Chapter 68: Merging Bodies

  "Yu Yan, this piece of Huo Ling stone suits you better, you keep it!" Zhang Hua Ming smiled and said.

  Yu Yan heard Zhang Huaming's words and was slightly stunned, not knowing what to do, but she involuntarily nodded her head, because she really needed the fire spirit stone to quickly improve her cultivation.

  "Let's go!" Zhang Huaming took the lead and walked in, while Yu Yan followed closely behind him like a little daughter-in-law.

  As they ventured deeper into the Flame Mountain, the temperature inside grew increasingly higher. At this moment, just arriving at the outer core area of the Flame Mountain, Yu Xiang's body involuntarily absorbed the surrounding fire spirits.

  "Ah!" Zhang Huaming's eyebrows furrowed slightly as he witnessed this scene, thinking to himself: "The Fire Spirit Meridian is indeed against the heavens, its absorption of spiritual energy is three times faster than that of an ordinary person. It seems what Old Man Zhen said was not wrong at all."

  "En" Yu Yan's face suddenly flushed, and the next moment, she sat down directly, with a circle of faint red light appearing on her body, and a thread of blood oozing from the corner of her mouth.

  "Terrible." Zhang Huaming's expression changed drastically as he suddenly disappeared into thin air, only to reappear in front of Yu Yan. After a quick examination, his face turned stern because he already knew Yu Yan's situation at that moment. At that moment, Yu Yan was extremely dangerous, absorbing spiritual energy too quickly. The meridians in her body couldn't withstand the influx of spiritual energy and had already begun to show tiny cracks. If this continued, she would likely explode and die.

  "Zhu Lao, yes, finding Zhu Lao will solve this problem." Zhang Huaming suddenly remembered the Pearl Ancestor from the Primordial Pearl, because Bing Wu and Bing Ling's speed of absorbing spiritual energy was also three times faster than usual, so Zhu Lao must have a way to resolve this predicament.

  Zhang Huaming thought of this and immediately released his divine consciousness into the sea of consciousness, calling out in front of the Hunyuan Pearl: "Pearl Ancestor, are you there? If so, please respond quickly, I have an urgent matter, it's extremely urgent!"

  "Huh? You little rascal, you're actually being so polite and looking for me today? Wait a minute, I'm speechless, this little rascal's luck is simply defying the heavens! He's actually encountered the Fire Spirit Pulse so quickly?" A voice of surprise echoed from Zhang Huaming's heart.

  "Damn it, this little girl is in trouble."

  Zhang Huaming heard Zhu Lao's words and his expression changed suddenly: "Zhu Lao, you finally heard it, quickly tell me what to do?"

  "What to do? This is a difficult situation!" The old man's tone revealed his distress.

  Zhang Huaming heard Zhu Lao's words and his heart skipped a beat, he immediately said: "Zhu Lao, please be kind, think of a way to save her, okay?"

  "Hey, kiddo, isn't this girl your wife?" Old Zhu surprisingly teased Zhang Huaming.

  "Zhu Lao, you say first how to save her, okay?" Zhang Huaming's face showed a look of urgency as he called out, even changing the formal "you" to the informal "ni".

  Zhu Lao's image flashed in Zhang Huaming's mind, and he gave him a glance. His face showed an unpleasant expression: "Hmph, you stinky brat, just a joke and you're so unhappy, I have no choice."

  Zhang Huaming immediately put on a flattering expression and said: "Master Zhu, Master Zhu, please be kind to me, help me out quickly, Yu Yan is in great danger."

  "Hmph!" Zhu Lao's face showed a displeased expression, and he let out a cold hum before his expression turned serious: "Kid, tell me the truth, do you like this girl?"

  "This..." Zhang Huaming was suddenly at a loss, he was no longer the same person who had just arrived in this world, and he also knew that Yu Yan was not the same Yu Yan on Earth. The two of them were just imagining things, so their feelings couldn't be compared. If it were the Yu Yan on Earth, he could have answered without hesitation: "Love."

  "Ah, I can see that you're quite confident, young one," said Zhu Lao calmly. "Let me tell you, your attitude will decide this girl's life or death."

  "Why?" Zhang Huaming asked in puzzlement.

  "This girl's cultivation technique is really too poor, let alone triple absorption speed, even one and a half times the absorption speed won't work. Secondly, this girl is originally a fire spirit vein, in her own attribute domain, even if she doesn't absorb it, the spiritual energy will still be poured in at twice the speed. At this moment, all the meridians in her body have been damaged, and to recover, there is only one way."

  "What's going on?" Zhang Huaming hastily asked.

  "Joining Bodies in Dual Cultivation."

