Chapter 47
"If that's Luo Hengzhi, then who's beside him...?"
"I still don't recognize her? Isn't that the fairy sister from the corpse pit video? I've noticed that great beauties don't photograph well; they're clearly even more beautiful in person."
"They looked incredibly good together; I couldn't take my eyes off them. How could people be so good-looking, especially as a couple?"
"No wonder Li Man spread rumors that our boss who does group buying is ugly; she must be jealous of Fairy Sister's beauty."
"Absolutely! They're both even more beautiful online than they are online. Fairy Sister is a cool and aloof beauty, a perfect match for our cold-faced CEO."
"No, no, no, have you ever seen a cool and aloof beauty who likes stinky tofu? I'm sure our boss's wife is the type who's cold on the outside but warm on the inside."
"Yes, yes, the boss isn't cold at all; he even helped his wife carry the stinky tofu. He must really dote on his wife."
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"Delicious, delicious." The two little beasts, Longbao and Huofeng, were sitting on a huge table in front of them, which was filled with all kinds of delicious food.
Knowing that Longbao Huofeng had a big appetite, Luo Hengzhi first arranged for him to have roasted whole lamb, roasted whole beef, roasted suckling pig, roasted chicken, and roasted duck, which would fill his stomach.
Then, they served sweet and sour pork ribs, cola chicken wings, boiled sliced pork, pickled fish, spicy diced chicken, braised pig's trotters, and other dishes to give the two little ones a change of pace.
Finally, there are all sorts of desserts, cakes, ice cream, and drinks.
Fire Phoenix Dragon Baby looked at the endless array of food and happily buried himself in eating!
Luo Hengzhi and Ye Zi were full after eating a little. They watched the two little ones eat heartily, then sat by the window and drank tea, taking in the entire Yuan Temple City.
Ye Zi looked at the flow of energy throughout the city, and the most eye-catching one was Qingyuan Temple. Perhaps due to its flourishing incense offerings, the entire Qingyuan Temple was shrouded in golden light and was particularly dazzling.
Ye Zi looked at Qingyuan Temple, then suddenly paused.
That's... a fluctuation of spiritual energy.
A fluctuation of spiritual energy? Luo Hengzhi followed Ye Zi's gaze and looked towards Qingyuan Temple on the mountain.
Luo Hengzhi: "I've been to Qingyuan City many times, but I've never been to Qingyuan Temple. Why don't we go for a stroll and help Longbao and Huofeng digest their food?"
"Yes." Ye Zi nodded; that was exactly what she was thinking.
"Ye Zi, is there anything you want to ask me?" Luo Hengzhi thought Ye Zi would ask him why he pretended to be poor before since he owned a hotel, but... Ye Zi didn't seem to care at all.
Ye Zi withdrew her gaze and looked at Luo Hengzhi, her eyes slightly puzzled: "What?"
“I said before… that I was penniless,” Luo Hengzhi said.
Ye Zi immediately understood what Luo Hengzhi meant; it was the first time the two met at the Luo family home.
Ye Zi: "There's nothing to ask. I'm happiest to know you have money. Otherwise, Long Bao, Huo Feng, and I wouldn't be here eating and drinking for free without spending a penny. This is the most Huo Feng has ever eaten since she started following me as her master."
Fire Phoenix nodded: "Yes, yes, I've never been this full before."
Ye Zi smiled at Luo Hengzhi, and Luo Hengzhi smiled back when she saw Ye Zi's smiling face.
"No matter what, I hid things from you before, but I won't anymore. From now on, I will... take responsibility." Luo Hengzhi felt that as a Daoist partner, she should make her stance clear.
Upon hearing Luo Hengzhi say that she would take responsibility, a hint of surprise flashed in Ye Zi's eyes, but then the corners of her mouth turned up and her smile became bright: "Luo Hengzhi, actually... I am very grateful for your appearance."
Luo Hengzhi was briefly taken aback. As a Daoist partner, he had never been qualified, and he did not deserve Ye Zi's thanks.
"Master." The fire phoenix suddenly flew to Ye Zi's shoulder, stretched out its little head and gently rubbed against Ye Zi's ear, "The fire phoenix had such a happy meal!"
As soon as Huo Feng finished speaking, there was a "thud" and something heavy fell into Ye Zi's arms.
It turned out that the fire phoenix had transformed into a baby wearing a festive bib, staring at Ye Zi with its big, round eyes, clearly stunned by the fall!
"Hahaha, the Fire Phoenix ate too much, and its little bird stomach couldn't handle it, so it was forced to transform into human form." Long Bao pointed at the Fire Phoenix and laughed. "I told you to eat slowly and chew carefully, but you didn't listen and now you're stuffed."
"How is it? Can it turn back?" Ye Zi looked at the baby fire phoenix and reached out to rub the fire phoenix's bulging little belly.
