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

Ah Qi could feel the spiritual energy surging in his dantian, as if it had been activated by something.

The spiritual energy was more abundant than before, and its circulation speed was also much faster.

"What did you do to me?" Ah Qi looked up, her eyes red.

"I cleared your spiritual meridians. Didn't you feel it? Your spiritual energy is much greater than before."

Ah Qi closed his eyes and sensed it. Indeed, the spiritual energy in his dantian had increased significantly, and it circulated much more smoothly than before.

The cultivation technique she practiced was the Blood Soul Sect's "Blood Fiend Technique," which emphasized nourishing qi with blood and spirit with qi. Although this technique allowed for rapid progress, it had a fatal flaw—her spiritual meridians were prone to blockage.

She has been stuck at the peak of the Golden Core stage for almost three years because her spiritual veins are severely blocked, and her spiritual energy circulation is not smooth. No matter what she does, she can't reach the threshold of the Nascent Soul stage.

But now, those blocked areas seem to have been cleared out completely, as if someone had used a stick to poke through them.

"How...how did you do that?"

"Talent! I may not have any other skills, but I'm very good at this."

Ah Qi bit her lip and didn't reply.

Her mind was in turmoil; the cult leader had told her to keep an eye on this man. And what happened next…?

If the cult leader finds out about this, she'll be in deep trouble.

But the medicinal scent emanating from Shen Yifei was so pleasant that it made one feel weak all over and their mind go blank.

Moreover, after cultivating with him, my spiritual meridians were opened, and the bottleneck that had been stuck for three years was loosened.

"Miss Qi, could you do me a favor?"

"What kind of help?"

"Bring me the antidote."

Ah Qi stiffened, lifted her head from his chest, and stared at him for several seconds.

"Are you crazy? If I get the antidote for you, the cult leader will turn me into a blood pill if he finds out."

"If you don't tell, and I don't tell, who will know?"

"The cult leader will find out. He has records of what medicine everyone in the Blood Soul Cult took and when they took it. If I take your antidote, the cult leader will know as soon as he checks."

Shen Yifei thought for a moment and changed his approach: "How about this, you tell me the formula for the antidote, and I'll prepare it myself."

Ah Qi shook his head: "Only the sect leader knows the formula for the antidote. We disciples only take the medicine and don't know the formula."

Shen Yifei was getting annoyed. If he didn't take the antidote for three days, the Heart-Piercing Pill would cause his heart and lungs to rot. Today was the second day; if he didn't get the antidote by tomorrow, he would die here.

"So you're just going to watch me die?"

Ah Qi bit her lip and remained silent.

Of course she couldn't bear it.

It wasn't because she had any feelings for Shen Yifei, but because she hadn't had enough yet.

She had just broken through the bottleneck that had kept her stuck for three years, but she hadn't even reached the threshold of the Nascent Soul stage yet. If this man died, where would she find someone else who could help her open her spiritual meridians?

"You wait." Ah Qi climbed off him and picked up the clothes from the ground, putting them on one by one. His hands were still shaking as he put on the clothes, and he couldn't tie the ties several times.

"where did you go?"

"Don't worry about it." Ah Qi tied the last ribbon, walked to the door, put his hand on the doorknob, paused, and said, "You focus on refining the pills and don't let the sect leader see through your disguise."

The door opened and closed, and Ah Qi's footsteps disappeared into the corridor.

Shen Yifei sat up from the haystack, put on his clothes, sat cross-legged in front of the alchemy furnace, threw in some medicinal herbs, and pretended to control the fire.

He was pondering whether Ah Qi could obtain the antidote; he wasn't sure. Although he had slept with this girl, the Blood Soul Sect had strict rules. If she was terrified of Yin Wuxie and dared not act, he would have to think of another way.

We need to prepare for both possibilities.

Shen Yifei took out the Myriad Things Cauldron and channeled spiritual energy into it. A ball of blue flame emerged from the cauldron, and he probed it with his consciousness. Liu Mengli's voice came through intermittently.

"Little guy...you...you're really amazing, you haven't forgotten your roots even here!"

"I'm trying to find an antidote!"

"Fine, do whatever you want. Just hurry up and figure something out. The restrictions in this damn place are too strong. My soul is being suppressed and I can't get out. Destroy the array's core, or I'll be crushed into an idiot sooner or later."

"Let's wait for the antidote first, then we'll smash the furnace!"

After waiting for more than an hour, Ah Qi still hadn't returned.

Shen Yifei began to get restless. Tomorrow was the deadline for the Heart-Piercing Pill; if he didn't get the antidote, he would truly perish here. He stood up and paced around the alchemy room twice, then sat down, then stood up again, like a donkey locked in a cage.

"Why are you spinning around?" Liu Mengli's voice came intermittently, clearly irritated. "It's making me dizzy."

"You're inside the cauldron, how could you feel dizzy?"

"Why not? I'm a demon, not a stone." Liu Mengli paused. "That Ah Qi, is he reliable?"

"have no idea."

"You're handing your life over to her without even knowing it?"

"If I don't hand it over to her, what can I do? Charge out and fight Yin Wuxie to the death? She's at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage; one slap from her could turn me into a pancake."

Liu Mengli paused for a moment, seemingly gathering her strength. "Be careful. This place is eerie; I have a feeling something's not right."

"Something's not right?"

"I can't quite put my finger on it. I just feel... there's something else going on beneath the Blood Soul Cult."

Just as Shen Yifei was about to press further, footsteps sounded outside the door. He quickly sat back down in front of the alchemy furnace, grabbed a handful of medicinal herbs, threw them into the furnace, and pretended to be focused on refining pills.

The door opened, and Ah Qi slipped in, then closed the door behind him, leaning against it and panting heavily.

"Did you get it?" Shen Yifei stood up.

Ah Qi took out a small porcelain bottle from her bosom and handed it to him, her hand still trembling.

Shen Yifei took it, uncorked the bottle, and smelled it; a pungent odor hit his nose. He poured out a pill, black in color and about the size of a soybean.

"Are you sure this is the antidote?"

"I'm sure." Ah Qi bit her lip. "I stole it from the sect leader's alchemy room. The antidote for the Heart-Piercing Pill was in the third drawer. I took it while the sect leader was meditating."

Shen Yifei put the pill in his mouth and swallowed it. As soon as the pill entered his stomach, a warm sensation spread from his stomach to his limbs and bones. The spiritual energy in his dantian became more active, and the feeling of being suppressed by something earlier disappeared by most of it.

"Thanks." He stretched his shoulders and felt much better.

Ah Qi didn't speak, she just stared at him. In those eyes were fear, tension, and a hint of inexplicable expectation.

"Miss Qi, why are you looking at me like that?"

"You...you did what you just did to me, could you...do it to me again?"

Shen Yifei paused for a moment, then laughed. "You're quite direct."

"I don't like beating around the bush." ​​Ah Qi walked over and stopped in front of him. "The medicinal fragrance on you worked on me. After cultivating with you, my spiritual meridians opened up, and the bottleneck that had been stuck for three years loosened. I want to break through to the Nascent Soul stage. Will you help me?"

"Help you? How can I help you?"

"Continue your dual cultivation with me." Ah Qi reached out and loosened his belt. "Every day."

Shen Yifei looked into her eyes, which held no lust, only an almost obsessive seriousness.