Chapter 102 Jinjiang's First Publication Bottleneck Period
When Yao Sisi was making it for Qi Mu, she discovered that she had run out of mineral materials for color matching.
She sighed, "Why isn't there any green anymore? Green is so wonderful, pure, natural, and full of environmental protection!"
She rummaged through the materials at hand, all of which were good items saved from doing sect missions. She was a little unhappy about not having any materials, so she paid out of her own pocket to buy some. After looking around, she chose yellow. The young master often liked to wear yellow clothes, and a yellow storage ring looked noble and lively, so it matched well.
After she finished refining, Ri Jiu also left Jinming Peak. She decided to hand in the task first and then go find the young master. As a result, she bumped into Yan Li as soon as she stepped out.
Yao Sisi asked in confusion, "Weren't you in the back mountain?"
Yan Li felt a little wronged. He stood barefoot on the ground, and when he was feeling down, the green leaves on his ankles would curl up: "I haven't seen you for a long time, and I've missed you a bit."
Yao Sisi took a breath; this was too direct.
Have you ever considered that you don't actually need to think about me at all?
The leaves on Yan Li's ankle curled up again and again, looking rather pitiful as if they had been repeatedly beaten: "But I want to become your Daoist partner!"
Yao Sisi patted his shoulder, making him look up at her: "Do you know what a Daoist partner is?"
There was always a faint green light deep in Yan Li's eyes, flickering and barely noticeable unless you looked closely. Perhaps it was a disguise he wore after transforming into human form, not wanting to be too different from humans. "Of course I know that you can only become a Daoist partner if you like someone. I'm like this because I really like you. So, can you like me back?"
Besides... the fact that it could sense my scent back then meant it really liked me!
Yao Sisi coughed lightly. It was a little harder to refuse him than to refuse the other disciples. To be honest, she felt a little reluctant, especially when he looked so pitiful. She almost blurted out that she agreed.
"I don't really want to become a Daoist partner with someone. I hope Yan Li won't make things difficult for me. Please look further ahead and don't waste your time on me."
Yan Li felt a moment of disappointment, "Why don't you want to become a Daoist couple with someone?"
Yao Sisi: "Look, you know that you have to like someone to become a Daoist couple, but I don't like anyone right now!"
Yan Li: "And then?"
Yao Sisi didn't really want to give the other person hope; she felt it was just empty promises. But at this moment, it didn't seem like she could discourage them, and she also felt a little guilty. She didn't feel guilty towards others, only towards Yan Li.
"In the future... that's something to do after ascension. Plant cultivation is slower than human cultivation. You should focus on your cultivation instead of me ascending. You'll still be in this world, and it will be difficult to meet then, let alone become a Daoist partner."
Yan Li looked at her cultivation level, which had stagnated for a long time. Plant cultivators have a very long lifespan, even longer than demon cultivators. "Originally, I planned to ascend after I turned ten thousand years old. I understand. I'll go cultivate now and won't keep you waiting too long."
Yao Sisi gave him an encouraging look, "Cultivate diligently!"
Seeing the smile on the other person's face, she felt a little more at ease. That's right, how could such a good resource be wasted? You know, many people want to cultivate but can't. Since there is such an opportunity, of course we should seize it!
Having shooed away a powerful figure, Yao Sisi quickly completed her sect mission and then sent a message to Qi Mu, asking if he was free and if so, to come to her cave.
Qi Mu received the message talisman and naturally went there happily. When he arrived at the top of the mountain, he saw her leaning against a big tree next to her cave, holding a wine gourd in her hand, leisurely sipping her wine.
Then when he arrived, she acted rather unceremoniously, leaning against a big tree and offering him something.
Yao Sisi: "Aren't you going to the Immortal Sword Sect to find cultivation techniques recently? I just finished refining a batch of storage rings and I'll give you one. We've both reached this level of cultivation, so it's time to improve our appearance a bit. We can't keep using storage bags. I remember when I first met Qin Fubao, he already had storage rings when he was in the Foundation Establishment stage."
Qi Mu's gaze swept over her hand, noticing a red storage ring on it. The one he had given her was a warm yellow one, small in size, yet it held his attention. The moment it touched her hand, it flashed with a faint light, like the dim nightlight he had seen at the manor.
It has the warmth of home.
"Thanks."
Yao Sisi saw that he was smiling and kept looking at his hands, which showed that he liked them very much. She was happy to receive a gift that the recipient liked.
"By the way, when are you planning to go?"
Qi Mu: "It'll be soon, but I won't be gone for too long. You've never been to the Immortal Sword Sect before, have you? Why don't you go and join the fun? Maybe you can find some precious refining materials."
Yao Sisi: "Immortal Sword Sect, huh? I'm actually quite tempted by what you've said. Let me think about it!"
Qi Mu was quite pleased to see that she seemed interested, and even the spirit tea tree in the distance looked more appealing to him. He took out a water gourd from his storage bag and diligently watered it.
Not far away, Yao Sisi shook the wine gourd in her hand and said to him, "Do you still have any wine left?"
...
