, Fourth Refinement! Yingyue's Idea!

The two chatted casually for a few minutes.

Lu Yun felt the atmosphere was awkward, but Fairy Yingyue seemed quite comfortable with him, as she herself didn't like to talk much.

When the morning mist dissipated, Yingyue heard that Lu Yun had made an appointment with Chengfa, so she left a message card and got up to leave.

The white-clad figure disappeared into the end of the corridor, like a cloud scattered by the wind.

Lu Yun stared at her retreating figure, a strange emotion welling up inside him.

Why him?

Just because of that marriage certificate from our ancestors?

He didn't believe it and tried to delay as long as possible.

Turning away, Lu Yun walked towards Chengfa Pavilion.

He didn't notice that a pair of eyes were constantly watching them from a short distance away.

After their meeting ended, the disciple who had been following them turned and ran away.

She jogged back to the Sixteenth Hall, panting as she pushed open Deng Chen's door.

"Senior Brother Deng, we found out. A female cultivator secretly met with Lu Yun today. She was stunningly beautiful and had an extraordinary demeanor."

Deng Chen suddenly jumped up from his chair.

He sent people to investigate Lu Yun's background. He was a rogue cultivator from Zixin City with no special background. He was just lucky enough to gain the favor of a Foundation Establishment True Person.

He has few relatives, and the two people he is close to don't even leave the assessment courtyard. The other one, Shen Yi, is a troublemaker, and his weaknesses are hard to exploit.

Now we've finally found a clue.

"Have you memorized his appearance?"

"I've got it."

The disciple who was following him nodded, then hesitated for a moment, "That female cultivator seems to have an impressive air about her. Could she get into trouble?"

Deng Chen scoffed, "Who have I, Deng Chen, ever feared in the Immortal Hall? No matter how powerful your background is, can it be as powerful as the Deng family behind me?"

The disciple thought it made sense, and happily accepted the reward, then followed the painter to have the portrait copied.

Deng Chen was an impatient person and kept urging him on, and soon he received a small portrait in meticulous brushwork.

He unfolded the portrait, his brow furrowing slightly.

The woman in the painting is dressed in white, her eyes are clear and cold, and her figure is graceful.

I feel like I've seen this somewhere before; it's truly extraordinary.

"Go to each of the different branches and ask around to see if there's anyone like that."

He handed over the portrait and added, "If she really is an outside helper that Lu Yun found, warn her to stay away."

The disciples obeyed and dispersed.

Lu Yun was completely unaware of all of this.

He entered Chengfa Pavilion, where Luo Chuan was on duty. After exchanging a few pleasantries as usual, Luo Chuan led him into a secret room.

The monument illuminating the Dharma spreads its profound meaning.

He wasted not a single moment of the last four hours, immersing himself entirely in comprehending the Taixu Flame.

Four hours passed in the blink of an eye.

【The Great Void Hundred Refinements Technique (First Grade 408/1000)】

You can do forty repetitions now.

Lu Yun opened his eyes, and a burst of Void Flame leaped from his palm.

The flames were a few times purer in color than before we entered the room, a reddish-gold hue with faint runes flowing within them.

........

Yingyue returned to the Immortal Academy and sat cross-legged on a green stone atop the mountain.

The mountain breeze ruffled her clothes, but she remained motionless, like a statue carved from white jade.

Those few words kept echoing in my ears.

"Too fast." "No rush."

She gazed at the monotonous scenery below, lost in thought.

Footsteps sounded behind me.

A woman dressed in a plain gray robe walked gracefully over. The gray robe was not the standard style for disciples of the Immortal Hall; it was just ordinary coarse cloth, washed until it was faded, but on her, it gave her a unique air of unconventionality and otherworldly elegance.

"Senior sister."

Su Mochou sat down beside her. "I heard from Master that you've found a Daoist partner and are going to register at the Immortal Couple Pavilion?"

Yingyue turned her head away.

This is her junior sister, who joined her master's school ten years ago with her own skills and became a disciple under her name.

Although she's called a junior, she's actually more than ten years older than her.

Having suffered heartbreak in the past, he was disheartened and wanted to switch to the path of forgetting emotions. Unfortunately, his talent for cultivation was mediocre, and he had only reached the Qi Refining stage so far, without having established a foundation.

Many of the social skills and interpersonal relationships were taught to her by her junior sister, Mochou.

