Half a quarter-hour later, everything returned to calm.
On the disheveled bed, Qin Wanyuan lay limp against Lin Que’s chest.
Her eyes were shut and her long lashes were trembling slightly. Her red lips were parted, gasping for air, and her flat stomach without a trace of excess rose and fell with each breath.
Only after resting for a long while did Qin Wanyuan finally recover. She opened her eyes again and, looking at the mess on the bed and the scattered, damp clothes strewn across the floor, the corners of her lips curved into a faint smile.
What an intense and satisfying battle it had been.
Though she was exhausted, she felt more fulfilled than ever before. Lin Que gently stroked her long hair and kissed her on the forehead.
Qin Wanyuan had longed for this moment for such a long, long time.
During those years of hardship in her past life, through every lonely night, she had only her sister to cling to as they fell asleep. As for Lin Que’s figure….she could only meet him in her dreams.
“This isn’t a dream, is it?” Qin Wanyuan lifted her head, looking at Lin Que’s gentle face. She nervously gripped his large hand.
Afraid it was all just too vivid to be real.
“Of course not.” Lin Que took her hand and pressed it against his chest, a smile tugging at his lips. “Is there any stronger proof than this?”
Feeling the strong vigorous heartbeat beneath her palm, Qin Wanyuan’s eyes welled up with emotion. She bit her lip and nodded firmly.
The one who had haunted her dreams… she could finally touch him, truly and completely, in this moment.
And so, during the tender moments that followed, Qin Wanyuan simply lay quietly on Lin Que’s chest, her ear pressed against him, listening to the sound of his heartbeat. From time to time, she would lift her head to gaze at Lin Que, who was resting with his eyes closed.
Suddenly, as if something had just occurred to her, Qin Wanyuan shyly asked,
“Lin Lang… I wanted to ask, how did you feel tonight? Were you… satisfied?”
Lin Que was briefly taken aback. He hadn’t expected her to ask something like that. But he still nodded and replied to her gently:
“Of course. I was very satisfied.”
His answer brought a small sense of pride to her heart.
System, did you hear that? Whether it’s physically or emotionally, Lin Lang and I are perfectly in sync!
In response to her boast, the system’s voice remained cold and mechanical, utterly devoid of emotion.
[Does the host truly believe that?]
Isn’t it true?
Qin Wanyuan retorted.
[Then would the host like to know what your beloved beside you is doing right now?]
Hearing this, Qin Wanyuan frowned slightly. An uneasy feeling welled up in her heart…and that premonition was about to come true.
[He is silently reciting the Clear Heart Mantra.]
The Clear Heart Mantra. It was a basic meditation technique used to purge distractions and suppress desire.
What… did you say?
[As the host surely knows, the Clear Heart Mantra serves to dispel distracting thoughts and reduce inner fire. The reason Lin Que is silently reciting it right now is simple. The host did not satisfy him. That excess desire….he can only deal with it this way.]
[If you don’t believe it, the host may use divine sense to examine the flow of spiritual energy within his body. One glance should be enough to confirm it.]
Of course, Qin Wanyuan couldn’t just take the system’s word for it. She immediately used her divine sense to probe the flow of spiritual energy within Lin Que’s body.
The Clear Heart Mantra was a very basic mental technique, and Qin Wanyuan was naturally familiar with how its spiritual flow operated. At the moment, Lin Que had no defenses up, making it easy for her to sense everything.
And in the very instant she sensed the flow of spiritual energy within him—
Qin Wanyuan froze completely.
“This… this can’t be…”
Lin Lang really was… reciting the Clear Heart Mantra.
[Let me throw in a little bonus common knowledge for you, Host. Just like women, men also need to reach a certain release in order to reach the ‘other shore’. And as for what a man looks like during such a release… I’m guessing the host has never witnessed it, have you?]
“His appearance during release…” Qin Wanyuan was completely stunned.
In both her previous life and this one, she had only ever been with Lin Que. All her understanding of intimacy came from their time together.
And in all her memories, Lin Que had never released anything…
[That’s just the most basic knowledge.]
No. No, you’re lying to me!
Qin Wanyuan shook her head repeatedly, trying to reject the system’s claim.
[Is it really a lie? Deep down, the host already understands the truth, doesn’t she? You just don’t want to admit it. That pitiful truth that you weren’t able to satisfy your dao companion…]
No.
Something’s wrong.
There has to be something wrong.
Qin Wanyuan stopped speaking to the system. She reached into her storage ring and pulled out an ancient text.
