The deflated cultivator refused to give up and vowed to turn the tables.

"Huh? Didn't I say I wouldn't shower with you? I've said it a thousand times, ten thousand times!" Young Master Mo objected vehemently, shouting loudly.

"What are you thinking? I was talking about cleansing your true energy," Su Zinong whispered mysteriously in her ear.

In fact, he couldn't wait to reach Tianjing Mountain. After leaving the valley, he immediately found a secluded place, used his true energy to cleanse himself, and then absorbed it back into his body.

The spiritual energy here is neither thick nor pure, and its effects are far inferior to those of Tianjing Mountain. However, if he does not cleanse himself now, the foreign true energy he just inhaled will take effect in Su Zinong's body, causing great discomfort and potentially leading to qi deviation. Therefore, he circulated his qi for two hours before daring to stop.

With the enemy defeated, the two relaxed and slowly made their way towards Tianjing Mountain. Along the way, Su Zinong practiced his martial arts for two or three hours each day to cleanse himself of the alien true energy.

We arrived at the back of Tianjing Mountain four days later.

The two of them cultivated here.

Su Zinong took out a Heavenly Spirit Stone and handed it to Young Master Mo.

"Wow, this is a good thing. These kinds of Heavenly Spirit Stones are not easy to come by. Thank you!" Young Master Mo was very happy, just like a woman receiving a gemstone.

Su Zinong took out a Heavenly Spirit Stone and used it to cleanse his true energy while absorbing spiritual energy. This way, he could both cleanse and increase his true energy at the same time.

Young Master Mo, of course, wouldn't waste any time and sat down to cultivate.

Su Zinong watched as Young Master Mo took out another spirit stone from his pocket. Although this spirit stone was better than ordinary spirit stones, it did not have the same concentration as a Heavenly Spirit Stone.

Oh, so you can practice both at the same time. Su Zinong silently made a mental note of it. That would definitely speed things up. Why didn't I think of that?

In fact, at that time, many people regarded spirit stones or heavenly spirit stones as treasures. Very few people would use two to practice. They would always practice one before moving on to the next, as if they were reluctant to use them. They never thought of practicing with two or three at the same time.

The saying "Among three people walking together, there must be one who can teach me" is indeed true. We can't always assume we're the smartest; others always have their own methods we can learn from, and we can always improve ourselves by learning from others.

The two trained at Tianjing Mountain for over a month. Su Zinong cleansed his internal energy and received accelerated spiritual energy from the Heavenly Spirit Stone, allowing him to break through the five-star level and reach the mid-stage of the five-star level in one go.

Young Master Mo's eyes widened as if they were about to pop out.

"A month ago you were at the peak of four stars, just like me, and now you're at the mid-five-star level," Young Master Mo said in surprise. "With your training method, you'll soon reach six or seven stars."

“It won’t be quick,” Su Zinong said. “I don’t usually absorb other people’s true energy unless it’s someone I hate to the extreme. It’s also very dangerous. If that person’s true energy cultivation is much higher than mine, the foreign true energy will run rampant in my body, damaging my meridians, and I might suffer a qi deviation. So I generally don’t dare to use it casually.” Su Zinong explained.

"Oh, I see." Young Master Mo nodded.

Now that their true energy had been cleansed and purified, Su Zinong led Young Master Mo down the mountain, preparing to head towards Tianqin Mountain again.

On this day, they arrived at the foot of Longevity Mountain.

Longevity City.

The two stayed at an inn.

While they were chatting that evening, Young Master Mo suddenly collapsed and fainted on the bed.

Su Zinong was startled and quickly went over to feel Young Master Mo's pulse. The pulse was weak and cold to the touch, indicating that the cold poison had taken effect.

It seems that the spiritual energy of Tianjing Mountain is rather cold, Su Zinong thought to himself.

He quickly called the innkeeper's waiter to bring a large bucket of hot water to pour into the bathtub, and then ordered the innkeeper to boil a bowl of strong ginger soup before closing the door.

