Pei Ji held her hand and brought it to his lips, pressing it against his lips. His original joy about her pregnancy gradually diminished, replaced by worry and regret that grew deeper day by day.

"Let's go and see what's going on outside." Xue Huan pulled him towards the observation room.

When the illusion is broken, the situation outside the Five Elements Pearl is revealed.

All he saw was a vast expanse of white. He didn't know what it was, but it was like smoke or fog. The Five Elements Beads were completely submerged in it. Xue Huan controlled the Five Elements Beads to point upwards, and finally escaped from the range of this white area.

Only then did she see clearly what that white patch was; it was a continuous cloud.

The Five Elements Beads spun around, and Xue Huan and Pei Ji also took in the entire picture of this place.

This place is not big, its area is roughly equivalent to that of a city, similar to her five elements space. At the end is a transparent space wall, which shows that this is not a complete world, but a small space.

There are many spiritual plants and medicinal herbs planted on the ground, all of which are growing very well and are at least a thousand years old.

Shuanglinzhi, Yunhuicao, Pingyanghua, Liuhekui, Wangenteng, Taiwei Zima, Yejinricao, Qingjinbidi...

There were so many that she could recognize, and there were many that she didn't recognize at all.

Everything she knew was taught to her by Ginseng Baqian. It was no exaggeration to say that as a ginseng spirit that had lived for nearly ten thousand years, he was worthy of the title of "living dictionary of plants" and knew countless kinds of herbs and medicinal herbs.

And all the spiritual herbs she knew were top-notch natural treasures in his words, the kind that would cause a stir in all walks of life if any one of them were released.

But now, these extremely precious spiritual plants are growing in clusters here.

You know, the rarer the spiritual plant, the higher its environmental requirements. How could it be possible for them to grow in clusters? And each one of them is so old.

When she came out of the space, she understood. It was not because of anything else, but simply because the spiritual energy here was too rich!

But when she looked at the white clouds in the sky again, she realized that they were not clouds at all. They were clearly spiritual energy that had become dense enough to condense into substantial energy!

Those spiritual plants were forcibly irrigated by extremely rich spiritual energy.

All of this spiritual energy was absorbed from the Water Spirit Realm!

The entire space was covered with a soul-devouring array, and the center of the array was the space vortex. The vortex was double-sided and could be seen from the outside as well as from here, hanging in the air.

The vortex swallowed spiritual energy from the outside, then spit it out, pouring it all into this space to nourish the spiritual plants.

This is definitely not a coincidence, someone must have done it on purpose!

Using the spiritual energy of a world to nourish a medicinal field, it must be said that the means of the person behind the scenes are amazing, but also too unethical!

He's simply a robber!

Humph, now she will break this formation, change the Soul Devouring Formation into a Soul Release Formation, and spit out all the spiritual energy it has absorbed!

Of course, what has been absorbed by the spiritual plants cannot be returned, but she can dig out all of these spiritual plants!

Don’t leave a single one for that robber!

Not even a handful of soil was left for him.

Xue Huan told Pei Ji her thoughts, but Pei Ji turned out to be even more ruthless than her.

“Even if we change the formation and dig up the spiritual plants, once that person comes, he will find out what we have done. He has spent thousands of years cultivating these spiritual plants and even set up a large formation. If he knows that the spiritual plants have been dug up, he will definitely not let us go.

"So, the safest way is to 'take away' this entire space, so that he can no longer come here, and even more so, he can't pass through this formation and reach our side."

Xue Huan's eyes lit up when she heard this, but she asked, "How can I take this entire space away?"

"You should ask yourself this question."

"Ask me?"

"Well, Huanhuan, you hold the Five Elements Pearl, and the Five Elements Pearl is definitely not an ordinary spatial artifact. Try to see if you can make it swallow up and fuse this space, becoming a part of it."

Xue Huan was stunned. Letting the Five Elements Beads devour and fuse this space? This idea was too bold! But she liked it!

"Okay, I'll try."

She sat down cross-legged and began to think.

But before she could come up with a solution, a lazy and pleasant boy's voice suddenly sounded in her mind: "Oh, I finally woke up. I slept for a long time."

"Are you... the Five Elements Pearl Spirit?"

"That's right. There have been quite a few changes in the space."

Just by the sound, Xue Huan could imagine the boy looking around in the space with a curious look on his face.

"What's your name?"

"No way, you even forgot my name? I've painstakingly traveled through various worlds searching for your reincarnation. If I'd known you were so heartless, I would have simply left you to fend for yourself."

Xue Huan: “…”

She never expected that her Five Elements Bead Spirit would be of such a character.

"Okay, I get it. Your name is Xiaowu, right?"

Although it was a question, it didn't give him any room to refute. She decided to call him Xiaowu from now on.

This time it was the weapon spirit's turn to be speechless, but her tone did bring back a sense of familiarity. Thinking back to the past, she had also stuffed a bunch of messy things into his body without his consent.

"Remember, my name is the Fifth Pearl."

"Okay, your name is Xiaowu, I get it."

Fifth Bead: I want to jump up and hit someone!

Thinking of something, he suddenly curled up the corners of his mouth into a wicked smile, "Actually, the moment the five elements gathered in the space and upgraded to a small world, I became conscious, but it took me a while to wake up."

Xue Huan didn't react at first to his sudden words, but then it suddenly occurred to her that if he had been conscious at that moment, then what happened between her and Pei Ji under the tree later... wouldn't he have seen everything?!

As if sensing what she was thinking, Xiao Wu tutted his words twice, "After being reborn, you've really fallen."

Xue Huan was furious. "Shut up! You, you actually pry into my privacy!"

Hearing the anger in her words, the Fifth Pearl stopped provoking her: "Okay, I was just kidding, I didn't see anything, really. You set a restriction for me, so I can't pry into your privacy.

"From the moment you and that guy hugged each other, I was locked in a small dark room. I couldn't see or hear anything. I was not released until about an hour later."

Xue Huan breathed a sigh of relief. This spirit of the weapon really deserved to be punished. Her decision to set up a ban and lock him up in a small dark room was absolutely the right one.

The Fifth Pearl: "But then again, it's only been an hour, that man is really too weak."

"That's my husband! He has a name, Pei Ji. Don't keep calling him 'that man'. It's so disrespectful. Besides, how can you not use it after just one hour? What do you know——"

Xue Huan's words stopped abruptly, and she held her forehead with one hand. She was really drunk, actually discussing such things with a spirit in her mind.

"I won't tell you this anymore. From now on, you are not allowed to talk and disturb me while I am thinking."