Ye Xiruo felt a little flustered. Her master, senior brother, and Xiu Qi were not by her side, and the Holy Maiden was in seclusion. Was her situation normal or abnormal? After thinking for a while, she decided to call upon the system in her mind. The system was so knowledgeable and capable; it should be able to answer her little question!

"System, come out."

"What is it? It seems you haven't been slacking off lately; you've made great progress!"

"Ahem." Ye Xiruo felt a little guilty: "I found another pool and soaked in it, and then this happened."

The system was speechless, choked by Ye Xiruo's words. Was this showing off or just showing off? He found another pool, and with that nonchalant tone, if others knew, they would definitely want to strangle him.

She managed to snag two of the most famous pools on the mainland; such luck is something most people can only dream of.

"Very good. Although still just an ant."

"Won't there be any hidden dangers in my rapid improvement in strength?"

"You think the bloodline of a divine master is just talk? This 'divine' refers to the bloodline of immortals and gods. Over the centuries, as time has passed, the divine power of immortals and gods has gradually deteriorated. Some divine masters, although possessing the bloodline of a divine master, are only slightly stronger than ordinary alchemists. Your concentration of the bloodline of immortals and gods is relatively high. Even this weak power of immortals and gods is enough to make your talent far surpass that of others."

So that's how it is: "So this means I possess the bloodline of a divine master, and this cultivation speed is normal and won't leave any hidden dangers, right?"

"That's roughly the idea!"

"Alright, you can go now."

system:......

Ye Xiruo finally felt relieved and jumped into the lotus pond to continue absorbing energy. During the previous absorption process, she discovered that as long as she opened a crack in the space, the Ten-Leaf Sacred Lotus in the space would automatically absorb the energy in the lotus pond. The Ten-Leaf Sacred Lotus seemed to have grown a bit after absorbing the primordial energy.

This saved her a lot of time and resources. As a tenth-grade elixir, the resources required to cultivate the Ten-Leaf Sacred Lotus to maturity are astronomical.

Therefore, when Ye Xiruo was cultivating, she controlled the space, allowing the Ten-Leaf Sacred Lotus to slowly absorb the energy from the lotus pond.

Of course, she handled this balance very well; otherwise, it would have aroused suspicion.

And so, Ye Xiruo cultivated and refined pills at the same time, staying in the lotus pond for a full month before emerging. At this point, she was already in the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm, and her foundation was very solid. She believed that with proper cultivation, she would definitely be able to break through to the late-stage of the Golden Core realm within a few months.

Elder Lianqing went to the snow mountain almost every day, but unfortunately Ye Xiruo seemed to have taken root in the lotus pond and never came out.

Elder Lianqing was starting to regret giving the token to Ye Xiruo. Now that she couldn't get in from the outside, she had no idea what had happened to Ye Xiruo inside. She hoped nothing bad had happened.

If something were to happen to Ye Xiruo, even if it had nothing to do with any of them, the Pill King Palace would unleash all its fury on Saintess Peak. Elder Lianqing's heart was in agony every moment. Every day she hoped that Ye Xiruo would come out safely.

"He's a divine master, after all, someone with great fortune. He shouldn't die so easily," Elder Lianqing comforted herself. As the days passed, Elder Lianqing's expression changed from anticipation to numbness, and she even began to curse Ye Xiruo, wishing she would just die inside, making her live in such fear every day.

That day, Elder Lianqing stood guard outside the snow mountain as usual, anxiously watching the heavily guarded cave entrance, wondering when that bastard Ye Xiruo would finally emerge. Unexpectedly, he turned around and saw a young girl in a bright green gauze dress, carrying a huge roasted chicken, swaggering out. Who else could it be but Ye Xiruo?

Elder Lianqing almost spat out a mouthful of blood. Only Ye Xi would do something so damaging to his image. It seems that this guy in front of him must be real, not a fake.

Ye Xiruo casually opened the barrier from inside and swaggered out. The air outside was so fresh!

Why is the air conditioning so cold? Is it because she's not dressed warmly enough? Ye Xiruo took another bite of roast chicken and prepared to send a message to Elder Lianqing.

Unexpectedly, a slap landed directly on her face. Ye Xiruo's pupils shrank, and she took a few steps back using her sword-step technique, while also protecting the roast chicken in her hand. This skill was truly astonishing.

"Who dares to ambush me?"

"It's me." Elder Lianqing's familiar figure appeared directly in front of Ye Xiruo: "Not bad, you've gained weight. Looks like you were having a great time inside." Something about her tone was off.

Ye Xiruo thought for a moment and figured that Elder Lianqing was probably hungry, which was why she was in a bad mood. She tore off a chicken leg from her roasted chicken and handed it to Elder Lianqing: "Elder Lianqing, have kept you waiting! Have a chicken leg to tide you over."

Elder Lianqing was initially reluctant to accept the fragrant chicken leg offered to her, but somehow she took it and silently took a bite. Her eyes immediately lit up; the taste seemed different from what she usually ate.

Ye Xiruo didn't dare tell her that it was roasted with a different kind of fire, but only said that it was roasted with beast fire, and that he controlled the heat with his mental power the whole time, guaranteeing that it was a taste that you couldn't find anywhere else.

"Only a spendthrift like you would do something like using a pill cauldron as an oven. If the Medicine Emperor knew, he would definitely regret giving you Greenery."

"It's no use regretting it now, Greenery is mine." Ye Xiru finished the chicken leg and started eating the chicken wing.

"Greenery soup is also very refreshing; we'll invite the elders to try it sometime."

"You didn't just stay inside eating and drinking for a whole month, did you?!" Given Ye Xiruo's personality, if she hadn't been eating and drinking inside for so long, how could she have stayed for thirty days before coming out?

"No, it's not like that. How could I waste such a good cultivation resource as the Lotus Pond? I've spent about 22 of these 30 days cultivating, and the rest of the time refining pills. Now I've accumulated a large batch of pills, but I've already said I'm leaving and won't be selling any more pills. What should I do with these pills?" Ye Xiruo realized that she had almost gotten herself into trouble again.

“What’s so difficult about that? Just leave it to me to sell. Tell everyone it’s your last gift to them before you leave.”

"Is this okay?"

"What problems could there be? Those little devils are probably overjoyed."

Elder Lianqing knew at a glance that Ye Xiruo's strength had broken through, and she was now a mid-stage Golden Core expert. She had only cultivated for a little over twenty days. With such monstrous cultivation talent, even if she wasn't a pill refiner, she could still ascend to immortality with her superior martial arts.

"Let's go down!"

Suddenly, a ball of blue flame appeared, burning away the leftover bones in his hand and the grease on his hands.