Chapter 4865 — Bao Zuoliang Grows Anxious
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Even so, the East Sea Divine Nun had never imagined that Wei Zhao and Wang Xinyan had already progressed to such a point. She could not help shaking her head slightly and sighing inwardly: young people these days!
"Actually, the two of us already did that back in the mortal world..." Wang Xinyan did not dare lift her head to look at her master. Cheeks flaming, she stood with her head bowed, poking at her fingers, her voice as faint as a mosquito's whine.
The East Sea Divine Nun was stunned for a long while before she finally accepted reality with a bitter smile. After all, she had long been prepared for this matter—she simply had not expected it to arrive so soon.
Of course, she had misunderstood. What Wang Xinyan meant by "that" was cultivating together, and the East Sea Divine Nun had plainly taken it for something else.
"Very well. Yan'er, your sponge constitution really is better suited to dual cultivation. It was only that we never had the right conditions before, and as your master it was not proper for me to say more. This is good." The East Sea Divine Nun turned to Wei Zhao and said gently, "Treat Yan'er well from now on. Do not let her down."
"Rest assured, Senior." Wei Zhao nodded emphatically. Somehow his hand had already found Wang Xinyan's, their fingers intertwined. They exchanged a smile.
"Mm, then come with me." With that, the East Sea Divine Nun rose at once and led the two of them to the door of an underground secret chamber. Turning her head, she said, "Originally this was prepared as special training for Yan'er alone. Now that the two of you will be dual cultivating here together instead, it makes little difference—it will only make your cultivation faster. The most important thing is to keep your minds steady. Whatever you do, do not grow greedy for quick results and recklessly press ahead. The two of you must remember this well."
"Thank you for your guidance, Senior," Wei Zhao and Wang Xinyan said, nodding to each other.
"Mm, go on in. If anything happens, have Yan'er tear the emergency message talisman, and I will come at once," the East Sea Divine Nun instructed.
"Yes." The two of them drew a deep breath in unison and pushed open the door of the secret chamber.
Just as they were about to step inside, the East Sea Divine Nun suddenly hesitated and asked one last question: "That... has Xiaotao also been with you..."
Wei Zhao froze for a moment, then nodded. Though he and Xiaotao had never dual cultivated, they had long since seen each other bare and true—there was no point denying it.
"You young people—you ought at least to keep a few of the old proprieties..." The East Sea Divine Nun gave another bitter smile, cast Wei Zhao a look of complicated meaning, and drifted away leaving behind a sighing lament: "Still, it really is good to be young."
Hearing that final remark, Wei Zhao turned to Wang Xinyan and smiled. "I think Senior East Sea is a woman with a story of her own. Her youth must have been splendid indeed—only one who has wandered all the red dust can see through it. We may well have stirred up old memories for her."
"I wouldn't know. My master never mentions anything from before she left the secular world." Wang Xinyan stuck out her tongue cutely. Now that only she and Wei Zhao remained, her heart only grew more excited and uneasy.
The underground chamber was not large—thirty square meters or so by the look of it. It seemed utterly ordinary, with nothing remarkable about it at all. Yet the moment Wei Zhao and Wang Xinyan stepped inside, their expressions changed at once.
Pressure—an incomparably vast and surging pressure—swept in from every direction. Every second spent in this chamber subjected body and primal spirit alike to a grueling double trial. Essentially no deliberate cultivation was needed; merely staying here was a rare form of tempering.