At the same time, Li Beifei had already arrived at the courtyard where Liu Yanran and Liu Yuran lived.
Before he even entered, he heard the sound of swords slicing through the air, and he knew that Liu Yanran and Liu Yuran were practicing their swordsmanship.
What was strange was that the two of them should have been producing two distinct sounds of swords cutting through the air, but now he was certain that he only heard one sound.
If that were the case, then there was only one possibility: the timing and movements of Liu Yanran and Liu Yuran's swordplay had reached a state of complete synchronization, resulting in only one sound of a sword slicing through the air.
This was a true resonance, something that even natural twins or multiples might not be able to achieve.
A smile appeared on Li Beifei's face, and he was genuinely happy for them.
He walked into the courtyard with a smile, but the next moment, the smile vanished completely.
"What are you doing... are you trying to die?"
Li Beifei's expression darkened as he saw that Liu Yanran and Liu Yuran were pale and listless, looking travel-worn, their cultivations sealed, relying entirely on their own willpower to wield the heavy swords in their hands.
The heavy swords in their hands were made of Xuan Heavy Iron.
Xuan Heavy Iron had no special characteristics, except that it was heavy.
Apart from Immortal Gold, a rare and precious metal, Xuan Heavy Iron was the heaviest in the metal world.
The Xuan Heavy Iron in the shape of long swords that they held weighed as much as a thousand-zhang-high mountain.
If their cultivations hadn't been sealed, the Xuan Heavy Iron swords would naturally be as light as a feather.
But now that their cultivations were completely sealed, and even their physical strength was mostly sealed, the Xuan Heavy Iron swords still exerted tremendous pressure on them.
At this moment, the two women looked as if they had aged suddenly, their skin sallow and dry, their lips chapped, completely lacking their previous liveliness.
"Young Master!"
They had also noticed Li Beifei and quickly put away the heavy swords in their hands, intending to pay their respects to Li Beifei.
But as soon as they turned around, their bodies staggered, and they fell to the ground.
Li Beifei was quick-witted and swift-handed.
In a flash, he caught Liu Yanran with his left hand and stopped Liu Yuran with his right, preventing them from making intimate contact with the ground.
Li Beifei carried them to the nearby pavilion, gently lowered them, and lifted the seals on their bodies.
As soon as the seals were removed, the spiritual power within them immediately began to nourish and repair their bodies.
Their original sallow skin visibly became fair and rosy, although their complexions became much paler.
"Young Master..."
They said, their faces slightly flushed.
"Don't move, let me check!" Li Beifei interrupted them, sending two strands of divine sense into their bodies, flowing along the meridians to every part of their bodies.
"Cough cough..."
Suddenly, Li Beifei's face turned red, and he quickly withdrew his divine sense.
Liu Yanran and Liu Yuran also blushed with shame.
Under the Young Master's divine sense, they felt even more exposed than if they had stripped naked.
After all, stripping naked only revealed the exterior, while the divine sense had examined them inside and out.
In fact, Li Beifei was also extremely embarrassed at this moment.
When he saw them in that state earlier, he was extremely anxious and had long forgotten about the impropriety between men and women.
So he had hugged and held them, and finally even checked their bodies.
He had forgotten that his cultivation was only at the Transcendent Realm, and his divine sense was no match for theirs, who had already reached the逍遥(Carefree) Realm.
If they had harbored any ill intentions, Li Beifei's actions would have been fatal.
However, he had done it subconsciously, perhaps because he believed deep down that they would not harm him, just as they had not shown any resistance when they were being observed by his divine sense.
Over a thousand years of time had allowed them to completely drop their guard against each other.
"Are you alright?" Li Beifei said awkwardly.
"Young Master, we're fine," the two women said in unison.
Li Beifei nodded, but didn't know what to say, after all, it had been too embarrassing just now.
To avoid further embarrassment, Li Beifei asked with a serious expression, "What were you doing just now? Do you know how dangerous that was?"
Seeing the Young Master's serious expression, Liu Yanran and Liu Yuran lowered their heads like children who had done something wrong.
"Young Master, I'm sorry, we just wanted to strengthen our willpower, so we practiced swordsmanship while you were in seclusion," Liu Yanran said softly.
"What?" Li Beifei looked at them in shock.
They had been in seclusion for nearly a month, and according to what they said, they had been practicing swordsmanship the whole time, without stopping?
"You've been doing this all along?" Li Beifei asked.
"Yes!"
The two women nodded.
"Just to strengthen your willpower?" Li Beifei asked again.
The two nodded again.
"Exercising willpower can't be done overnight.
Although your method is direct and effective, it's too dangerous to do this," Li Beifei had originally wanted to reprimand them, but he couldn't bear to see them looking down and admitting their mistakes.
"But we don't want to hold the Young Master back.
In the past, every time we encountered danger, the Young Master would stand in front of us.
But we are the Young Master's followers, and we should be the ones standing in front of you."
Liu Yanran said.
"That's right, what my sister said is right.
We were thinking that this time, that傲天(Aotian), we should be the ones to share the Young Master's burden and kill him, but now the Young Master is still facing it alone.
We don't want this," Liu Yuran also said.
Li Beifei was stunned.
He really wanted to say that it was because of Mu Qingyi, he was jealous, and Aotian looked down on him and was even planning to steal Qingyi from him, which was why there was this battle.
But when he saw the determination on their pale faces, he swallowed all these words back.
This was the first time they had expressed it to him so directly.
He had always been a chauvinist, thinking that men should protect the women around them, so every time he encountered danger, he was the first to rush up.
But why should he protect Liu Yanran and Liu Yuran so much?
In terms of status, they were just followers.
In the world, countless followers could die for their masters, so why should he protect them instead?
Because they were important?
Li Beifei realized something, but he didn't want to admit it.
He was afraid that he would let Qingyi down.
He sighed and said, "I won't blame you this time, but in the future, you can't use such dangerous methods.
Leave the matter of cultivating willpower to me.
Now, immediately, go and get some rest!"
Li Beifei pointed to their rooms.
"Yes!"
They nodded obediently and entered their rooms under Li Beifei's gaze.
Seeing this, a complex look flashed in Li Beifei's eyes.
He felt that he needed to find a suitable opportunity to explain some things to Qingyi!
……
Outside the Virtual God Realm, Gu Changsheng lay on the grand master's chair and muttered, "Has this blockhead finally seen the light?"
