In the afternoon, Wuying came to deliver the vault key to Ji Fengyao, who was preparing a medicinal bath formula for Xique.

She took the key, casually placed it on the table, and continued checking the dosage of the medicinal herbs.

Seeing her completely indifferent expression, Wu Ying's eyelids twitched, and he couldn't help but remind her, "Your Highness, this key is not like a golden seal, you must keep it safe."

"What, is there really a lot of money inside?" Ji Fengyao looked up blankly.

"It's not much, just all of the prince's savings." Shang Xiye didn't say anything more, and Wuying didn't dare to say more. He left with this ambiguous statement and turned to leave.

All of the prince's own savings?

Ji Fengyao was stunned for a moment, and for some reason felt as if her husband had handed over his salary card.

"Miss, the firewood and water are ready, we're just waiting for your medicine." Xi Que ran in from outside, sweating profusely, pulling Ji Fengyao's thoughts back to the dosage of the medicinal herbs.

"You have this packet, which contains a stronger dose of medicine, so it will sting a bit when you soak in it. Lin Shuang and Bai Lu have these two packets, which contain a weaker dose, but it's still not a pleasant experience for them either. Since you've asked to take a medicinal bath, you absolutely mustn't give up halfway through, otherwise you might develop hidden health problems, which would be a loss," Ji Fengyao said earnestly and seriously.

"Don't worry, Miss, I can definitely hold back. I'll soak first. When it's their turn, I'll hold them down with one hand on each side. Even if they cry and beg for mercy, I will never let them come out halfway through," Xique patted her chest and made a promise, then skipped away with the three packets of medicine.

Ji Fengyao: "..."

Should she personally remind Lin Shuang and Bai Lu that it's not too late to regret it now?

Taking advantage of the fact that no one was around and Ji Fengyao had nothing to do, Ji Fengyao...

In the past few days, she also felt that the spiritual energy in her body had automatically accumulated to a critical point, so she went back to her room and began her first active cultivation.

Sitting cross-legged on the cool couch, Ji Fengyao silently recited the "Gathering Spirit Technique" while forming hand seals. She sensed the sparse spiritual energy of heaven and earth around her and actively absorbed and guided it to circulate, nourish, and cleanse her meridians.

Because of her special physical condition, she did these things very smoothly.

She is like a dried seaweed placed in shallow water; though it doesn't get wet, moisture automatically seeps into it and settles.

At this point, actively getting the item wet will have an incredibly noticeable effect.

Soon, abundant spiritual energy filled every meridian of her body, giving her a slight swelling sensation; she intentionally controlled it to gather and condense in her dantian, causing it to slowly settle into a small white ball of energy there.

With the energy ball successfully condensed, she became a first-level Spirit Gathering cultivator, no longer an ordinary person with no strength to even kill a chicken.

Ji Fengyao had done this step in several lifetimes; it wasn't difficult.

But unexpectedly, when the energy ball was successfully condensed this time, a scene suddenly appeared in Ji Fengyao's mind.

That was the last thing she saw when the alchemy furnace exploded in her first life:

That day, as usual, she was in charge of controlling the fire temperature in front of the alchemy furnace, while her master was in charge of condensing the herbs behind her.

She suddenly felt a commotion inside the alchemy furnace, and even the extreme fire became somewhat wild and uncontrollable.

She turned to look at her master in confusion, wanting to ask what was going on, when she heard a loud "bang" in her ear.

In her master's peerless eyes, she saw the alchemy furnace, along with the pills about to be refined inside, explode into pieces, rising into a colorful mushroom cloud that swept towards her.

Her master's lips moved slightly, as if he were saying something to her, but the explosion was too loud for her to hear.