After laughing for a while, Xia Zihan came back to her senses and then patted her cheeks to try to calm herself down.

"Xia Zihan, you can't go on like this. Fellow Daoist Wang Wu has been supporting you wholeheartedly. How can you let him down?"

Xia Zihan muttered to herself, then took out the pills Qin Luo had given her earlier, took a deep breath, and began to cultivate.

The surrounding spiritual energy instantly surged into her dantian, and wisps of purple spiritual energy began to appear in the room...

Meanwhile, in the small cubicle, Qin Luo was patting his chest with a look of lingering fear.

I don't know what went wrong with Xia Zihan just now. She looked like she wanted to devour him. Luckily, I ran fast, or I would have really died there.

He didn't want to invest himself in it.

"What should we do about refining pills? Yiting's current cultivation level is not high enough to refine pills for the Spirit Gathering Realm, and the medicinal materials are still a problem."

Qin Luo thought with a headache that the pills he gave to Xia Zihan could only last for three or four days at most. Did he have to rely on simulation again?

However, the simulated rewards are extremely unreliable. You can't expect it to reward you with pills every time; that's unrealistic.

Qin Luo frowned, pacing back and forth in the cubicle. Suddenly, he stopped, a resolute glint in his eyes.

"It seems we can only try our luck deeper into the dense forest to see if we can find the medicinal herbs we need."

"Furthermore, Yiting's cultivation level cannot fall behind; we need to find a way to get her back into cultivation..."

Qin Luo's voice echoed in the cubicle. After a while, he suddenly thought of something, then took out some paper and began to write on the table.

Half an hour later, looking at the few sheets of paper filled with dense writing, she nodded in satisfaction. If what Yiting said was true, after refining these pills and consuming them, her cultivation should be able to quickly reach the Gathering Spirit Realm.

Looking at the four types of pills listed on the paper, Qin Luo carefully put it away, intending to give it to Yi Ting tomorrow.

At that moment, two mechanical voices rang in his mind.

[Yi Ting has entered the third stage of the Spiritual Awareness Realm. Based on her current affection value for the host: 28 (initial feelings); therefore, this return reward will be randomly distributed between 29 and 145 times the original value.]

[Cultivation points are doubled, with a multiplier of 80, granting eighty times the cultivation level of the third stage of the Spiritual Awakening Realm]

[Xia Zihan has entered the fourth stage of the Spirit Gathering Realm. Based on her current affection level for the host: 100 (privately engaged); therefore, this return reward will be randomly distributed between 101 and 505 times the original value.]

[Cultivation points are doubled, with a multiplier of 404, granting 404 times the cultivation points of the fourth stage of the Spirit Gathering Realm]

"???"

Several big question marks appeared in Qin Luo's mind: How come you all agreed to break through together?

It wasn't surprising that Xia Zihan broke through Qin Luo's defenses, given the aid of elixirs. Moreover, he felt that Xia Zihan's breakthrough was a bit slow; judging from her cultivation progress, she shouldn't have been stuck at the third stage of the Spirit Gathering Realm for so long.

Yi Ting surprised him, because she had only just broken through to the second stage of the Spiritual Awareness Realm, and now she had reached the third stage in such a short time.

But he couldn't afford to think too much at this moment, as two different spiritual energies surged within his body.

The emerald green spiritual energy was fine; it flowed into his dantian like a clear stream.

The purple spiritual energy was extremely dense, like a surging river, raging within his body. With each impact, Qin Luo felt as if his meridians were about to burst open.

This forced him to use all his strength to activate the Myriad Manifestations Return to One Technique to alleviate the feeling of being burst. He hadn't expected the return to be so fierce.

Qin Luo looked inward at the gradually filling Qi Sea within his body, a joyful smile appearing on his lips.

Sure enough, not long after, a crisp sound rang out from his body, and his aura increased significantly. At this moment, he broke through to the fourth stage of the Spirit Gathering Realm!

With his breakthrough, the Myriad Manifestations Return to One Technique circulated even more rapidly, and his Qi Sea seemed like a bottomless pit, devouring the endless stream of purple spiritual energy...

Half an hour later, Qin Luo's Qi Sea was filled with purple spiritual energy, mixed with some green spiritual energy, making the green spiritual energy look like a lone boat sailing on the sea.

He tried to mobilize this spiritual energy and felt his meridians instantly filled with immense power.

"This seems a little different from before?"

Qin Luo carefully sensed the changes brought about by this breakthrough.

Although the Myriad Phenomena Return to One Technique allows him to break through the limitations of his realm and use spiritual energy to his heart's content, it is not as comfortable as it is now. He can feel the spiritual energy flowing freely in his meridians, and every move he makes carries an invisible pressure.

For the rest of the time, Qin Luo stayed quietly in the cubicle, focusing entirely on the flow of spiritual energy within his body. Time passed by unnoticed.

As dawn broke the next day, Qin Luo reluctantly opened his eyes from that state of enlightenment.

After a night of contemplation, his mastery of spiritual energy had deepened. He then slowly stood up and stretched his somewhat stiff body.

After stepping out, looking at the wisps of purple spiritual energy constantly emanating from the room inside, I hesitated for a moment before quietly leaving the shop.

He was a little worried about Xia Zihan's current state, but after thinking it over, he decided not to disturb her.

He traveled along the road and soon arrived at Yiting's residence.

Upon entering, I found the little girl asleep on the table, a faint smile on her face.

But Qin Luo suddenly realized something was strange. Where did the medicinal herbs he had placed yesterday go?

After browsing around the room, I found wooden boxes scattered all over the floor, and they were all empty.

Could it be...?

Qin Luo suddenly thought of something and turned his gaze to Yi Ting, who was lying on the table.

Sure enough, Yi Ting was tightly clutching a bottle in her hand, which probably contained the dozen or so Qi-activating pills.

It seems this young lady has been refining pills all night; her efficiency is truly terrifying.

Qin Luo looked at her and couldn't help but shake his head. Then he gently sat down in front of her, not urging her to wake up, and just waited quietly.

"Hmm~"

Finally, half an hour later, Yi Ting's eyebrows twitched, and then she slowly opened her eyes, crossing her hands and stretching them out above her head.

Her slender waist appeared even more delicate and graceful with each stretch, outlining a captivating curve.

She then tilted her head back slightly, revealing a graceful and long neck, which made the curves of her chest more pronounced, giving her an alluring look.