Lian Si's eyes were filled with rage, wishing she could tear Su Sha Xuan to pieces, but Su Sha Xuan simply raised his hand again and slapped Lian Si hard.

"You are insolent."

Su Shaxuan gently wiped the bloodstains from her hands with a white handkerchief, stood up, and said coldly, "Elder, this is exactly what I wanted to say to you."

It's truly despicable that a dignified elder in the Nascent Soul stage would actually attempt to ambush a Golden Core cultivator, and then act as if he himself was innocent while everyone else was at fault.

"Perhaps, you will soon no longer be an elder of my Saintess Peak." What Su Shaxuan said was true. Putting aside Ye Xiruo's identity, Saintess Peak itself could not tolerate such a person harming its disciples.

"After you go back, you will be in seclusion for ten years to reflect on your mistakes." Su Shaxuan looked at Shiyu.

Shi Yu nodded quickly: "Thank you, Senior Sister, thank you, Senior Sister."

"Of course, this is based on the premise that the young master is safe and sound. If anything happens to the young master, the two of you and even all of us who came out this time will be buried with her."

"Why should I?" Lian Si asked, seemingly going crazy.

"Xuanxuan, what should we do now?" Time kept ticking away, and the wind and snow grew heavier, but Ye Xiruo's figure was still nowhere to be seen.

"If Ye Xiruo is the young palace master, she should have a lot of life-saving items given to her by Jing Li, so she should be safe and sound." This is their biggest wish now.

As for picking the Snow Crystal, they had long since forgotten about it.

"I need to inform the Holy Maiden."

Elder Lianchi sent out a high-level communication talisman and received the Holy Maiden's reply half an hour later: "Wait for me."

When Ye Xiruo woke up, she felt refreshed. Holding Xiaobao, she watered the Vajra Bamboo and Snow Bamboo with spiritual water, planted all the medicinal herb seeds, watered them, and prepared to go out.

"System, quickly find me a secluded spot. I need to go out. Hurry up and collect as many fish as possible."

One second Ye Xiruo was still holding Xiaobao's soft body in the space, and the next second she was thrown into the icy river, completely unprepared. Ye Xiruo's teeth chattered from the cold. Why did it feel even colder than before?

"Where is this?" Ye Xiruo quickly took out the water-repelling pearl, circulated her true energy, and dried her soaked clothes.

"This is the bottom of the glacier. We'll throw you in here and see if you find any treasures."

Ye Xiru gritted her teeth, listening to the system's nonsense. There was nothing but water here, and some fish that looked harmless, but they were fiercely attacking the water-repelling pearl that held up a shield, their expressions clearly indicating that they wanted to eat her.

"System, save all of these for me." So fierce and combative, their tastes must be quite good.

As Ye Xiruo continued downstream, besides feeling increasingly cold, it seemed that the spiritual energy in the glacier was becoming more and more concentrated, though she wasn't sure if it was just her imagination.

"System, has the spiritual energy in the water increased?"

“Not bad, I suspect there should be a small spiritual vein below. You’re quite lucky.”

"Really?" Ye Xiruo's eyes lit up immediately, and she could already imagine herself lying on a pile of spirit stones, sleeping.

"Of course it's true."

"There seems to be a cave entrance over there. Shall we go in and take a look?"

"There's no danger, let's go in!"

Ye Xiruo hugged the water-repelling pearl tightly and jumped down.

Why is this hole so deep? Ye Xiruo was in freefall for several minutes before finally falling to the ground with a thud.

Indeed, this was a very dry cave with no water inside. Ye Xiruo put away the water-repelling pearl, stood up, and looked around at the scenery.

Whose cave is this? It's so ancient; the murals on the walls are long gone. Let's wander around; maybe we'll find something?

Several caves in a row were empty. Could it be that this place had already been discovered and emptied?

"Sigh, there's no such thing as a free lunch."

Ye Xiruo plopped down on the ground, deciding to rest for a while before searching again. If she couldn't find anything, she would go out and dig for spirit stones; at least there would be spirit stones to comfort her wounded heart.

After resting, Ye Xiruo still hadn't gained anything. Gritting her teeth, she prepared to leave, kicked a stone at her feet, and then there was a loud bang.

After the noise subsided, Ye Xiruo realized that the cave in front of her had changed.

This is the alchemy room. It's a pity that many pills have lost their medicinal properties and become a pile of waste. However, there are still some high-quality pills that retain about 50% or 60% of their medicinal properties. Ye Xiruo collected them all and took them back to have her master and senior brother refine them again. Selling them would definitely make her a fortune.

What made her happiest was that there were actually many pill formulas preserved here, all of which were at least grade five. She decided to keep them; these formulas were more valuable than the pills themselves.

After looting the pills, they headed straight for another cave dwelling. Everything here was scattered haphazardly, like a legendary general store. The most common items were various storage rings, though it was unclear whether the contents were still there or if they were damaged. There were also broken swords, rusty armor, and half-destroyed robes, so crumpled that they would turn to dust with a gust of wind.

Ye Xiruo rummaged through the pile of junk, collecting anything usable, processing it lightly, and selling it for spirit stones—plenty of spirit stones for free. Finally, having swept through the pile of junk, Ye Xiruo's eyes shone brighter and brighter. She rushed to the next cave dwelling, which was filled with cultivation techniques. There were techniques of all levels, from Heaven to Earth, Profound to Yellow, with the fewest being Yellow and Heavenly Extreme. The reason? It was easy to understand: Yellow-level techniques were too low-grade to be worth collecting, and Heavenly Extreme techniques were extremely rare; having even a few was already quite good.

Ye Xiruo collected them all without any hesitation.

The next cave was filled with snacks. When Ye Xiruo went in, she was so stimulated by the light of the spirit stones that she almost couldn't open her eyes.

Although half of the spiritual energy in the low-grade spirit stones had been lost, only a quarter of the spiritual energy in the mid-grade spirit stones had been lost, while the high-grade and top-grade spirit stones were completely intact, shimmering with light and breathtaking beauty.

Indeed, in Ye Xiruo's eyes, top-grade spirit stones are the most beautiful.

"Do you need my help? I'll do it for free!" The system couldn't wait any longer.

"No need." Ye Xiruo directly opened the largest storage ring on her body and began to collect spirit stones. Surprisingly, someone shared her interest in piling up spirit stones, not for any other reason than to have fun.

Having finally collected all the spirit stones, Ye Xiruo rushed to another cave. This place might be broken into at any time, which would lead to another fierce battle.