The Hehuan Sect cultivates alchemy; my senior sister helps me refine alchemy throughout the world.

After Leng Shanyue finished speaking, Bai Lu's face turned bright red.

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

"Am I talking nonsense?" Leng Shanyue wagged her tail smugly. "Whether the big ones work or not, you know best. After all, you've experienced it firsthand."

"You sly fox, you never stop talking about vulgar things."

"I was talking about bear bile, what are you thinking?" Leng Shanyue blinked, looking completely innocent. "Bear bile is indeed a size larger than snake bile, you don't even acknowledge that?"

Shen Yifei sat beside him, head down, drinking his soup, pretending not to hear.

Bai Lu sneered, "What's the use of bear gallbladders? Their medicinal effects are less than a tenth of snake gallbladders. They're all show and no substance."

"Who are you calling all looks and no substance?"

"Why are you in such a hurry to talk about bear bile?"

"You're talking about bear bile to me, all in a sarcastic tone." Leng Shanyue stood up, her nine tails flapping like fans.

Shen Yifei put down the bowl, stood up, and walked into the cave.

"Where are you going?" the two women asked at the same time.

"Go to sleep." Shen Yifei said without turning his head. "You guys continue."

I lay down on the stone bed and closed my eyes. The bickering between the two women outside the cave continued. Bai Lu's voice was clear and cold, while Leng Shanyue's voice was high-pitched and thin, like two gusts of wind, one cold and one hot, blowing back and forth at the cave entrance.

Liu Mengli laughed heartily inside the cauldron, "Master, you're living the life you want, with two demon kings at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage fighting over you."

"Jealousy and rivalry?" Shen Yifei asked with his eyes closed. "They're just looking for an excuse to fight. We've been enemies for three hundred years, and I'm just a pretext."

"Do you really think so?"

"Otherwise what? Bai Lu cultivated with me to break through her cultivation barrier, and Leng Shanyue gave me her soul blood to repay a favor. Would two demon kings on the verge of Mahayana take a liking to a cripple like me, a Golden Core cultivator?"

Leng Shanyue suddenly poked half of her body into the cave entrance.

"Blackie, I'll give you a headhunting bear tomorrow. Bear bile is better for replenishing vital energy than snake bile."

Bai Lu walked in from behind her.

"Bear bile is considered 'heaty' in traditional Chinese medicine. The residual poison from the black flames in his body hasn't been completely cleared yet. Eating bear bile is tantamount to courting death."

"Who says bear bile is hot in nature? Bear bile is cooling and can clear the liver and improve eyesight."

"That's black bear gallbladder; I'm talking about brown bear gallbladder. Are you hunting a black bear or a brown bear tomorrow?"

"What kind of bear I hunt is none of your business."

"You can't even tell the difference between different bear species, yet you dare say bear gallbladders are better than snake gallbladders?"

Shen Yifei opened his eyes. "You two, I'm going to sleep."

Bai Lu and Leng Shanyue exchanged a glance, each letting out a snort. One curled up at the cave entrance, while the other squatted outside the cave.

The cave fell silent.

Shen Yifei lay on the stone bed, probing his dantian with his divine sense.

The golden core slowly rotated, and of the three cracks on its surface, only the deepest one still retained a faint trace. The medicinal power of the Nine Heavens Mystic Lotus petals and seeds had not yet been fully absorbed, and the remaining medicinal power floated in the dantian.

He used his spiritual energy to envelop a wisp of medicinal power and slowly guided it towards the golden core. The medicinal power seeped into the cracks, and the fine lines became even shallower.

At this rate, it should be completely repaired in another three to five days.

The voice of the Demon of Love suddenly rang out in my chest, very softly, as if through a layer of water.

"Young master, wait until your golden core has healed before consuming the lotus seeds. It would be a waste to eat them now."

"You're awake?"

"I've been awake for a while now." The Demon of Love's voice was still somewhat weak. "While you were unconscious, I was also recovering from my injuries. That fox demon's soul blood was very pure, and with her help, I recovered half of my strength."

"That's good, you can continue to rest."

Three days later, the cracks on Shen Yifei's golden core finally disappeared completely.

