SQLJBFDTW Chapter 50

As night fell, dark clouds gathered above the inn.

Chao Jianxue flicked his fingers to close the window, the candlelight flickering slightly. In the silence of the night, he felt a bit bored.

He sat back at the table, propping his chin up as he observed Yu Wei.

Having absorbed the spiritual power of the Bitter Cold Heart, Yu Wei finally had the leisure to break through his cultivation bottleneck. Originally, the aphrodisiac pill’s poison was hindering him, but now that the poison was temporarily resolved, it was time to strike while the iron was hot.

Yu Wei sat cross-legged in a proper posture, his right hand forming a hand seal in front of his chest. If he held a jade porcelain bottle in his left hand, he would look exactly like a Guanyin statue with closed eyes.

Seeing this, Chao Jianxue compared his hand gestures and quietly formed a similar seal in front of him, circulating his own cultivation technique.

Aside from Yu Wei’s impending breakthrough, he also felt that his own cultivation had improved after the battle with the Flood Dragon Demon, although there were no immediate signs of a breakthrough yet.

As for why he didn’t suffer such severe aftereffects this time after using the Thousand Mile Clarity, he guessed it was because his own cultivation had also improved.

When Yu Wei asked about the situation back then, why his cultivation had suddenly broken through to the Golden Core stage, he just chuckled and said he used a “magical artifact,” which Yu Wei believed.

He cultivated for a while and opened one eye to look at Yu Wei.

He already had the aura of the Transformation God stage, looking even more like a Guanyin capable of enlightening demons.

Outside the window, it started to rain again, much heavier than the past few days, heavily pounding on the eaves, with occasional flashes of bright white light illuminating the room.

Chao Jianxue slowly moved a little closer to Yu Wei, reaching out to touch the spiritual light emanating from him, trying to leech some cultivation.

The feeling was cool at first, then like soft silk wrapping around his fingers, a numb sensation, as if tiny tentacles were extending from the spiritual light, licking his skin.

Chao Jianxue felt a moment of tingling itchiness, as if his whole body was being purified, so comfortable that his pores were expanding.

It was like a tiny electric current.

At that moment, his hand was firmly grasped. He looked at Yu Wei, who still had his eyes closed.

“?”

With a “boom,” a slender beam of azure light pierced through the roof and struck down directly.

Chao Jianxue’s eyes flashed white, and he almost exploded. But when he could see again, he unbelievably discovered that he was enveloped in a layer of spiritual light.

It was Yu Wei’s.

Before he could react, several more long beams of light crashed down from above. He should have felt at least a little pain, but with that layer of spiritual light protecting him, Chao Jianxue felt nothing, only felt like the lightning was playing around in front of him.

This was the tribulation lightning of the Transformation God stage!

The Heavenly Dao finally finished striking lightning, and he stared blankly upward, seeing a blackened hole in the roof, starting to leak water in a drizzle.

And himself, probing into his dantian, a tiny little person replaced the original Golden Core, bathed in the joy of rebirth, yawning.

“…”

Yu Wei then released his hand, stopping in a gentlemanly manner, and winked at him, “Congratulations, Senior Brother.”

Nascent Soul! This was a Nascent Soul!

Chao Jianxue’s eyes welled up, and he said sincerely, “Thank you, Junior Brother.”

Not only did he let him leech off the tribulation lightning, but he also protected him with his spiritual power.

Yu Wei’s gaze was tender, “Senior Brother doesn’t need to say such things to me, I…”

He was about to say something more when hurried, exasperated footsteps came from the doorway, it was the innkeeper rushing up.

“You two, why didn’t you say you would attract tribulation lightning! My small business, now the roof is leaking, and I have to hire someone to fix it, my wood is all soaked!”

Yu Wei stood in front of Chao Jianxue, looking uncharacteristically embarrassed, and apologized repeatedly.

In the end, they paid compensation and promised to repair the roof, bringing buckets to catch the water, in a flurry of activity.

They had barely survived the tribulation and were already being scolded, one a Transformation God and the other a Nascent Soul, which was quite funny to think about. Neither of them had any experience with this, and Yu Wei, looking at the hole in the roof, said ruefully, “I didn’t think of this beforehand.”

They went back and forth to repair it, and both of their clothes and hair were wet.

Feeling sticky and uncomfortable, Chao Jianxue simply took off his clothes, leaving only his underwear, and flopped freely onto a clean bed.

He completely forgot something, happily lying flat, the golden bracelets on his arms flashing, revealing red marks in between.

It was simply a blatant temptation for someone.

Originally, he was carefully examining the Nascent Soul in his dantian, but a glimpse out of the corner of his eye revealed Yu Wei looking at him with a strange expression.

Chao Jianxue’s heart skipped a beat, and he quickly pulled out a new inner garment and put it on.

How could he forget their current relationship! He needed to be more aware!

“Wait a moment.” Yu Wei suddenly called out to him.

He placed his palm on Chao Jianxue’s ankle, slowly moving upward, rolling up his pants.

His gaze was too serious, and Chao Jianxue couldn’t move or stay still, so he could only stare blankly at his actions.

Because he rarely touched it himself, the area above his leg was very sensitive, and Yu Wei’s fingertips brushed over it like a feather, causing him to flinch slightly.

But Chao Jianxue’s ankle was held by Yu Wei, and he couldn’t dodge at all. His face was flushed, and he tried to calm his heartbeat.

Yu Wei’s fingertips finally stopped on a red mark, and he realized there was a slight stinging sensation when he touched it.

It was from yesterday…

“Too red.”

