Chapter 150: Just Seclusion Cultivation, Not Moving into the Bridal Chamber
“System, raise my cultivation to the Golden Core Peak.”
Bai Feng sat cross-legged on the bed, his cultivation skyrocketing until he finally stopped at the Golden Core Peak.
He opened his eyes, carefully feeling the surge of power within his body.
After reaching the Golden Core Peak, he could clearly sense that both his Divine Forging Technique and Body Forging Technique had received significant upgrades. Even without using arrays, he was now capable of sparring with an early Yuan Ying cultivator.
If he faced a demon woman and could deploy arrays, he could even exchange a couple of moves with her.
But that’s assuming the demon woman hadn’t improved her strength during this period.
“Really wish things could stay this peaceful forever,” Bai Feng mused.
Over these three plus months, no luck boy jumped face to face with him, no demonic marauders caused trouble, and under his careful precautions, the system had hushed up. During this time, it hadn’t added any luck points for him.
During these months, Bai Yu Mo, who mastered Body Forging, had already reached the Golden Core Peak. Luo Chen had successfully advanced to Yuan Ying, and even Lin Yan experienced some fortunate encounter, breaking through to Golden Core Peak a few days earlier.
Honestly, given his talent, it would’ve been better to break through a few months later, but lately, Central Continent and Northern Region seemed to be planning some cooperation, likely to brew a big event. Better safe than sorry, so he chose to advance early.
He even sealed himself for seven days and prepared a few pricey elixirs, pretending to work hard on cultivation.
“Seclusion’s over; time to get out.”
Bai Feng stretched lazily, activated the array, and pushed open his door. He immediately saw Bai Yu Mo sitting in the living room, seemingly aware of the fluctuations from the array, her gaze already fixed on his door.
“Brother, congratulations on reaching the Golden Core Peak!” she stood, forcing down her excitement with a smile, walking up to him. “Anything you wanna eat? Let’s celebrate tonight.”
“Just a normal meal is fine,” Bai Feng waved his hand. “When you broke through to the Golden Core Peak before, we didn’t go all out celebrating, did we?”
Bai Yu Mo shook her head and rebutted, “That’s different. I didn’t seclude myself for so long like you did.”
“I seclInclude for only seven days, alright? That’s pretty quick! Not everyone can break through in a night like you think!”
Bai Feng couldn’t help but complain. He even thought his seclusion was a bit short—most folks would extend it for half a month, then come out and show off.
“Uh, seven days is long enough. One morning, I woke up to cook breakfast, halfway through I remembered you were secluding, and nobody’s tasted my new recipes. The house was empty and pretty lonely…” Bai Yu Mo muttered as if complaining quietly.
“But wasn’t it you who’d already lived alone for quite some time before joining Heavenly Sword Sect?” Bai Feng hadn’t finished speaking before Bai Yu Mo cut him off.
“I got used to it, and I don’t want to go back to being all alone,” she said softly.
‘Uh oh. Could her emotions be unsteady after seven days of seclusion?’ Bai Feng thought. Seeing that the system, which had been itching to act, was already stirring, he quickly reached out and grabbed Bai Yu Mo’s wrist—no way was he giving the system any chance!
“Let’s go. We’ll have a good meal tonight, and I’ll help too.”
He pulled Bai Yu Mo towards the kitchen without another word.
Inside the kitchen, Bai Feng looked at the large pile of ingredients Bai Yu Mo prepared in silence. It was obvious she was really hoping he’d come out of seclusion soon.
“How about hotpot tonight?” he suggested.
“Mm…” Bai Yu Mo nodded, then looked up and asked softly, “Brother, when you seclude again in the future, can I come with you to cultivate too?”
Bai Feng instinctively looked at her. If he remembered correctly, only cultivators like Dao companions usually secluded together, right?
After all, during seclusion, they’re usually in safe private caves, focusing on breakthrough, and so the external defenses are minimal. Only very close relations would do it together.
He flicked her forehead. “What are you thinking about all day?”
Bai Yu Mo covered her forehead, somewhat displeased. “What’s the big deal? We’ve been siblings since we were little. Honestly, our relationship is closer than most Dao partners.”
“That makes sense, but forget it!” Bai Feng quickly refused. “Not everything in this world can be just because you’re close.”
But this time, Bai Yu Mo, probably because she hadn’t seen him in a week, had been accumulating emotions, and she didn’t give up just yet: “It’s just seclusion cultivation, not entering the bridal chamber.”
Bai Feng sighed and couldn’t help but continue persuading her, “It’s always been like this. Everyone’s got their set ideas. If others find out we’re secluding together, I’ll get used to the gossip, but can you think about how others might see you?”
“Is that ancient saying true?” Bai Yu Mo lowered her head, muttering softly.
Bai Feng rubbed his forehead. Honestly, he thought after this long, her guilt and insecurities would fade, but somehow, after seven days of seclusion, they seemed even worse.
“…I was wrong.” He sighed, patting her head. “Next time, I won’t seclude for so long, okay? If I do it again longer than seven days, you can do whatever you want with me.”
“…”
Bai Yu Mo suddenly fell silent, then shook her head as if regaining her composure. She lowered her head and mumbled softly, “Sorry, I was being unreasonable. Just pretend I never said anything. Let’s keep cooking.”
Her apology made Bai Feng feel even more uneasy.
This was practically a sign system was trying to give him luck points again!
“Wait a minute!” he seemed to have made up his mind. “Next time I seclude, we’ll do it together.”
“Really?”
Bai Yu Mo looked up, her face full of disbelief, unsure why Bai Feng suddenly changed his mind.
Bai Feng nodded. “I thought about it carefully. It’s just cultivating together, isn’t it? Didn’t we often discuss cultivation insights in the living room or cultivate side by side?”
“Yes! Deal!”
Although Bai Yu Mo felt Bai Feng’s reasoning was a bit flimsy—just a moment ago he was so firm about refusing—this kind of thing wasn’t important.
The big deal was Bai Feng had agreed to seclude together.
“Let’s keep cooking.”
Bai Feng relaxed a little, finally getting through this. To prevent the system from filling his luck points, he figured he’d just give up on seclusion for a while.
As long as Bai Yu Mo’s guilt and sense of security dissipated later, she probably wouldn’t care about such things anymore.