The dark golden core was as smooth as a mirror, without leaving a trace of the three cracks. The threads of emotion detached from the golden core and shrank back into the Demon of Emotion's body. The spiritual energy in the dantian no longer leaked, and its circulation became even smoother than before the injury.

At this moment, Bailu came in carrying a bowl of soup and placed it on the stone table.

"I drank it."

Shen Yifei glanced at it and saw a few whiskers of some unknown substance floating in the soup.

"What is this now?"

"A thousand-year-old ginseng root, used to stabilize one's cultivation."

Shen Yifei picked up the bowl and drank it. As the ginseng soup entered his stomach, a warm sensation surged from his dantian to his limbs. His cultivation at the Great Perfection of the Golden Core stage was completely stable, and he was only a step away from the Nascent Soul stage.

Bai Lu sat across from him at the stone table, staring at him.

"Your golden core is healed."

"It should be healed."

"Let's begin our dual cultivation tonight!"

Shen Yifei put down the bowl.

"Miss Bai, aren't you going to give me any build-up?"

"What's the preamble?" Bai Lu asked without changing her expression. "I help you heal your injuries, and you help me break through; it's only natural. Besides, it's not the first time, so there's no need to be coy."

"Miss Bai, I've just recovered, and you...you're so amazing, I'm afraid I can't handle it!"

"Can't take it anymore? All those supplements were a waste of time? I can't wait any longer, that vixen is going to break through tonight by eating lotus seeds!"

Is it really worth arguing with her like this?

"Interesting." Bai Lu turned around. "I'll break through first. I'll be the first Mahayana Demon King in the Hundred Thousand Mountains."

Leng Shanyue's voice drifted in from the cave entrance.

"You want to break through before me? In your next life." She leaned against the cave entrance, tossing a silvery-white lotus seed in her hand. "I'll eat it tonight, hehe, I'll be the first demon king in the Hundred Thousand Mountains to break through to the Mahayana realm."

"You think you can break through with just a few ribs? You're not afraid of eating too many lotus seeds and dying from overeating."

"Even if I'm dead, I'm still better than you." Leng Shanyue tossed the lotus seed into his mouth, chewed it twice, and swallowed it. "Fathead snake, once I break through to the Mahayana stage, you'll be the first one I deal with."

Bai Lu ignored her and dragged Shen Yifei's wrist deeper into the cave.

"Come now."

Shen Yifei stumbled a couple of steps as she pulled him along. "Miss Bai, let me catch my breath."

"What are you panting for? Drink the ginseng soup, and the golden pill will be ready."

Leng Shanyue poked his head out of the cave and shouted, "Fathead Snake, take it easy on him. Don't kill him, or I won't have any fun watching."

"Hmm, can't you go find your own fun? What a waste of your face!" Bai Lu cursed without turning her head.

Once inside the cave, Bai Lu casually set up a soundproof barrier and pushed Shen Yifei onto the stone bed.

Shen Yifei sat on the stone bed and looked up at her.

"Miss Bai, we almost died together last time, so be careful this time."

"Last time it was the backlash from my suppressed lust for four hundred years, but it's gone this time, so don't worry."

Bai Lu straddled him and hooked her arms around his neck.

"Don't put too much pressure on yourself. Let's help each other. You help me break through, and I'll help you improve your cultivation. It's fair."

The two people pressed tightly together, and spiritual energy began to flow between them.

The snake demon's spiritual power within Bai Lu's body was silvery-white. Upon contact with Shen Yifei's dark golden spiritual energy, they immediately intertwined. The two types of spiritual energy surged back and forth between their dantian, growing faster and faster until they formed a large vortex.

Shen Yifei could feel the demon core in Bai Lu's dantian spinning wildly. The surface of the demon core was covered with fine patterns, a sign that she had reached the pinnacle of the Nascent Soul stage, and was only one membrane away from breaking through.

The yang energy in his body surged out like a floodgate had been opened. Bai Lu inhaled deeply, making a soft whimpering sound in her throat, and her body trembled incessantly.

"Miss Bai, why did you bite me?"

White Dew loosens its lips,

"I can't resist taking a couple of bites."