National Master Mansion.

Inside the bamboo house.

The sleeping girl seemed to sense someone entering the room, her slender eyelashes trembled slightly as she slowly opened her cold, clear eyes.

In his eyes, like a serene rainbow, he saw the bright moonlight shining within them, saw his own reflection mirrored in her gaze.

Seeing Jiang Ning’s arrival, Su Qingying paused for a moment and then slowly got up.

As she rose, the strap hanging on her shoulder naturally slid down, revealing a large area of skin white as jade.

However, it lacked any seductive allure because it was a clear path.

"Are you here to sleep with me tonight?" An ethereal voice with a hint of charm echoed.

Sweat!

Upon hearing these words, Jiang Ning couldn’t hold it together.

He reached out to reposition the strap that had slid off Su Qingying’s shoulder back onto her slender, blade-like shoulder.

The touch was jarring.

He didn’t understand why the dignified Great Xia State Preceptor had the appearance of an underdeveloped young girl.

Short, thin, without an ounce of flesh.

"I have something to discuss with you," Jiang Ning said.

"What is it?" Su Qingying asked.

"Take a look!" Jiang Ning took out the letter he had just received from Qinghe and handed it to Su Qingying.

Su Qingying tilted her head slightly as she accepted the letter, causing her elbow to drop, making the strap slide off her smooth, white skin again, exposing a large pathway.

Jiang Ning: "..."

He silently reached out and adjusted her clothes once more.

He was already accustomed to this situation.

Su Qingying showed no embarrassment, nor did he.

Su Qingying always displayed this unguarded demeanor in front of him, seemingly ignorant of romance between men and women.

"Is Lord He going?" Su Qingying looked up at Jiang Ning and asked again.

"I didn’t attend previous court meetings, but this time it’s necessary," Jiang Ning replied.

"Then I will accompany you. I recently sensed the aura of Ji Xuan Huangji Skill’s exit, he must know about Sister Qingyi," Su Qingying’s voice was calm.

"Do you know about Lin Qingyi?" Jiang Ning slightly paused and asked.

"Yes!" Su Qingying nodded matter-of-factly.

Then she shook her head peacefully, "Unfortunately, Sister Qingyi didn’t conceive."

Jiang Ning: "..."

Sweat coursed through his heart; he always felt a bit defenseless when conversing with Su Qingying.

"I’ll come find you before Yin Hour, so take a rest." Leaving these words, Jiang Ning fled in haste.

Watching Jiang Ning’s disappearing back, Su Qingying tilted her head slightly with a hint of doubt.

...

Returning to the courtyard.

Jiang Ning looked up at the sky.

At this moment, the bright moon was exceptionally clear and luminous, brighter than ever before.

The moon was just about to reach its zenith.

"Approximately one and a half hours remain until Yin Hour."

He withdrew his gaze.

This timing completely extinguished his thought of taking a trip to Yang Lake.

From the Royal Capital to Yang Lake, mountains are high and roads are far.

Even with his current speed, it would take about two hours.

Going there and back required four hours.

The time spent solely on traveling would make him late for the court meeting.

Not to mention his attempts to see whether his current abilities could allow him to tear space to enter Yang Lake Grotto Heaven, or merely squeeze into Yang Lake Grotto Heaven.

"This matter can only be temporarily set aside, first try other things!" he murmured in his heart.

His gaze quickly scanned the panel.

With only one and a half hours left, he couldn’t do much; either sleep or practice.

But at this moment, he was not inclined to sleep.

For him, going some days without sleep had little impact.

Only long-term sleeplessness and fatigue of the heart spirit would influence his state and cultivation efficiency.

Soon, his gaze fell onto the Taixu Yin Yang Sword section.

[Skill]: Taixu Yin Yang Sword (Perfection 181/100000)

He understood that achieving the Tao’s Yin Yang Dao Embryo, enabling him to become the Nine Profound Yin Yang Immortal, was likely due to the perfected Taixu Yin Yang Sword.

Perfecting the Taixu Yin Yang Sword, entering Dao with the sword.

Allowing him mastery over space and the Yin Yang.

The Yin Yang Qi mastered after perfecting the swordsmanship was a powerful and lethal move.

Thoughts appeared in his mind.

He raised his hand, and immediately a sword embryo that did not show its edge appeared in his palm.

The spirit within the sword had long been erased, leaving only the material’s effect.

In the next moment.

The sword in his hand moved, the sword light rolled like a tide, countless rays of sword light spread like waves.

Darkness and brightness began to interweave around.

In the courtyard, it was bright as day at one moment, and dark as ink at another.

The void twisted in front of him, refracting figures and sword shadows.

Just in an instant, endless killing intent filled every corner of the courtyard.

A moth flying in from outside the walls was instantly shredded into dust by the spreading sword light as it flipped over the courtyard wall, and then no trace was left.

[Taixu Yin Yang Sword Experience Value +17]

[Taixu Yin Yang Sword Experience Value +16]

[Taixu Yin Yang Sword Experience Value +17]

[...]

Upon seeing the prompt appearing before him, his heart remained calm.

Although last breakthrough in swordsmanship brought him into extraordinary sanctity, the experience gained was barely a hundred points.

At present, the usual state greatly reduced efficiency.

He realized, without his intelligence and various efficiency boosts, acquiring experience value would be diminished further, perhaps even resulting in gaining merely one point each time.

Compared to single-point experience acquisition, now earning tens of experience points is already an increase by tenfold.

Yet to complete another breakthrough based on the current foundation, to find one’s own path in the Taixu Yin Yang Sword, the efficiency of obtaining experience value would likely revert to one point per acquisition.