Having cultivated myself into an immortal, all I want to do is raise female disciples.

As the liquor slowly poured down, Zhang Ruoxue's expression turned somewhat unpleasant.

"So that uncle is still treating me like a laborer?" Ruoxue's tone became somewhat unfriendly.

Xu Yanliu grinned. Seeing Zhang Ruoxue starting to feel annoyed with the old man, she felt quite happy. She then cheerfully put her arm around Zhang Ruoxue's shoulder and said with a smile, "It's not that simple. The types of herbs needed for body tempering are correct. Although that old man is shady, he wouldn't really cheat you."

"Listen to your sister, only pick half of the herbs on this."

"That's what they say..."

Zhang Ruoxue watched as Xu Yanliu drew closer, his fair and delicate hands beginning to roam silently over her thigh, a wicked smile playing on his lips. Suddenly, she felt a chill run down her spine and shivered.

This feeling...

Oh no, this feels like my chastity is in danger!

She subconsciously moved her chair back, temporarily escaping Xu Yanliu's clutches, and then downed the crystal-clear, fragrant wine in the dish in front of her.

"Um—" Zhang Ruoxue immediately changed the subject: "I came to ask you where to gather these herbs?"

"Huh?" Xu Yanliu's hands suddenly stopped moving, and she looked at Zhang Ruoxue in confusion: "Didn't that old man tell you?"

Recalling the situation at the time, Zhang Ruoxue shook her head: "The boss uncle really didn't say anything. After he gave me this order, he disappeared. It seems that he left the store."

No sooner had she said that than Zhang Ruoxue suddenly became sensitive again.

She stared at Xu Yanliu with a cautious expression, then exclaimed, "Did I get scammed by the boss again?"

“No, no, no, it’s perfectly normal for him to go out…” This time, Xu Yanliu stood fairly on the uncle’s side: “I guess he just went to see his old flame. This has nothing to do with your matter.”

"As for your medicine..."

While saying important things, Xu Yanliu took advantage of her drunkenness to approach Ruoxue with ill intent, her right hand quietly wrapping around Zhang Ruoxue's waist and grabbing her slender waist.

Because Zhang Ruoxue was wearing a sailor uniform at the moment, the thin fabric could not block the touch between the two of them at all. At the same time, her exquisite and beautiful face was rapidly magnified in front of Ruoxue's eyes.

Xu Yanliu licked her lips with a wicked smile and murmured softly, "Want me to take you to find it? Hmm?"

To be honest, Zhang Ruoxue is already starting to regret coming to find Xu Yanliu.

She almost forgot that this woman's sexual orientation was slightly different from that of normal women!

Oh no, if this continues, I might just die here today!

Sensing the danger, Zhang Ruoxue chuckled awkwardly as she tried to break free from Xu Yanliu's grasp. However, the latter had somehow increased her strength and pulled Zhang Ruoxue into her arms.

The unique fragrance of a young girl wafted to her nose, along with the intoxicating scent of alcohol. Zhang Ruoxue could clearly feel that at this moment, a large part of her body was pressed together with Xu Yanliu's...

While the soft texture and fragrant aroma are indeed quite pleasant, however...

But they are all girls!

Would you like some alcohol?

Xu Yanliu's voice rang in my ears.

Such close proximity of her breath caused an unprecedented shock to Zhang Ruoxue's already sensitive ears. For a moment, she almost lost her strength and her whole body felt limp.

Her cheeks were incredibly red, probably because she was imagining what might happen next, and Ruoxue's brain felt like it was about to evaporate...

"Here, let me feed you..."

Xu Yanliu smiled faintly, put one arm around Zhang Ruoxue, whose body had gone limp, and poured wine with the other, handing the fragrant wine to her.

However, instead of feeding it directly to Zhang Ruoxue, she drank all the wine in one gulp, then puffed out her cheeks and looked at Zhang Ruoxue with a smile.

This...this is going to be...

Feeding someone alcohol mouth-to-mouth?!

"Wait...wait a minute..."

Zhang Ruoxue instinctively tried to struggle, but she was no match for Xu Yanliu's strength.

Seeing that her lips were about to take her virginity, Zhang Ruoxue was both shocked and ashamed. Her face flushed red, and she closed her eyes, not daring to look any longer.

Such a thrilling scene—

It would be such a waste if no one stirred things up.

"Woof! Woof woof woof!! (You really think I don't exist?! Let go of my hand right now!)"

A small female Teddy dog ​​somehow broke free from Zhang Ruoxue's arms and jumped onto Xu Yanliu's head, pawing at her with its four little paws, the dog practically riding on Xu Yanliu's face.

This action caused Xu Yanliu to swallow all the wine in her mouth, and the force in her hand was temporarily released due to her surprise.

Zhang Ruoxue quickly took the opportunity to break free, but even so, the blush on her face and the restless heartbeat still needed some time to recover.

"You stinking dog...you ruined my good time!!"

Zhang Xiaohan's actions infuriated Xu Yanliu so much that she grabbed the guy by the scruff of his neck and threw him away.

Zhang Xiaohan, on the other hand, spun one and a half times in mid-air before landing gracefully and calmly on the table, her face radiating disdain.

"Hmph, who told you to have such a dirty mind? I'm upholding justice!"

"I'll fuck your mother..."

Xu Yanliu curled her lip and swallowed back the vulgar words that were about to follow—after thinking about it carefully, throwing a tantrum at a dog wouldn't solve any of the messy problems.

She glared at Zhang Ruoxue, who was taking deep breaths to calm herself down.

After all, the two of them almost did something as suggestive as feeding each other wine mouth-to-mouth just now.

