“This cooling force is the yin essence of a woman,” said Hun Yuanzi. “Compared to other cultivation methods, the Dan and Ding Dual Cultivation Sect’s path to immortality may seem simpler and less painful, but it comes with many side effects. The most dangerous is the backlash of true fire. Most pills are yang in nature. Although they work well, they accumulate a great deal of true fire within the body. If it ever becomes uncontrollable, it will turn against the body, causing a disastrous imbalance.”
This statement made Yang Hao focus intently and listen carefully.
“Dealing with the backlash of true fire is extremely difficult,” Hun Yuanzi finally got to the point. “After countless attempts, our ancestors concluded that the best and most effective solution is to use the yin essence of a woman to suppress the internal backlash of true fire.”
“Yin essence?” Yang Hao was stunned. He had already sensed that Ming Huanghou had once again reached her peak, and the cool yin essence in his dantian was rapidly increasing.
“When a man and woman unite, they generate power. The woman’s is called yin essence, which is yin in nature, while the man’s is called yang essence, which is yang in nature. This is what people refer to when they talk about drawing on yin to nourish yang or drawing on yang to nourish yin,” Hun Yuanzi explained. “The Dan and Ding Dual Cultivation Sect teaches you to draw on yin to nourish yang and control the backlash of true fire within. If you don’t want to suffer from the true fire’s retaliation again, you’d better follow my instructions obediently.”
Although Yang Hao was engaged in activity, the true fire’s backlash had not ceased. The pain caused by the true fire had somewhat eased, but waves of sharp pain still lingered in his meridians, making it almost impossible for him to circulate his qi throughout his body.
Yang Hao was well aware that if he didn’t resolve this issue, once he left Ming Huanghou, the backlash of true fire would erupt violently. At that point, he might not even need Dian Zhenhuang to catch them in the act—he could die from ruptured meridians.
Seeing that Yang Hao understood the importance of the matter, Hun Yuanzi wasted no more words and began teaching Yang Hao how to draw on yin essence.
After about several minutes, the yin essence completed a full cycle through his meridians, absorbing all the true fire within Yang Hao’s body, restoring the smooth flow of his meridians. The once icy-cold yin essence had now become warm, its nature transformed. When Yang Hao observed internally, he found that the pure yin essence had transformed into a harmonious flow of yin and yang energy.
Yang Hao dismounted from Ming Huanghou. He finally had the time to quietly admire her beautiful and captivating face. Her skin had taken on a charming pink hue, and with her eyes tightly shut, she trembled ceaselessly in his arms like a frightened little animal. At this moment, anyone could see that Ming Huanghou had been completely conquered by Yang Hao.
Yang Hao couldn’t help but feel the unpredictability of fate and the uncertainty of his future. Just today, he had only intended to sneak into the palace to steal medicine, yet he ended up killing the deputy leader of a swordsman group, producing numerous spiritual medicines, and even seducing the empress of the Leimeng Star.
This was truly a life-threatening situation.
Hun Yuanzi was completely oblivious to Yang Hao’s contemplation on fate’s unpredictability. He was still lamenting his inadequate preparations for the day: “If I had known there would be an opportunity to draw on yin essence to nourish yang, I should have prepared the He Ti Xiong Dan Yin Lu Pill earlier.”
“What pill?”
“Now that you’ve reached the Ling Xu cultivation stage, to advance to the next stage, the He He Jing, you must take the He Ti Xiong Dan Yin Lu Pill,” Hun Yuanzi seemed to have found his next motivation. “After taking this pill, you must engage in dual cultivation between man and woman to ascend to the He He Jing. At that point, your power will take a leap forward.”
Before Yang Hao could ask Hun Yuanzi in detail about what new experiences the next stage would bring, Ming Huanghou had already slowly awakened. Her eyes fluttered open, and she found herself lying in Yang Hao’s arms, causing a slight blush to rise to her face.
“Min… Ming Empress,” Yang Hao’s hand was still on Ming Huanghou’s body, yet he addressed her with the respectful title, which made for a very awkward situation.
Ming Huanghou softly hummed and quickly jumped off Yang Hao, picking up her clothes from the ground and dressing herself. Yang Hao saw her expressionless face and couldn’t tell whether it was a good or bad omen, so he followed suit and began dressing.
“Hehe, apprentice, you should be careful. Women like her might just kill their lovers to cover up the affair,” Hun Yuanzi couldn’t resist making a negative comment.
However, Yang Hao was already somewhat worried. After all, their social statuses were vastly different. If Ming Huanghou feared the exposure of their affair, she might indeed kill him to eliminate the threat. For nobles, killing one or two commoners was not a big deal.
Amidst Yang Hao’s anxious mood, Ming Huanghou finally finished dressing, and the radiant empress once again stood before him. Her haughty and intimidating gaze made Yang Hao almost doubt that the woman before him was the same one he had just experienced the most exquisite moments with.
Ming Huanghou’s eyes seemed capable of killing as she fixed her gaze on Yang Hao without letting go, slowly emanating a chilling killing intent. Yang Hao had often faced enemies and was no stranger to such deadly auras. However, he felt deeply wronged in his heart. He almost wanted to say that it was clearly her who had seduced him just now.
Fortunately, he didn’t say it. It was precisely because he refrained from uttering that deadly sentence that Yang Hao managed to save his own life.
After staring at Yang Hao for a while, Ming Huanghou finally let out a soft sigh, her expression softening as she sat down beside him. Yang Hao clearly felt the killing intent dissipating and realized that he was temporarily safe.
“We’re not strangers,” Ming Huanghou’s words were shocking. “I should have killed you just now, but I couldn’t bring myself to do it. Maybe…”
She didn’t finish her sentence, but Yang Hao was more concerned about her initial words: “We’re not strangers?”
Yang Hao was shocked beyond words. This was not only because of what Ming Huanghou had said but also because during their encounter, Yang Hao had felt a strange familiarity, as if he had experienced the same body before.
“Do you remember when I told you that I sometimes return to the Dupu District?” Ming Huanghou lowered her gaze, her toes playfully brushing against Yang Hao’s feet. “Once, you came to my bed at midnight and slipped me a pill.”
Yang Hao trembled all over in fright, nearly falling off his chair. Suddenly, he remembered when he had met Ming Huanghou before.
“You’re that…” Yang Hao felt a bitter taste in his mouth. He finally understood how close he had come to death and barely managed to survive.
It turned out that Ming Huanghou was the young widow Yang Hao had encountered during his first visit to the Dupu District to deliver medicine. Or rather, the woman Yang Hao believed to be a young widow at the time. Back then, after Yang Hao had given her the medicine, she had practically raped him violently. Because it was dark and he was passive, Yang Hao hadn’t felt much at the time. Now, recalling it, he realized that Ming Huanghou had already had physical contact with him long ago. No wonder she had chosen him as her test subject today.
“Let’s keep this secret, and perhaps I won’t kill you,” Ming Huanghou’s expression carried a bitter tone, revealing that she had many hidden sorrows.
Yang Hao nodded eagerly. Of course, he was more than willing for Ming Huanghou to keep their secret. However, he was also well aware that from now on, he would likely become the empress’s secret lover for the long term. As long as Emperor Dian never visited the empress, Yang Hao would always be tasked with satisfying her needs. But for Yang Hao, this was not a bad thing at all.
After all, she was an incredibly seductive woman, more than enough to make anyone forsake all other beauties in the world for her sake.
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