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Even a spiritualist with such a strong aura wouldn't dare enter the inner forest. If she were to go in, she'd be out of her mind and be sure to die.

Down the mountain, "Senior brother, the one up there is coming down."

"Hmm, fourth level of Martial Artist, nothing to worry about. Focus on your cultivation."

"yes."

Fu Le ultimately chose to settle down a mile away from Lingyun Mountain, a location that allowed him to either attack or retreat.

"Little Prince, come on, let's cultivate together." The little thing cultivates by sleeping. If it weren't for the thin spiritual shield that forms around its body when it's asleep, she wouldn't have known that the little monkey also needed to cultivate.

As Fu Le was immersed in cultivation, several strands of spiritual energy seeped in, probed her cultivation level, and then retreated in disgust.

The little prince sensed it in his sleep, jumped up, widened his monkey eyes, and bared his teeth as he scolded.

"Oh, a little monkey, it's intelligent." A light female voice murmured, and then quickly disappeared.

In the blink of an eye, a month had passed. At dawn, a dozen or so vortexes of spiritual energy appeared around Fu Le, constantly burrowing into her body through her facial acupoints like mischievous loaches.

"Hey, Little Spirit Vortex, this girl has quite the talent. She's reached the fifth rank."

"Little thing, hehe, not even 120 yet, good talent, good talent indeed..."

When the last acupoint expanded to the size of a peanut, Fu Le sighed and opened his eyes.

Whew... I feel like I have so much energy in my body, I don't know where to use it.

He punched the grass, and a rustling sound was heard. A crack more than a meter long appeared from the spot where he punched.

Fu Le stood up and reached out to touch it, only to find that the crack beneath it was also cracked.

Hiss... Crossing the fifth level is indeed different; she didn't even use her full strength.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak..." The little prince tugged at Fu Le's hair and then pointed in a certain direction.

"What?" Fu Le asked, puzzled.

"Squeak..." The little prince patted Fu Le's head again and pointed in a certain direction.

"Let me through?" Fu Le asked tentatively.

This time, the little prince nodded.

"Then let's go."

Having found the right direction, Fu Le got up and followed the little monkey's directions.

At the edge of the forest, "Where did that girl go?"

"The spot the monkey was pointing to."

"Can you all please shut up? If you're going to cultivate, just cultivate. Why are you so curious? A mere fifth-level innate martial artist doesn't deserve your attention. Don't go back next year and you won't even be able to get a spot to enter the mountain."

"You're all talk, get lost!"

"I'm not leaving! What business is it of yours, you androgynous bastard?!"

"You're the one who's neither male nor female, a monster!!"

...

After walking for about half an hour, Fu Le saw a gray cliff covered with vines, towering into the clouds.

Fu Le: ...

"You sent me to bang my head against the wall?" That was just a joke, but after moving a few meters closer, he caught a strong smell of rotting branches and leaves.

"Ugh, it stinks!" Fu Le lifted the damp, cake-like vines, which were more than ten centimeters thick and looked like lotus seeds, completely blocking the hole that was taller than a person.

Huh? It's actually a cave.

"Shall we go in?" Fu Le turned to look at the little prince on his shoulder.

The little monkey nodded and squeaked twice.

Alright, let's go in then. The Little Prince won't hurt her.

Inside the pitch-black hole, less than a meter wide, Fu Le took out a flashlight and walked in, activating the ring's defense at the same time.

The ground was covered with pebbles, leaving a hole with every step. The stone walls on both sides were uneven and covered with moss.

Could there be a pool of water in here?

Another hour passed in the blink of an eye, and Fu Le finally saw a glimmer of light. "We've reached the exit!!" he exclaimed excitedly, quickening his pace.

As the light grew brighter, Fu Le finally saw the true face of the depths of the cave.

"Holy crap!! Is this a small well?" This 'true face of Mount Lu' is actually a small space of less than ten square meters, surrounded by gray cliffs, reaching into the clouds, with the sky above, like the bottom of a deep well.

In the middle of the space is a well less than two square meters in size. The protruding part is natural rock, uneven in height, and the water in the middle is clear and deep, with no bottom in sight.

The little prince jumped off Fu Le's shoulder, then lay down by the well and began to drink.

Fu Le: ...

Why would you travel this far just for a sip of water?

"Squeak..." The little prince took a few sips and then waved his paws to make Fu Le drink water.

"No, I want to drink it hot." She was Chinese and only drank boiled water.

After saying that, Fu Le took out a small bowl and drank a mouthful of water from it.

The Little Prince: ...

Squeak squeak squeak!! Baring its teeth, I'm so angry! That idiot Lele!!

The little prince stepped forward, snatched the small bowl from Fu Le's hand, and poured water out in a flurry. The little spring water she had boiled was gone in less than a minute.

Fu Le: ...

The little prince rolled his eyes in displeasure, as if blaming Fu Le for being ungrateful, then took the bowl back to the well and filled it with water.

Glug glug... A small whirlpool appeared on the surface of the well water, pouring into the bowl.

"Why are you filling it with so much? Well water is only good for bathing." Fu Le was speechless upon seeing this.

The little prince glanced at Fu Le, ignored him, and continued to pretend.

