Chapter 168 - 116: Ling’Er Returns

Chapter 168: Chapter 116: Ling’Er Returns

Inside Mu Xiaoyu’s bedroom at Xuanzhen Temple.

Mu Xiaoyu lay in Li Yinsheng’s arms. Trembling, she reached out to him, tears welling in her eyes and her face filled with regret.

"Senior Brother... I was wrong. I should have trusted you..."

The extreme heat from refining the Fire Seed and the extreme cold from refining the Moon Dew didn’t cancel each other out in the slightest. Instead, they intertwined within her body at the exact same time!

Because these two sensations were completely different, she actually felt the cold and the heat even more distinctly!

If there was anything to be thankful for, it was that refining the Fire Seed took two hours, while the coldest stage of refining the Moon Dew only lasted for about three to four quarters of an hour before waning.

Therefore, after three to four quarters of an hour, she was freed from the sensation of experiencing extreme cold and extreme heat simultaneously.

All that remained in her body was the extreme heat, along with a significantly diminished chill.

After exhausting the very last shred of her willpower to finish refining the Fire Seed, she was finally freed from the extreme heat as well and immediately collapsed onto the floor.

Li Yinsheng helped Mu Xiaoyu up. "How do you feel, Junior Sister?"

"I’m fine now, Senior Brother..." Mu Xiaoyu said softly.

She deeply regretted not listening to her senior brother’s advice. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have suffered such torment.

"As expected, refining the Fire Seed and the Moon Dew at the same time isn’t a good idea," Li Yinsheng said, shaking his head. "In the future, you should refine them separately.

"The Moon Dew should be refined roughly once every half a month. This is to prevent your Soul from growing too quickly for your Flesh Body to adapt.

"However, there aren’t really any restrictions on refining the Fire Seed." He rubbed Mu Xiaoyu’s head. "Cultivate normally for today, and you can refine the remaining Fire Seeds tomorrow."

Mu Xiaoyu’s eyes widened abruptly in sheer terror.

"Why are there more?!" She trembled even more violently. "Aren’t Fire Seeds supposed to be incredibly precious? Shouldn’t there only be one?!"

She also cultivated the Three Yang Spirit Fire. Although she was far from reaching the level where she could condense a Fire Seed, she had a basic understanding of them.

"Well, generally speaking, it is indeed not very easy for a Fire Seed to be born," Li Yinsheng said casually. "However, this matter is also somewhat related to Cultivation and Cultivation Technique. My Cultivation is higher and my Cultivation Technique is better, so I have quite a few Fire Seeds."

"Then... how many Fire Seeds do you have right now, Senior Brother?"

Mu Xiaoyu asked, clinging to a glimmer of hope.

She thought, "Since Fire Seeds are so difficult to condense, even if Senior Brother has high Cultivation and a great Cultivation Technique, only a few months have passed. He should have two or three at most, right?"

"Not counting the one you just finished refining, Junior Sister, there are eight more," Li Yinsheng said honestly.

The glimmer of hope in Mu Xiaoyu’s eyes was extinguished like a candle in the wind.

She thought despairingly, "Mom, Dad... Xiaoyu misses you so much."

The next day, just before dawn.

Mu Xiaoyu was already awake, but she kept her entire body huddled under the covers, remaining perfectly still.

She still didn’t want to face what she had to face today.

Her senior brother’s voice rang out from outside the door.

"Junior Sister, are you awake? Today, let’s refine the Fire Seed first, and then practice Artifact Refining."

Mu Xiaoyu did her utmost to conceal her aura and Divine Sense. Without moving a muscle, she kept chanting in her heart, "I’m not awake, I’m not awake, I’m not awake..."

"Looks like you’re not awake yet?" Li Yinsheng’s voice rang out again. "Very well, I’ll go out to gather herbs first then. But I probably won’t be back until tomorrow."

Mu Xiaoyu’s heart settled, and she couldn’t help but let out a long sigh of relief.

She thought, "Senior Brother won’t be back until tomorrow. Doesn’t that mean I won’t have to refine the Fire Seed today?"

"But if I just leave like this, what about Junior Sister’s Cultivation Fruit and Fire Seed for today?" Li Yinsheng’s distressed muttering echoed from outside the door once more.

Mu Xiaoyu’s breath suddenly hitched.

She realized, "That’s right, Senior Brother is going out. It’s obviously best if I don’t have to refine the Fire Seed, but what about my Cultivation Fruit? Who’s going to give it to me? But if I go out now to ask for the Cultivation Fruit, Senior Brother will definitely make me refine the Fire Seed! Moreover..."

Mu Xiaoyu gritted her teeth. Based on her understanding of her senior brother, she was very worried that if she went out now, he might even make her refine tomorrow’s Fire Seed in advance!

But soon, she heard a heavenly voice again.

"Forget it, Junior Sister isn’t a child anymore. It should be fine to just leave them at her door."

Mu Xiaoyu almost cheered aloud.

After that, the sounds outside the door fell silent. She still didn’t dare to release her Divine Sense. After waiting for quite a long while, she carefully poked her head out from the covers and looked toward the window.

There was no silhouette reflected on it.

Relaxing a little, Mu Xiaoyu hurriedly got up, put on her clothes, and walked over to open the door.

There was no one outside. There was only a piece of oil paper on the ground in front of the threshold, upon which eight Cultivation Fruits were neatly stacked.

"Wow! It increased again!" Mu Xiaoyu’s eyes lit up.

She thought, "Before, there were only six. After refining the Moon Dew again, it actually increased by two more? It seems that the Moon Dew is worth refining after all!"

Mu Xiaoyu picked up the oil paper with both hands, carried the eight Cultivation Fruits into the room, and placed them on the table. Then, she eagerly picked up a Cultivation Fruit and popped it into her mouth.

Immediately, she felt a familiar warm current flowing down her throat along with the sweet, luscious juice of the Cultivation Fruit.

She was far too familiar with this warm current—so familiar that she knew exactly what would happen next.

Disregarding everything else, Mu Xiaoyu hurriedly sat cross-legged on the floor.

The very next moment, the familiar agonizing burning sensation swept through her entire body, radiating from her Dantian.

Nearly two hours later.

Drenched in sweat, Mu Xiaoyu opened her eyes, only to see Li Yinsheng crouching in front of her. She had no idea when he had appeared.

"Senior Brother? Didn’t you go gather herbs?" Mu Xiaoyu asked instinctively.

But she immediately realized what was going on. "Senior Brother, you tricked me!"

Li Yinsheng looked at her in confusion. "What are you talking about, Junior Sister? How did I trick you?"

"There was a Fire Seed in the Cultivation Fruit you left for me!" Mu Xiaoyu said, looking thoroughly aggrieved and deceived.

"Huh? Junior Sister, how did I trick you? Didn’t I say earlier that I would leave you the Cultivation Fruit and the Fire Seed?" Li Yinsheng said with complete justification.