"Master, it seems I can't." Fire Phoenix also raised her little hand to rub her belly, it seemed she really couldn't hold it in anymore. "Master, this meal was too lavish, I was afraid there wouldn't be any left to eat next time, so I ate too fast, thinking it would be good to eat more and store it in my stomach, but... I ate too fast and too quickly!"
Fire Phoenix has a big appetite, and although it usually gets extra food, it seems that it's not enough. But Fire Phoenix has never said it wants more. Ye Zi is now reflecting on whether she, as its master, has been starving Fire Phoenix.
Seeing Ye Zi's furrowed brows, Luo Hengzhi took Huo Feng from Ye Zi's arms and said, "You'll be able to eat your fill from now on, even more than today, so remember to eat slowly next time."
Upon hearing this, Huo Feng looked at Luo Hengzhi with starry eyes: "Really? Master?"
Long Bao flew onto Luo Hengzhi's shoulder: "What master, bro!"
"Then what do you suggest we call it?" Fire Phoenix asked.
Longbao spread his hands: "We're all family, just call me master. From now on, I'm the eldest, and Huofeng, remember to call me big brother."
"Why should I? I'm a whole hundred years older than you." Fire Phoenix reached out her little hand to grab Dragon Baby's big face.
Long Baocai wouldn't listen: "It has nothing to do with age. I am the eldest because I was the first of the two masters I met."
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"I'm the boss."
"I am the one."
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Ye Zi picked up Long Bao from Luo Hengzhi's shoulder and separated the two little ones to calm them down: "Let's go, let's go digest our food."
"Master Ye Zi, do you think I should be the boss?" Long Bao asked.
"Master, ignore him, I should be the boss." Although the fire phoenix had turned into a baby, its aura was not weak at all, and it shouted in its little voice.
Luo Hengzhi watched the two little ones arguing and insisting on being the leader, feeling both helpless and amused. He never knew that one day his life would be so lively!
Ye Zi and Luo Hengzhi, one carrying Long Bao and the other carrying the baby Huo Feng with a concealment talisman, left the hotel.
Fortunately, when they arrived at the pedestrian street, Fire Phoenix, having probably consumed a lot of food due to arguing with Dragon Baby, finally transformed back into its beast form.
The lunch rush had passed, and the stinky tofu vendor had packed up and left. Zhang Luo's shop was finally quiet, and Zhang Luo was busy wiping the tables and chairs.
"Boss, do you know Zhang Luo?" Ye Zi asked.
"That's me." Zhang Luo looked up and saw Ye Zi and Luo Hengzhi walking in.
Because Ye Zilu and Hengzhi were both good-looking, the customers in the restaurant were whispering about them while they were eating. Of course, Zhang Luo noticed this at the time, but later no one came in to eat because they had left. Unexpectedly, the two of them came back after the mealtime.
Zhang Luo: "What would you two like to eat?"
Luo Hengzhi: "We're not here for a meal, we have something to discuss with the boss. Have you ever heard of Lingju Temple?"
“Lingju Temple? I’ve seen it online.” Zhang Luo had indeed recently learned about Lingju Temple. He had heard that there were real immortals there and had even considered whether to visit the temple to pay his respects.
Zhang Luo felt he had seen the two people in front of him somewhere before, because they were so good-looking that he thought they were celebrities. Now he realized that he had seen them in a ritual video online: "I know you. You can perform rituals. You are from Lingju Temple."
Ye Zi nodded: "We'd like to ask the boss if he's encountered anything strange lately?"
“Strange things.” Zhang Luo wiped his hands and sat down. “I have indeed encountered some strange things recently. I have nightmares every night, and I get trapped in a nightmare and can’t wake up. But if I try hard, I can eventually wake up. The feeling… I can’t describe it. I can’t remember the content of the dream at all, but it just feels very scary. It feels like a dream, but it doesn’t feel like a dream.”
"How long has it been?" Ye Zi didn't see any death aura or anything that suppressed human vitality on Zhang Luo.
"It hasn't been long, just this past week, it's been like this every day." Just recalling that feeling made Zhang Luo's palms sweat.
Ye Zi re-examined the changes in the aura around Zhang Luo, but still found nothing unusual. He was surrounded by the aura of merit, and his fortune was also very strong. He had no bad luck at all!
Ye Zi turned to look at Luo Hengzhi: "Luo Hengzhi?"
Luo Hengzhi had been observing Zhang Luo for a while, and like Ye Zi, he didn't notice anything wrong. Luo Hengzhi even felt that Zhang Luo's aura was too good.
“No, that’s right. I’m just incredibly lucky. I don’t have a single bit of bad luck on me.” Luo Hengzhi shook his head.
“My luck… is too good, yes, my luck is just too good.” Ye Zi suddenly thought of a possibility, the strange thing is that it’s too good, “It’s very likely… that I’ve been nurtured.”
Luo Hengzhi: "Nourish your Qi?"
