Inside the jade box lay a small tree that resembled a coiled dragon.

Its entire body is crimson, as if it were made of gold and jade, and it has thirty-six jade-like fruits hanging on the branches, like thirty-six stars.

"The Vermilion Fruit of the Dragon"?

Fang Baoliu exclaimed in surprise, her originally cold expression immediately becoming gentle and tender, "So it turns out I really misunderstood you, Junior Brother."

Is this really a little tyrannosaurus from Sichuan? This face-changing act is absolutely amazing!

Bai Cang rolled his eyes and said matter-of-factly, "That's right, you only need to protect yourself, while I, as your protector, have many more things to consider."

Ah yes, yes, you're absolutely right!

Fang Baoliu nodded vigorously, then casually reached out and grabbed the jade box with lightning speed. "Junior brother has offered such a generous gift as an apology, whatever you say is right..."

But she only got halfway through her sentence before Bai Cang put the jade box containing the dragon-shaped vermilion fruit into his space.

Are you kidding me? Do you even know what kind of treasure this is?

The Dragon Vermilion Fruit is known as one of the ten best spiritual objects for increasing magical power in the Qi Refining stage.

One dragon-shaped vermilion fruit can increase one's cultivation by ten years, which is equivalent to ten orifices of magical power.

Most importantly, the Dragon Vermilion Fruit has no attributes, is effective for the vast majority of cultivators, and has almost no poison.

This alone can multiply its value, or even increase it tenfold.

In this realm, there are quite a few elixirs that can increase cultivation level, but most of them are indirect methods, mainly aimed at accelerating the cultivation speed.

For example, the "Nourishing Essence and Spirit Pill" created by Bai Cang promotes his cultivation by greatly replenishing his essence.

However, for those with abundant vital essence but weak spirit, the effects of the Nourishing Essence and Spirit Pill will be greatly reduced, and its effect of enhancing pleasure will far outweigh its effect of increasing cultivation.

There are elixirs that can directly increase mana, but it depends on whether the attributes match.

For example, if Bai Cang were to consume fire-attribute spiritual pills such as the "Fierce Essence Pill" to obtain the Primordial Profound Netherworld Cold Qi that he had refined, it would not only fail to increase his cultivation level, but would also cause him to lose cultivation level and deplete his magical power.

Even if the attributes are compatible, due to differences in individual constitution, cultivation methods, and circumstances, there will still be some loss, and the effects of taking the pill will be different for each person.

Moreover, it is difficult to avoid the accumulation of erysipelas, and there are many restrictions and taboos.

A complete prescription, in addition to the proportions of medicinal ingredients and the alchemy techniques, must also include how to take the pill and how to remove any toxicity; otherwise, its value will be greatly reduced.

Why is Peiyuan Yangshen Dan so popular? Besides its ability to enhance the mood and its extremely mild effect of nourishing the spirit.

The most important thing is that the method of taking the pill is simple: it only needs to be taken once a month, and the erysipelas is almost negligible.

Such a precious treasure, even if Bai Cang went mad, he wouldn't use it to "apologize," let alone think he needed to "apologize."

"Senior Sister Fang, how is your direct robbery any different from that of a cultivator undergoing a tribulation?"

Bai Cang teased, "You said our Han Clan specializes in producing cultivators who have undergone tribulations, but I think you're even more professional than our Han Clan. Even outright robbery wouldn't be like this, would it?"

Fang Baoliu was not angry when she heard this. Instead, she stared into Bai Cang's eyes and said softly, "You used me as bait to catch me, and I won't even hold it against you. Can't you even share this one thing?"

She looked at Bai Cang with a pitiful expression, as if silently questioning: Doesn't your conscience hurt?

Bai Cang: LOL, what is conscience? I don't even have that!

"Senior sister, we have an agreement: everything we gain in the secret realm will belong to me. You must keep your word."

Bai Cangyi said righteously, "You know me. I always keep my word and value integrity the most. If you don't believe me, go ask my junior brother Xu Yang."

I said I'd kill his whole family, and I did. I didn't spare a single one of them. I helped them all come back to life. Who dares to say I'm not honest?

Fang Baoliu clearly understood Bai Cang's unspoken meaning, but she still didn't want to give up.

If it were something else, it wouldn't matter!

But the Dragon Vermilion Fruit is a rare treasure even among the three families of Fengma Yao, so how could she be willing to miss it?

"Junior brother, your Dragon Vermilion Fruit doesn't seem to be ripe yet, does it?"

Fang Baoliu spoke gently and patiently, "Do you know how to plant and cultivate spiritual herbs? There's a lot of depth involved, you know. Are you sure you can handle it?"

"How about this, I'll cultivate them for you for free, guaranteeing you can eat the Dragon Vermilion Fruit within a year. And all thirty-six of them are yours; I won't take a single one..."

For Fang Baoliu, the dragon-shaped vermilion fruit was nothing; the dragon-shaped vermilion fruit tree was the real priceless treasure.

This tree flowers once every ten years, bears fruit once every ten years, and matures once every ten years. Every thirty years, a batch of dragon-shaped red fruits can be harvested.

For an ordinary Qi Refining cultivator, thirty years is a very long time.

But what is thirty years to a family of cultivators?

If she can secure the Dragon Vermilion Fruit Tree for the Fang family of Yujin Mountain, she might be able to obtain the Earthly Fiend Magic Artifact she has long coveted, which is at the pinnacle of seventy-two forbidden techniques.

But who exactly is Bai Cang?

That wolf is so powerful that it can extract oil even from rocks. How could we let her succeed so easily?

Did you think you could steal "Master Bai's" treasure with just a few sweet words?

Although he had no intention of taking back the dragon-shaped vermilion fruit tree once he took it out.

But Bai Cang wanted to exchange it for a sweet and soft "rich woman's happy meal" for a night, so how could he give it away so easily?

So he pretended to be alluring and charming, and waved his hand, saying, "Since Senior Sister likes it, what is a mere Dragon Vermilion Fruit?"

Fang Baoliu was overjoyed upon hearing this and immediately squeezed next to Bai Cang, saying, "I mainly wanted to repay my junior brother; there's no question of liking or disliking him."

Bai Cang smiled and took out a jade box from his spatial storage, making a gesture as if to hand it to Fang Baoliu.

Suddenly, feigning nonchalance, she asked, "What is Senior Sister planning to exchange it for?"

Fang Baoliu glanced at Bai Cang warily, but her expression remained unchanged. "I'm trying to help you, what other meaning do I have?"

"The next batch of Dragon Vermilion Fruit won't ripen for another thirty years, and I'll have to sacrifice it all..."

Seeing that he couldn't get anything out of Bai Cang, he didn't care anymore and went straight for the kill, "One hundred Yuan Forbidden Pearls, you can take the fruit tree, just give me thirty-six Dragon Vermilion Fruits a year later, how about that?"

Although Fang Baoliu is a novice in practical matters, he has been trained in scheming and interpersonal relationships since childhood.

Bai Cang didn't expect to swindle anything from just one sentence; he figured he'd give it a shot, no matter what.

Since the soft approach isn't working, let's try the hard approach.

Today, he's going to eat the rich woman's rice while standing up!

Upon hearing this, Fang Baoliu almost laughed out of anger.

One hundred Yuan Forbidden Pearls, why the hell don't you just rob them?

Bai Cang: Am I not openly robbing people right now?

What exactly gave you the illusion that I wasn't stealing?

With this added, can I still eat this bowl of rice while standing up?!

[Thanks again to "琉炎槿雨", please give me a free gift!]