Xu Jinhuan smiled and patted An Yi on the shoulder, "Okay, I'll be waiting for that day."

Then she added, "An Yi, you are not fighting alone. The Sixth Prince's trusted advisor is my man. He will help you when you need him."

An Yi looked at Xu Jinhuan with admiration. His master was indeed different from that idiot Lei Tingjun. He was so strategic and capable!

Xu Jinhuan gave An Yi some more instructions and arranged everything in the capital. Then, using the power of faith, she successfully teleported herself back to the north.

"Sister Xu, you're back!" Li Xiaoxiao's cheerful voice rang in Xu Jinhuan's ears.

Xu Jinhuan smiled and nodded. She asked, "Has anything happened in the village?"

Li Xiaoxiao obediently shook her head, "My brother and the others came to see my sister. I relayed what my sister told my brother, and then my brother led everyone to chop firewood."

By the way, the furs my sister left behind were taken away by Aunt Bai Pang and Sister Zhiying to be sewn up, so everyone should have thick fur coats to wear soon.

Xu Jinhuan nodded knowingly, "Xiaoxiao, I need to cultivate for a while. Unless it's something urgent, don't let anyone disturb me."

Li Xiaoxiao smiled sweetly upon hearing this, patted her little chest earnestly, and said, "Okay, Sister Xu, you cultivate diligently, and Xiaoxiao will definitely keep an eye on the door."

Xu Jinhuan sat cross-legged on the slightly warm kang (heated brick bed), just about to close his eyes and begin his cultivation, when he heard the belated system announcement.

[Ding ding, congratulations host for completing the hidden mission (2): kill the male protagonist, help the world recover the power stolen by the pseudo-heavenly path, reduce the level of natural disasters again, and gradually restore peace to the continent.]

Reward: Points.

[Ding ding, congratulations host for breaking the rules and killing the manipulated male protagonist. The super SSS-level mission to defeat the Heavenly Dao (pseudo) is 45% complete. Please keep up the good work!]

Xu Jinhuan looked at the increasing system points and nodded in satisfaction. Now she had enough points to exchange for loyalty pills.

Moreover, she didn't expect that simply killing one male protagonist would complete 45% of the super SSS-level mission.

It seems that killing Lei Tingjun did indeed severely injure that false Heavenly Dao.

Next, she needs to seize the time to accumulate strength.

Xiao Wang from the same system mentioned the matter of exchanging points for loyalty pills, which gave Xu Jinhuan time to study his upgraded Spirit Spring Space.

She focused her spiritual energy into the spiritual spring space, and then her entire body "whooshed" into the space.

The first thing that caught Xu Jinhuan's eye was the endless fields, where all kinds of vegetables and grains were grown.

Beside the field was a brick and tile house surrounded by a courtyard wall. At the other end of the house was a fairly spacious meadow where a group of horses were grazing leisurely.

Upon closer inspection, Xu Jinhuan discovered that these were the horses she had stored in her spatial dimension. However, unlike their previous exhaustion, they were now incredibly energetic, with even their coats glossy and smooth.

Xu Jinhuan whistled loudly, and the horses that were actually grazing paused, then happily ran towards Xu Jinhuan.

Just as they were fighting over it, a red figure broke through the encirclement with a kick from the left and a kick from the right, happily ran to Xu Jinhuan's side, and even snorted.

It was none other than Xiao Hong, the Akhal-Teke horse that Xu Jinhuan had tricked out of the Dragon Mansion.

Xu Jinhuan smiled and stroked Xiao Hong's increasingly soft fur. "The grass in this space is indeed extraordinary. In less than a day, it has changed you all so much."

Just as Xu Jinhuan finished speaking, the method of using the Spirit Spring Space suddenly entered her mind.

It turns out that this ultimate version of the spiritual spring space can set its own time flow rate. The current default is the highest flow rate, which is one to ten times the flow rate of the outside world. In other words, one day outside is equivalent to ten days inside the space.

Xu Jinhuan thought to himself, no wonder these horses have changed so much, it turns out that quite a few days have passed in the space.

Regarding the flow rate of space, those with strong mental power can even perform spatial segmentation, allowing different places within the space to have different flow rates of time.

Xu Jinhuan looked at the meadow where the horses had gathered. She still had a use for these horses, and they couldn't be allowed to die of old age in the space. She had to switch back to the normal flow of time.

With that in mind, Xu Jinhuan focused her mental energy on that spot and began to try cutting. It was difficult at first, but she quickly mastered the knack.

Before long, the spatial velocity on the grassland returned to one-to-one, without the horses grazing not noticing.

After doing all this, Xu Jinhuan headed towards the spiritual spring. According to the instructions, this spiritual spring could not only cleanse the marrow and strengthen the body, but also cure diseases, save lives, and beautify the skin, making it a truly precious treasure.

Although Xu Jinhuan had already taken the Marrow Cleansing Pill, the effect of this spiritual spring on her was negligible, but who would complain about having too few treasures?

"Since we're already here, let's take a hot shower."

With a smile, Xu Jinhuan used his mental power to summon a wooden tub for bathing. After filling the tub with spiritual spring water, he used his mental power to carry it to the blue brick house.

When Xu Jinhuan entered the courtyard, he found that it was no different from an ordinary farmhouse. It had all kinds of furniture and could be described as small but complete.

Xu Jinhuan placed the wooden tub in the room, used his spiritual power to change the temperature of the spiritual spring water to a suitable level, and then happily took a hot bath.

Although the spiritual spring water was of little use to Xu Jinhuan, who had already undergone a marrow cleansing, it could still beautify the skin, relieve physical discomfort, and was more than a hundred times better than ordinary bath water.

"It feels so good. It's been so long since I've had such a refreshing shower," Xu Jinhuan exclaimed contentedly.

After drying himself off and changing into new clothes, Xu Jinhuan walked out of the room with a smile.

Looking at the endless fields, she murmured, "Looks like some of the vegetables are ripe and ready to be harvested."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Jinhuan closed his eyes and released his mental energy, which transformed into tiny hands that began to rapidly harvest the ripe crops.

In about fifteen minutes, Xu Jinhuan's courtyard was filled with harvested grains and vegetables.

"As long as we have these fields, it will be much easier to gather General Hu's garrison."

After Xu Jinhuan finished speaking with a smile, she packed the grains into burlap sacks and temporarily placed them in the yard, while she took the fresh vegetables out of the space.

When she brought the vegetables out of the room, she saw Li Xiaoxiao looking at them with surprise.

"This is green vegetables? Sister, did you go to heaven?"

Xu Jinhuan shook his head with amusement and came up with a reasonably plausible explanation.

"It's not exactly heaven. These days, more and more people are worshipping the God of Joy and Goodness, so I've regained some of my former supernatural powers. These vegetables are ones I grew."

Although it was only 3:45 PM, the days were already getting dark in the north, where winter days are short and nights are long.

Li Yichang and the others carried the thick tree trunks down the mountain. Just as they were about to greet Xu Jinhuan, they saw the vegetables in her hands.

"Boss, are you taking vegetables?"