Dao Of The Salted FishCh86 - Dual Cultivation

Lin Yijun was walking through the Sect pathways when he sensed Wen Zhihao’s aura. He turned his head and spotted Disciple Wen and Disciple Sun over the low plants and bushes, walking down a different pathway.

Wen Zhihao and Sun Fuyu were holding hands. Sun Fuyu was slightly ahead, tugging Wen Zhihao along. Matching pendants hung from their waist. CkUz9m

Lin Yijun’s upper lip curled slightly. Look at them! Even if they haven’t dual cultivated, they’re clearly Dao Companions!

Unfortunately, Zhou Sheng wasn’t there for him to retort to, and he didn’t know when Zhou Sheng would come back.

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Lin Yijun’s eyes grew a little colder as he hurried to the Elders’ Receiving Hall for a meeting.

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The Inner Sect Library was grand: solid pillars, sweeping roofs and surrounded by white stone pavement. Inside, ceiling-high shelves covered all the walls, laden with jade slips, old paper and bamboo scrolls, stone tablets…

The librarian was a wrinkled white-haired woman in flowing pale yellow robes who greeted them as they entered. She explained how to use the Request Artifact, a smooth round ball placed on the podium at the centre of the first hall and left them alone.

As directed, Wen Zhihao touched the surface of the ball and asked it: Respectfully requesting easy-to-understand manuals on dual cultivation.

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A moment later, a feeling of ‘light’ touched his mind, and Wen Zhihao knew where to find the manuals in the library complex.

Sun Fuyu followed him closely up the stairs to another, smaller room.

“Here they are,” Wen Zhihao said, sweeping his hand to the shelf with some neatly laid out ivory-coloured jade slips. “Is there any that Xiao Yu wants to borrow in particular?”

Sun Fuyu shook his head. “Whichever ones that Wen-ge wants!” ghc6LN

“Alright.” Wen Zhihao lightly touched some of the jade slips and skimmed over their introductions and picked a couple to borrow.

Luckily, the borrowing process was automatic, using the Request Artifact.

They headed back to their quarters to read the manuals. Wen Zhihao and Sun Fuyu leaned comfortably against pillows and cushions.

Wen Zhihao took one jade slip that he liked the look of best to start with. wzP8gt

It wasn’t that Wen Zhihao didn’t know what dual cultivation was, or what it could be. However, he had read a webnovel where a character thought dual cultivation meant the adult yellow book kind, only for it to turn out to be completely suitable for young audiences and had therefore stressed out about nothing and embarrassed himself in the process.

And perhaps even more importantly, Wen Zhihao was wary of crossing that line before the ‘mortal’-style wedding. He had a feeling that Aunty Liu would know.

Immortals…cultivation…internal self…blah blah blah…the discovery of dual cultivation. Wen Zhihao skimmed over the introduction and only slowed down when the words he wanted to see appeared.

The discovery of dual cultivation revolutionised the world as the processes of cultivating the Dao could now be shared with another. By dual cultivating, two originally disparate immortals would become Dao Companions, as witnessed by the Heavens. Dual cultivation, in its most fundamental form, is the union of two energies… fAG6oS

…Woops, Wen Zhihao had forgotten that Dao Companions were Dao companions because they cultivated the Dao together. Was that why Sun Fuyu was still a little unconfident about their ‘Dao Companions’ status?

Wen Zhihao moved on to read the detailed methods section, his mind slowly glazing over as it became more complicated.

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Sun Fuyu already knew about dual cultivation: it was cultivating together! It was holding hands while meditating and exchanging qi at the same time. Exchanging qi was very intimate, and the thought of doing that with Wen-ge made Sun Fuyu’s cheeks heat up and his heart beat faster. Wen-ge was stronger than him, and Sun Fuyu had quietly basked in Wen-ge’s qi before, But for Wen-ge to accept Sun Fuyu’s internal qi…

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Sun Fuyu sneakily looked at Wen-ge. Wen Zhihao’s eyes were closed as his consciousness explored the jade slip manual. He reached out and pressed in some strands of Wen-ge’s hair that were falling out of the hairstyle. Pl6ji

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He turned to Sun Fuyu. Sun Fuyu immediately opened his eyes and gave him a questioning look.

