The sound of the bed hitting the floor made Ji Shiyou's face flush again. He felt awkward, even speechless. Although he was still a virgin, he wasn't foolish, and he was a normal man. In Jinwu Palace, when his fellow disciples gathered, they often gossiped and told lewd jokes. Even though he had a naturally cold demeanor and never participated, he still heard them. He knew that when a man and a woman were alone in a room late at night, and such sounds were heard, it was bound to make people think otherwise. Moreover, the Soul Shifting Great Law was now completely suppressed. The upper half of his soul, which had finally managed to break free from his body, was once again dragged back inside by that mysterious force. Ji Shiyou quickly cast a spell to end the Yin Soul Great Law.
"It's still no use. I feel a force within me that prevents me from leaving your body. I don't know where it comes from." Mingyue said, sharing her feelings as Ji Shiyou stopped.
"There's only one way left. Let's go." Ji Shiyou got up and pulled Mingyue off the bed. He opened the window facing the street and the two leaped out, landing on the street.
"What are we doing? Where are we going?" Mingyue asked, confused as Ji Shiyou pulled her along the street. Ji Shiyou had a bad habit of not talking much, never explaining his actions clearly, which made her feel very passive.
"Scene recreation." Ji Shiyou pulled Mingyue and walked quickly towards the outskirts of the town. He had thought that to return his soul to its rightful place, he first needed to leave his body. But now, an unknown mysterious force had appeared, trapping their souls within their bodies. Therefore, to restore things to their original state, he first needed to understand the origin of that force. The mysterious force should have appeared when their souls were swapped. So he had an idea: perhaps by recreating the scene, he could discover how the mysterious force appeared. If he was lucky, he might even be able to swap bodies back directly. What he meant by scene recreation was to re-experience the explosion of the jade pendant. It was clearly impossible in the inn room. That would destroy the entire inn, and he didn't want to alarm anyone. So he pulled Mingyue and left the inn through the window, intending to find an open space outside the town.
To recreate the explosion, Ji Shiyou specifically found a valley. "We need to recreate the scene of the last explosion. Perhaps we can swap our bodies back." After explaining to Mingyue, Ji Shiyou took out a warm, lustrous, flawless jade pendant from his storage bag and handed it to Mingyue.
"For me? I'm so sorry. Why are you giving me a gift for no reason? But I've never refused anyone. I'll gladly accept it. Thank you!" Mingyue took the jade pendant, her eyes beaming. This jade pendant was clearly a good item, and she immediately thanked Ji Shiyou. She intended to put it into her storage bag, wondering why Ji Shiyou would give her a gift for no reason. She was not only greedy but also stingy. She was afraid that Ji Shiyou would try to take advantage of her and rob her of the fortune she had accumulated over hundreds of years. That's why, in the illusion, when Ji Shiyou found Jun Shuxue's storage bag, she had taken back all her valuable possessions and returned Ji Shiyou's storage bag to him. Because she had already tried and couldn't open that storage bag, it was useless to keep it.
"Infuse your cultivation into the jade pendant. To have your souls return to their rightful places, you need to perfectly replicate the scene at that time." Ji Shiyou said with a frown, his dark eyebrows raised. This little tree spirit was too self-centered. Who was giving her a gift?
"Hehehe, I was just kidding. Don't take it seriously. You're right, we need to perfectly replicate the scene. Therefore, the props must be exactly the same. There can be no sloppiness. This jade pendant is not the same as the one from back then. I'll make a concession and use mine." Knowing that the jade pendant wasn't for her, Mingyue chuckled. There was no embarrassment on her face. She took out a dilapidated jade pendant from her storage bag, which was already full of cracks. As for Ji Shiyou's jade pendant, she casually threw it into her storage bag without returning it, shamelessly explaining to Ji Shiyou, while thinking to herself, "What a spendthrift! Using such a good jade pendant for an experiment is a complete waste of heavenly resources."
"Hurry up and infuse your cultivation into it." Ji Shiyou was already accustomed to Mingyue's greedy behavior. He urged her with a cold face. It was just a jade pendant, and he wouldn't fuss over it.
"Alright, just watch!" Seeing that Ji Shiyou wasn't going to pursue the jade pendant, Mingyue was overjoyed. She immediately began transferring her cultivation into the jade pendant. The jade pendant Mingyue had taken out was already on the verge of breaking and couldn't withstand too much cultivation. Soon, it made a crisp sound. Mingyue knew that the jade pendant had reached its limit. With a whoosh, she leaped onto Ji Shiyou. Ji Shiyou had said earlier that they needed to perfectly replicate the scene. The next part should have been her falling from the sky into Ji Shiyou's arms. Since she couldn't fall from the sky, she had to jump up herself. See how dedicated she was?
Ji Shiyou's attention was on the jade pendant, and he hadn't noticed Mingyue. He was thinking that once Mingyue finished infusing her cultivation, he would detonate the jade pendant and recreate the scene of the explosion. Therefore, when Mingyue suddenly jumped onto him, he was completely unprepared and was knocked to the ground. They both fell. Ji Shiyou was lying on his back, with Mingyue straddling him.
"What are you doing?" Ji Shiyou was furious. Being straddled by a woman made him feel incredibly ashamed.
"Isn't this scene recreation? Why didn't you catch me? I fell from the sky back then, and you held me." Mingyue was also aggrieved, complaining that Ji Shiyou wasn't following the script.
"Even if it's recreation, it should be my body holding your body, not you holding me. Get up, you're crushing me, I can't breathe." Ji Shiyou gasped for air below, blaming his own body for being too heavy. He was 1.9 meters tall and weighed 150 jin. With Mingyue's sudden movement, he now had a petite body of only 1.6 meters. It felt like being crushed under a mountain, and he couldn't bear it.
"Oh, right. Sorry, I overlooked that! It should be you on top, no, my body should be on top." Mingyue thought about it and agreed. She immediately rolled off him and lay sprawled on the ground. Then, with one hand, she lifted the still gasping Ji Shiyou and placed him on her body like a sack.
"If you mess around again, believe it or not, I'll kill you?" Feeling like an object being tossed around, Ji Shiyou was going crazy. He placed his hands on his chest to stabilize himself and whispered menacingly into Mingyue's ear, "You demoness, seducing the senior disciple for illicit relations. You can actually do such a shameless thing. Senior disciple, don't be afraid! I know you were forced. I've come to save you."
At this moment, a sharp cry came from a distance. It was Jun Shuxue, who had been following them. She arrived just in time to see Mingyue straddling her senior disciple and about to kiss him. She immediately conjured a scenario in her mind. Given the senior disciple's character and cultivation, he would absolutely not do something like illicit relations with someone. It must be this demoness who had controlled the senior disciple and forced him to do this. Therefore, by deduction, what happened in the room earlier was also not the senior disciple's intention. So she brandished her sword and rushed forward to rescue Ji Shiyou.