The power of the mountain gate's protective array is no joke; it is even more powerful against cultivators returning from the outside, and those who crash into it from the inside will also be injured.

Half of Cement Peach's arm was bruised, and a strong smell of peach juice wafted out, as if someone had spilled a drink.

Upon closer inspection, one could see that half of the peach demon's sleeve was soaked, and the smell was coming from the sleeve.

This is actually the blood of the peach demon cultivator!

This little girl seemed particularly impulsive and didn't care much about the wound. Perhaps it was because the external injuries of demon cultivators healed quickly on their own, so she didn't pay much attention to it.

"No need, I'm used to it!"

Cement Peach waved her hand sheepishly, touched the spatial ring on her finger, and awkwardly explained, "I don't have any spirit stones. I just recently formed my core, and I haven't received a single mission yet. I also need to train for the competition, so I can't earn any more spirit stones~"

Cultivators from other sects are not like the cubs in the Hundred Beast Garden who can practice their skills without restrictions.

If they exceed the free cultivation time granted to them by the sect, they will need to pay extra spirit stones to enter.

There are also sects that prey on their disciples, not giving them any free training time. Whether it's eating, sleeping, cultivating, learning techniques, refining weapons, or making pills, they will charge you spirit stones for everything.

Within the sect, there are tasks such as dusting, cleaning alchemy furnaces, killing rampant monsters, hunting, and trading. Some sects also go to the town bulletin board to accept missions to explore monster lairs together.

So it turns out they were short of money.

Zhao Xi thought she could understand her feelings, so she opened the green plaster and said generously, "It's okay. You bought a lot of food, so consider it a free gift. You got injured at the Hundred Beasts Park, and I can't just let you go out like this."

A cool, woody aura emanated from the plaster.

Peach Demon Cultivator blinked, raised his hand, and exclaimed in surprise, "Wow! Where did you buy this? It actually has such pure wood elemental energy!"

"I made this." Zhao Xi smiled and rolled up the pink gauze sleeves of the cement peach.

Sure enough, there was a cut on her arm, from which clear peach juice gushed out, sticky and sweet enough to make you want to lick it.

Wood spirit energy hovered around the wound like a butterfly.

With each circle, the wound becomes lighter, the bleeding stops quickly, and the wound gradually heals.

"Wow! Are you really just a mortal? You must be a very powerful immortal, hiding your cultivation level, right? Alchemy requires spiritual energy, weapon crafting requires it, and spirit stones are needed everywhere. To be able to make something like this, spiritual energy alone isn't enough; your comprehension and opportunities must be exceptional!"

"You flatter me." Zhao Xi didn't reveal her identity as a mortal again, and asked curiously, "Does your Cuiyun Sect have a competition?"

"It's not from our sect, it's the Void Stone Competition. It's held every fifty years, and the winner this time will get a Void Stone. The sect leader said that whoever performs well can go to the upper levels of the training building! The sunlight there is very bright, and the spiritual energy is the most abundant!"

After the spirit pet had eaten and drunk its fill, her injuries healed quickly.

"Sister Zhao, you're such a kind person! I'll definitely come visit again!"

Holding a large peach in her arms, she stood behind a stone pillar at the mountain gate and bowed to Zhao Xi.

She added, "I hope Sister Zhao won't be angry with Cauliflower. She's upset because her spirit pet was stolen and she can't join the competition team due to her strength. She's not usually such a fierce person! You know, that Golden Spirit Auspicious Cloud Armor is a very famous spirit pet in the sect. It was even tied with a beast-taming ring. I don't know who was so wicked."

She was very outspoken, her little mouth chattering away, and she pulled her aside to start a conversation while she stood at the door.

In just a short while, Zhao Xixiang had heard most of what had happened at the Cuiyun Sect.

The reason why Broccoli couldn't come in person was because when a thief stole the Golden Spirit Auspicious Cloud Armor, he also set it on fire.

The Cuiyun Sect is shaded by lush trees, making it difficult for many plant-type monsters to walk, and they might even accidentally set the place on fire.

Broccoli jumped into the fire to put it out, suffering severe burns. She can only stay in the sect to recuperate.

"Please give these boxes of ointment to Broccoli for me. These ointments were all boiled together, so they are rich in wood elemental energy. I think they will be beneficial to her injuries." Zhao Xi took out three boxes of ointment from her ring for her to take.

Cement Peach bowed repeatedly to express her gratitude.

"Come visit often! Once Broccoli is healed, let's come to the Animal Park together. We have lots of delicious food here."

"Um!"

She jumped onto the big peach and soared into the air.

The big peach seemed to have eaten too much, as it flew quite slowly.

Cement Peach strained against the large leaves like it was pulling on reins, leaning back and urging it, "Hurry up!"

The giant peach would burp after flying a short distance, then, along with its owner, it would bump and disappear into the celestial mist.

"What a cutie~"

Zhao Xi wanted to see the peach-themed master and servant off, so she curiously asked the little fairy boy Feng, "What exactly is this 'Battle of the Pills' competition?"

Feng Xiaoxian was naturally aware of the existence of this pill-fighting competition, but he had kept quiet about it because the competition was too dangerous.

A thousand years ago, this divine beast, the Great Azure Phoenix, appeared out of nowhere, destroying many sects and almost wiping out all the cultivators in the Lower Immortal Realm.

It was only when a great immortal passed by that he casually sealed it in the dense forest of the Wind and Thunder Grassland.

This great blue phoenix lays an egg every fifty years, and it might breed a flock of blue phoenixes that break the seal and wreak havoc on the world once again.

The competition to steal bird eggs was meant to encourage cultivators to work together to steal bird eggs, either to hatch them, refine them into pills or weapons, or sell them.

Cultivators can also receive additional rewards funded by major sects.

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