“Xiao Yu…” Wen Zhihao’s voice came out low and a little hoarse from dryness. He cleared his throat. “Do you want to dual cultivate? We are Dao Companions, after all. Otherwise, we can wait until after the wedding.” l3tdSw

Sun Fuyu straightened. His cheeks were red, but his bright gaze was as steady as he could make it. “Yes,” he said seriously. He didn’t know what wedding Wen-ge was talking about (was one of the mortal staff getting married?), but he ignored that in favour of the important point.

“Tonight? We have to pick up the kids first.”

Sun Fuyu’s stomach sank in disappointment, but he understood responsibility. “Okay.”

Wen Zhihao reached out and pinched Sun Fuyu’s cheek. “Don’t be so sad, we have all the time in the world together.” s184Lx

Sun Fuyu liked the feeling of being coaxed. His response this time was warmer. “Okay.”

 


 

The two of them went to pick up the young ones from school and took them to the cat garden. KuRyik

“Little baobei kitty, kitty, look!” Ruan Lanxi tugged the fur of one of the medium-sized cats.

The cat internally rolled her eyes but followed along as Ruan Lanxi ‘pulled’ her towards Wen Zhihao.

“Look, kitty, Uncle has tiny kitties!”

The cat reached out and pawed at the jade pendant hanging from Wen Zhihao’s waist. “Meow!” she said interestedly. The object had a lot of qi! YziL2E

Wen Zhihao patted the cat on the head and then patted Ruan Lanxi on the head. He laughed as the cat continued to play with the jade pendant. “You like it? Sun Fuyu gave it to me. The engraving of cats is truly wonderful.”

“Meow!” Cats are superior, of course! the cat agreed.

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The cats that were already surrounding Wen Zhihao came even closer to see, and they all agreed that having the likeness of cats on that jade treasure was a truly intelligent choice. One cat rubbed his side against Sun Fuyu to show his appreciation.

Sun Fuyu’s rabbiting heartbeat slowed down as he petted the demonic cat in return. CqAO9p


Although it was now autumn, the weather was still warm enough to take their afternoon naps outside with the cats.

“Not sleeping?” Wen Zhihao asked as he laid down against a large cat, with Xiao Bai tucked in on his other side.

Sun Fuyu shook his head. “Protecting you and the others.”

Wen Zhihao smiled fondly. Once he closed his eyes, his mind turned to dual cultivation. The manual said that dual cultivation was exchanging qi, but what if there was some secret dual cultivation that was like that? Wen Zhihao thought that his thoughts would stop him from falling asleep, but he soon quickly fell asleep. dzpAhN

Sun Fuyu’s nervousness only increased when he realised that Wen-ge had fallen asleep. He hugged a large fluffy demonic beast in his arms. What if Sun Fuyu messed up tonight? What if Wen-ge didn’t like his qi? What if, what if…Maybe it was better to delay dual cultivation until Sun Fuyu became stronger.

Sun Fuyu buried the side of his face into cat fluff, his eyes peering through the cat fur to watch over Wen Zhihao. His heart yearned. Wen-ge… He wanted to hug Wen-ge, but for now, this cat would have to do.

 


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The sun slowly descended in the sky. The blue sky slowly warmed to reds and oranges before darkening to deep blue.

Sun Fuyu helped some of the children with their homework while Wen Zhihao helped others with their bath. The children seemed less tired today, wanting to stay up and have Sun Fuyu recount to them another story about one of his missions.

Sun Fuyu gave them a strained smile, glancing at Wen Zhihao.

Aiyo, if you all go to sleep early, then you can wake up early and train just like Little Uncle,” Wen Zhihao coaxed them. “Isn’t it better to experience those missions yourself? If you become good enough, you can accompany your Little Uncle.” ip3jYd

Ruan Lanxi’s eyes became determined. “Okay!” she said seriously. Despite being the one who had called loudest for a story, she was the first to scramble into bed, pulling the blankets up to her chin. “Xixi is going to sleep!” she said.

Sun Fuyu’s smile became one of relief as the children laid down one-by-one. He rose and stood quietly at the door as Wen Zhihao patted each child on the head and wished them sweet dreams.

Sun Fuyu’s gaze caught Wen-ge’s.

Badump, badump. dymjrF

Sun Fuyu retreated to their bedroom first. He sat down at the edge of the bed, frowning slightly as he realised he didn’t know how they were going to do this. Would they sit in bed? Would they sit on the floor, facing each other, on the floor cushions? Would Sun Fuyu sit in Wen-ge’s lap?

