Beneath the sinkhole, the fire basins on the six root stone pillars flickered with crimson flames…
On the hexagonal altar, Wan Yunting and Ji Ruxue, completely unclothed, were intertwined, their gazes meeting, cheeks flushed with awkwardness. This made Wan Yunting feel strange!
Ji Ruxue usually exuded an alluring charm, but when it came to the real thing, her movements were surprisingly clumsy.
"Could this be your first time?" Wan Yunting asked, his eyes filled with suspicion.
"Who's saying it's my first time…"
Ji Ruxue's cheeks turned crimson, and her expression was somewhat flustered. Despite her best efforts to conceal it, Wan Yunting still detected a hint of it. However, now was not the time to dwell on this matter. He asked, "This secret dual cultivation you mentioned, what exactly do I need to do?"
Returning to the main topic, Ji Ruxue cast a glance at him with her seductive, foxy eyes. She then reached out and, with a sweep of her hand across the snakeskin mat, drew out a golden, snake-shaped short dagger. This startled Wan Yunting, who's eyes widened, and he said vigilantly, "What are you doing?"
Seeing his nervous reaction, Ji Ruxue chuckled and snuggled into his embrace. "Are you really afraid I'll suddenly strike you?"
Wan Yunting met her foxy gaze with vigilance and asked, "Then what exactly do you want to do?"
Ji Ruxue's fiery red lips curved into a captivating smile. She grasped Wan Yunting's left hand along with her own left hand, gripping the dagger together. As Ji Ruxue's right hand pulled the dagger, Wan Yunting immediately felt his palm being drawn away. Blood flowed from both of them, mixing together. She then picked up the dagger and placed it in a small groove on the altar. Their blood poured into the groove together…
*Crack!*
The next second, Wan Yunting was suddenly startled as he felt the altar begin to rotate. A blood-colored light emerged from beneath the snakeskin mat!
Wan Yunting held Ji Ruxue as they stood up to get a better look. They discovered that beneath the altar were mysterious rune lines. As their blood flowed into these rune lines, they emitted a faint reddish glow…
Then, they saw countless snakes of all shapes and sizes crawling out of the numerous snake holes on the surrounding walls of the sinkhole. They climbed onto the altar and burrowed into the groove. Instantly, Wan Yunting heard the sound of flesh being ground…
The altar was like a giant millstone, and the groove was the hole for the beans. These snakes continuously crawled into the groove, ground into pulp by the rotating altar. The mysterious rune lines and blood began to connect, and the crimson blood-light intensified. At the same time, Wan Yunting and Ji Ruxue felt a strange energy emanating from the blood-colored runes surrounding them…
"Quick, let's circulate our energy together and convert it mutually…"
Ji Ruxue, sitting in Wan Yunting's arms, intertwined her hands with his. With Wan Yunting lying on his back on the blood-colored runes of the altar, the peculiar energy penetrated Wan Yunting's body through every pore of his skin. He immediately felt his Dan Tian ignite, and the pale green Qi Dan began to spin. The blood-colored Qi surged into his Dan Tian, merging with the Qi Dan…
Ji Ruxue, connected to Wan Yunting, also felt the strange energy surge into her body. As her pale green pupils contracted, Ji Ruxue instantly felt her surroundings, the pitch-black sinkhole, become incredibly clear…
Wan Yunting's brow furrowed. He found that the Qi Dan in his Dan Tian did not reject this blood-colored, strange Qi. In fact, as this energy entered his body, the shackles preventing him from breaking through to the Martial Force Realm loosened.
