130: Chapter 128 This Is Dual Cultivation 130: Chapter 128 This Is Dual Cultivation Zhao Changhe had not known what this meant before, but having just learned the detailed exposition of the gold foil, he truly understood.

Dual cultivation is not narrowly about doing that sort of thing.

Theoretically, even if you were to transmit a stream of True Qi to someone with your hand and they return it to you, it could still be considered a form of dual cultivation, and that’s the broadest concept.

But if we talk about the narrow sense of Yin Yang Harmony, it’s not done with hands.

There should be Tai Chi intertwining as harmony—it must involve some intertwining, some opening, to allow for mutual transfer.

Of course, the mouth is the most typical opening on the human body.

And there’s another…

It’s best if both top and bottom connect, as that constitutes Tai Chi.

This is indeed the most orthodox theory, not just superficial.

But how did Yue Hongling know?

Where did she get her knowledge of dual cultivation theory?

At this moment, Zhao Changhe’s mind was in chaos, and he didn’t think about these questions, somewhat dazedly beginning to speak.

He quickly felt a clear Qi passing into his body, perhaps not stronger than what was transmitted by his fingers before, but very distinctly containing Yin Qi that the finger transmission did not.

Yin Yang Jiao Tai takes place right here.

Just as he tried to guide this Yin Qi to blend using the Extreme Joy Method, the door was kicked open again, and another Yue Hongling jumped in.

The Yue Hongling who was kissing him stomped her foot and fled like a shot through the window.

Zhao Changhe: “???”

Yue Hongling wanted to chase her, but worried about Zhao Changhe’s condition, she didn’t leave and cursed angrily, “If I catch you impersonating me and messing around with men again, I swear I’ll end you no matter where you hide!”

From outside the window came a giggling laugh: “It was just a kiss, nothing more, what’s the big deal?

I think if it were you, you’d probably do the same…”

The voice faded away, the last few words becoming indistinct.

Yue Hongling grabbed Zhao Changhe by the collar: “The Qi she transferred to you, do not circulate it, can you hear me?

Snap out of it!”

Zhao Changhe, truly awakened by the scare, let the breath in his mouth dissipate and didn’t dare to let it enter his body.

Actually, based on the complete dissection shown by the Heavenly Book a moment ago, if they had really started dual cultivation, there might have been a bigger chance that the Heavenly Girl would be controlled by him… of course, the precondition was that Zhao Changhe was lucid.

In such a chaotic state, he was definitely doomed, and Yue Hongling’s interruption came just in time.

This demoness really exploited every opportunity, impersonating Yue Hongling to seduce and control him, and she used his vulnerable state to confuse real from fake easily—it wasn’t hard for him to believe it.

Does this prove that both the Heavenly Girl and Zhao Changhe felt that if it were just a kiss to transfer Qi, while surprising, Yue Hongling doing it wasn’t too hard to understand?

Seeing how Zhao Changhe thought, Yue Hongling was furious and yanked at him: “She said what I would do is probably not much different, do you believe that!”

Zhao Changhe weakly said, “I don’t know, I don’t have the strength to distinguish.

You… just knock me out and be done with it.”

“So you know I can knock you out and it’s not that you’re out of your senses, right?”

“…” She really was alerted by that shout…

“Sit cross-legged.” Yue Hongling positioned him in a cross-legged posture and then sat behind him, slapping a palm on his back.

An immensely powerful True Qi transferred, many times stronger than the previous pretender’s finger.

Zhao Changhe realized belatedly that he should not have used Chichi’s capabilities as a reference for the True Yue Hongling’s level of True Qi, nor should he compare her to that impostor he’d beaten down… If he’d been lucid, he should have known something was off…

Now the effect was much stronger, Zhao Changhe could distinctly feel how the raging Blood Qi throughout his Dantian seemed to receive a “there, there” kind of soothing.

The restless Evil Qi was much smoothed out, with immediate effect.

The power of a Hidden Dragon Second Layer was far beyond what an ordinary Heavenly Girl could mimic.

“Thank you,” Zhao Changhe said weakly, a hint of regret subtly flickering through his mind.

If it had been real, how nice that would have been…

Just as he thought this, he heard Yue Hongling’s hesitant voice: “Did you… really learn the Extreme Joy Method?

How so fast?”

Zhao Changhe said weakly: “I’ve always been quick at learning martial arts, I’ve never encountered any that were difficult for me to understand, especially… this sort of thing… that men like.”

Yue Hongling spat, hesitated a moment, then said, “Then guide my True Qi now… work that cultivation technique.

It should be possible, right?”

So the real Yue Hongling truly didn’t understand the meaning of dual cultivation, Zhao Changhe sighed: “Maybe, it kind of counts, but don’t remove your hand from my back, it needs mutual transfer to be meaningful.

Otherwise, that’s just harvesting.”

Yue Hongling: “…”

So that imposter wanted to keep nibbling at you endlessly and not just pass Qi?

The more she thought, the angrier she got.

“She irritably said, ‘Then cultivate, I’m still channeling True Qi into you.'”

As soon as she finished speaking, her expression subtly changed.

She could clearly feel that once her True Qi entered Zhao Changhe’s body, it ceased to follow her control as before.

