What does my ancestor's pregnancy have to do with me, a mere servant?

But now.

Having personally experienced several baptisms of the Yin-Yang Limitless Creation Technique, I felt the quality of my spiritual root becoming purer day by day. I felt the profound mystery of my spiritual energy being purified from its source and my magical power being strengthened layer by layer.

She understood.

Not only did I understand.

She even began to understand Jiang Huaiyue's mindset at the time. She started to empathize with her. She began to use the same tone and posture to say the same things to the next person.

This is truly a stroke of luck.

Chu Mingyue laughed in anger after hearing these words.

Even as a prisoner, her inherent arrogance and innate royal pride remained steadfast, supporting her spine without bending in the slightest.

She straightened up abruptly, the movement aggravating her neck injury, causing her to wince in pain, but her verbal retort was merciless.

"Pooh!"

Chu Mingyue spat a mouthful of blood at Gu Jiusi's feet.

"Shameless bitch!"

"A prodigy of the prestigious Tai Xuan Immortal Sect, Ji Qingying's beloved disciple whom she raised like her own daughter, has actually willingly become a cultivation vessel for a Foundation Establishment stage demonic cultivator!"

Her phoenix eyes widened, filled with contempt and disgust.

"If this disgusting deed were to reach the Tai Xuan Immortal Sect, that old nun Ji Qingying would probably tear your tendons out and skin you alive! Gu Jiusi, you have utterly disgraced the Tai Xuan Immortal Sect!"

Faced with such vicious insults, Gu Jiusi showed no shame or anger whatsoever; instead, she covered her mouth and chuckled softly.

That smile was gentle as water, yet it carried a chilling coldness.

"The face of the Tai Xuan Immortal Sect? On the path of cultivation, only the strength you hold in your own hands is real." Gu Jiusi smoothed his hair over his shoulder, looking at Chu Mingyue with a playful gaze. "As for you, the harsher you curse, the better. I pray that you will always maintain this fierce spirit and never try to take it from me."

grab?

Chu Mingyue's Dao heart was as firm as a rock, but upon hearing these words, her face still turned bright red with embarrassment. Her blood rushed to her head, aggravating her wounds, and she coughed repeatedly.

"What nonsense are you spouting!"

"Who wants to take it from you! Even if I, Chu Mingyue, die here, even if my soul is extracted and refined, even if I am shattered to pieces, I will never allow this lowly demonic cultivator to touch a single hair on my head!"

Upon hearing Chu Mingyue's scathing rebuke, Gu Jiusi's peach blossom eyes curved slightly, and the smile on her lips deepened rather than diminished.

"It's a deal." Her voice was gentle and her tone calm. "I hope the Third Princess will keep her word."

Chu Mingyue was so angry that she laughed instead, and was about to retort.

Lin Yuan raised his hand.

Gu Jiusi immediately shut up, obediently took half a step back, and stood still with her eyes lowered.

Lin Yuan flipped his right hand, and a crimson-gold animal hide storage bag appeared in his palm. The surface of the bag was outlined with the nine-clawed dragon pattern of the Chu royal family in gold thread, and it emitted a faint fluctuation of spiritual energy.

Chu Mingyue's eyes twitched violently when she saw the storage bag.

"Open the barrier," Lin Yuan said gently, looking at her.

Chu Mingyue gritted her teeth, staring intently at Lin Yuan. The storage bag contained her accumulated wealth and resources over the years, as well as the Nascent Soul path paved for her by the Chu royal family at great expense.

She wanted to refuse.

But when she met Lin Yuan's unwavering gaze, a chill ran through her.

There was no room for negotiation in those eyes, only an absolute sense of superior control.

From a young age, she knew that the dead had no value.

She took a deep breath and closed her eyes. She separated a wisp of her divine consciousness and forcibly erased the divine soul imprint on the bag's opening.

Lin Yuan took the storage bag, turned the opening down, and flicked his wrist slightly.

"Splash!"

