Dual Cultivation System: My Cultivation Was Crippled, So I Rely on Intimacy to Level Up

Chapter 201: The Entire Spirit Mountain Is Now Named Zhou? Mo Qianyuan Is Dumbfounded!

Two days later, Zhou Kai’s recreational activities finally came to an end. It was time to get down to serious business.

He leaped gracefully from the window of the Asking Star Restaurant, his figure melting seamlessly into the shadows of the night sky.

Leaving Shangqing City, he completely restrained his aura and hovered silently in mid-air. Below him, the brightly lit sprawl of the city’s architecture glittered in the dark.

During the two months Li Yunmian was in Secluded Cultivation, Zhou Kai, along with Gao Feiyang and Mo Qianyuan, had pieced together several crucial clues.

All roads led to the Zhao Family.

The beast tide had struck with bizarre precision, yet it seemed entirely within the expectations of certain people.

The towns and marketplaces to the west of Shangqing City had been utterly devastated. Yet, the Zhao Family’s ancestral lands remained perfectly intact. Not a single blade of grass was out of place, and they hadn’t lost even a single Foundation Establishment cultivator. Their defensive grand Formation had been activated at the exact perfect second, almost as if they had rehearsed the siege in advance.

When they uncovered this, the flamboyant Gao Feiyang immediately lost his patience. With a dramatic wave of his folding fan, he had clamored:

“These clues are more than enough! Let’s just ask Elder Yunmian to take action. With a single slap from a Golden Core great power, any of their pathetic schemes or tricks will be turned to ash!”

Zhou Kai had immediately vetoed the idea.

Ask Li Yunmian to take action? Wouldn’t that be an absolute waste of this perfect whetstone delivered right to their doorstep?

That absolutely wouldn’t do.

He casually supplied a high-sounding excuse:

“The Zhao Family incited the Demon Beasts, which caused Master to be injured. She hasn’t fully recovered yet. How could we possibly trouble her again for such petty scoundrels? Besides, the Zhao Family is acting in the shadows. If there is a bigger fish behind them, Master stepping in would only alert the enemy. As her disciple, it is my duty to resolve this for her in secret.”

Upon hearing this, Mo Qianyuan, who already revered her Master above all else, felt a surge of righteous indignation. Her willow-leaf brows shot up.

“Count me in! Those Zhao Family scoundrels… whatever they’re planning, I’ll make sure they learn exactly how Talismans are carved directly onto a person’s face!”

Zhou Kai’s real motive, however, was simple.

He was going to annihilate the Zhao Family.

Aside from Shen Hanyi and Fish Baibai, who were already decisive and experienced killers, the other women in his household had far too little real-combat experience.

This was perfect. He would use a deeply rooted Cultivation family as target practice for his wives.

He just needed to hold the rear and ensure nothing went wrong.

However, wiping out a family with centuries of heritage was no casual task. Even a lion uses its full strength to catch a rabbit. Zhou Kai needed to handle the reconnaissance flawlessly.

Sitting cross-legged atop the clouds, he flipped his palm. A Rank 3 Spirit Guarding Pill materialized in his hand. The pill was a flawless emerald green, overflowing with a rich, medicinal fragrance.

It was an extremely valuable Pill specifically used for nourishing Divine Sense.

He swallowed it without hesitation. The Pill instantly dissolved into a stream of cool energy that rushed straight into his Consciousness Sea.

After a moment, feeling his Divine Sense become unprecedentedly sharp and stable, Zhou Kai slowly opened his eyes. A flash of piercing light shot from his pupils.

“This is my first time using this technique on such a massive scale. But with my Divine Sense being comparable to the first layer of Golden Core, my mind should be able to withstand the load.”

His lips moved slightly as he whispered the activation words.

“Cicada Chirp Steals Heaven…”

Buzz.

In an instant, an intangible, formless wave rippled out from him, spreading silently across the landscape like quicksilver pouring over the ground.

There was no flash of Spiritual Energy, no earth-shattering commotion.

This Divine Sense secret art was the ultimate infiltration technique—completely covert and bizarre to the extreme.

His Divine Sense effortlessly phased through layer after layer of the Zhao Family’s perimeter warning Formations without triggering a single ripple.

The next moment, the entire Zhao Family ancestral land was stripped of its secrets, laid completely bare before his mind’s eye like a peeled egg.

Countless chaotic sounds flooded into his Consciousness Sea.

“…Third Elder, when will that batch of refining materials we seized from the Sun Family be distributed to our Refining Hall?”