Instead, it was quickly assimilated and encompassed by Zhao Changhe’s True Qi, converging into one stream, and she completely lost control over her own True Qi.

If this was considered replenishing, it truly was, albeit not to the extent of damaging the foundation.

The lost True Qi could still be cultivated back.

Yue Hongling thought for a moment, her hands remained on his back, curious to see what this so-called non-replenishing Dual Cultivation was like.

Thinking this, a slight blush appeared on her face.

So this was Dual Cultivation, the very thing she had actively asked him to do…

No wonder Zhao Changhe thought it was understandable if it were really her doing it.

How many opportunities had there been before?

If he had attempted to kiss her, would she have resisted?

Yue Hongling didn’t know.

In retrospect, she could insist she wouldn’t, but at the moment, who knew?

Even now, when she actively asked him for “Dual Cultivation,” what she did, could it really be much more reserved than fakery?

Zhao Changhe had no time to ponder her thoughts, slowly trying to guide her True Qi to intersect with his yang energy, Although it lacked the apparent yin-yang contact sensation described by the Heavenly Girl, it was still effective.

The True Qi of a woman was inherently feminine, even if a man and a woman practiced the same cultivation technique.

It was the natural order.

Tang Wanzhuang had said that what is purely strong is easily broken, and fullness cannot last long, applying not just to his fighting techniques but also to cultivation itself.

A man in his prime, cultivating the Blood Evil Power and training his muscles and bones, his Inner Strength is ostensibly vast and open, yet it is also an overbearing dominance of ruling all under heaven, becoming excessively strong.

If one doesn’t cultivate a gentle technique, the next best approach is… more Dual Cultivation.

That could moderate and smooth the overly sharp and fierce edges, achieving harmony between strength and gentleness.

Thus, Yue Hongling’s True Qi merged with his own, not only stabilizing the restless True Qi and Blood Evil but also nourishing the slight meridian damage caused by forcibly stretching them earlier, and it solidified his recent breakthrough in cultivation, strengthening the True Qi of the Mystical Gate Fourth Layer beyond its initial stage.

A first true “Dual Cultivation” had effects that already exceeded expectations.

Yet, it wasn’t over; he still needed to reroute this balanced and attribute-altered Qi back to Yue Hongling.

Yue Hongling quickly sensed the True Qi transmitted back from his back.

How should one say… she had thought her True Qi was also considered strong, but strength is relative, and compared to Zhao Changhe’s, hers was yin.

When Zhao Changhe’s balanced yin-yang True Qi was returned, Yue Hongling truly experienced what “masculine” meant—radiant like the blazing sun, robust like a mountain range, an unstoppable dominance.

Thus, in her originally sharp and robust nature, an extra layer of depth emerged, akin to a sunset reflecting on a river, not only somberly beautiful but also broad and desolate.

Zhao Changhe opened his eyes, and Yue Hongling withdrew her delicate hands.

For a moment, both were immersed in this entirely novel sensation, wordlessly absorbed.

Was this Dual Cultivation?

Even such a pure form of Dual Cultivation had effects so clearly seen, and it seemingly helped Yue Hongling in her ascent towards the Mystical Gate Ninth Layer.

At this moment, however, Yue Hongling wasn’t pondering whether she could reach the Ninth Layer, but looking at this pure form of Dual Cultivation, it was still Dual Cultivation, and they were sitting so close together on the same bed.

No words were needed; the atmosphere naturally turned tender and romantic.

Eventually, Yue Hongling couldn’t bear it anymore and abruptly jumped off the bed, “Seeing you’re unharmed is good enough… This cultivation technique, this technique is actually fine, not as perverse as I initially thought.”

As she was in a slight panic, ready to flee, her body suddenly stiffened, and she was embraced around the waist.

He hugged her so tightly that Yue Hongling instinctively struggled, but a sharp pain in her shoulder prevented her from escaping.

She tensed her body and gritted her teeth, “Zhao Changhe, don’t push it, do you really think this is Dual Cultivation!”

Zhao Changhe held her tightly, murmuring somewhat chaotically, “I want to hold you, I always have, on the horseback, in the stronghold, in the secret passage, after everything, and even now… I don’t want to restrain myself, just let me hold you, just for a bit…”

Listening, Yue Hongling gradually relaxed her struggle and let him hold her quietly.

Feeling that he indeed made no further moves, Yue Hongling finally breathed a sigh of relief and softly said, “We of the Worldly Society aren’t bound by so many rules, just a hug and let it be, ah, behave.”

The first part sounded like she was convincing herself, the latter like a warning to him.

However, Zhao Changhe did not respond or do anything else; he simply held her.

Eventually, Yue Hongling closed her mouth and stood there quietly in his embrace, and no more sounds were heard in the room.

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PS: Actually, it’s normal to guess about Heavenly Girl, to think Hongling would kiss, to think that although kissing is acceptable, it’s too soon is also normal, and to think they shouldn’t kiss is equally normal.

Only those who are too impatient calling for a collapse…

at least show the patience to wait another chapter.

Those chapters when we just arrived in Yangzhou also had a lot of people calling it a collapse, complaining there was no progression, even saying there was no outline.

Looking back now, isn’t all that groundwork?

It’s not over yet; there are still plot points to echo.

This is a serialized novel, so headache-inducing.