Lei Pang said, "It's precisely because you'll be following Young Lady that you'll have the chance to go there. The intelligence we brought back this time isn't really secret. It's just that the number of beasts in the Eastern Wilderness has suddenly increased recently. The General suspects that the Myriad Spirit Mother Pool has appeared again and plans to send some young experts to investigate and see if they can gain some benefits."
Xue Yi understood: "You mean the Lord might send Young Lady there?"
He knew about the Myriad Spirit Mother Pool. It was an ancient legend.
Legend said the waters of the Myriad Spirit Mother Pool could nourish all things and make creatures become more powerful. Especially the golden waters at its deepest point could allow one to transform and enter sainthood.
But... it only worked for the young. The older one was, the worse the effects, to the point it had no effect at all after thirty.
Naturally, Xue Yi also desperately wanted such a good thing.
But he knew his own abilities. Going now would just be seeking death. The various powers of the Ancient Divine Dynasty would surely send experts to compete. The savage tribes and beast clans beyond the frontier in the Eastern Wilderness would surely desperately resist the invasion of human experts.
Even having entered the Cave Heaven Realm, he was still at the bottom level. He had no qualifications to participate in the competition.
Lei Pang nodded. "Right. Young Lady is so powerful and still so young. The golden waters of the Myriad Spirit Mother Pool are practically tailored for her. If you can follow along, perhaps you can benefit from some of her light."
"Haha, I hope so," Xue Yi laughed in response.
But he was thinking to himself: If she goes, she'll probably be the first to die miserably. Benefit? More like benefit from the light of death!
"I still need to hurry to the capital to notify the imperial clan's people. Perhaps we'll meet again at the Eastern Wilderness garrison," Lei Pang patted his shoulder, then swiftly departed.
"Huh? That rushed?"
Lei Pang had come and gone swiftly.
Seeing that tall figure disappear into the distance, Xue Yi couldn't help sighing.
"Don't get caught up in this kind of thing, otherwise even ten lives wouldn't be enough."
The Eastern Wilderness was the territory of beasts and savages. Humans basically didn't dare venture in.
To resist beasts and savages, the Ancient Divine Dynasty had specially constructed three garrisons, dispatched over a hundred thousand elite troops, as well as many martial artists and high-level cultivators to station there.
Lei Pang was one of the frontier guardians. He and many others at the Cave Heaven Realm had gone together to represent the Holy Wei Manor and defend the borderlands.
Comparatively speaking, defending the pass was pretty safe. Venturing deep into the Eastern Wilderness to search for the Myriad Spirit Mother Pool was practically suicidal.
He could only hope the Lord wouldn't be so crazy as to send them there.
Otherwise, bringing a little waste like Xiao Qingruo to venture the Eastern Wilderness would be like stretching out their necks begging to be killed!
...
Xue Yi returned to Orchid Garden and went straight to the room.
Xiao Qingruo was still sitting there reading her book. Seeing him return, she didn't ask anything, completely disinterested.
At this point, Xue Yi had also lost the mood to continue bullying her. He sat down and repeated everything Lei Pang had said.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Qingruo furrowed her brows. "The Eastern Wilderness is dangerous... I hope the Lord doesn't play with fire. I don't want to go courting death."
"I'm thinking the same," Xue Yi said. "If the Lord brings this up to you, refuse if you can. If you really can't, use secluded cultivation as an excuse."
"Mm," Xiao Qingruo nodded slightly, accepting his suggestion.
"I also need to become stronger!"
After hitching a ride on Xiao Qingruo's ship, although there were many benefits, he also had to face much larger matters than before. He needed more power.
Xue Yi thought that taking another millennium red fruit tomorrow and the day after would allow him to steadily enter the Cave Heaven Realm. That would make things relatively easier.
Thinking of the red fruit made him think of the ice beard grass Xiao Qingruo had mentioned earlier.
"What grade is the ice beard grass you mentioned? About how much does it cost on the market?" he asked.
Xiao Qingruo's mouth curled. "What, afraid of the heat already?"
Xue Yi's face darkened. "If you like being hit just say so directly. No need to provoke me in such a roundabout way."
She was completely unafraid and calmly replied, "What's that attitude for borrowing money?"
"Then how about I just take it by force? Hey, hand over the money, otherwise I'll handle you!" Xue Yi huffed with laughter and put his big hand on her shoulder, pretending to molest her.