“The Patriarch sent a message. We are to keep a close eye on the Qian Family’s movements. We absolutely cannot afford to be exposed…”

“Wuwu… Seventh Young Master, please be gentler, this servant can’t take it anymore…”

“Abnormal Spiritual Energy fluctuation detected at Formation Core 13! Go check immediately!”

Conversations, telepathic messages, heartbeats, breathing, and even the minute flow of Spiritual Energy within their Formation cores—absolutely nothing could hide.

Zhou Kai’s Consciousness Sea transformed into a massive processing center, frantically receiving and decoding the deluge of information.

After just 10 breaths.

Zhou Kai’s face turned visibly pale, and heavy beads of sweat formed on his forehead.

He abruptly severed the connection.

“Hoo…”

Exhaling a long breath of turbid air, Zhou Kai rubbed his throbbing temples, steadying his reeling mind.

“527 cultivators,” he muttered, processing the data. “Four at Foundation Establishment: one late-stage, two mid-stage, and one early-stage. Within the ancestral land, there are 13 sets of various Formations, all interlocking…”

The intelligence was secured.

“They annihilated the Sun Family, and the Asking Star Sect’s spiritual vein was also seized by them… I’ll need to investigate those two locations as well.”

Once his Divine Sense recovered, he would probe a few more times. He had to map out the exact location and strength of every single Zhao Family cultivator. Not a single one could be missed!

Western Pavilion, Spirit Mountain.

Mo Qianyuan felt like an outsider. A complete and utter outsider!

Ever since her Master, Li Yunmian, had emerged from Secluded Cultivation three months ago, Mo Qianyuan felt the atmosphere in this pavilion growing more and more bizarre.

At first, whenever that scoundrel Junior Brother Zhou Kai came to visit, her Master would at least maintain appearances and politely ask Mo Qianyuan to withdraw.

But now?

Now, these two were becoming completely shameless!

Just an hour ago, Zhou Kai had swaggered in from outside like he owned the place, marched straight up to the third floor of the pavilion, and walked right into her Master’s private bedchamber!

Her Master’s private chamber! And he had stayed in there for a full hour!

Did this even require using her brain? She could figure out what they were doing up there with her toes!

No wonder!

No wonder that idiot Gao Feiyang, ever since the beast tide ended, refused to stay on the spirit mountain. He had packed up every last thing in his cave abode and moved into the city to live long-term with the Qian Family.

At the time, she thought his departure was strange. Now, everything made perfect sense.

It wasn’t just the eastern side of the spirit mountain. The entire spirit mountain’s female population—except for herself—was now named Zhou!

Mo Qianyuan sat in the first-floor council hall, a stack of blank Talisman paper spread before her. She wanted to practice her craft, but she was so agitated she couldn’t draw a single stroke.

Her mind was a chaotic mess, and everything she looked at irritated her.

An unknown amount of time later, the sound of footsteps echoed from the staircase.

Zhou Kai and Li Yunmian walked down together.

Li Yunmian still possessed her signature lazy demeanor, but her cheeks held a satisfied, rosy glow, and her eyes sparkled with a myriad of charms.

As for Zhou Kai, he looked incredibly refreshed and energetic. However, the collar of his robes was noticeably disheveled.

Mo Qianyuan’s eyes instantly locked onto that crooked collar.

Her obsessive-compulsive disorder flared up violently!

If she couldn’t discipline her Master, couldn’t she at least manage this increasingly unrestrained Junior Brother?

“Junior Brother,” Mo Qianyuan cleared her throat, putting on her strictest face. “We are both cultivators. We should pay attention to our appearance. Look at you, your attire is completely disheveled! What kind of proper behavior is this?”

Before Zhou Kai could even respond, Li Yunmian chuckled lightly and cast a lazy glance at her disciple.

“Qianyuan.”

“Master.” Mo Qianyuan immediately sat up straight, proper as a board.

Li Yunmian walked to her side, extended a jade-like finger, and lightly poked the girl’s forehead. She let out a soft yawn before speaking.

“I see this habit of yours—worrying about absolutely everything—is incurable. You want to manage heaven and earth, and now you even want to manage your Junior Brother’s collar.”

She smiled teasingly. “The fact that Zhou Kai can tolerate your nagging is a skill in itself. Why don’t you just follow him too? From now on, let him manage you. That way, I can finally get some peace and quiet. Wouldn’t that be much simpler for everyone?”

“Pfft—!”

Mo Qianyuan nearly choked on her own breath. Her pretty face instantly flushed a violent crimson, overwhelmed by a mix of extreme embarrassment and panic. “Master! You… what kind of nonsense are you saying!”

She didn’t dare answer the question. Desperate to escape the conversation, she hurriedly changed the subject.

“Junior Brother Gao just sent a message! Master, you summoned us today… is there something important?”