Chapter 86: Matriarchal Cultivation World (Seven) Intimate Life-Saving

Liu Changning’s fair hands helped groom the little black bird’s belly feathers.

Seeing it agree to the deal so decisively, her hands didn’t stop moving, and a hint of a smile spread in her eyes as she asked nonchalantly, “Since you have half human bloodline, was that all-red fire person just now your human form?”

The little black bird’s eyes moved, and it nodded arrogantly: “Of course, when my Pei… black bird clan transforms, regardless of male or female, all have beautiful appearances…”

Halfway through speaking, Ancestor Pei suddenly stopped, thinking of his all-red appearance just now, afraid it wasn’t beautiful, but ugly beyond belief.

Glaring at the female cultivator before him, he said coldly, “Why are you asking these things?”

A hint of doting smile spread in Liu Changning’s eyes, but she quickly concealed it when the little black bird looked up.

She casually ruffled its belly fluff and said lightly, “Hmm, just asking. Your human form is indeed very handsome.”

Words that don’t shock won’t stop, and Ancestor Pei wasn’t a fool. This person’s lukewarm compliment was clearly insincere. How could his all-red human form be handsome? If it were truly handsome, how could she have used a water jet to rinse her lips with a look of disgust earlier? Praising on the surface but mocking underneath, well done.

The little black bird lowered its eyes, its beak twitching, and lunged at her in agitation. Dizzy with anger, its long beak poked straight into the softness of her chest. That was truly an unbelievably soft place. If one could sleep on it, it would be like sleeping on clouds.

Time froze.

A low, deep teasing voice came from above: “Does it taste good?”

His pea-sized little eyes blinked with difficulty, then blinked again. The skin hidden under the black feathers now turned crimson without the earth fire magma heating it up.

“Does it taste good?” “Does it taste good?” The words echoed repeatedly in his mind.

Ancestor Pei belatedly reacted, closing his pea-sized little eyes. His entire bird body trembled slightly. He flapped his wings, struggling frantically to break free from her embrace.

His wings fluttered chaotically in mid-air twice before he fell onto the weeds in the cave, humiliated and angry.

The curve of Liu Changning’s lips deepened. She stepped forward and took the little black bird into her arms. Seeing its tightly closed eyes and the embarrassed expression unwilling to face reality, she couldn’t help but poke the drooping tuft on its head.

Kindly giving Ancestor Pei a way out, she said, “I meant to ask if the true essence of the Xuanbing Pearl on my body was useful? Was the earth fire magma in your body starting to become agitated again just now, which is why you pressed against my chest?”

The little black bird’s tightly closed eyelashes trembled and opened a crack. It looked at the person before it suspiciously, seeing her serious expression and the concern in her eyes that didn’t seem fake.

The drooping tuft stood up again, dancing with the cool breeze from outside the cave.

Having completely lost his ancestral dignity, Pei Yuanshao didn’t notice. He snorted coldly, ignoring the guilt and humiliation in his heart, and followed her words: “You’re smart. The earth fire magma is gathered from the essence of fire soul, lurking in my body. The fire spiritual power is rich and concentrated. Moreover, I am a phoenix… servant… black bird clan, a fire attribute demon beast. When the attributes merge, even without cultivation, the fire spiritual power will circulate on its own, expanding my meridians. The true essence you input just now can only last for a few breaths…”

Seeing the little black bird’s solemn expression, Liu Changning pondered for a moment and asked in return, “Do you know what I should do to quickly refine the fire soul essence in your body?”

Liu Changning frowned deeply, her expression grave. If Pei Yuanshao’s demon beast mentality was slightly careless at this moment and his cultivation level directly increased to the Tribulation Passing stage, he might explode and die.

The little black bird looked at her with an odd expression and asked instead of answering, “You seem more eager to refine the earth fire magma in my body than this old ancestor?”

Liu Changning’s expression remained unchanged as she looked him in the eye very seriously and said, “We live and die together. Even if you don’t cultivate now, your cultivation level is still increasing. In the long run, even if I transfer Xuanbing true essence to you, it won’t be able to shake a giant tree. It’s not a long-term solution. If you die, I’ll die too. How can I not be anxious?”

