By this time, Qiu Ruyu had also gently awakened.
The first thing she felt was the presence of the man by her side, and her pretty face immediately flushed red. Recalling the events of the previous night, she was filled with bashful embarrassment.
Having lived for so long, it was her first experience of such matters.
Of course, the memories were quite wonderful.
"My cultivation has broken through to the Middle Stage of God Transformation?!"
Qiu Ruyu was instantly overjoyed.
She had been stuck in the initial Perfect stage of God Transformation for a long time. It was a pity she hadn't been able to break through the bottleneck before, but now, she'd received an enormous amount of Pure Yang Qi from this man.
She had actually broken through the bottleneck and advanced to the Middle Stage of God Transformation.
One must know, this was no minor breakthrough.
If it were the previous Cultivation World, a cultivator at the Middle Stage of God Transformation would already be among the strongest in the Cultivation World, usually nearing the end of their lifespan before they could cultivate to this state.
But now, she was only a little over a thousand years old and already a cultivator at the Middle Stage of God Transformation.
This pace of cultivation was quite impressive.
Indeed, her previous guesses were not wrong.
Once she was united with this man, the bottleneck in her cultivation would be broken.
However, she hadn't expected the breakthrough to be so effortless, as natural as water flowing along its course.
"And my physical fitness has also improved."
Qiu Ruyu was also amazed.
She herself had a White Jade Body, a God Transformation Body Cultivator, with a powerful physique. It was nearly impossible to advance further.
But now, she was astounded to discover her body had been strengthened by a mysterious force.
Her skin not only became tougher but even her muscles and bones became stronger.
Her strength had improved remarkably.
Many mysterious runes seemed to integrate into her skin, as if becoming one with her White Jade Body.
She felt that this transformation was inextricably linked to the mysterious aura of the man before her.
At this point, Zhou Sui also sensed the awakening of the White Jade beauty in his arms. A wave of satisfaction surged within his heart; this was the number one beauty of the East Wastelands, and now she was finally his.
Although he had many lovers, he wouldn't mind having one more.
It was like money to him; who would complain about having too much money?
"But how come I detect a whiff of The Heart Sutra of Jade Maiden from you?"
"You wouldn't have had relations with other women who practiced The Heart Sutra of Jade Maiden, would you?"
Qiu Ruyu looked at Zhou Sui with a hint of suspicion.
She always sensed a familiar aura from this man, as if she had encountered it before.
"Well, that's quite normal," he replied.
"To be candid," he said,
"Xia Shuiyang is also my partner."
After all, Qiu Ruyu would find out sooner or later; telling her now wasn't too late.
"What? My senior disciple was led astray by you, that scoundrel?"
Hearing this, Qiu Ruyu was greatly shaken, her beautiful eyes widened in disbelief as she stared at Zhou Sui.
Truth be told, she had been searching for the whereabouts of her senior disciple for quite some time.
If it weren't for the fact that Xia Shuiyang's Soul Lamp had not been extinguished, she would have thought her senior disciple had met her demise somewhere unknown.
But now, she learned that this scoundrel had somehow become involved with her senior disciple.
This rascal had already taken away her beautiful disciple.
She was furious, wishing she could bite this scoundrel hard.
He didn't even spare his own disciples.
Perhaps setting his sights on her was also a premeditated move by this man.
She had been so worried about the safety of her senior disciple, mobilizing many people to search for her.
Little did she know that her disciple was already enjoying a carefree time with a man.
Who would have thought about the affairs of the Hehuan Sect then?
"I couldn't help it, Xia Shuiyang and I are mutually in love," Zhou Sui said calmly, unfazed.
"Nonsense, you're 'mutually in love' with every woman," Qiu Ruyu retorted furiously.
"You say that to every woman."
Qiu Ruyu was livid. She bit down hard on Zhou Sui's chest, only to find that his skin was incredibly tough, seemingly invulnerable to blades or spears, even more vigorous than her own White Jade Body.
No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't leave a mark with her teeth.
Thinking of this made her even angrier.
But there was nothing she could do about it, considering how charming and extraordinary this man was.
Even she, a millennium Jade Maiden, fell for him without any defenses. It seemed natural for her inexperienced female disciple to also fall into his hands.
After all, there weren't many women who could resist this man's charm.
"Even though I have many partners, you are definitely the most special one."
"And the one I like the most."
"If that weren't the case, I wouldn't have risked my life coming here from the Xuan Huang Continent."
"I was just afraid something might happen to you."
Zhou Sui looked deeply into Qiu Ruyu's eyes, his face full of affection as he spoke as if money was no object.
At that moment, he seemed like the most affectionate man in the Profound Yellow Realm, willing to walk through fire and water for his lover, to work to exhaustion, and to die without regrets.
At his words, Qiu Ruyu's heart softened. On reflection, it seemed true.
If it had been any other male cultivator, knowing that the Hehuan Sect was under assault by over a hundred Divinity Transformation demons and attacked by millions of demons, they would have likely fled in terror, not daring to come to the rescue.