Ye Xiruo rolled her eyes. She knew it would be like this. He was practically a vampire. She was still too poor.

"Don't touch these medicinal herbs." After instructing the system, Ye Xiruo flashed away and left the space.

Around noon the next day, Si Hao emerged from seclusion. Unfortunately, the delicious wontons had already been eaten by his master.

When Si Hao emerged from his seclusion, he learned that the Heavenly Ranking had actually appeared, and a hint of wistfulness flashed across his handsome face.

"Second Brother, keep up the good work, you can still manage to buy soy sauce."

Si Hao silently drank a cup of tea: "Even if I can break through within six months, my foundation will be unstable and my aura too weak. Going there will only result in me getting humiliated. It's better to stay in the Pill King Hall and cultivate diligently."

"The second brother is right. The Grand Competition of Ten Thousand Races, vying for a spot on the Heavenly Ranking, will be extremely bloody and brutal. Many of the alien races possess inherited cultivation techniques and astonishing combat power; one wrong move and they could perish. Moreover, there are quite a few Nascent Soul cultivators among them."

"Not all geniuses need to compete."

"I understand about preserving the flame. If we go there and are accidentally wiped out, there will be a gap in the sect's internal structure, and it might even be swallowed up by another sect."

"good."

"However, those truly brilliant and outstanding talents will definitely seize this opportunity to soar to new heights."

"I hope that Senior Brother and Brother Xiuqi can enhance the prestige of our Pill King Palace."

Taking advantage of Si Hao's return from seclusion, the four of them had Zhang Quan prepare a feast as an early celebration. Anyway, Ye Xiruo had blind confidence in Xiu Qiyu and never considered the possibility of him failing. If all else failed, she could help Xiu Qiyu share the damage; two against one, hmph.

"Yi Ruowu has emerged from seclusion today."

"Really? Senior Brother's information network is truly impressive."

"I overheard the disciples talking about her today while walking down the street: 'A daughter of heaven.'"

"So what?" I'm not going anyway.

"Another Nascent Soul Venerable has emerged on the mainland."

"The Five Heroes of the Divine Sect, the Demon Prince Wuqingzui, Ye Liusha of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, several princes of the Taiyan Divine Dynasty, and the chosen ones of various hidden sects will all be born now! Just thinking about it makes me excited!"

"What are you so excited about? Xiu Qiyu should be the one who's excited." Zishu tapped Ye Xiruo's chest.

"Why?"

"Everyone wants the title of the number one among the younger generation."

"That's true."

That evening, a lavish, gilded invitation was delivered to Zishu, Yexi Ruo, and Sihao.

Li Jun's efficiency was indeed remarkable; all arrangements were completed in just two short days. Due to the time constraints, it was impossible to notify more people to attend the elixir auction. However, the city of Danwang had already been flooded with people over the past two days, and with Li Jun's extensive publicity, almost everyone knew about the news.

Li Jun naturally promoted herself under the name of Zi Shu. As an eighth-grade alchemist, especially as the personal disciple of the Palace Master, her popularity immediately soared.

Countless cultivators scrambled to buy the invitations. Unfortunately, even ordinary invitations eventually rose to twenty mid-grade spirit stones.

Ye Xiruo stared in disbelief at the news that came in, thinking of the rows of fist-sized luminous pearls in the auction house. They weren't there to flaunt their wealth, but only for illumination. They were truly living a quiet and low-key life!

This elixir auction features a large variety and quantity of elixirs. With the battle for the Heavenly Ranking imminent, finding a suitable elixir can significantly enhance one's strength, thus increasing the chances of survival. No one wants to miss this auction.

Ye Xiruo stared at the invitation in her hand with shining eyes. Even an ordinary invitation was worth twenty mid-grade spirit stones. She wondered how much this super VIP card was worth.

"Senior Brother, you're so busy, you probably won't be going!"

"With Li Jun here, I feel at ease. They will send the spirit stones directly over when the time comes."

"Second Senior Brother definitely won't go, and it's not convenient for me to go either. Why don't we sell these three invitations and see how much spirit stones we get?"

Since the invitation didn't name anyone and was completely anonymous, anyone could use it if they wanted.

"Good idea."

So, the two of them conspired to sell those three invitations. The person Zishu had commissioned also handled things very well, holding onto his ticket until just an hour before the auction began, at which point he offered to sell the invitations. Those who had been gloomy, convinced they were going to miss out, suddenly had their eyes redden and began to drive up the price. In the end, the three invitations sold for a staggering three hundred high-grade spirit stones.

Ye Xiruo was naturally very excited to receive the spirit stones, and the three of them secretly divided the spoils.

"Won't the auction house be angry if we do this?"

"Don't forget, that's an auction house under the jurisdiction of the Pill King Palace; naturally, they'll turn a blind eye."

"That's good."

Ye Xiruo proudly showed off a hundred high-grade spirit stones to Xiu Qiyu. Xiu Qiyu silently handed her a storage bag.

Ye Xiruo opened it and took a look. It turned out to be a bag full of high-grade spirit stones, and the quantity looked to be more than a thousand.

"You went to rob a bank?"

Xiu Qiyu shook his head.

"Or are you going to sell your art but not your body? No, I mean, sell your body but not your art?"

Xiu Qiyu tapped Ye Xiruo on the head in an annoyed tone: "I already sold myself to you a long time ago."

"Take these spirit stones and use them for now. I'll go out again tomorrow to kill more monsters."

"You went to kill monsters?" Ye Xiruo asked in surprise, "Were you injured?"

"Don't worry! They're just minor injuries, nothing serious."

Alright! She doesn't feel any discomfort, so let's trust Brother Xiu Qi for now!

"Be extra careful. If you can't win, just run away. There's nothing shameful about it."

"I know what I'm doing; I only hire people who are about my level."

"You're so stupid! You should have killed weaker targets! That way you could have killed more."

Xiu Qiyu smiled slightly: "Little Yezi is right, I'll target the elderly, weak, sick, and disabled tomorrow."

Ye Xiruo pouted, thinking he was just fooling around again. Although Brother Xiu Qi said he was fine, Ye Xiruo was still worried, so she pulled him into the space and threw Xiu Qiyu into the green spring water to heal and cultivate.

Then he took a bag of spirit stones and went to trade with the system.

"How many spirit stones does the highest-level Time Cultivation Chamber cost per day?"

Fifty high-grade spirit stones?

"What? Fifty? Are you trying to rob me? That's too expensive! Give me a discount!"

"No bargaining."

"What about the three of us? We should get a discount as a group!" Ye Xiruo roared.

"Forty-eight."

"Forty-five."

Forty-six.

"Forty-five." Ye Xiruo insisted, refusing to budge.