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Ye Chen snapped out of his daze, flipped his hand to take out the purple-gold gourd, and probed it with a wisp of his consciousness...

The flawed magical artifacts used for devouring last night have all vanished, transformed into a turbid spiritual liquid. While the quantity wasn't as large as that used to refine a Nascent Soul stage cultivator, there were still over a thousand drops...

"What a pity..."

"If I go to the black market tonight, I might be able to buy even more defective magical artifacts..."

Ye Chen muttered to himself with a regretful expression.

After all, the fifty-odd flawed magical artifacts he acquired last night yielded so much spiritual liquid. If he could buy even more flawed magical artifacts tonight, he could undoubtedly refine thousands of drops of spiritual liquid, which would be enough for him to refine pills...

Having exhausted all the pills he had refined previously, Ye Chen immediately took out a storage bag from his robes and retrieved a second-grade Spirit Replenishing Pill...

He counted out two hundred Spirit-Replenishing Pills and placed them in front of him, then picked up the purple-gold gourd and began refining them...

The spiritual liquid in the Purple Gold Gourd is currently limited, making it impossible to refine all the pills into Grade Six pills at once. We'll have to wait until we have more spiritual liquid to refine them...

"Buzz!"

As drops of spiritual liquid fell, the Grade Two Spirit-Replenishing Pill in his hand immediately emitted a wisp of spiritual light and released a fragrant medicinal aroma...

The grade was immediately upgraded from the second grade to the sixth grade!

"This spiritual liquid is truly a wonderful thing..."

Ye Chen's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile.

He then began to repeat the process, refining all the remaining Grade 2 Spirit-Replenishing Pills in front of him into Grade 6 pills...

By the time the last Spirit-Replenishing Pill was refined, the spiritual liquid in the Purple-Gold Gourd was almost completely depleted...

"I wonder if I'll run into that woman again if I go to the black market in a few days..."

Ye Chen put away the purple-gold gourd and muttered to himself.

Looking down at the sixth-grade spirit-replenishing pill that had already been refined in front of him, he immediately picked it up, put it in his mouth, and swallowed it. Then he closed his eyes and focused on cultivating...

One Rank 6 Spirit-Replenishing Pill after another was swallowed, and powerful spiritual energy surged wildly within his body...

In an instant, it was refined and absorbed by the powerful Supreme Induction Technique, guided into the dantian, and became extremely docile...

Before long, the two hundred Grade 6 Spirit-Replenishing Pills that had just been refined were all used up...

So many Grade 6 pills would be enough for a Foundation Establishment stage disciple to cultivate all the way to the Golden Core stage, but for Ye Chen, it wouldn't even be enough to break through a single minor realm...

Once his breathing had calmed down, Ye Chen slowly opened his eyes and exhaled a breath of stale air...

"call..."

His aura had become more refined and powerful, significantly stronger than before...

Ye Chen vaguely sensed signs of a breakthrough in his cultivation level. If he had a few more sixth-grade spirit-replenishing pills, he could break through to the Great Perfection of the Foundation Establishment stage...

At this moment, he even had the idea of ​​going to the black market...

It's late now, and even the black market is almost over; there are hardly any disciples left to be seen...

"Never mind... I'll go tomorrow night..."

"Otherwise, when will I ever be able to break through to this level..."

Ye Chen sighed helplessly...

If any of the other disciples heard this, they'd be furious...

After all, it takes other disciples at least a year and a half to reach the Foundation Establishment stage, and even the most gifted individuals need up to half a year...

Ye Chen had only been cultivating for less than a month, yet he had already reached the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage, his strength far surpassing that of others at the same level, comparable to those in the Golden Core stage...

Such a cultivation speed would be enough to be called a prodigy in any sect in the cultivation world, the future of the sect...

However, he himself was not satisfied and desperately wanted to advance to the Golden Core stage...

"Clatter!"

Just as Ye Chen was about to lie down and go to sleep, a slight noise came from outside the door...

In an instant, Ye Chen tensed up, his hair stood on end, and he froze on the spot, listening intently to the sounds outside, afraid to move...

Countless thoughts flashed through my mind...

Has the sect tracked me down?

Or is it a disciple who has come to seek revenge?

Or perhaps...

Just as he was pondering this, the door was pushed open, and a familiar figure walked in...

"Bang!"

Liu Ruyan closed the door behind her, then looked up, her eyes filled with amusement as she glanced at Ye Chen, who lay on the bed looking tense. A slight smile flickered across her alluring face...

"What mischief have you been up to? Why are you so nervous?"

"Did you go to steal? Or did you go to steal food?"

Liu Ruyan looked at Ye Chen and teased him.

"It's you..."

"You scared me..."

The moment Ye Chen recognized Liu Ruyan, he breathed a sigh of relief, his tense nerves relaxing completely...

A surge of emotion welled up within me...

He was genuinely terrified, worried that someone would come to retaliate; with his strength, even escaping would be difficult...

Hearing Liu Ruyan's teasing, Ye Chen glanced at her with a playful expression.

"Of course, I'm afraid people will find out I'm keeping a mistress..."

"Um?"

Liu Ruyan was taken aback at first, then realized that the "delicate" Ye Chen mentioned was referring to her, and a ripple of emotion stirred in her heart...

"With your strength... you dare to claim you can take me in?"

"Man...you're still too weak..."

"It's more like I'd rather take you in..."

......

Liu Ruyan snorted coldly and walked straight towards Ye Chen, who was not far away...

As the Empress, if anyone should be keeping a mistress, it should be Ye Chen...

"Am I weak?"

Ye Chen raised an eyebrow, looking up at Liu Ruyan with a defiant expression...

"Don't forget who begged for mercy first..."

"Would you like me to help you remember?"

"Be gentle..."

......

Upon hearing this, Liu Ruyan's face instantly turned bright red. She gritted her teeth, glared at Ye Chen with embarrassment and anger, and hurriedly stopped him.

"Shut up!"

"Stop talking..."

"That's... I was just giving you a way out because I was afraid you couldn't handle it..."

"Don't be ungrateful..."

"I'm here to drain your essence, so behave yourself if you don't want to die..."

......

Liu Ruyan blushed, feigning composure on the surface, but her mind was a complete mess...

Especially when she recalled the scene of begging for mercy during her dual cultivation with Ye Chen, she was so embarrassed that she wanted to dig her toes into the ground and disappear...

She never expected that even though she was the one who actively sought to replenish his essence, and this guy was depleting his vital energy, how could he still turn the tables and win?

Could it be because of his pure Yang body that he is so strong?

After all, any other vessel subjected to this level of depletion would have perished long ago, unable to sustain such an activity for so long, let alone regain its master...

Although Liu Ruyan said she was letting Ye Chen win, she actually did push herself to her physical limits each time...

But her pride wouldn't allow her to admit defeat...