Light footsteps. The soft bfff as the door was closed.

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“It’s more comfortable to lie down, don’t you think?” Wen Zhihao said as he took off his outer robes. He didn’t know how long it would take to complete a session of dual cultivation: it was easier to lie down than sit up.

Sun Fuyu nodded like a chicken pecking rice. He also quickly stripped off his outer garments and changed them for sleepwear. Lay9zj

Wen Zhihao laid down first, then Sun Fuyu. They faced each other in bed, legs naturally tangling up with each other.

Seeing that Sun Fuyu was dressed, most of Wen Zhihao’s stress went away. So they were on the same page about what dual cultivation meant.

“Um…” Sun Fuyu reached out first.

“En.” Wen Zhihao’s hands met him in the middle. FeLdvB

“Wen-ge can start—”

“No, Xiao Yu can start.” Since Xiao Yu was clearly the more skilled one at cultivation, it was best for him to go first so that Wen Zhihao could then copy.

Sun Fuyu’s eyelashes lowered slightly. Wen-ge wants me to go first, he thought, warm and affectionate.

His breath slowly aligned with Wen-ge, and then as he breathed out, he gently pressed some of his own qi through Wen-ge’s hands. dKTp v

The qi was like a cool breeze across Wen Zhihao’s palm, filling up the spaces left by his exhaled breath. In the inhale, Sun Fuyu’s qi mixed in with the ambient air and moved through his meridians and into his dantian. On the exhale, Wen Zhihao passed some of his energy out of his hands and into Sun Fuyu’s.

Sun Fuyu’s eyes began to droop as Wen-ge’s qi suffused into him.

Breathe in, exhale, breathe in, exhale. Strands of qi twisted together. If either of them had their eyes opened, they might have caught flashes of a red string forming.

But by then, their breaths had deepened as Sun Fuyu fell asleep with Wen Zhihao. All the while, their breaths and qi flow remained aligned. UBf5Tp

Passing ambient qi and internal qi through one-self and the Dao Companion aids not only one’s cultivation but also establishes a deep, spiritual connection…

 


 

In an office in the Inner Sect Library, well lit by glowing flowers, the Inner Sect’s Librarian was checking through the records produced by the Request Artifact when she saw that some basic dual cultivation jade slips had been checked out—ones that hadn’t been checked out before since the same ones existed in the Outer Sect Library. TcErSt

Her thoughts connected to that of the Request Artifact. Curious, this cultivator did not look up sexual dual cultivation? The content of those manuals is quite basic and should have been learned during the outer sect classes.

The Request Artifact responded with a magical shrug ╮(︶▽︶)╭ He asked for easy-to-understand manuals, not sexual dual cultivation manuals.

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Is that so. Well, it wasn’t her place to question the borrowing habits of the disciples.

The Librarian continued to check the records: a larger number of manuals across multiple areas have been borrowed compared to the previous week. pLzBK0

 

 

 


Long chapter…. I did say that there would be no smut in the main text (≡^∇^≡) AUnvVp

*author proceeds to hide behind a shield in anticipation of readers’ comments*

Readers: (╯°Д°)╯ ┻━┻

Readers Group #1: Want to see gong Wen Zhihao and shou Sun Fuyu!

Readers Group #2: No, Wen Zhihao is 0! Sun Fuyu is 1! OdWfoj

Readers Group #3: ノಠ_ಠノ 0, 1, whatever, we just wanted to see some “car” driving!

Sun Fuyu: (´・ω・`)? Attacking [gong]? Wen-ge won’t attack me, would he? And Wen-ge is 20 and I’m 19! We’re not 0 and 1 years old! Wen-ge, is car driving something from your old world?

Wen Zhihao: *cough* No one is attacking and no one suffering [shou]. Yes, the readers want to see us drive a car, one of the self-powered vehicles from my old world. The flying cart is the closest, so shall we go for a ride together?

