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58.69% Learning To Live As A Cultivator / Chapter 189: Chapter One Hundred And Eighty Nine - I gave away another clue

Chapter 189: Chapter One Hundred And Eighty Nine - I gave away another clue

A heavy sigh was followed by the rubbing of closed eyes, before the pair of wired spectacles were placed upon his nose, covering the redness now beneath them. Two large blue eyes despondently met them for a moment, before the owner curled into a ball and ignored the man trying to help it. It's shadowy guardian was hissing, angrily. If it weren't for the restraint about its neck, it would have lashed out at the two legged-person before them. It had no time for the two-legged beings.

Volun stepped backwards out of the stable and indicated to his students that they should release the adolescent Coeurl from its restraints. He hadn't wanted to resort to force, but the other occupant in the stable had lost its appetite of late and had begun to weaken. All of the student body within the outer beast taming school were particularly fond of the runt cub, that had defied expectations and grown to a reasonable and healthy weight for its age and were upset that it had suddenly begun to refuse food. Not even its small wooden charm could entice it. So Volun had come to see if he could diagnose whether it was ill or just being fussy. However, from what he could tell, it seemed like the cub was physically healthy and the food hadn't changed in either quality nor quantity. The cub just seemed... unhappy.

The adolescent, on the other hand, had not appreciated that someone wanted to invade its territory (it had decided that providing food was not invasion, rather it was a favourable offering towards it) and had appreciated less that someone wanted to poke and prod its younger brother. It was very protective of the small cub, but even it would admit (inwardly, deep, deep down) that it could not encourage the little one to return to its normal, jovial self and to eat the presented food.

"What do we do now?" Teacher Maki queried, stroking the finger length beard upon his chin. He was quite proud of his facial hair and had a habit whenever possible to remind others of its presence, hence stroking it when in deep thought... or even shallow thought... or just when he was talking really. "Lord Garius was quite hopeful that we would place the Coeurls into his care."

Teacher Volun frowned. He'd never agreed to accept Lord Garius' proposal. For one, the adolescent Coeurl was still quite wild in its temperament and Lord Garius' pride would not accept such behaviour. Lord Garius' female Coeurl had eyes that were empty and lacking vitality. So Volun believed that Lord Garius would definitely seek to break the adolescent and tame it. However, Teacher Volun knew that there were many ways to tame a beast and not all methods were kind. He really did not want to see this proud and stunning Coeurl ruined by any man's hand. As for the cub, it was docile for the most part, but also had a mischievous side. Again, Volun couldn't see this being a temperament suited to a noble rider's mount.

However, although he protested, the other Teachers were still leaning towards this option. After all, neither beast were accepting of potential partners and increasingly becoming a burden upon the school. They would have attempted to release the adolescent back into the wilds, for they felt it had a strong chance of survival, but it refused to leave the cub, that had none outside of a stable.

"Teacher, are we really sending them away?" A voice came from behind the two men. It was Tor, he was often in charge of feeding the school mounts and that duty happened to include the Coeurls. He liked completing this task and others were happy to leave him to it.

"We don't wish to," Teacher Volun attempted to appease the youth, despite the frown upon his colleague's face. Well, they certainly would not be able to 'sell' Lord Garius a sick cub and the adolescent wouldn't leave the child, thus it was a moot point anyway. "But we are concerned about the cub's health. Do you know how long it has been acting this way."

Tor thought back for a moment and attempted to recall. "I think it has been three days," he answered after a while. "Cetus was on feeding duty and happened to mention that the cub only sniffed at the food before burying itself in its nest. I didn't think much of it at the time." He'd been distracted, having bumped into... he fingered the small wooden talisman that Now was hooked upon his belt. It was carved into the shape of his Cooshee. "It's not like it hasn't behaved strangely before."

"What do you mean?" Teacher Maki queried, while Teacher Volun's eyes were drawn elsewhere.

"Well, it was yowling all excitedly the other afternoon," Tor mentioned. "And wouldn't eat much that evening either. I thought it had just tired itself out playing. But it ate in the morning." Funny, that day that he also had crossed paths with that person. He hadn't thought that after their conversation, he would carve him this charm. Tor wasn't sure whether he should be pleased or distressed that he was considered a 'good friend.'

"Tor," Teacher Volun's eyes had not left the boy's belt in sometime and he even pointed towards it with a slightly shaking finger. There was a sparkle of excitement behind those spectacles. "Where did you get that charm?"

"This?" Tor paused, holding the little carving still as he followed the Teacher's gaze. "This was carved by Leon, a... a friend from the outer alchemist school."

"Wait, what does that have to with the cub?" Teacher Maki asked, confused.

"May I?" Teacher Volun asked Tor, ignoring the other man. Tor amicably passed him the small charm and the Teacher's slender fingers ran over it, a bright smile appearing on his face unbidden. It was just as he thought! "When did you get this? Did it happen to be on the day that the cub stopped eating?"

Tor hesitated before nodding. "Yes..." his eyes widened as he noticed that the cub's large eyes were also fixated on the wooden cooshee carving. "You don't mean..." Teacher Volun did not confirm his suspicions, simply continued to grin, cheerfully.

"Could someone please tell me what is going on?" The confused Teacher Maki demanded.