Fearing that Young Master Mo would suffer from the cold poison affecting his internal organs, he quickly loosened his belt and prepared to put him into the bathtub to soak in warm water.

But when she took off Young Master Mo's clothes, she was stunned to find his chest soft to the touch. Young Master Mo was actually a woman!

There was no time to worry about anything else. He quickly picked her up and gently placed her in the large bathtub, letting her head rest against the side of the tub with a towel underneath. He then took out a long robe and covered the tub with it.

So she was a woman after all. That makes sense now. Why had she always been hesitant to bathe with me? Why wouldn't we share a room, and why did she refuse to go to the hot springs at Chaoxia Mountain? My face was burning; that time I saw her trembling on the floor, and when I pulled her to the bed, she slapped me across the face.

Su Zinong knew that women disguised as men would avoid as much trouble when traveling the martial arts world, especially beautiful women like Qin Xiangxue, who had caused countless troubles when she traveled the martial arts world.

Fifteen minutes later, Young Master Mo—no, Miss Mo—slowly woke up and found herself soaking in a bathtub. Looking down, she realized she was completely naked, and Su Zinong was sitting on a stool with his back to her. Suddenly, she screamed.

Su Zinong rushed over and covered her mouth, saying, "Don't shout or yell!"

"Waaaaah... Miss Mo wanted to speak but her mouth was covered and she couldn't say anything."

"I'll let you go if you don't call me," Su Zinong said.

Miss Mo nodded.

But the moment Su Zinong let go, Miss Mo screamed loudly again, so Su Zinong had to cover her mouth again.

“If you shout again, I’ll open the door and let everyone come and see you,” Su Zinong threatened.

This trick worked quite well, and Su Zinong slowly released her mouth. She glared fiercely at Su Zinong but dared not scream, unable to speak for a moment. She quickly pulled up the clothes that were covering the tub and covered herself with them.

"I didn't mean to. I didn't know you were a woman. I'm sorry," Su Zinong murmured.

Miss Mo knew this was the truth, but she was still very angry and aggrieved. Her body had been completely exposed by the man, and she felt like dying.

Su Zinong thought to himself, "Why do I always run into such messy things? Good heavens!"

If Huang Chenghe knew, he would be very envious of him.

But what would Qin Xiangxue think of him if she knew about this? Forget it, she's already married to someone else, why should he still think about her?

He ultimately couldn't let go of Qin Xiangxue.

Seeing that Su Zinong was silent and lost in thought, Miss Mo assumed he was still reliving the scene from earlier and shouted, "Stop thinking nonsense!"

"Oh, I wasn't thinking about you being naked; I was thinking about something else," Su Zinong said. "Do you have the strength to put on clothes right now?"

Miss Mo tried to move her hands and feet, but they were sore and weak that she could hardly stand up. She could only sigh.

In the end, Su Zinong picked her up, not daring to wipe her body, turned his head away and gently placed her on the bed, covered her with a quilt and dried the water droplets on her body.

Then they asked the innkeeper to bring a new quilt for Miss Mo to change, so as to prevent moisture from entering her body.

After drinking the ginger soup, she felt a little better. Su Zinong held Mo's hand and used the red spirit stone to channel his inner energy into her body. It took half an hour for her to slowly recover.

"Why did you take my red spirit stone but not use it, instead of waiting for the cold poison to flare up?" Su Zinong asked.

“After I took your red spirit stone and left, I used it regularly every seven or eight days and it never flared up. But when I met you, I forgot about it for a moment. Perhaps I felt too safe by your side, so I didn’t think about the cold poison flaring up,” Miss Mo said.

"What kind of sense of security do you feel with me? I'm being chased every day," Su Zinong said, puzzled.

“A strange sense of security,” Ms. Mo said, though she herself didn’t quite understand it.

The next day, Miss Mo was much better and said she was going out to visit a friend.

She seemed quite familiar with the city, turning left and right until she arrived in front of a large mansion.

Su Zinong looked up and saw the plaque with the words "Lin Mansion" written in large gold characters. It turned out to be the residence of the extraordinary woman Lin Yixi...