While eating osmanthus cake, I cut my soul

The morning mist had not yet dissipated, and the Guixi fan hung before the diamond-shaped window. Linghu Luoxi propped up his chin, watching the white jade bone fan drifting in the tides of spiritual energy—the patterns on the fan surface actually shone with a faint golden light.

Linghu Luoxi poked the fan handle with her fingertips, and the bright red tassels brushed across the back of her hand, causing a slight itch. "Oh my goodness! This thing can actually have spiritual consciousness!"

"How dare you!" The fan suddenly unfolded its three-foot-long blade, and a childish voice filled with exasperation said, "I am an ancient magical instrument. How can you ordinary cultivators..."

Linghu Luoxi rolled her eyes and said with disdain, "Oh~ an ancient magic weapon that's been soaked in a monster's gastric juice for three years~ you think you're so powerful! Don't forget that you were in a monster's stomach back then, and I was the one who rescued you, otherwise you would have been digested long ago!"

"I was sealed! Sealed! Do you understand?" Gui Xishan retorted angrily.

"Oh! I don't understand!" Linghu Luoxi said lightly.

Gui Xishan was silent, "...you... forget it!"

Linghu Luoxi sat aside, picked up the teacup beside her, took a sip of tea, and then said with a smile, "Since you have spiritual consciousness, you can live on your own from now on! I prefer to raise my cubs in a free-range manner!"

"This is the first time I've seen such an irresponsible master!"

"Hey~ You saw it today!" Linghu Luoxi said with a grin.

"Can you be a little thicker-skinned?"

"What? Are you shameless? Do you want me to give you one?" Linghu Luoxi said with a smile.

Gui Xi fanned out, "You are simply unreasonable!"

"You rebelled against the Tiangang, you were disrespectful, you were rude, and you had ulterior motives! Of course, these words don't describe you!" Linghu Luoxi smiled embarrassedly.

"How dare you scold me"

"Of course not. Even if it is, so what? I'm the villain and I have the final say! 'Yi' and his pet bag don't get along well." Linghu Luoxi chuckled.

And this is exactly the case, the way Shangguan Yi and Wushuang get along is a bit subtle. Shangguan Yi meditates, Wushuang plays; Shangguan Yi practices, Wushuang sleeps; Shangguan Yi rests, Wushuang makes trouble, and Shangguan Yi has to clean up the mess.

"Oh my god! Go and practice for me, stop playing around!" Shangguan Yi said angrily.

But Wushuang remained indifferent, and Shangguan Yi couldn't hit Wushuang. Because of the contract between the spirit pet and the master, their strength and spirit are sympathetic, which means that if the spirit pet is injured, the master will also bear half of the pain.

At this time, Wu Yuan came over with a bag of freshly baked osmanthus cakes. Shangguan Yi immediately cried to Wu Yuan, "Wuwu... Little Yuanyuan~ It bullied me!"

Wu Yuan touched Shangguan Yi's head, handed him the osmanthus cake, and comforted him, "Master, you have worked hard. Try this osmanthus cake. It's freshly bought, so eat it while it's hot! Let me educate it for you!"

Shangguan Yi nodded quickly after hearing this. Wu Yuan placed the osmanthus cake in Shangguan Yi's hand and touched the center of Shangguan Yi's eyebrows with his fingertips, which emitted a faint light. Shangguan Yi blinked his eyes, feeling nothing unusual.

After doing all this, Wu Yuan waved his hand towards Wu Shuang who was still eating. Wu Shuang was instantly hit against the tree trunk by a powerful impact force, and the tree fell down.

Wushuang was enraged and rushed towards Wuyuan, but Wuyuan flicked his finger and Wushuang was knocked away again. Wushuang struggled to flap his wings, but Wuyuan's eyes turned cold and Wushuang instantly became obedient.

Wu Yuan turned around and said with a smile: "Alright! Master, don't worry, it will definitely be obedient from now on!"

Shangguan Yi smiled sweetly at Wu Yuan, "Yeah, Xiao Yuan Yuan, you're still the best!"

Wushuang cried out in his heart: "Okay, okay, you are amazing, you are so noble!" Then he "very willingly" dragged his injuries to practice.

Chi An was either practicing or on his way to practice. He practiced as soon as he opened his eyes every day. Feng Ling also followed Chi An's pace to practice and improve.

Chi An flipped in the air and landed steadily on the ground. At some point, Nangong He came to visit Chi An with a bag of osmanthus cake. "Junior Sister Chi, I'm here to see you! Do you want to try the osmanthus cake? I just bought it."

"Yes! Thank you." Chi An smiled politely and took the osmanthus cake.

Nangong He couldn't help but tighten his fingers around the edge of his clothes. "Well... the Qixi Festival is in three days! I wonder if Junior Sister Chi has time to watch the lanterns together?"

Chi An first thought of Linghu Luoxi and the others, and thought for a moment: Shangguan Yi and Luo seemed to want to go too, so let's go.

