Cultivation: Starting with a Dual Cultivation Technique at the Immortal Rank

105: Chapter 15 Oath of Dao Heart”Not enough?”

She had gambled everything, yet in his eyes, it was actually not enough?

”What do you mean?” Her voice turned cold.

”I mean, I want to know what else you have besides that bit of talent and this physical shell?” Li Yifei’s gaze seemed to pierce through her body, looking directly at her Soul. ”Is your Dao Heart firm enough? Is your loyalty pure enough?”

”Yifei Peak isn’t a place just anyone can enter. What I need are Family members, partners who can hack through the thorns and brambles with me to create a future together. Not a transaction partner who only wants to take benefits and might betray me at any time.”

”Of course, the reward I give is naturally not just a mere Foundation Establishment!”

Every word Li Yifei spoke was like a heavy hammer, ruthlessly striking Zhu Yunyao’s heart.

She had originally thought this was just a simple transaction, but she hadn’t expected that what the other party wanted was far more than she had imagined.

He didn’t just want her body; he wanted her heart, her Soul, her everything!

Zhu Yunyao fell silent.

Her sharp eyes stared fixedly at Li Yifei, as if trying to see even a hint of hypocrisy or affectation on his face.

But she failed.

Li Yifei’s eyes were clear and deep, so candid that it startled her. He was speaking the truth.

This man was using a method she couldn’t understand to build a massive and stable cultivation Family. What he offered was a Great Dao to the heavens; what he demanded was absolute loyalty.

”Heh... Hehehe...”

Zhu Yunyao suddenly began to laugh softly. Her laughter grew louder and louder until she was shaking with mirth, her grand bosom heaving like surging waves.

”Good! What a man, Li Yifei! I, Zhu Yunyao, have truly had my eyes opened!”

She stopped laughing and raised her head again. The last trace of hesitation and testing in her eyes had completely faded, replaced by an unprecedented firmness and determination.

”You’re right, I was shallow,” she admitted frankly. ”I only thought about the Breakthrough, but never about how to walk the path after it. A Loose Cultivator without a Foundation—even if they luckily reach Foundation Establishment, how far could they go?”

She stood up and walked to Li Yifei. Under his slightly surprised gaze, she made a shocking move.

She knelt on one knee, lowered her proud head, and said solemnly in her husky, sexy voice, word by word, ”I, Zhu Yunyao, am willing to swear by my Dao Heart. From this day forward, I acknowledge Li Yifei as my master. In this life and all to come, I shall never betray him. If I violate this oath, may my Dao Heart shatter and my Soul Fly Away and Spirit Scatter!”

A Dao Heart Oath!

This was the most serious and binding oath in the cultivation world!

Once sworn, it would be bound to one’s Dao Heart and Divine Soul. If broken, the oath would certainly be fulfilled. Unless aided by someone with heaven-defying magical powers, there was no room for maneuver.

Li Yifei hadn’t expected this seemingly wild and unrestrained woman to have such a decisive side.

After thinking through the key points, she immediately offered her loyalty in the most extreme way.

”Very good.”

Li Yifei stood up and personally helped her up, his hands meeting skin that was warm and smooth.

He held her arms and pulled her in front of him until they were almost pressed together. He could clearly feel the incredible heat radiating from her body, as well as that soft yet elastic touch.

He lowered his head, leaned close to Zhu Yunyao’s ear, and whispered, ”You have made the most correct choice. And I never mistreat my Family.”

The warm breath puffing against her ear made Zhu Yunyao’s body tremble involuntarily, and a charming blush instantly stained the tips of her ears.

This was the first time she had been so close to a man.

She could clearly smell the crisp, pleasant masculine scent emanating from Li Yifei. This scent seemed to possess a kind of magic, causing her wild and unrestrained heart to feel a strange sense of palpitation and submission.

”Your problem doesn’t lie in accumulation, but in your spiritual power being too fierce and violent,” Li Yifei’s voice continued to ring in her ear as if carrying magic. ”The Earthly Spiritual Root belongs to Wood and Fire, which is inherently hot and violent. Your temperament is like fire, competitive and aggressive, and combined with practicing a violent fire Cultivation Technique, it has caused your spiritual power to be too rampant, making it difficult to control and compress during Foundation Establishment.”

Zhu Yunyao’s delicate body shook violently, her pupils filled with shock.

How... how did he know so clearly?

This was exactly what had troubled her for years. Even the Sect Elders had no solution, only telling her to calm her mind and nourish her Qi to pacify the violent fire spiritual power.

”Solving this problem is very simple.” A meaningful smile curled at the corners of Li Yifei’s mouth. ”You need a force that is extremely gentle and smooth, yet endless, to guide your spiritual power and neutralize your violence.”

”Tonight, come to my room.”

”I will personally help you harmonize.”

With those words, he said no more. He released her, turned to sit back down, picked up the now slightly cool spiritual tea, and took a gentle sip.

Zhu Yunyao remained frozen in place, her heart already swept by stormy waves.

Shock, shyness, anticipation, and a hint of unprecedented tension.

She knew what the word ’harmonize’ meant. She also understood that starting tonight, her life would completely turn over a new leaf.

She took a deep breath, suppressed the myriad thoughts in her heart, and gave Li Yifei a graceful bow.

This time, her posture was one of heartfelt respect and submission.

”Yes, Husband.”

...

When Luo Lingxi led the expectant Zhu Yunyao away to arrange her accommodations, only Li Yifei remained in the Guest Reception Pavilion.

Holding his teacup, he watched the churning sea of clouds outside the pavilion, a satisfied smile appearing on his face.

Another Dao Companion with extraordinary talent had been secured.

Furthermore, she was a Dao Companion with an Earthly Spiritual Root at Qi Refining Perfection.

With a slight thought, he began to calculate the upcoming gains.

”Zhu Yunyao has an Earthly Spiritual Root and is at Qi Refining Perfection. Once we engage in Dual Cultivation and I help her successfully reach Foundation Establishment, the cultivation feedback I’ll receive, combined with the rewards and cultivation stacking from her future offspring... the profit will be immense.”

His thoughts then turned to the uneasy little fox in the Spirit Medicine Garden.

”And that little fox... Jade-like Beauty. She herself is already at the Early Foundation Establishment Stage and possesses the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Bloodline. The quality of her Primordial Yin Power will definitely far exceed that of Cultivators of the same rank. If I can completely subdue her and make her willingly engage in Dual Cultivation with me to drain her value...”

Li Yifei’s eyes flickered with the light of shrewd calculation.

”One Earthly Spiritual Root at Qi Refining Perfection, and one demoness with the sky fox bloodline at the Early Foundation Establishment Stage...”

”With these two massive forces flowing into me, plus the accumulation from Dual Cultivation with other Dao Companions these past days.”

He calculated silently, the curve of his mouth growing wider.

”Perhaps... I won’t even need to wait for them to give birth. Just by ’consuming’ the two of them, my immortal cultivation will be enough to go from the Early Golden Core Stage to the peak of the Early Golden Core Stage!”