After they left the portal, Lyra took out a green feather and injected her qi into it, and a green light shot out of it in a certain direction.
"Hmm? Isn't that the direction to the upper realms? Is he really there now?"
"Yes, Ling Yun should be in the upper realms now." Lyra answered Nu Shen's question. "I didn't expect that they would go there so quickly, especially since his cultivation was still in mortal realms."
"Mortal realms?"
"Half a year ago, Ling Yun's cultivation was still at the Soul Realm, but he was a dual cultivator."
"A dual cultivator, huh?" Nu Shen muttered softly. "Even though he is a dual cultivator, it shouldn't be possible for him to ascend to the upper realms in just six months, and he can only do so after he breaks through to the Five God Realms."
Lyra nodded in agreement with that. "Even so, Luxuria was by her side, and she also had a close relationship with Zhou Yu, the spirit of void, so she was probably the one who brought them to the upper realms."
"That's true." Nu Shen then took out her flying artifact. "All right, let's go to Ling Yun's place right now."
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"What are you doing here, Yanyan?"
"Hmm?" Mu Yan turned around and asked in surprise. "Why did you come here, Big Sis Yuan? Do you want to look for herbs again?"
"No." Zhuang Yuan shook her head. "Xianzi told me many things about Mo Chen, and she asked me to come here to protect him. Besides, Tang Chen and the people from the Tang Clan also asked me and the others to wait for him to improve before we take action against those heretics, so I was very curious about him."
"I see." Mu Yan nodded in understanding. "Mo Chen is indeed not ordinary, and his growth is astonishing, but I didn't expect that Senior Tang and the others cared so much about him. Anyway, I came here because Shu'er asked me to protect him, but I didn't know that Xianzi was also asking you to do the same."
"It's been a while since we've been to the garden, and I want to witness Mo Chen's special qualities for myself, so let's go in now."
"However, you better be careful with Mo Chen, as that kid has a unique charm, or you will fall for it." Mu Yan warned her as she followed behind Zhuang Yuan.
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Inside the garden, five women and two beasts sat relaxing while waiting for Ling Yun to finish dual cultivating with his women, but they were astonished by their activities, especially since there were so many women serving him alone.
'Hey, Nichang! How could Mo Chen be so strong? He even dual-cultivated with dozens of women at once.' Qiao Lingzhi asked in a whisper to her best friend.
'I don't know.' Nangong Nichang then thought for a moment before continuing. 'Despite its fame for its strength, a dragon is also famous for its vitality and lust, so Mo Chen might be able to become that strong because of his dragon bloodline.'
'Well, that's true.' Qiao Lingzhi nodded in agreement with her. 'How long do you think it will take them to finish? They've been dual cultivating for several hours now, but they still don't show any signs of stopping.'
'We can't do anything right now, so we have to wait for them to finish first.'
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"When do you think they will finish? Zhiyu Yushen asked Yue Tu, who was on his lap.
"I can't confirm that, especially since Mo Chen is in an unusual condition." Yue Tu replied by shaking her head. "A few days ago, he dual-cultivated with Elder Chuqing, and they did it for almost a full day."
"Eh?" Zhiyu Yushen was surprised to hear that. "Did he really dual-cultivate with Liu Chuqing?"
"Yes." Yue Tu then told her. "Elder Chuqing has always been like that, and she always goes to new disciples who she considers strong to dual cultivate with them. However, she ended up suffering at the hands of Mo Chen, as he fucked her non-stop, and she fell unconscious."
"Does your master also dual-cultivate with him?"
"Haha." Yue Tu laughed before telling him. "Even though Kang Ming is weak, my master is still loyal to him, and she never thought about dual cultivating with other men, let alone a new disciple. However, she swallowed his yang qi, and she will be addicted to it."
"Is his yang qi really having such an effect?"
"Yes."
Zhiyu Yushen then turned to Hu Ling. "Then what will happen to her?"
"Hmm?" Yue Tu also turned to Hu Ling. "She definitely wants to swallow his yang qi again, especially since it's very beneficial for us beasts."
