That is, what is commonly known as—self-brainwashing.

Looking at Pei Yuhan's expression, she seemed to have realized something.

"First, you are the Reincarnation of some great figure, just like Fairy Xiao Xiyue. She is the Reincarnation of Fairy Yue, born with a Moon Spiritual Root, facing no Bottleneck in her Breakthroughs, and can even monitor a region through the moon."

"Second, you possess a certain Physique that I didn't discover when I examined you before. Recently, this Physique suddenly awakened, which also explains why you suddenly reached the Golden Core."

"As for your Breakthrough from the third Realm of the Dao of the Sword to the fourth, and then to the seventh, it is likely that your Comprehension Ability has improved, causing your past accumulation in the Dao of the Sword to erupt and push you to your current Realm."

"However… regardless of which possibility it is, you will definitely be able to enter the Void Return Realm!"

"If you are the Reincarnation of some great expert, only the Void Return Realm allows one to re-enter the world to Cultivate. If you possess a special Physique that I cannot detect, then your Physique is likely extraordinary, and its name was probably lost in the ancient times…"

Pei Yuhan analyzed earnestly, her eyes seemingly flashing with brilliant radiance.

"In that case… Master, you don't need to worry anymore, right?" Lin Yi gently stroked his beautiful Master's back; where his fingertips swept, it was soft, smooth, and tender.

Pei Yuhan understood what Lin Yi meant by "no need to worry."

"I will protect you until you reach the Void Return Realm…" Pei Yuhan whispered.

"Right! Xiao Yi, get up!" Pei Yuhan climbed out of Lin Yi's embrace, pulled him up, and the two sat facing each other.

Pei Yuhan brushed away Lin Yi's hand as he tried to move around, "Stop fooling around. Since you have such talent, not a single moment should be wasted. Come, I will pass on a set of Yin and Yang Dao techniques to you."

The so-called Yin and Yang Dao technique was actually a dual Cultivation Technique.

Lin Yi felt a bit helpless, but he was also quite moved that his beautiful Master was willing to accompany him in this way.

Lin Yi also reached out, pressing his hands against Pei Yuhan's.

Yu Xiaotang watched their actions curiously from the side.

"Xiao Tang, you learn from me too. When I am not by your side in the future, you must supervise your Senior Brother's Cultivation. Even when enjoying yourselves, do not waste time." Pei Yuhan assumed her role as Master.

Yu Xiaotang nodded like a chick pecking at rice. Having understood the situation between Lin Yi and Pei Yuhan, and after several rounds of jointly resisting Lin Yi, she no longer held any resentment toward Pei Yuhan.

Pei Yuhan passed the entire set of Yin and Yang Dao techniques to her two Disciples. This technique was called "Sun and Moon Shining Together," and its function was simple and brutal: spiritual energy would circulate through the bodies of both parties during dual cultivation, allowing them to obtain far more abundant spiritual energy than usual.

However, this spiritual energy would be somewhat unstable, but as a supplement to regular Cultivation, it was more than enough.

Pei Yuhan sat on Lin Yi's lap, then gathered…

Pei Yuhan's brows furrowed slightly, but immediately after, she breathed a sigh of relief as the spiritual energy connection was established between her and Lin Yi.

"Then, next…"

"Stop messing around! Do as I say!!" Pei Yuhan couldn't help but glare at Lin Yi. Lin Yi was all smiles; his skin was thick enough that Pei Yuhan's glare was completely useless, and he was even more moved by this unusual charm.

Thus, stumbling along, the spiritual energy finally completed a full cycle under Pei Yuhan's control.

Pei Yuhan was somewhat distressed. She knew her eldest Disciple was a rascal who wasn't happy unless he was teasing her, so she thought she could use this to entice him to Cultivate faster, but she didn't expect…

The spiritual energy barely completed another cycle before she stared blankly at the patterns on the canopy above, then collapsed softly onto Lin Yi.

"Rebellious Disciple… truly a Rebellious Disciple…" Pei Yuhan muttered. Embraced by Lin Yi, wrapped in a quilt, and holding the somewhat sticky Junior Sister, they prepared to go to sleep comfortably.

Heh, little Master, laughable, laughable.

Lin Yi opened the System.

On it, there was only the unfinished "Heart of a Teacher, Dream of a Disciple" (Ending). The entire Cold Palace Sword Sect only had his Master and Junior Sister. It seemed that if he wanted to improve his strength quickly, he needed to go down the mountain…

Lin Yi thought of the Dao Trial Conference, then thought of the miserable women in the original novel, and finally thought of his Master, Pei Yuhan…

No matter what, he needed to improve his Cultivation base so that the women around him wouldn't get hurt.

No matter what methods he needed to use, it didn't matter to him, as long as he could protect his Master and the others.

