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Lin Ningxue was timid to begin with, and after being frightened by Ye Chen, she immediately gave in...

Only then did she realize that Ye Chen's purpose in giving her a Fire Spirit Grass was to drag her into secretly hoarding morning dew together...

But... wasn't the price my senior brother paid a bit too high?

It seems she even made a profit...

Hearing Lin Ningxue personally agree to go along with him, Ye Chen nodded with a look of relief.

"Junior sister, that's right..."

"Five spirit stones a month, why bother sticking to the bottom line for the sake of the sect..."

"Don't worry, following me will definitely reward you handsomely..."

Lin Ningxue glanced at Ye Chen suspiciously, feeling that something was off.

Why does my senior brother always refer to himself as the Great King?

Could he really be the king of some mountain stronghold?

"Gurgle!"

Their stomachs growled almost simultaneously...

Lin Ningxue blushed, quickly pulled herself out of her thoughts, and said apologetically.

"Senior brother, I'll go cook the dishes right away, it'll be quick..."

She immediately turned and ran back to the kitchen to continue cooking...

"This girl..."

Ye Chen chuckled and shook his head.

A rich aroma soon filled the kitchen...

Ye Chen, who had originally planned to cultivate, suddenly brightened up. His stomach rumbled with hunger, and he licked his lips before hurrying towards the kitchen...

"It smells so good..."

"My junior sister's cooking is delicious!"

Smelling the enticing aroma, Ye Chen couldn't help but praise it even before taking a bite.

I thought to myself, once I get back to Black Cloud Village, I absolutely have to bring this girl back to cook for me...

Lin Ningxue walked over carrying a plate of stir-fried meat. Hearing Ye Chen's praise, her face beamed with a happy smile...

"I'm glad you like it, senior brother. Eat more..."

Isn't Ye Chen's praise for her cooking skills a form of recognition?

After a hearty meal, Ye Chen returned to his cave dwelling.

As Ye Chen passed by the flowerbed in the yard, he glanced down at the tiny Fire Spirit Grass seeds and resisted the urge to water them with spiritual liquid.

Back in my room, I closed the door behind me.

Ye Chen flipped his hand and immediately took out the purple-gold gourd, uncorked it, and probed it with a wisp of his consciousness...

The turbid spiritual liquid that had gathered at the bottom was not much different from before, except for a few more drops.

Ye Chen reached into his robes and took out a storage bag, from which he retrieved a bottle of Spirit Replenishing Pills.

The moment the cork was pulled out, a faint medicinal fragrance wafted out...

He poured a Spirit-Replenishing Pill into his palm, then picked up the purple-gold gourd and tilted it slightly, pouring a drop of spiritual liquid onto the pill...

They moved very carefully, afraid of pouring out too much and wasting it if it didn't work.

A drop of spiritual liquid landed precisely on the Spirit-Replenishing Pill, and was rapidly absorbed by the pill in the blink of an eye...

Ye Chen stared intently at the Spirit-Replenishing Pill in his palm, his heart pounding with nervousness; he could faintly hear his own heartbeat...

"Plop, plop..."

It felt like a drum was being pounded in my chest...

The next second, golden patterns appeared on the dark pill, emitting a sweet and rich medicinal fragrance that brought a sense of comfort to both body and mind...

"this..."

Ye Chen looked at the pill patterns appearing on the Spirit Replenishing Pill. Although they were faint, it was at least a fourth to sixth grade pill...

The effect of a single drop of spiritual liquid was such that it could raise a second-grade pill by two or three grades!

His eyes lit up, and he eagerly put the upgraded Spirit-Replenishing Pill in his palm into his mouth and swallowed it...

The Spirit-Replenishing Pill melted instantly upon entering the mouth, transforming into a warm current that flowed into the body, filling it with boundless spiritual energy...

"The effect of this Spirit Replenishing Pill has been increased a hundredfold!"

Ye Chen was overjoyed and couldn't help but laugh.

One refined Spirit-Replenishing Pill is as effective as one hundred ordinary Spirit-Replenishing Pills...

A surge of spiritual energy flowed through my limbs and bones, making me feel warm all over.

Without a second thought, Ye Chen immediately sat cross-legged on the bed, closed his eyes, and began circulating the "Supreme Induction Technique" to rapidly refine this massive spiritual energy...

Strands of pure spiritual energy, guided by the cultivation technique, slowly gathered in the dantian.

A short while later, Ye Chen opened his eyes again, his aura becoming even stronger, with faint signs of another breakthrough...

"This purple-gold gourd is truly wondrous! The spiritual liquid it produces has such excellent effects!"

"Not only can it cultivate spiritual herbs, but it can also improve the quality of elixirs..."

Ye Chen was overjoyed; this successful attempt was like opening the door to a new world...

In comparison, using spiritual liquid to refine elixirs is more effective than directly cultivating fire spirit grass...

Taking pills is also easier to absorb than taking medicinal herbs directly!

Unless it's specifically for cultivating rare spiritual herbs, if the goal is simply cultivation, then improving the effects of elixirs is obviously better.

Ye Chen secretly rejoiced that he hadn't used up all the spiritual liquid in the Purple Gold Gourd earlier, otherwise he wouldn't have made this discovery.

He immediately followed suit, pouring out the spirit-replenishing pills from the porcelain bottle one by one, and then adding a drop of spiritual liquid to each...

The next second, the Spirit-Replenishing Pill, having absorbed the spiritual liquid, immediately emitted a golden light, its surface displaying flowing, luminous patterns and emitting a rich medicinal fragrance...

At this moment, the spiritual liquid in the purple-gold gourd was almost gone, and a total of six intermediate-grade spirit-replenishing pills were extracted.

Ye Chen picked up one, put it in his mouth, and swallowed it; a surge of powerful spiritual energy welled up once more...

He closed his eyes and began to cultivate, rapidly refining the medicinal power into pure spiritual energy using his powerful cultivation technique...

"Soon..."

"Just a little bit more..."

Ye Chen murmured softly, feeling the surging spiritual energy in his dantian, almost to the point of breaking through his bottleneck...

He quickly picked up a mid-grade spirit-replenishing pill and swallowed it.

With the aid of the medicine, the spiritual energy in his dantian instantly became abundant, easily breaking through the bottleneck...

"Snap!"

A crisp sound emanated from the dantian...

The violent spiritual energy spread in all directions!

Ye Chen opened his eyes, quickly concealing his aura to avoid attracting attention...

If one's cultivation level improves too quickly, it's inevitable that those with ulterior motives will notice something amiss!

In just three days, his cultivation level had already reached the eighth level of Qi Refining...

Looking across the entire Qingyun Sect, you can't find another disciple with such a rapid cultivation speed...

Even the peak masters and elders of sects, the exceptionally talented experts, never cultivated at such a rapid pace...

Once the news gets out, it will definitely cause a huge uproar!

He glanced down at the five remaining refined intermediate-grade spirit-replenishing pills in front of him, then waved his hand and put them into his storage bag, intending to consume them after finding a way to conceal his cultivation level...

After a busy day, a wave of drowsiness washed over Ye Chen, and he slumped onto the soft bed, falling into a deep sleep...