After being jilted by the saintess at the beginning, why is she crying?

Lin Fengmian, however, didn't care. He stepped forward, took her hand, and looked at her intently.

"It's alright, Senior Sister. You're just one step away from forming your core, and now I'll lend you a hand."

Xiao Xiyue was taken aback: "Help me... form my core?"

Lin Fengmian nodded and pointed to the pills and the spiritual plant on the table:

"These are all useful items for Core Formation. This bottle contains Qi Condensation Pills, which can stabilize spiritual energy; this bottle contains Meridian Opening Powder, which can unblock the meridians to accommodate the massive influx of spiritual energy during Core Formation; and this—"

He picked up the spiritual object and handed it to her, saying, "This is the Core Formation spiritual object, 'Ice Marrow Jade Mushroom,' which can greatly increase the success rate of Core Formation and improve the quality of the Dao Foundation."

Xiao Xiyue's gaze fell on the spiritual object, and her beautiful eyes suddenly widened—Ice Marrow Jade Mushroom!

This is a rare treasure that aids in Core Formation, something ordinary cultivators would kill for. And he just took it out and gave it to her like that?!

"Junior brother... this is far too valuable..."

"What's so valuable about it?" Lin Fengmian stuffed the jade box into her hand, his tone matter-of-fact. "Your senior sister's affairs are my affairs. Just take it without worry."

Holding the cool spiritual object in her palm, Xiao Xiyue looked into his smiling eyes, her nose tingled, and she almost shed tears again.

She nodded vigorously, her voice trembling slightly, "Junior brother, I'll do whatever you say."

She secretly vowed to herself that she must seize this opportunity, successfully form her core, and never let him down.

These days, looking at the outstanding women around Lin Fengmian, she has already developed a strong sense of crisis.

So she not only cultivated desperately, but also secretly went to the Furnace Department of the Hehuan Sect to learn many techniques for serving men from those experienced women.

Although those techniques were incredibly embarrassing, she gritted her teeth and memorized them word by word.

Xiao Xiyue wasn't afraid of shame; she was only afraid that Lin Fengmian would leave her one day.

Because she has completely become inseparable from him.

At Lin Fengmian's instruction, Xiao Xiyue took the auxiliary pills one by one and then gradually refined and absorbed the Ice Marrow Jade Mushroom.

A vast yet gentle spiritual energy flowed slowly within her body, like a glacier melting or spring water breaking through ice.

In addition, Lin Fengmian took out another item from his storage bag.

That was the other spiritual artifact he had left after he formed his own core, the "Heavenly Jade Marrow".

Since his senior sister needed it, he took it out without any hesitation.

Soon, the spiritual power within Xiao Xiyue's body began to surge and churn, like a river of spring water breaking through a dam, rushing wildly, and her aura continued to rise, getting closer and closer to that critical point!

At this crucial moment, Lin Fengmian's gaze sharpened, and he said in a deep voice, "Senior Sister, the time has come. Let's begin."

Xiao Xiyue sat cross-legged and pulled her outer robe down to her waist so that her spiritual energy could flow through the major acupoints on her shoulders and back.

With focused expression, she integrated the auxiliary techniques she had previously practiced into her internal energy circulation.

The icy spiritual energy and the warm true energy flowed alternately within her body, forming a strange cycle.

Lin Fengmian calmed down slightly, sensing the unique blend of icy coldness and gentle warmth within her spiritual power.

Without further hesitation, the two immediately joined their palms together and activated the Yin-Yang Creation Technique, instantly entering a state of spiritual energy fusion.

A warm surge of spiritual energy flowed from his palm into her body, like a spring breeze in the cold winter.

Wherever she went, the spiritual energy within her body seemed to have found its backbone, and began to systematically challenge that bottleneck.

At the same time, a cool, icy spiritual energy slowly flowed back into his body from hers.

The spiritual energy within the two formed a perfect cycle, nourishing and strengthening each other.

A full day and night passed.

The two of them had completed countless cycles!

Lin Fengmian felt a surge of joy—Xiao Xiyue's talent for guiding spiritual energy was truly a perfect match for him.

Every exchange of spiritual energy was perfectly timed, as if it were meant to be this way from birth.

boom!

At the peak of her spiritual power once again, the solid bottleneck in Xiao Xiyue's body shattered!

The spiritual energy around her surged into her body like a river bursting its banks!

In an instant, the sky above the Hehuan Sect was filled with swirling winds and billowing clouds!

A massive vortex of spiritual energy materialized out of thin air, hanging upside down like a funnel above the cave, frantically drawing in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth within a radius of dozens of miles.

It transformed into visible rays of spiritual light, surging into the vortex and then flowing into Xiao Xiyue's body!

Although the vortex wasn't particularly huge, it was still incredibly powerful, causing the entire sect to tremble.

"That's... a vortex of spiritual energy! Someone's about to form their core!!"

An elder exclaimed in surprise, looking up at the sky with disbelief on his face.

"Who is it that can concentrate on forming their core while their sect is besieged?!"

"Looking in that direction... it seems to be Lin Shengzi's cave!"

The news quickly spread throughout the entire sect, and disciples of the Hehuan Sect poured out from all directions.

Looking up at the vortex of spiritual energy in the sky, their eyes were filled with amazement and envy.

Even outside the great formation, the spies from the Heavenly Sword Sect and Yinshan Palace who had not yet completely retreated looked towards the direction of the Joyful Union Sect with suspicion and uncertainty.

"Under such a siege, how could someone still calmly form their Core? And the scale of that vortex... it doesn't seem like the kind of commotion an ordinary cultivator would make when forming their Core!"

Inside the cave, Xiao Xiyue sat cross-legged, her body surrounded by spiritual light, her aura rising like a tide.

When she passed the test of consciousness, she felt a surge of clarity enter her sea of ​​consciousness, as if her spiritual world had been expanded by more than double.

With Lin Fengmian carefully protecting her, she passed the first two trials with almost no pressure.

At this moment, she only needs to overcome the last barrier of magical power to truly condense her golden core and enter the realm of Core Formation!

She took a deep breath, a determined light flashing in her beautiful eyes, and her spiritual energy surged once more as she launched an attack on the final barrier.

Lin Fengmian sensed that the spiritual power within Xiao Xiyue's body had reached its limit, like a full moon tide about to break through the dam.

He dared not be negligent in the slightest. He changed his hand seals and transformed the pure Yang spiritual power in his body into a pure warm current, which flowed slowly into Xiao Xiyue's body along their joined palms.

"Senior sister, hold your breath and concentrate, break through the magic power barrier!"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Xiyue gritted her teeth and gathered the vast spiritual power within her body into a torrent, like a thousand troops charging into the ground, and slammed it fiercely against the last barrier!

boom!

A muffled thud came from her body, and the solid bottleneck finally cracked under the continuous impact of spiritual energy.

Xiao Xiyue felt a sharp pain in her meridians, as if they were about to be torn apart by the surging spiritual power, but she endured it and did not utter a sound of pain.