Chapter 84 Female-Dominated Cultivation World (Part 5) Human Form

The spiritual power in the valley suddenly surged.

Above Liu Changning’s head appeared a visible vortex of spiritual energy. Spiritual power spontaneously flowed out of her body and then re-entered, circulating continuously.

Surprisingly, above the head of the small black bird sitting opposite her, a spiritual energy vortex also appeared.

The spiritual power within their bodies intertwined and merged in mid-air before entering each other’s bodies.

Liu Changning had no time to pay attention to the situation in the valley at this moment. She concentrated on circulating the spiritual energy throughout her body, repeatedly cleansing every blocked meridian.

As more and more true essence gathered in her dantian, it gradually solidified, and the human-shaped nascent soul became clearer.

This was a miniature version of Liu Changning, identical in appearance to her first life.

Her ink-black long hair cascaded down to her hips, accentuating her skin as fine as jade and ever more translucent white.

At this moment, her almond eyes were tightly closed, and the thin cherry lips beneath her elegant nose were pressed together. Though seemingly cold, when paired with this ethereally cool face, it made one involuntarily imagine the warmth of those lips if they were to touch.

The solidified miniature figure sat cross-legged, in a posture identical to her physical body. She meditated in concentration, continuously absorbing and condensing the endless true essence power around her.

Liu Changning wasn’t truly a cultivator who had reincarnated and started over. Having lived three lifetimes, her original consciousness had not been extinguished. Therefore, no matter whose body she transmigrated into, once she formed her nascent soul, her appearance would always be her original one.

Now that her nascent soul was formed, Liu Changning was in no hurry to open her eyes. Having crossed two major realms at once, her cultivation needed to be consolidated, otherwise it would greatly hinder her future cultivation.

She sank her qi into her dantian, embracing unity.

In the mountains, there is no counting of years; in cultivation, there is no passage of time.

Thirty days passed in an instant.

When Pei Yuanshao opened his eyes, they were bloodshot.

In the cave, the black bird began to transform. Black feathers fell away, and from the halo emerged a “man of fire” with flames all over his body.

He squinted his eyes, his whole body so hot it felt like it would melt. The woman sitting not far away now appeared to him like an ice cube that could dissolve all the heat in his body.

His long, fire-red eyelashes blinked, his crimson eyes enduring with difficulty.

Naked, he restrained the urge to move closer to her.

But this struggle only lasted for a few dozen breaths. The heat of the earth fire magma inside his body clamored to surge outwards. Pei Yuanshao clenched his fists, his fingertips digging deep into his palms, leaving five deep marks. Even so, the struggle in his eyes continued, maintaining the last shred of clarity.

Since falling unconscious that day when the earth fire magma entered his body, he had been trying every possible way to suppress the fire spiritual power of the earth fire magma.

The fire attribute spiritual power in his body was too concentrated. If refined, it could directly raise his beast form cultivation to the late stage of tribulation crossing, allowing him to transform on the spot.

This would be an enormous benefit for other demon beasts.

But for him, it was a catastrophic disaster. He wasn’t of pure divine beast bloodline, with half human blood flowing in his veins.

As a normal cultivator, his cultivation had just crossed the great perfection stage and entered the early stage of tribulation crossing. If his beast form and human form cultivations were not balanced, it would lead to chaos in his blood and qi, ultimately resulting in his spiritual power exploding and death.

From birth to the early stage of tribulation crossing, cultivation had always been smooth sailing for Pei Yuanshao, except for the severance of emotions and love brought by the Path of Heartlessness. There had never been any obstacles in his cultivation.

He never expected that now, as he was about to enter the tribulation crossing stage, such an issue would arise.

To suppress the spiritual power of the fire soul essence brought by the earth fire magma in his body, he spent a full ten days trying to expel it from his body. But this piece of earth fire magma seemed to be stuck inside him, not moving at all.

Especially after the female cultivator opposite him refined the Profound Ice Pearl, the earth fire magma in his body became agitated and surged. He was forced to circulate his spiritual power to merge with her spiritual energy, only then could he suppress the heat within his body.