Ancestor Pei carefully observed her facial expression, finding no abnormalities, before relaxing his guard. Tilting his head, he kept his long beak far from her chest, afraid that with the slightest carelessness, it might touch those two soft mounds again, causing his bird body embarrassment.

To quickly eliminate the earth fire magma in his body, Pei Yuanshao indeed had a method, but it was one he couldn’t bring himself to say, and he absolutely refused to use it.

During the thunder tribulation in the hot spring, he had accidentally formed the dual cultivation contract of the phoenix clan with Liu Changning. As long as the two of them… made love while running the dual cultivation secret technique, he could transfer all the earth fire magma in his body into hers.

Liu Changning’s body was full of Xuanbing Pearl’s true essence, and after being tempered by her own cultivation method, its power increased. It could refine the earth fire magma in one go.

However, this method required him to offer his body…

Ancestor Pei could only curse inwardly: “Absolutely impossible!”

The cave fell silent for a moment, with only the rustling sound of vines at the entrance as the wind blew.

The little black bird lowered its head in thought, its face alternating between shame and coldness.

Liu Changning’s face revealed nothing, but in her heart, she had some guesses. This phoenix must know the method to remove it, but judging by the expression on its face, it was probably a method difficult to speak of.

She wasn’t in a hurry. After all, once he fell in love with her, she wasn’t afraid he wouldn’t tell her the truth.

After a while, Pei Yuanshao finally raised his head, his pea-sized little eyes meeting the tea-colored eyes of the person before him. He could clearly see his entire beastly appearance at this moment.

It must be said that his current appearance was ugly beyond belief.

The phoenix clan, before crossing each major realm boundary and before being tempered by heavenly thunder, would return to their appearance at birth. Only after the tribulation lightning and stabilizing their realm could they return to their original phoenix form.

Now, forget about stabilizing his realm, he didn’t dare to circulate his heart method in his body at all, deeply afraid that even running one big cycle would absorb the concentrated fire spiritual power from the earth fire magma.

“You’re not confused. We have a life-and-death contract, indeed in the same boat.”

Pei Yuanshao glanced at the female cultivator close by, seeing her listening attentively.

His tone softened slightly: “Since I agreed to help you become a disciple of the Dunshi Immortal Palace Master, I won’t go back on my word. But you must also do as this old ancestor says and help me refine the earth fire magma in my body.”

He paused, a calculating look flashing through his pea-sized little eyes. Seeing the female cultivator opposite nod obliviously, he continued, “To prevent the beast form from advancing, I can only temporarily change back to human form, so…”

He flapped his wings, a struggle flashing through his pea-sized eyes for a moment before continuing, “You need to… feed me some Xuanbing true… true essence with your mouth every day.”

Liu Changning met his gaze and asked in confusion, “Why must it be fed by mouth? Can’t I use my divine sense to help you groom?”

The little black bird turned away in shame. Of course not. Grooming with divine sense, the Xuanbing true essence coming from her body could only temporarily suppress the turmoil inside, but couldn’t move the earth fire magma at all. However, intimate contact could eliminate it.

They already had a contract reinforcing them. When her true essence entered his body, he could take the opportunity to circulate the secret technique, turning her true essence into his own, thereby slowly eliminating the earth fire magma in his body.

Although this method was slow, it was the last option Ancestor Pei could think of besides offering his body.

Liu Changning looked at it suspiciously, seeing its eyes full of shame and its beak twitching restlessly. A thoughtful look flashed in her eyes.

After four lifetimes of entanglement, Pei Yuanshao blinked, and she could guess seven or eight tenths of it.

Seeing its barely contained agitation now, and thinking of its expression earlier, she had roughly guessed in her heart.

This bird was clever, afraid that feeding true qi by mouth was already the best method he could accept.

Thinking carefully, the contract he had formed with her before probably had other implications, not just living and dying together. Intimate contact could bring benefits to both of them. Could it be dual cultivation **?

