guards?
"Just... the few of us?" Yuyin was slightly surprised.
"Yes, just us. The hour has come. Let us depart." Jiang Yun wore a night-like cloak over her revealing armor.
Night winds howled, mountain rain poured down.
Ghost King Jiang Yun, Yuyin, Ghost Princess Liuli, Lianyue, and Jing, they walked out of the ancient fortress, into the wind and rain, toward the sacred site.