"Hiss..." The snow-white silken robe shredded and flew apart. A body, pure white and flawless as polished jade, was revealed under the moonlight.

The essence of the water-like moonlight fell upon her body, coating it as if with a layer of milk, making her form appear increasingly soft and delicate, carved from mutton-fat jade. Li Muzhan's last vestige of composure instantly shattered; he seemed transformed into another person.

With a wave of his hand, he sealed several of her vital acupoints. Su Yunyun immediately went limp as clay, soft and powerless, left entirely to his disposition.

In his subconscious, the modern man's awareness gained the upper hand. His methods were gentle; first, he kissed her full, cherry lips, clinging like lacquer, lingering and inseparable.

He felt as if placed in a sea of fire, his body threatening to ignite. Yet, her body was icy and cool.

As he sucked at her lips, waves of coolness drilled into his heart from her mouth, soothing the raging inferno within. It was like enjoying a frozen treat on a scorching summer day—an indescribable comfort that compelled him to continue kissing her ceaselessly.

In a short while, her lips became gorgeously flushed and fuller, though slightly swollen. Her face remained pale white, utterly devoid of color, with clear tears tracing paths from her eyes.

But none of this could quench the raging desire in Li Muzhan. Though he had suppressed his desires several times before, strengthening his resolve, his spirit had suffered too great a depletion.

This time, his anger had transformed into lust; the nature was different from before, like gasoline turning into a great fire—useless to try and extinguish it with water. His composure, like water, though high, could not douse this blazing fire of desire.

………… Kissing, caressing—though he was burning with lust, he was extremely patient, his touch exceedingly tender, slowly, piece by piece, stirring Su Yunyun's sensual urges. Su Yunyun practiced the Ice Jade Divine Art; her heart was like ice and snow, but now her mind was utterly chaotic, involuntarily submerged by sensation, losing all control.

The physical body forms a complete system, sometimes acting independently of the will. Li Muzhan’s palms felt like fire, intensely hot, seemingly carrying electric currents that pierced straight to the core of her being.

His lips were scorching, and the breath he exhaled was fresh and tantalizing. As he sucked at her cherry lips, this fresh air drilled into her body, permeating her viscera, making her feel light, as if about to fly upwards.

Though she desperately suppressed her mind, she could not control her body. In moments, the paradise within began to well up like a spring.

Li Muzhan slowly shed his grey monastic robe, revealing his body. He looked slender, but removing the robe presented a different impression—his physique was balanced, neither fat nor thin, resembling a leopard: lean and powerfully built.

He slowly pressed down upon that body of mutton-fat jade. Breaths and moans slowly arose, rising and falling in waves with his movements, sometimes high-pitched, sometimes deep, like a piece of music.

Pleasure struck like lightning, instantly overwhelming Su Yunyun. She completely lost herself, left only with the instincts of her body, meeting Li Muzhan's thrusts with continuous, mournful sighs that sounded like weeping and complaining.

Li Muzhan felt waves of coolness rising from his lower body, passing the Dantian, through the Twelve-Story Pagoda, and into his mind. The raging inferno began to slowly subside.

He continued to thrust, as if squeezing water from a spring, hoping to obtain more coolness. …… The snow-white jade body writhed and undulated, welcoming Li Muzhan’s strikes—sometimes fast, sometimes slow—emitting groans that varied from high to low.

Su Yunyun kept her eyes closed, her cheeks flushed crimson, her skin radiating a vibrant luster. Her body suddenly stiffened, letting out a high-pitched, agonizing cry; she trembled once, then collapsed, as if her bones had been removed, dissolving into a heap of mud.

Li Muzhan also shuddered, feeling a vast coolness surge into his mind, instantly covering the spreading fire. The great fire abruptly vanished; clarity returned, and he let out a wry smile.

Though consumed by lust, his true heart remained perfectly clear. He was controlled by a single thought, as if being dragged along, unable to control the direction, yet perfectly aware and feeling everything clearly.

He had thoroughly savored the incomparably beautiful jade body of Su Yunyun. This situation was now troublesome.

He lay upon her soft, warm, and delicate form, quietly worrying. Waves of coolness continued to flow uninterrupted from below, and the sensation of soft warmth and smoothness was incomparably exquisite.

He was reluctant to move, letting thoughts emerge and then immediately discarding them, seeking a solution. As the cool energy flowed in, his mind grew clearer and clearer.

Suddenly, a colossal black Buddha appeared in his mind, its appearance exactly matching the black Buddha statue he had obtained previously. The black Buddha stood suspended in the void, adopting a bizarre posture: legs spread in an ‘eight’ shape, one hand holding up and the other supporting, seemingly embracing a person, with one pillar rising straight towards the heavens from below.

He experienced a sudden flash of inspiration. He lifted Su Yunyun and positioned her into this posture.

Su Yunyun, eyes closed, her face flowing with a radiant light, involuntarily wrapped her arms around his neck, her long, smooth, round legs clamping onto his waist. During this process, their faces remained separated.

With the movement, she let out soft moans. Li Muzhan slowly corrected the posture, focusing all his attention on the physical positioning, until it was identical to the giant Buddha in his mind, even replicating the expression.

“Boom…” A sound like thunder exploded in his ears; his mind detonated, plunging into absolute darkness—black as a moonless night. Then, light flashed, revealing the stars of the Big Dipper.

