“You…
you pervert!”
Xiao Bai was shocked by such shameless behavior.
Her large eyes rounded as she pointed at Ye Shu and cursed in a milky voice.
“A great enemy is right before us, yet instead of thinking about running or finding a solution, you’re here…
here…
Sect Master Feng Mengli is not far away and could come over at any moment!”
To think she actually thought this guy was cool and had a plan.
And it turns out to be this?
She couldn’t see any sign of a solution at all.
“What do you know?”
Ye Shu, however, held the Little Beast with a calm expression.
“Some eat with peace of mind, while others eat with their hearts in their throats.”
“Awoo…”
During their conversation, the Little Beast finally emerged from that state of extreme pleasure.
Having never experienced anything like this since birth, it seemed as if something had been Awakened within it; even the way it looked at Ye Shu underwent a strange change.
It leaped down and tugged at Ye Shu’s pant leg with its claws.
Then it pointed toward the depths of the cave.
“You mean…
you want me to go in with you?”
“Woo~!”
The Little Beast nodded vigorously, then immediately started walking inward with little ‘patter-patter’ steps.
“Wow, what a clever Yao Beast.”
Lin Qingxue couldn’t help but feel a bit surprised.
Such intelligent Demonic Beast cubs were rare, and it was so cute too.
It would be great if she could take it back as a pet.
“Let’s go.”
Ye Shu didn’t think that much and gave a call.
He followed it inside.
Inside the cave, light and color overflowed.
Various storage rings could be seen everywhere on the ground—red, green, white, yellow, and orange scattered all over.
One look and it was clear they were left behind by human Cultivators killed by the Purple Crystal Lion King.
Even someone like Lin Qingxue, a disciple of a great sect, was momentarily dazzled.
It wasn’t that she hadn’t seen this much wealth before.
It was that she had never seen so many storage rings piled together; each one represented a bloody life.
At a small platform deep within the cave…
Three white jade plates were placed straight upon it.
They were incredibly abrupt and conspicuous, as if they had just been temporarily set there.
Three items sat upon the jade plates.
On the left was a bottle of emerald-green Medicinal Pills.
To prevent Ye Shu from not understanding, it was specifically labeled in A4-sized characters:’Specially for Alleviating Pill Toxicity.’
All medicine is thirty percent poison; those who Cultivate by popping pills…
Naturally, pill toxicity settles in their bodies, affecting their Foundation and making their Realm unstable.
This often impacts their future growth ceiling, making them less solid than those who gained their cultivation through hard training.
This bottle of pills was clearly aimed at the potential hidden dangers left by his previous heavy consumption of Qi Recovery Pills for a rapid Breakthrough.
In the center was also a Medicinal Pill, but there was only one.
It was the size of a longan fruit and crystal clear throughout.
Although it had no pill veins, it was surrounded by a swirling purple mist and suspended in the air.
One look was enough to know it was no ordinary item.
“Is this…
a Flawless foundation establishment pill?”
Floating in mid-air, Danxia couldn’t help but say in shock, “How…
how is this possible?
Only a Seventh-Rank Alchemist can refine purple mist with more than three veins.
In this…
in this middle of nowhere, did it just pop out of the ground?”
“It couldn’t have been refined by the Lion King, right?”
Under normal circumstances, a three-veined foundation establishment pill could guarantee a Qi Refining Ninth Layer Cultivator a hundred percent chance to enter Foundation Establishment, but the effect of a Purple Mist foundation establishment pill was even more terrifying.
It could allow someone to reach Foundation Establishment on the spot.
Even a Mortal with no talent for Cultivation could use this to step onto the path of immortality with a solid Foundation.
Therefore, some also called this type of foundation establishment pill the ‘First-Turn Golden Core.’
But not many Alchemists would refine such a thing.
After all, those capable of refining it were already countless Realms beyond Foundation Establishment.
