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

After Lin Yuan left.

Li Yang dismissed all his servants.

She sat cross-legged on the jade couch, holding a dark golden barrier-breaking purple-gold pill in her palm.

Li Yang stared at the pill and took a deep breath.

Put the pill into your mouth.

The pills dissolve instantly upon entering the throat.

The medicinal power, like a scalding golden stream, surged down her throat and into her dantian. The burning medicinal power clashed for a moment with the cold, yin energy that had accumulated in her body over the years, and then spread along her main meridians with unstoppable force.

The hidden injuries that had been repaired after the damage to the dantian were gradually healed.

pain.

Li Yang gritted her teeth.

Her pearly white teeth were clenched tightly. Fine beads of sweat appeared on her forehead.

It's been more than ten years.

She had been waiting for this day for more than a decade.

He was ambushed by his enemy years ago, and his dantian was shattered by a single palm strike, leaving his meridians riddled with hidden injuries.

Her cultivation level was stuck at this realm for more than ten years.

Over the past decade or so, she has watched helplessly as her peers break through one by one, as Li Lan's face, which is exactly the same as hers, grows increasingly arrogant, and as the gazes cast upon her by her family change from expectation to disappointment and then to cold calculation.

Fifteen minutes later.

The medicinal effects have almost completely dissipated.

Li Yang slowly opened her eyes.

The speed at which true energy circulates throughout the body is nearly 30% faster than before taking the elixir.

Li Yang almost burst out laughing.

This quality of elixir was simply the best she had ever taken in her life. Without a doubt.

but

When her magical power reached the deepest part of her dantian, her expression suddenly darkened.

There, a very fine, hidden crack still remains.

Not long, not wide. As thin as a hair, as deep as bone marrow.

Li Yang's brows furrowed into a knot.

She is not reconciled.

Last time, I finally managed to repair the damaged dantian, but it left a hidden injury that has prevented me from breaking through.

Now, we can repair hidden damage, but it cannot be done completely.

She tilted her head back and swallowed another pill.

……

As darkness fell, all six pills were swallowed.

Li Yang gritted her teeth and activated her own magic power, combined with the medicinal power in her body, to launch a strong attack on the crack.

All the mana from the early stage of Core Formation was like a heavy hammer, carrying the medicinal power, and slammed into the location of the crack.

"Buzz—"

A violent tremor ran through his dantian.

The aftershocks spread throughout her body along her meridians, causing her internal organs to tremble.

The crack remained completely unmoved.

It just stayed there quietly.

It neither expands nor shrinks, and is unaffected by external forces. Like an inscription carved on a stone tablet, it remains steadfast regardless of wind and rain.

On the contrary, her meridians were violently shaken by the backlash of this brute force. The few hidden injuries that had just healed were almost torn open again by the impact of this recoil.

Li Yang's face turned pale, and she immediately stopped.

She sat on the jade couch, her chest heaving violently. The beads of sweat on her forehead were even more abundant than when she had taken the elixir.

The elixir only repaired about 70-80% of the damage.

The remaining 20%—that crack hidden deep within the dantian—cannot be penetrated by medicinal power, nor can it be broken by brute force.

To cure it completely, stronger medicine is not needed.

Rather, it is a force capable of dismantling cracks from within.

Li Yang closed her eyes.

I sat quietly for a long time.

The image of Lin Yuan's departing figure flashed through my mind. He stood by the door frame, turned to the side, a faint smile playing on his lips.

"If your internal energy is insufficient, come to Black Crow Mountain to find me anytime."

Li Yang slowly opened her eyes. Her gaze fell on the distant, hazy mountain ridge outside the window—the direction of Black Crow Mountain.

She remained silent for a long time.

His palms unconsciously rubbed against the jade couch beside him. The smooth, cool touch brought no comfort whatsoever.

finally.

She stood up.

Straighten your clothes.

She restyled her hair in a bun.

Then he sat back down behind his desk, picked up his vermilion pen, and continued to check the account books.

He is writing with his hands.

He was calculating in his mind.

An account that can't be settled.

Black Crow Mountain.

The night wind was biting.

