"Hey, hey, Rody, what kind of martial art is this? Why have I never seen it before?" Bai Li'er, the new generation Wishing Angel, has clung to Rody since she descended to the mortal world and refused to return to the heavens.
"Don't run around the garden in your robe... Don't disturb my training, go find someone else. I don't have time to play with you!" Rody was diligently practicing his martial arts. Golden dragons coiled around his body, emerging from the springs at his feet, spiraling upwards, then shooting high into the sky before diving back down, penetrating through the top of Rody's head, forming a cycle within his body.
Each cycle was a process of energy purification. The golden dragons became smaller and eventually turned into a blazing golden dragon.
The spiritual energy between heaven and earth, under the guidance of Rody's golden true dragon, faintly formed a beautiful energy field.
Within this energy field, a rainbow-like radiance faintly emerged. The flowers and grass under Rody's feet appeared exceptionally lush and vividly colorful. Bai Li'er found it hard to imagine that such powerful and unmatched energy could be so full of vitality and peace. Watching Rody repeatedly cycle and purify the energy dragon, Bai Li'er grew increasingly curious, her eyes fixed on him.
"Hey, you're too close! Go change your clothes..." Rody, seeing this beauty approaching closer, quickly ceased his training to rest.
"It's okay, no other man would come in here anyway!" Bai Li'er said with a smile, "To me, you're just a child!"
"I'm not a child. Even if no one else sees, running around in a robe is impolite!" Rody saw Bai Li'er wearing a robe without underwear, her chest like towering snowy peaks with barely visible buds, making him feel dizzy.
Such bold attire!
Although she is a celestial maiden, with no human moral constraints in her heart, she has lived in the mortal world for so long without changing her habits!
"The creature emerging from your body, with a head like a golden dragon but a body slender and soft, looks quite nice. Is this summoning magic? How do you retract it into your body? This little guy is too cute, give it to me!" Bai Li'er fancied the energy dragon cultivated from Rody's true essence.
"This isn't summoning magic. It's not yet a living being, but the energy within me. It will eventually become a very advanced life form. Forget it, you wouldn't understand!" Rody found explaining the Eastern dragon to Bai Li'er extremely difficult. The Eastern dragon and the Western dragon are entirely different beings. The more he explained, the more confused he felt. He simply changed the subject, "You're really bored, find something meaningful to do!"
"Teach me this martial art. I'm very smart, I can learn it!" Bai Li'er, usually lazy like a kitten, besides playing, loved to sleep and bathe.
But now, she seemed willing to sacrifice some playtime or napping to train, greatly interested in Rody's true essence dragon. She was endlessly curious about the true essence dragon, continuously using magic to imitate its appearance, letting it coil around her body. But even with her unparalleled magical control, she couldn't replicate the appearance or the unique temperament of the Eastern true dragon. She was very anxious, tugging at Rody's sleeve, insisting on learning this 'fun magic.'
"I call this 'The Supreme Dragon Art of Heaven and Earth,' a treasure passed down by my ancestors, a gem of the Eastern world. How could I teach it to a Western fairy like you? Besides, it's a martial art for men, not suitable for girls!" Rody flatly refused.
"I saw that one, that tomboy, she seems to know it!" Bai Li'er only knew Rody and the two saintesses, and couldn't even recall Kris's name.
"She practices a different technique from mine, the 'Mysterious Yin Jade Cauldron Phoenix Descent Art,' which assists my martial art cultivation. Want to learn that? No! That's only for my wife to practice, understand? Her practice of it doesn't involve power but merely assists me. Once I advance in my cultivation, I will enhance hers in turn. Anyway, it's a technique that can only be cultivated by a couple together, you get it? It's a martial art that can't be practiced alone; it requires both a man and a woman to cultivate!" Rody explained.
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"You are my Wishing Knight, can't you teach me that? Tell me how I can assist you in practicing!" Bai Li'er said, not quite understanding.
She felt her relationship with Rody was even closer than Kris's with Rody.
