If it were before, seeing Li Chuan take out so many spirit stones, Chu Mengyou might have blamed him again for being so stingy, always fussing over a few spirit stones.
But the recent mental training had indeed changed her significantly, so she was surprised that she didn't blame Li Chuan at all.
Li Chuan said to her, "Senior Sister, I can give you the spirit stones all at once for you to buy the Foundation Establishment Pill. Consider these spirit stones as an advance deposit with you, and after you establish your foundation, we'll stick to the amount we discussed before."
"Each time, we'll deduct from the 3000 spirit stones. What do you think, Senior Sister?"
Chu Mengyou burst into laughter upon hearing this, her smile lighting up the room, making her look even more charming.
"Junior Brother, you really know how to calculate, even taking advantage of your Senior Sister like this." Chu Mengyou looked amused yet helpless, "I'm truly defeated by you."
"So, Senior Sister, do you agree?" Li Chuan asked confidently.
Chu Mengyou said, "But Senior Sister only needs 1800, why are you giving 3000?"
Li Chuan replied, "Consider it an additional condition. Either you accept the 3000, or we continue as before. But think carefully, Senior Sister, I won't have much time to find you every day in the future."
"After all, there are so many junior and senior sisters in the Outer Sect, even among the top ten peerless senior sisters, there are still nine others. If you refuse me now, your Foundation Establishment might be delayed again."
Chu Mengyou pouted adorably, her voice sweet, "Junior Brother is threatening Senior Sister, but Senior Sister accepts your threat."
"After Senior Sister establishes her foundation, I'll be at your disposal."
She gave Li Chuan a flirtatious glance and collected the spirit stones.
Seeing her like this, Li Chuan couldn't help but sigh, what a seductress.
"Senior Sister, you're really something," he couldn't help but say.
Chu Mengyou didn't mind at all, instead, she asked Li Chuan, "Junior Brother, do you like it when Senior Sister is like this?"
After her mental growth, such words no longer affected her, she could even play along.
Li Chuan laughed, "What do you think, Senior Sister? If I didn't like it, how could I spend thousands of spirit stones on you!"
Chu Mengyou said, "But Senior Sister thinks you like it when Senior Sister is cheeky... hahaha..."
She couldn't help but laugh at her own words.
"Alright, enough teasing, Senior Sister is going to buy the Foundation Establishment Pill."
"I think Junior Brother isn't just guarding Senior Sister, but planning to take the first, second, third, and fourth times after Senior Sister establishes her foundation..."
"Senior Sister, what are you saying? I already said I won't have much time to find you in the future."
The two left, chatting and laughing. From their expressions alone, one would never guess they were discussing such bold topics.
It was as if they were talking about ordinary things.
Li Chuan accompanied Chu Mengyou to the Elixir Pavilion of the Yin-Yang Sect, and only then did he learn that buying a Foundation Establishment Pill required a contribution ranking.
The contribution ranking meant that among the Qi Refining disciples, those with higher contributions had priority in purchasing.
If the contribution wasn't sufficient, then sorry, you had to wait in line.
Moreover, the ranking didn't count the contributions already spent, meaning the Contribution Token must have unspent contributions.
No wonder the Mission Hall was always bustling with people; it turned out that without contributions, life in the Yin-Yang Sect wasn't very convenient.
Buying the Foundation Establishment Pill didn't require contributions, just spirit stones.
What surprised Li Chuan was that his current contribution ranked third.
With over 5000 points of contribution, he was ranked third among thousands of Qi Refining disciples, which he never expected.
Only after asking Chu Mengyou did he find out that she now had only over 1000 points of contribution, as she had used all her previous contributions to exchange for cultivation elixirs and magical treasures.
"The effects of elixirs bought with spirit stones and those exchanged with contributions are different. If we have contributions, we generally prioritize exchanging them for elixirs, then buy with spirit stones."
"If I hadn't felt close to Foundation Establishment and saved contributions in advance, I'd probably have only a hundred or two now."
Chu Mengyou explained.
Hearing this, Li Chuan's interest was piqued, and he went to the Magical Treasure Pavilion of the Yin-Yang Sect to take a look.
This look cost him dearly; he left with only 319 points of contribution out of the initial 5319.
He exchanged 1000 contributions for a first-tier top-grade Magical Artifact Longsword.
Another 1000 contributions for a first-tier top-grade Magical Artifact Treasure Robe.
Another 1000 contributions for a first-tier top-grade Magical Artifact Boots.
Another 1000 contributions for a first-tier top-grade Magical Artifact Long Rope.
The boots were for escaping, while the long rope and great net were for capturing demonic beasts.
Killing demonic beasts directly was a pity, so generally, people tried to capture them alive. Li Chuan was very experienced in this, as before joining the Yin-Yang Sect, his main source of spirit stones, besides entering Minor Worlds and Immortal Abode Ruins, was capturing demonic beasts.
Calling him a seasoned demonic beast hunter wouldn't be an exaggeration.
Seeing Li Chuan being so generous, Chu Mengyou couldn't help but say, "Junior Brother, why don't I become your Dao Companion? I don't mind your low cultivation realm, just teach me how to earn spirit stones."
Li Chuan replied, "As long as Senior Sister serves me well, I'll naturally reward you with plenty of spirit stones. Why bother learning, it's too tiring."
Chu Mengyou found this amusing and said, "But for so long, Junior Brother, you haven't rewarded Senior Sister with even a single spirit stone."
As soon as she finished speaking, a spirit stone was tossed her way.
"Consider it a reward."
"Junior Brother is so generous, rewarding as soon as you say it."
The two, like ordinary sect members, chatted and laughed all the way back to Chu Mengyou's residence.
Zhao Bingqian hadn't seen Chu Mengyou for over ten days, but it was normal for cultivators to be away for ten days or half a month, so he didn't think much of it.
Moreover, he had been meditating in his room for these ten days, and time passed quickly.
He casually asked, "Mengyou, Junior Brother Li Chuan, did you return from helping Senior Sister Chu Xuan?"
Chu Mengyou didn't answer directly but said, "Senior Brother, I've exchanged for the Foundation Establishment Pill and returned to prepare for Foundation Establishment."
"What, Junior Sister, you've saved up 5000 spirit stones so quickly!" Zhao Bingqian was genuinely shocked.
How long had it been?
He immediately felt envious, assuming Chu Mengyou had been helping Chu Xuan, which was why she had so many spirit stones.
"Please, Senior Brother, guard for Junior Sister." Chu Mengyou suddenly gave Zhao Bingqian a sweet smile.
It was a smile Zhao Bingqian had never seen before.
Watching Chu Mengyou's breathtaking silhouette as she entered the room, he suddenly felt dazed, muttering to himself, "Junior Sister, she's going to establish her foundation."
In that instant, it felt as if a thousand mountains were pressing down on him, making it hard to breathe.