Chapter 37

After I got the puppets in order to work to keep everything flowing and dealing with the corpses of the nightly gathered Hell-bats that seemingly infested Liyu. I was sitting with Keqing in my lap as we were in my cultivation tank at the highest level I felt comfortable with.

And in order to cultivate at a higher efficiency while in the darkness of the tank she had shed her top dress leaving her in her her pantyhose as she leaned her bare back into my chest as I wrapped an arm around her stomach.

The cultivation tank at this current time had more than twenty times the spiritual energy density compared to outside the Factory Dome and combined with my Yang Sealing Physique that multiplied all cultivation with a woman by five...

That meant that the energy density for Keqing after being filtered through my body was literally a hundred times 'denser' in terms of the spiritual energy value that she was absorbing currently.

Even if my shit physique made cultivating much more difficult for myself at this point I was still basically cultivating within the range of ten times density in the amount of spiritual energy I was absorbing to say nothing of the bits of yin energy leaking into my body from Keqing's feminine form.

"Your Physique still belies belief in its advantage to women... No wonder the last two inheritors of this physique had their bodies turned into blood pills to help a couple of Nascent Soul and Saint Ranked martial artists reach immortality." Keqing spoke softly as her hands encircled mine.

I gave a wry smile and I couldn't help but ask almost teasingly. "Are you and Ningguang going to eat me up then?" 

Keqing was silent for a long moment making my gut twist up before she said frankly. "No. I would explode and die from the energy in your Physique as only as a Saint tier martial artist can safely digest a special physique. And you have proven far more valuable alive to Ningguang than dead as with the spirit stones you are pouring into her coffers, her own Golden Path cultivation technique like your own will help push her further."

My lips twitched as she didn't at all say. 'No of course not, I love you and would never do that... And Ningguang isn't evil so of course she wouldn't do that!' 

But then again this was a cultivation universe so getting my head all tied up in knots was useless.

Instead, I just powered ahead... And by that, I meant that I pushed down my angst by bravely grabbing Keqing's breast with a hand making her sharply inhale as I whispered into her ear. "Now that's just lovely to hear."

She stilled and then she slowly turned around in my lap in a smooth movement so that her purple diamond-shaped eyes were meeting mine as she raised an eyebrow before I gave her titty a squeeze before letting go and making her huff in amusement.

"Shush, don't get bothered by what-ifs," Keqing said as she held a finger to my lips then I saw a smile enter her eyes as she removed the finger only to replace it with her soft lips that met mine and I felt the deeper connection form from the kiss and a series of loud cracking noises ring out within my body as I groaned into her mouth as it finally happened.

I broke through into the Ki Condensation realm the first martial arts realm along with the Golden Path's Foundation Establishments Diagram finishing and lighting up within my dantian filling my body with a true cycle of spiritual energy.

Our kiss broke apart with Keqing looking at me with joy as she giggled happily. "You broke through with a kiss haha. It's like the dirtiest of books and we weren't even properly dual cultivating haha."

I couldn't help my own laughter as I felt my hands pop with power with the Ki I had running through my body. But that reminded me, the martial arts I had were... Frankly, dogshit that only clanless practitioners who couldn't even afford access to a dojo had.

'I am going to need to hunt down some actual martial arts to further refine my body.' I thought before a series of harsh knocking rang out from the metal door leading out of my cultivation chamber with the small slit being opened up for if someone needed to talk to me before I could unlock the door.

"I felt a surge of spiritual energy, was that you breaking through Jake?" Yelan's voice came through the small speaking hole.

And I called out with clear happiness. "Yup! Breaking through to the first level of cultivation and martial arts in a month and some change isn't so bad haha." 

Sure only reaching the first level may not have seemed so special. But considering there was only six mortal levels to cultivation and martial arts. That meant that I was making decent time.

There was silence for a bit before Shenhe's voice came through with some curiosity. "Can I come in and cultivate with the heightened spiritual energy in there?" 

I could feel Keqing shiver and she managed to squeak out. "No! I am... I am not properly dressed!" 

To which Shenhe spoke even with a slight groan from Ganyu rang out from past her breath. "That is fine Yuhung of Liyue, we are both warriors and we are both women. I do not plan to strip down to cause stress between you and your lover."

I could all but feel Keqing's stress as her eyes sparked with lightning before she visibly stilled as she looked into my eyes and I blinked at the look in her eyes before she visibly took a breath and said. "Fine, very well but the room is small so be ready for your legs to be touching Jake if you come in." 

This was very true as this cultivation pod was as wide as a twin bed and only like six feet long. It was honestly the size of a smaller outdoor shed in reality.