The person who was being looked down upon laughed in anger, walked to the side, sat down cross-legged on the stone slab, and began to cultivate.

She had just noticed that the spiritual energy here was so dense it was almost liquefied; no wonder she felt so comfortable.

Seeing that someone had entered a meditative state again, the little monkey was furious. It leaped up from the well and landed on top of Fu Le's head.

"Ah!! Little Prince!!" Fu Le roared in a fit of rage, and something icy liquid entered his mouth and instantly went down his throat.

Holy crap!! What is that?!

Before Fu Le could think it through, the energy in his meridians began to rebel, rampaging wildly as if it were about to transform into a ferocious beast and burst out of his meridians.

Forget about the monkey on his head, Fu Le quickly held his breath and began to control his rebellious energy. He didn't notice the monkey's smug little expression, as if it thought it had done something amazing, and it was showing its red gums.

The energy is circulating so fast! Was it that cold liquid from before? What was it? Could it be the well water the Little Prince spilled? That well water can actually generate energy? It's even more powerful than spiritual energy!

While his mind was in complete chaos, Fu Le gritted his teeth and controlled his internal energy to flow in and out through the correct meridians.

Time flew by, and when the acupoint in the dantian expanded to the size of a longan, the chaotic energy finally returned to its proper place and stopped running rampant.

Wow... such strong spiritual energy!

Opening her eyes, Fu Le burst out laughing when she saw the little prince baring his big teeth. The next second, she saw the little monkey hand her a bowl and then make a drinking motion.

"Little Prince, thank you." At this moment, Fu Le realized what the cold liquid in his mouth was, took the bowl, and stroked the monkey's head with one hand.

"Squeak..." The little prince made a proud little expression, squinting his eyes in enjoyment, with his arms crossed and one foot stomping on the ground, looking incredibly smug.

Amused again, Fu Le pulled out a large barbecue grill pan. "Here, your reward."

The little prince's appetite is twenty pounds of roasted meat and two liters of milk.

"Squeak squeak squeak..." The little prince squeaked happily a few times, then buried himself in his work.

Fu Le took the bowl and took a big gulp. Sure enough, the icy well water seemed to have a mind of its own as it entered his throat, directly permeating his limbs and bones.

After taking several large gulps, Fu Le put down the bowl, took a deep breath, and entered a meditative state once more.

The duration of this meditation was infinitely long.

When Fu Le was cultivating, the little monkey would drink well water when it was hungry or thirsty. It would sleep whenever it had nothing to do, and drink water whenever it woke up. Whenever it opened its eyes, it would circle around Fu Le with worry on its face.

Boom!!

Boom boom boom!!!

A force as thick as a finger repeatedly struck the acupoints, shattering them one by one, and Fu Le's facial nerves also became distorted.

Another month passed, and his internal energy crossed the threshold of the seventh level of martial artist, only slowing down when he reached the peak of the seventh level.

Fu Le looked inward at the seven egg yolk-sized acupoints in his body and was amazed. He opened his eyes, then closed them again, and there were still seven egg yolk-sized acupoints.

Will this acupoint keep getting bigger? Then, will she still be able to keep her body?

For the past month, she has been cultivating mainly with well water and stone essence. The magical effects of the well water are not as strong as they were at the beginning. Obviously, just like taking medicine, her body has developed resistance.

Seeing the much thinner spiritual energy around her, Fu Le was secretly alarmed. No wonder it was so difficult to cross the Spirit Realm here. Even with such a great opportunity, she had only managed to cross the threshold of the seventh level in several months.

I suddenly thought of monkey wine, which seems to have similar effects to well water. Before, when my cultivation level was low, I would get drunk after just one sip. Now I should be able to withstand it, right?

Fu Le took out a pot and poured half a jin for the little prince before drinking. The little prince took a sip and started shaking his head, then jumped to the edge of the well.

"What a waste! If you won't drink it, I will."

One sip after another, fruity flavor. Fu Le smacked his lips. Besides the fruity aroma, there was also a faint taste of alcohol. Mmm, not bad, delicious.

After downing more than a pound of monkey wine, Fu Le felt a bit bloated, and his almond-shaped eyes became hazy, but he was unaware of it.

"Little Prince, mmm, delicious! Such delicious wine, and you don't like it? But I do, hehe... mmm, my meridians... hiss..."

Finally, Fu Le collapsed to the ground again.

The Little Prince: ...

Humans are so weak, so weak! The little monkey looks utterly disgusted.

The internal energy started rebelling again, it hurts so much... In a daze, Fu Le subconsciously guided the internal energy to circulate along its original path.

A few wisps of whitish, flocculent material detached from the meridians and entered Fu Le's seven orifices, silently filling the empty orifices.

Ugh...it hurts...ahhhhhh!!!

Fu Le was awakened by a violent tearing pain and couldn't help but let out a shrill scream.

The Little Prince: !!

The frightened monkey quickly jumped to Fu Le's side, picked up a small bowl of water from the side, grabbed Fu Le's head, and poured water into her wide-open mouth.

"Ahhh...cough cough cough..."

Poor Fu Le was forced to open his eyes by the choking.

"Little Prince!! You son of a bitch!!!" What grudge could they possibly hold against you?! This is how you force-feed someone?!