Lou Mengyu burned with humiliation and anger, but a sudden chill pierced her body, making her teeth chatter so violently she couldn't speak.
Warm true qi flowed into her hands, spreading through her like a heated current. Though the energy was warm, it paradoxically created a sensation colder than the Froststeel Body Tempering Pill.
The pill's effects dissolved upon contact with this true qi, dispersing through every acupoint in her limbs and bones.
Lou Mengyu felt her body gradually strengthening at a perceptible pace. Strangely, the Froststeel Body Tempering Pill now seemed less bitterly cold.
Qin Yang's true qi circled through her once before returning. Their bodies formed a complete circuit - his left hand receiving, right hand releasing.
Through this process, Qin Yang slowly began transforming Lou Mengyu's physique. The transformation would be excruciatingly gradual, with no immediate results.
After absorbing the medicinal energy, Qin Yang said calmly, "Take one Body Tempering Pill daily. After a year or so, your body will be fully tempered."
Lou Mengyu's heart swelled with joy. She now possessed a sliver of control over frost power. Cultivating ice-based techniques would become twice as efficient.
"A year and a half? Every day?" Lou Mengyu's cheeks flushed crimson, her eyes sparkling with mock anger. "Are you deliberately teasing me?"
When she opened her eyes, she found Qin Yang staring at her with eyes wide as oxen, his gaze fixed unwaveringly on her...
"Pah! Pervert!" Lou Mengyu spat.
"I'm your man, your husband!" Qin Yang protested. "Your situation is different from mine. This can't be achieved overnight. Even with the Body Tempering Pill, dual cultivation would naturally require considerable time."
"What? D-dual cultivation?" Lou Mengyu shuddered.
The tremor nearly shattered Qin Yang's self-control.
"To establish a complete energy cycle, my true qi must assimilate yours, gradually transforming it... Wait, never mind the explanations! Just trust me when I say this makes sense!"
With a wolfish howl, Qin Yang lunged and pinned Lou Mengyu beneath him.
They were already completely naked - what could possibly stop him now?
"Ah!" Lou Mengyu's breath hitched as warm lips claimed hers before she could protest.
In that instant, her mind went blank, leaving her utterly at Qin Yang's mercy.
After a night of passion...
Lou Mengyu stirred awake, yet remained motionless. The wild abandon of last night's events seemed impossible to believe—could that truly have been her?
Nestled against Qin Yang's warm, broad chest, she felt the explosive tension of every muscle beneath her...
"What am I thinking?!" Lou Mengyu blushed furiously.
"Awake?" Qin Yang's gentle smile warmed as he stroked her long, glossy hair.
Her long lashes fluttered, but she feigned sleep, murmuring, "Not awake."
The moment she spoke, she buried her face in his chest. How could she have confessed so easily? She'd lost all sense of propriety!
"Haha!" Qin Yang roared with laughter.
Lou Mengyu scrambled from his embrace, hastily pulling on her clothes.
"Don't you dare look!" She glared at him. "Keep peering and I'll gouge your eyes out!"
"Huh?" Qin Yang snorted. "We've already gone this far, and you're still trying to hide?"
Before she could finish dressing, he pulled her back down onto the bed.
"You still had the strength to get up?" Qin Yang chuckled.
By noon, Lou Mengyu was breathless, shooting Qin Yang a reproachful glance.
Such passion left Qin Yang exclaiming that he'd die without regrets.
"If we don't get out soon, it might cause a bad impression..." Lou Mengyu murmured, her voice soft as a kitten's purr.
"What's there to fear? We're already married - it's only proper." Qin Yang shrugged nonchalantly. But remembering women's pride, he let Lou Mengyu off the hook.
As she rustled about getting dressed on the bed, Lou Mengyu looked at Qin Yang and asked, "Aren't you getting up?"
A peculiar glint flashed in her eyes.
After their repeated encounters, she'd grown bolder around Qin Yang.
"You dare provoke me?" Qin Yang suddenly sat up.