This brought a glint of joy to his heart. He stood up with Ji Ruxue, letting her back press against the runes. The two of them, in a dual cultivation posture, remained connected. Wan Yunting even circulated the incantations of his Peerless Yin-Yang technique, absorbing the surrounding blood-red, strange energy to cultivate…
Ji Ruxue also sensed Wan Yunting's excited emotions, knowing he was on the verge of a breakthrough. Thus, she also focused her internal energy cultivation technique, dual cultivating with Wan Yunting and obtaining the divine snake blood essence from him…
For a time, the two became engrossed in cultivation in various dual cultivation postures. The altar continued to rotate slowly, and the surrounding snakes continuously crawled into the blood groove to meet their demise, causing the blood-colored light of the altar's runes to grow stronger and stronger. Even the Snake Grandma and the others above the sinkhole could clearly sense the strange and powerful aura emanating from within the sinkhole…
"It seems Shen Mu and the others have succeeded!"
At this moment, the Great Elder Tong Pala and the Second Elder Nalai, standing on the eaves of a two-story building, looked in the direction of the sinkhole, knowing that Shen Mu Ji Ruxue and the Hua Xia man possessing the divine snake blood essence had successfully dual cultivated.
"It seems the patriarch intends to sacrifice them to Hong Tila!"
The Third Elder Shada's old eyes narrowed. He knew what Patriarch Xiao Yu Ku was planning.
The Great Elder Tong Pala chuckled, "For Hong Tila to become the new divine snake of our Divine Snake Tribe, that Hua Xia man must be sacrificed!"
The Fourth Elder Zong Sheng frowned and asked, "But what about Shen Mu? Will the Patriarch also offer her and that Hua Xia man as sacrifices?"
The Great Elder Tong Pala nodded and smiled, "For Hong Tila to become a divine snake, I believe Shen Mu will offer her own flesh and blood!"
The Second Elder Nalai asked, "When will Hong Tila be released?"
The Third Elder Shada looked at the sinkhole and said, "They shouldn't finish so quickly. Let's wait a while longer."
The Great Elder nodded and said, "You all watch. I'll go report to the Patriarch."
"Yes, Great Elder, walk slowly…"
The three elders nodded and continued to remain on the eaves, gazing in the direction of the sinkhole…
And beneath the sinkhole, on the altar, Wan Yunting and Ji Ruxue were connected. Their bodies were enveloped by the blood-colored glow of the altar's mysterious runes. Both of them had their eyes closed, immersed in a state of trance cultivation. They were completely unaware that the patriarch was already preparing to sacrifice them both to Hong Tila!
Unknowingly, it was already past midnight.
On the slowly rotating altar, countless surrounding snakes continuously burrowed into the blood groove, being ground into pulp by the turning altar. This caused the mysterious runes beneath Wan Yunting and Ji Ruxue to continuously flicker with blood-colored light. The strange blood-colored energy, as Wan Yunting and Ji Ruxue dual cultivated through their secret technique, merged with their vital blood essence, granting Ji Ruxue the blood essence of a wise snake…
At this moment, Wan Yunting's eyes suddenly snapped open, and two beams of green light shot out. The Qi Dan in his Dan Tian instantly exploded, causing a surge of powerful Qi to emanate from his body, directly sending the snakes around the altar flying. The continuous influx of snakes immediately halted. Then, these snakes turned and crawled back into their holes…
The rotating altar slowly came to a stop. Ji Ruxue opened her foxy eyes and looked at the man in front of her, asking, "Did you break through?"
Wan Yunting felt the internal energy in his Dan Tian like a vast ocean, continuously flowing through his meridians. As long as he circulated his internal energy, the Qi would quickly flow to his palm. With a bang, he shattered a large rock nearby, causing Ji Ruxue's foxy eyes to widen in surprise…
"Is this the Force Realm!"
Wan Yunting raised his hands and carefully felt the changes in his body, his heart filled with excitement. If he were to encounter that sacrificing elder from the Heavenly Eye Main God Cult again, even if he couldn't defeat him, he could at least escape unharmed.
"You fellow, you're truly a martial arts prodigy to have broken through to the Force Realm before me."
Ji Ruxue felt a touch of jealousy. She had also intended to break through by dual cultivating with him, but she hadn't expected Wan Yunting to reach the Martial Force Realm so quickly.
