After my Daoist partners broke off their engagement, they pledged their loyalty to me!

The ethereal sacred land, inner gate.

Unlike the outer gate, the inner gate is filled with misty mountains, and exquisitely crafted, independent cave dwellings are scattered across these mountains.

Xu Hongxi is an inner disciple, so she naturally has her own independent cave dwelling. Her cave dwelling is located in a secluded corner, and the abundance of spiritual energy in the world is far richer than that of other cave dwellings.

The spirit sword in the sky carried Xu Hongxi slowly down to the platform in front of the cave.

Xu Hongxi sheathed her spirit sword, but instead of entering the cave, she tilted her head slightly to look at one side of the cave, and her clear, cold voice rang out: "Come out."

As soon as he finished speaking, a young man in a white robe, holding a white feather fan, walked out with a smile, showing no embarrassment whatsoever.

"Miss Hongxi, you've returned from your training trip."

Xu Hongxi glanced sideways at the speaker, neither agreeing nor disagreeing, and offered no response.

Having found himself awkward, the young man in white robes promptly changed the subject. With a smile still on his face, he said, "Our families have been friends for generations, and our marriage was destined from the beginning. Why do you have to be like this..."

"Enough." Xu Hongxi exuded an aura that warned others to stay away, her icy presence directly assaulting the white-robed youth: "Jiang Yucheng, if you're done talking, get lost!"

Seeing Xu Hongxi's icy expression, Jiang Yucheng chuckled, unconcerned.

He gently waved the feather fan in his hand.

The icy aura that rushed towards him was split apart by an invisible force, and he was unaffected.

The aura, split in two, landed on two large trees beside the cave, and the trees instantly formed frost with a "crackling" sound.

Seeing that Xu Hongxi looked like she was about to attack if she didn't leave, a shadow of malice flashed in Jiang Yucheng's eyes, but he kept smiling and left, waving his feather fan.

However, as he left, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he began to think, "Xu Hongxi, no matter how hard you cultivate, you can't possibly defeat me. Accept your fate!"

"But she seems a little different this time after she went out and came back. Did something happen?"

Thinking about this...

Jiang Yucheng pondered whether he should inquire where Xu Hongxi had gone on this trip.

After Jiang Yucheng left, Xu Hongxi entered the cave.

With a "hum", the fourth-order protective spirit array set up outside the cave recognized its owner.

Jiang Yucheng's appearance made Xu Hongxi's originally good mood turn irritable.

With a wave of her hand, she took out bottles of monkey wine from her storage bag, and she instinctively reached for a drink.

Then she remembered that the Earth Rock Ape had put a lot of Passion Fruit in the Monkey Wine, and when she thought of this, images of her entanglement with Jiang Lin subconsciously appeared in her mind again.

This made her feel a little ashamed amidst her irritation.

Her ears turned slightly red.

When shame and indignation intertwined with strange feelings in my heart, the restlessness was suppressed.

"Jiang Lin, I've given you the Northern Wilderness Trial Token and the Meridian Opening Pill. The rest is up to you." Xu Hongxi herself didn't understand her own thoughts.

As she murmured softly, there was a hint of expectation in her tone that she herself was unaware of.

She shook her head, suppressing the distracting thoughts in her mind.

Looking at the monkey wine in the jade bottle in her hand, Xu Hongxi frowned slightly. The ingredients of this passion fruit needed to be dealt with.

She gently raised her jade-like hand, and a wisp of icy blue flame rose from her palm—her primordial flame.

In the secondary profession path, it's not only weapon refiners and alchemists who refine their own primordial fire seed; some spirit array masters and spirit talisman masters also do so.

Xu Hongxi is like that; having the Origin Fire Seed makes it much easier for her to set up spirit arrays.

As the icy blue flames rose within the cave, both scorching heat and extreme cold simultaneously appeared within the cave.

Bottles of monkey wine were poured out, floating above the icy blue flames. The power of the flames slowly seeped into the wine, causing it to churn. The components of the passion fruit were gradually stripped away, eventually dissipating as wisps of fine mist.

Because of family background.

Xu Hongxi was used to drinking to drown her sorrows.

Monkey wine became her favorite.