Lou Mengyu scrambled off the bed and fled.
"Making me unable to get up proves my prowess. Making me unable to get up proves my luck." Qin Yang folded his arms behind his head and lay back down.
"Pah! Indecent! Get up this instant!" Lou Mengyu snapped.
Qin Yang shook his head. "You go first."
Lou Mengyu's delicate nose wrinkled. "Now you care about appearances?"
"No, I wore my last set of clothes yesterday. I need to borrow some from Jin Wanshan..."
Lou Mengyu stood speechless.
Having hastily escaped her room, she now stood on the deck gazing at the layers of clouds swiftly drifting past. As she recalled the events from yesterday to today... her cheeks burned with sudden heat.
"Eh? You're here! Where's Qin Yang? Waiting for him to eat?" Jin Wanshan and Panda sat in a corner, shoveling food into their mouths like they hadn't eaten in eight hundred years, competing in a race to see who could devour more.
Lou Mengyu stared at the towering stack of empty plates on the table, words catching in her throat. The words were there, but shame prevented them from being spoken.
In the end, she gritted her teeth and whispered them out.
"Thud!" The chicken leg dropped from Jin Wanshan's mouth as he suddenly burst into dramatic tears. "Heavens above! Earth below! Must you crush me so completely?"
"Shut up! Keep your voice down!" Lou Mengyu stamped her foot in anger.
Jin Wanshan's expression shifted, a sly smile spreading across his face. "I never imagined you two would be so... passionate... so intense..."
Murderous intent flickered in Lou Mengyu's eyes.
Jin Wanshan quickly adopted a serious demeanor and produced a set of clothes. "I'm not sure if these will fit..."
Lou Mengyu rolled her eyes dramatically. Of course they won't fit! Jin Wanshan was the fattest slob among all the new students!
So what if they don't fit? she thought. Is Qin Yang supposed to stay holed up in his room forever? Or walk around naked? Maybe wrap himself in a bedsheet? But that bedsheet...
Lou Mengyu hastily dismissed her chaotic thoughts and fled the scene.
Soon after, Qin Yang arrived at the cafeteria, followed closely by Lou Mengyu.
Jin Wanshan was once again stunned. The same clothes that made him look like a nouveau riche clown now carried an unexpected elegance on Qin Yang.
The loose garments didn't appear sloppy at all, but rather exuded an air of effortless grace!
Is this some kind of cosmic joke?
Qin Yang shook out his sleeves and frowned as Lou Mengyu began stroking his arm.
As Qin Yang entered, all eyes turned to him. The sight of Lou Mengyu walking so intimately beside him drew looks of extraordinary envy from everyone present.
"The youngest Zongshi Realm expert..."
"The most powerful new student..."
"The youngest fourth-order dan refiner..."
One title after another materialized out of thin air. In the corner, Yu Shaojie found himself unusually subdued. As the words echoed in his ears, he clenched his jaw tightly.
His gaze turned icy as he stared at Qin Yang, then a smile spread across his face.
"You two should eat less," Qin Yang said, looking from Jin Wanshan to Panda. "You're consuming the entire cafeteria's food!" No matter how much food there was, it would never be enough to satisfy these two gluttons.
Watching Jin Wanshan devouring a hunk of meat as large as his face, Qin Yang shook his head in exasperation.
Suddenly, Qin Yang's eyebrows shot up as he grabbed Jin Wanshan's hand.
"What's wrong? There's more over there!" Jin Wanshan froze, thinking Qin Yang was going to steal his food. But he noticed Qin Yang's expression darkening abruptly.
A cold light flashed in Qin Yang's eyes as his divine sense swept through the area, locating Yu Shaojie in the corner.
His figure vanished in an instant, reappearing directly in front of Yu Shaojie!
Yu Shaojie jumped in fright, shouting, "Wh-what do you think you're doing?"
Qin Yang grabbed Yu Shaojie by the throat, lifting him off the ground. His voice turned sinister as he growled, "You little bastard! You dared to poison us?"