Reincarnation Girl Becomes Immortal

Then, he stretched out his hands, as withered as winter branches, to lift the body, stepped back, and slowly moved away.

People followed the old man's steps and turned to leave.

"Are these all the members of the Netherworld Sect?" Xi Heng guessed.

Yin Wanluan nodded gently: "Half of them are the old ones from before. They are all powerless. Only after I came here and became their saintess did they bring some new people."

The blonde girl gazed at the retreating figures of the group of men in black robes and whispered, "But the Netherworld Sect has a long history, and I wonder if these hundred- or two-hundred-year-old elders are hiding anything from me..."

"Fine, it doesn't matter if we keep it a secret, as long as our ultimate goal is the same." With that, she turned to Xi Heng and said:

"Since we're here, why don't we head to the alchemy room and refine a batch of pills?"

"..."

Upon hearing the words "alchemy room" from the other party, Xi Heng couldn't help but recall what had happened there last time.

If I go again this time, I'll probably be held in their arms again.

However... after all, he'll be refining pills sooner or later, and he'll be embraced sooner or later.

Besides, physical contact isn't all bad; sometimes it can even feel quite nice... After hesitating for a few seconds, the girl nodded gently.

Then you can see that the blonde girl in front naturally reached out her hand.

Xi Heng blinked lightly and handed over his left hand.

When the two hands touch, the other person's smooth fingers slide gently, and the silky touch lingers on the back and palm of the hands.

A finger naturally landed between her fingers and, with a gentle press, caused her fingers to open slightly.

Immediately afterwards, their ten fingers came together and intertwined.

This gesture doesn't look like leading; it looks more like a couple holding hands.

The girl felt something was strange, but for some reason she didn't stop.

I simply followed naturally beside it, walking up the long staircase to the pharmacy in the middle of the Youxu Gate building.

The stone door opened, and after the two entered, it slowly closed again.

Along the way, Xi Heng paid almost no attention to the road, only constantly feeling the warmth and smoothness between his fingers.

She always felt that what she touched with Yin Wanluan was not just their fingers, but something deeper...

Once the stone door was completely closed, this place became their private space again. As Xi Heng approached the stone table to process the medicinal herbs, she found her waist being embraced again.

"I knew you'd do this," Xi Heng clicked his tongue.

"You knew that, yet you still came with me. Isn't that what you wanted to do?" The other person chuckled.

"What are you doing?" The girl glanced over and saw a pair of golden eyes staring intently at her from the side.

"Double cultivation?"

"It should be alchemy, right? Aren't we in a relationship where we can cultivate together?" Xi Heng denied.

“Yes.” Yin Wanluan feigned a troubled expression: “Before you reach the late stage of Qi Refining, dual cultivation may be difficult to maintain due to the large difference in spiritual energy.”

"That's not the 'relationship' you're talking about."

The girl coughed twice and said seriously, "Let's take out the medicinal herbs. It's time to get down to business."

"Serious business is rather boring." The other party shook his head, finally adopting a slightly more serious demeanor, and said, "However, I do have a serious task to entrust to you."

"What?" Xi Heng asked.

Although she had received a thousand spirit stones from the mission, she could never have too much wealth.

"I need you to reach the late stage of Qi Refining as soon as possible... at least within three years," the other party said.

The girl's expression darkened slightly, and she clicked her tongue, saying, "So that you can assign me another dual cultivation task later, right?"

“That’s not it. I don’t just think about that.” The other person shook their head and continued:

"Three years from now, the Pure Fire Capital will hold a sect alliance conference for Qi Refining cultivators to discuss and exchange ideas. Only those in the late Qi Refining stage can participate."

"Oh?"

It sounded like a serious matter, so Xi Heng put away his strange thoughts.

"The three winners of the competition at the Alliance Conference will, as is customary, receive the blessing of the Pure Fire for three years." The other party explained in detail: "Those who receive the blessing are more favored by spiritual energy, and the concentration of spiritual energy around their bodies is one level higher than that of ordinary people, thus increasing their cultivation speed."