Xiao Qingruo slapped his hand away. "Don't touch me, disgusting! The banknotes are in the second chest in my room. Buying one pound of ice beard grass will be enough. A few hundred taels of silver will be more than enough. Don't take too much!"
"Alright."
Xue Yi got up and went into her bedroom. This was his first time entering Xiao Qingruo's private room. Just walking in, he smelled a charming fragrance, similar to Xiao Qingruo's scent. He didn't know if she had absorbed the room's incense or if her long-term residence had allowed the room to absorb her fragrance.
Xue Yi arrived at the second chest and opened it.
"Wow, so much!"
The moment the chest opened, Xue Yi's eyes widened.
The large chest, three chi long, two chi wide, two chi tall, was filled with all sorts of banknotes of different denominations, all "Divine Dynasty Currency." Not notes from some small money-lending shop.
The smallest denomination was 100 taels of silver. The largest was a whopping 10,000 taels of gold!
Stack after stack, at a glance, just this one chest was worth at least several million taels of silver!
This was Xiao Qingruo's private money! Not the manor treasury!
"Just how much is this young lady's monthly allowance?" Xue Yi was stunned. Even adding up his two lifetimes, he hadn't seen this much money.
He took 10 notes of 100 taels each, took another look at Xiao Qingruo's other things in her scented bedroom.
There were many items in the room. Just chests alone there were four. There was also a wardrobe and dresser that could hold many things.
Although a bit curious, Xue Yi wasn't a pervert. He wouldn't meticulously investigate someone else's room. He took the banknotes and left.
Xiao Qingruo's back seemed to be standing even straighter. She lightly said, "What do you think, do you feel being my dog is blissful now?"
"Emmm..."
Xue Yi endured again and again before finally unable to resist asking, "Where did you get so much money?"
Xiao Qingruo said, "Since I turned twelve, the manor treasury has given me 5,000 taels of silver each month. At sixteen it increased to 10,000 taels. Add to that the fawning gifts from many people inside and outside the Holy Wei Manor, as well as some gifts from pursuers that I can't refuse no matter how much I want to reject them. Converted to banknotes, it becomes this much."
"I'm convinced..."
Xue Yi was truly convinced.
So there were even people who wanted to unconditionally give her things. Being beautiful and powerful really gave huge innate advantages!
"Nothing special. Truly precious things can't be bought with money. Oh right, bring me some Green Jade Dew when you come back," Xiao Qingruo ordered.
"Green Jade Dew? What's that?" Xue Yi hadn't heard of it.
Xiao Qingruo gave him a blank look. She said in frustration, "Really no experience. One look and you can tell you've never been close with a girl. Green Jade Dew is a signature drink at the teahouse on East Street. They squeeze fruit juice and brew it together with tea, add ice cubes and sugar powder. Young girls love drinking it."
"Uh..."
Wasn't this just an iced fruit tea drink?
She actually had this sort of interest?
It seemed this young lady also had an ordinary side...
With her status, getting Green Jade Dew would be easy with just a word.
But she couldn't do that because it would affect her goddess image.
Now with Xue Yi, their relationship was special. She could relax a bit and indulge her cravings without anyone knowing.
Thinking of this, Xue Yi lightly laughed. "Alright, I'll bring you a cup every time I go out from now on, my esteemed young lady."
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
lanned to earn money steadily and take life at a slower pace. But he never expected... his father's remarriage, and the stepmother bringing along a dependent, would completely disrupt his life's plans...
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
pression Bureau] Transported to a fantasy world overrun by demons and monsters, Gu Qingfeng becomes a jailer in the Demon Suppression Prison of the Great Yan Dynasty's Demon Suppression Bureau. From this point on, bizarre cases frequently occur in the Demon Suppression Prison, once known as hell on earth and infamous for its gloomy, terrifying atmosphere! Why do the demons and monsters in the prison wail miserably every night? Why has the corpse demon, capable of transforming into various beauties, donned black stockings and switched careers to become a foot massage therapist? Why has the eye demon, expert in soul-snatching and illusions, turned into a VR headset? Why is the fox spirit performing otaku dances? Are all these occurrences a twisted expression of demonic nature, or a descent into moral depravity? After peeling away layer upon layer of mystery, all clues ultimately point to a jailer named Gu Qingfeng. Gu Qingfeng: "Hehehe... My dear demons and monsters, whose card shall we flip today?"