Thus, something like a Purple Mist foundation establishment pill was like chicken ribs to an Alchemist—valuable but with no market.
But this completely illogical scene left Danxia utterly shocked.
Hearing this, Ye Shu laughed inwardly.
How about it?
A Heavenly Dao customized fortuitous encounter—pretty miraculous, right?
On the right was a stalk of grass.
It grew there quietly, yet it had only a single leaf.
A faint black mist swirled around that leaf, within which stars seemed to flicker in and out of view, making it difficult to see clearly.
However, the well-traveled Danxia recognized it at a glance.
“Star Soul Grass!”
That single leaf provided immense benefits to Soul Power, capable of increasing one’s Soul Power limit by thirty-three percent.
One must know that on this continent, items related to the Soul were extremely rare.
Danxia’s eyes were practically popping out of her head.
This was just too lucrative!
“We’re rich!
We’re rich!”
Even Lin Qingxue’s eyes widened as she looked back and forth, wishing she could take everything for herself.
“Gulu!”
Just then, the Little Beast let out a whimper.
She sat on the ground and raised her fleshy paw, first pointing at Lin Qingxue and then extending a single claw to wag it, letting out whimpers of refusal.
Then, she looked at Ye Shu and pointed at the corpses of the three wolf demons outside the cave.
She then pointed at the three treasures and extended three claws, retracted two, leaving only one, and waved it firmly toward Ye Shu while letting out an ‘awoo~’ sound.
Despite how abstract it was, the two of them actually understood.
It meant Lin Qingxue should get lost, and because Ye Shu killed the three wolves to protect it, according to the rules, he could take one of the three treasures.
“Tsk, only children make choices; I want them all.”
Lin Qingxue curled her lip in disdain.
A mere Little Beast thought it could stop This Young Lady?
Even if these things all belonged to Ye Shu…
She could surely take a couple of small things, right?
She didn’t want much; she just wanted this cute little thing as a pet!
However, Ye Shu crossed his arms and frowned:
“Damn, which one should I choose?”
Lin Qingxue, who was about to make a move, instantly froze.
She looked at Ye Shu in disbelief: “Are you stupid?
Why not just take them all?
Can it stop you?”
Hearing this, Ye Shu looked at her as if she were an idiot.
“Listen here, buddy.
Taking without asking is stealing, and stealing is against the law, don’t you know?”
“Against…
against the law?”
Lin Qingxue was stunned.
Immediately, a massive wave of absurdity and shame-induced anger burst through her chest.
She couldn’t help but shout, “You’re the one who ran here to raid the place, and now you’re saying stealing is against the law?
How can you be so double-standard!”
“Because I’ve taken a fancy to its looks.”
Ye Shu pointed at the Little Beast and said with a straight face.
“You, you, you, you, you, you, you!”
Lin Qingxue was so angry she was about to spit blood; she couldn’t say a word for a long time.
And after a brief moment of thought…
In fact, the moment he finished speaking, he had already stepped toward the three round jade plates and grabbed the Star Soul Grass.
Refined in an instant!
A stream of pure Soul Power drifted out from the solitary leaf and slowly merged into Danxia’s remnant Soul.
In an instant, Danxia’s illusory Soul-body solidified significantly, becoming almost visible as a physical entity rather than being as ethereal as a phantom mist.
Although this bit of Soul Power was just a drop in the bucket for her, that feeling of fullness originating from the depths of her Soul allowed her to feel the taste of being alive again after a long time.
“Shu’er…”
She looked at Ye Shu with a complex gaze, filled with gratitude and a hint of confusion.
She clearly hadn’t expected him to give up Foundation Establishment and the chance to eliminate hidden dangers, choosing the Star Soul Grass instead of using it for himself, just to restore her Soul-body.
For a moment, she didn’t know how to speak.
Thank him?
Apologize?
Or continue to maintain this tacitly understood distance?
However, Ye Shu remained indifferent.
“No need to thank me.
I never like owing favors.”