"Our Yin Yang Divine Sect is renowned throughout the world for the Grand Dao of Dual Cultivation. All novice disciples must choose each other, pairing up in twos to form Dao partners."
"Lin Fan, all the other disciples already have suitable Dao partners. You're the only one left."
"Now you have only two choices: either choose her, or be expelled from the sect!"
The cold voice of the managing elder echoed through the hall, like a sharp sword hanging over Lin Fan's head.
Three months ago, Lin Fan had harbored dreams of the martial path and become a Preparatory Disciple of the Yin Yang Divine Sect. But in the subsequent aptitude test, he received a "Low Grade" rating, and his cultivation speed was extremely slow.
Therefore, among this batch of disciples, no one was willing to choose him as their Dao partner.
And now, there was only one person left for him to choose.
Lin Fan turned to look at the corner of the hall.
A slender, delicate figure sat alone in the corner of the hall. Sunlight streamed through the window lattice, sprinkling over her as if coating her in a hazy halo.
Even from a distance, Lin Fan could feel that breathtaking beauty.
Yun Qingyao, recognized as the number one beauty among the Preparatory Disciples of the Yin Yang Divine Sect, was also notoriously useless.
It was said that her spiritual meridians were blocked, making it nearly impossible for her to store any spiritual energy. Her aptitude was even worse than Lin Fan's.
As fate would have it, this was the only Dao partner Lin Fan could choose.
"This disciple obeys the order!"
Lin Fan took a deep breath, bowed to the managing elder, and then walked toward Yun Qingyao.
"Lin Fan and Yun Qingyao? Heh heh, two wastes are quite well matched."
"What a pity about Yun Qingyao's Peerless beauty!"
"Hasn't Senior Brother Zhao always had a soft spot for her? Why didn't he choose her?"
Zhao Yuankai, standing nearby, sneered coldly:
"Beautiful she may be, but what I need is a Dao partner who can help me break through my Bottleneck, not a pretty vase that's useless in practice."
Then he looked meaningfully at Lin Fan and said:
"But once my cultivation advances in the future, I might consider taking her as a concubine."
"A beauty like this needs to be claimed early. I'm also short a warming furnace for the bed; this woman is just right." Another man in black robes stood holding a sword, his gaze flickering with undisguised covetousness.
In the Yin Yang Divine Sect, there was a cruel rule-the strong could plunder the weak's Dao partners and take them as concubines. This rule applied to both men and women.
The whispers around him pierced Lin Fan's ears like needles.
But he remained silent, walking to that corner abandoned by everyone, and looked at the girl.
Yun Qingyao was idly playing with her hair. Hearing someone approach, she couldn't help but look up and meet Lin Fan's gaze.
This was the first time Lin Fan had seen Yun Qingyao up close from the front.
Her beauty made Lin Fan feel as if his breath had stopped. Her skin was like snow, her brows like a painting, her lips like vermilion dots. Especially those eyes, clear as the purest spring water in a mountain stream, without a single trace of impurity.
"Are you going to choose me?"
Her voice was soft and sweet, carrying innocence and curiosity.
Lin Fan took a deep breath and nodded:
"Are you willing to become my Dao partner?"
Yun Qingyao tilted her head, thought for a moment, and suddenly smiled brilliantly:
"Sure!"
So simple, so casual?
Lin Fan was slightly stunned. He realized that Yun Qingyao seemed to have a naive, innocent nature, entirely unaware of the ways of the world.
She might not even know what it meant to be a lifelong Dao partner.
But at least, whether it was himself or Yun Qingyao, neither would be expelled from the sect.
The Yin Yang Divine Sect was cruel, but the outside world was even crueler.
"Lin Fan and Yun Qingyao, pairing complete!"
The managing elder announced loudly:
"All new disciples, proceed immediately to your respective cave dwellings for your first dual cultivation. Remember, this is the beginning of your journey on the Grand Dao of cultivation."
Lin Fan's cave dwelling was located on the outermost peak of the Yin Yang Divine Sect, so simple it only had a stone bed, a meditation cushion, and a low table.
"Is this going to be my home from now on? How nice." Yun Qingyao seemed very satisfied with the environment, lightly spinning in a circle, her skirt blooming like petals.