"People with merits protecting them become targets of attack because their lifespan and fortune can be absorbed and utilized by cultivators on an equal footing, while ordinary people are basically useless to cultivators, because a cultivator can only use up one year of an ordinary person's 50-year lifespan," Ye Zi explained.
"But ordinary people are not entirely useless. When they accumulate enough human energy, it can still be of some use to cultivators whose lifespan is nearing its end."
"Back to those who have accumulated merit, if their lifespan is insufficient, they will be 'nourished with qi,' which means stimulating their qi to its highest value and then taking away their qi and their remaining lifespan."
Luo Hengzhi: "Not a single bit is wasted!"
"You mean my lifespan is finally coming to an end?" Zhang Luo heard Ye Zi say this from the side, but he was not surprised. Instead, he became even calmer, and if you listened carefully, there was even a hint of joy.
Ye Zi and Luo Hengzhi exchanged a glance; neither of them had expected Zhang Luo to react this way in the face of possible death.
Luo Hengzhi analyzed briefly that Zhang Luo's business was doing very well, but he didn't expand to open branches and was still working alone. She asked, "Who are you waiting for?"
Zhang Luo was slightly taken aback, then smiled, but her eyes welled up with tears.
“You people from Lingju Temple are truly immortals, aren’t you? Then can you tell me, at the moment of death, will the person you miss the most really come to pick you up?” Zhang Luo looked at Ye Zi and Luo Hengzhi with tears in her eyes, her eyes full of expectation. “I’ve been to Qingyuan Temple, and they told me that I can’t take my own life. Only by dying of old age can I see the person I miss again. I really want to see her one more time.”
"Just one more time would be enough." Zhang Luo said forlornly. "But I have to wait alone, keep waiting, keep waiting, from day to night, and night to day again... It's so lonely waiting!"
"The first time I was haunted by a nightmare, I thought, 'That's it.' But when I woke up, I went to Qingyuan Temple. They told me that my lifespan was not over yet and that I had to wake up, otherwise... we would never be able to meet again."
"I just want to see her, just once. Can you please help me?"
Ye Zi formed a hand seal, and a beam of spiritual light flew to Zhang Luo. Ye Zi saw that Zhang Luo only had one year left to live.
Luo Hengzhi also saw it, and at this moment he didn't know what to say. This year was very short, but for Zhang Luo who had been waiting day and night, it might have been a very long time.
Ye Zi: "Someone has already set their sights on you. Only the barrier of Lingju Temple can protect you now, otherwise you will be destroyed and all your previous efforts will have been in vain."
“I can’t wait in vain. You’ve come to find me, so you must be willing to take me to Lingju Temple.” Zhang Luo asked, “And could you tell me how much longer I have?”
“One year,” Ye Zi replied.
Zhang Luo: "One year, okay, one year, I can wait. I'm willing to go to Lingju Temple. I can drive there right now."
Ye Zi hesitated for a moment, worried that something might go wrong on the way: "I'll take you."
Zhang Luo: "No need to trouble yourself. I'll rush over tonight. I won't sleep at night. I originally planned to go to Lingju Temple. I've already checked and the distance isn't too far. I can get there by myself."
"To avoid any problems on the way." Ye Zi realized that Lingju Temple was severely understaffed, her junior brothers needed to be taken care of, and her master couldn't go out.
Ye Zi released her spirit sword to deliver it to Zhang Luo.
"Why not use a teleportation talisman?" Luo Hengzhi suddenly asked.
Ye Zi turned to look at Luo Hengzhi, her eyes shining brightly as if she had suddenly discovered a treasure, filled with surprise: "You can also draw talismans?"
Luo Hengzhi: "It doesn't look difficult, and the distance should be... possible now."
"The teleportation talisman requires a large amount of spiritual energy from top-grade spirit stones..." Ye Zi didn't finish her sentence, recalling the scene of spiritual energy automatically gathering towards Luo Hengzhi on the day she guided Qi into her body.
Ye Zi didn't think of using a teleportation talisman because all the top-grade spirit stones in the Taoist temple were in the storeroom, and Ye Zi didn't bring them with her this time.
Moreover, now that all the spiritual veins are depleted, the spiritual stones that Lingju Temple currently possesses are the reserves left by Master Yunqing. In recent years, Master Yunqing has been busy raising children and has been unable to travel far to search for them. Furthermore, there are no secret realms where one can find spiritual stones, so the spiritual stones in Lingju Temple have been constantly being consumed. It can be said that every stone used is one less stone available, so they try not to use them if possible.
However, Luo Hengzhi is different from others; Luo Hengzhi seems to be able to regulate spiritual energy.
"Yes, you can do it." For some reason, Ye Zi was very sure that Luo Hengzhi could do it.
Hearing his wife's affirmation, Luo Hengzhi's confidence soared, and he said, "I'll take him back. We'll set up a teleportation array back at Lingju Temple, which will make it easier for us to go back."
“Okay.” Now that the decision had been made, Ye Zi looked at Zhang Luo and said, “We’ll go home with you to get your things, and then we’ll take you to Lingju Temple.”