Liu Changning was dazed for a moment, concealing all the understanding in her eyes. Her chest was filled with laughter. The corners of her eyes and brows melted like ice and snow, the curve of her lips spreading wider and wider.

Under such a gaze, Ancestor Pei’s body issued a danger warning, his black feathers standing on end. He vigilantly surveyed his surroundings but didn’t notice anything unusual for quite a while.

He hesitantly asked, “Have you noticed anything strange about this cave?”

Liu Changning controlled herself and coughed once, withdrawing the yellow waste in her mind.

She rubbed the lively tuft on its head and nodded, “This is the cave dwelling of a Yuan Ying cultivator after their death. Look at the left corner of the stone platform.”

She casually pointed to a corner covered by straw not far from the high platform where they were sitting. Ancestor Pei dispelled the doubts in his heart and looked in the direction she pointed.

This cave wasn’t large, about twelve feet square, bare all around except for some vines twining at the entrance.

Inside the cave, the high platform where the two of them sat occupied most of the space. With the sudden change earlier, Pei Yuanshao indeed hadn’t carefully observed the surroundings. Now looking closely, he discovered the abnormality.

His divine sense probed into the corner covered by straw, and there was clearly a human skeleton, apparently dead for many years. Beside it was a dull jade ring that looked ordinary at first glance.

But when his divine sense touched it, it encountered a prohibition. Carefully discerning, the spiritual power on it was that of a Yuan Ying cultivator.

Pei Yuanshao’s thoughts moved, and he brought the jade ring close.

With a flap of his black wings, he placed it in Liu Changning’s hand.

Seeing her looking at him questioningly.

Ancestor Pei snorted coldly and said, “Take it. This is a storage ring. I see you have nothing on you, as poor as a church mouse. You have strong divine sense, but with your current cultivation level and not a single possession, how will you advance in the future?”

He half-squinted his eyes, changing the subject to probe, “Of course, I guess your identity must not be simple. With your divine sense, you’re probably some great power reincarnated. If you already have your own storage space, just pretend I didn’t say anything.”

Liu Changning burst out laughing and rubbed the little black bird’s head.

In her first life, all her belongings were lost in Cangming. Now that Cangming had been refined by her, Liu Changning naturally didn’t care about this mere jade ring. That’s why when she first entered the cave dwelling and saw this jade ring, she didn’t pick it up.

But now that the little phoenix had placed the jade ring in her hand, the meaning was quite different – an engagement ring.

Liu Changning’s eyes were filled with smiles as she caught the jade ring, removing the prohibition on it. She held it lovingly and said softly, “Thank you, Black Bird Ancestor. I’m not some great power cultivator, you must have misunderstood. I really like this ring.”

The little black bird couldn’t catch his breath. Meeting her eyes full of pleasant surprise, he awkwardly turned his head away and snorted, “Country bumpkin. Getting so excited over a mere Yuan Ying cultivator’s jade ring. Any random treasure in this ancestor’s cave dwelling would be worth more than the items in this ring…”

He looked disdainfully at the jade ring, his divine sense probing inside. Apart from a mountain of spirit stones, there were only some Yuan Ying stage magical tools and ancient books. The only strange thing was an ordinary black stone inside, its purpose unknown. Not seeing anything unusual, Ancestor Pei withdrew his divine sense.

He thought to himself that even if this female cultivator was a great power reincarnated, in her previous life she must have been a poor wandering cultivator. Otherwise, why would she be interested in a mere low-level storage ring?

Just as he was pondering, the earth fire magma in his body had finished its grooming and cooling time and was once again rampaging through his meridians.

The female cultivator beside him obviously sensed the abnormality. She quickly took him into her arms, her palm facing his abdomen, about to input spiritual power.

However, Pei Yuanshao turned his body slightly, avoiding it. In her surprised gaze, a white light flashed, and he transformed into human form.

The fire-red person sat naked in her embrace.

He half-squinted his eyes, staring at her lips and directly covered them with his own.