The two of them stared at each other.

Li Qinghai, thick-skinned as he was, didn't mind at all.

Having a beauty to admire was something he could completely accept.

But Lu Beixue couldn't take it for long.

Despite her usual aloofness, this was her first experience with matters of the heart.

Thinking about what Wang Dafu had just said, that Li Qinghai had deep feelings for her, made it even harder for her to maintain her composure.

Lu Beixue quickly lost her usual icy demeanor.

She felt a bit nervous, a bit shy, and a bit restrained.

She parted her red lips slightly.

"I..."

Li Qinghai blinked, "Dao Companion Lu, you seem a bit nervous?"

"No... it's nothing... I'm going to cultivate..."

Lu Beixue immediately turned around and quickly walked to a nearby rock, turning her back to Li Qinghai.

Li Qinghai was a bit confused, not understanding what was going on with Lu Beixue.

She wasn't acting like her usual self at all.

Could she have been possessed?!

How strange.

Li Qinghai stopped thinking about it, closed his eyes, and continued to suppress his cultivation technique.

At this moment, Lu Beixue's heart was racing, and her fair face had a slight blush.

She had originally wanted to tell Li Qinghai, "I heard from Dao Companion Wang that you've been waiting for me, that you have feelings for me..."

But she had been rehearsing this sentence in her mind for a long time and still couldn't bring herself to say it; it was just too embarrassing.

At the same time, Lu Beixue secretly cursed Li Qinghai in her heart, "You're such a blockhead. If you like me, why don't you say something? Why do I, a girl, have to make the first move! Hmph!!"

Thinking of this, Lu Beixue sneaked a glance at Li Qinghai.

Seeing him seriously cultivating, her shyness subsided a bit.

Lu Beixue, oh Lu Beixue, Li Qinghai has deep feelings for you, and he can restrain his affection and turn it into motivation. Why can't you do the same?!

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Sigh!!

Lu Beixue took a deep breath, sat cross-legged, and began to meditate.

The two of them continued like this, not disturbing each other, focused on their cultivation.

At the foot of the mountain.

Wang Dafu and the others sat together, not cultivating, but gossiping.

Zhao Feihu glanced up at the mountaintop, "What do you think, how far have they progressed by now?"

Wang Dafu chuckled, "A handsome man and a beautiful woman, sparks flying. Even if they're not dual cultivating, they must at least be holding hands or hugging."

Sun Ping pondered for a moment, "When would be a good time for us to go up and bring them down?"

Wang Dafu stretched lazily, "It's still early. Let's give them some more time to get closer. Let's say around noon."

The surrounding disciples heard their conversation and were moved to tears.

The male disciples' hearts were bleeding; their goddess Lu Beixue was being ruined by that damned Li Qinghai, ahhh!

The female disciples felt like their hearts were being cut; their god Li Qinghai was being claimed by that wretched Lu Beixue, boohoo!

Both male and female disciples let their imaginations run wild, fantasizing about Li Qinghai and Lu Beixue doing shameful things on the mountaintop.

Almost a stick of incense time passed.

On the mountaintop, Li Qinghai and Lu Beixue were still purely cultivating.

But Lu Beixue's state seemed a bit off.

The surrounding spiritual energy was crazily surging towards Lu Beixue.

Lu Beixue sensed the danger and immediately opened her eyes.

She stopped the Qi Condensing Technique at once.

Because Lu Beixue knew that such a vast amount of spiritual energy, if it rushed into her body, would certainly cause her to explode and die, given her third level of Qi Refining cultivation.

But Lu Beixue was mistaken; this spiritual energy wasn't gathering because of the Qi Condensing Technique.

The Qi Condensing Technique, being a low-level breathing technique, couldn't possibly absorb so much spiritual energy.

Lu Beixue could only watch as the overwhelming spiritual energy surged towards her chest.

Lu Beixue thought she was going to die.

But to her surprise, she was unharmed.

Because she didn't feel even a trace of spiritual energy entering her body.

While Lu Beixue was puzzled, a necklace on her chest floated up.

Lu Beixue looked down and realized that the spiritual energy was being absorbed by the necklace.

This necklace was a relic left to her by her grandfather on his deathbed.

She had checked it before and found it to be just an ordinary piece of jewelry from the mortal world.

Now, how could such a change occur?!

At this moment, Li Qinghai was also awakened by the commotion.

He opened his eyes and looked at Lu Beixue.

He saw that the spiritual energy of the entire Morning Cultivation Mountain was surging towards Lu Beixue like a tidal wave.

This...

Li Qinghai was utterly shocked; this scene was truly extraordinary.

Then Li Qinghai suddenly remembered the record in the Book of Good Fortune.

Lu Beixue, a future giant!

Now it seemed the Book of Good Fortune only spoke the truth.

Lu Beixue must have encountered some fortuitous event.

Many disciples on the mountainside and at the foot of the mountain were in an uproar.

"Where's the spiritual energy? Why can't I absorb any spiritual energy?"

"Did the spiritual energy of Morning Cultivation Mountain run out so quickly today?"

"Huh? Why is all the spiritual energy rushing to the mountaintop?!"

Many disciples looked towards the mountaintop.

They couldn't see what was happening at the top, but they could feel all the spiritual energy gathering there.

Moreover, the amount of spiritual energy was so immense that the sky above the mountaintop was swirling with clouds and winds.

Wang Dafu and the others were also dumbfounded.

"Dao Companion Li and Dao Companion Lu are only at the third level of Qi Refining at most. How could they cause such a commotion?"

"Let's go up and take a look; something's not right."

With that, many disciples rode their Spiritual Swords upwards, wanting to see what was happening.

On a large tree, Liu Yaoyao looked towards the mountaintop, her little brows furrowed.

She put away the snacks in her Storage Bag and also flew towards the mountaintop.

Just then.

The necklace on Lu Beixue's chest, gently floating, suddenly shook violently!

A phantom figure flew out from it.

The figure had a face full of wrinkles, white hair, a slightly hunched back, and was leaning on an equally phantom cane!

Li Qinghai's eyes widened, and he exclaimed in his heart.

What the heck?!

A golden finger, an old granny?!

Lu Beixue was also staring blankly; she never expected that the necklace she had worn for so many years actually housed an old granny.

The old granny seemed to sense something.

She tapped her cane in the air.

An invisible pressure spread out.

"Ah! I can't control my flying sword."

"I can't control it either; I'm going to fall."

"Dao Companions below, quickly move aside!"

Wang Dafu and the others, all the disciples who wanted to reach the mountaintop, were all knocked down by a single tap of the cane.

Even Liu Yaoyao, who was in the late stage of Foundation Establishment, was no exception, forcibly suppressed.

Liu Yaoyao blinked and muttered to herself.

"Could there be an old monster on the mountaintop? I can't possibly win. Better get Father over here!"

Liu Yaoyao didn't dare linger and immediately flew back towards the sect.

If she returned too late, she feared she would only be able to collect Li Qinghai's body.

On the mountaintop.

After dealing with everyone, the old granny slowly turned to look at Li Qinghai, her face showing a kind yet chilling smile.

"Oh, is there still a fish that slipped through the net?"