Zhang Luo shook his head: "No need to go back. There's nothing at home that I need to bring. I'll leave everything I need on me and buy other necessities later."
Ye Zi nodded, and Luo Hengzhi didn't delay any longer, waving to close the door.
Ye Zi took out talisman paper, talisman brush, and cinnabar, while Luo Hengzhi took out a book and began drawing teleportation talismans while reading.
Yes, just learn and draw on the spot!
Right before Ye Zi's eyes, she watched as a continuous stream of spiritual energy flowed into Luo Hengzhi's brush tip. Luo Hengzhi moved the brush with ease and fluidity, skillfully drawing the teleportation talisman stroke by stroke.
Luo Hengzhi handed the dragon treasure from her shoulder to Ye Zi: "Wait for me, I'll be back soon."
Ye Zi: "Be careful."
After Luo Hengzhi and Zhang Luo were taken away, Huo Feng and Long Bao surrounded Ye Zi together.
Fire Phoenix: "Master, you two are becoming more and more like a real Daoist couple."
Longbao: "I also noticed that Master has changed, ever since Master Ye Zi got injured when she went out."
"People only know how to cherish things after they lose them. It must have been when my master was injured that Lord Luoheng suddenly realized his mistake and understood his own heart," Fire Phoenix said with an air of experience.
Ye Zi smiled and rubbed the two little beasts' heads: "Luo Hengzhi has always been very good."
Long Bao: "Yes, yes, the two masters should get along well and be the best Daoist couple."
"Hmm." Ye Zi looked at the spot where Luo Hengzhi had disappeared, waiting for Luo Hengzhi to return.
Just then, Ye Zi's phone received a message, a group message sent by her junior brothers.
"Senior Sister, Senior Sister's husband is back! He's setting up a teleportation array, and Master is completely stunned watching. We're stunned too!"
"Yes, my brother-in-law asked Brother Luo Yi to bring even more and better food when he came up the mountain this time."
"Senior Sister, your husband is really amazing! I've never seen a teleportation array made like this before, it's incredible!"
"Yes, even Master has never seen anything like it before. My brother-in-law says it's innovative."
"Because my senior brother-in-law added a spirit-gathering array directly to the teleportation array, the array can generate the spiritual energy it needs on its own, so there's no need for top-grade spirit stones."
Ye Zi wanted to reply with an emoji, but she saw a set of Luo Hengzhi's "Mwah" emojis made by netizens. Luo Hengzhi's animated emojis were so cute. Ye Zi looked at the animated emojis and her eyes were full of smiles, and she smiled sweeter and sweeter.
【My Luo Hengzhi...I really want to kiss her!】
When Luo Hengzhi appeared, he overheard Ye Zi's inner thoughts: "Kiss me!" Was Ye Zi saying she wanted to kiss him?
Luo Hengzhi stood there, stunned. Should he kiss her? Would it be too sudden? Would it scare Ye Zi? Would Ye Zi find out that he could hear her thoughts?
Shouldn't we kiss? Wouldn't that be bad? Wouldn't Ye Zi be disappointed? A good Daoist partner shouldn't disappoint his wife!
Ye Zi looked at Luo Hengzhi, who had been standing still since she appeared, and was a little worried, wondering what had happened: "Luo Hengzhi, what's wrong?"
Seeing the worry in Ye Zi's eyes, Luo Hengzhi finally made up his mind, put one arm around Ye Zi's waist, and gently pulled her into his arms!
Ye Zi, who was suddenly hugged, froze!
Because of the height difference, Ye Zi's cheek was pressed tightly against Luo Hengzhi's warm and firm chest, and she could clearly hear the rapid beating of Luo Hengzhi's heart!
"Luo Hengzhi!"
"hug."
Luo Hengzhi's voice was low and hoarse, and the tip of her nose was filled with the rich plum blossom fragrance emanating from Ye Zi, a scent that inexplicably brought her peace of mind.
Luo Hengzhi unconsciously hugged the person in his arms tighter, and gently stroked Ye Zi's hair with his other hand.
Ye Zi fell into Luo Hengzhi's broad and warm embrace. Hearing Luo Hengzhi's deep and seductive voice brush past her ear, her heart pounded wildly.
And Luo Hengzhi’s hand around her waist was broad and hot, with an extremely strong presence. Ye Zi felt like she was about to be ignited by that heat!
Ye Zi didn't know what was wrong with Luo Hengzhi, fearing that she had encountered something during the teleportation. She reached out and put her arm around Luo Hengzhi, patting her back gently, as if soothing her junior brothers to sleep when they were young, and said, "Pat, don't be afraid."
Longbao and Huofeng turned around, lowered their heads, covered their mouths, and chuckled!
After hugging for an unknown amount of time, Luo Hengzhi finally let go of Ye Zi.
