Fixing Meridians

Queen Mary brought Lin Ke out of the throne room and through the large halls of the palace. The palace was massive, with one hallway stretching further than the eye could see. After many different corners and turns, they finally arrived in front of a large beautiful door. Pushing the door open, Lin Ke was greeted with a blast of hot air.

Lin Ke does a quick double take of the room. Blinking his eyes in surprise.

"Errr… Your Majesty? Are we in the wrong room?" Lin Ke asks.

Queen Mary glances over. "There's no need to be so formal! Just call me Mary! And no, this is the right room."

Lin Ke coughs lightly. "Ah… Well, Mary… This… is a hot tub…"

Queen Mary claps her hands together in delight. "That's right!"

Looking at Queen Mary's warm smile, Lin Ke feels anything but relief. Slowly, he begins to back away. "Ahhh… If you need to take a bath, please excuse m-"

Before he could slip through the door behind him, it had slammed shut behind him.

Quickly pulling at the handle. Lin Ke finds out that it's locked. From behind him, he feels an ominous presence, creeping up on him from behind. Lin Ke feels all the hairs on his body stand up in fright.

"Don't worry, Lin Ke… I'll take good care of you…" Queen Mary whispers into his ear.

"No.. Please…"

The sound of clothes being removed ensues.

"STOOOOP~~~~!!!!"

Lin Ke struggles as best as he could, but couldn't stop himself from getting stripped bare. Trying to cover himself up with his hands, Lin Ke's face is completely red.

"M-M-m- Queen Mary, what are you doing???" Lin Ke stumbles out while trying to escape as far away from her as possible.

"N-now, why are you so nervous? If being naked makes you so nervous, how about I join you?" Queen Mary asks suggestively. She lowers the fur cloak that covered her shoulders, revealing part of a stunning dress she was wearing under her robes.

"AHHH! Stop, what are you doing!!" Lin Ke shrieks while waving his hands in front of him.

"Just kidding." Queen Mary says with a wink. "No more playing around. Get in the water."

Without another choice, Lin Ke could only step into the bubbly hot water. Submerging most of his body in the steamy water, Lin Ke feels all his muscles relax. Sighing, Lin Ke closes his eyes.

Until he hears the sound of water splashing behind him. In the time period of a split second, Lin Ke knew exactly who it was.

Lin Ke forces himself to not immediately leap out of the water. "Q-q-queen Mary? What are you doing?"

"Now, now! Don't be so shy. It would be a waste if I just watched as you felt good right? Of course I would join you!" She said as she waded through the water.

"Please don't say it like that, someone might get the wrong idea." Lin Ke says tensely.

"There's no one around to get the wrong idea, so don't worry about that!" Queen Mary says cheerfully. By now, Queen Mary was standing right behind Lin Ke, with her body fully exposed. "Are you not going to take a peek?" She asks.

Of course, Lin Ke wants to take a peek. At the same time though, he doesn't want to take a peek. In fact, he gets this odd feeling that if he tried, Queen Mary's boobs might be the last thing he sees ever again.

Lin Ke quickly shakes his head. "No thanks."

"Awww." she says, sounding disappointed. "Well then, want me to wash you?"

Again, Lin Ke furiously shakes his head.

Queen Mary pouts a little, but then decides it's nothing worth getting mad at. Instead, she rubs her hands together. "Well then, let's get this over with!"

From Queen Mary's spatial ring on her finger, she pulls out a silver grass that caused the air around to thicken immediately from the World Energy being released. It was a stifling sensation, one that made it hard for one to breathe.

With a hand wrapped around the silver grass, Queen Mary took her free hand and rested it on Lin Ke's back. "Get ready! This might tickle a little."

And then, the last thing Lin Ke could remember was the warm soft palm of Queen Mary resting on his back, making him feel faint.

Then, he really did faint.

In his dreams, he was locked in, shackled at his wrist and legs. In his dream, a dark figure approached him, shroud in the shadows. Then, without any warning, he plunged his shapeless hand into Lin Ke's stomach.

It was as if someone stuck a rotating sickle in his stomach and began churning it. The pain was so intense, but he couldn't move at all. The pain spread from just his stomach area to his hands, to his legs, to his chest, to his head. Every part of his body was wracked in pain and his mind waas completely blank from the pain.

Lin Ke wanted to scream, but he couldn't. He wanted to shrivel up, but he couldn't. He wanted to die… BUT. HE. COULDN'T. All he could do was stay there and feel the searing pain, burn into his memories. It was a feeling he would never forget. Ever.

If the previous few cultivation increases were to be compared to this, it would be like comparing a stubbed toe versus childbirth. The pain would be incomprehensible to those who haven't experienced it.

Finally, after what seemed like forever, the pain ebbed away. However, even long after the pain disappeared, Lin Ke still hasn't come to his senses.