Sun Fuyu: Okay! nzXiFk

Wen Zhihao: *pinches Xiao Yu’s cheek* Let’s go (and get away from these voyeurs…)

—author, out—

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162 comments

  1. chapter beginning itself a jealous lin yijun 😂

    ” He didn’t know what wedding Wen-ge was talking about ” its your wedding xiao yu YOUR wedding 😂

    u sneaky sneaky request artifact 🤣

    personally smut isnt my cup of tea so this is juuust right for me 🙂😛

    thank you for the chapter ❤

  2. Ahahahah author this was very cute. Again I have next level appreciation for WZ, the most sensible protagonist ever. He didn’t just assume what dual cultivation was and actually looked it up, thereby avoiding a bunch of misunderstandings. Best Protagonist Ever.

  3. In a secret undisclosed location late at night there is a special gathering of demonic beasts and sentient objects.

    Leader kitty with gavel: I call the order of the all powerful beasts to begin secretary read the first item on the agenda.

    Secretary kitty: wearing glasses holding a jade slip “The first item is making calming human and his mate honorary demonic beasts, All in favor say “I”.

    All kitties: “I”!

    Magic Hotspring: Whining But I found him first he is my human!

    All demonic kitties : Hissing shut up voyeur water.

    Leader kitty: since we are all in favor of adopting calm human and mate. We will begin the three day licking ceremony followed by the fur sharing ceremony.

    Sun fuyu: covered in large amounts of demonic kitty spit and fur” Wen-ge why have the demonic cats been licking us so much lately. Do we taste good and they are going to eat us?”

    Wen-ge: also covered in cat spit and fur “I don’t know maybe we smell too much like Lin Yijun you know they hate him.”

    three days later

    Leader cat: The ritual has been completed the calm one and his mate our now honorary cats.

    Magic rocks : Master has been adopted weeping

  4. Author-sama: thinks of reaction in comments like written in author’s corner

    Readers in reality: “So no smut in the MAIN text. Heh, we are patience itself” (⌒‿⌒)

    thanks for the chapter~

  5. Aha, very cute chapter, I enjoy watching these two develop their relationship in their own way! And since I care not for nsfw content, this worked perfectly for me lmao

    Jolly good chapter!

    😎😎😎😎😎

  6. Reader group number 1 here bottoming is a lot of work and disciple Sun could easily be a power bottom to our salted fish lazy top.

  7. Readers: We want to see them sleep together! o(`ω´ )o

    Author: But they sleep together every chapter? (`・ω・´)?

    Readers: Not that type! (´;ω;`)

    Jokes aside, thanks for the chapter!

  8. Hagskah i’m a part of that Reader group #3💀 The author said no smut in the main text… but they didn’t say no smut in the extras!!👀👀

    Ty for the chapter!!💜💜💜

  9. I’m perfectly content with the novel not containing any 18+ stuff as I feel that would kill the vibe of the novel. It’s just so calming and relaxing to read and I feel like adding adulterated content would feel extremely off-putting or forced. While I have asked before on who is the gong and shou, i feel like this is a better option as I’ve also stated that Wen’s and Sun Fuyu’s relationship doesn’t really have a sense of domination over one another but instead very harmonious and lax. Thanks for the Chapter~~* Imma start commenting again bc I really do love this novel and think the author is doing a great job.
  10. Sooooooooo seeing as you said “no smut in the main text” does that mean you’re giving us smutalicous extras?

  11. To be honest, the past year or so I’ve become a bit disinterested in reading smut, so I’m actually glad there’s none in the main text. ╮(╯▽╰)╭

  12. Awww what a sweet chapter. I assumed we wouldn’t have the yellow book type of cultivation right now and I am just fine with it. It fits into their fluffy and adorable dynamic perfectly. Maybe later in the extras when they’re further in their relationship we will see some more mature play. (Also I defo think that Sun Fuyu should be the top)

  13. Well, PG suits the tone of the story. ♥️♥️♥️♥️ But, some car driving will be nice. 🤤🤤🤤🤤 Thanks for the update!

  14. I’m representing group 3, author I’m waiting for some action👀🤣

    Thank you for the chapters 💕

  15. I think of Sun & Wen as both 0’s and 1’s where they are both willing to give and receive. Altho Wen may be too… languid to be 1 😅

    Not really looking for smut in this novel. Just some sweet little kisses here, sharing warm moments together there starts knitting more sweaters and scarves for the babies from all the fluff

  16. Whot. I thought it’s confirmed WZH gong and SFY shou? I mean, I’m fine with any, as long as there is one scene… please? (。ノω\。)