The female cultivator had been advancing to the nascent soul stage for over twenty days, and he had been forced to cultivate alongside her for those twenty-plus days.

The true essence gained had cleansed all the old injuries in his body one by one, making the blocked meridians increasingly unobstructed. It seemed that with just one final step, if he concentrated on cultivating the scriptures, his beast form could advance again.

But he needed to prevent it from advancing. He had no choice but to forcibly transform into human form.

Little did he know that his body would be scorched by flames, and the spiritual power of the earth fire magma inside him would almost burst through his meridians, turning him into a “man of fire” at this moment.

His body cried out to move closer to the woman not far away. Pei Laozhu strongly endured the heat on his body, but willpower alone could not suppress instinct.

He held on for a quarter of an hour, closed his eyes, and sat down in her embrace.

As soon as his body touched the temperature of her body, the heat all over him slightly reduced. However, this was not enough; the violently fluctuating true essence in his body urgently needed to be suppressed.

The only thing in the entire spirit realm that could suppress the earth fire magma was the Profound Ice Pearl, and now Liu Changning had refined the Profound Ice Pearl into her own true essence.

Her breathing and the true essence in her body were the only things that could dissolve the earth fire magma in his body.

Pei Yuanshao, whose entire body had turned fire-red, ignored the messy red hair on his forehead. He squinted his eyes, struggling internally for a moment. Seeing that the female cultivator opposite him was motionless, in meditation.

After a moment of hesitation, he closed his eyes. His long eyelashes, like maple leaves, trembled slightly as he clumsily leaned forward. Nervously, he listened to her breathing again, making sure she showed no signs of waking, before feeling reassured enough to try and take a breath.

He only needed one breath of true essence power to temporarily suppress the rising temperature in his dantian.

His lips approached hers bit by bit, pressing against her thin lips.

Pei Laozhu’s red face didn’t show much nervousness at this moment, but his palms were already covered in fine sweat, his eyelashes trembling even more fiercely.

He tentatively extended his soft tongue, which was hot enough to melt a person, and pried open her lips. As they connected, he deeply inhaled the innate ice element qi from her body.

The violent fire spiritual power in his body finally got soothed, and Pei Laozhu comfortably narrowed his eyes. He was about to stop while ahead, but having tasted a mouthful of icy sweetness.

The turmoil in his dantian wouldn’t allow him to withdraw just like that. Seeing that sucking in true qi was indeed effective, Pei Laozhu developed a greedy heart. After all, she was still at a crucial stage of consolidating her cultivation.

With no one around, if he took a few more breaths, the true essence power of the Profound Ice Pearl would dissolve the spiritual power of the earth fire magma. He would then be able to escape the risk of his beast form advancing.

Pei Ziyuan leaned down, almost curling up on top of Liu Changning, burying his head and working hard.

The inexperienced softness sucked in another breath, but this time it was different from the first. Earlier, the situation had been tense, his entire body bathed in fire. Now that the earth fire magma inside him had been soothed, his mind cleared a bit.

When he kissed her this time, the soft sensation between his lips and teeth was transmitted to his consciousness without missing a single detail.

Pei Laozhu was shocked to discover that his consciousness was trembling.

Like a startled rabbit, he suddenly opened his eyes.

What shocked his senses was that the female cultivator, who had been meditating with closed eyes, now lifted her eyelids.

Her icy gaze swept over him, her face filled with overwhelming anger. She threw him off with one hand.

Their lips were connected, and when forcibly separated, a thin, long strand of saliva leaked from between Pei Ziyuan’s teeth.

Liu Changning was now furious beyond control. As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw a strange person with a fire-red body curled up in her arms.

Her first reaction was not fear, but uncontrollable anger.

In this life, her body and heart belonged to Pei Ziyuan alone. Today, in this desolate valley, she had been defiled by a wild man.

Liu Changning’s hands flashed with magic seals, and a cluster of water droplets appeared on her fingers, quickly washing her lips. She was disgusted to the extreme, as if she had touched something extremely filthy.