Nangong He saw Chi An was silent for a long time, thinking that he disagreed, and hurriedly waved his hands and said, "Actually, if Miss Chi has something to do, you can..."

"Sure! I just happen to be free." Chi An interrupted Nangong He and said with a polite smile.

Nangong He was stunned for a moment, then smiled back, thinking to himself: Sorry, sister, I have to accompany An this time!

When he was a child, he always spent the Chinese Valentine's Day with his sister and mother. This year, Murong You might not be able to accompany Nangong He, and this time Nangong He doesn't want Nangong Wanqing to accompany him, and wants to be alone with Chi An.

Nangong Wanqing happened to have been invited by Liu Zhiyu as well. Liu Zhiyu stood at Nangong Wanqing's door, lingering, nervously trying to organize his words, "Sister Wanqing... I... I want to invite you... to celebrate Qixi Festival together... No, no! I shouldn't be too deliberate, I should be more casual..."

Suddenly, the door opened, and Liu Zhiyu's head got hot and he forgot the words! Nangong Wanqing waited quietly for Liu Zhiyu to speak. Liu Zhiyu took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and said boldly: "Senior sister, I want to invite you to enjoy the lanterns together!"

Nangong Wanqing was stunned for a moment, then readily agreed. Liu Zhiyu was overjoyed, and Nangong Wanqing changed the subject, "But... I'm afraid the sect leaders won't agree to this trip down the mountain."

And that was exactly the case. Because it was the Chinese Valentine's Day three days later, there was a lot of discussion coming from the discussion hall on the main peak.

Fan You picked up the tea beside him, tapped the lid, and said with a smile, "Let's give the children a day off in three days!"

Meng Fu, the leader of the Qiushui Sect, slammed the table and retorted, "No! They are too weak. The most important thing is to practice hard! How can they indulge in pleasure?!"

Qin Ling, the leader of the Tongjian Sect, who was sitting in the main seat, also nodded in agreement. Fan You remained calm, taking a sip of tea. "Everyone, don't forget, our sect is number one this time!"

"But they are too weak! What if they encounter danger..."

Fan You advised, "Master Meng! You can't be so rigid. Besides, it's only for one day!"

Lu Heng smiled politely, "Your own apprentice is weak, please don't lead ours astray!"

"Do you dare to fight? Your disciples can't even hurt the weakest Linghu kid, and she has just established her foundation!" Fan You said confidently.

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"How about this! If you can help Linghu Luoxi break through to the late stage of foundation building within 3 days, we will agree!" Yun Xue suggested.

"How could she possibly break through in 3! Junior sister, please don't make things difficult for her!"

Finally, the clan leaders agreed to Yunxue's proposal, and Fan You had no choice but to place all his hopes on Linghu Luoxi. After hearing this, Linghu Luoxi's eyes rolled back and he fainted.

At noon, a gentle breeze blew a petal onto the window of Hongchen Tower. Muxue picked up the petal and sniffed it.

"Mr. OP, are you sure they will come in three days? Will we be able to see them?" Yuanyuan walked over and asked.

Hearing this, Mu Xue gently stroked the petals with her hand, smiled, and said in a very firm tone, "Of course!"

At this moment, Ning'er suddenly came to report, "Master, Ruoruo is missing!"

Mu Xue lowered her eyes and said calmly, "Nothing! He has already asked for leave. You don't need to know how long it will be."

"Yes! Then I'll take my leave first."

"Well, back off!"

After everyone saluted and left, Mu Xue sat down on a chair nearby. A fluffy moon-white bird landed on her hand. She looked down at the bird perched on her finger, her lips curled up slightly. She muttered to herself, "I don't know what she's doing."

Linghu Luoxi planned to use the Tempering Technique again in order to take a break, but she felt a little scared after thinking about her last experience. "Wow, I don't dare use it. I almost died last time! But...whether everyone can take a break depends on me..."

After an inner struggle, he finally decided to use the quenching agent. After dripping a drop, Linghu Luoxi closed his eyes and rested. Although the pain was indescribable, he was not left with only one breath like last time.

After a while, Linghu Luoxi felt that he was about to reach the middle stage of foundation building. "Great! But... why... I feel... dizzy..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Linghu Luoxi fell into the pool and passed out. At this moment, Xuan Xuan knocked on the door and came in. As soon as he opened the door, he saw Linghu Luoxi fainted.

"Junior Sister!"

Xuan Yu quickly pulled Linghu Luoxi out, "Junior sister, junior sister! Are you okay?" Xuan Yu shook Linghu Luoxi and asked worriedly.

But Linghu Luoxi did not wake up. Xuan Xuan hurriedly took out a pill given to him by his third senior brother from his sleeve and fed it to Linghu Luoxi, and then settled Linghu Luoxi down.

Xuan Yu used his spiritual sense to investigate Linghu Luoxi, then muttered to himself, "How strange! Is Junior Sister that weak? She can't even withstand the quenching." He picked up the quenching agent and examined it, his pupils shrinking instantly. "This..."