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

Song Hongliao stared at the top-grade demon pill, her eyes wide with disbelief.

This was the first time she had ever seen what a top-grade magic pill looked like. In the past, the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion would spend a lot of money to buy them from outside, and it was very difficult to even get a mid-grade one. Occasionally, they would come across a high-grade one, and that was considered extremely lucky. As for top-grade ones, she had never even seen a shadow of them.

"You...you really mastered it?" Song Hongliao's voice trembled slightly.

"Your eyes aren't blind, look for yourself." Shen Yifei held the pill in his palm and brought it close to her face.

The pill was jet black, with faint golden patterns flowing across its surface, densely packed like blood vessels, and runes swirling on it. A rich medicinal fragrance wafted from the pill, filling her nostrils, and Song Hongliao felt the demonic energy in her dantian stir slightly.

She reached out to touch him, but Shen Yifei pulled his hand back.

"what?"

"Not even allowed to take a look?"

"This is for Gu Yunyan. If you want to see it, ask your senior sister for it."

Song Hongliao bit her lip and withdrew her hand. She knew the value of this thing; it was a top-grade magic pill, which could sell for tens of thousands of spirit stones outside, and even then, it wasn't guaranteed to be available.

Over the years, Tianji Pavilion has wasted countless amounts of money trying to obtain high-quality elixirs.

"What about the remaining five?" Song Hongliao pointed to the five dark pills in the furnace.

"Mid-grade, take it if you want." Shen Yifei took out all five pills and stuffed them into her hand. "Distribute them to your senior and junior sisters, and tell them that I made them. They can expel cold toxins when they are taken."

Song Hongliao held the five pills and was stunned for a moment. Although the mid-grade magic pills were far inferior to the top-grade ones.

However, even though she was considered the second most important person in the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion, she hadn't eaten many of these dishes over the years.

In just a few days, she had taken two pills from the man in front of her. After taking them, a lot of the stagnation in her body was expelled, and the effect was self-evident.

Now they've given me five more. Although they said it was for me to share with my fellow disciples, the meaning is clear: it's up to me to decide how to handle them. If I'm greedy, I could keep all five.

Seeing her hesitant expression, Shen Yifei assumed she had seen the top-quality item and was now looking down on the mid-quality one. "What, you don't want it? Give it back to me."

"Yes!" Song Hongliao quickly stuffed the pill into her storage bag.

Shen Yifei chuckled, "If you want a top-grade one, that's not impossible. A top-grade one can not only eradicate your cold poison, but also help you break through your cultivation level."

"You can give me a top-grade magic pill?" Song Hongliao could hardly believe her ears.

"To refine a top-grade item, you need sufficient demonic energy. You've seen the few strands of demonic energy in my dantian; without your help, it's very difficult to refine a top-grade item. If someone replenishes my demonic energy, I can refine another top-grade item myself tonight!"

Song Hongliao frowned. "Replenish demonic energy? How?"

"Dual cultivation".

Upon hearing about dual cultivation, Song Hongliao placed her hand on the hilt of her knife again.

"Don't rush to gouge my eyes out, let me finish. During dual cultivation, your demonic energy enters my body. I use my spiritual energy to purify the impurities in the demonic energy and then feed it back to you. With your demonic energy purified, the cold poison is expelled, and your cultivation level can relax a bit. I obtain enough demonic energy to refine a top-grade demonic pill. It's a win-win situation, why are you so excited?"

Song Hongliao's hand remained on the hilt of the knife, not withdrawing it. She stared at Shen Yifei for a long time, her cheeks puffing out and then deflating repeatedly.

"You mean, after we finish our dual cultivation, if you refine a top-grade item for me, my cold poison will be completely cleared away?"

"Yes. It's a win-win situation. You benefit, and I benefit. Nobody loses out."

Song Hongliao bit her lip. "Have you been practicing dual cultivation with Green Ivy?"

"yes!"

Song Hongliao then realized that Green Luo had become a completely different person these past two days, radiating energy and walking with her chest held high.

Shen Yifei didn't urge her, crossing his arms and looking like he didn't care whether he did it or not.

"You just said that after we finish our dual cultivation, you'll give me a top-quality product?" Song Hongliao's voice was squeezed out from between her teeth.

"Yes. Tonight we'll cultivate together, and when you wake up tomorrow morning, there will be a top-grade demonic pill on your pillow. I'm not lying."

"What if you're lying to me?"

"If I'm lying, I'll have your senior sister cut off three of my legs, then gouge out my eyes. I'll be dead on Cangwu Mountain, weighing over a hundred pounds. I want to live a few more years!"

Song Hongliao stared at Shen Yifei, gripping and loosening her grip on the knife hilt repeatedly.

She had never dealt with a man like this before. In the past, it was always a quick cut and it was over. It was nothing like this, haggling with a vegetable vendor.

"You say dual cultivation can purify demonic energy, why should I believe you?"

"You don't believe me, Green Ivy and Yellow Oriole? Then do you believe your senior sister?" Shen Yifei leaned back in his chair. "Your senior sister has such a huge top-grade demon pill in her hand. Tomorrow she'll definitely ask me how I refined it. I'll just say that Song Hongliao replenished my demonic energy, and that's how I refined it. Guess what she'll think?"

Song Hongliao pursed her lips into a thin line. She knew her senior sister all too well.

Gu Yunyan may seem unassuming on the surface, but she's shrewd and calculating better than anyone else.

If she had known that Shen Yifei could achieve top-tier cultivation through dual cultivation, she wouldn't have stopped him; she might even have arranged a queue for him.

How do I know you're not fooling me? What if you mess with me all this time, and then try to pass off a fake as something else tomorrow...?

Shen Yifei chuckled, "Is your knife just for show? If the pills don't work tomorrow, just go ahead and cut me. I'm not like I can run away and never come back. Cangwu Mountain isn't that big of a place; do you think I can just disappear into a crack in the ground?"

Song Hongliao thought about it and agreed that it made sense.

Shen Yifei can't run away, and he might not be able to beat her in a fight. If she were to go all out, chopping him up with a knife wouldn't be a big deal, and Gu Yunyan would at most curse at her.

Song Hongliao removed her hand from the hilt of the knife and took a deep breath. She stood up, walked to the bedside, and began to undo her belt with her back to Shen Yifei.

"Turn around."

Shen Yifei smiled and turned around, listening to the rustling sounds behind him.

He has a quirk: the shyer the girl, the more he enjoys teasing her. Song Hongliao, who is usually so domineering, is actually quite amusing when she acts coy.

Shen Yifei turned around and saw that Song Hongliao was already lying on the bed, the blanket pulled up to her chin, only her face was showing.

"Why are you covered up so tightly with the blanket? I'm not here to check your wounds."

"Stop talking nonsense and get to what you're doing."

Shen Yifei sat down on the edge of the bed and reached out to tug at the corner of the blanket, but Song Hongliao held on tightly. After a struggle between the two for a while, Shen Yifei sighed.

"How can I ventilate you like this? The blanket is in the way."

Song Hongliao stared at him for a couple of moments before finally loosening the blanket.