The reason I went to this small historical site was because I read in ancient books that the older the site, the more delicious the monkey wine made by the ape-like creatures inside.

She had long since finished her monkey wine.

This kind of rare and precious thing can't be bought anywhere else. She hadn't had monkey wine in a long time, so as soon as she got her hands on it, she couldn't wait to take a sip.

I never expected this to happen...

The icy blue flames purified the monkey wine very quickly. Once all the components of the Passion Fruit had been removed, she extinguished the flames and waved her hand to let the wine return to a new jade bottle.

Walk to the window and gaze into the distance.

Xu Hongxi's gaze was indifferent, and she finally sighed softly.

He turned around, sat down, and closed his eyes to cultivate.

In order to take control of her own destiny, she must cultivate even harder and strive to break through to the sixth level of strength as soon as possible!

the other side.

Jiang Lin arrived at the mission hall and submitted his mission for the month.

The main hall was bustling with activity.

Outer disciples who had just returned from the ruins flocked to submit their missions, and a long queue had formed at the front desk of the mission hall.

Discussions erupted one after another.

Everyone was sharing what they had seen and heard.

They don't need to hand over what they harvest, but they can exchange cultivation resources they don't need for spiritual points in the mission hall, and then use those spiritual points to buy what they need.

Jiang Lin looked around in the group but didn't see Senior Sister Tang Yu. He guessed that she had already submitted her application and left.

His gaze swept over the other people in the hall.

Many disciples had joy on their faces, clearly indicating that they had gained a lot from this trip to the ruins.

There was more than one person submitting a task at the front desk; there were five queues in total, and it would soon be Jiang Lin's turn.

At this moment, a sudden exclamation broke out from the group next to them. Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw a burly man taking out many first- and second-tier spiritual herbs, as well as quite a few spiritual cores, from his storage bag.

"Good heavens, so many spiritual herbs and cores, this is a huge harvest."

"As expected of Senior Brother Pang Hong, he must be gathering enough cultivation resources to prepare for advancing to the Yuan Dan realm, right?"

"Is he Senior Brother Pang Hong?"

"Among the outer disciples at the Meridian Opening Realm, Senior Brother Pang Hong's strength ranks quite high."

Pang Hong enjoyed the attention he received.

Soon, he counted the spirit points he could exchange for these items, totaling 360 points.

Three hundred and sixty spirit points is quite a lot!

The moment this spirit value was revealed, the surrounding disciples gasped in amazement and envy, and Pang Hong felt extremely pleased.

He was about to speak up about the cultivation resources he wanted to exchange when an even louder shout came from the group next to him.

It's even bigger than the commotion he just caused!

"Um?"

Pang Hong frowned and looked over.

That's right, it was Jiang Lin who, after submitting the mission, took out those unused spiritual treasures to exchange for spiritual points.

Neither the miscellaneous service market nor the outer sect market can provide him with the amount of cultivation resources he needs this time, so it's better to exchange them directly with spirit points in the mission hall.

Jiang Lin acquired more than twenty mortal-grade spiritual treasures at the Spirit Treasure Pavilion, some of them of low grade and others of medium grade.

Of the mid-grade mortal-level spiritual treasures, he only kept the Cloud Edge Sword and his close-fitting soft armor, as well as the high-grade mortal-level Shattering Star Bow and Shattering Star Arrow.

In addition, he kept two extra spiritual treasures to give to Senior Sister Jiang Wei and Senior Sister Tang Yu.

Senior Sister Gong Qingyu is a weapon refiner, so she doesn't need it.

Zhao Yishu? She only deserves to have her chaotic energy drained by Jiang Lin; she has no share of spiritual treasures.

The senior sister at the counter, responsible for counting the items, was also taken aback. She looked at Jiang Lin and asked, "Junior brother, are you sure you've exchanged all these spiritual treasures for spiritual points?"

"Okay, let's exchange it."

"Okay, let me calculate..." The senior sister at the counter started breathing rapidly, and the other disciples subconsciously quieted down.

Everyone wants to see it.

How much spirit value can be exchanged for so many spirit treasures?

Soon, the senior sister at the counter determined the spiritual value.

Her voice held a hint of envy: "Junior brother, the total number of spirit points you can exchange for is... 1230!"