Chao Jianxue immediately thought of the scene at that time: “…” Don’t say such things with such a serious expression…

He tried to pull his leg back, his ears turning red, “It’s okay, it’s okay, just a small scratch, don’t worry about it!”

Yu Wei took out a box of medicinal mud from his storage pouch and applied it to him without any explanation, making him feel itchy as hell.

That place was a bit special. The medicinal mud felt cool at first, but then there was an lingering itchiness and pain. He couldn’t help but want to close his legs, but Yu Wei’s hand blocked him.

He said, “It will be fine in a moment.”

Damn Wenyao Hall, couldn’t they make the medicine work faster? After a long moment, Yu Wei finally said, “Okay.”

He then wiped away the excess medicinal mud with his fingertips, and this time the red marks and wounds were completely healed, leaving no trace.

Yu Wei, feeling the sticky sensation, suddenly regretted it a little.

Chao Jianxue quickly pulled down his pants legs, which had been rolled up high, and said casually, “What about your shoulder?”

“What?”

Yu Wei didn’t react.

Chao Jianxue shifted his gaze, his face turning a bit hot again, “When we were doing that, I remember I bit you and drew blood.”

Yu Wei pulled open his collar, and there was indeed a ring of teeth marks on his shoulder, but they had clearly scabbed over.

His body healed too quickly, and Chao Jianxue couldn’t help but ask, “What cultivation technique did you practice? Why can’t I do it?”

Yu Wei took off his robe in front of him. His figure already had the contours of an adult, with slight muscles bulging but overall slender and well-proportioned, looking like it would feel good to the touch.

Chao Jianxue stared at his tightened abdomen, involuntarily comparing it to his own. Well, his wasn’t bad either.

His cultivation had yielded results, making him much more muscular than his previously skinny frame.

Yu Wei changed his clothes and also sat on the couch, the soft cushion sinking slightly. He propped himself up with his hand and said, “I don’t know why, but I always feel that Senior Brother’s spiritual power doesn’t circulate as freely as ordinary people.”

Chao Jianxue didn’t dare to look at him, feeling guilty. What else could it be? It was because he wasn’t human!

So he made up a story, “You know, I’ve had an incomplete soul since I was a child, maybe that’s the reason.”

Yu Wei’s eyebrows relaxed, and he said firmly, “I will find a way for Senior Brother.”

For some reason, his words were like a jade paperweight, smoothing out the wrinkles in Chao Jianxue’s heart. He looked at him without saying anything.

Yu Wei looked around, “There’s only one bed here, can I share the bed with Senior Brother?”

Chao Jianxue took the initiative to make room.

After lying down, Yu Wei calmly reached out and intertwined his fingers with his, his palms tightly pressed together, warm.

“After we go back, should we tell Second Senior Brother and Senior Sister?”

Chao Jianxue was a little nervous because of his tightly clasped hand, and he said aimlessly, “Let’s not say anything yet. If we tell them, the entire Wuwu Sect will know in less than a day…”

Hearing no response from beside him, he added, “I’m embarrassed.”

Was he cheating Yu Wei like this a little dishonorable?

But then again, wasn’t it for the sake of the entire Xuanzhen world!

With this in mind, Chao Jianxue calmed down.

So he timidly took Yu Wei’s hand and said bashfully, “Junior Brother, can I discuss something with you?”

Yu Wei turned his face, soft strands of hair falling down.

“Senior Brother, speak.”

“It’s just… your cultivation… can you… be a little slower?” Chao Jianxue felt ashamed, “Wait for me? I don’t want you to ascend so fast…”

This was actually a very absurd and unreasonable request. Who in the Xuanzhen world didn’t want to achieve great things early on? Moreover, given Yu Wei’s talent, how could he abandon his future because of a single sentence?

But Yu Wei didn’t think that way. He had already taken revenge, and cultivation was indeed no longer as urgent to him as it had been in the beginning. If his Dao companion wanted him to wait, he would be very willing and very happy.

He gently moved closer to Chao Jianxue and whispered in his ear, “Okay. I’ll listen to you.”

Just like that?

Chao Jianxue pinched his fingertip, feeling a little happy and a little bit of insignificant melancholy.

But overall, he was still very happy. It was like a huge mountain had been lifted. If he had known it was so simple, what had he been struggling with before!

“Senior Brother.”

Chao Jianxue grunted and turned his head in confusion.

It felt like a feather brushed against his lips, a gentle and soft touch, like cool rain.

He widened his eyes, stunned in place. Yu Wei didn’t dodge either, his intentions were obvious.

The feather came over again, this time with a bit of force, parting his lips, but still gentle, only lingering at the edge of his lips.

Chao Jianxue’s reason was about to collapse from the kiss, and he was almost drowning in this damned gentleness.

Like a cat suddenly throwing a punch when it was purring, he quickly separated in a moment of confusion and said, “Where did you learn that from?”

Yu Wei breathed softly and said, “Self-taught.”

“I don’t believe it.” Chao Jianxue wiped his mouth suspiciously.

Yu Wei pulled him back with force, “You have to believe it, it’s true.” He even sounded a little aggrieved.

Chao Jianxue was dubious.

He was stared at by Yu Wei for a while, and he couldn’t take it anymore, so he sat up, extinguished the candlelight, and covered himself with the blanket.

In the second half of the night, Chao Jianxue suddenly developed a fever.

He realized that he had been happy too early during the day. He was forced to be powerless, so he had to push Yu Wei, but because of his weakness, he only pushed lightly, no matter how hard he tried.

But Yu Wei woke up at once.

He looked down and saw Chao Jianxue lying weakly beside him, his eyes glazed over, his face flushed.