Luo Hengzhi's mind was filled with thoughts of holding his wife tightly. Her slender waist was so delicate that he could easily grasp it with one hand. The soft, supple feel of her body was mesmerizing, and he didn't want to let go of her!
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Ye Zi and Luo Hengzhi then went to Qingyuan Temple. As soon as they arrived, they were greeted by a dense spiritual energy, but after Ye Zi looked around, she could no longer find the location of the spiritual energy fluctuation.
The appearing and disappearing spiritual energy fluctuations indicate that this place definitely exists in another dimension.
When Luo Hengzhi heard about the alternate dimension, she thought of the spatial rift where Long Bao was. The book recorded that these were all collectively referred to as secret realms!
If it truly is a secret realm, then it must contain treasures. Luo Hengzhi had witnessed that even Long Bao's small, exclusive secret realm contained countless treasures.
"It's getting dark, let's find a place to stay first." Luo Hengzhi led Ye Zi to a guesthouse halfway up the mountain next to Qingyuan Temple and checked in.
Ye Zi and Luo Hengzhi stood on the balcony with a wide view, observing the changes in the airflow nearby.
“There’s a secret realm here, and it’s quite large.” Long Bao lay on the bed holding his phone. “It’s more than three times the size of my crack. There must be some good treasures inside.”
Upon hearing this, Luo Hengzhi deliberately asked Ye Zi, "Is there a secret realm?"
Ye Zi nodded: "But we couldn't find the location."
Fire Phoenix: "The more hidden the entrance to this secret realm, the more treasures it contains."
Longbao hugged an apple, took a bite, and said, "I know there's treasure, but I can't find the location of the secret realm. It's so frustrating!"
Ye Zi pointed at Qingyuan Temple and suddenly said, "Luo Hengzhi, that tree in Qingyuan Temple, when we first arrived, it was lush and green?"
The color of the leaves will vary from dark green to light green depending on the light, but they will not turn completely from dark green to yellowish-green in a short period of time.
Upon hearing this, the dragon and the fire phoenix flew out and exclaimed in unison, "It's green! There's something strange about that tree!"
"Walk."
Upon hearing Ye Zi say they were leaving, Long Bao and Huo Feng immediately got up and flew onto the two people's shoulders.
Ye Zi and Luo Heng used invisibility talismans to teleport and appear under the tree.
It was getting dark, and the door was locked, but thankfully no one was in the yard.
"This is it." Upon arriving, Ye Zi immediately recognized it as a disguised tree and summoned her spirit sword to cut a hole in the middle of the tree trunk.
Suddenly, the spiritual energy fluctuations reappeared.
With a wave of her hand, Ye Zi created a protective barrier around the two of them. The next second, Ye Zi and Luo Hengzhi disappeared from the tree hole.
As soon as Ye Zi and Luo Heng entered, the tree hole opened by the spirit sword vanished without a trace, and the leaves on the tree silently turned back to dark green.
"Wow, a super-sized firefly!" Longbao flapped his little wings, chasing after a firefly that was even bigger than him.
"Childish." Fire Phoenix glanced at Dragon Baby with disdain. "Dragon Baby, stop playing and find the treasure."
Ye Zi walked straight toward the sound of water: "The spiritual fruits on Luo Hengzhi's fruit trees can be used to refine pills, let's take them with us."
Luo Hengzhi: "You want them all?"
Ye Zi: "Yes, spiritual fruits and herbs were destroyed a thousand years ago, and very few remain. These are hard to find outside, so of course we want them all since we've finally come across them."
“There are plenty of spiritual herbs and fruits at Longbao’s place; we can go and gather them,” Luo Hengzhi said.
“Those were left to Longbao by his father, so they should be different for Longbao.” Ye Zi said as she put the passing spiritual herbs into her storage bracelet.
Seeing that nothing grew where Ye Zi had gone, Luo Hengzhi also picked some plants to take back for his junior brothers to practice on.
"Wow, this is delicious!" On one of the fire phoenix trees, the tree was covered with bright yellow fruits, which looked like big gold ingots.
"Jinlu! Fire Phoenix is back!" Ye Zi recognized it at a glance and waved her hand to pull the Fire Phoenix back behind her.
Just as the fire phoenix left, a huge golden snake head emerged.
Ye Zi: "The book records that wherever there is golden dew, there must be an earth dragon guarding it."
"Such a big head, it's terrifying!" Fire Phoenix hid next to Dragon Baby.
"Don't be afraid, it's just a little snake," Longbao comforted her.
"Longbao, go and fight him! You're a dragon and he's a snake; he's instinctively afraid of you," Huofeng urged, pushing Longbao forward.
"This...this is unacceptable." Long Bao's cultivation was locked, and now this dragon could only cower like a worm.
The golden snake flicked its tongue, sizing up Ye Zi and Luo Hengzhi, but showed no immediate intention to attack.
Ye Zi and Luo Hengzhi both recognized that the golden snake was a level five demon beast, with a cultivation level comparable to the peak of the Golden Core stage.