The dead old tree groaned hoarsely in the wind, its bare branches swaying in the darkness like withered bones.

Startled by the sound of the wind, several black-bellied crows took flight from the treetops with a whooshing sound, their hoarse cries piercing the deathly silence of the night.

Outside the Six Yin Soul-Locking Array, the gray mountain mist, under the moonlight, resembled a thick curtain, completely enveloping the entire mountain peak.

A streak of light vanished.

It burst through the sky from the northeastern horizon.

It suddenly stopped above the cave.

A figure hovered there.

Her black dress fluttered in the wind, and her long hair was not tied up.

A chilling aura emanated uncontrollably from her body, instantly lowering the temperature of the surrounding air by more than ten degrees Celsius.

It is Wen Yuci porcelain.

Lin Yuan slowly opened his eyes.

He raised his hand and cast a spell.

The gray mist surrounding the Six Yin Soul-Locking Array churned violently for a moment.

The thick fog seemed to have been torn open by an invisible hand, allowing only one person to pass through at a time.

Wen Yuci's figure flickered, flashing into the formation like a wisp of black smoke.

The rift behind her closed instantly, and the gray mountain mist returned to normal.

She walked briskly along the passageway. Her feet barely touched the ground, her steps like those of a ghost. The hem of her long black dress brushed against the smooth, mirror-like rock face, making an extremely faint rustling sound.

Main hall.

Wen Yuci's figure appeared at the entrance of the stone chamber.

Under the moonlight, Wen Yuci's appearance appeared even more breathtaking.

Absolutely stunning.

Her features were exquisitely refined. Her eyebrows were like distant mountains, and her eyes were like still waters in a deep pool. Her lips were so pale they were almost transparent, yet they formed a perfectly sculpted curve.

But she looked terrible.

The unnatural paleness on her face wasn't due to naturally light skin, but rather a pathological result of years of internal dampness and coldness eroding her body. She was so pale she lacked any color. Like a finely crafted white porcelain doll, beautiful as she was, yet exuding a fragile quality as if she might shatter at any moment.

This is a sign of backlash against the heart meridian.

Wen Yuci raised her right hand.

A white jade box flew from her palm, tracing a smooth arc, and landed steadily on the stone table in front of Lin Yuan.

"Smack."

The lid pops open automatically.

A chilling aura surged forth from the jade box.

The temperature in the entire stone chamber plummeted in an instant.

Two crystal-clear petals lay quietly in the jade box.

Cold Marrow Lotus Petals.

"One furnace each of the Soul Purification Pill and the Calamity-Breaking Pill."

Wen Yuci's voice was cold. Direct. There was no room for negotiation.

Lin Yuan's mind raced as he worked on the abacus.

The Soul Purifying Pill can regulate turbulent spiritual energy and remove accumulated cold toxins from the body. With his current alchemy skills and the characteristics of the Earthly Fiend Netherfire, refining this pill is not particularly difficult.

But the Breaking Calamity Pill is different.

The Breaking Calamity Pill is a pill specifically designed for Nascent Soul cultivators to cleanse their Nascent Soul of impurities. Its high grade and difficulty in refining make it one of the most outstanding pills that a fifth-grade alchemist can refine.

The Breaking Calamity Pill requires the extreme yang power of the Xuanwu True Blood combined with the extreme yin power of the Cold Marrow Lotus.

Extreme yang and yin are incompatible; water and fire are mutually exclusive. The destructive shock generated when these two forces clash within the alchemy furnace cannot be suppressed by ordinary alchemical fire.

"Senior Sister Wen thinks too highly of me."

"The Breaking Calamity Pill is a top-tier pill that only a fifth-grade alchemist can refine. The Cold Marrow Lotus combined with the True Blood of the Black Tortoise represents extreme yin against extreme yang, and the intensity of the conflict between the medicinal properties far exceeds that of ordinary pills. I do not possess such a high level of alchemy skill."

"You can do it." Wen Yuci's gaze locked onto Lin Yuan. "I don't care what method you use, you must refine the pill for me. Remember, you have no right to refuse. If you fail to refine it, the only outcome is death."