Ruan Xiyan was completely absorbed in refining the chilling spiritual energy that had entered her body.
Time passed slowly, and suddenly, Ruan Xiyan felt a tug.
When she opened her eyes again, she had already come down the steps to heaven.
The white bracelet on her wrist gleamed.
This bracelet is for timing; once the cultivation time is up, it will teleport the person down the Heavenly Staircase.
An hour passed so quickly; she was so absorbed in her cultivation that she didn't even notice the passage of time.
After an hour of cultivation, Ruan Xiyan had become familiar with the cultivation rules of the Heavenly Staircase.
The chill here requires other disciples to spend special time refining.
Therefore, one can only come here to cultivate once a month.
However, the chill here had no effect on her; she was able to refine the chill on the spot to enhance her strength.
Therefore, she doesn't need to worry about being hurt by the cold. As long as she has enough ice points, she can continue to cultivate on the Heavenly Staircase.
Seeing Ruan Xiyan come down, Jun Yu smiled and stepped forward, "Ayan, how are you feeling?"
Ruan Xiyan smiled and said, "Very good."
She looked at the elder guarding the place. "Elder, why are you standing there?"
The elder guard said angrily, "I want to sit too, but do you think I can move?"
As he spoke, he took a step forward to demonstrate for Ruan Xiyan, but then stumbled as he took a sudden step.
The elder guard glanced at Jun Yu. He could move again?!
He pointed angrily at Jun Yu, unsure of what to say.
I don't know what this guy did, but he actually made it impossible for him, a dignified elder, to move.
It was because he himself lacked the ability that he dared to say such a shameful thing again.
Ruan Xiyan looked at them, puzzled.
The elder guard no longer held a grudge against what Jun Yu had just done, but instead looked Ruan Xiyan up and down with curiosity.
Ruan Xiyan was puzzled by his gaze. "Elder, is there a problem?"
"This is really strange. What kind of constitution do you have, little girl? You're absorbing the cold spiritual energy so frantically, and you're still unharmed!" The elder guarding the area pondered, stroking his chin.
Ruan Xiyan smiled slightly, "Elder, I would like to exchange for more cultivation time."
Ruan Xiyan handed over the jade token, thought for a moment, and said, "Let's start with twenty hours."
"Twenty hours? Are you sure?" the elder guard asked.
Ruan Xiyan nodded.
It's very troublesome to be interrupted halfway through cultivation, so it's better to change the cultivation time more often.
The elder guarded her exchanged the item as instructed, and then added a final reminder, "Even though you are not afraid of the chill in the spiritual energy, you should still act within your limits."
"I see."
After exchanging the time, Ruan Xiyan rushed up the steps to the heavens.
Sit cross-legged in the same spot to practice.
After a day of cultivation, Ruan Xiyan and Jun Yu had dinner and were preparing to return to their courtyard.
Several inner disciples suddenly blocked their way.
Ruan Xiyan raised her eyebrows. So soon, troublemakers have come looking for trouble.
Unexpectedly, the disciples walked up to her, cupped their hands in greeting, and said, "Miss Ruan."
Seeing their polite demeanor, and not seeming to be looking for trouble, Ruan Xiyan looked puzzled. "Is there something you need?"
Several disciples pushed and shoved each other for a while, and finally the last female disciple was pushed out.
She looked at Ruan Xiyan, organized her thoughts, and said, "Miss Ruan, it is said that the pills you refine are engraved with pill patterns."
"I wonder if Miss Ruan has any plans to sell pills? I can exchange them for ice points. As long as it's within my budget, ice points are negotiable."
“Yes, yes, yes, the ice points are easy to discuss.” Several people behind the female disciple echoed.
Ice Points can be earned again, but pills with Dan patterns are extremely rare, so it's worth exchanging them for even more Ice Points.
Ruan Xiyan hadn't expected that they had come to buy pills.
Throughout the entire Ice Feather Palace, Ice Points are the most valuable, far more useful than Spirit Stones.
Within the Ice Feather Palace, there are many people who use Ice Points to purchase elixirs and spiritual treasures from disciples skilled in alchemy and weapon crafting.
They knew that trading with ice points was exactly what Ruan Xiyan wanted.
After all, she would be cultivating on the Heavenly Staircase in the future, and the rate at which she would consume Ice Points was predictable.
What she had no shortage of was pills; the pills in her space were piled up like small mountains.
Her contracted beast would often eat pills as snacks.
Exchanging pills for the ice points she desperately needed was a good deal.
Ruan Xiyan smiled and said, "Okay."
Upon hearing this, those people were overjoyed, seemingly not expecting Ruan Xiyan to agree to sell them pills so easily.
Elixirs engraved with cinnabar patterns are priceless, no matter where they are sold.
They really made a profit.
Ruan Xiyan handed over pills with one hand and ice points with the other.
"Thank you, Miss Ruan."
"Thanks."
The group left satisfied with the pills.
Jun Yu looked at the smile on Ruan Xiyan's face and smiled gently, "It seems that Ayan is very happy."
Ruan Xiyan smiled and said, "I'm naturally happy to have earned 150,000 Ice Points so easily."
Jun Yu smiled and said, "I believe that the news of selling pills will soon spread among the inner sects, and then Ayan will no longer have to worry about ice points."
"Thank you for your kind words."
As Junyu had predicted, the matter caused a huge uproar after it spread within the inner sect, shaking the entire sect.
They were actually willing to sell such rare pills with cinnabar patterns to others.
The ice points corresponding to the different grades of elixirs are clearly priced based on the quantity available on the day of the assessment.
Although the price is high, the preciousness of the pills engraved with cinnabar patterns still attracts many people to compete for them, and some even buy them as collectibles.
By selling pills, Ruan Xiyan no longer needs to worry about running out of Ice Points for a while, and she can now cultivate to her heart's content at the Heavenly Staircase.
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These past few days, Ruan Xiyan has been leaving early and returning late, cultivating on the steps to heaven every day.
Junyu, rain or shine, would accompany her to breakfast and then escort her to the steps leading to the heavens.
As dusk approached outside the window, Ruan Xiyan sat in a chair in the room, sipping the hot tea on the table.
The Heavenly Staircase truly lives up to its reputation as a sacred training ground for inner disciples; it is indeed formidable.
The fourth seal on the Frostfall Sword has now been broken.
The strength that had just broken through was showing signs of breaking through again.
She had stayed long enough on the fifty-eighth floor of the Heavenly Staircase, and had fully adapted to the surrounding pressure.
Starting tomorrow, she can start to climb the ranks.
"Ayan, are you resting?" Junyu's voice came from outside.
Ruan Xiyan got up, opened the door, and saw Jun Yu standing outside. She asked in confusion, "Why are you here so late?"
"I just miss Ayan."
Ruan Xiyan looked puzzled. "Didn't we just meet? We even had dinner together."
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