  "What?" Zhang Huaming heard this answer, first exclaimed and then fell silent, because he knew what dual cultivation meant.

  Zhu Lao saw Zhang Huaming's expression and said with a displeased face: "You little rascal, what are you hesitating about? As long as you and this girl cultivate together in dual cultivation, not only can you take advantage of this opportunity to ignite the fire and build the Fire Spirit Vein, but this girl can also take advantage of this opportunity to bring wood into her body and build the Wood Spirit Vein. Where else can you find such a good thing?"

  "But Pearl, this..." Zhang Huaming's face was filled with difficulty, after all, this was also taking advantage of someone's misfortune.

  "You little rascal, how about this: I'll help you control that girl's spiritual energy first, and then you can ask her what she thinks?"

  "Is there really no other way?" Zhang Huaming asked reluctantly again.

  "There's no other way, only this method. As for whether it will work or not, you can see for yourself. If you're not willing to try, then I'll just take a rest."

  Zhang Huaming heard Zhu Lao's words, his eyebrows slightly furrowed, and he spoke again: "Zhu Lao, since you can isolate Yu Yanling's spiritual energy from entering her body, why don't you help me isolate it? I'll take her out of the Flame Mountain area and then slowly treat her."

  "Pffft!" Zhu Lao glared with his eyes and puffed out his beard, saying: "You little brat really thinks I'm a god, do you know how much spiritual energy it takes for me to help that girl suppress her demonic aura? You little scamp, if I hadn't seen that you're the master's chosen disciple, I wouldn't have wasted so much spiritual energy."

  Zhang Huaming heard Zhu Lao's words and his expression changed slightly: "Zhu Lao, is this soul power very important?"

  "Nonsense, you little brat! If it's not important, why would I have to enter hibernation mode so often?"

  Zhang Huaming thought for a moment and then made up his mind. He opened his mouth and said, "Zhū Lǎo, I'm afraid I have to trouble you with something."

  "You little rascal, alright, you need to pay attention. I'll transmit the Dual Cultivation Technique to you first. Later on, I can only hold on for ten breaths at most, so you'd better hurry up." Old Zhen reminded him.

  "Uh-huh."

  Whoosh! Zhang Huaming felt a dizziness in his head, and the next moment, a shadow appeared before his eyes, giving him a fright.

  "Zhu Lao, you can actually come out?" Zhang Huaming's face was filled with shock as he had always thought that Zhu Lao couldn't leave the Hunyuan Pearl.

  Zhu Lao didn't respond to Zhang Huaming's words, and with a wave of his hands, a thick wooden spiritual energy instantly enveloped Yu Xuan, isolating the fire spiritual energy around her.

  Yu Yan slowly opened her eyes, a look of surprise on her face. In the brief moment that was less than a hundred breaths, she seemed to have gone through a life-and-death struggle. At first, when she entered this place, she felt very comfortable, with spiritual energy pouring in and her cultivation rising like a rocket. However, after reaching the initial stage of Wu Zun, the martial yuan within her began to swell up and was no longer under her control, wildly surging through her meridians. Just as she thought she would lose her life, a cool intent poured into her brain from the top, instantly calming down the chaotic surge of martial yuan within her body.

  "Thank you, Master Zhang, for saving my life." Yu Yan said to Zhang Huaming with a slight bow, her face flushing with red.

  "Yue Yan, I have some unfortunate news to tell you. For now, I can only control the fire spirit's energy infusion for ten breaths. After that, I won't be able to control it anymore."

  What a cruel fate! Yu Yan heard the news, her face changed instantly, and then she showed a despondent expression and responded: "Master Zhang, since heaven has arranged it this way for me, what can I do? It's all up to heaven now! All I regret is that I couldn't avenge Yu Jia, I hate...!"

  Zhang Huaming heard Yu Yan's words, his expression changed slightly, and he said: "Yu Yan, actually there is another way to solve your current dilemma, but..."

  Yu Yan heard Zhang Huaming's words and her desperate eyes suddenly lit up, she hastily asked: "Young Master Zhang, is it true? What method is it?"

  Zhang Huaming looked at Yu Yan's expectant face, hesitated for a moment, and said word by word: "Dual Cultivation of Body and Soul."

  "Uh!" Yu Yan heard this word and her eyes slightly froze for a moment, the next second her facial expression changed rapidly.

  "Mixed little kid, you talk too much! I've lost control, whether to save you or not is up to you, damn it! This time I'm in big trouble, don't wake me up unless it's something important." A scolding voice came from the void, belonging to Zhen Lao.

  "What?" Zhang Huaming heard Zhu Lao's words and his expression changed instantly.

  "Ah!" Yu Yan let out a miserable cry.