Lin Yi, like Pei Yuhan, fell into a deep sleep.

Lin Yi knew that the true mysteries of the Great Sun Scripture were still to come, far more profound than the Dao books of the Cold Palace Sword Sect, but the Great Sun Scripture he had in hand was only enough to Cultivate to the Nascent Soul Stage.

This also required him to go down the mountain to trigger missions.

Absorbing the sunlight and moonlight drifting between heaven and earth, the Great Sun Scripture operated on its own, but compared to the speed at which enemies attacked, this speed was still a bit slow.

"After dealing with that filthy wretch tonight, I'll go down the mountain tomorrow…"

This thought flashed through Lin Yi's mind, and he suddenly opened his eyes.

"Hmm? Junior Sister?"

"Mmph… Sorry, Senior Brother… I was thinking, since Master had it once, I shouldn't have less, right…" Yu Xiaotang's eyes darted around, but her hands and feet were not slow.

Chapter 13: Elder Ji Xiu, You Have Already Courted Death

Tonight, the Cold Palace Sword Sect was brightly lit.

Lin Yi silently watched the flying snow, which was gradually intensifying outside the window, while the tea by his hand had already cooled.

"Senior Brother, you said you are preparing to go down the mountain tomorrow…" Yu Xiaotang's cheeks were flushed red, and the cold air made her delicate little face shrink a bit.

Lin Yi felt a pang of heartache and pulled her into his embrace, warming Yu Xiaotang's face with his own body heat.

Yu Xiaotang lay longingly in Lin Yi's embrace, feeling her body gradually warm up, and felt a sense of peace.

"What's wrong? Can't bear to part with your Senior Brother?" Lin Yi teased his Junior Sister.

"Hmm… Senior Brother… can you not go down the mountain…" Yu Xiaotang let out a soft hum. Perhaps because of the wind and snow, her usually lively nature had become much softer.

"Then… Xiao Tang must accompany Senior Brother to play in this Cold Jade Palace every day…" Lin Yi smiled, his eyes full of mischief.

Yu Xiaotang naturally understood that this "play" was not a simple matter. Her little face grew hot, and she gave a soft huff, "Senior Brother only knows how to tease Xiao Tang."

"I'm just teasing you…"

Just as Lin Yi was about to reveal his plan, Yu Xiaotang interrupted him.

"…It's not impossible…"

Lin Yi was stunned, then dotingly lifted Yu Xiaotang's delicate face and left a kiss on her moist, glistening lips.

"Is Xiao Tang unwilling to go down the mountain with Senior Brother? Wouldn't it be nice for the three of us, Master and Disciples, to go to the mortal world to temper our hearts together?" Lin Yi's words made Yu Xiaotang purse her lips.

"Senior Brother! You're bad! I'm going to tell Master! Senior Brother, you're bullying me!" Yu Xiaotang broke free from Lin Yi's embrace, glared at him angrily, and then ran into the Cold Jade Palace.

Since "sleeping foot-to-foot" with Lin Yi together with Pei Yuhan yesterday, she had moved into the Cold Jade Palace.

After Zhao Nian left the Cold Palace Sword Sect this morning, Lin Yi also moved into the Cold Jade Palace.

Now, the three of them, Master and Disciples, lived together harmoniously, living a life like that of immortals.

After Yu Xiaotang ran into the Cold Jade Palace, it wasn't long before Pei Yuhan's elegant figure walked out from inside.

"What happened? I heard Xiao Tang say you bullied her?" Pei Yuhan sat beside Lin Yi. Spiritual energy surged, heating the cooled tea, and she used her Divine Sense to control the teapot to fill their cups.

"Well, I teased her saying I was going down the mountain alone tomorrow to temper myself in the mortal world, and she came running over in tears saying she wanted me to stay…" Lin Yi stood up, walked behind Pei Yuhan, and reached out to gather her long, ink-black hair that was draped down.

Pei Yuhan didn't mind Lin Yi's actions. She felt his fingers weaving through her hair and picked up a cup of hot tea, taking a gentle sip.

"I was not crying!!" Yu Xiaotang, who had just run out of the Cold Jade Palace, heard her beloved Senior Brother say this and retorted.

"Yes, yes, yes, my Xiao Tang is the best behaved." Lin Yi nodded with a smile. Although he didn't know what this had to do with being well-behaved, Yu Xiaotang's expression softened.

It wasn't that she was angry at her Senior Brother for keeping things from her, just a bit aggrieved.

She cared about him so much and even said such shameful things… yet he was still teasing her.

Yu Xiaotang sat down beside Pei Yuhan.

Lin Yi's fingers were unhurried, gathering several strands of hair together into a bun. He reached out and beckoned toward the falling snow. Spiritual energy surged, compressing the snow into a crystal-clear white hairpin.

Lin Yi inserted the hairpin into the bun to secure it.

