In the past, Lv Zhexiong came to consult and discuss the Dao, staying no more than a day.

Arriving in the morning, leaving by dusk.

Considering she was a woman and noticing her concerns about her Celestial Charm Body, Chen Kuang always made sure to keep the courtyard gates open, sitting at the tea table in the corridor, ensuring propriety and transparency in their discussions.

Yet this time, the two stayed in the closed study room for seven whole days.

Because the dual cultivation steps recorded in the "Feng Gang Scripture" were overly complicated and required strict adherence, Chen Kuang had to follow each step repeatedly, practicing countless times to ensure nothing would go wrong, finally succeeding on the third day by using his body as a furnace, refining True Yin and True Yang, and exchanging them for True Lead and True Mercury.

Before that, Chen Kuang and Lv Zhexiong spent three days delving into the key points of the cultivation technique.

To put it briefly, it was roughly divided into three crucial steps.

"Firstly, the Five Hearts Facing Heaven, linking the Heavenly Circuit..."

Lv Zhexiong tried to maintain a serious expression, whispering an explanation:

"To allow both parties’ Spiritual Qi to communicate, you must use your Golden Saliva to counter my Jade Liquid."

Starting off with such difficulty...

Chen Kuang thought for a moment and couldn’t help but click his tongue.

Golden Saliva and Jade Liquid are not referring to saliva itself but are the two most critical orifices in the Enlightenment Realm.

They are the starting point of all cultivation.

And the location of these two orifices... is rather inconvenient.

Chen Kuang felt that the high difficulty wasn’t about how hard it was to achieve but how hard it was to overcome shyness.

Indeed, as Chen Kuang had guessed, although Lv Zhexiong had made up her mind, the two still spent an entire day on this step.

Fortunately, Chen Kuang had always possessed great self-control, especially in the presence of the Celestial Charm Body, and he felt he could remain calm and composed.

The next step, of course, was to use Yin as charcoal, Yang as copper, forming a furnace with one’s body acting as Heaven and Earth.

However, for beginners, this step must not be rushed.

The third step, the most crucial one, is the communion of heart and spirit, making no distinction between each other.

"So there really is such a thing as spiritual union?"

Chen Kuang was inevitably a bit surprised, and then worried about its safety.

The importance of Divine Sense is self-evident; for both parties to release their Divine Sense, allowing them to intimately intertwine, naturally requires complete trust in each other.

This step is actually one that can be skipped, as not completing it would only reduce the dual cultivation effect by 40%, rather than making it impossible to complete.

But if this step is reached, it marks becoming true "Dao Companions", thereafter, dual cultivation essentially acknowledges each other.

So most dual cultivators choose to skip this step.

After all, the missing effects can be compensated by doing it a few more times.

Of course, Chen Kuang wasn’t worried about Lv Zhexiong being harmful, as his cultivation level was much higher than Lv Zhexiong at the moment, not to mention his Divine Sense was far above ordinary people.

What he was worried about was that releasing his Divine Sense would allow the other to glimpse part of his memories.

If she discovered he actually came from two thousand years in the future, or even further, from another world, it would be a huge problem.

Chen Kuang thought about it, looking at the Daoist Nun in front of him, speaking softly:

"We haven’t known each other for long, and I don’t wish to take advantage of the situation. Let’s put the communion of heart and spirit aside for now. If one day..."

He thought for a moment, then earnestly said: "If one day, you and I exchange hearts, considering life and death as trivial, then this step can be completed."

Chen Kuang spoke this with sincerity, making a promise.

If one day he and Lv Zhexiong could reach this step, then even revealing his true origin to her would be no issue.

Lv Zhexiong was slightly taken aback; she naturally knew that Chen Kuang making this decision now, given the difference in their cultivation levels, was actually beneficial for her.

It also proved she hadn’t misjudged him.

Lv Zhexiong’s Celestial Charm Body was already fully revealed to Chen Kuang, and if the latter had any ill intentions, the current situation would be a confrontation between them.

This is why Chen Kuang said he wasn’t willing to take advantage of the situation.

However, analyzing from reason, from the emotional perspective, Lv Zhexiong felt an emptiness in her heart at that moment, with a slight bittersweet sense of disappointment.

She even secretly wished that Chen Kuang would show even a bit of irrationality... that way, it would at least prove he had quite favorable feelings towards her.

But now it seemed more like he had understood her predicament in cultivation and was merely accommodating her.

Chen Kuang looked at Lv Zhexiong’s distracted expression and asked: "What do you think, Fellow Daoist?"

Fellow Daoist...

Just a fellow Daoist, after all.

Lv Zhexiong came back to her senses, turning her head to rest on his shoulder, not letting him see her expression.

The Daoist Nun pursed her lips, and after a long silence, she said softly:

"Alright."

Chen Kuang gently patted the woman’s back, offering comfort.

He noticed Lv Zhexiong’s minor emotions, but merely gave a silent, wry smile inwardly.

In any case, for now, he absolutely wouldn’t share his biggest secret with anyone, even if this secret... might be part of someone else’s grand scheme.

Besides, in his view, if Lv Zhexiong was trapped in this relationship, considering her circumstances, it wouldn’t be possible for her to achieve enlightenment...

She had a long journey of two thousand three hundred years ahead of her, and this year’s time was but an insignificant segment of it.

With three days of familiarity, their very breath seemed to merge, and reaching the final step was like water flowing naturally.

Chen Kuang also personally experienced the benefits of the Celestial Charm Body.

His cultivation had originally been in the late stage of the Moon Embrace Realm, and after obtaining "True Lead", he nearly broke through the barrier.

At the same time.

Music, space-time, and wisdom, these paths of truth and falsehood, simultaneously resonated, producing mystical phenomena.

Throughout the western suburban forests, the once clear sky suddenly turned pitch black, with a phantom of a starry river crossing it, within which seemed to float a bloody hue.

Additionally, hundreds of musical melodies arose from nowhere, harmonious and pleasant, as hundreds of lotus flowers exuded endless golden light, revealing boundless wisdom.

Chen Kuang hadn’t expected the commotion to be this significant, but upon thinking, he didn’t hide these phenomena.

He had previously dealt with Bi Yun Sect, attracting quite a bit of attention, and could use this opportunity to intimidate some people.

But until the phenomena subsided, with the three paths anxiously resonating and pulling on Chen Kuang’s spirit, Chen Kuang wasn’t moved and didn’t choose any path.

His heart was like a clear mirror, only gaining a vague enlightenment from the Path of Space-Time, sensing a fleeting insight, he immediately closed his eyes and began to meditate.

A blood sea illusion faintly appeared around him as well.

Simultaneously, in a murmur, he felt the killing sword in his mind shift direction with a "swish", seeming to guide him.

When he opened his eyes again, Chen Kuang first let out a long breath, then saw the Daoist Nun’s face close to his, feeling somewhat embarrassed.

Luckily, Lv Zhexiong had also made a breakthrough and was meditating with her eyes closed to stabilize her cultivation.

More so, it was astonishing.

Perhaps due to the Celestial Charm Body, perhaps due to her solid foundation over the years, or maybe because of Chen Kuang’s higher cultivation level... Under these multiple influences, she unexpectedly jumped nine levels directly, reaching the outrageous half-step Sea Expansion stage!

"Such an exceptional dual cultivation technique... truly guides one directly to the great Dao!"

Chen Kuang couldn’t help but sigh in admiration.

Only, the intricate and complex process entailed a constant confrontation with Lv Zhexiong’s Celestial Charm Body while maintaining clarity of mind. For an ordinary person, it would be pure torture.