"That sounds good." Xi Heng was already considering participating.

“But what we need is another effect that comes with this blessing.” Yin Wanluan said simply: “Those who receive the blessing of the Pure Fire can enter the body of the Pure Fire without being burned to ashes immediately, and can last for at most a moment.”

"...After receiving the blessing, do I still need to step into the pure fire?" Xi Heng wondered.

“I won’t let you take such a life-or-death risk.” The other party shook his head slightly: “After receiving the blessing, the Netherworld Sect can use a secret method to peel it off and cover my body... Only I can steal a piece of white flame from the Pure Fire.”

It sounds like even if the other party were to do it, it would be extremely dangerous.

Not to mention the possibility of being injured by the Pure Fire along the way, even if they succeed, being discovered to have committed such a heinous crime as stealing the Pure Fire would cause a great deal of trouble.

Even as the Holy Maiden of the Pure Fire Cult, she should find it difficult to quell the unrest.

Or perhaps it is precisely because she is a saint that she is least likely to be forgiven.

She recalled the rumors she had heard in her previous life—that in that life, Yin Wanluan was sentenced to be burned in the Pure Fire for colluding with the Youxu Sect three or four years before the Fire Prison was destroyed. Afterwards, she transformed into the Resentful Heaven Demon Fire and burned all the cultivators in the Fire Prison.

However, the Netherworld Sect did manage to steal a ball of pure fire in the end—meaning that the plan was successful in the previous life.

It took another six or seven years before Yin Wanluan was discovered and punished.

However, what he had heard back then was too vague, and Xi Heng needed to confirm it again.

Perhaps the other party waited several years after the sect alliance competition before taking action, and was caught on the spot.

What secret method was used to send the Pure Fire to the Netherworld Gate underground when it was discovered?

So Xi Heng asked:

When do you plan to steal the Pure Fire?

"The secret method of transferring the blessing of the pure fire must be performed when the blessing is first received, and the duration of the blessing after the transfer will be much shorter, so it is natural to complete it as soon as possible."

Yin Wanluan asked in confusion, "Why do you ask this?"

"It was just something I said offhand."

Xi Heng nodded silently in his heart.

In that case, the timing should be roughly right.

Although it is unknown how things will develop, Yin Wanluan should be able to achieve her goal and will not die prematurely—she wants the other party to live a few more years.

As long as my early arrival doesn't cause any strange butterfly effect on time, that's fine.

"I accept this task. What's the reward?"

"The reward will be our dual cultivation," the other person said with a light laugh, trying to lighten the mood.

"..." Upon hearing this, Xi Heng felt a little like going back on his word.

"It was just a joke." A faint light flashed at Yin Wanluan's fingertips, and as if by magic, she produced a large porcelain bottle and placed it on the stone table in front of the two of them.

"First, ten Fire Essence Pills..."

The Fire Essence Pill can amplify one's fire attribute in a short period of time, and its benefits are considerable whether used for combat or cultivation.

Moreover, this item is quite valuable; this small bottle alone is probably worth thousands of spirit stones.

As Xi Heng blinked, the other person's fingers did not stop, but continued to turn, taking out porcelain bottles from the storage ring and placing them on top:

"Thirty high-grade Qi Condensation Pills, ten mid-grade spirit stones, and ten portions of Spirit Heart Wood..."

Gradually, a whole row of pills and various ingredients were laid out on the stone table.

These are all treasures that can improve cultivation efficiency or solidify the foundation of cultivation.

A rough estimate puts its value at five or six thousand spirit stones.

Such wealth was enough to leave Xi Heng, who didn't have much money, speechless.

He wondered to himself: Had he accidentally agreed to the other party's invitation to cultivate together, and was he now being kept by a rich woman?