The golden snake did not attack, having discerned Ye Zi and Luo Heng's cultivation levels, but he knew he had no chance of winning against them working together.
Luo Hengzhi: "Excuse me, senior. We just want to pick a few fruits."
"Is there a divine dragon behind you?" The golden snake tilted its head and stared at the dragon baby.
"You have good taste, you actually recognize this divine dragon." Dragon Baby put his hands on his hips and said to the golden snake.
Golden Snake: "I can give you the fruit, but I want a drop of his dragon blood."
"No!" Ye Zi resolutely refused. Dragon blood was of extraordinary use and she absolutely could not give it away.
"I can swear an oath to the Heavenly Dao that I will only use it for transformation and never for any other purpose." After saying this, the golden snake, to show its sincerity, immediately swore an oath to the Heavenly Dao.
Ye Zi: "I said no, I can't give you the dragon blood. As for your transformation, if you find the spiritual herbs needed for the Transformation Pill, I can refine the Transformation Pill for you."
"Are you serious?" The Golden Snake was surprised to find that Ye Zi was an alchemist, because he couldn't smell any medicinal fragrance on her.
Ye Zi immediately made a vow: "Of course, the Transformation Pill is yours, and the fruit is ours."
"Alright, I'll go find it now." The golden snake said and disappeared.
"Master, do you know how to refine Transformation Pills?" The fire phoenix flew to Ye Zi's side. "I want to eat some too."
Although the Fire Phoenix has already taken human form, it is not yet complete. If it had a Transformation Pill, the chances of it transforming into a teenager would be much greater.
"Master Ye Zi, Long Bao wants some too." Long Bao leaned over.
Ye Zi readily agreed: "Okay."
Luo Hengzhi had read the alchemical text and vaguely remembered that the transformation grade was not low, belonging to the fifth grade of alchemy.
Luo Hengzhi: "I never expected that Xiao Yezi would already be a fifth-grade alchemist."
When Ye Zi suddenly heard Luo Hengzhi call her Little Ye Zi, she was momentarily dazed, as if Luo Hengzhi had called her that a long, long time ago!
Ye Zi smiled helplessly, thinking she was overthinking things, and said, "I have currently mastered the fourth-grade high-level pills, but I haven't tried to refine the fifth-grade ones yet. However, it shouldn't be difficult if I practice a few more times."
Luo Hengzhi: "Yes, it definitely will."
Seeing that Luo Hengzhi had no doubts at all, Ye Zi felt embarrassed: "This golden snake has been in the secret realm all along, so it must know the location of the spiritual herbs. If there are a lot of materials, this is a good opportunity to practice."
"Yes, let's take this opportunity to practice. Let's go pick some fruit first."
Luo Hengzhi and Ye Zi picked fruit together. They left half of the Golden Dew one, and picked all the other ripe fruit from the trees.
Because Golden Dew is rare, it only bears fruit once every five hundred years, and the Golden Dew is of great use to improve the cultivation of the Golden Serpent after it transforms into human form.
Luo Hengzhi left all the picked fruit to Ye Zi, but Ye Zi only took half: "You keep it."
Ye Zi knew Luo Hengzhi's talent; she learned everything quickly, and alchemy was certainly no problem for her. So she left some for Luo Hengzhi to practice with.
"No need, one of us can refine pills." Luo Hengzhi put all the fruits into Ye Zi's bracelet. As expected, Ye Zi's storage bracelet was not guarded against him. "Then, we will rely on Alchemist Ye Zi to give us some pills in the future."
Ye Zi nodded and said in a soft voice, "I'll save the best for you."
"What?" Luo Hengzhi heard it, but wanting to tease Ye Zi, he deliberately asked again.
Ye Zi: "Just tell me what you want."
"Okay." Luo Hengzhi reached out to put his arm around his wife's waist.
Just then, Longbao and Huofeng, who were playing in the lake, suddenly shouted, "Master, come quickly! There's something good at the bottom of the lake!"
Upon hearing that there was something good, Ye Zi instantly teleported to the center of the lake and swam towards the bottom. Luo Hengzhi's outstretched hand reached nothing!
Luo Hengzhi looked at his empty palm. He used to not understand why young couples always liked to hug and cuddle, but now he knew it was because they couldn't help themselves!
Luo Hengzhi lowered her eyes and chuckled softly before flying off to the bottom of the lake.
Longbao and Huofeng led the way: "Master, this way, there's light."
Ye Zi and Luo Hengzhi went over and indeed saw the cave entrance emitting a spiritual light. Inside, there were countless spirit stones, including mid-grade, high-grade, and even top-grade spirit stones.
Ye Zi: "This is a spirit stone mine."
"But how can I take them all with me? I might need to refine more storage spaces."
"What are these?" Luo Hengzhi realized his mistake. He could tell that these things were full of spiritual energy, but he had never seen them before.