Pei Laozhu’s originally guilty expression changed upon seeing her actions. The words of explanation he was about to speak were swallowed back, and an awkward expression froze on his face.

His expression was now unsightly. What did this female cultivator mean?

Pei Ziyuan, the master of the Hermit Immortal Palace, the number one beauty in the entire spirit realm – how many female cultivators had worn out the threshold of his mountain gate just to obtain him?

Yet the person before him discarded him like an old shoe. It wasn’t just that she didn’t like him, but she was blatantly disgusted, as if he were some dirty thing.

In this life, Pei Laozhu had always been of high cultivation and outstanding talent. Wherever he went, he was praised. He had never been treated like this before.

Moreover, with his exceptionally handsome appearance, female cultivators who saw him would always fawn over him.

But this female cultivator before him was truly…

Pei Ziyuan trembled with anger. Naked, he stood up from the ground, raising his chin proudly, but before he could speak words of rebuke-

“Get lost!” A voice clearly carrying attacking spiritual power came towards him. Pei Laozhu’s crimson eyes almost bulged out of their sockets as he quickly dodged.

The earth fire magma’s agitation in his body was temporarily suppressed, and his cultivation as a tribulation-crossing stage elder was naturally beyond Liu Changning’s reach.

Seeing that he had dodged with extreme ease, the killing intent that flashed briefly in Liu Changning’s eyes was fully ignited.

Liu Changning usually wouldn’t generate killing intent towards people without reason, especially after experiencing two heavenly tribulations. She deeply understood the cycle of cause and effect, and knew that those who created killing karma would not fare well in the flying ascension tribulation.

But today she couldn’t control the anger in her heart. Being forcibly kissed by a fire-red man was an insult and humiliation she could not bear.

Liu Changning formed hand seals, and a beam of light mixed with fierce attacks shot straight towards the “fire man’s” face. He barely managed to jump over it again.

Then came even more fierce attacks. At first, Pei Laozhu could still handle them with ease, but after about twenty exchanges, due to the continuous output of spiritual power, the Profound Ice true essence he had just absorbed was exhausted, and he could no longer suppress the earth fire magma.

With spiritual power continuously outputting and unable to control the turmoil in his dantian, Pei Laozhu, with half-lowered eyelids, could only transform back into his beast form.

Liu Changning’s hand seal-forming posture paused. Not far away, the previously fire-red person was now bathed in a halo of light. As the halo dissipated, what appeared before her eyes was an entirely black bird.

The small black bird’s eyes, as big as mung beans, were no longer ink-black, but now filled with a crimson color.

The small black bird angrily met her gaze, and a hoarse, unpleasant mechanical grinding sound echoed through the valley: “If I die, you die. If I live, you live. Young one, I advise you to be kind.”

As the small black bird revealed its full body, the killing intent in Liu Changning’s eyes slowly dissipated. She pressed her lips, the frost on her face not yet melted: “Give me a reason.”

With Pei Laozhu’s intelligence, he of course knew she was referring to him kissing her earlier.

Pei Laozhu’s long beak pecked at the ground, the struggle visible in his mung bean-sized eyes for a moment. He raised his head proudly and said disdainfully, “It wasn’t what you think earlier. With your appearance…”

His crimson eyes looked her up and down, a flash of surprise crossing his face. Strange? She seemed to have become more beautiful… Hmm, with that flirtatious look, she clearly wasn’t a proper female cultivator.

He half-squinted his eyes and said critically, “Too ugly to look at directly. This lord would absolutely not have any indecent thoughts about you. You must have seen my human form earlier. This lord is not an ordinary demon beast, I am a servant of the Vermilion Bird… um, clan. The ancient Vermilion Bird is originally…”

Liu Changning’s ears twitched slightly. She suddenly raised her head, her cold water-like eyes falling on him, staring for a moment before interrupting his words and asking, “Vermilion Bird? Do you know Pei Ziyuan, the master of the Hermit Immortal Palace?”