Chapter 36: The Sect Was Sold, Junior Sister 3
However, she couldn't bond with this jade pendant herself. Only by trying to bond with it using her blood did she succeed, but the jade pendant could then only be worn around her neck.
"Shao Zongzhu, can you help me figure out what's causing this? Will I be unable to soul-bind any items in the future?"
Chen Junrong was startled again. Was this girl truly clueless or just pretending? To find out why she couldn't soul-bind a space, he would need to use his divine sense to probe her sea of consciousness. Even among the closest people, one should never allow others to enter their sea of consciousness. If someone tampered with it, and they harbored ill intentions, they could cause her to die and her Dao to vanish in minutes, and she wouldn't even know how she died.
So, he explained all this to Ning Yan, "You are a cultivator after all. You should at least have a basic sense of precaution."
Ning Yan stopped fiddling with the jade pendant, "To me, you are the closest person in this world. I don't want to guard against you. Hurry up and help me see what's going on with me."
Chen Junrong was disarmed by her matter-of-fact tone. He felt a warmth in his heart and also some pity for this girl. She was so much younger than him, and after her father died, she was even betrayed by her fiancé. He vowed to treat her well and protect her for the rest of his life.
"Even if you trust me, it's not enough. I'll teach you how to examine your own sea of consciousness. In the future, you must not slack off and strive to cultivate diligently. Once your cultivation improves early, no one will be able to bully you."
In fact, he was going to tell his father today that he wanted to become Dao companions with Ning Yan, but there was too much of a difference in their cultivation levels. Unless she became pregnant, many people in the sect would surely object.
Ning Yan was pressured by the great master to study. Fortunately, she was quite intelligent and learned after just one lesson. Then, she examined herself.
Soon, she discovered the abnormality in her sea of consciousness.
A majestic phoenix phantom occupied a corner of her sea of consciousness. Seeing this, she had a thought: could she be the reincarnation of a phoenix?
Ever since she gained memory, she had been continuously reincarnating, but she couldn't remember where she originally came from, only her name, Ning Yan.
Phoenixes are reborn through Nirvana, so forgetting memories is understandable.
It's just that this phoenix phantom was too overbearing. How could it prevent her from bonding with other things?
Just as she was thinking this, the phantom moved, and Ning Yan then discovered a transparent, qi-like substance that had been blocked by it.
No, perhaps it wasn't qi, but a barrier. It seemed there was something very important in her mind that she had forgotten.
Or perhaps, it wasn't forgotten. The existence of that barrier was originally to isolate certain things, and it would automatically recede at a specific time.
So, who exactly was she?
That night, the two of them once again spent a night of passion. The next day, Chen Junrong clearly felt the changes in his damaged Dantian. He felt that if they continued like this, his Dantian would be fully repaired in no time.
Originally, he was supposed to be in seclusion for cultivation, but now, why would he need to!
Cultivation was boring, but dual cultivation was addictive and could shorten the recovery time. Why not?
In the following days, Chen Junrong was responsible for preparing spirit-rich meals for Ning Yan. They cultivated during the day and fought at night. In just one month, Chen Junrong's Dantian had recovered by half, and Ning Yan's cultivation had advanced from the early Foundation Establishment stage to the late Foundation Establishment stage. This speed truly shocked Chen Junrong.
After dinner in the evening, Ning Yan was once again carried onto the bed by Chen Junrong, but Ning Yan dodged him, "Don't come over. You sleep alone tonight. If you can't, then go into seclusion."
"Why? Dual cultivation clearly has many benefits for both of us."
Ning Yan thought, 'You say that without an ounce of guilt!' "Enough with that. No matter how many benefits there are, you can't keep tormenting me. I'm pregnant."
Chen Junrong froze instantly, his eyes fixed on Ning Yan's belly: "Pregnant? I'm going to be a father?"
Ning Yan nodded, "Didn't you feel it?"
He hadn't felt it before, but with her mention, Chen Junrong clearly sensed a new life force in Ning Yan's lower abdomen.
Chen Junrong shot up and immediately sent a disciple to inform his father and the Grand Apothecary of the sect. Soon after, a group of people arrived at Mist Glow Peak.
The Lingxiao Sect was originally founded by the Chen family's Old Ancestor. Many of the Supreme Elders and Supreme Old Ancestors in the sect were Chen Junrong's direct elders. Upon hearing that there was an heir to their family, almost everyone came, except for those in death seclusion.
The Grand Apothecary smiled broadly, his teeth showing. He went straight to Ning Yan's arm, pulled it over, and took her pulse. In a moment, he affirmed, "Shao Zongzhu's wife's body is very healthy, and the child is also very healthy! Shao Zongzhu has an heir!"
The Lingxiao Sect Master laughed heartily, "Good, good, good! This Sect Master is finally going to hold a grandson."
Just now, Chen Junrong had seemed quite excited, but once his father and the other elders of the sect arrived, he maintained a calm demeanor, though his hands hidden in his sleeves were clenching so tightly they were almost crushed, "Father, I want to take Yan'er to soak in the sect's Lingquan Pool for a few days."
"Alright, go, go, go. She can stay there for her entire pregnancy if she wishes."
The spiritual energy concentration in the various peaks of the sect was not the same, but the most concentrated place was the sect's forbidden area, the Lingquan Pool. To soak in the Lingquan Pool required contribution points, and even the Sect Master was no exception.
But now that his son's child was coming, the Lingxiao Sect Master directly allowed his daughter-in-law to soak for the entire duration. His contribution points were more than enough!
Several Old Ancestors also offered good things, as the child's mother's cultivation was too low, so she needed to be well protected.
One Supreme Old Ancestor, who looked about forty but had actually lived for over ten thousand years, couldn't help but sigh, "This kid's talent is already enviable enough, but I didn't expect him to have such good fortune, having an heir right after his enlightenment."
"By the way, from now on, Ning Yan and Junrong are officially husband and wife. After the child is born, we will hold their Dao companion ceremony."
Since she was carrying on their Old Chen family's lineage, her status had to be given first.
All the disciples in the room bowed in unison, "Greetings, Shao Zongzhu's wife."
Ning Yan raised an eyebrow: Oh, so she's the Shao Zongzhu's wife now? It sounds much better than Tianyan Sect's Junior Sister.
The next day, Ning Yan was carried by Chen Junrong to the Lingquan Pool.
"You soak here by yourself. I'll guard you from the side. If you don't want to soak anymore, we can go back to Mist Glow Peak for a few days."
As soon as Ning Yan arrived here, every cell in her body became lively. The spiritual energy, as if sentient, frantically drilled into her body. She instinctively circulated her cultivation method, but the speed of absorbing spiritual energy was still too slow.
When Chen Junrong placed her in the Lingquan Pool, she immediately sat in meditation, recalled the cultivation method in her mind, and then spent an hour completely revising the method from beginning to end. After circulating the new cultivation method this time, the speed of spiritual energy absorption increased by at least three times. Visibly, in just a few days, Ning Yan broke through the Foundation Establishment stage and formed her Golden Core.
This greatly frightened Chen Junrong. He had never heard of anyone advancing their cultivation in the Lingquan Pool.