The next morning, Xiu Qiyu dragged Ye Xiruo to Jing Li's residence.
Soon, Jing Li also got up. Her long, waterfall-like hair was tied up on top of her head with a purple jade hairpin, and her purple gauze robe outlined her slender figure, making her a living demon.
After having breakfast with Jing Li, Ye Xiruo and Xiu Qiyu were led directly into the inner room. After passing through numerous traps, they finally entered the legendary private treasury of the Palace Master.
The richest entity in the world is not the Taiyan Divine Emperor, but the Pill King Palace. As for just how wealthy Jing Li, the palace master, is, no one knows.
Ye Xiruo hadn't expected that she would be lifting the tip of the iceberg so quickly. She rubbed her fingers together, "I feel inexplicably excited."
"Once you become a high-level alchemist, many people will naturally send you treasures," Xiu Qiyu said with a smile.
Are all alchemists wealthy?
"To be precise, the higher the alchemist's level, the wealthier they are."
"You have half an hour. Each of you must choose two treasures." Jing Li finished speaking and left immediately.
"Master, aren't you afraid I'll empty his treasure vault?"
"Our level is still too low. Some treasures have powerful restrictions on them, and we could be reduced to ashes if we're not careful. Let's hurry up and choose!"
Jingli's treasury was magnificent, filled with all sorts of secret manuals, weapons, magical treasures, elixirs, talismans, medicinal herbs, and various precious raw materials, neatly arranged on jade shelves or in jade or wooden boxes, all wrapped in layers of restrictions.
Xiu Qiyu quickly browsed through the selections and chose a piece of ice crystal and a piece of defensive soft armor.
Ye Xiruo was in a bit of a predicament. It seemed that she couldn't use any of these things right now. She couldn't even open the restrictions, and the system was not there.
"Brother Xiu Qi, please help me choose."
As for cultivation techniques, I don't need them; the system will provide the most suitable ones for me. Perhaps, I can choose a high-grade medicinal herb.
"System task: Turn left at the second black box ten meters ahead." This was the system's voice. Ye Xiruo stood there, stunned. Could it be that she had misheard?
"quick."
It wasn't an illusion after all. Ye Xiruo mechanically followed the system's instructions and arrived at the black box. The palm-sized black box contained a black quail egg. Yes, a black quail egg, and not a trace of energy was emanating from it. It couldn't be more ordinary. Ye Xiruo felt a surge of wariness. Even divine objects had their own ways of protecting themselves; was this some extraordinary thing playing dumb here?
"Brother Xiu Qi, I've found it."
Xiu Qiyu quickly broke the restriction and took out the black box.
"Do you know what this is and what it's used for?"
Ye Xiruo shook her head honestly; she was just completing the system's tasks and didn't know what it was.
"This is a high-grade armor I chose for you, personally crafted by Master Pei." Xiu Qiyu smiled. "It's about time; we should head out."
After the two went out, Jing Li was indeed waiting outside, holding a paper fan in his hand, looking like a detached and otherworldly hermit.
He glanced at the items that Xiu Qiyu and his apprentice had chosen and nodded.
“Disciple, I don’t know the origin or use of the item you’ve chosen. It’s an ancestral relic that the Chen family took out back then. Go back and study it carefully; you might find something unexpected.”
"Yes, no wonder I felt it was extraordinary the first time I saw it, so ordinary that it was not ordinary at all."
"Alright, you may all leave." Judging from his master's lazy appearance, he was probably going to the main hall to have a talk with those elders about life. I silently lit a candle for those poor elders.
Back in her room, Ye Xiru tore open a concealment talisman and tried to enter the space. Sure enough, with a thought, she was already inside.
However, the changes in space were too great, and Ye Xiruo was so shocked that she was completely speechless.
The area has expanded tenfold; the original hundred acres of black soil are now over a thousand acres, divided into many small plots of ten acres each. The original dilapidated thatched huts have been transformed into the kind of old-fashioned buildings that belong to wealthy people.
However, Ye Xiruo's biggest concern was still the Seven-Colored Divine Lotus. What exactly happened that day? No one knew, but she was still very curious.
The seven-colored pool expanded several times over, with various dense mists constantly rising and flowing into the seven-colored divine lotus in the center. After a while, the seven-colored divine lotus would return several streams of energy, forming a perfect cycle.
The pool water had deepened in color, and correspondingly, the concentration of spiritual energy within it had increased many times over, presumably enhancing the healing effect. Ye Xiruo stared intently at the pool water; the seven-colored divine lotus in the very center was enveloped in a dense ball of seven-colored light, obscuring the view inside.
I wonder how well the Seven-Colored Divine Lotus has recovered. Is there any possibility of it fully recovering? Will I be able to see it again? I wonder if the Seven-Colored Divine Lotus, having reincarnated so many times, still remembers things from ancient times? Is this Seven-Colored Divine Lotus a new individual, or a continuation of past lives?
Ye Xi shook his head, realizing he was lost in his own wild thoughts.
Although the Seven-Colored Divine Lotus was right before her eyes and closely related to her fate, her strength and realm were still too low to help the Seven-Colored Divine Lotus fully recover.
Ye Xiruo took out the black box in her hand, preparing to ask the system what it was.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the box was opened, the entire space seemed to sense something, and the feeling was one of excitement and agitation. This emotion came from the Seven-Colored Divine Lotus.
The pitch-black quail egg flew straight into the air, heading directly towards the Seven-Colored Divine Lotus.
Suddenly, the seven-colored pool shone brightly, its beams of seven colors enveloping the dark stone. The stone visibly shed its outer black layer, transforming into a white-gold lotus seed. It radiated an incomparably holy light, and the lotus seed enveloped one, feeling warm and comfortable, even seemingly increasing the speed of one's internal energy circulation.
No way! This is incredible luck! These must be the scattered seeds of the Seven-Colored Divine Lotus, and she actually found them. It seems she and the Seven-Colored Divine Lotus are indeed destined for each other.
The platinum lotus seeds, radiating a holy light, gently fell into the seven-colored divine lotus. Instantly, the entire space trembled, and the seven-colored radiance enveloped the entire area.
Ye Xiruo was once again ruthlessly thrown out of the space by the system, falling straight onto the bed. The pain almost brought tears to her eyes. This system was a classic case of using and discarding; what a bastard!
However, what is this in my hand?
The "Complete Guide to Yellow-Rank Pills" was opened, and all the grades, shapes, corresponding symptoms, and alchemy processes of yellow-rank pills were clearly written out. It was like a pillow being delivered to someone who was sleepy. Ye Xiruo then overlooked the system's rudeness.
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