The Hehuan Sect cultivates alchemy; my senior sister helps me refine alchemy throughout the world.

Shen Yifei was held back by Shisan Niang, unable to move. He looked at his mother in the center of the altar, her body covered in countless Netherworld Needles, and his heart ached as if it were being torn apart!

"Let go, I want to go over there." Shen Yifei's voice was unusually angry.

"What could you have done in the past?" Thirteen Sister's hand did not loosen. "If you touch one of her needles, all the other needles on her body will explode at the same time. Not to mention her soul and spirit, you and she will both be lost."

Su Huan also advised, "Young master, Thirteen Sister wouldn't harm you; you must trust her!"

"Then, what do you suggest I do? I can't just watch my mother suffer like this!"

Thirteen Sister let go of the altar, walked half a circle around it, and stopped in front of the stone pillar.

She reached out and touched the groove on the stone pillar, then looked at the Reincarnation Token at Shen Yifei's waist, and suddenly smiled.

This laugh left Shen Yifei somewhat bewildered.

"Shen Yifei, I want to make a deal with you."

"What? You want to talk to me about a deal now? What kind of time is this?!" Shen Yifei was genuinely angry!

This woman is still plotting against me!

"Let's talk now." Thirteen Sister's tone was calm. "I can pull out your mother's needles. The essence of my Time-Sequence Dao Body can suppress the restrictions of the Netherworld Bone-Piercing Needles and draw them out one by one."

Suppressing his anger, Shen Yifei asked, "Tell me... what conditions do you need to save my mother?"

"First, after I help you rescue your mother, you must take me away from the underworld."

"That's all the conditions?" Shen Yifei didn't expect the conditions to be so simple. "Fine, you save my mother, and I'll take you out of the underworld."

"Secondly, after you leave, you must marry me."

Shen Yifei was stunned; he hadn't expected this condition.

Although he had many women around him, only Luo Qinghe and Ao Xue actually married him.

No other woman, including Ye Ling, received such treatment.

Liu Mengli exclaimed "Oh!" from behind, "Thirteenth Sister, you've got quite the appetite. Marry you? Do you know how many people are lining up ahead of you?"

She grabbed Su Huan and said, "Look... there's one here..."

Su Huan was also surprised; she was stunned by Thirteen Sister's condition.

Although she originally thought Shen Yifei would make sacrifices, she never expected him to ask her to marry him.

Thirteen Sister ignored them, staring directly into Shen Yifei's eyes: "In all my years, I, Thirteen Sister, have never sacrificed my body and essence for anyone. If you agree, I will save your mother. If you don't agree, your mother will stay here with the acupuncture until you find another way."

Shen Yifei looked at Thirteen Niang's face.

Shen Yifei had already experienced this woman's temperament at the gambling table... She meant what she said and wouldn't haggle with you!

"Okay," Shen Yifei said. "I promise you."

"You agreed so readily?" Thirteen Sister raised an eyebrow. "You're not going to go back on your word?"

"You're my woman now, and I'll take responsibility for her!"

Thirteen forced a smile. "No matter what I become, you won't go back on your word?"

"Even if you become an old woman, I won't mind!"

When Thirteen Sister heard Shen Yifei's words, the corners of her mouth curled up slightly.

"Alright, Shen Yifei, remember what you said."

She turned and walked toward the altar. When she reached the stone pillar, she reached out and gently touched the first black needle with her fingertips.

The black aura at the end of the needle suddenly receded slightly.

"The seal on the needles is binding your mother's soul. I'll pull them out one by one, and you just stay here and watch, and don't make a sound."

Shen Yifei nodded, not daring to say another word.

Thirteen Sister took a deep breath, clasped her hands together, and then slowly opened them. A silvery-white light slowly emerged between her palms.

The light was extremely faint, yet it carried an indescribable mystery.

Thirteen Niang closed her eyes and slowly guided the power of time towards the first black needle on Youlan's body.

The black energy at the end of the needle touched the power of time, and trembled violently as if it had encountered a natural enemy.

Thirteen Niang gritted her teeth and pushed the power of time forward an inch.

The black needle began to loosen.

One, two, three...

Fine beads of sweat appeared on Thirteen Sister's forehead, and wrinkles gradually appeared. Her black hair slowly turned gray.

With each needle removed, she aged a little more.

By the time she plucked the twentieth hair, fine lines had already appeared at the corners of her eyes.

By the time she plucked the fiftieth hair, her temples had turned completely white.

Looking at her retreating figure, Shen Yifei finally understood the reason behind the two conditions that Thirteen Sister had mentioned.

She risked her life to save the mother she had beaten!

He tried to rush over, but Liu Mengli held him down firmly.

"If you go there now, all of Thirteen Sister's previous efforts will be in vain, and your mother's life will be in danger!"

Shen Yifei gritted his teeth, his face trembling uncontrollably!

The seventieth one.

Thirteen's face was clearly aged, and her hands began to tremble.

She exhaled a breath of stale air and muttered under her breath, "These Netherworld Bone-Piercing Needles are truly wicked."

The eightieth.

Thirteen Sister's body hunched over, her breathing grew heavier and heavier, and each time she removed a needle, her arm would tremble for a while before she could steady herself.

The ninety-fifth.

Thirteen Sister had become so thin that she was unrecognizable, just a withered skeleton supporting a layer of wrinkled skin. She knelt before the stone pillar, her fingers trembling, and touched the end of the ninety-sixth needle.

"Thirteenth Sister, I'll figure out the rest!" Shen Yifei finally couldn't hold back any longer.

"Enough with the nonsense." Thirteen Sister said in a hoarse voice without turning her head, "If the restriction is broken halfway through pulling out the needle, your mother will be gone. You... don't forget what you promised me."

After she finished speaking, she took a deep breath, gripped the ninety-sixth needle with her fingers, and pulled it out sharply.

The moment the black needle left her body, a shrill shriek burst forth from the needle's tail. Thirteen Sister was jolted backward by the force, and blood gushed from her mouth and nose at the same time.

She wiped it off and continued pulling.

The moment the last black needle was pulled out, Thirteen Sister's entire body went limp and she collapsed backward.

"Thirteenth Sister! How are you?"

Thirteen opened her mouth, her voice barely audible: "The needles... are all removed..."

Liu Mengli and Su Huan rushed to Youlan's side.

The chains binding Youlan were still there, but without the suppression of the black needles, her soul began to slowly awaken. Her eyelids twitched, and she laboriously opened her eyes.

Seeing the two alluring women before him, and then seeing Shen Yifei embracing an older woman...

"Yifei, don't save me! Something...something will happen!"

After saying that, he fainted again!

Liu Mengli examined her and said, "Master, Mother's soul is just a little weak, but she's fine!"

After saying that, she channeled some of her reincarnation power into Youlan's body.

Shen Yifei was relieved to see that his mother was alright.

Looking at Thirteen Sister again, she had become like a dried-up corpse, her eyes tightly closed, and she was completely still.

"Thirteen Sister, wake up! Are you trying to scare me again? You have the Time-Sequence Dao Body, change back right now..."

Thirteen Niang's lips moved twice, "You...you mustn't forget to marry...marry me..."