Ye Zi knew that Luo Hengzhi had never seen spirit stones before, so she explained, "These are spirit stones. A thousand years ago, the cultivation world used spirit stones to exchange for various resources. In addition, the training grounds in the back mountain and the operation of our sect's protective formation both consume a large number of spirit stones."
"Furthermore, as our cultivation level increases, each advancement consumes a large amount of spiritual energy. When the surrounding spiritual energy is insufficient, spirit stones become the main source of spiritual energy for us."
Luo Hengzhi understood; this thing held a status in the cultivation world comparable to gold today.
Luo Hengzhi: "Take them all."
Ye Zi: "Unfortunately, I need to refine more storage spaces."
"No need. We'll keep some in our storage space for later use. As for the rest, I'll set up a teleportation array to send them all back to Lingju Temple." Luo Hengzhi said, preparing to set up the array.
Upon hearing Luo Hengzhi's plan, Ye Zi's eyes widened slightly, and she excitedly rushed over to hug Luo Hengzhi!
Luo Hengzhi, who had always wanted to hug his wife, was a little stunned when she suddenly threw herself into his arms!
Ye Zi cupped Luo Hengzhi's face in her hands: "Luo Hengzhi, how could you be so smart? I only thought of using the storage space to put it in, and I never thought of using the teleportation array to send it back."
Looking at Ye Zi at this moment, Luo Hengzhi saw her vibrant and radiant, like the first ray of warm sunshine piercing through winter, warm and dazzling, a stark contrast to her usual cold and aloof demeanor, which made Luo Hengzhi's heart flutter!
And those beautiful eyes, slightly curved and watery, gazed at him like a pool of autumn water, pulling Luo Hengzhi into them, willingly sinking into their depths!
Luo Hengzhi raised his hand and gently ruffled Ye Zi's hair, his movements tender and affectionate: "Little Ye Zi is smarter. I'm just a little smarter sometimes."
Their eyes met, and Ye Zi saw that Luo Hengzhi's gaze was as deep as a pool, with an undisguised heat in his eyes, which made Ye Zi's heart tremble and her face flush.
She tried to pull her hand away from Luo Hengzhi's face, but Luo Hengzhi pressed it down and rubbed her cheek against her palm.
Ye Zi's face flushed bright red, and she lowered her head, burying it in Luo Hengzhi's chest, waiting for the heat on her face to slowly subside.
Looking at Ye Zi's rosy cheeks in his arms, Luo Hengzhi unconsciously curled his lips into a smile, gently embracing his wife in a serene and beautiful moment.
The Dragon Phoenix completely ignored its two masters, now only having eyes for the top-grade spirit stones.
Ye Zi finally recovered and lowered her head to avoid looking into Luo Hengzhi's eyes: "I need to go and collect some top-grade spirit stones."
"Alright, I'll set up the formation." Luo Hengzhi released Ye Zi.
My wife is still a little shy, so I'll have to take it slow!
Long Bao and Huo Feng dug up a bunch of top-grade spirit stones, then carried them to Ye Zi's side.
Fire Phoenix: "Master, Dragon Baby and I don't have any storage space yet."
"Oh, right." Ye Zi glanced at the two little ones, and since there was nowhere for their rings and bracelets to go, she decided to make two pendants.
While Ye Zi was refining the pendant, Luo Hengzhi's teleportation array had already been set up.
Luo Hengzhi didn't stop there. He set up a simple transfer and classification array, and the spirit stones in the spirit stone vein were automatically transferred and divided into piles.
Fire Phoenix and Dragon Baby watched in stunned silence, then looked down at their own dusty little paws digging for spirit stones and fell into deep contemplation.
This is the insurmountable barrier between mental and physical laborers!
Seeing the two little beasts questioning their existence, Ye Zi smiled, patted their heads to comfort them, and then put the space pendants she had made on the necks of Long Bao and Huo Feng respectively.
Finally, Ye Zi added a comforting word: "You'll get used to it. After all, not everyone's brain works as well as Luo Hengzhi's!"
This was the first time Luo Hengzhi had heard Ye Zi praise her out loud; before, it was all just a thought.
Perhaps because she was used to hearing Ye Zi's heartfelt praise, Luo Hengzhi felt no disapproval when she heard Ye Zi's compliments; instead, she felt comfortable listening to them!
It feels so good to be praised by my wife. I hope to be praised by her a lot. It makes me feel so happy!
Fortunately, the blows suffered by Longbao and Huofeng were quickly soothed by the top-grade spirit stones, and the two beasts were immersed in the joy of picking up money everywhere.
Ye Zi also filled her spatial bracelet with top-grade spirit stones, and then prepared to help Luo Hengzhi teleport the spirit stones back to Lingju Temple.
"Senior Sister, Senior Sister, Little Dragon Baby and Little Fire Phoenix, we're here!" The junior brothers suddenly appeared.
"Why are you coming down the mountain? What happened at the temple?" Ye Zi paused when she saw her junior brothers.