Lin Fan smiled bitterly: "Junior Sister Yun-"
"Just call me Qingyao."
She interrupted, curiously examining every corner of the stone chamber.
The next second, she suddenly asked:
"Are we going to dual cultivate now?"
Hearing the girl's tone, so ignorant of everything, as natural as asking "Are we going to eat now?" Lin Fan couldn't help but feel his ears grow hot.
"According to the sect's rules, yes."
Lin Fan explained as calmly as possible:
"But don't worry, I'll be very gentle."
Yun Qingyao blinked: "I know, the elders taught us." She began to untie her clothes. "So, shall we start now?"
Lin Fan stared dumbfounded as she so calmly undressed. When the last piece of gauze slipped to the ground, moonlight cast a silver glow over Yun Qingyao's perfect body, beautiful beyond anything mortal.
"Why are you still wearing clothes?" Yun Qingyao tilted her little head and asked in confusion.
Lin Fan was speechless but couldn't help laughing. He no longer hesitated, quickly removed his own robes, and guided Yun Qingyao to lie down on the stone bed.
According to the description in the Yin Yang Profound Scripture issued by the sect, Dao partners needed to circulate their cultivation techniques together until their spiritual energy formed a cycle.
Through dual cultivation, male and female disciples could not only increase their cultivation speed but also bring each other's cultivation levels closer, allowing the lower-realm partner to progress rapidly!
They could even share insights and experiences regarding techniques and martial skills, and even their life forces were interconnected!
Therefore, choosing a Dao partner with good aptitude and strength could make a cultivator's path twice as effective with half the effort!
"It might feel a bit strange," Lin Fan whispered in warning, "but don't resist. Let the spiritual energy flow naturally."
Yun Qingyao nodded, with no trace of tension in her eyes, but rather a childlike curiosity and anticipation.
Lin Fan quickly began to circulate the Yin Yang Profound Scripture.
The spiritual energy of the two individuals gradually made contact.
Just as they were cultivating with great fervor,
Yun Qingyao suddenly let out a soft "Eh?"
A flash of white light passed over her body, instantly illuminating the cave dwelling as bright as day. But in the next moment, the cave dwelling returned to darkness, leaving only the rustling sounds of the people inside.
At the same time, within the Tianxuan Holy Land.
Ye Honglian was jolted awake from meditation, staring in shock at the ancient jade on her chest that had suddenly grown hot. This jade, which had been silent for three years, was now radiating dazzling light.
"Finally activated!"
The Tianxuan Holy Maiden was quite excited. For this ancient jade, said to contain the inheritance of an ancient secret sect, she had once risked venturing deep into a forbidden land and nearly lost her life.
Ye Honglian unhesitatingly channeled her full spiritual energy into the ancient jade, anticipating the legendary ancient inheritance.
But in the next moment, the world spun, and the scene before her suddenly changed.
"Th-this, what is this?!"
She found herself suddenly appearing, without a stitch of clothing, on a crude stone bed, with a strange man lying beside her!
Ye Honglian was first startled, then furious!
"Impudent!"
She shouted in anger, instinctively trying to channel her spiritual energy to blast this scoundrel to pieces.
But to her horror, the vast, ocean-like spiritual energy within her had vanished without a trace. At this moment, she was as fragile as an ordinary mortal woman!
"Qingyao? What's wrong?" The man seemed somewhat confused.
"No-" Ye Honglian was filled with shame and anger, hardly daring to face this reality.
She was, after all, the Tianxuan Holy Maiden of the Tianxuan Holy Land, second only to one and above tens of thousands! Countless people would give everything just for a glimpse of her elegance, and the number of top-tier prodigies pursuing her was more numerous than fish crossing a river!
But she had always been cold and indifferent to any man, known as an ice beauty. And now-
If the men pursuing her knew that at this moment, she was together with a strange man, what would they think?
At the same time, she clearly felt that between her and this scoundrel, some mysterious and profound spiritual energy cycle was forming.
This made her both ashamed and furious!
In the last moment before she completely lost herself, she vaguely saw an ancient rune emerge on the man's chest, identical to the pattern on her ancient jade.77Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbGIVfZefeO
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