The next morning, after finishing their cultivation, Zishu and Ye Xiruo went to pay their respects to Jingli. Zishu also mentioned that he wanted to return to Mount Ling.
Jing Li wore a magnificent deep purple robe, her long, black hair cascading down her back like a waterfall, held in place only by a purple jade hairpin. Upon hearing Zi Shu's words, she didn't react much: "So eager to go back? Is there some extraordinary treasure hidden deep within Mount Ling?" Knowing his master's proud and aloof nature had surfaced again, Zi Shu quickly tried to appease her.
"Yes, disciple, you are young and ignorant. Thinking back on this past month, I have actually missed so many treasures. This time I will go back and collect all the treasures to prevent others from getting there first." Ye Xiruo gives this reason full marks.
"If you're going to leave, then get out of here! Do you want me to see you off?" she said, enraged.
"Please take care of yourself, Master. I will return once I have achieved the Nascent Soul stage."
"Be careful in everything." Jing Li took out a spatial ring from her bosom and tossed it to Zi Shu: "This is for your survival. Don't use it unless absolutely necessary." Her tone was so serious! Zi Shu nodded hurriedly, then reached out with her divine sense to look into the ring. There was a mountain of top-grade and high-grade spirit stones.
Master, could you have given me the wrong thing? Are you expecting him to kill someone with spirit stones?
"Master, could you have given me the wrong thing?"
"Feel free to voice your opinions." A gentle and approachable teacher.
"No, no," Zishu quickly waved his hand. How could he possibly have any objections?
"Little Leaf, have you been quite free lately?"
Ye Xiruo quickly waved her hand: "No, no, no, I'm very busy. I'm busy consolidating my cultivation level and also trying to improve my alchemy skills."
"What level have you reached in your Fire Control Technique?"
"The second level." Ye Xiruo was also helpless. She hadn't been practicing the Fire Control Technique properly lately and felt ashamed.
Have you hit a bottleneck?
"No." It's simply that she hasn't spent enough time on fire control techniques.
"The stronger and more precise the control over the flame, the higher the success rate of refining pills, and the higher the quality of the pills will be."
"Master, I understand."
"Don't try to break through to the sixth-grade alchemist level before you've mastered the Fire Control Technique to the third level."
"Thank you for your guidance, Master." It seems I need to take advantage of this time while the space is being upgraded to cultivate properly.
Zishu's return to Lingshan was naturally not something to be publicized, so he left from his own Luoshan Peak behind the mountain. A day after Zishu left, Jingli announced that Zishu had broken through to the Nascent Soul stage in seclusion.
Three days ago, Si Hao also sensed the opportunity to break through to the Nascent Soul stage and immediately went into seclusion. Xiu Qiyu went out to hunt demonic beasts, and Ye Xiruo also began to cultivate the Fire Control Technique in seclusion.
Before she went into seclusion, Jing Li sent someone to deliver a small amount of Nine Nether Demon Dragon Flame, contained in a special magical artifact. Upon seeing the Nine Nether Demon Dragon Flame, Ye Xiruo's first thought was, "My master is so powerful! He actually killed the mysterious demon!" Could it be that her master coveted the Nine Nether Demon Dragon Flame and then killed the mysterious demon? No, according to the information she gathered yesterday, the one who entered the Drunken Immortal Abode with her master was clearly a member of the mysterious demon. And Nascent Soul cultivators aren't exactly commonplace.
So, the mysterious demon is alive and well. Master must have made some kind of deal with the mysterious demon to exchange for this wisp of fire.
Ye Xiruo was naturally very moved by this. Compared to her Azure Lotus Heaven, her master's Yin-Yang Demon Flame was more suitable for devouring this wisp of sub-fire, but her master sent someone to deliver the sub-fire to her so that she could improve her strength.
As the space upgraded, the system temporarily went into hibernation. A ball of bluish-purple flame emerged from Ye Xiruo's fingertip, gradually transforming into an exquisite lotus flower, the Azure Lotus Heaven.
"Little Qingqing, can you devour this flame?"
After Qingliantian sensed the aura of the Nine Nether Demon Dragon Flame, the entire lotus flower was in disarray, spinning incessantly in Ye Xiruo's palm, making Ye Xiruo's eyes blurry.
"Stop it now." He was so excited he was almost going crazy.
"Ah, of course I can absorb it. No matter how amazing the Nine Nether Demon Dragon Flame is, it's just a ball of fire. I don't even care about it."
With a swift leap, Qing Lian Tian caused the Nine Nether Demon Dragon Flame in Ye Xi Ruo's hand to vanish. Even though the Nine Nether Demon Dragon Flame was just a ball of fire, it wouldn't willingly be devoured. It immediately transformed into a small black dragon, baring its fangs and claws as it roared angrily at Qing Lian Tian, unwilling to be consumed.
Qinglian Tian, like a lecherous old man, kept approaching the Nine Nether Demon Dragon Flame, trying to persuade Jiu You to obediently be devoured. Of course, that was impossible. Jiu You wasn't stupid; he wouldn't be sold out and then count the money for the seller.
A delicate lotus flower, no bigger than a palm, and Jiuyou faced off for half an hour. Qinglian Tian relentlessly pursued them, while Jiuyou resolutely refused, saying, "We have no agreement."
An hour later, Qinglian Tian exhausted all her patience and reverted to her original form—a gigantic lotus flower. Jiu You didn't even have time to react before Qinglian Tian devoured her. A few flashes of black appeared within Qinglian Tian's purplish-blue flames before she returned to normal, transforming into a small lotus flower the size of a palm, circling around Ye Xiruo.
Ye Xiruo was somewhat speechless: "You absorbed it?"
"Of course! Tsk tsk! The taste is really good, much better than Fire Spirit Sister."
"Well, never mind she didn't ask, this foodie."
Has your strength improved?
"It's improved a little, but it's still too little. If I had a few more, I might have to upgrade."
"Don't even think about it. This is a strange fire, not a cabbage. You can't just come across a dozen of them so easily. I want one too, so you should be content!" Then he put away the Azure Lotus Heaven and began to seriously cultivate the Fire Control Technique.
Xiu Qiyu went to the mission building to accept a few more missions before leaving the Pill King's Hall. Qing Zhiyi stayed at the Pill King's Hall, using Xiu Qiyu's points to cultivate in the training grounds and improve her strength.
Time flowed by slowly, and everything in the Pill King Palace remained the same. Ye Xiruo was immersed in cultivating the Fire Control Technique, and was only a hair's breadth away from breaking through.
The closer you get to the end, the less you should rush. If the system were usable now, she would have already broken through. Sigh...
One day, while Ye Xiruo was cultivating, she suddenly heard the system's voice in her ear: "Master, the space has been upgraded. You can go in and take a look now."
Upgrading the space also requires a large amount of spiritual energy, so Ye Xiruo's cultivation level did not rise; she remained at the Great Perfection of the Golden Core stage. This was for the best. Otherwise, if she were to actually form her Nascent Soul, Ye Xiruo would be the first to cry. Even if she was the darling of Heaven, such cheating in cultivation would definitely not be tolerated by Heaven. She might even be blasted into dust.
Ye Xiruo couldn't care less about cultivation at the moment and rushed into the space in a hurry. She was almost knocked unconscious by the abundant spiritual energy as soon as she entered.
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