After Nan Qu took the jade pendant, she asked about the price. The servant laughed and said, "Miss, you're joking. You're taking something from the shop; why would you need money?"

Nan Qu raised an eyebrow upon hearing this: "Alright, let's do it this way."

Before Nan Qu left, the steward called him back. He waved his hand, and a servant came over carrying something glittering with gold.

“Miss, this is a golden robe, made from the silk spun by a thousand-year-old golden cicada. It can withstand a fatal blow from a cultivator at the Mahayana stage. Didn’t you just say you were bullied? If you put this on, your parents and I will feel at ease.”

Nan Qu looked at the item, took it without ceremony, and put it into her storage bag.

The butler frowned as he looked at Nan Qu's storage bag: "Young Miss, where is your gold and jade bracelet?"

A goldfish-shaped jade bracelet? When asked by the butler, Nanqu remembered that the original owner of this body had always carried a storage bracelet, which her father had bought at an auction for a high price.

It is said that there is a small space inside this bracelet that can hold living creatures. If you encounter danger, you can hide inside and save your life.

That bracelet was one that the original owner had bound to her with her blood. Now, not only is she completely unaware of its existence, but she has also completely forgotten about it.

Nan Qu remembered that she hadn't seen the bracelet when she woke up. It seemed there was only one possibility. Something must have happened to the bracelet when the original owner fell off the cliff.

"It seems to be lost. I'll definitely find it. Don't worry. And don't mention this to my parents."

The butler paused for a moment, then nodded: "Yes, Miss. These are my personal belongings that I took with me when I went out. Since you lost your bracelet, you probably don't have much money left. Please take these first. If you need spirit stones, come here and the shopkeeper will prepare some for you."

Nan Qu wanted to say no, but considering that the original owner had a good relationship with the housekeeper, she thought that if she refused, the housekeeper would definitely suspect something, so she simply accepted it.

"Thank you, Uncle Butler. Well, I've been wandering around here for a while now. I'll head back now."

"Okay, take care."

Nan Qu had only taken a few steps when she suddenly remembered something and turned back: "Uncle Butler, do we have an alchemy furnace here?"

The butler immediately replied, "Yes, yes. Why don't you hurry up and bring the best alchemy furnace in the shop to the young lady?"

"yes."

Just as the attendant was about to leave, Nanqu stopped him, saying, "No need to take the best one. I'm a beginner, and it would be a waste to use a good alchemy furnace."

Unexpectedly, the butler said, "Take the best one. The young lady has just started practicing and is most prone to exploding the furnace. It could be dangerous if she's not careful. We should use a good alchemy furnace; it's sturdy!"

Upon hearing the word "explode," Nanqu immediately thought of modern bomb explosions. Realizing it was quite frightening, she simply agreed.

With the alchemy furnace, Nanqu also had the money to buy some low-grade spiritual herbs.

When Nan Qu habitually placed the spiritual herbs into her spatial dimension, she felt the dimension shake, and then she realized she couldn't enter it again.

Thinking about the space upgrade, without the space, neither the Time Beast nor Regar could leave. She felt utterly unsafe. It was as if she were walking naked down the street, feeling completely insecure.

Nan Qu dared not linger on the street any longer and quickly returned to the sect.

Nan Qu decided that until the space reopened, she would keep her head locked and live a life of quiet contemplation. Apart from attending classes and working at the spirit beast garden, she spent all her time meditating and cultivating in her room.

Unfortunately, the space is now locked, so she can't leave, and there are no medicinal herbs for her to study alchemy. For the past few days, she's really been confined to her room, meditating and cultivating.

Fortunately, the housekeeper gave her a gold-embroidered robe, which gave her a sense of security. Otherwise, she probably wouldn't even want to go to class and would stay at home all day.

Nan Qu didn't expect this space upgrade to take so long. She was already at the fifth level of Qi Refining, and the space still hadn't opened.

However, precisely because the space has remained closed, Nan Qu has begun to adapt to how to survive without any support.

The awareness of danger made Nan Qu even more diligent.

After becoming a little bolder, Nanqu added another place to her life besides her residence and school: the library.

In order to develop the ability to protect herself as soon as possible, Nanqu would get up and practice swordsmanship every day at dawn.

To be honest, Nan Qu found it unbelievable that her previous swordsmanship could be combined with spiritual energy. Most incredibly, the Tai Chi swordsmanship she once thought was just some old man's game was actually greatly helpful to her current cultivation.

Nanqu no longer requires meditation; practicing Tai Chi swordplay every morning is enough to meet the daily meditation requirement.

Having realized this, Nanqu felt that once her space opened up, she must go back and buy a lot of Taoist teachings.

After reaching the fifth level of Qi Refining, Nanqu went to the Library to find Master Baicao.

At this moment, Master Baicao was wearing gold-rimmed glasses, making him look truly ascetic.

Fortunately, Nan Qu was only eight years old at the time, and in her mind, Master Baicao had the air of a scholar. She preferred Su Ruoyan, who was not only good-looking but also had a strong and powerful physique.

If Baicao knew what Nanqu was thinking, he would probably beat him up. Even if he had no partner, he wouldn't let a little kid like him comment on things.

Although Master Baicao isn't my cup of tea, his teaching is really good.

Nan Qu truly possessed talent in this area. Not only did she have a solid foundation in pharmacology, but she had also studied pharmaceutical experiments. Therefore, while others might need a month to learn alchemy, Nan Qu had already refined the simplest Qi-Nourishing Pill in just five days in the training room.

The moment the Qi-Nourishing Pill was completed, Nanqu felt a connection between herself and the surrounding space. Her smile widened even further.

Who wouldn't love double happiness?

After refining the Qi-Nourishing Pill, Nan Qu didn't rush back to the modern world. Master Baicao had said that the best way to get someone to take a pill was to accurately grasp the energy contained within it.

She wanted to use the Qi-Nourishing Pill to regulate Su Ruoyan's body, but if she wasn't careful, it could backfire. The best way for her to understand the Qi-Nourishing Pill was to refine it herself.

Thinking this, Nan Qu planned to take out the spiritual herbs she had bought in her spatial storage to refine pills. But when she was about to take them out, she suddenly froze on the spot.

After that, Nan Qu's figure disappeared from the training room.