Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest-Chapter 510 - 6 Sharing the Same Pillow
Chapter 510: Chapter 6 Sharing the Same Pillow
“Silken Bond Technique” also had an additional benefit, being able to identify the cultivation talent of others.
Talent indeed exists, but it lacks physical form. Some people could circulate their Qi through dozens of Circulating Heavens with growth in True Yuan, while others would find no changes after just two or three cycles, clearly indicating some differences, but aside from the individuals themselves, it ultimately couldn’t be directly observed.
However, while practicing the String-Pulling Technique together, as the Spiritual Energy entered the body and was transformed into True Yuan in the meridians, then circulated back and forth among the three practitioners, one could vaguely sense who gained more and who less.
Lin Ning had already sensed something was amiss at this point.
Her left hand touched Yan Yu’s right hand, and her right hand met Zhao Yuanzhen’s left palm. Each time she transferred True Yuan towards Sister Zhao, after completing a cycle, it would return with about a 1.2% increase. Nevertheless, the True Yuan transferred towards Yan Yu would return exactly the same amount without any change.
Initially, Lin Ning was still immersed in the joy of Dual Cultivation because the growth of her True Yuan was exceedingly rapid. If she were to perform the Circulating the Heavens alone, and the increase in True Yuan was set at six points, then practicing together with Sister Zhao and the team captain would boost her increase up to 10 or even 9 points per cycle; the effect was quite exaggerated.
But as she continued her Breathing Exercises, she discovered that Sister Zhao was doing most of the work. It was as if they were all riding a tandem bike; she and Sister Zhao were desperately peddling to fly forward, only to turn her head and see Yan Yu sitting cross-legged on the seat, the pedals spinning rapidly underneath him.
This evil team captain! Lousy captain! Slacking off during the day while clearing puppets is one thing, but to slack off even while doing Breathing and Energy Refining at night!
Lin Ning, who couldn’t tolerate any faults in her eyes, instinctively wanted to send a telepathic message to criticize and urge him to cultivate properly.
But then she thought again, the team captain had helped persuade Sister Zhao this time, allowing me to join their Dual Cultivation. Wouldn’t it appear ungrateful if I were to pick on him now?
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But then she thought again, the captain was clearly slacking, maybe he added me just so I would perform the Breathing Exercises like Sister Zhao did for him. Such laziness is absolutely unacceptable, what’s wrong with me speaking out?
But then she rethought it, the captain already doesn’t like when I nag, if I berate him further, what if he gets furious and kicks me out, what then if tomorrow night he doesn’t let me return?
In Lin Ning’s mind, various thoughts endlessly whirled around, she hesitated and struggled greatly, and ended up by the time their cultivation session was over, without making up her mind “whether to lecture the team captain” or not.
In solo Breathing and Energy Refining, there exists a limit to performing Circulating the Heavens daily, beyond which the increase in True Yuan stagnates. Although miraculous, the String-Pulling Technique could not defy the heavens in this aspect; hence, once no further growth in True Yuan was possible, the three of them naturally opened their eyes and exchanged glances for a moment.
“Done, time to sleep.” Zhao Yuanzhen kicked up her legs and swiftly dove under Yan Yu’s blanket, “Ningning, don’t disturb me later.”
“Huh?” Lin Ning was first startled, then shocked, and finally angered, hastily sending a telepathic message to Yan Yu, “Ca-captain! What does this mean? After you and Sister Zhao finished Dual Cultivation previously, did she always sleep in your room?”
“Yeah,” Yan Yu said. “All the others are in the next room, after all. Going out now, I’m afraid they’d see and ask, ‘Why did you come from the captain’s room?’ which would be tough to explain. But if we wait until tomorrow, after they’ve all left their rooms and I pretend I overslept, it won’t be easily discovered.”
“But you can’t just spend the night in your room!” Lin Ning quickly got up from bed, as if Yan Yu’s room were a den of iniquity, anxiously saying, “I’m going back.”
“Remember to use Invisibility Technique,” Yan Yu advised. “Listen for any sounds outside before you go out.”
Just as Lin Ning was about to say “It’s rare that anyone would actually catch me,” she happened to hear someone opening a door outside.
She fell silent for a while, internally exclaiming how close that was.
If it weren’t for the captain’s reminder, even if I went out invisible and the door inexplicably opened, the other person would still sense something was wrong.