A pile of dazzling items fell onto the simple stone table, instantly filling the space within a two-foot radius. Among them were several pieces of crimson silk undergarments and close-fitting fabric.

Chu Mingyue turned her face away, her breathing becoming heavy.

Besides the daughter's clothes, the stone table was piled high with porcelain bottles, jade boxes, spirit stones, jade slips, and a stack of talismans shimmering with various colors of spiritual light. The quantity wasn't extremely large, but each item was clearly priceless.

"Holy crap, I'm rich! No wonder she's a princess, so many good things. Calm down, calm down, don't show any fear!" Lin Yuan thought to himself.

He forcefully suppressed the wildly upturned corners of his mouth, stood expressionless in front of the table, his eyes indifferent.

He reached out and uncorked a celadon porcelain bottle. A rich medicinal aroma instantly filled the entire cave. More than a dozen perfectly round, translucent celadon pills lay quietly at the bottom of the bottle, their surfaces even displaying a fine layer of cloud-like patterns.

Purple Spirit Condensing Essence Pill.

This is a spiritual medicine used by Golden Core cultivators to quickly improve their cultivation level.

However, these pills are of average quality, only mid-grade pills. Even so, they are not something that ordinary alchemists can refine. The refining method is extremely demanding, and only alchemists of grade six or above can make them. They are valuable but not available on the market.

There are six bottles here.

Lin Yuan glanced at them and tossed the six jade bottles to Gu Jiusi beside him.

For him, it's not useful right now, and the quality is too low.

Gu Jiusi hurriedly caught the jade bottle, and after seeing the pills inside, her body trembled slightly with extreme excitement.

"Thank you for your generous gift, Master." Gu Jiusi knelt down on both knees. "With these pills, I will definitely be able to reach the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm before leaving the secret realm, and perhaps even the late stage."

Lin Yuan ignored her and continued picking up the items on the table.

He opened a sealed sandalwood box. The moment the lid opened, a rich, pure aura wafted out. Inside was a red pill with golden patterns on its surface, the aura of the pill forming a faint, ethereal image of an infant.

Mid-grade Nine-Transformation Infant Pill.

This item can increase the grade and success rate of a cultivator's Nascent Soul condensation.

Although he couldn't use it now, it was absolutely priceless. Lin Yuan didn't stand on ceremony and swept it directly into his storage bag.

There were also a dozen or so bottles of pills containing healing, mana restoration, and detoxification pills, all of which were of high quality.

Then, his gaze fell on the talismans.

Lin Yuan had most of the talismans, which were not considered precious to him, but to others they were all valuable items.

After searching for a while, they finally pulled out a talisman that was entirely purple-gold in color.

The surface of the talisman was intricately decorated with lightning patterns drawn with the true blood of a high-ranking demon race. The moment the fingertip touched it, a faint, destructive, and violent aura of lightning would seep into the meridians along the skin.

Heavenly Thunder Talisman.

Lin Yuan's gaze sharpened. Once activated, this thing's power was comparable to a full-force attack from a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.

This talisman was clearly her strongest means of survival. If he hadn't used the Profound Yin Absolute Thunder to kill her at close range, and had instead allowed her to create distance and unleash this talisman, Lin Yuan wouldn't even be left with ashes.

He carefully put away the Heavenly Thunder Talisman.

Push aside several red garments on the table. A set of neatly folded inner armor was revealed. The armor was entirely silver-white, made of neither gold nor jade, extremely thin, and its surface was engraved with intricate ice-attribute defensive array patterns.

This is clearly a good defensive magic weapon, and it should be Chu Mingyue's backup defensive treasure.

"Good stuff. It's a pity it's a women's style." Lin Yuan stroked his chin.

Although it was a bit small, the material was extremely soft, more than enough to save his life in a crisis. He didn't hesitate to put it in his pocket.

He then picked up the jade slips and probed them one by one with his divine sense.

Besides some secrets and cultivation techniques of the Chu royal family, one of the jade slips contained detailed recipes for more than a dozen types of elixirs.

The formula for the Purple Spirit Condensing Essence Pill was prominently listed.