Although Kris is Rody's best assistant, that's in battle. Now we're talking about magic cultivation, Bai Li'er considered herself a genius. If she had to collaborate with someone in magic cultivation, she was certainly the best choice. As for the marital relationship, in her mind, it was nothing more than a man and a woman standing before a priest, then each saying 'I love you' and exchanging a prepared ring.
In other words, in Bai Li'er's mind, marriage was just a ceremony.
"Let me put it this way!" Rody felt that talking to Bai Li'er was a complete waste of words. Simple things became complicated, yet when he tried to explain complex matters, she found them too simple. Her understanding was one-sided; she knew a lot but missed certain parts, leading to her thoughts and actions being especially unique. Rody took a deep breath, softened his tone, and said to Bai Li'er, "To practice this, in the later stages, a man and a woman must strip naked and embrace each other. Only a married couple can do this, so, I can't practice it with you."
"Ah, so it's about using human lower-level reproductive mating for cultivation?" Bai Li'er had a sudden realization: "No wonder you have so many girls as wives. Does male-female intercourse help in energy enhancement?"
"No! It's only specific cultivation methods that require it..." Rody was speechless in front of Bai Li'er, who spoke of male-female intercourse so casually.
She wasn't ignorant; rather, she seemed to look down on human intercourse as a lower form of reproduction.
Of course, higher beings indeed don't need mating to reproduce. Some only require males, some only females. For example, the Wind Demon and Snow Woman tribe only need a mother to continuously give birth. Angels, on the other hand, just need males to deposit seeds into the birth pool, and after a hundred or so years, angel babies will be nurtured in the pool.
Similarly, gods, regardless of gender, can create offspring with their divine thoughts. For instance, the Starlight Goddess used her ardent longing and star power to create a bunch of Starlight Girls as 'daughters' for Rody, who in fact have no blood relation to her or Rody.
In terms of blood relations, only humans or similar life forms have such a concept, no wonder Bai Li'er doesn't understand.
As for familial love and romantic love, most life forms don't have these.
Whether it's animals, monsters, winged tribes, demon tribes, or even higher beings like elves and fairies, they all view these emotions lightly. Although every species experiences familial and romantic love, only humans place significant importance on them. Women like Ye Yue, Jia Bao, Victoria, if not influenced by Rody, might never understand what true love is in their entire lives.
"Is there a way to cultivate with clothes on? Human mating is too awful. Besides, even though you're my Wishing Knight, it seems a bit inappropriate for you to be on top of me... How about I give you ten beautiful female angels? You can cultivate magic with them and then pass it on to me, how about that?" Bai Li'er asked, somewhat distressed.
"I told you, only a married couple can do that!" Rody said, frustrated: "You don't understand at all, talking to you is a waste of words!"
"Wishing Angel, please come here!" Queen Victoria, from a distance, beckoned Bai Li'er.
"Do you have a way?" Bai Li'er asked, excited.
"No, I want to ask His Holiness a question about love. Do you know what love is?" Queen Victoria asked.
"Love, seen through divine eyes, is the secretion of a special substance in the brains of men and women, putting them in a state of mental excitement. Then their bodily senses are slightly attracted to each other, there's a very slight magical flow between them, some even emit similar human glows..." Before Bai Li'er could finish, Queen Victoria collapsed to the ground.
"Love is about liking someone unconditionally, from the bottom of your heart, the joy and longing that surge from your soul! For example, if you love someone, even a second away from your lover will make you miss him uncontrollably... Love is indescribable, it's just a very, very special liking, a true liking!" Queen Victoria corrected earnestly, then asked, "Do you like Rody? Do you feel what I just described?"
"I like him, but my liking for him is because he is special. I feel calm inside, I don't feel what you described, no joy or longing surging from my soul..." Bai Li'er asked curiously, "Does this have anything to do with martial arts training?"
"Of course, it does. Only when you have feelings for him can you truly synchronize with him in body and mind, enabling cultivation!" Queen Victoria said weakly.
"No wonder they say it's something only a couple can cultivate... I'll go back and meditate to try and secrete a bit of that special substance in my brain, to see if I can feel a second of longing for him!" Bai Li'er had just finished speaking when Queen Victoria fainted again.