After eating and drinking her fill, Ye Sisi closed her eyes and began to cultivate. Of course, she also used part of her mind to observe the outside world. Apart from Han Qing, the others were just so-so, and she didn't dare to trust them too much.

Han Qing glanced at Ye Sisi, who had entered a meditative state, and also found a place to begin cultivating. The others, who had originally planned to rest, felt that they would be missing out if they didn't cultivate, so they also began to meditate.

Lin Miaomiao had already set up her tent and was preparing to have a good nap...

Why are you guys suddenly working so hard? I've never seen you like this before!

Not only them, but other teams also felt that sleeping was no longer enjoyable when they saw how diligent they were. After all, entering meditation could adjust their state and improve their cultivation, so why not? Suddenly, they felt that they had been wasting their time in the past.

When Lu Xingchen and his two junior brothers came out, they saw a scene that shocked them. In a large open space, wherever they could see, everyone was meditating with their eyes closed, and the surrounding spiritual energy was surging towards this small gathering place.

Junior Brother Number One rubbed his eyes, somewhat confused, and asked, "Senior Brother Lu, Junior Brother Feng, am I hallucinating?"

Lu Xingchen blinked, then shook his head: "No, they are indeed all cultivating!"

"No, what's wrong with them today? They've never worked this hard before!"

"We have disciples from our sect over there; just ask them!"

The three arrived at the place where several Qingyun Sect disciples were meditating. Before Lu Xingchen and the others could speak, they opened their eyes. After all, they were outside, and no one dared to fully immerse themselves in cultivation.

Lu Xingchen was also very direct: "What's wrong with you all? Why is everyone cultivating?"

The leading Qingyun Sect disciple was also confused: "I don't know either?"

Lu Xingchen...

"Then why are you meditating so late at night instead of resting?"

"Because after we finished eating, we noticed that everyone around us was cultivating, so we started cultivating too!"

Lu Xingchen...

He initially thought there was some problem here, but it seems he was overthinking it. But whoever started it all, their influence is truly astounding!

Completely unaware that she had affected the entire rest area, Ye Sisi felt that cultivating in the sect was much more comfortable. Putting aside her stone bed with the spirit-gathering array inscribed on it, any corner of the sect had a richer spiritual energy than this place!

Dissatisfied with the slow pace of cultivation, she took out two spirit stones and held them in her hand. Cultivation was indeed very expensive.

She used up ten spirit stones in just one night. Watching how she cultivated, Mo Yan and the others could only think that they envied the world of the rich.

Early the next morning, Ye Sisi said to the group, "Thank you for taking care of me, brothers and sisters. I'm going in to collect Yin-Yang Dew today. You all have your own tasks, so I won't disturb you!"

After saying that, she clasped her hands in a fist salute to the crowd and prepared to leave. The reason she revealed her weakness yesterday was to give them a chance. If they still had designs on her, she would not hesitate to kill them. After all, this was not the modern world, but the dog-eat-dog world of cultivation.

As expected, her words and actions yesterday still made Mo Yan and the others wary. Except for Lin Miaomiao, who still had a trace of resentment and unwillingness in her eyes, the others simply returned her greeting with clasped hands and did not offer any help.

Ye Sisi's lips curled into a smile as she glanced at the group with interest before turning and heading into the Qingyun Mountains without looking back. Having followed Mo Yan and her group yesterday, she had a pretty good grasp of the Qingyun Mountains. If she weren't unfamiliar with the area, she wouldn't have had time to put on an act with those people. Of course, she would never admit that she just wanted to play a little prank.

Because the high-level demonic beasts in this mountain range have all been cleared out by the higher-ups of the Qingyun Sect, in order to facilitate their disciples' outings for training, and of course, independent cultivators and cultivators from other sects are also allowed to enter the mountain to do some missions. So as long as Ye Sisi doesn't recklessly run deeper into the mountain range, she'll be fine!

Ten days passed quickly. Ye Sisi hunted down many first-tier demonic beasts, and even two second-tier demonic beasts. Although she didn't recognize many of them, as long as they could be exchanged for money, that was fine. As for those spiritual flowers and herbs, she picked them and packed them up regardless of whether she recognized them or not.

Indeed, real combat is the best way to improve one's strength. She felt that her reaction was sometimes too slow when she fought Lu Xingchen before. Although she corrected it in a short time, the lack of combat experience was a fact.

In the past few days, she has been fighting alone in the Qingyun Mountains, and she hasn't even gone out at night. As a result, her sense of danger and experience in fighting monsters have improved significantly.

Su Jiuli was very punctual. He appeared in front of Ye Sisi early on the tenth day and asked with a smile, "Junior Sister, how are you feeling?"

Ye Sisi pouted: "What does Senior Brother think?"

"I think my junior sister had a lot of fun, especially on the first day!"

Ye Sisi's expression froze, and she looked up and blinked: "Senior Brother, you saw everything?"

Su Jiuli patted her head and smiled happily: "Yes, I think it's really interesting, it's just a pity that you two went your separate ways the next day!"

Ye Sisi...

Her image as a well-behaved and adorable junior sister has completely collapsed!

Seeing Ye Sisi's changing expressions, Su Jiuli suppressed a laugh and said, "Alright, your senior brother will treat you to something delicious!"

Ye Sisi forced a change of topic, saying, "Senior Brother, didn't you say a secret realm was about to open? Let's go play in the secret realm!"

"No rush. There's been a problem with the secret realm, it won't open for another two days. That'll be a good opportunity to take you to Thousand Mountain City for a stroll!"

Ye Sisi fell silent. She wished she could dig a hole and bury herself inside. There was nothing wrong with acting and tricking people; she was even a little proud of it. But the fact that her senior brother had seen it all made her feel incredibly ashamed.

Especially when she thought about how she must have looked when she was teasing Lin Miaomiao, crying and laughing at the same time, it must have been so embarrassing! Ugh! What should I do? It's so shameful!

Su Jiuli seemed oblivious to the embarrassment on the little girl's face and flew directly towards Qianshan City on his sword.

After walking for a while, he took out five jade slips from his spatial ring and handed them to Ye Sisi, who was still immersed in her own world: "Junior Sister, these contain five basic spell techniques. We'll be at Thousand Mountain City for a while, so you can take a look!"

Ye Sisi, who was just wondering what to do, quickly took the jade slips and sat cross-legged on the flying sword. She played with them for a while and asked curiously, "Senior Brother, how do I use these?"

"Place the jade slip on your forehead, and you will naturally be able to see the information inside!"

Ye Sisi did as instructed. The first jade slip contained a metal-type technique called Sharp Sword Technique, which could transform metal spiritual energy into small swords for attack. When mastered, it could control hundreds of small swords simultaneously.

It not only contains the hand seals for casting spells, but also some textual annotations. I must say, apart from its somewhat perverse teaching methods, the Heavenly Spirit Sect is truly exceptional in every other aspect.