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

125: Chapter 125 The Situation of the Sect Leader and the Holy MaidenLi Yifei smiled as he looked at the two who had taken the initiative to throw themselves into his arms.

This was the result he wanted.

Inside the secret room, the spring scenery arose once more. This night, there was no more resistance or struggling, only the mutual pursuit of power.

When the first light of the next morning shone into the Immortal Cave, the Spiritual Qi fluctuations inside the secret room finally subsided.

Bai Youwei and Chu Yao snuggled beside Li Yifei, their breathing long and steady.

Their cultivation had already firmly stabilized at Foundation Establishment Perfection.

Tens of thousands of miles away from Yifei Peak.

Two stone rooms, simply furnished with only a stone bed.

Gu Qingcheng woke up first; her magic power was sealed, and her body was weak.

She sat up and looked around, her eyes still filled with lingering terror.

Revered Master—she remembered the great battle her Revered Master had fought against the Devil Head to save her.

In the other stone room, Sect Master Luo Shuixin also slowly woke up.

As a Late Golden Core Stage Cultivator, even if her magic power was imprisoned, her Divine Sense remained sharp.

She immediately realized her situation, and her expression turned grim.

She remembered killing that Mid-stage Golden Core Devil Head, only to be captured by an even stronger Perfected Golden Core youth.

The stone door opened silently.

A handsome young man in a black robe walked in. His face was exactly that of the person who had ambushed Sect Master Luo Shuixin earlier.

Gu Qingcheng and Sect Master Luo Shuixin, in their respective rooms, saw the same face.

Gu Qingcheng’s heart tightened; this man was not that ugly old Devil Head, but he gave her an even more dangerous feeling.

”Who are you?” Gu Qingcheng asked in a raspy voice.

The youth did not answer, merely standing still before her with a flat gaze.

”From today on, I am your Revered Master.”

These words made Gu Qingcheng tremble all over; she wanted to retort but couldn’t make a sound.

”Your Revered Master, Sect Master Luo Shuixin, is in the next room,” the youth continued. ”Her situation is the same as yours.”

Gu Qingcheng’s heart sank.

”I know what you’re thinking.” The youth looked at her.

”You want to know what we’re going to do, and if your Revered Master is safe. You’re still holding onto a sliver of hope, thinking the Hehuan Sect will come to save you.”

He voiced Gu Qingcheng’s thoughts, making her face turn pale instantly.

”Don’t bother with delusions,” the youth said.

”I can easily deal with a Late Golden Core Stage; what do you think the remaining power of the Hehuan Sect is to me?”

He paused, then changed the subject.

”The Profound Maiden Pure Heart Sutra, a flawed Cultivation Technique. It forces you to remain virgins and accumulate primordial yin, but it also becomes a shackle. Once your virginity is lost, your cultivation regresses. Am I right?”

Gu Qingcheng bit her lip and remained silent. This was the Hehuan Sect’s greatest secret, yet he knew it.

”I can give you a chance,” the youth looked at her.

”A chance to break this shackle and take your cultivation to the next level. The Golden Core Great Dao will no longer be an ethereal dream for you.”

The temptation of power made Gu Qingcheng’s heart skip a beat.

But she quickly calmed down; she didn’t believe in free lunches falling from the sky.

”The price?” she asked coldly.

”The price?” The youth laughed.

”You are in no position to talk to me about price. Your life, your Revered Master’s life, and the fate of the entire Hehuan Sect are in my hands. I am simply telling you what you can gain by obeying me.”

Seeming to sense her inner disdain and resistance, the youth’s calm gaze gained a hint of mockery.

”You think I’m boasting? Or do you think you still have room to resist?”

With a single thought...

Gu Qingcheng felt the black Soul Imprint that had been planted deep in her mind suddenly tighten.

A surge of sharp pain hit her, causing her to groan, nearly fainting. But even more terrifying was her own thoughts.

Just as the thought ”Even if I die, I won’t submit” flashed through her mind, the youth’s voice rang out.

”Even if you die, you won’t submit?” He repeated the words in her heart with a playful tone.

”Quite the backbone. Unfortunately, under my Soul Imprint, you don’t even have the right to die.”

Gu Qingcheng felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar.

He can know what I’m thinking!

This realization was more terrifying than any torture. It meant she had no secrets left before this man.

”Now, let’s talk again.” The youth withdrew the pressure from the Soul Imprint.

”Your Revered Master, Sect Master Luo Shuixin, is at the Late Golden Core Stage and has been stuck at a Bottleneck for years. Her desire for the Nascent Soul Realm is beyond your imagination. Tell me, if I give her a hope of Breakthrough to Nascent Soul, how will she choose?”

”Shameless!” Gu Qingcheng cursed.

”This isn’t shamelessness; it’s a trade,” the youth corrected. ”I give her what she wants, and she pays what I need.”

”And you, Gu Qingcheng, are her greatest weakness. For you, she would sacrifice everything. Now, tell me, your choice will affect her future.”

He activated the Soul Imprint again, but this time, instead of pain, it was an image.

In the image, her Revered Master, Sect Master Luo Shuixin, was being interrogated in the same way by another identical youth, her face showing a struggle and pain she had never seen before.

”Revered Master...” Gu Qingcheng murmured, the ice in her eyes beginning to melt.

She was a proud person, but her pride felt so powerless in the face of absolute control and her Revered Master’s safety.

Resistance was a meaningless form of self-esteem that might lead to both her and her Revered Master’s eternal damnation.

Obedience was a humiliation, but it could save lives and even trade for a path to greater power.

She closed her eyes, her inner self locked in a fierce struggle.

Meanwhile, in Sect Master Luo Shuixin’s room.

She looked coldly at the youth before her. Her bearing as a Sect Master prevented her from panicking like Gu Qingcheng.

”Who exactly are you, Your Excellency? To set such a grand scheme against my Hehuan Sect, what is it you seek?”

”I have already said it,” the youth said flatly, ”help me in my cultivation.”

”Arrogant!” Sect Master Luo Shuixin sneered. ”The Cultivation Technique of my Hehuan Sect cannot be practiced unless one is a virgin. Even if you obtain us, you will only get useless people with regressed cultivation. It will be of no benefit to you.”

”Is that so?” the youth countered. ”What if I can solve that problem?”

Sect Master Luo Shuixin’s pupils narrowed slightly.

”I don’t believe it.”

”Whether you believe it or not is unimportant.” The youth walked up to her, looking down at her.

”Sect Master Luo Shuixin, you have led the Hehuan Sect for two hundred years, and your cultivation has been stagnant at the Late Golden Core Stage for nearly a century, hasn’t it? You know better than anyone that without a great Opportunity, you have no hope of Nascent Soul in this life and will eventually turn into a pile of yellow earth.”

These words were the heaviest stone weighing on Sect Master Luo Shuixin’s heart, and the youth had ruthlessly exposed them.

Her expression finally changed.

”Your disciple, Gu Qingcheng, is brilliant and is your greatest hope, but also your greatest weakness,” the youth continued, every word striking her heart with precision.

”You fear she will repeat your mistakes, and even more, you fear she will be harmed by your enemies. You gave her the best resources and the strongest life-saving trump cards; you value her more than your own life.”