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

As the footsteps faded into the distance, Liu Mengli floated out of the cauldron.

"Master, your words were really sharp tonight. That Huang Ying's hand was shaking the whole time she was handing over the medicine."

"She was provoked by my words."

"It's not just your words, but also the smell of medicine on you. You were sweating while refining pills, so the smell was several times stronger than usual. With them sitting next to you, smelling your scent and hearing your words, it's no wonder they were swayed."

Shen Yifei raised his arm and sniffed, but still couldn't smell anything. "Is this medicinal smell reacting with the demonic energy? I also felt hotter than usual when I was refining pills earlier."

"That's possible. Your spiritual energy and demonic energy coexist within you. When you're refining pills, the spiritual energy and demonic energy are released together, which amplifies the medicinal smell on your body."

Shen Yifei stood up and stretched his limbs. "Alright, time to sleep. We'll be busy tomorrow."

Liu Mengli shrank back into the cauldron, but didn't sleep. She squatted at the mouth of the cauldron, half her face showing as she stared at the doorway.

Shen Yifei lay down on the bed and closed his eyes.

Before I could even drink a cup of tea, there was a knock on the door.

"Senior Brother Shen, it's me, Green Ivy."

Liu Mengli chuckled and shrank back.

Shen Yifei opened the door, and Luoluo stood there, still wearing the same green dress, her hair loose, even more casual than last night. She held a small porcelain bowl in her hand, containing a few bright red spiritual fruits.

"Senior Brother Shen, you worked hard refining pills just now. Here's some spiritual fruit for you."

"Come in."

Green Ivy walked in with her head down and placed the porcelain bowl on the table. She didn't leave after that.

Shen Yifei didn't say anything, he just looked at her.

The room fell silent for a few moments. Green Ivy's breathing grew heavier, her chest heaving violently.

"Um... Senior Brother Shen, I felt especially comfortable after I went back last night. Today, my demonic energy flowed incredibly smoothly during my cultivation. It used to take me an hour to complete one major cycle, but today it was finished in half an hour." Green Ivy's voice trailed off. "I just wanted... I wanted you to help me clear it up again."

Shen Yifei chuckled, "Then lie down. Today we'll clear your dantian."

Green Ivy's face flushed red. She stood there, her lips moving a few times, wanting to say something but unable to utter a word.

"What, you're scared? If you're scared, go back and save me the trouble."

She took a deep breath, walked to the bedside, took off her shoes, climbed onto the bed, and lay straight down.

Shen Yifei walked over, glanced down at her, and said, "Relax."

Green Ivy bit her lip, closed her eyes, and grabbed the hem of her skirt with both hands, pulling it up until it stopped below her navel.

Shen Yifei placed his hand on Green Luo's lower abdomen, his palm pressed against her icy skin. The cold poison in this girl's body was more severe than he had imagined; her lower abdomen felt like frozen meat just taken out of an ice cellar.

"How many years has this stagnation been building up in your dantian?"

"It's been like this since I was little." Green Ivy's voice trembled, her eyes tightly closed. "My senior sister said I was born with a cold poison, and it only got better after cultivation, but it can never be completely eradicated."

Shen Yifei pressed his thumb below her navel, and dark golden spiritual energy seeped in.

The spiritual energy collided with the demonic energy in her dantian, and the two forces clashed, causing Green Ivy to let out a muffled groan.

"Don't be nervous. The demonic energy in your dantian is frozen solid; I need to thaw it first."

As Shen Yifei spoke, he increased the input of spiritual energy. The dark golden spiritual energy, wrapped in black silk, seeped in along the meridians of her lower abdomen, drilling deeper and deeper into her dantian.

At first, the demonic energy within Green Ivy was uncooperative, struggling to escape. However, Shen Yifei's spiritual energy was too hot, gradually thawing the frozen demonic energy.

Green Ivy's breathing grew heavier and heavier, her chest heaving violently, and a fine layer of sweat appeared on her forehead.

"How are you feeling?"

"It's hot... It started getting hot in my lower abdomen and spread to my limbs..."

"That's right. The cold poison is being expelled, just bear with it."

Shen Yifei moved his hand down half an inch and pressed his thumb on her groin.

Green Ivy shuddered and let out a muffled groan.

"This is the worst blockage," Shen Yifei said without stopping his hands. "The demonic energy gets stuck here and all piles up in this area. I'll break it up for you, and the demonic energy will circulate smoothly from now on."

He increased the pressure, pressing his thumb back and forth in the groin area. Green Ivy's legs began to tremble, first her calves, then her thighs, and finally her whole body shook.

The cold toxins inside the green ivy were forced out.

Shen Yifei's hand continued downwards, his thumb pressing on the edge of her skirt's waist.

Green Ivy suddenly opened her eyes and reached out to grab his wrist.

"Senior Brother Shen..."

"The lower edge of the dantian is here," Shen Yifei pointed to that spot, "If you don't massage here, the cold toxins in your dantian won't be completely expelled. You choose: do you want me to completely clear it, or just leave it as it is?"

Green Ivy stared at him for a few moments, then finally let go and closed her eyes again.

Shen Yifei pulled the waist of her skirt down a little, then reached out and pressed his thumb on an acupoint on her lower abdomen, pressing down hard.

The pothos plant cried out in pain, "Ouch..."

"Bear with it, this is an acupoint, it will definitely hurt when you press it."

Shen Yifei's spiritual energy slowly entered Green Luo's dantian from that acupoint.

A gurgling sound came from her dantian, like something melting.

"Senior Brother Shen... I want to... I want to."

"What are you thinking about?"

Before Green Ivy could even speak, a loud fart escaped.

The stench was so strong that Green Ivy blushed crimson, while Shen Yifei remained expressionless and motionless, showing no sign of disgust whatsoever.

"Alright, it's all expelled now. This cold poison has been trapped in your dantian for so many years. Now that it's gone, you can sleep soundly tonight."

Green Ivy covered her mouth, tears streaming down her cheeks. She was utterly humiliated; she'd let out a loud fart in front of a man, and while she was naked, no less.

"Don't cry." Shen Yifei took out a cloth from his storage ring and handed it to her. "Wipe it off. It's a good thing that the cold poison is being expelled. What do you think that is? It's the turbid energy in your dantian. If you don't expel it, you'll never break through even if you cultivate until you die."

Green Ivy took the cloth and covered her face, her shoulders shrugging.

Shen Yifei stood up, walked to the table, poured a glass of water, and handed it back to her.

"Drink some water and calm down."

Green Ivy took the water glass, took a sip, then another, and slowly stopped crying. She wiped the tears from her face, looked down at the layer of dark sweat on her lower abdomen, and felt both ashamed and embarrassed.

"I'm going to wash up."

"Turn right after you leave the house, there's a stream at the foot of the mountain, the water is warm."

Green Ivy got off the bed, her legs still weak. She held onto the edge of the bed for a while before she could stand up. She pulled her skirt up and walked out with her head down.

I paused at the door.

"Senior Brother Shen, thank you."

"Don't mention it. If you want a complete cure, come back tomorrow night, but this time it won't be a massage!"

"Senior Brother Shen, if not massage, what other method should we use?"

"Um……"

Shen Yifei pondered for a moment, "To completely eradicate the root cause, dual cultivation is necessary!"