I'll make you the furnace and the cauldron, so you can refine Yin and Yang and prove the Great

"Damn it, damn it!"

"Li Hanshan, I will definitely kill you!"

Another hour later, as soon as Li Hanshan left, a layer of frost appeared on Hua Nongying's pretty face, and her eyes surged with anger.

These past few days, her injuries haven't healed, and her cultivation hasn't recovered either, yet Li Hanshan came and took advantage of her again.

"By the way, how do you get out of this yard?"

Li Hanshan suddenly turned back.

Hua Nongying's expression stiffened for a moment, then a smile returned to her eyes as she handed over a token: "This is an access token. You can wear it on your person."

"it is good."

Li Hanshan took the token and turned to leave.

"They certainly know how to pick a location."

Li Hanshan stepped out of the courtyard and looked around at his surroundings.

Hua Nongying's courtyard is backed by a bamboo forest, with a waterfall cascading down one side, and surrounded by blooming flowers, making it a breathtakingly beautiful place.

In the distance, mountains rise one after another, shrouded in mist, with pavilions and towers with carved beams and painted rafters faintly visible among them. Occasionally, streaks of light flash across the sky, presumably disciples of the Hehuan Sect flying through the air.

He went behind a rock, lifted his clothes, and began to circulate his Yang Scripture. A pale golden pattern, resembling a flower, appeared on his abdomen.

This occurred during his interactions with Hua Nongying.

"It seems to have come from the Yang Ce cultivation technique; it should be of some use."

After observing for a while, he put down the clothes and felt relieved.

......

In the days that followed, Li Hanshan would come to Hua Nongying every few days to "cultivate" himself.

If it weren't for his poor health, he would have come to see Hua Nongying every day.

"This Yang Book technique is truly heaven-defying!"

With the help of the Yang Ce technique, Li Hanshan broke through to the second level of Qi Refining in no time.

"Damn it! He's broken through again!"

When Hua Nongying noticed Li Hanshan's breakthrough, she wore a surprised smile, but the anger in her heart was burning through her internal organs.

That's her cultivation level!

If Li Hanshan were to absorb her energy like this, she would be lucky to even maintain her current level, let alone reach the Foundation Establishment stage.

What alarmed her even more were the lines on his abdomen—with each of Li Hanshan's "cultivations," those lines deepened. From the initial faint outlines, the shapes of petals were now clearly visible.

After some deliberation, Hua Nongying came up with a plan.

The next time Li Hanshan came to see her, she took the initiative to speak.

"Master, do you know? There are quite a few people in the sect who have designs on you." She spoke gently as she massaged his shoulders. "Although I'm here to protect you now, I'm only an inner disciple after all. What if one day a Golden Core elder takes a liking to you..."

She deliberately only said half of what she meant, leaving it to Li Hanshan's imagination.

"So?" Li Hanshan asked calmly, his eyes closed as he enjoyed her service.

"So Master should let me improve my cultivation first." Hua Nongying's voice became more gentle. "If I can break through to the Foundation Establishment stage, I will not only become a core disciple, but also receive special training from the sect. At that time, even if a Golden Core elder wants to harm you, he will have to think twice."

"Foundation Establishment?" Li Hanshan opened his eyes, looking at her with a half-smile. "Are you saying that I should do everything in my power to help you break through to Foundation Establishment, and then you'll protect me?"

Hua Nongying's heart tightened, but she showed a wronged expression on her face: "Master, I'm just worried about your safety... Besides, with the Heart Demon Oath in place, even if I reach the Foundation Establishment stage, I'll still be your little slave girl."

"Is that so?" Li Hanshan said calmly. "Let's talk about this later."

It would have been better if she hadn't brought it up, but the moment she did, he instinctively felt that he absolutely couldn't let her reach the Foundation Establishment stage, otherwise something bad would definitely happen.

Hua Nongying wanted to persuade him again, but Li Hanshan had already stood up.

That's all for today. Get some rest.

He left after saying that, without looking back.

As Hua Nongying watched his retreating figure, the tenderness on her face crumbled little by little.

"Old fox!"

She gritted her teeth, cursing Li Hanshan in her mind. She'd laid all that groundwork, and this guy hadn't fallen for it at all.

"Master, Cui'er has come to visit."

"Oh? Let him in."

The next day, Hua Nongying received a visitor.

It was a maidservant dressed in a light blue dress, whom Hua Nongying received in the courtyard.

After the maid arrived, she first bowed and then said, "Senior Sister Hua, Master heard that you bought a furnace for the Pure Yang Holy Body, so he specially sent me to take a look. Just now, I saw that the old furnace... is it still alive?"