In the end, Yao Sisi did not go to the Immortal Sword Sect with him. She stayed in her cave, studying the weapon-refining manuals and seeking a way to deal with the weapon spirit. Recently, she has made some progress. Finally, she is free from everyone and can have some peace and quiet. She will not feel at ease going anywhere until she gets this matter sorted out.
The spirit bound itself to her for its own development, not for mutual benefit as promised during their initial collaboration.
It's very possible that she was a vessel nurtured by a spirit, the kind that would eventually be devoured by it.
Among the ancient evil artifacts recorded in ancient texts, some devoured their original owners. These evil artifacts all possessed their own will, slowly corrupting the host's consciousness and turning the host into a puppet of the evil artifact.
But the artifact spirit is different from them. The artifact spirit is better at hiding itself. It doesn't look like an evil artifact at all on the surface. Even now, she still can't tell whether it is an evil artifact or not.
But in short, it is no ordinary treasure.
It has a very clear ideology and a clear purpose. If its purpose is different from that of the host, it will try every means to suppress the host's needs in order to achieve its own goal.
But why did it end up in a small world with little spiritual energy?
"And why are you binding me to this?"
Is it just because I have spiritual roots?
She continued to examine the ancient texts with questions in mind, and after an unknown amount of time, she ventured into the spatial dimension again to probe the spirit of the artifact.
"Hey, you haven't said anything for so long, I was starting to think you were dead. If you were dead, would this space be unbound from me?"
The spirit's voice was rough and unpleasant, like that of a weary old man, "You want to untie me? Impossible!"
Yao Sisi smiled and said, "Oh? Then I'm relieved."
The spirit choked, as if it had punched a cotton ball: "???"
Isn't this the real supervillain?
Yao Sisi: "You can't bear to let me go even if you die. If you like me so much, why don't you just transform into human form and be with me?"
Spirit: "!!!"
When are you going out?
Yao Sisi: "I'm not going out for now. I haven't seen you in so long and I miss you terribly. You're the best person in the world. You can help me share the burden of the tribulation. I'm a little scared because I'm about to reach the Nascent Soul stage, but I feel relieved when I see you."
The artifact spirit said, "You're still a long way from reaching the Nascent Soul stage!"
Yao Sisi: "What, you want me to hurry up?"
The spirit: "..."
Yao Sisi: "Are you afraid you won't live much longer and won't be able to help me through the tribulation? Speaking of which, I've taken on quite a few missions recently and I'm almost done with them. It's time for me to go into seclusion and try to improve my cultivation..."
The spirit said, "Aren't you afraid of an unstable foundation if you cultivate so fast? Even if you ascend, it won't be as safe as you think. There will still be dangers everywhere. I advise you not to cultivate too fast, lest you end up crying later."
Yao Sisi smiled. So it really didn't like me cultivating too fast. Was it because it couldn't suppress me, or was it afraid of the Nascent Soul Tribulation?
"You still know about the Upper Realm? You're probably just kidding me. Your space back then was only a few acres, which was pretty shabby to be honest."
When the spirit heard her say that I was poor, she wanted to jump up and curse: "Hmph, I'm not poor! If I hadn't been ambushed, I wouldn't have ended up in your little world! If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have been able to cultivate, and you would have turned into dust in just a few decades."
Yao Sisi chuckled lightly, her expression unreadable. "That's why I said I missed you and came to see you. But how could you fall for such a trap? I don't think you're that stupid."
The spirit said, "It was the previous host who plotted against me. Haven't you heard the saying 'It's hard to guard against a thief within your own family'?"
Yao Sisi nodded: "That is indeed difficult to defend against. But you don't have such a small space damaged! If you hadn't fallen to my place, if you had fallen to a place with more resources, I guess no one would have wanted to form a contract with you. Such a small space is not enough for anything, it's just a burden."
The spirit was annoyed by her cumbersome remark. Why did this host speak so annoyingly? Yet she spoke so calmly, as if it were really true.
"I'm not a burden. Didn't you see how many lightning tribulations I blocked for you?"
Yao Sisi: "You did block some of the lightning tribulation, but we have a contract, so blocking lightning tribulation is only right!"
The spirit: "??"
What do you mean by "blocked some of the lightning tribulation"? Did it only block a tiny bit?
Seeing that she couldn't get anything out of the artifact spirit, Yao Sisi got up and left the space.
It turns out that it was killed by the host of the contract, but the result was not understood and the spirit was not completely eliminated, and it may have even lost its life.
No wonder, no wonder the spirit couldn't see inside the cabin, this must be the arrangement of the previous host!
It turns out that this artifact spirit had devoured its host more than once.
She couldn't help but feel a sense of urgency.
After emerging from the space, Yao Sisi cleared up her tasks and then entered a state of seclusion.
When Qi Mu returned from the Immortal Sword Sect, she did not emerge from seclusion. Later, Ri Jiu returned from his training, but he did not advance to the Nascent Soul stage; his cultivation remained at the late Golden Core stage, equivalent to that of a human.
Yao Sisi secluded herself for five years.
Within five years, her cultivation had subtly reached the late Nascent Soul stage, but she was still a little short of breaking through. She woke up from her seclusion and shook off the dust from her body.
"Sigh, I've hit a bottleneck."
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