Chapter 523 A Vast Dream in the Void!

Lian Yuezhou vaguely felt that Li Xuanfeng was testing her bottom line; if she let him have his way, one day he would completely Breakthrough.

"I really don't know how you, kid, did it. Your secret art deduction is so fast. Frequent Epiphanies couldn't be much better than this, right?"

"And your Cultivation hasn't fallen behind at all!"

After batting away Li Xuanfeng's large hand, Lian Yuezhou looked at him and said.

With her strength, and Li Xuanfeng being so close to her, how could his continuously increasing Cultivation possibly be hidden from her?

"My body craves progress too much; it Cultivates on its own."

Li Xuanfeng casually made up an excuse.

"Continue!"

Lian Yuezhou said no more. Talking too much with this monstrous disciple would only upset her.

In her opinion, Li Xuanfeng must have been dedicating part of his energy to Cultivation while simultaneously deducing secret arts. Given the strength of their Souls, multitasking was their most basic ability.

However, thinking this way only led to a greater sense of defeat.

As a Master, even with her main and secondary bodies working together, she couldn't compare to her disciple's casual deductions.

Closing her eyes and sitting cross-legged, casting aside distracting thoughts, Lian Yuezhou began a new round of deductions.

The insights Li Xuanfeng transmitted to her still needed to be slowly digested and then thoroughly integrated.

Three months later.

"Ding! Lian Yuezhou is deducing Soul secret arts…"

The familiar System prompt once again sounded in Li Xuanfeng's mind.

With her previous experiences, Lian Yuezhou had already lost the desire to compare.

It proved that Li Xuanfeng's insights this time were once again far superior to hers.

"It seems you don't need this Master."

Lian Yuezhou sighed.

She felt somewhat redundant. Everything she had deduced and gained insight into, Li Xuanfeng had already deduced, and even more than her.

"What are you saying, Master? Without your Nightmare Soul Art, I wouldn't have so much inspiration."

Li Xuanfeng quickly spoke. He couldn't let Lian Yuezhou leave. If his Master didn't deduce, and the System no longer returned insights, the complete formation of this new Soul secret art would be indefinitely delayed.

"But this Master has already passed on the entire Nightmare Soul Art to you."

Lian Yuezhou said.

"After these few times, the Nightmare Soul Art can no longer bring me much inspiration. Next, Master and I should try a different method of deduction!"

Li Xuanfeng said with a smile.

"You mean entering a dream together?"

Lian Yuezhou's expression stirred, and her interest greatly increased.

As soon as Li Xuanfeng mentioned a different method, she knew what he meant.

The direction for deducing this new Soul secret art had not deviated from the category of "Great Dream." The original Great Dream Art had two uses: first, for oneself, one could consume Soul Power to enter a dream, experiencing a long period of time in the Great Dream to complete dream baptism, thereby achieving the effect of Cultivating the Soul.

Second, for enemies, it would cause them to sink into a Great Dream, quickly exhausting their Soul Power and leading to their death. This method would also unknowingly expose the secrets deep within the enemy's memory during the dream, aiding in better Soul searching.

Now, the new Soul secret art that Lian Yuezhou and Li Xuanfeng were deducing had an additional direction: two people entering a dream together, their Souls merging and intertwining to collectively construct a dream world, consuming Soul Power together, undergoing dream baptism together, thereby completing Soul Cultivation and achieving a result greater than the sum of its parts!

This method was still under deduction and not yet fully completed, nor could it be guaranteed to work, but secret arts under deduction would eventually need practical application, and now was indeed a good opportunity.

"Dual Cultivation in a dream will definitely far surpass individual Cultivation. Not only can it verify the secret art, but it can also accelerate deduction. Master and I, with our clashing ideas, will surely have more inspiration!"

Li Xuanfeng said.

According to the deduction route returned by the System, this path was theoretically feasible, but there were two prerequisites.

One was that both parties must learn this secret art.

The second was that they must trust each other absolutely, without any Soul defenses, otherwise, it would all be for naught.

The outline of the new secret art was already clear. Li Xuanfeng had transmitted all the insights returned by the System to Lian Yuezhou, so both satisfied the first point, knowing how to perform Dual Cultivation in a dream. The second point was also not really an issue.

However, one thing worth mentioning was that this method was somewhat similar to Dual Cultivation.

If the "Yin and Yang Profound Refinement Art" was about physical intimacy, then this dual-person dream method was like intimate contact on a Soul level.

"Come, Master!"

Li Xuanfeng extended his hand to Lian Yuezhou, inviting her.

"What do you want to do?"

Lian Yuezhou gave him a sidelong glance. Soul Fusion didn't require physical contact. This Rebellious Disciple definitely wanted to hold her hand and take advantage of her again.

Li Xuanfeng wasn't embarrassed. He chuckled and directly grabbed Lian Yuezhou's smooth, tender hand, then his Soul Power surged out.

Lian Yuezhou was not an indecisive person. Her Soul Power also surged out. Thinking that she herself had taken advantage of Li Xuanfeng under the guise of 'bone touching,' she allowed him to hold her hand.

The Master and disciple exchanged glances, then simultaneously closed their eyes, their Seas of Consciousness wide open, defenseless against each other. Invisible Soul Power intertwined and Fused before them.

With their Soul Power intertwined, both Master and disciple felt a sense of "you are in me, and I am in you."

This feeling was different from physical Dual Cultivation, but it was also quite wondrous, as if the other person and oneself were originally one entity, becoming an existence that could be absolutely trusted and relied upon.

When the intertwining of their Souls reached a certain balance point, a new Soul Power was born, and profound fluctuations rippled in all directions. The dream world constructed by Soul Power then appeared, and the two intertwined Souls plunged into it, disappearing from sight.

The space fell silent.

Lian Yuezhou and Li Xuanfeng's Soul Power maintained a steady state.

Time passed in silence.

One month.

Two months.

Three months… The Master and disciple showed no signs of waking up, seemingly forever lost in that illusory dream world.

In reality, their hands remained clasped together.

The steady Soul Power began to deplete unknowingly. To sustain the dream world and complete the dream Cultivation, even Saint-Grade Souls found it difficult to endure, continuously weakening as time passed.

Six months, seven months, eight months… Until a full year had passed, Li Xuanfeng and Lian Yuezhou still showed no signs of waking.

And their Soul Power had become quite weak.

Another five months passed.

Their intertwined and Fused Soul Power was nearing exhaustion, and the illusory dream world was on the verge of collapse.

Crack!

Until one moment, the dream world emitted a crisp shattering sound that only Souls could hear.

Immediately after, it exploded with a bang.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

The fragments of the dream world swirled back, quickly plunging into Lian Yuezhou and Li Xuanfeng's Sea of Consciousness spaces.

At the same moment, both their eyelashes trembled, then their eyes opened. In a daze, countless images seemed to flash across their pupils.

The Master and disciple looked at each other, their eyes filled with countless complex emotions.

In that dream world, they had spent a hundred thousand years together!

The dream world constantly changed, and their identities also constantly changed, but the only constant was that they had always been together for those hundred thousand years.

Sometimes they were Master and disciple, sometimes they were Senior Sister and Junior Brother, sometimes they were prince and princess, sometimes they were empress and favored minister, but more often, they were Dao Companions!

"Life is like a Great Dream of the Void Realm; youth turns to white hair in but a fleeting moment…"

Li Xuanfeng spoke softly, his expression hazy.