“Of course not. In the end, Fake Phoenix Art can only serve as a substitute. Lingyue Art requires pure energy to cultivate.”
“If you can’t meet that need, you either have to relieve yourself or help each other out. Do you want me to help?” Shangguan Yun raised her finger and asked.
“No, no need.” Mu Yanxi gritted her teeth and shook her head. She still couldn’t accept letting a girl take the initiative.
Now she understood why the female disciples of the Spiritual Moon Sect completely abandoned their reserve as they cultivated further. Accumulating this emptiness and hunger day after day—who could endure it?
“By the way, how did you manage to endure it?” Mu Yanxi asked again.
She noticed that Shangguan Yun always seemed calm and composed, as if she didn’t suffer from any physiological troubles.
“That’s because I have a special technique specifically for suppressing desire—Ice Heart Cold Jade Body. It’s both a physical art and a heart method. When activated, it can completely block bodily reactions and inner desires. I trained it specifically to counter Lingyue Art,” Shangguan Yun said.
Ice Heart Cold Jade Body—Mu Yanxi knew about that. It was the physical art Shangguan Yun had practiced after receiving the Jade Maiden Body Shaping Injection.
Back then, Immortal Brain had just upgraded and even asked if she wanted to do a simulated learning.
No wonder Shangguan Yun didn’t show any obvious reaction after the physical enhancement injection, aside from surging blood energy. It was because Ice Heart Cold Jade Body blocked the bodily responses.
“Unfortunately, just the cultivation rights for Ice Heart Cold Jade Body cost thirty thousand spirit stones. Even for me, that’s a huge sum, so I can’t teach you for now. Maybe you could ask your family to sell off some inheritance and then learn it from the Dao Web?” Shangguan Yun asked tentatively.
Thirty thousand spirit stones—that was almost the same as her surgery fee. How could her family possibly afford it?
Shangguan Yun simply didn’t understand the Mu Family’s real situation.
She thought Mu Yanxi’s grandfather still had some inheritance that could be exchanged for spirit stones—like the two top-tier cultivation methods Mu Yanxi had learned—so she made that suggestion.
At the same time, Mu Yanxi also glimpsed Shangguan Yun’s financial strength.
She had been the heir of the Shangguan Family, a person destined never to lack cultivation resources.
Although Shangguan Yun was generous—she could spend over a thousand spirit stones on a single meal, which was equivalent to more than half a month’s salary for the Mu Family, and usually ate at shops costing twenty or thirty spirit stones—when it came to a technique costing ten thousand spirit stones, even she had her limits.
It seemed her allowance was also limited, and she had to take care of her own cultivation.
Seeing Mu Yanxi’s pensive expression, Shangguan Yun urged again:
“Actually, handling it yourself is fine. Most female disciples don’t have a heart method that suppresses desire—they get by this way, don’t they? Sure, self-relief eventually builds up desire, but at least it saves money.”
“I’ll think about it.” Mu Yanxi sighed.
The result of self-relief would most likely end up like those senior sisters. Even if she could maintain normalcy, all her reserve and shame would be thrown far away.
The reason Mu Yanxi wasn’t panicking was because she still had the Heavenly Tome Library.
She could also practice Ice Heart Cold Jade Body, or find another technique to suppress desire.
“Huff, I’ll excuse myself for a moment. Sorry.” Mu Yanxi got up from the bed, planning to figure something out.
Shangguan Yun naturally knew what she wanted to do. Not wanting to embarrass her, she didn’t say anything and simply turned over to continue sleeping.
Mu Yanxi hurriedly ran back to the bathroom, feeling it was becoming her personal dojo.
She turned on the cold water and soaked herself in it to lower her physical desires, then said to Immortal Brain:
“Search the Heavenly Tome Library for Ice Heart Cold Jade Body.”
Even though practicing this technique would be discovered by Shangguan Yun, at least now she had a valid reason.
It was Shangguan Yun’s recommendation. She could say her family sold off some inheritance and bought the cultivation rights from Shangguan Yun.
Plus, she could use the double cultivation sessions with Shangguan Yun to advance this technique. To Mu Yanxi, it seemed like the best choice.
Unexpectedly, Immortal Brain replied:
“Master, you are not suitable to cultivate Ice Heart Cold Jade Body. This technique requires the cultivator to possess an Ice spiritual root, and you do not meet the conditions for cultivation.”
“Huh? I can’t practice it? Then why did you suggest I do simulated learning of Ice Heart Cold Jade Body back in physical education class? And doesn’t Yun’er have an Ice spiritual root? I can share it during double cultivation,” Mu Yanxi retorted.
“It’s unsuitable, not impossible to practice. Simulated learning directly infuses Shangguan Yun’s comprehension and realm of Ice Heart Cold Jade Body into you—it’s free gain.”
“But if you want to cultivate it as a physical art or heart method, it’s unsuitable. This technique must be continuously maintained, while you only have an Ice spiritual root shared during double cultivation,” Immortal Brain said.
“That doesn’t matter. All I need are the functions of suppressing desire and blocking bodily reactions. As long as I can activate the technique during double cultivation, the rest isn’t important. Simulated learning works too.” Mu Yanxi completely abandoned her earlier principle of never secretly learning.
“That’s exactly the problem, Master. Ice Heart Cold Jade Body does not make your desire disappear—it merely suppresses it. Once the technique stops, all the suppressed desire will erupt at once. So it’s meaningless for you,” Immortal Brain said.
“Ha? There’s such a situation?” Mu Yanxi was stunned.
She did know about techniques that had to maintain continuous operation. In her past life, there were such techniques, usually demanding extremely high requirements but offering immense power.
So that meant Shangguan Yun had been using the technique to suppress her desires all along, appearing as a cool and aloof fairy to outsiders.
Even during their double cultivation, she only released them appropriately.
If Ice Heart Cold Jade Body stopped, who knew how severe the consequences would be—perhaps she would be consumed by lust on the spot.
“Then help me find a suitable technique from the Heavenly Tome Library. Anything that can solve the desire problem is fine.” Mu Yanxi reluctantly settled for second best.
Immortal Brain immediately gave an answer:
“Then I recommend to you the Purple Star Heavenly Heart Great Art.”
“What kind of technique is that?” Mu Yanxi asked. It sounded pretty impressive.
“It is a heart method that can be cultivated without any spiritual root. Its principle is to convert desire into mana, completely solving the desire problem. After cultivation, you can enter a saint state of high mental calm, which should meet your requirements,” Immortal Brain introduced.
“Sounds like it might work. Let me see it.” Mu Yanxi said.
Immortal Brain immediately displayed the Purple Star Heavenly Heart Great Art from the Heavenly Tome Library.
The moment she saw the demonstration, Mu Yanxi was shocked. She quickly exited the Dao Web and demanded of Immortal Brain:
“You, what kind of thing are you recommending to me?! This… isn’t this still self-relief?!”