After I left the sect, the entire sect knelt down and begged for forgiveness.

Chapter 55, The Far North

She sat on the futon, took out a handful of spiritual herbs and handed them over: "Here, eat. I need to cultivate, and I don't know when I'll be able to open my eyes again, so I need to prepare more food for you. Eat by yourself if you get hungry."

Lin Yan took out a vase from her storage bag, poured in some water and added some spiritual energy, then grabbed a handful of Xuan grass and stuck it in.

Since the spirit plant hadn't been stored in a special container after leaving the storage bag, it wouldn't last long. This method would allow the Mystic Grass to be preserved longer. The Red Enchantress was displeased, complaining that this would make the Mystic Grass smell bad and taste unpleasant.

She patted the red demon's head reassuringly and said, "Wait until my cultivation is a little higher, and I can split off another spiritual thought. That way, I can put my spiritual thought into the puppet. When I cultivate, the puppet can also take care of you."

The puppet possessing her spiritual consciousness is essentially another avatar of hers, capable of opening her storage bag and retrieving the Mystic Herb for the Crimson Enchantress to eat. However, she will only be able to create another wisp of spiritual consciousness once she breaks through to the Nascent Soul Realm. This is a long way off, so consider it just a pie in the sky for the Crimson Enchantress.

The Crimson Demon won't open the storage bag either, even if it could open it by itself...

Lin Yan had a bold idea! Before she was reborn, she often saw videos of cute pets opening doors by themselves. The Crimson Demon was intelligent and perceptive, much smarter than those cute cats and dogs! She could teach it how to open its storage bag.

Like cultivators, demonic beasts also cultivate using spiritual power, so they must also be able to control spiritual power.

Wow! What a great idea! How come she only thought of it now?

Storage bags without a spiritual imprint can be opened by anyone using spiritual power.

Once imprinted with a spiritual mark, the storage bag becomes an exclusive item that only the person imprinted can open. Now, teaching the Crimson Enchantress how to control her spiritual power to open a storage bag without a spiritual mark is like teaching your cat or dog how to turn a doorknob.

To accurately retrieve something from a storage bag, you need to put your spiritual thoughts or divine sense into it. To retrieve things quickly and accurately, you need to categorize them properly.

She simply reached into the bag, and the item she took out was random. But that didn't matter; she could just take out a separate storage bag and put only the Mystic Grass in it.

She took out an ordinary storage bag from her treasure pouch, which contained the proceeds from the sale of demon beast corpses. She erased her own spiritual imprint, placed the bag on the ground, and grabbed the red demon that was grazing, placing it in front of her.

"Watch closely, if you don't want to eat the stinky mystic grass, you'll have to learn how to take things out of this bag. If you can't learn, you'll only be able to eat the mystic grass in the bottle." She pointed to the bottle with the mystic grass stuck in it.

The water inside the bottle was stagnant; even if you injected some spiritual energy into it, it would still be stagnant water.

The red-haired demon perked up immediately, watching intently as she manipulated her spiritual power to open the storage bag and then reached inside to take something out, much like a furry child learning how to turn a doorknob.

After demonstrating, Lin Yan let it try it.

Like cultivators, demonic beasts cultivate using spiritual energy, but their fighting styles are different. Making them manipulate spiritual energy in this way is asking too much of them.

The red demon tried to imitate it, but when it stretched out its short, furry hand, it found it couldn't fit. It blinked its rosy eyes, tilted its head, and tried again, but still couldn't get it to fit.

Lin Yan patted its little head reassuringly, "If all else fails, how about eating some stinky grass? It's always better to have something to eat than to starve."

"Coo coo!" The red succubus bristled, fiddled around for a bit, and successfully reached her claws into the storage bag. She repeated this several times, becoming more and more skilled with practice.

"Great! Here, you can have some fruit as a reward." She took out the few remaining Crimson Spirit Fruits from her storage bag and placed them in its arms.

She tidied up the ground, moved all the spirit stones into her treasure storage bag, and then took out fifty mystic herbs, placing them in the storage bag that no longer bore her spiritual imprint, and put them on the floor. After giving a few instructions, she sat cross-legged on the futon, closed her eyes, and began to cultivate.

Once Lin Yan begins cultivating, she loses track of time. With her eyes closed, she becomes completely focused, undisturbed by the outside world. When she opens her eyes, more than ten days have passed, and her cultivation has broken through to the third level of the Golden Core stage.

She felt a chilling cold, and when she looked at the Red Enchantress, she saw her curled up in a ball, chewing on a spiritual herb.

Even with its thick fur, it could feel cold. I'm wearing a protective robe that doesn't even have a cold-weather function, so naturally I'll feel cold too.

Just then, the bell rang, announcing that they had arrived in the far north.

So we've arrived in the far north! That explains why it's so cold; this meditation session has been quite long.

Lin Yan hurriedly took out a robe and veil with cold-proof function from her storage bag, put them on, packed her belongings, and left the private room with the rabbit in her arms.

The airship's final stop was in the town closest to the far north, not directly over the far north.

Even with the protective robes and the flying boat's barrier, Lin Yan still felt a chill. She instinctively tightened her clothes and hugged the Red Enchantress even closer.

The town was protected by a barrier, so the cold air inside was relatively less, while the outside was covered in snow, a stark contrast to the town's appearance. She had never been to the far north before, and had only heard that the cold air here was enough to freeze cultivators to death, and now it seemed that the rumors were true.

Lin Yan circulated her spiritual energy throughout her body to dispel the chill, and only then did she feel warmth flowing through her. The red demon in her arms no longer shivered. She gazed at the snow-covered mountains in the distance and couldn't help but feel a chill.

Dozens of miles north of the town lies the true far north. It was already evening, and the night air was even colder. She found an inn to rest for the night, planning to continue her journey to the far north the next day.

The innkeeper was a sturdy female cultivator, who appeared to be a body cultivator. She wore a thick mink fur robe, and a heavy fur hat covered her head, revealing only her honest face.

The hospitable owner asked her while checking her in, "Fellow Daoist, are you going to those mountains to find treasure?"

"How do you say this?"

"Hey. A while ago, the mountains were bathed in a magnificent glow, and people said that a treasure had appeared. Someone recorded it with a recording stone and sent it to the Jade Disc Square, which led to several groups of cultivators going to search for it. The first group has been gone for half a month and hasn't returned yet; they're probably dead. A few days ago, another group went in, and they still haven't come back."

A hint of embarrassment showed on her face, which was hidden by a veil. She paid the spirit stones and accepted the shop owner's doorplate.

At this moment, two more monks arrived to check in.

"Boss, two superior rooms, please."

Hearing the sound, Lin Yan tightened her grip on the doorplate. She didn't say anything and went straight upstairs.

How did these two end up in the far north? In the novel, they had just finished their seclusion at this point in time and were still wandering around the sect with the female lead before they started traveling around with her. There shouldn't be any scenes involving these two in the far north.

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