The seven stars of the Big Dipper flickered a few times, then the star Dubhe suddenly shone brightly, while the others dimmed, almost ignorable if one wasn't paying close attention. It seemed like a long time, yet it might have been an instant.

A brilliant light suddenly burst forth before his eyes, dispelling the darkness; the Big Dipper stars also vanished. P He snapped instantly awake, as if surfacing from deep water; his surroundings suddenly became exceptionally clear.

Every time a Heart Bead formed, he felt this way. Over time, this feeling disappeared because he grew accustomed to it, failing to notice the anomaly.

In his mind, a golden bead hung suspended in the void, slowly revolving, casting a faint golden light. Li Muzhan paused, unsure what this was.

He examined his body internally; it felt empty, not a trace of internal force remaining, and the Sarira in his Dantian was also gone. He narrowed his eyes slightly, tracing downwards to investigate Su Yunyun.

Su Yunyun’s internal force surged like mercury, a world of difference compared to before their union. Clearly, this merging had brought her immense gains; the Buddha posture just now seemed to be a dual cultivation technique.

…… He circulated the Heavenly Origin Breathing Technique slightly, and immediately, his myriad acupoints opened like springs. Internal force poured in, and in moments, the energy shield formed, his Dantian filled, and his internal force swept through his body mightily.

The speed of this internal force recovery was heaven and earth compared to before. He let out a breath of relief.

He was assured now. This golden bead in his mind, he determined, was the Sarira; the Sarira from his Dantian had ascended to his mind.

The Sarira had first formed due to the visualization of the Black Buddha; naturally, the reappearance of the Black Buddha this time meant a change in the Sarira. Although he did not know the exact miraculous use of this Sarira, it must be similar to the Heart Bead.

The former Heart Bead could only manifest and be clearly seen when cultivating the Scripture of Observing the Heavens and Illuminating the Spirit; outside the Heaven Observation Divine Map, the Heart Bead was invisible. He slowly lowered Su Yunyun, donned his monk’s robe, then took out a jade-colored monastic robe from his pack, carefully dressing Su Yunyun.

Su Yunyun remained unconscious, her long eyelashes trembling slightly, her breathing even and deep. The jade-like body flowed with a rosy radiance, eventually concealed by the jade-colored robe.

Sitting beside Su Yunyun, he directly entered meditation, plunging into the Heaven Observation Divine Map. In the vision, an image of his manifested body appeared on the Jade Lotus.

A brilliant golden bead flew into the manifested body, replacing the original Heart Bead, forming a golden vertical eye at the center of the brow. A sun appeared in the sky, shining brightly upon the body.

Strands of heat drilled into the manifested form, and one ray of light was exceptionally bright, like a white thread descending from the sun in the sky, falling directly onto the golden vertical eye. He slowly withdrew from the Heaven Observation Divine Map and began pacing with his hands behind his back.

The surrounding ten miles were presented clearly and brightly in his mind, even more vividly than before, although the range had not increased. Thus, the Sarira must have devoured the Heart Bead.

His spiritual strength had not increased, but its nature had changed. As for its true use, and why the Big Dipper stars had flashed, he could only explore that in the future.

He looked down at Su Yunyun, his brow furrowed, deep in thought. He was certain that the moment she woke and saw him, she would fight him to the death—if she couldn't kill him, she wouldn't want to live herself.

This fiercely passionate nature of hers was truly a great problem. If she lost her life because of this, he would bear a grave sin and never know peace.

This little girl was truly too ruthless. He had spared her before; she clearly had several opportunities to escape, yet she insisted on trying to kill him, ultimately provoking him and leading to the current situation.

…… He shook his head and sighed, thoughts racing through his mind. He looked at her face radiating splendor, her exquisite, peerless jade body, recalling the ecstatic intimacy of moments ago.

His heart fluttered, but he quickly suppressed it. Such a beauty had lost her innocence to him; he felt both ashamed and proud.

He reached out and stroked her entire body, neglecting no part, even her most private area. His expression was solemn, devoid of any trace of lust.

Afterward, he found a large boulder about a man's height, smoothed it with his right palm, and it immediately became as smooth as a mirror. He lightly drew his finger across it, and fine powder fell away.

Then, with a sweep of his sleeve over Su Yunyun, he vanished abruptly. Su Yunyun gradually awoke.

She sprang up instantly, her eyes darting around like bolts of lightning. Dawn was just breaking, and the air was exceptionally fresh.

The ground was a mess. Her expression darkened immediately.

She looked down and noticed the scraps of white cloth fragments in the distance, and that she was wearing a jade-colored monastic robe. She then examined her body mentally.

She felt relaxed all over, as if she could float, and her internal force surged, truly twice as profound as before, moreover, it was purer and more condensed—far beyond what it had been. Previously, her internal force was like water; now, it was like mercury.

Her body bore no wounds, and her most intimate parts felt no pain. When she touched her lips, a wave of tingling sensation rushed through her; the redness and swelling had not faded—Li Muzhan had forgotten to caress her lips.

Grinding her teeth until they clicked, murderous intent boiled within her, wishing she could slice Li Muzhan into ten thousand pieces. The events of moments ago slowly surfaced in her mind.

"Slap!" She struck herself hard across the face; a distinct red mark immediately appeared on her jade body. She hated herself for being clever and for her shamelessness, for having become like that!

A massive stone sat before her. She raised her palm, intending to strike it, but just as her hand was about to land, she noticed writing on it and quickly withdrew her palm to look.

(To be continued)A