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She hadn't noticed it when she went out earlier, but now, walking with Ye Chen, she vaguely sensed a powerful fluctuation of spiritual energy, even fiercer than yesterday...

At this moment, Ye Chen was the only person beside her, and this powerful aura undoubtedly emanated from Ye Chen!

Meeting Lin Ningxue's gaze, Ye Chen nodded to her with a normal expression, readily admitting it.

"Yes! I broke through to the fourth level of Qi Refining just as dawn broke..."

"I spent the whole night cultivating, and I didn't even get a good night's sleep..."

As he spoke, he couldn't help but yawn again...

Lin Ningxue looked at him as if she had seen a ghost, utterly shocked.

After not seeing him for just one night, Ye Chen had actually broken through to another level...

In almost a single day, he broke through from Qi Induction to the fourth level of Qi Refining. Such a cultivation speed is probably unmatched throughout the entire sect...

Those sect prodigies are probably far inferior!

"Senior brother, your cultivation speed is simply terrifying..."

Lin Ningxue came to her senses and couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.

She felt it was incredibly shameful that she was still stuck at the second level of Qi Refining...

Standing next to Ye Chen at this moment, she felt ashamed.

Upon hearing this, Ye Chen smiled dismissively and looked at Lin Ningxue in front of him.

"This isn't fast enough, I want it to be even faster..."

"You should try your best; you might break through one day!"

"Fast? That's almost as fast as a personal disciple!" Lin Ningxue asked in surprise.

Seeing that Ye Chen didn't seem to be joking, she admired him even more and made up her mind to follow him...

With such a powerful figure by your side, it would be a shame not to take advantage of it!

The two continued walking up the mountain and soon arrived at the herb garden...

Before them stretched an endless expanse of spiritual fields, planted with all sorts of spiritual herbs.

At the same time, the surrounding spiritual energy became increasingly dense...

Ye Chen, who had just embarked on his cultivation journey, could also sense the fluctuations of spiritual energy around him, and his eyes lit up...

"This place is great! The spiritual energy is so rich; cultivating here would definitely be much faster than cultivating in the cave..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Ningxue shook her head and explained softly.

"Senior brother, you may not know this, but the sect has rules that prohibit disciples from cultivating in the spirit herb garden..."

"There's a spirit-gathering array set up by the sect here, specifically for cultivating spirit herbs. If anyone is caught secretly cultivating in the spirit herb garden, they will be punished by the Enforcement Hall..."

Upon hearing this, Ye Chen immediately regretfully abandoned his idea of ​​sitting down to cultivate...

He didn't want to be taken away by the sect's enforcement hall; after all, he had several lives on his hands, and he had to keep a low profile...

Led by Lin Ningxue, Ye Chen arrived at a spiritual field in the shady part of the mountain.

"Senior brother, this is a Grade B spirit field, planted with Grade 3 to 5 spirit herbs. It must be carefully protected and watered with collected morning dew twice a day, morning and evening..."

Lin Ningxue stopped and pointed to a spiritual field in front of her.

Upon hearing this, Ye Chen looked up, his expression slightly changing. The two of them were responsible for at least tens of acres of spirit fields, containing tens of thousands of medicinal herbs...

"So many? How long will it take to water them all..."

Even oxen and horses don't work this hard!

Back when he was the bandit chief of Black Cloud Village, he never did any farm work. He never imagined that after coming here to cultivate, he'd have to work in the fields...

"Senior brother, although there's a lot of work, the spirit herb garden will give you five spirit stones as a reward every month!" Lin Ningxue said with a smile.

This is also a way for outer sect disciples to obtain additional cultivation resources; besides completing sect missions, they also work for the sect...

Lin Ningxue's cultivation level is too low; taking on sect missions and going out would easily lead to danger. In comparison, the work at the spirit herb garden is much more suitable for her...

"Only five spirit stones a month? Are you trying to feed a beggar?"

Ye Chen was completely bewildered; he consumed more than five spirit stones in one night...

Upon hearing this, Lin Ningxue initially wanted to say that five spirit stones were quite a lot, many disciples didn't even have that much, but then she thought of Ye Chen's storage bag overflowing with spirit stones, and the words caught in her throat...

Five spirit stones were indeed far too few for Ye Chen...

"Senior brother, let's go collect some morning dew first, otherwise the sun will come out soon..."

Lin Ningxue looked up at the sky and spoke.

Then he took out tools for collecting morning dew from his storage bag.

"Alright..."

Seeing this, Ye Chen nodded. Since he was already there, he might as well make the best of it. He found Xu Xiao's storage bag, took out the same tool, and held it in his hand...

The two walked into the spirit field, squatted down, and carefully collected the morning dew gathered on each spirit herb, intending to water them later...

Before we knew it, the sky had fully brightened, and a ray of golden sunlight shone on the mountaintop...

The fields of spiritual energy were bathed in sunlight, and the morning dew on the spiritual herbs vanished as wisps of vapor.

Ye Chen and Lin Ningxue stopped what they were doing, stood up, and let out a long sigh of relief...

"Luckily, we made it in time..."

Lin Ningxue looked down at the crystal bottle filled with dew in her hand and immediately felt relieved.

Turning around, she looked at the bottle in Ye Chen's hand, which was only half full of dew, and her expression tightened.

"Senior brother, there's not enough dew in this bottle. It might not be enough to irrigate later..." Lin Ningxue said with a worried expression.

Upon hearing this, Ye Chen glanced down, waved his hand dismissively, and signaled her not to worry.

"This morning dew is pretty much the same as mountain spring water; we can just add some water later..."

"this..."

Hearing Ye Chen say this, Lin Ningxue hesitated for a few seconds, "Isn't this a bit inappropriate?"

She had never done anything like this before; she had always been diligent and conscientious, following the standards meticulously...

"What's wrong with it?"

Ye Chen shrugged and said nonchalantly.

"Five spirit stones should be used for things that require only five spirit stones..."

"You're just too honest; that only makes things difficult for yourself."

"You get what you pay for. You need to let the sect know that cheap things are no good before they'll give you a raise in spirit stones..."

Lin Ningxue paused for a moment, carefully considering Ye Chen's words, which seemed to make some sense...

But... is this a case of "you get what you pay for" referring to her?

Why does that sound like an insult?

Lin Ningxue's gaze towards Ye Chen changed...

Seeing that there was no more morning dew to collect, Lin Ningxue stopped worrying about adding water and led Ye Chen to a nearby wooden house to rest...

As soon as Ye Chen stepped into the wooden house, a strong smell of fresh grass wafted towards him...

"Senior brother, these are all kinds of spiritual herbs. After they germinate in the water, they can be planted in the spiritual field..." Lin Ningxue introduced from the side.

Upon hearing this, Ye Chen's gaze swept across the basins of water, and he suddenly thought of the turbid spiritual liquid in the Purple Gold Gourd. Could it be used to cultivate spiritual herbs?

If he could, wouldn't he be able to obtain spiritual herbs to aid his cultivation?

This way, one won't be limited by elixirs and spirit stones...