Lu Fuyue lowered her eyes, but her wariness of the two elders deepened little by little.

...

After leaving the Trial Tower, Lu Fuyue's name had already jumped to tenth place on the Trial Tower leaderboard.

Her feat of advancing from the first to the fifth level of the Trial Tower in just half a day once again caused a sensation throughout the entire Tianxuan Sect, making her a well-deserved genius in the eyes of all the disciples and elders.

After all, there are only a handful of people in the entire Tianxuan Sect who can reach the fifth level of the Trial Tower.

Without exception, those people were all established geniuses.

At this moment, on the ninth floor of the Trial Tower,

A pair of purple eyes suddenly opened, filled with a complex mix of emotions and longing.

That body just now really looked like her...

Even their auras were very similar. If he hadn't witnessed her die under the lightning tribulation, he probably would have mistaken this person for her.

In a short while, he slowly closed his eyes again. Just wait a little longer, and soon he will be able to revive her.

Whether she likes it or not, she will be his.

After returning to the Alchemy Peak, Lu Fuyue went straight back to her cave dwelling, intending to sort out what had just happened.

Suddenly she stopped in her tracks, her gaze falling on the young man guarding her cave. "Huai Xu, is there something you need?"

Jiang Huaixu's eyes lit up when he saw Lu Fuyue. He immediately ran up to her, holding out the things in his hands, and said, "Senior Sister, these are Crimson Flowers. I... can I give them to you?"

Lu Fuyue was slightly taken aback when she saw the red flower in the boy's hand, which emitted a faint spiritual energy.

After a moment, she shook her head and decisively refused.

In an instant, the light in the boy's eyes dimmed.

"Senior sister, you...you don't like it?"

Lu Fuyue sighed, "This is the first high-grade spiritual plant you've grown; you should keep it yourself."

"Besides, I have requirements for teaching you alchemy, and you don't need to do that."

Jiang Huaixu looked up at Lu Fuyue, "Senior sister, but I just want to give it to you. Although this Crimson Beauty isn't that precious, it's the most precious thing I can offer right now."

Looking into the boy's burning gaze, Lu Fuyue's heart suddenly skipped a beat. Jiang Huaixu's feelings for her seemed a little too direct, so direct that she couldn't help but start to wonder if he really... had developed those kinds of feelings for her.

The thought of this possibility made her instinctively take a half step back, her expression turning cold. "Junior Brother Jiang, don't come here anymore."

Whether she has it or not, she likes to nip slimming in the bud.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Huaixu's face turned pale, his eyes immediately reddened, and a few crystal tears welled up in his eyes.

He forced himself not to shed tears in front of her, saying, "Senior sister, I was wrong. I will never do it again."

"Senior sister, please don't be angry."

Lu Fuyue remained unmoved, her expression still indifferent. "Junior Brother Jiang, don't think about these trivial matters in the future. In my opinion, cultivation is the right path."

Then, without even glancing at the person behind her, she walked straight past Jiang Huaixu and returned to her cave.

After she entered the cave, she waved her sleeve, and her spiritual power instantly closed the door, blocking Jiang Huaixu's view.

At the same time, a stream of light blue spiritual energy transported the boy outside the cave back to his own cave.

After a long while, Jiang Huaixu kept his head down, his eyelashes trembling slightly.

He actually wanted to ask if his senior sister already had someone she liked, which was why she was so decisive with him.

He also wanted to ask if it was because he was too weak to protect his senior sister that she always treated him like a junior brother.

Perhaps it was that fleeting glance, perhaps it was the act of gifting him the pill, or perhaps it was the countless moments they had spent together that made his feelings for his senior sister take root and grow wildly in his heart, impossible to suppress or eradicate.

He didn't want to control it, because liking someone isn't a bad thing.

On the contrary, it was really easy for him to fall in love with his senior sister. After all, she was really good, so good that he wanted to possess her and have her belong only to him.

Thick, curled eyelashes concealed the fleeting struggle in Jiang Huaixu's eyes, while his hands, hanging by his sides, clenched tightly in his palms.

But that would upset my senior sister.

His senior sister should bask in the sunlight, becoming a lofty goddess, untouched by worldly dust.

He cannot break her wings.

...

Inside the cave,

Lu Fuyue was about to cultivate when she suddenly felt a faint spatial power within her body. Her eyes flickered. Since the space merged with the storage ring she received from Lu Zhengming a few months ago, she had not been able to detect its presence.

Unexpectedly, the spaces have finally merged successfully today.

With a thought, Lu Fuyue set up several barriers outside the cave and then entered the space.

As soon as she entered the space, the rich spiritual energy rushed into her body, slowly circulating through her meridians, then entering her dantian and filling it.

Lu Fuyue felt a sense of relaxation, as if she had been soaking in a spiritual spring, and her cultivation, which had just broken through, became even more solid.

The spiritual energy concentration here is more than ten times stronger than outside, and coupled with her Water Spirit Saint Body, her cultivation speed will definitely increase significantly.

Lu Fuyue looked around at the space after the fusion and evolution, and was shocked, looking at everything in disbelief.

The original dozen or so spiritual veins all evolved into top-grade spiritual veins, and the spiritual veins faintly exuded a dragon's breath, as if there were signs that a spiritual dragon was about to be born.

Beneath a dozen or so spiritual veins of different colors, countless shimmering spiritual marrow crystals were born.

Although these spiritual marrows are not very old, they are extremely rare. A single drop of spiritual marrow liquid is enough to solidify a cultivator's cultivation level, and it has no side effects. For Lu Fuyue, who has only recently broken through, this is definitely a godsend.

The precious and rare spiritual plants that were originally planted in the space have grown in large patches on several mountains that appeared out of nowhere.

Most of these spiritual plants were grade seven or higher, which she brought back from hundreds of thousands of years ago. A considerable number of them were grade nine, and many of them had already become extinct.

Any one of her possessions would cause a stir in the cultivation world.

In addition, after the space was integrated, the area here is hundreds of times wider than before, with mountains and rivers appearing. Even the small bamboo house has been transformed into a low-key yet luxurious mansion.

In the pond beside the mansion, clusters of golden-red lotus flames grew, and fish formed from spiritual energy swam happily in the water.

Various rare spiritual fruits covered another mountain.

Lu Fuyue crossed the stone bridge and entered the mansion. At first glance, the ground was covered with colorful spirit stones.