Chapter 190: Chapter One Hundred And Ninety - I cultivate with Jin Li

Panting to catch his breath, Leon's eyes followed the movement of his man as Jin Li lay beside him with a sated expression. Their naked skin glistened in the soft light of the mage globe and the dying light creeping in the hut's lone window. Ambiguous substances marked them here and there and there were an array of purple splotches dotted over Leon's neck and collar bone.

Leon's body hummed softly in satisfaction. The pain was a lot less this time and he had even felt some pleasure whilst being penetrated, though it was an elusive feeling in the end. A finger fell upon his collarbone and traced those purple marks lightly, circling them a little in admiration of self-artistry. Jin Li's hand ran up along Leon's neck and face before he leaned over his glowing alchemist and stole a lingering kiss. Leon complied willingly, opening his mouth to allow the other entry.

"I wish to practice the Dual Cultivation technique with you," Jin Li claimed suddenly, making Leon pause as his mind raced to catch up with the other's thoughts. Automatically, he blushed. To Dual Cultivate was to... well cultivate while conjoined sexually with your partner. The number of times that they'd made love could be counted with just the fingers of one hand. To Leon, from his understanding, to Dual Cultivate was practically a level up from their current bedroom performances.

Unknown to him, to Jin Li, Dual Cultivating was a lot more.

This had to do with the difference in their upbringing, after all, Jin Li was off this universe, whilst Leon came from a place that was wholly different with different values, morales and filled with fast food of various shapes and descriptions. More people took sexual relations as a casual thing, divorce was prolific and if one made it through ten years of marriage, they were both ridiculed and exalted all at once. Of course, in that world, men were expected to maintain some level of fidelity; one wife, no harems. Of course the jealousy of both sexes remained the same in either world.

However, although in this land, men were not looked down upon for having more than one wife (indeed in some middle realms, it was not even uncommon for a woman to have more than one husband), a Cultivator would likely have ever only one Dao Companion. To clarify, Maimai's father had a harem of several beauties, but not one was his Dao Companion. Should he follow that path, he would likely have to give up his harem and even his main wife, for a Dao Companion was much more than a marital partner. A mortal life was but a flap of a butterfly's wings compared to a the potential life of a Cultivator.

And with the exception of a few (being demons and females of a certain promiscuous Sect), one would only Dual Cultivate with their Dao Companion.

Jin Li tugged the boneless Leon up into his arms as he sat up in their bed, making himself comfortable in a lotus position. His jade branch was already saluting and ready to perform its duties. Jin Li licked his lips as he positioned the languid alchemist above him, arranging Leon's arms about his shoulders and his legs about his back. And after glancing at the blushing man in his hold once to ensure there was no resistance, he guided his lover back onto his body. Leon shivered about him as the warmth of his moist body enveloped that part of him, joining them together.

He whispered words of instruction into Leon's ears, the latter forcing himself to listen, though his mind was somewhat distracted by the itchy feeling of fullness below. "Do you understand?" Jin Li asked him. Although this Cultivation technique was not complicated, did not mean it would not cause problems if performed incorrectly. With all techniques, there was the risk of backlash, thus a Dual Cultivation technique also required the participants to have complete faith with the other.

Leon repeated back what he had heard, slowly, trying to not move his lower body as he felt the urge to. He was not alone, but Jin Li always did have reasonably good willpower and simply held Leon close, their forehead's touching and their eyes closing as they turned their minds to the task.

In this state, Leon managed to turn his focus inward and see his twinkling inner sea; the specks of light were not sluggish, but moving at a reasonable pace as if in anticipation of what was about to happen. He circled his energies once about his meridians, taking in one breath. And as he exhaled, he sent those same energies along a new conduit, one that would have them exit his body. However, rather than lose this energy, it was replaced by a different sort.

This spiritual energy sparked and teased his nerves and meridians, not painfully, but enough to make him tremble. Like little bolts of lightning, the energy crackled through his pathways and into his innersea, mixing with the twinkling lights and warming his centre. He felt as if a surge of power was electrifying him from the inside out, causing him to gasp. Inhaling an unsteady breath, he circled the combined energy about himself as Jin Li had instructed, while drawing in the spiritual energy from the air to increase the volume a minute amount.

Jin Li's innersea was experiencing a similar strangeness. His sea was violent with chain lightning thundering through the space, ready to rip his body to sheds given the opportunity. This volatile inner sea was not an unknown phenomenon in Cultivators, however few Cultivators could control it beyond a certain stage of cultivation, hence would have to give up their immortal dreams or be annihilated in a most terrible way. Such was the bloodline of Jin Li. Great power and wicked speed of surging through the early stages of cultivation, but with a deadly potential cost. However, his ancestors had developed a cultivation technique that while did not completely tame the unforgiving lightning, would at least give the Cultivator some ability to control it. They had not yet produced an immortal, but could at least reach the higher stages of cultivation without destroying themselves.

Yet, at this moment, a soft and gentle array of tiny lights were pouring into his innersea, quietening the thunder as it merged with the jagged strikes. The added energy made the lightning whiter, sharper, yet the numerous thorny extraneous chains reduced in size at first and later in number. A sense of burden within Jin Li quietly eased and he poured more of his yang energy into his small lover.

The two men remained in the state of Dual Cultivation until the moon set and the sun began to take its place within the heavens, ushering in a bright new day.


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