Her fragile little heart was still pounding wildly.

"Alright, herbs, right? I'll take you there now."

Xu Yanliu said helplessly, having been interrupted by Zhang Xiaohan, she had no interest in continuing the matter. Instead, she picked up the wine gourd at her waist and began to pour all the wine from the white jade bottle on the table into it.

After filling the gourd with about three bottles of white jade wine, Xu Yanliu raised it high, shook it twice to make sure there was enough to drink, and then hung the somewhat worn-out gourd back on her waist.

Zhang Ruoxue also took this opportunity to relax. Although her cheeks were still flushed, her body was still a little weak. Her posture was not as good as before. She crossed her arms and hugged Zhang Xiaohan, looking like a little girl clinging to a man.

If Ye Yuchan and the others saw this, they might doubt whether the person in front of them was really Zhang Ruoxue.

After all, that's Zhang Ruoxue, who drinks on forums and charges headlong into bugs and monsters!

She should have absolutely no connection to the phrase "a petite and dependent woman."

—As expected of Xu Yanliu, the saying "When two tops meet, one must be the bottom" seems to make no mistake.

"Alright, let's go."

After confirming that there was enough wine in the gourd to drink for a while, Xu Yanliu walked towards the gate of Piaoxiang Pavilion without looking back.

Zhang Ruoxue quickly picked up Zhang Xiaohan and followed, asking, "Where should we go now?"

"The Blood Blue Root from the Yin Forest is enough. The remaining herbs are quite far away, so we'll have to walk a bit."

"It's quite far?"

“Hmm.” Standing on the street outside Piaoxiang Pavilion, looking at the sparsely populated road, Xu Yanliu frowned and said calmly, “But don’t worry, it’s just relatively far away. As for the specific location, it’s still within the Netherworld.”

"However—there's one place that's a bit troublesome..."

"More...troublesome?"

Xu Yanliu waved to Zhang Ruoxue, "Bring the form here."

After Xu Yanliu received the list of medicinal herbs written by her grandfather, she quickly found several herbs that she remembered and pointed them out to Zhang Ruoxue.

"Other herbs are rare, but not impossible to find, and in some places they can even be bought directly. But the remaining herbs are more troublesome to obtain."

Zhang Ruoxue tilted her head: "Because it's extremely rare?"

“No.” Xu Yanliu denied Zhang Ruoxue’s guess: “On the contrary, these herbs are very common, arguably the most common among those used for body tempering, but they are also the most troublesome…”

"why?"

"Because they all grow in one place."

Xu Yanliu pointed north, to the place where the dazzling bright moon was.

"That's where the sect of the Ash Demon Alliance is located..."

67. Herb Gathering and Imperial Coronation

"In order to expand their power, the Jin Yao Dao Alliance has incorporated this entire area into its sect territory. Whether it is medicinal herbs, spiritual plants, mineral veins, or gemstones, anything produced in this area belongs to the Jin Yao Dao Alliance."

Although it's called a region, its actual area far exceeds Zhang Ruoxue's imagination.

Xu Yanliu's words led her to mistakenly believe that the Jin Yao Dao Alliance at most occupied a few mountains or a few plots of spiritual plant land within the Netherworld.

But when she actually arrived at the place, she realized that it was not something that could be described simply as a "region".

If one had to categorize it, within the vast Netherworld—this realm created by Netherworld Ghost Fire—aside from the commercial area where Fragrant Pavilion and Old Six's Pharmacy are located, the rest of the area…

Almost all of them were taken in by the Jin Yao Dao Alliance!

To put it bluntly, the Jin Yao Alliance has already occupied about 60 percent of the territory of the Netherworld, and it is no exaggeration to call it the true master of the Netherworld.

“Although I don’t know much about this kind of thing…” Zhang Ruoxue followed cautiously behind Xu Yanliu, her gaze somewhat embarrassed as she looked away from the other woman’s ample figure, and couldn’t help but ask, “But won’t the Jin Yao Dao Alliance’s exaggerated expansion of territory cause dissatisfaction among others?”

"Others?"

Xu Yanliu shrugged without turning her head and laughed, "There aren't many people in this Netherworld who dare to oppose the Jin Yao Dao Alliance. Even the owner of Piaoxiang Pavilion, if he really makes a fuss, he'll probably have to give the leader of the Jin Yao Dao Alliance some face."

"What about the Netherworld Ghost Fire?" Zhang Ruoxue shifted her body and wriggled forward a few times. "That's the master of the Netherworld Ghost Realm. Could it be that she's in cahoots with the Ash Demon Alliance?"

"Netherworld Ghost Fire? That's the ultimate level twenty-one."

Faced with Zhang Ruoxue's words, Xu Yanliu felt a little strange: "No matter what, she is a great figure who has existed since the beginning of time. Although it is true that she founded the Netherworld Ghost Realm, I have lived for so long and I have never actually met her."

"why?"

"Heaven knows why, or rather, it would be strange if we could even see it," Xu Yanliu said helplessly, spreading her hands. "The Twenty-One Extreme is almost on par with the heavens. We little cultivators don't even have the qualifications to see it."

"Such important figures wouldn't bother with a force like the Ash Demon Alliance..."

Do I even qualify to meet him...?

Zhang Ruoxue was considering whether or not to tell Xu Yanliu about her meeting with Yin Hanxuebing and how she had dug her icy arm from the Northern Ice Palace.

Even if I told her, she probably wouldn't believe me.

After pondering for a while, she changed the subject and asked, "According to what you're saying, the power of the Ash Demon Alliance is really quite great..."