"Hmm, Master looks… even more alluring like this!"

"Isn't she even more beautiful?" Yu Xiaotang asked subconsciously, but then she realized, "Senior Brother only knows about those lewd things!"

"Otherwise… my Xiao Tang would have to live as a widow while I'm still alive…" Lin Yi leaned over to Yu Xiaotang's side, picked her up, and sat on the chair she had been sitting on, placing her in his lap.

Pei Yuhan used her Divine Thought to look at her hairstyle, according to her memories from the mortal world…

This seems to be a hairstyle for a newlywed woman, right?

The tips of Pei Yuhan's ears turned slightly red. Lin Yi's meaning was already very clear; she was his wife…

"Senior Brother, you…"

"Someone is here."

Before Yu Xiaotang could finish her sentence, Pei Yuhan, who had been slightly closing her eyes, opened them.

In the small pavilion outside the Cold Jade Palace, one could look out from the heights and see the snow over thousands of mountains.

Under the pitch-black snow clouds, a point of red light suddenly appeared, approaching from afar, carving a dark red trail in the night sky!

"How arrogant." Lin Yi commented indifferently.

It was clearly a shady transaction, yet they were so ostentatious, as if afraid that others wouldn't know that someone from the Yin Yang Pavilion had come to the Cold Palace Sword Sect today.

"Master, let me handle this later." Lin Yi suddenly proposed.

Pei Yuhan frowned, "If I am not mistaken, the person coming should be Elder Ji Xiu of the Yin Yang Pavilion. Looking at his Aura, he has already reached the Late Stage of the Golden Core, and you are only at the Early Stage of the Golden Core…"

There was a hint of worry in Pei Yuhan's tone.

"Yuhan, as a Sword Cultivator, I might not necessarily fear him. If I don't even have the ability to challenge those of a higher Rank, how can I revitalize the Dao of the Sword and step into the Void Return Realm?" Lin Yi gently stroked the Sword resting on his lap, its faint golden patterns shimmering under the dim light.

"But…" Pei Yuhan was still worried. After all, this wasn't just challenging someone one Rank higher; he was a Golden Core Early Stage challenging a Golden Core Late Stage.

"Master…"

Looking at Lin Yi's firm expression, Pei Yuhan swallowed the words of refusal.

"If you want to try… then try."

Anyway, with her watching from behind, if something happened, she should be able to react in time.

"Yuhan, no need to worry…" Lin Yi comforted her.

Pei Yuhan nodded gently. It wasn't that she didn't trust him; it was just a subconscious desire for him not to be threatened in the slightest…

This mindset…

Pei Yuhan suddenly thought of a word… and connecting it to the relationship between herself and Lin Yi…

A flush suddenly flashed across Pei Yuhan's face, which was incredibly alluring.

Lin Yi lightly flicked the Sword. The sound of the Sword ringing echoed throughout the small pavilion. He stood up, facing the red light where the figure was now visible to the naked eye.

A thin figure dressed in black and white Daoist robes, wearing a disgusting, annoying smile on his face. Lin Yi frowned. How could this Elder Ji Xiu look so sure of taking down their Cold Palace Sword Sect?

"Fairy Pei, I trust you have been well!"

"Elder Ji Xiu, I am Lin Yi of the Cold Palace Sword Sect."

Lin Yi stepped forward.

And then—he struck with his Sword!

Chapter 14: A Point of Clear Radiance Shining for Ten Thousand Li

Elder Ji Xiu's expression changed suddenly. Before he could think about why a mere Disciple of the Cold Palace Sword Sect would dare to attack him, his spiritual energy surged, and he barely managed to push his body to shift aside.

A beam of Sword Qi, brilliant like the Great Sun and yet clear and cold like the moon, grazed Elder Ji Xiu's body and flew into the vast sky, slicing through the layered snow clouds!

"The seventh Realm of the Dao of the Sword…" Elder Ji Xiu's expression was ugly. He clutched his severed left arm, and between the clouds that had been sliced open behind him, clear, cold moonlight shone through the gaps into the mountains.

"Not just that." Lin Yi smiled, his fingers rotating, and he extracted the spiritual energy from the Sword Pill.

A Sword Cultivator's Sword Pill was their Golden Core, and also the hardest substance in their entire body. They only needed to guide it slightly to quickly unleash a lethal move with violent power.

Following the content recorded in the Great Sun Scripture, Lin Yi gathered the spiritual energy into the body of the Sword.

Elder Ji Xiu sensed the sharp spiritual energy around him stinging his whole body. He hesitated for a moment, then glanced at the elegant Fairy sitting quietly by the stone table, drinking tea.

"Fairy Pei! Is this how you treat the invitation from our Yin Yang Pavilion?!! Are you not afraid that we will exterminate your Sword Sect?!!"