Before I could figure it out, another voice fell into my ear:

"These are just initial support for your cultivation. Once you succeed, you will receive even greater rewards."

"many……"

I don't know why, but I always feel a little happy.

In addition-

"Speaking of which, why are you still holding me when we haven't even started refining medicine and don't need to explore the flow of spiritual energy?" Xi Heng noticed.

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Volume 1: Chapter 193, Chapter 186, Daily Progress

It was already early the next morning when I left Youxu Gate.

During the few hours they spent underground, Xi Heng simply accompanied Yin Wanluan, making pills and refining medicine as before, and nothing unusual happened.

However, after Xi Heng bluntly questioned his ambiguous actions... those intimate gestures that were originally somewhat justified were no longer concealed and became even more blatant.

Specifically, Yin Wanluan was initially somewhat hesitant to get close, but she would only hug him gently, lean against his shoulder, and at most just hold him lightly.

After Xi Heng exposed the reasons for these actions, the other party not only did not back down, but became even more unscrupulous.

When concocting medicine, he no longer simply held her waist lightly.

As time passed, his lithe fingers gradually moved to her waist, brushing against the smooth, delicate muscles of her abdomen. Through her usual tight-fitting clothes, he touched her more and more blatantly, and in increasingly strange places.

First it moves in the waist, then slowly swims up through the smooth fabric like a green snake climbing a tree trunk, inexplicably flowing to the chest and abdomen.

Xi Heng immediately stopped what he was doing and pried the other person's fingers apart.

The next moment, whether by accident or design, it touched her dantian, the very center of her body...

This is a very important place for cultivators.

As if reacting to a sudden shock, Xi Heng quickly pulled away, grabbing the other person's wrist and forcefully moving them away.

After slightly crossing the line this time, Yin Wanluan realized that it was not advisable to continue for the time being, so she sat aside and chatted casually with Xi Heng, who was refining pills.

As a result, the atmosphere gradually eased.

Xi Heng continued to refine medicine without interruption for several more times, and his mood gradually calmed down, allowing him to refine the details of his alchemy process more and more perfectly.

Today, only a few failed pills were produced on the first attempt; all the others were successfully formed.

Furthermore, as her skills continued to improve, each time she successfully refined a pill, she would produce one or two more mid-grade pills—no longer relying solely on luck to refine them as before.

Xi Heng is now able to refine pills on his own.

Even though their theoretical knowledge is still insufficient to get started, they are already familiar with the alchemy process.

Now, she has left Youxu Gate and is walking along the city streets back to her home.

Along the way, Xi Heng gently patted the somewhat bulging storage bag at his waist.

It contains a large amount of resources and treasures given by Yin Wanluan to aid in cultivation.

"That guy was a real pain, but he was also a huge help to me..."

"In return, I'll do my best to complete her mission."

As for dual cultivation or the like, we certainly won't be doing that at the moment.

No matter how much Yin Wanluan hinted or suggested, she wouldn't easily agree—otherwise, she would be taking advantage of the other party's naivety.

Even though Yin Wanluan's common sense dictates that there's no need to view things this way, she insists on sticking to her beliefs.

"It's mainly a difference in perception... Never mind, I'd better focus on cultivation." She put matters of the heart aside.

Xi Heng's primary goal in this realm is to cultivate to the Foundation Establishment stage so that he won't be affected by the drifting spiritual energy outside the Spirit Locking Array when reloading his save file later.

Without Yin Wanluan's generous support, she might have had to find a way to earn a large amount of spirit stones herself to barely achieve this goal through hard work.

Now, she only needs to cultivate steadily to reach the Foundation Establishment stage before the Fire Prison is destroyed.

Because her spiritual root was quite good, according to Yin Wanluan, it was a fire-attribute true spiritual root that was close to a heavenly spiritual root.

Before reaching the Golden Core stage, one should not encounter any bottlenecks in cultivation, and the success rate of Foundation Establishment is much higher than that of ordinary people.