Seeing that she remained silent, Su Mochou spoke again.

"The path to forgetting emotions requires the tempering of a seed of love, but the cultivator you found is only at the early stage of Qi Refining, and he's just a rogue cultivator from the Immortal Hall... that's too low."

Her gaze fell on Yingyue's face, and she suddenly noticed something, raising her eyebrows slightly.

"Judging from your absent-minded look, could it be that you regret accepting the Celestial Couple Token?"

Yingyue blushed and quickly denied it: "I didn't regret it, I was just thinking about something."

Tell me about it.

Su Mochou moved closer, her tone carrying the confidence of someone with experience, "Those down-and-out rogue cultivators are masters of sweet talk; don't be fooled by them."

Yingyue hesitated for a moment, but still told him everything that had happened that day.

Upon hearing this, Su Mochou's calm and composed expression finally crumbled.

"What? You went to him to become his Daoist partner, and he refused?"

Yingyue lowered her head and remained silent.

Su Mochou was momentarily speechless.

Who is Yingyue?

The universally acknowledged senior sister of the Hundred Refinements Immortal Academy, a peerless genius who achieved Foundation Establishment at the age of twenty.

He is the most outstanding figure in the five regions, and even on the battlefield of immortals and saints, he is a figure that makes many saintly geniuses tremble with fear while secretly admiring him.

He was actually rejected by a mere disciple of the Immortal Hall.

I thought it was already unbelievable enough that my senior sister would find a disciple of a celestial hall, but I never expected there would be something even more unbelievable.

She looked at Yingyue's profile, who was lost in thought, and a smile suddenly appeared on her lips.

Being rejected seems like a good thing.

The greatest fear of the Forgetful Path is not emotional wounds, but the absence of emotions to be wounded.

My junior sister has been pure and abstinent since childhood, like a stagnant pool of water, where even ripples are hard to stir.

Now, he's so preoccupied with a mere Qi Refining Stage 3 cultivator that even if it's just confusion, it's still a thought.

Deep thoughts easily give rise to emotions.

But then another thought came to mind.

"What if that kid is playing hard to get? Some low-life rogue cultivators are masters of this."

"Junior sister, how many faces do you think are suitable for receiving the Immortal Couple Seal?"

Yingyue was puzzled. She just wanted to quickly become a Daoist couple, have a child, forget about her romantic relationship, and continue her cultivation.

"Junior sister."

Su Mochou's smile faded, and she said seriously, "You're mistaken. It's not about how many times we meet."

Yingyue looked up, her eyes filled with confusion.

"Who says you have to register at the Immortal Couple Pavilion to become Daoist partners? A thousand years ago, before the Immortal Couple Pavilion even existed, there were no Daoist partners in the cultivation world!"

She paused, her tone softening, as if she were teaching a slow-witted student.

The problem lies in getting along.

"The difference in your status is too great. He's a rogue cultivator, you're a True Immortal. If you stand in front of him, he won't even dare to breathe. How can you possibly develop feelings for him?"

Yingyue listened attentively without offering any rebuttal.

"Don't be fixated on that marriage certificate; start with everyday interactions, and feelings will grow over time."

"Love grows over time," Yingyue repeated softly.

"That's right. Becoming Daoist partners is not the goal, but merely a trivial result."

The key is getting along and developing feelings.

You've only met twice, it's too awkward. Why don't you live together first, see each other every day, and it won't be long before you're able to..."

As Su Mochou spoke, the curve of her lips became more meaningful.

"I have a villa in Dongxianfang that has been vacant for many years. I'm giving it to you. You two can move in first and try to get along for a while."

She came here on the orders of her master.

Master's meaning was clear: to make Yingyue develop feelings for that romantic as soon as possible.

Given Yingyue's pure and abstinent nature, even if they were to live together normally for eight or ten years, nothing would likely come of it.

It's better to do it all at once.

Pregnancy and childbirth.

The bond between mother and child is no less than that between a man and a woman. After ten months of pregnancy and spending every day together, feelings naturally develop.

She didn't believe that any disciple of the Immortal Hall could resist spending time in the same room with a woman like Yingyue day and night.

Yingyue remained silent for a long time, as if digesting these words.

My junior sister definitely knows more about this than she does.

"I'll give it a try."

She stood up, her white robe billowing in the mountain wind, revealing a slender ankle beneath.