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

Seeing Shen Yifei's hesitant expression.

"Brother, please take me out of here," Xinghe said again, her voice soft and gentle. "I've been here alone for so long, it's so boring."

Shen Yifei steeled his heart. So what if he brought out a great demon king? He could just use the Cauldron of All Things to refine it!

He asked one last time to confirm, "Xinghe, are you a ghost?"

"Brother, I'm a living person, how could I be a ghost? If you don't believe me, touch this."

The girl was quick; she grabbed Shen Yifei's hand and placed it on her chest.

The girl's chest was flat, but soft. Even through a layer of clothing, one could feel a slight warmth. This temperature was definitely not that of a normal person, but it was certainly not the coldness of a dead person either.

More importantly, Shen Yifei could feel her heartbeat!

It was jumping extremely slowly, but it was definitely jumping!

Dead people and ghosts cannot have a heartbeat!

Shen Yifei was stunned, so stunned that his hand remained on the little girl's chest for a long time.

"Brother, your hands are so warm."

Shen Yifei then realized what was happening and pulled his hand back.

The little girl wasn't annoyed. She tilted her head and looked at him, blinking her big eyes, with tears still clinging to her eyelashes.

"Brother, your face is red."

"I'm not blushing." Shen Yifei stood up and took half a step back. "Why is your heart beating so slowly?"

"I don't know. It's been like this as long as I can remember." Xinghe also stood up.

When she stood up, Shen Yifei realized that the girl was more than a head shorter than him, with her head only reaching his chin.

Her white dress was filthy, with several holes in the hem, revealing her fair and tender calves.

Shen Yifei shifted his gaze from the calf. "Have you been waiting under this withered tree for someone?"

"Hmm." Xinghe nodded. "I can't get out."

Xinghe pointed to the ground around the dead tree, "There's a circle here that I can't get out of. Every time I walk to the edge, it feels like I've bumped into a wall, and it hurts a lot."

Shen Yifei looked around but couldn't see anything. It was obvious that someone had set up a barrier around the area to prevent the girl from leaving.

The person who set up this restriction was of a high level, yet he couldn't sense it at all.

And something strange is that this restriction works on Xinghe, but has no effect on him at all, otherwise he wouldn't have come to Xinghe's side.

After much deliberation, Shen Yifei finally came to a conclusion.

Xinghe was waiting for her! Outsiders couldn't see Xinghe, and Xinghe couldn't see others either, because the restriction was in effect. The fact that Liu Mengli could see her after getting close to her proved this point.

Having figured this out, Shen Yifei no longer hesitated.

"Xinghe, can I take you out? I'll find you somewhere else to stay, okay?"

"Okay, as long as you take me out, I'm willing to stay anywhere." Xinghe's big eyes showed a smile for the first time.

Shen Yifei summoned the Cauldron of All Things, "Xinghe, relax."

After saying that, Shen Yifei withdrew his thoughts, and Xinghe transformed into a white light and was absorbed into the cauldron.

Shen Yifei's divine sense entered the cauldron. Xinghe was standing in front of the small building, looking up at the roof, muttering, "Wow! What a tall building!"

Liu Mengli floated out of the cauldron, her expression not looking good.

"Master, you really let her in?"

"Yes, take good care of her. I have a feeling that this girl must have some kind of relationship with me."

"Hmph, what does it matter? Let it grow a bit bigger, and once it's fleshy, then it'll be a problem."

Liu Mengli rolled her eyes and shrank back into the cauldron.

Shen Yifei smiled helplessly and walked outside.

After taking a few steps, he felt himself touch something, which made a crisp sound like breaking glass.

The barrier has been broken?

Shen Yifei didn't care what was going on; as long as he could get Xinghe out of there, that was all that mattered.

On the way back, the heavy, eerie feeling I had when I arrived was gone.

Xinghe settled into the Wanwu Ding, and Liu Mengli let her stay on the top fourth floor, while she occupied the three floors below.

Actually, she was worried.

She's a newcomer, and we don't know her background. If she causes trouble inside the cauldron, we won't be able to explain it to Shen Yifei.

Since I let the little girl move in, I have a responsibility to look after her.

Xinghe didn't hesitate, happily climbed up, pushed open the door, glanced inside, and then smiled back at Liu Mengli.

"Sister, this house is so big."

Liu Mengli thought to herself, this little girl looks harmless, but she always felt something was off. A thing that's neither alive nor dead, having stayed in that hellish place, Yellow Springs Valley, for who knows how many years, could she be someone to be trifled with?

"You'll stay here, don't wander off. This place is big, no one will look for you if you get lost."

She turned to leave, but suddenly remembered something. "Don't go near those two alchemy furnaces downstairs, or they'll turn you into a human pill, um... a ghost pill, no, a neither-human-nor-ghost pill!"

After saying that, he turned around and went downstairs.

A short while later, she brought upstairs a plate of spiritual fruits, along with several new clothes.

Xinghe was leaning on the windowsill, looking out.

The world inside the cauldron was much larger than before, and the blurry mountain range in the distance became clearer, with the water at the foot of the mountain shimmering in the sunlight.

"Sister, look, there are mountains and water over there, it's so beautiful." Xinghe turned around and smiled at her, her two dimples appearing faintly on her cheeks.

She stayed in the Valley of the Underworld, guarding a withered tree every day, finding the green hills and clear waters beautiful.

Liu Mengli handed her the clothes, "Try them on and see if they fit."

Xinghe quickly ripped off her tattered dress and stood there naked, changing her clothes.

Liu Mengli glanced at her and saw that the girl was as thin as a bamboo pole, with ribs that could be counted one by one, and only two dots on her chest.

Liu Mengli snorted inwardly. Even like this, he still wouldn't let go of her chest. She never expected him to be such a pervert.

Seeing the little girl's malnourished appearance, Liu Mengli couldn't bear it.

Xinghe put on the new clothes, the sleeves were too long and the skirt trailed on the ground, making her look like a child who had stolen an adult's clothes.

"Sister, this dress is too big." Xinghe tugged at her sleeve, revealing half of her shoulder.

Liu Mengli sighed, rolled up her sleeves twice, folded up her skirt, and found a strip of cloth to tie around her waist as a belt.

After this tidying up, Xinghe looked much better. Although she was still thin, at least she didn't look like she was wearing a burlap sack as before.

"Sister, you're so kind." Xinghe looked up at her, her big eyes sparkling.

Liu Mengli felt uncomfortable under her gaze, turned around and left, saying, "Stop flattering me, remember to eat the spirit fruit, don't let it go bad."

Over the next few days, Liu Mengli and Xinghe got along better and better.

Xinghe has a sweet tongue; she calls everyone "sister" upon meeting them, and her smile reveals two dimples that make her impossible to dislike.

Although Liu Mengli didn't say it, she was growing to like this girl more and more.

These days, Shen Yifei has no interest in the affairs inside the cauldron. After returning to Cangwu Mountain, he secluded himself to study the sword techniques taught by Shen Changtian.

My father became a peerless master using only these three techniques. If he can inherit them, wouldn't he be able to roam freely in the cultivation world?

First move: Breaking the Army.

The essence of Po Jun lies not in the sword, but in the momentum. The momentum arrives before the sword is drawn. His father said this lightly, but putting it into practice was as difficult as ascending to heaven.

As a result, after studying and trying to understand it for almost a month, I still hadn't even gotten close to the first move.

If Luo Qinghe hadn't reminded him, he would have completely forgotten about the Demon Extermination Alliance Conference!