Lin Ning immediately decided to wait a while in the room before leaving; she then turned her head to see Zhao Yuanzhen sound asleep under the blanket, and Yan Yu was sitting on the bed looking at her, suddenly feeling an indescribable irritation.
It was as though she knew her husband was cheating and hurried home, but couldn’t find any trace of the other woman anywhere, while the husband watched with a frank face as if saying, “See, no one’s at home, right? Just go back to work.”
No, I’m not leaving! If I leave now, the two of you alone could end up doing something unknown to me!
Lin Ning didn’t know where she found the courage, or perhaps it was her combative spirit towards Zhao Yuanzhen, or maybe the incessant nagging within her convincing herself of “fairness”, but suddenly she turned around and sat beside Yan Yu’s bed, fervently sending him a message:
“I’m not leaving. I can’t rest easy with Sister Zhao here; I need to make sure you don’t do anything bad.”
“Oh, that’s fine,” Yan Yu calmly responded.
“You?” Lin Ning’s face showed astonishment. “Aren’t you the least bit ashamed? Both Sister Zhao and I are girls, and you’re not even embarrassed to have us sleep on your bed?”
“Why should I be shy?” Yan Yu retorted, “Sister Zhao has been sleeping here for almost a year already. Have you seen me lay a finger on her?”
Lin Ning remained silent for a moment, unable to find a point of rebuttal. She thought to herself that if the captain were really a lustful ghost, not just Sister Zhao, Yun Jin would have been devoured by him long ago.
Hmph, I won’t let my guard down, I’m staying right here!
“Suit yourself, I’m going to sleep too.” Yan Yu then crawled into bed, sharing the pillow with Zhao Yuanzhen and closed his eyes. “Remember to turn off the light, otherwise it will still be on too late. It won’t look good if someone sees the light through the crack in the door from outside.”
“Oh,” Lin Ning said.
Seeing Yan Yu actually lie down silently, calmly beside her, she instinctively bit her lip. She wanted to punch this heartless man in the face, but she ended up holding back and just stared gloomily at Yan Yu’s face.
Ah, Captain…
In your heart, what am I really?
Lin Ning sat silently for a moment, turned off the light, and then crept into bed quietly.
A faint sense of tiredness spread through her body, the result of her biological clock nurtured by a regular routine, telling her “it’s time to sleep,” but her mind was unexpectedly clear, even starting to wander uncontrollably.
The pillows and the quilt carried a very obvious scent of Yan Yu…
Because he is sleeping right beside me ahhhhhhhhhhh!
Lin Ning felt as if a hundred thousand groundhogs were screaming crazily in her heart; she started to feel hot from her back to the nape of her neck. She became uncomfortably warm and quietly shifted her feet out of the quilt, then carefully pulled her hands out and slowly placed them on either side of her body.
Then she touched Yan Yu’s hand.
She thought to pull her hand away as if shocked, but her rationality blocked the nerve signals to her arms.
No, no, absolutely not! If I touch him and then pull away, the captain will definitely think I’m trying to use physical touch to tease him! If he actually loses control and turns to do something inappropriate to me, I’d have to punch and kick him, which might alarm the sisters next door, and then things would really be hard to explain!
To be safe, it’s better to pretend to be asleep, accidentally touching his hand without awareness. Given the captain’s character, he probably won’t think much of it!
Lin Ning forcefully suppressed her embarrassment, awkwardness, and distress, deliberately making her breathing sounds heavy, prolonged, and noticeable.
Feigning sleep.
Feeling that the man beside her did not stir, she gradually relaxed.
Then she fell asleep without realizing it.
In a blurry dream, she seemed to be running with the captain in the morning. As they ran, the captain began to breathe erratically as if he was running out of steam, so she gave him a “I can’t believe I have to take care of you” look and boldly reached out to grab his hand, continuing to run the rest of the way with him.
Lin Ning slept blissfully sweet, while Yan Yu beside her found it a bit helpless.
You’re supposed to be sleeping, why are you holding my hand?
Zhao Yuanzhen also didn’t sleep well usually, often haphazardly stretching her legs over his. Now that there was Lin, who liked to hold hands while sleeping, it was just like Sister Zhao and him were legendary partners.
Yan Yu tried to lightly pull away, but found that Lin Ning held on even tighter, even interlocking their fingers.
…Forget it.
It will be quite interesting to see Lin Ning’s reaction when she wakes up tomorrow.
