"I'm very worried about you." Xiu Qiyu looked at Ye Xiruo earnestly, her eyes, which could dim the stars, were filled with Ye Xiruo's reflection.

"I'm sorry for making you worry. It was an accident. I didn't expect to encounter such a thing. Thank you, Brother Xiu Qi, for waking me up when my soul and body were about to be torn apart by those illusions."

"Fool, you saved my life." There was no need for them to express their gratitude.

"It was my fault, it's all what I should do, hmph." Coupled with that arrogant face, it was absolutely hilarious.

"You just need to focus on your cultivation and live a carefree life. I will protect you from the storms outside."

“I am not weak. I don’t need to hide behind Brother Xiu Qi for protection forever. I can protect myself. One day I will be able to protect Brother Xiu Qi, protect Master, and protect the Pill King Palace.”

"Yes, Little Leaf is a divine master."

"So, Brother Xiuqi, please make sure you live well."

"Please live well for my sake as well."

Xiu Qiyu gently rubbed Ye Xiruo's head, increasingly confused. Ye Xiruo was only a teenager, yet sometimes her eyes, expression, and tone of voice carried a hint of world-weariness. There must be some reason behind this, and he waited for the day Ye Xiruo would confess to him.

Ye Xiruo took out 50,000 high-grade spirit stones from her ring, along with the 500 top-grade ice-attribute spirit stones that the Hua family head had given her before, and handed them over to Xiu Qiyu.

"Brother Xiu Qi, you can use these spirit stones to cultivate!" Ye Xiruo's eyes sparkled with excitement and a sense of thrill at the prospect of taking care of Brother Xiu Qi.

Xiu Qiyu roughly guessed Ye Xiruo's little scheme, but didn't expose it: "Since you have so many spirit stones, why don't you use them to build a small mountain of spirit stones, roll it around a couple of times every day, and count them when you have nothing to do? It would make you feel even better."

And you know what? This is exactly the kind of life Ye Xiruo has always dreamed of. Counting spirit stones is definitely the happiest thing in the world.

However, in Ye Xiruo's heart, spirit stones were definitely not as important as Brother Xiu Qi. In the past, Brother Xiu Qi had always given her spirit stones to cultivate. This time, she could finally turn the tables and let Brother Xiu Qi use her own spirit stones to cultivate. This was definitely of historical significance, so Ye Xiruo insisted.

"This trip to Saintess Peak alone yielded 100,000 high-grade spirit stones from selling pills, hehe! All thanks to the Youth Preservation Pill."

"Since Xiaoyezi can make money now, I'll accept it."

"Go ahead and buy it!" Ye Xiruo was very happy. She would definitely continue to refine the Youth Preservation Pill. This was already enough to capture the hearts of female cultivators all over the world. But what about male cultivators? She wondered what kind of pill was the most versatile that every man would want to buy. Ye Xiruo was deep in thought.

"What is Little Leaf thinking about? She seems so engrossed."

"I sell youth-preserving pills to female cultivators, but what kind of pills can I sell to male cultivators to make a lot of money?"

Xiu Qiyu smiled mysteriously, whispered three words in Ye Xiruo's ear, and Ye Xiruo slapped her thigh. "That's right, this idea couldn't be better! Brother Xiu Qiyu is so clever!"

It turns out that the pill Xiu Qiyu mentioned was an aphrodisiac pill, which would be a lifesaver for most male cultivators or men in general, and it would likely sell like hotcakes.

Unfortunately, the aphrodisiac pill was also a fifth-grade pill, which was just a small challenge for Ye Xiruo, who had already successfully refined the anti-aging pill.

Having found another lucrative plan, Ye Xiruo couldn't wait any longer. She threw Xiu Qiyu back into the Time Cultivation Room, telling him to focus on his cultivation and not waste the many spirit stones she spent every day, and then ran off.

Xiu Qiyu shook his head. He was really obsessed with money. But thinking about the spirit stones in his ring, he felt a deep sense of gratitude. In Xiao Yezi's heart, his status was higher than that of spirit stones and spirit medicines. This was something to be celebrated.

Ye Xiruo didn't go out; instead, she began refining directly within her spatial realm. Since she had announced her seclusion, it wouldn't be good to suddenly emerge. Furthermore, the spiritual energy within the spatial realm was much more abundant than outside, and time flowed more slowly. She still had ample time to tend to the spiritual herbs in her spiritual fields and the two bamboo groves.

It seems like it's been several days since I last fed Xiao Bao. Ye Xiruo took Xiao Bao out of the contract space. Fortunately, he wasn't thin from hunger. His furry face had a profound or rather, bitter and resentful expression.

“Xiao Bao, I know you’re not hungry.” Ye Xiruo touched the furry belly.

Xiao Bao stretched out its black claws, wanting to give Ye Xiruo a couple of slaps, but in the end it gave up on beating its master. It just looked at Ye Xiruo pitifully with its dark eyes, so aggrieved, so silently accusing!

"Alright, alright, I'm really scared of you. I was wrong. I forgot you're not Little Green, who can eat a lot in one meal and last a year. I'll take you to eat now." The Snow Bamboo hadn't shown any signs of life these past few days, but the Vajra Bamboo, nourished by the spirit stones, had grown considerably. Ye Xiruo, carrying Xiaobao, walked to the Vajra Bamboo forest: "You can't eat the small bamboo; you have to wait until they grow up. And be gentle with your bites of the big bamboo too; they still need to have babies."

Xiao Bao moved his round body and started eating the bamboo shoots directly, completely ignoring Ye Xiruo's noise.

"If I find out you're causing damage or eating too aggressively, you won't be eating for a year." I really can't bear to let this guy destroy this sapling that hasn't grown up and matured yet.

"System?" Remembering the important matter, Ye Xiruo called out to the system.

"What is it?"

"System, do you know about the special aphrodisiac pill? I'll trade it for spirit stones."

"Two hundred high-grade spirit stones."

"Deal." Ye Xiruo readily paid two hundred high-grade spirit stones. The pill formula was already in her mind's eye; she didn't know how the system had done it.

"What do you need this for? Are you going to give it to the three people inside?"

"Shut up." Ye Xiruo's expression darkened immediately. "Does this pill have any side effects?"

"Anything produced by this space is guaranteed to be of the highest quality. Please use it with confidence, host."

Ye Xiruo glanced at the medicinal herbs he needed, and found that all of them were available in his space, so he didn't have to go out to buy them. This was great news.

He quickly ran to the storage compartment and took out the ingredients for five hundred doses of aphrodisiac pills. He took out the Greenery, and a blue lotus flower flew out and landed in the Greenery.

Ye Xiruo closed her eyes and began to study the refining process of the aphrodisiac pill. There were more than thirty kinds of medicinal materials in total. The best choice for the final fusion was to fuse the thirty kinds of medicinal materials into five liquids with the same properties, and then start to condense the pill. This was the method with the highest success rate and the best way to maintain the medicinal properties.