The language of nature; one can communicate with plants to obtain information or request help.

The power of manipulation; able to control surrounding plants, moving and growing them or attacking enemies according to the caster's will.

The spiritual energy was gradually refined into Ji Jiuying's body, causing her wood-type spiritual root to grow stronger little by little.

A fine layer of sweat appeared on Ji Jiuying's forehead. She opened her eyes, began chanting an incantation, and the pale blue light in her hand gathered more and more, the light was soft and clear, yet as hazy as mist.

A slight smile appeared on his lips. He hadn't expected the girl to get the hang of it so quickly. He figured refining high-grade earth-level pills would be a piece of cake for her!

Without hesitation, Ji Jiuying carefully controlled the heat while throwing the processed medicinal herbs into the Nine Nether Cauldron.

She didn't even notice the sweat dripping down her face. This was her first time refining a high-grade earth-level pill, and she was completely absorbed in the alchemy furnace, using her powerful mental energy to observe the heat and the situation inside the furnace.

Dissolving, condensing, forming a core—with a soft "poof," Ji Jiuying's face lit up with joy; it was done.

Upon opening the lid, a fragrant aroma of medicinal pills wafted out. There were ten high-grade Earth-level Marrow Cleansing Pills, of excellent quality and without any flaws. They were definitely top-grade pills among high-grade Earth-level pills.

Next, Ji Jiuying refined Foundation Establishment Pills, and without exception, they were all top-grade Earth-level Foundation Establishment Pills.

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"Not bad, Little Youyou is really great." Ji Jiuying didn't forget to praise the Nine Nether Cauldron after putting away the pills.

After receiving praise from Ji Jiuying, Xiao You happily jumped around in the air.

"You bumpkin, you're so happy about a low-grade pill? Can't you have some ambition and refine a high-grade or divine-grade pill?" Xie Huo said arrogantly.

"God-level? I'll be there sooner or later."

"Wishful thinking. Even Saint-level and God-level beings need to use different flames. You, a mere newbie, shouldn't even dream of it." Evil Fire thought to itself. It was likely that this newbie would be reduced to ashes before even getting close to the different flame. Besides, how easy is it to detect different flames?

A strange fire? After inquiring about the evil fire, Ji Jiuying made her own plans.

She then went to the medicine courtyard to water the Soul-Nourishing Wood, and the seeds of the Soul-Nourishing Wood slowly sprouted from the soil under Ji Jiuying's watering.

Only the beast egg next to it remained unchanged. What kind of egg was it? Ji Jiuying poked at it with her finger here and there.

At that moment, a crack appeared on the beast egg with a 'crack' sound.

Ji Jiuying looked at her finger. No way? She hadn't even used any force, and it had already been poked open like that?

Click.

A crisp sound of an eggshell breaking rang out, and then a small, bright red head emerged, shaped like a bird's head, but much prettier than any bird.

Then the little head struggled to break out of the shell, its eyes round and glistening like obsidian, its body covered in glossy red feathers, revealing pink claws, and finally, nine red tails.

Although it hadn't fully grown in appearance yet, Ji Jiuying had a rough idea of ​​what it was: wasn't this the Vermilion Bird, a mythical beast that only appears in TV dramas?

It was pure luck; she stumbled upon a divine beast egg.

At this moment, the little Vermilion Bird emerged and quickly ate all the eggshells. After finishing, it grew bigger and even let out a burp. It shook its feathers and looked at Ji Jiuying with longing, making tender "cheep cheep" sounds. Ji Jiuying's heart melted at the sound.

"It's actually the divine beast Vermilion Bird!" Evil Fire sensed a fluctuation and felt the pressure of the divine beast. He didn't expect it to really be a divine beast. This stupid woman is really surprising, no, surprising even the beast.

Ji Jiuying's heart stirred, and she stretched out her slender, white fingers to soothe the little guy's feathers.

The little guy pecked at Ji Jiuying's finger, leaving a tiny wound. He then leaned his head over the wound, and a dazzling light flashed. Ji Jiuying knew what this meant and was incredibly excited.

Mythical beast! Its bloodline is so noble. Forming a contract with the Vermilion Bird is absolutely like adding wings to a tiger for her.

The contract between Little Vermilion Bird and her was actually a soul contract, to live and die together, to follow her for all eternity.

Thinking that the little one doesn't have a name yet, I thought, "How about I call you Zhu Zhu from now on?"

The evil fire is ashamed!

"What pig? I don't want one!" Little Vermilion Bird shook its head, its feathers bristling.

"You don't like it? How about I call you Little Phoenix?"

Little Zhuque then affectionately nuzzled Ji Jiuying's hand.

Ji Jiuying was stunned. As expected of a divine beast, it was born with a spirit. It had already developed intelligence just after hatching. It would probably be able to speak soon.

In the study.

"Who on earth is so despicable?" The Third Prince slammed his hand down on the sandalwood table, his eyes blazing with fury, his dark, violent gaze flashing with a beastly ferocity, as if he wanted nothing more than to tear that person to pieces and kill them.

In the past few days, his various industrial chains have been monopolized, and some have even gone bankrupt due to problems with the goods.

Today, the spiritual vein he had been secretly mining was robbed, and not only that, his father found out.

It is important to know that in the Cangyue Kingdom, it is forbidden to mine spiritual veins without permission. Now that the matter of spiritual veins is being widely discussed, the most important thing to avoid at this critical moment is to arouse suspicion in the emperor's heart.

The best way to quell this matter is to hand over all the mined spirit stones and crystals, and also to make up for the stolen portion. You have to understand that he has only mined less than a third of this spirit vein mine. Making up for the stolen portion is something Jun Linyu has never felt so bad about.

If he still doesn't realize he's being targeted after all this time, then he's truly stupid. He can't figure out who's targeting him no matter how hard he tries.

"Investigate him! If I find out who he is, I'll tear him to pieces!" Jun Linyu's forehead veins bulged.

"Your subordinate obeys." After saying that, Fenji and Zhumo disappeared from the spot.

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Before I knew it, the night was deep.

Qingling was half asleep when Ji Jiuying called her over. She thought something had happened to her young mistress, so she rubbed her eyes and asked, "What's wrong, Miss?"

He pulled Qingling down to sit, and after examining her, he found that Qingling's physique and spiritual root were quite good, but she lacked cultivation resources, which is why she was only a first-star spiritual practitioner.

"Drink it." Ji Jiuying took out a cup of spiritual spring water from her spatial storage and handed it to her.

"Miss, this is unacceptable!" Startled, Qingling snapped back to reality. How could she let her mistress pour her water?

"Aren't you going to listen to Miss? Just drink it." Seeing Ji Jiuying's serious expression, Qingling obediently drank it down.

The spring water tastes sweet, and after drinking it, your body feels warm and light, as if it's floating. Even old wounds seem to be healing themselves.

"Miss, what is this? It's amazing!"

"Qingling, do you want to become stronger?" Ji Jiuying asked.

"Yes, of course I want to!" Qingling didn't understand why her mistress would ask this question, but she still answered from the bottom of her heart.