Hua Nongying exhaled a puff of smoke and said casually, "He's still alive. Fairy Ben is reluctant to kill this old cauldron for the time being. After all, a pure Yang body at one hundred years old is very rare. If we nurture him slowly, we might be able to extract some other benefits from him."

Cui'er paused for a moment, then bowed again: "This servant understands. This servant will go back and report now."

"Go."

Cui'er left the courtyard.

"who is she?"

As soon as Cui'er left, Li Hanshan came out of the room and asked.

"Who is she?" He walked into the courtyard, sat down opposite Hua Nongying, and asked casually.

"Cui'er, the maidservant by the Holy Maiden's side." Hua Nongying took a sip of tea, her tone casual.

"Holy Maiden?" Li Hanshan raised an eyebrow, probing further, "Speaking of which, you mentioned before that your cultivation technique is a sect secret. Could this secret technique have been passed down by the Holy Maiden?"

"Naturally, it's the Holy Maiden." When she mentioned this, Hua Nongying's tone became more respectful. "This is an unparalleled secret technique passed down by the founder. Ordinary disciples don't even know its name. When I first entered the inner sect, I was severely ostracized. If it weren't for the Holy Maiden helping me, I would have been devoured long ago, leaving not even bones behind."

As she said this, a genuine sense of gratitude flickered in her eyes.

Li Hanshan did not respond.

The supreme secret method of the patriarch?

Having practiced dual cultivation with Hua Nongying multiple times, he knew better than anyone the domineering nature of that technique.

Each time she used the technique, she wanted to absorb every last drop of the cauldron's essence. He had been in the Joyful Union Sect for some time and knew that other demonesses used the technique to absorb essence from their cauldrons, emphasizing a slow and steady approach, controlling the heat so that the cauldron could last longer and produce more benefits. But Hua Nongying's technique didn't care about any of that—it just absorbed, absorbed to the point of exhaustion.

Of course, no matter how domineering this technique is, it is not as domineering as Yang Ce.

But why would the Holy Maiden of the Hehuan Sect give such a secret technique to Hua Nongying? Could there be some hidden reason behind it?

Li Hanshan was unaware of the specifics.

In the following days, the Holy Maiden of the Hehuan Sect did not send anyone else, and Hua Nongying no longer mentioned her.

As for Li Hanshan, he still went to Hua Nongying to cultivate every few days.

During this process, he began to explore the in-depth application of Yangce Gongfa and confirmed that the mysterious patterns that appeared on his abdomen were related to Yangce Gongfa.

"Her lines are concave, while mine are convex. Concave represents yin, and convex represents yang. She seems unable to see the lines on my abdomen..."

Li Hanshan made many discoveries, such as the difference between the two types of patterns, and how the patterns deepened with each cultivation session.

Another discovery is that the energy drawn from the Yang Ce Gong Fa can not only be used to improve cultivation, but also to nourish the body, with even better effects than Hua Nongying's medicinal soup.

This made him seek out women more frequently.

"Damn it! Damn it! Li Hanshan, I will definitely kill you!"

Every time Li Hanshan left, the gentle smile on Hua Nongying's face would collapse like melting snow. She would grab a pillow and throw it hard on the bed, her teeth grinding together.

She hates it!

After several days of continuous cultivation, Li Hanshan's spiritual energy was like a furnace being fueled by constantly added firewood, burning ever brighter.

Finally, on this night, a deep rumble came from his dantian. The long-accumulated spiritual power broke through a certain critical point, surging like a tide in his meridians, opening up a wider circulation.

Refinement level three!

He opened his eyes, a hint of surprise flashing across them.

"This Book of Yang is truly defying the heavens!"

Li Hanshan increasingly appreciated the extraordinary power of the Yang Ce Gongfa.

What is candy to him is poison to me.

If you directly absorb someone else's spiritual energy into your body, it will only cause damage.

All methods of absorbing spiritual energy are essentially about converting the spiritual energy of others into one's own through special means.

The better the technique, the higher the conversion efficiency.

Clearly, Yang Ce belongs to the highest category.

Of course, the Yang Ce is essentially anti-plunder, but it can also be used for plunder, just like what Li Hanshan is doing now.

"He's broken through again!"

Hua Nongying was filled with bitterness.

Even if it's due to the practice of absorbing external energy, Li Hanshan's cultivation breakthrough speed is just too fast.

This frustrated her, but it also fueled her desire for the cultivation technique Li Hanshan possessed, making her even more eager to obtain it.

However, if Li Hanshan continued to absorb energy like this, she would never be able to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage, which made her increasingly anxious.

"No, this can't go on."

Hua Nongying knew she had to find a way to break the deadlock.

But with the oath to her inner demons in place, she really didn't dare to do anything else.