"It seems you've succeeded as well!"
Wan Yunting examined Ji Ruxue. Although she was still at the late stage of the Martial Qi Dan Realm, he could clearly sense a familiar aura emanating from her, an aura that was the same as his special wise snake blood essence.
This indicated that the secret dual cultivation had worked, and she now possessed the wise snake blood essence!
"I have succeeded, but compared to you, the wise snake blood essence I possess is still somewhat lacking!" Ji Ruxue also understood that obtaining Wan Yunting's wise snake blood essence in this manner would never allow her to possess the same potent wise snake blood essence abilities as him.
It was like how Ji Ruxue's eyes could now see fifty meters away in the darkness, but Wan Yunting could clearly see things one hundred, even two hundred meters away!
"It's alright, if you dual cultivate with me more in the future, you'll be able to obtain more divine snake blood essence," Ji Ruxue said, gazing at Wan Yunting with her alluring, foxy eyes, and actively snuggled into his embrace…
However, the rational Wan Yunting immediately got up and began to put on his clothes. He said, "We agreed before, this is the only time. Our past grievances are settled, and we will never meet again!"
Ji Ruxue's expression froze. Realizing what he said, her foxy eyes rolled with resentment, and she pouted and let out a soft哼, "You guy, you took advantage and now you want to leave. Do you think that's possible?"
Wan Yunting's movements while putting on his pants stopped. He looked up at Ji Ruxue, who had a cunning smile on her face, which immediately made him anxious. "I'm telling you, if you dare to come find me in Hua Xia in the future, I'll deal with you…"
"Heh heh, since this is the last time, why are you in such a hurry? Let me feel it one more time…"
Ji Ruxue ignored him and pounced forward, pushing Wan Yunting directly onto the altar. This made him glare, his hands clutching his underwear. "What are you doing? Didn't you say you'd let me go after the dual cultivation ended? Are you going back on your word?"
Ji Ruxue, now sitting in his lap, leaned forward and rested her chest on Wan Yunting's chest. Her captivating, foxy eyes, with their strange pale green pupils, gazed into Wan Yunting's eyes. Her fiery red lips curved into a seductive smile as she said, "You're right, I want to go back on my word now. I want to find you in the future!"
Wan Yunting felt a prickle of unease and aversion as Ji Ruxue's foxy eyes stared at him intensely. He said irritably, "Even if you go back on your word, it's useless. I won't agree to it."
Seeing his firm refusal, Ji Ruxue felt a pang of inexplicable disappointment. However, she smiled persistently, "If I say this is my first time, will you take responsibility for me?"
This statement made Wan Yunting's expression freeze. Realizing what she was saying, he rolled his eyes speechlessly and said to Ji Ruxue irritably, "If this is your first time, pigs can climb trees."
"You bad guy, what are you talking about."
Ji Ruxue angrily raised her jade hand and patted Wan Yunting's chest. Then, with her cheeks flushed, she shyly pressed her left cheek against Wan Yunting's chest and coquettishly pleaded, "Please agree to it, I'll come to Hua Xia to find you to play in the future, but don't worry, I absolutely won't let your girlfriends know, okay…"
Faced with this woman acting coyly in his arms, Wan Yunting felt no joy. Instead, he felt uneasy and repulsed. He grabbed her shoulders and pushed her away mercilessly, "Alright, don't think I don't know what you're plotting. I will absolutely not agree to it. Hurry up and get off me, I need to leave this damned place quickly…"
*Bang, bang…*
Suddenly, some stones fell from above the sinkhole, causing Wan Yunting to immediately look up. A huge figure was lying on the edge of the sinkhole, making Wan Yunting's eyes widen instantly. He looked at the giant figure perched on the edge of the sinkhole with disbelief…
Ji Ruxue also turned her head to look up at the sinkhole. Seeing the behemoth, she exclaimed in surprise, "Hong Tila!"