About two hours later.
Long Xuan opened her eyes, and the aura around her changed.
Zhou Hong was overjoyed and quickly congratulated her, "Congratulations, Senior Long Xuan, for successfully breaking through to the mid-stage of Body Integration."
"Thank you." Long Xuan was also very happy, but her face turned a little red when she looked at Zhou Hong, after all, something earth-shattering had happened between them two hours ago.
"Heh heh, now that that Hu Lurong is back, I'm not afraid of him anymore."
"Of course, I have confidence." Long Xuan nodded, her eyes radiating even stronger power, as if she didn't take Hu Lurong seriously at all.
"Um, how did that feeling just now feel?" Zhou Hong asked with a grin.
Long Xuan blushed and shot Zhou Hong a glare.
"Senior Long Xuan, how about another round?" Zhou Hong rubbed his hands and said. He wanted to strike while the iron was hot. The last time might have been about experience, but this time, it would be about conquest. Zhou Hong wanted to make her willingly become his girlfriend.
"Ah." Long Xuan did not expect Zhou Hong to dare to say that.
Before Long Xuan could speak, Zhou Hong pounced.
An hour later.
Long Xuan glared at Zhou Hong, her body feeling weak all over, but she didn't say anything.
"Senior Long Xuan, from now on, you are my woman, right?" Zhou Hong asked.
"What, after you succeeded twice, I sold myself to you?"
"It's not like that. Don't women usually stick to one person? We've already been like this, it's unreasonable for you not to be my woman. Heh heh, from now on, let's become cultivation partners, what do you think?"
"Zhou Hong, thank you very much, but in my heart, I prefer to regard what happened today as you helping me." Long Xuan refused. She did not want to become cultivation partners with any man because, in her mind, cultivation partners were merely for satisfying each other's needs. She felt that since she had embarked on the path of cultivation, she should not satisfy such time-wasting desires. Moreover, having emotional attachments would tie her hands in her future cultivation.
"Senior Long Xuan, the path of cultivation is long and lonely. Isn't it nice to have someone by your side to accompany you?"
"But I think cultivation is about loneliness, otherwise, it becomes enjoyment. I'm sorry, Zhou Hong, I don't want to become cultivation partners with you, please understand."
"You don't dislike me for being weak, do you?"
"Absolutely not. We can be the best of friends."
"Then... you've also experienced the taste just now, don't you want to have it often in the future?" Zhou Hong, at his wit's end, could only resort to such temptation to persuade her.
"Heh, it was indeed wonderful, but as a cultivator, if one cannot resist even this temptation, how can they cultivate?"
"Alright, it seems you are indeed an extraordinary woman."
Zhou Hong was helpless. He thought that after they had been together twice, she would stick to him forever, but she clearly didn't have the traditional mindset of a woman.
"Zhou Hong, I'll be going back now. You don't need to worry about Hu Lurong's matter. Once he returns to the Taishang Protectorate, I will personally eliminate him." Long Xuan stood up and put on her clothes in front of Zhou Hong. Zhou Hong watched her enticing figure gradually being covered by her clothes, feeling very reluctant.
"You're leaving already."
"Yes, I can't stay in your dorm forever."
Zhou Hong could only nod, but he still boldly asked, "Can I come to find you later?"
"Of course."
"Then when I come to find you, can I...!"
"No." Long Xuan knew what Zhou Hong was asking, and she shot him a red-faced glare.
"Alas, what a pity."
Seeing Zhou Hong sigh so deeply, Long Xuan stopped and said, "Zhou Hong, do you know why I refused you?"
"Why?"
"Because I believe we haven't reached the level of true love yet. If I encounter true love, I might not refuse him."
Zhou Hong immediately became unhappy and stood up, raising his hand to swear, "If I don't truly love you, I will take your surname."
"Heh heh, come with me to a place." Long Xuan smiled and stopped arguing with Zhou Hong.
"Okay." Zhou Hong nodded and immediately followed Long Xuan out of the dorm. In an instant, they arrived at Taigu City.
Long Xuan directly led Zhou Hong outside Taigu City to a farmhouse. In the pigsty of this farmhouse, several sows were kept.
Long Xuan's body flickered, and her Nascent Soul entered the body of one of the old sows.
Then, the old sow spoke, "Zhou Hong, come here, kiss me, and then, let's do what we just did again."
"What?" Zhou Hong was stunned.
"I mean, I am now becoming your partner in the body of an old sow. Do you dare to do what we just did with this old sow?"
"Good heavens." Zhou Hong was speechless.
"You dare not?"
"Senior Long Xuan, you can't play such tricks! You are clearly a beauty, why would you enter the body of a pig? This is clearly you being stubborn."
"See, you call it true love, is true love like this?"
"But you are clearly a beauty, why would you find such an extreme example? Even a normal person, no matter how affectionate, wouldn't be affectionate with an old sow."
"Alright, let's find another one." With that, Long Xuan's Nascent Soul returned to her own body.
Then, they came to a mountain path. Long Xuan saw a woman carrying manure. This woman had rough skin, and her two rows of buck teeth were very frightening.
Long Xuan's Nascent Soul entered the woman's body again.
The next second, the woman immediately threw the manure off her shoulder onto the ground and looked at Zhou Hong, saying, "Zhou Hong, it's me, Long Xuan."
Zhou Hong, smelling the stench of manure in the air, couldn't help but cover his nose.
"Zhou Hong, now I'm not an old sow, I'm a human female, that should be acceptable, right? Do you dare to go to the woods with me and do what we did two hours ago again?"
"Senior Long Xuan, stop messing around."
"You dare not?"
"Of course not, I'm just out of energy." Zhou Hong found an excuse.
"Alright, I won't ask you to do it again. Come here and kiss me."
Long Xuan walked up to Zhou Hong and revealed her disgusting buck teeth, inviting Zhou Hong to kiss her.
Zhou Hong, unwilling to admit defeat, immediately gathered his courage and leaned in for a kiss. What was there to fear? He'd see what Long Xuan could say then.
However, before Zhou Hong could kiss her, he suddenly felt nauseous.
"Aooooh!" Zhou Hong hurriedly turned his head away, retching as if he was going to vomit.
"See, you can't accept it, can you? These two examples clearly show that there is no true love between us. You are only attracted to my appearance, and even if a different soul were driving it, you would still like her. But for me, when I change into another skin, like this farmer's wife carrying manure, you feel like vomiting. Heh heh, this is what you call true love?" Long Xuan gave a bitter smile, as if she had long seen through the so-called love of the world.