Turns Out I'm the Real Monster?!

Pushing too hard would be counterproductive.

It could even backfire.

Furthermore, the spiritual communion within the Purple Mansion Divine Realm could also repair and strengthen her Divine Soul to some extent, which was a welcome supplement in her current condition.

Even though she had mentally prepared herself, and it was only a stream-of-consciousness communion within the Purple Mansion Divine Realm, Shangguan Luoxue still felt deeply uncomfortable.

It wasn’t exactly shyness, just an indescribable sense of awkwardness.

Of course, it wasn’t as repulsive as she had anticipated.

’I suppose that while this guy has a sharp tongue and is rather annoying, he isn’t utterly repulsive.’

Shangguan Luoxue steadied her mind and began to execute the Purple Mansion Agreement with all her might.

She held absolute dominance here. Therefore, even with Jiang Mu’s physical body in the outside world, she could use the link between their Divine Souls to draw out the Purple Mansion aura from within his Dantian.

The two auras naturally intertwined within the Divine Realm.

In that instant, new images appeared.

Initially, the Purple Mansion Agreement was just an obscure, text-only manual that guided both parties in cultivating Purple Mansion True Qi within their bodies.

Only after both had succeeded in their cultivation and their two auras had merged could they unlock the next stage of the method.

And this next stage of the cultivation method came in the form of images.

They appeared directly in both of their minds.

But when they saw the images, both of them fell silent.

There were forty-nine diagrams in total.

Each diagram represented a single position.

They ranged from normal, to slightly daring, to downright bizarre, and finally to something completely indescribable...

In short, even a man like Jiang Mu, who had been baptized by the information explosion of the modern era, had never seen or even heard of some of these positions.

He couldn’t help but marvel inwardly:

’You can cultivate like this? You learn something new every day!’

Shangguan Luoxue’s face, meanwhile, finally turned red with a mix of shame and anger.

She cursed inwardly:

’Which lunatic came up with this Cultivation Technique?! It’s... simply shameless!’

On second thought, she remembered Ling Ye saying this Cultivation Technique had been modified by their grandmaster.

’Could this also be the grandmaster’s handiwork?’

’The grandmaster... she wasn’t this... wild, was she?’

Shangguan Luoxue took a deep breath, forcing herself to calm down. ’In my current condition, I only need to practice the first ten diagrams,’ she told herself. ’There’s no need to practice them all.’

After all, the first ten diagrams were the most normal ones and still within her range of tolerance.

As for the ones after that...

She wouldn’t practice them even if it killed her!

Of course, even the "normal" ones were unacceptable to her right now, so she could only take things slow and first adapt to what she could tolerate.

And so, the two of them just held each other quietly.

Jiang Mu felt like he was hugging a block of ice. His whole body was freezing over, and his eyelids were so heavy he was about to fall asleep.

He started to miss that watermelon night again.

Even though Big Sis Ling had been cold, too, at least she was a real person. Hugging her felt great, and she was so fragrant.

But this person in front of him was nothing more than an ice sculpture.

There was no fun in it at all.

After a long while, Shangguan Luoxue finally opened her eyes and said flatly, "Alright, you can go back now."

Jiang Mu snapped awake.

’Is that it?’

’I haven’t even started to put in any effort yet!’

Shangguan Luoxue said coolly, "From now on, I will bring you here myself while you’re asleep. Also, don’t casually draw out my ’Ravine Water,’ or else..."

The woman didn’t finish her sentence, merely waving her hand lightly.

Because the ’vessel’ that Jiang Mu had modified was connected to a certain part of her body.

So, once the "Ravine Water" was drawn out, she would feel it too, which could lead to some... unfortunate incidents.

She had no desire to change her clothes.

Jiang Mu’s vision went black as his consciousness was instantly pulled away.

When he opened his eyes again, he was back in the simple farmhouse.

𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

The moonlight still shone outside the window, and beside him, Xu Fu was still sleeping like a log, his snores as loud as thunder.

Jiang Mu glanced at Xu Fu, then eagerly sat cross-legged. He circulated his Cultivation Technique, sinking his consciousness into the boundless sea of stars.

Sure enough, the moment his consciousness entered the sea of stars, a dazzling light flickered in the vast, deep, starry sky.

It seemed to be beckoning to him, calling out to him.

A bond immediately formed between them.

Because Jiang Mu had already transferred his previous Earth Concealing Star’s Star Position to Demon Shadow Number Three, his main body was currently vacant. He didn’t need any tedious preparations or prerequisites.

The Earth Spirit Star’s Star Position directly sensed his call, transforming into a streak of light that tore across the starry sky and instantly bestowed itself upon him.

The entire process was incredibly smooth.

RUMBLE—!

Although this was happening in his spiritual space, Jiang Mu could still feel the heavens and the earth tremble at that moment.

In the real world, the once-calm night sky suddenly churned with roiling clouds.

A bright star suddenly erupted, its light outshining even the brilliant moon. It cast down a pillar of starlight that fell directly into the small farmhouse.

The next moment, the aura around Jiang Mu’s entire body surged!

The Earth Spirit Star has returned to its place!

Within his Dantian, a brand-new purple Star Pill rapidly condensed and took form, exuding a majestic aura.

Jiang Mu slowly opened his eyes, a sharp light flashing within them.

At the same time, a stream of information about the Earth Spirit Star flowed into his mind.

[Earth Spirit Star]

[Divine Ability: Spiritual Light Divination]

[By consuming a certain amount of mental energy, you can perform one divination to identify the source of a threat within a hundred-zhang range. Usable once per day.]

"Spiritual Light Divination?"

Jiang Mu’s brow furrowed slightly.

From the information, it seemed to be a type of divination skill.

When in an unfamiliar situation, he could use the divination to predict danger in advance.

Or, when trapped in a predicament, he could use it to directly locate the source of the danger and see through illusions.