"No, Senior Sister, we came via a teleportation array. Master asked us to come and help move spirit stones," Yan Yan explained.
Ye Zi then realized that she hadn't seen Luo Hengzhi: "Luo Hengzhi... why hasn't your senior brother-in-law come back?"
Jiang Yuzhi: "My brother-in-law went to the back mountain to build a teleportation array. The first teleportation array is in Master's room, but there aren't enough spirit stones to fill it, so it has to be moved to the back mountain."
Xiao Shenmu: "Senior Sister, Master said that with these spirit stones, our Lingju Temple has hope of reviving its sect!"
“Yes!” Ye Zi thought so too. “Come on, let’s move the spirit stones together.”
As soon as Ye Zi spoke, the junior disciples happily experienced the joy of picking up money everywhere.
After Luo Hengzhi returned, the spirit stones could be directly transferred to the back mountain of Lingju Temple. The group worked together and quickly emptied the cave.
When the junior disciples returned to Lingju Temple, Ye Zi had them take all the spiritual herbs and fruits she had picked back with them.
Before leaving the cave, Luo Hengzhi and Ye Zi destroyed all the teleportation and transfer arrays inside and erased all traces of them.
"I'm rich! I'm rich! I, Longbao, am finally rich!" Longbao hugged the storage jade pendant to his chest. "Starting today, I'm going to be a rich dragon!"
"The snake is already on the shore," Fire Phoenix reminded her, after all, one shouldn't flaunt one's wealth.
Ye Zi and Luo Heng flew ashore and saw the golden snake guarding a pile of spiritual herbs.
Golden Snake: "I thought you stole the fruit and ran away."
Longbao: "Who ran away? We were just too hot, so we went for a swim. It's all because you, little snake, were too slow in getting the spirit herb."
Ye Zi walked to the side of the spiritual herbs and saw that the herbs needed for the Transformation Pill had already been sorted. It seemed that this snake already knew about the Transformation Pill.
Ye Zi didn't say anything, took out the alchemy furnace and started refining. As expected, the first batch exploded. After learning from the experience, Ye Zi started the second batch, but the second batch still didn't turn out well.
"Don't rush, take your time refining it. If you don't have enough herbs, I can get more." The golden snake was not impatient at all; instead, it comforted Ye Zi.
Ye Zi glanced at the golden snake. Regardless of whether the golden snake couldn't find another person to refine it, based on the golden snake's current attitude, Ye Zi would definitely refine a transformation pill for the golden snake so that it could transform into human form.
The third batch of pills began to be formed, but Ye Zi did not stop.
"Even a low-grade one is fine." The golden snake's eyes were fixed on the formed pill, shining brightly. He hadn't smelled such an alluring fragrance of pills in a year.
Ye Zi said calmly, "Top-grade items will be more beneficial to your future cultivation."
"You can cultivate a top-grade one!" The golden snake's snake face showed a clear expression of surprise. "Good, as long as you can cultivate it, I can get as many spiritual herbs as you want."
Luo Hengzhi was not idle either. She arranged the necessary spiritual herbs in advance so that Ye Zi could use them directly in the next batch.
Ye Zi refined one batch after another, and finally, on the eighth batch, she produced a top-grade one.
Ye Zi bottled the top-grade Transformation Pill separately and handed it to the Golden Snake. The Golden Snake happily got up, but was stopped by Ye Zi. Ye Zi gave all the Transformation Pills she had refined this time to the Golden Snake.
The golden snake protected the exquisite bottle, saying, "I only need this one; you can sell the rest."
"Alright." These wouldn't be of much use to the golden snake anyway, so Ye Zi didn't refuse. "The rest of the spirit herbs..."
“Take it,” the golden snake said generously. “If you are willing to protect me during my transformation, I can take you to a place after I transform. You will definitely be interested in the things there.”
The Golden Serpent has been here for countless years and knows everything about this secret realm, including the spiritual vein that Ye Zilu and Hengzhi just went to the bottom of the lake. It is considered a major spiritual vein here, but this secret realm has more than one major spiritual vein!
The golden snake needed elixirs, which a demon beast like him couldn't obtain, so he intentionally befriended Ye Zi and Luo Hengzhi to establish a good relationship!
Luo Hengzhi and Ye Zi finally agreed to protect the golden snake as it transformed.
While Ye Zi was protecting the Golden Serpent, Luo Hengzhi, along with Long Bao and the Fire Phoenix, swept away all the spiritual fruits and herbs in the vicinity.
Looking at the bare ground, Longbao felt a little embarrassed: "Master, aren't we being a bit greedy?"
Luo Hengzhi said calmly and without changing her expression, "No, the seeds can still grow. They only have value when they are harvested. We are helping them realize their value, and they should thank us."
If the spirit herbs and fruits could speak right now, they would have spat in Luo Hengzhi's face and cursed, "You heartless scoundrel!"
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