The Journey of Immortal Cultivation-Chapter 451 -s 264-265: Accelerating the Elixir Formation_3
Her Divine Soul was exhausted, but this was something that Divine Power could not remedy. However, at this critical moment, she could only bear the discomfort and finish today’s tasks first.
The difficult two hours finally came to an end; she insisted on enduring for a little while longer, as long as it took to drink a cup of tea, before turning around with her meridians feeling like they were about to burst.
"Where are you going?" Changtian’s voice came from behind her.
"Going to the room to take a bath, then rest." Her voice carried a hint of grogginess. Even though she could use the Cleaning Technique, she still preferred to bathe in warm water, a habit she didn’t want to change after more than ten years.
"Come here." Changtian called her to his side, then swept her off her feet and held her in his arms.
"I’m very dirty, covered in sweat, and stink!" She resisted, struggling a few times, still trying to claw back some points for her appearance. Changtian didn’t say anything, but she knew he was fastidious about cleanliness, her body covered in ash and sweat was no different from a little girl tending a coal stove.
"It’s alright." He ignored her slight struggle, positioning her comfortably in his arms, then held her tightly, not allowing her to move, "Sleep."
She weakly protested: "I want to take a bath first..."
"Sleep first, bathe after you wake up." He placed his fingers on her temples and the Jade Pillow Acupoint at the back of her head, gently kneading, as his soft Divine Power also slowly flowed into her.
Her high-end masseur, his technique was still excellent. Ning Xiaoxian was truly too tired, succumbing to sleepiness and drifting peacefully into dreamland.
Before long, her breath emitted a faint sound. Ever since she developed her Divine Skills, she mostly replaced sleep with cultivation and breathing regulation, but after an intense drain on her Divine Soul, the best remedy was still to have a comfortable sleep. For both mortals and cultivators, sleep was the best way to restore the Divine Soul.
The True One Technique continued to operate in her steadily yet slowly. This miraculous spell could also nourish her Divine Soul, just at a slower pace. Changtian transmitted his Divine Power into her to hasten the effect of the True One Technique.
Today, she managed to refine the God Transformation Pill, and her performance exceeded his expectations. He originally thought that even with the assistance of the Pill Furnace Qiongqi, she would need to fail three or four times to grasp the essence of the technique. Who knew that she would succeed in one go without fail? Judging from her enlightenment in the Cloud Sea and Ying River, this girl had great aptitude; that was a talent. And today’s alchemy showed her great tenacity, both of which are the most important attributes for a cultivator.
He never told her that for human cultivators, refining the God Transformation Pill was something only those at the Void Refining Stage should attempt! Those below the Void Refining Stage shouldn’t even think about it. That’s the real reason why the God Transformation Pill is so precious. If people knew that she, not yet twenty years old, with her cultivation at the Great Success Stage, could actually undertake such a defiance of heaven, wouldn’t she be treated as a genuine demon?
Her success was largely due to Divine Power inherited from Changtian and the high grade of alchemy fire, but her own alchemy technique control, and the application of the ability to "See the micro and know the macro," were also indispensable.
Regrettably, in Changtian’s view, her success seemed like a matter of course, so after she succeeded in refining the pill, she only felt joy and no pride.
Changtian gazed at her quietly, unconsciously holding her tighter and tighter, as if trying to merge her into his own body. He whispered to her sleeping face, "Don’t mind them."
Ning Xiaoxian instinctively struggled a little. Changtian slightly loosened his grip, brushed away the wet strands of hair from her forehead, and planted a light kiss on her delicate forehead, even taking in the fine beads of sweat into his mouth. As if savoring them for a long time, he murmured, "It doesn’t stink." Ning Xiaoxian seemed to hear this in her dream, pursed her lips, shifted her position, and rubbed all the sweat beads and ash on her body onto his black clothes.
Qiongqi curled up in the corner, holding back laughter, trying to make itself even more unnoticeable. It dared not break the current atmosphere, for it couldn’t imagine how the Divine Monarch would punish it.
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She slept for a full four hours before waking up. And she was woken up by someone.
The voice of Tu Jin came over: "Lord Divine Monarch, three female disciples from Chaoyun Sect are looking for Ning Xiaoxian. They came once three hours ago and I sent them away; this time they insisted on not leaving until they see her."
Previously, to avoid disturbance, Changtian sealed the Demon Eye to prevent the outside information from coming in. Now that she was close to waking up, he let Tu Jin inform her of the outside situation.
