Now, his body no longer hurt, his heartbeat no longer raced, and feeling the high-purity spiritual energy continuously flowing within him, he even had the leisure to open his eyes and peek at the fairy's expression changes through the reflections in the floor mirror.
But in that moment of sneaky observation, Yino just happened to meet the gaze of Yuyan, who was behind him, biting her lip and focusing her stunning eyes -
Yuyan's eyes widened slightly; if she wasn't seeing things, Yino's expression when he opened his eyes showed not a trace of strain!
Not only that, even through the mirror, Yuyan could see the light in Yino's eyes, and even his whole demeanor seemed much healthier and more spirited.
Such an aura of ease was not at all what Yuyan had expected!
Yuyan had thought that his first experience with channeling would have him screaming from pain...
-Could it be that the spiritual energy I am channeling is too conservative?-
After a long time of channeling, Yuyan finally felt something was odd.
Normally, the process involved injecting spiritual energy into the recipient's body, then using this energy to stimulate and regulate the recipient's own internal energy circulation artificially.
Theoretically, once the spiritual energy reached a certain threshold, further injection wasn't required; the practitioner should only focus on adjusting the internal energy circulation.
But the problem Yuyan now faced was that despite having continuously injected considerable spiritual energy into Yino, his body seemed to be a bottomless pit. Not only was it not filled by Yuyan's spiritual energy, but the energy she had been controlling within him was even diminishing.
-Could it be that helping others with energy could result in my own energy being absorbed?-
Honestly, Yuyan was pretty clueless herself.
When she was young and weak, Yanran always helped her cultivate. Now that she's grown and powerful, her innate cold resistance is so scary that no disciple at Wuji Sect has dared ask her to help them cultivate in all her years as a senior sister.
This was Yuyan's first time helping someone else cultivate.
She understood the theory, but putting it into practice with Yino felt off. She wasn't worried about wasting spiritual energy, just that she might be doing it wrong and hurt Yino.
"Yino, how do you feel?" Yuyan suddenly asked.
Yino sat cross-legged in front of her. Even without sleep, he felt energized.
"I'm loaded and ready!"
Yuyan didn't get his game-joke, but she could tell Yino felt great and wasn't rejecting her spiritual energy at all.
"I see. It must be my problem then." Yuyan nodded, blaming herself for the weird feeling.
She must not be giving enough spiritual energy, that's why it wasn't working!
Yuyan only knew the theory and had never actually helped anyone cultivate. Looking at how it was going with Yino, she realized she was probably overreacting.
"Keep adjusting your internal energy. I'll give you more!"
Yuyan bit her lip and pushed more spiritual energy into Yino.
Soon she heard him suck in a sharp breath.
Yuyan thought it should be enough, but asked just in case.
Yino was quiet for a moment, then let out a breath and smiled slightly. "It feels pretty good..."
Yuyan frowned, starting to doubt herself.
-Should a Foundation Establishment disciple really be using this level of spiritual energy?-
Yuyan regretted not asking Yanran for advice first. Now neither she nor Yino had experience, and things were getting out of hand.
"Should I increase the intensity a bit more?" Yuyan asked nervously.
Yino's eyes widened. "Wait, you can add more?"
"I thought this was your full power..."
Yuyan felt insulted. She scoffed, "This is only a tenth of my power."
"Then please give me a bit more,
Yuyan's competitive spirit was ignited by Yino's casual tone.
She couldn't believe it. It was just basic energy cultivation. As a senior sister at Nascent Soul stage, how could she not satisfy a ordinary Foundation Establishment junior brother?
"Then let's do more."
"Still not quite there..."
"Almost there, I think!"
After several increases, Yino finally felt spiritual energy overflowing, nearly making him throw up.
He felt like he was about to burst with energy. Yuyan's input had clearly exceeded what Yino's demon bloodline could handle, even with all his buffs like Sword Holy Body, Nine-Colored Deer's Blessing, and Mother Goddess's Protection.
If Yuyan kept pouring in energy, Yino was afraid he'd really explode!
"Stop! That's enough! Please stop, Senior Sister! If you put any more in, I'll go BOOM!"
Yino finally straightened up and begged for mercy.
Meanwhile, Yuyan was dripping with sweat. She was biting her lip and panting heavily, her beautiful eyes glowing with an icy light, as if she'd just been through an intense workout.
"Good that it's enough. I thought you'd still find it weak..."
Yuyan snapped back to reality at Yino's shout. She pulled back some energy, and they both calmed down from their flushed, breathless state. As the power decreased, Yino wiped his sweat, and so did Yuyan.
Yino grabbed another towel from the mirror.
"Senior Sister, here's a clean one..."
Yuyan took the towel and wiped the big beads of sweat from her face.
She hadn't expected helping Yino cultivate would make her sweat so much too.
When she stopped, for a moment Yuyan felt dizzy and her vision went dark.
After just a few minutes of cultivation, Yuyan could feel her spiritual energy was noticeably depleted!
"Yino, how do you feel now?"
"Me? I feel like I'm filled with Senior Sister's scent from head to toe!"
Early morning, flowers fragrant in the air.
Jinyue got up early, put on some lipstick at her vanity, then slipped on her sandals and headed away from Ranmo Peak.
She was in a good mood, imagining all sorts of ways to study Yino!
But just as the foxgirl stepped out of the female cultivators' dorm, she bumped right into a pair of big boobs behind the door.
"Jiang Jinyue, the Celestial Master wants to see you."
"The Celestial Master said if you don't come, you won't be invited to the next meeting—"