This was a spoils of war she had obtained during a previous mission to eliminate a group of demonic cultivators. An ancient manual on dual cultivation. However, due to her own shyness and concerns that techniques from demonic cultivators might be problematic, Qin Wanyuan had never dared to open it.
But there was no doubt….the manual detailed both the methods and processes of dual cultivation.
Within its pages were illustrations and diagrams: a male and female figure engaged in yin-yang dual cultivation, with detailed depictions of the acts involved.
It even included terminology such as “vital essence” and in-depth explanations.
“It’s… true,” she murmured.
Her movement disturbed Lin Que, who had been silently reciting the Clear Heart Mantra. He opened his eyes and looked at her, confused to see her reading what was essentially a dual cultivation manual with erotic content.
“Wanyuan, why are you reading that…?”
Qin Wanyuan didn’t answer. Instead, she leaned in again and kissed him. This time without warning, her cherry-red lips parting his with determined urgency.
I don’t believe it… I refuse to believe it! There’s no way I couldn’t satisfy Lin Lang. Tonight… tonight I must see that thing the book described with my own eyes!
With that thought burning in her mind, the second round of battle began anew.
However, this time, Qin Wanyuan surrendered far earlier than before. In less than a quarter-hour, her waist was trembling uncontrollably. She was completely defeated.
Even so, she forced herself to rise again.
She refused to accept this.
“Wanyuan, maybe you should take a break?” Lin Que said with some concern.
“No, I can go again. I really can!” Qin Wanyuan’s tone turned firm as she pinned down Lin Que’s hands and mounted him once more.
This made Lin Que pause with a slight frown forming on his brow.
At that moment, Qin Wanyuan reminded him of some unpleasant memories, but he quickly shook his head and pushed those thoughts aside.
The third round, the fourth round, the fifth round…
Each time lasted shorter than the last, and the breaks in between grew longer, until Qin Wanyuan’s eyes rolled back and she could no longer straighten her waist.
And even then, she still hadn’t seen the liquid described in the book.
The candlelight in the room flickered erratically before finally being snuffed out by a passing breeze.
After a long silence, Qin Wanyuan finally came back to her senses.
“Lin Lang… have I really never satisfied you?” she asked desolately, a hint of self-loathing in her voice.
Lin Que pinched her cheek and gave a small smile. “What nonsense are you thinking? I’m very satisfied.”
These words, of course, were meant to comfort Qin Wanyuan.
As mentioned before, Qin Wanyuan was a gentle and perfect cultivation partner. But even a gentle and perfect partner had her shortcomings.
In her case, it was that her physical constitution in that regard was rather unique. Whenever the two were alone, just a touch would set her off, and a little more would make her surrender.
Moreover, once Qin Wanyuan surrendered, she usually had no strength left for another round. Her sensitivity would increase, and her stamina would drain even faster.
Even as a cultivator at the Core Formation stage, she couldn’t withstand that kind of physical exhaustion. Becoming a “dead fish” was inevitable.
In a way, it was like the old cow turning the tables on the young field.
As a result, Lin Que had long been unable to fully resolve his needs in that regard.
For cultivators, such desires could be suppressed using the Clear Heart Mantra. However, before the lust was fully dispelled, the process was indeed quite painful and difficult to endure.
Still, overall, it was bearable.
Seeing that Qin Wanyuan hadn’t responded for a while, Lin Que pinched her cheek again.
“Besides, there’s more to being with a cultivation partner than just that. What matters most is how we get along….and in that regard, no one could be better than you.”
That was the truth.
“Thank you, Lin Lang,” Qin Wanyuan said, hugging Lin Que tightly. At the same time, she added silently in her heart:
And… I’m sorry.
She knew very well that even now, Lin Que was still quietly circulating the Clear Heart Mantra, trying to extinguish the flame of desire that had been lit but left unfulfilled.
Looking at Lin Que holding back his discomfort while still treating her with such gentleness…that only deepened the guilt in Qin Wanyuan’s heart.
It had always been this way, even in their previous life. Lin Que always gave her the best of everything, while quietly enduring all the pain himself.
Even in the very last moments, that never changed.
Qin Wanyuan felt a sting at the corner of her eyes, an urge to cry welling up, but she didn’t want to make Lin Que worry about her anymore.
Just then, the system, which had been silent for some time, spoke again.
[Face reality, Host. You’re nothing but a dead fish. Whether it’s in that area or in the face of the crisis that’s coming, you’re powerless to change anything. Only by forming a contract with this system can you reverse your fate and alter what was once unchangeable.]
After a long silence, Qin Wanyuan bit her lower lip, suppressing the humiliation in her heart, and gave her answer.
I… am willing to form a contract.
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