  17. Thanks for the chapter! I love that the librarian is surprised they didn’t go for the smut Dao cultivation manuals… This is so cute…

  18. Awww you know what, this is better than yellow ♡^▽^♡ (I should’ve known that Xiao Yu is the purest, I thought he was already giving his chrysanthemum to his Wen-ge, Aunt Liu is relieved). I’ll also confess that I’m part of the group 3 ’cause I wanna see them switching sometimes ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° )Thanks for the chapter (✿◕‿◕✿)

    • hahahahahah, it’s not that Xiao Yu doesn’t know about sex, I think (his background means he has probably heard about it), but with Wen Zhihao it’s just…different 😆

      hahaha your group is note!

  19. I would be okay with them being alluded to doing it. They may be pure but that doesn’t mean they can’t have any physical desires. But even if they have and act on them that doesn’t mean we need to read it.

        • I think most of the Shounen-ai novels do fade to black or they don’t do below the neck the scenes – You can do that also. Lemme tell you my reasoning on why I want a fade to black.

          Our salted fish is like an old uncle who has retired (which is true) who only think about eating and sleeping and is overall like an ascetic monk butttt this old uncle has a boyfriend. I want to see ascetic monk break character for Xiao Yu QAQ. I want to see this salted fish actually have some desire or some “fire in their eyes”

  20. Hahaha. Sweet chapter even if there was no car driving. Lol. I am still very satisfied!!! Thank you for the dog food, I am full. It was very sweet. 😍😋

  21. Hm… I’m guessing that they’d switch.

    You purposefully led the readers on… but I don’t think most of us fell for it because those two are way too innocent haha

  22. I like these sweet moments best. This chapter was so cute! Sun Fuyu will definitely become a better napper, but will Wen Zhihao be more energetic? 🤔 Seems impossible 🤣

    As for the smut, I’m definitely cool for that decision. Smut is okay, but I like to read sweet moments between couples the most and this novel has so many 😍

    Thanks for the chapter!

    • it does seem impossible for Wen Zhihao to be more energetic 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

      I’m glad you like all the sweet dog food moments then!! Thanks for reading!

  23. Thanks for the chapter! Group enjoying the sweetness & the shy progress, no hurry for the next step, lol. (actually, I’m rereading the Omega king by Libby Clarke right now, & it has a full course meal 😉 while still being cute. It balances out.)

  24. group 3, here

    hehe~ Tysm dear author for your hard work (all here know it is not a easy thing to keep writing every week, and for that I admire you) But no worries. Whether there is meat or not in this menu, I’m already here willingly jumpping into this pit I’m dying to know more about Zhou Sheng and Lin Yijun, in particular, so I’m going to read untill the very end 💪

  25. lmaooo you really said go to horny jail

    its nice to see Sun Fuyu and Wen Zhihao take the time to really be present with one another, as much as i love everybody getting along. you make a good balance of it!

  26. eh….

    ¡estúpida esfera de porquería!…. ¡autor!…. eso es maldad nivel Dios….

    Amo la vagancia de WG… pero incluso, incluso… arghhh arghhhh

  27. I don’t mind no driving in the main text, but totally with group #3~! Whether a fierce cub or gentle top, both would be good >\\\<

    • I am with you , I dont want to show the sex but a couple must to have sex . Example after the nuke is in bed or something like that XD The same way I think the seme is our Mc but can be reverse couple too

      To the author : I love the story !!!!!!!!!!! I though first was going to complete the history after comment in the chapters when read again , but i cant XD Recommend associate with some cartoonist, it can be one of the fan’s drawing if you like them. Then make merchandise of it on your blog or here .I say this to earn some extra money for a great work .

      • 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 I’m glad you really like the story!!!! hahaha that would be cool if there was merch or a comic, but ahhh, probably not going to happen…

  28. I’m in group 3! Although 0 Sun Fuyu would be really cute, him being a gong would be interesting too! I’m fine even if there’s no smut tbh

  29. ┻━┻︵└(՞▽՞ └) Ah! First time I’m called a voyeur! That truly describes well! KKKKKKKK

    Ahem, what 0 and 1, I wanna exchanging roles! roles! !! (^་།^)

  30. Someone, Catch the Author we will make sure the author understand that car driving is life🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  31. How funny yet romantic to ask for dual cultivation techniques, but not the sexual dual cultivation techniques!