Seeing Zhiyu Yushen looking at her with narrowed eyes, Hu Ling lowered her face and said to her. "Master, don't scold me or hate me; I just want to become strong to help you, and his yang qi can help me for that, so please allow me to continue swallowing it."
Zhiyu Yushen sighed softly and rubbed Hu Ling's head. "You are my contract beast, and we have been together for so long. Besides, you are the reason I was able to become a good healer, so how could I possibly hate you?"
"Don't you really hate me, master?" Hu Ling asked as she looked up at her.
"No, I will never hate you." Zhiyu Yushen answered with a smile. "As for your wish, I will talk to Mo Chen after everything is over, and I will ask him for some stock so you can swallow it again."
"En, thank you, master." Hu Ling felt relieved by that.
On the other hand, Long Xiang and Tian Yueling did not say anything, but they seemed to be impatiently waiting for Ling Yun and the others to finish their activities.
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Sometime later, Zhuang Yuan and Mu Yan arrived at the garden, and they didn't encounter any major obstacles because they had been to that place several times. However, they hid their presence from them using Zhuang Yuan's concealing artifact, and their gazes only focused on the location of Ling Yun and the others.
Even so, Long Xiang noticed their presence as soon as the two women set foot in the garden, but she didn't say anything to them as she didn't sense any evil intentions from them.
"Do you think he and all his women are in there?" Zhuang Yuan asked.
Mu Yan nodded to her. "It should be like that, but I don't understand why they are all here. Besides, I can feel that Mo Chen's aura is a little strange, and I don't know what happened to him."
"I also feel the same as you." Zhuang Yuan then asked her again. "Anyway, how did they get here faster than us?"
Mu Yan was silent for a moment before telling her. "In fact, Jiang Xiuxi is one of them, but-"
"What? Are you joking with me?" Zhuang Yuan asked in a high voice.
"I'm not joking with you." Mu Yan answered with a soft sigh. "Honestly, I myself only found out two days ago that Jiange Xiuxi's true identity is Zhou Yu, the spirit of void."
"Huh?" Zhuang Yuan was even more shocked when she heard that.
Mu Yan shook her head at her reaction. "I didn't lie to you; Jiange Xiuxi and Zhou Yu are really the same person, and she is one of Mo Chen's women."
"No wonder Ao Yangyu ordered the members of the Sunset Valley to recruit female disciples with ice qi, so Jiange Xiuxi ordered her." Zhuang Yun muttered softly.
"Some of his women wanted to build a new sect in the northern region, but they would only accept female cultivators with the ice element, especially since they used to be members of a women-only sect in their realm."
"How-" Zhuang Yuan didn't continue her words as she sensed a strange aura from Ling Yun, and a black pillar suddenly shot up into the sky, which was originating from him.
"Dark qi?" Zhuang Yuan and Mu Yan were shocked to see that, as they had not known that Ling Yun had dark elements before, and their expressions turned ugly after they found out about it.
Soon, the void walls surrounding them disappeared, and Ling Yun was already in his half-dragon form, but his current form was much different from usual.
His dragon horns became longer, and his blood-red eyes became even redder; even his whole body was covered with black tattoos. Around him, the women were lying exhausted on the ground, including the three spirit women.
Ling Yun looked at his woman with a smile before turning to Tian Lanyi. "This power is truly amazing, and I am confident that I can fight with cultivators at the Peak Venerate Realm now." (A/N: I will reveal the techniques he got from Bai Zhongyi and Tian Lanyi when he meets the spirit guardians.)
"Yes." Tian Lanyi then pushed Ling Yun forward, as she said to him. "Anyway, you don't have much time left because the spirit emperor is out, and he has ordered his guardians to hunt you down, so you should enter the cave now. That way, your strength will increase even higher, and your cultivation might immediately break through several levels after you fuse with the old dragon's body part."
Ling Yun simply nodded and entered the cave without stopping, but a mature female voice greeted him directly. "Finally, you arrived at this place, Chaos Dragon's heir."
