When Ye Xiruo discovered that no matter how hard she tried, that spiritual energy remained unchanged, she became completely confused.

Was it a failure or a success?

Suddenly, the ball of spiritual energy began to churn and swirl like clouds. A red light gradually emanated from within the clouds. In a short while, the white ball of energy turned pink and showed signs of continuing to change.

At this moment, Ye Xiruo realized that she had lost control of the dumpling. She separated a wisp of her soul to focus on the pink dumpling and began to absorb spiritual energy.

The surrounding spiritual energy was so dense it was almost liquid; this must be the work of Brother Xiu Qi. She must cultivate diligently and catch up with him as soon as possible.

Red, a dazzling red, instantly filled Ye Xiruo's sea of ​​consciousness. Her sea of ​​consciousness expanded continuously, and her spiritual power surged at an incredible speed. Ye Xiruo subconsciously began to compress, and as she did so, the ball of spiritual power began to calm down, eventually distributing evenly throughout her sea of ​​consciousness.

Looking at it this way, within a sea of ​​red consciousness, the glittering golden gourd acted like a stabilizing anchor, firmly holding her consciousness in place. Now, her sea of ​​consciousness had more than doubled in size, and her mental strength was ten times greater than before. If she encountered that immature Meilan again, she could defeat it with her mental strength alone.

What made her happiest was that this inexplicable breakthrough had also significantly increased her strength. Six of her seventy-two medium-level acupoints had now been opened.

Slowly finishing the exercise, the feeling of reaching the peak of energy and spirit throughout my body is truly wonderful.

"congratulations."

A smile appeared on Xiu Qiyu's handsome face, and Ye Xiruo nodded excitedly: "Thank you, my mental energy has turned red now."

"It's a first-class item."

"That means I can refine first-grade pills now." Ye Xiruo was overjoyed.

"Of course not. This only means that your soul strength is sufficient to refine a first-grade pill, but whether you can actually succeed depends on your talent."

"Don't worry! There won't be any problems." Ye Xiruo was bursting with confidence.

"Your strength has increased too quickly recently, which may make your foundation unstable. Come with me to the outer circle for hunting tomorrow."

Ye Xiruo looked at her small frame and said with a bitter face, "I can't do it."

"Even if it doesn't work, it has to work." Xiu Qiyu waved his sleeve and went back to continue his cultivation.

Ye Xiruo quickly climbed out of the spring, ready to make a big splash.

"System, do I want to start planting medicinal herbs?"

No response.

"Am I really going to start planting?"

"Elimination".

Ye Xiruo touched her neck and roared, "You finally found a host like me, and you actually have the heart to kill me?"

Out with the old, in with the new.

Ye Xiruo collapsed to the ground: "What about the contract?"

"You die, he is seriously injured."

"This isn't fair!" Ye Xiruo rolled around on the ground.

Ye Xiruo took out a bucket from the thatched hut, filled it with green spring water, and put the seeds she had sorted into it, saying that it would replenish the seeds with spiritual energy and improve the germination rate.

After Ye Xiruo and Xiu Qiyu left, Ling Bai and the others were still outside the courtyard, looking dejected and filled with both hatred and fear.

Ling Bai was particularly frustrated. A couple of days ago, he heard from Zhang Chunlan that Ye Xiruo had been getting quite close to that good-for-nothing Liu Tiesheng. He had planned to come over and humiliate Ye Xiruo and teach Liu Tiesheng a lesson, but he didn't expect that after spending half a day, he hadn't even seen Ye Xiruo's face.

They also encountered a powerful senior with unfathomable strength. It's hard to know what kind of incredible luck Ye Xi had to be able to get to know such an important person, and it seems like they have a very close relationship.

If Ye Xiruo, that despicable woman, is merely a vessel for a powerful figure, then he might still have a chance to avenge himself today.

Ling Bai never imagined that Ye Xiruo and Xiu Qiyu had already formed a contract, and that the two were destined to be entangled in this life.

"Hey, why aren't you leaving yet? Waiting to finish dinner? Sorry, we don't serve dinner here." Ye Xiruo crossed her arms, crossed one leg, and smiled like a little fox.

"Ye Xiruo, we still have some past affection. Do you really have to be so cruel?" The cold air seeped into his body, and Ling Bai's face became even paler, with an unhealthy chill in his eyes.

Ye Xiruo sneered: "Why didn't you show any mercy when you broke off the engagement? Why didn't you show any mercy when you tricked me into going to the back mountain? Why didn't you show any mercy when you pushed me down the mountain? Why didn't you show any mercy when you came to bang on the door so aggressively just now? Now you're telling me you're showing mercy? Isn't that ridiculous? There's still some past affection between us? How come I didn't know?"

As Ye Xiruo spoke, Ling Bai's face began to change color, turning red, green, and then blue and purple. He blurted out, "Didn't you lose your memory?"

"Thanks to you, you got a little fright, but now do you remember?"

"This is impossible?"

Seeing Ling Bai's expression as if he had seen a ghost, Ye Xiruo felt a mixture of pleasure and regret.

Even if she made Ling Bai wish he were dead, so what? The real Xiao Liu is dead and will never come back. But her own revenge might be something she could never achieve in this lifetime. How could she not hate?

"Little Leaf, what's wrong?"

"That's alright. What should we do with this person?"

"An outer disciple of Fenghua Sect?" Xiu Qiyu raised an eyebrow.

Ling Bai stared at Xiu Qiyu with trembling eyes, as if he had seen the most terrifying thing in the world.

"This kind of person is not worth your time, much less worth your time."

"Are we just going to let him go like this?" Even for the sake of the deceased Xiaoliu, Ye Xiruo would never agree to it.

“There are many ways to take revenge on someone. He will slowly taste the bitterness of despair until he dies.” Xiu Qiyu’s smile was still warm and gentle, but the coldness in his eyes could not be hidden.

"Thank you."

I want to eat braised pork tonight.

Ye Xiruo shrugged: "No meat, only beef. How about we have hot pot instead?"

"Is there anything else you need? Have someone bring it over later."

Ling Bai watched as the two chatted intimately, oblivious to everyone else, and the last shred of hope in his heart was shattered.

This mysterious senior was actually willing to go to such lengths for Ye Xiruo. He didn't know what kind of mysterious ending awaited him, but he could imagine Xiu Qiyu's terrifying gaze and strength. Ling Bai wanted to slap himself twice. Why did he have to come here for no reason?

"Aren't you going to leave yet? Do you want me to send you on your way?" Ye Xiruo sneered.

"Let's go!" Ling Bai led his few followers in a hasty retreat. They had arrived full of vigor and high spirits, but now they were utterly miserable and desolate.

Whose fault is it? They brought it on themselves.