Chapter 289

A light morning snow shrouded Shengjing City, accompanied by cold fog, resulting in a hazy expanse.

At this moment, in the east wing of the Wei family's villa, the tightly closed door was pushed open by a delicate jade hand.

Yuan Yuan Caiwei, holding the spirit stone containing the origin of the Sacred Artifact, came to her younger brother Yuan Yuanchen's room and stood at the door, hesitating for a long time.

At this moment, she suddenly understood the sentence Yan Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi had said. The reason her father was unwilling to try this method was truly because he felt that if the result turned out to be bad, he wouldn't be able to bear it, because her mood at this moment was the same.

But the Xiao Jianzhu was right about one thing: blaming everything on Yuan Yuanchen and concluding that he wasn't working hard enough was unfair.

Thus, after pondering for a long time, she reached out and knocked on the door.

After a long while, the door was opened, and Yuan Yuanchen appeared with obvious dark circles under his eyes: "Si... Sister, good morning."

Seeing this scene, Yuan Yuan Caiwei stared at him for a long time.

Yuan Yuanchen persisted for a while, then took out a storybook from under the cotton cushion behind the desk: "It's not easy to leave the mountain. I just wanted to relax. Please don't scold me, Sister."

"But you can't stay up all night, right? It's not like you're going back tomorrow."

"Uh..."

Yuan Yuanchen found that Yuan Yuan Caiwei wasn't angry and couldn't help but squint his eyes: "It has to be brother-in-law. Even though he lives elsewhere, logically he shouldn't be able to spank me, yet he can still threaten sister so she doesn't dare to be fierce."

Yuan Yuan Caiwei listened to his muttering, thinking to herself, is that a threat? That's clearly a reward...

"Why did you come to find me so early, Sister?"

"Seeing that you're bored, there are some things I want you to help me with."

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Yuan Yuan Caiwei took out the spirit stone she had obtained from Yan Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi yesterday: "Use your elixir energy to help sister refine the aura inside this spirit stone."

Yuan Yuanchen took the spirit stone, played with it in his hand for a while, and then sat down on the cushion.

Although he didn't know what was sealed inside this spirit stone, Yuan Yuanchen would never refuse his sister's request, so elixir energy began to surge between his arms.

And as the elixir energy was poured in, the golden glow inside the spirit stone began to overflow slowly, like curling smoke beginning to drift outward.

Watching this scene, Yuan Yuan Caiwei couldn't help but fix her gaze slightly.

Within her line of sight, that streak of golden glow stood in the void, as if drifting aimlessly, and before long, it gradually headed toward Yuan Yuan Caiwei.

The daughter of the Pill Sect retreated half a step, her brows furrowed slightly as she urged him softly to be faster.

Yuan Yuanchen didn't dare to be negligent. A brilliant elixir light surged from his body, wrapping around the golden glow and leading it toward himself.

The golden glow, influenced by the traction, changed direction, turning into a silk thread that was narrow in the front and wide in the back, slowly drifting toward Yuan Yuanchen's brow, beginning to circle continuously between his heavenly spirit, seemingly testing him.

After a long while, Yuan Yuanchen suddenly let out a breath: "Sister, this thing is a bit hard to refine."

"Work hard these few days. Sister promises you that in your spare time, I won't care about you reading storybooks."

"Really?"

"When have I ever lied to you?"

After Yuan Yuan Caiwei finished speaking, she walked out the door, leaving Yuan Yuanchen alone in the room to try refining it.

The Xiao Jianzhu sister had said yesterday that refining the origin power wasn't that easy and one shouldn't be too anxious, so she didn't tell Yuan Yuanchen that this represented whether he could control the Sacred Artifact.

However, although she hadn't seen the result, she felt slightly relieved in her heart, because although that streak of origin power wasn't very close to him, it didn't reject him either.

Yuan Yuan Caiwei exhaled a cold breath and saw Yan Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi standing in the corridor, turning to look at her after seeing her come out.

The daughter of the Pill Sect bowed slightly upon seeing this and said "good morning, sister," making the Little Xiao Jianzhu unable to help but squint her eyes.

Always calling her sister, always calling her sister—she was almost getting used to it.

"Sister Xiao Jianzhu is up so early."

"Did you give that streak of origin power from yesterday to Yuan Yuanchen?"

"Yes."

"What's the result?"

Yuan Yuan Caiwei glanced at Yuan Yuanchen's room: "I didn't see any rejection. I think the result should be good. Sister's kindness, younger sister will repay in a few days."

Yan Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi knew she was talking about the medicine that causes waist and abdominal soreness without hurting the body and the medicine that doesn't hurt when eaten. Her eyes couldn't help but glance to the side: "Lingjian Mountain hasn't been stable these past few days. This way, if I encounter risks in the future, I'll have elixirs to protect myself."

Yuan Yuan Caiwei couldn't help but purse her red lips after hearing this, thinking to herself, sister, keep lying. This isn't for protection; this is clearly for breaking the body.

Yan Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi didn't care what she thought. The medicine that doesn't hurt the body but can cause waist and abdominal soreness was originally meant for protection.

As for the medicine that doesn't hurt, that was something Yuan Yuan Caiwei was willing to refine for her, not something she begged for.

"I've had the servants of the villa prepare porridge for you. Sister Yuan Caiwei, go eat some."

Yuan Yuan Caiwei raised her head: "Is Sister Xiao Jianzhu having breakfast with me?"

Yan Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi stepped out of the corridor while on tiptoe: "My appetite hasn't been good lately. I plan to go out and walk around casually in the early morning."

"Then I'll accompany sister."

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Before long, Yuan Yuan Caiwei followed Yan Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi, Ding Yao, and Zhuo Zhuo Wanqiu to the entrance of the Wulu Firm, thinking to herself that it's really hard for sisters to be sincere.

Ji You slept comfortably last night. Except for the coldness always in his waist and abdomen, overall, he felt refreshed.

And a letter came from Fengzhou this morning, saying that it had started snowing again recently, and the official road was frozen three feet deep. Fortunately, most of the Snow Domain Demon Stones had been transported back during the sunny days a few days ago and stored in the warehouse.

Ji You wrote back to them, telling them to release the Snow Domain Demon Stones in batches, maintaining the current high prices while striving to sell them all before the ice and snow melted.

In fact, as Snow Domain Demon Stones continued to appear in the Blue Cloud from various channels in Fengzhou, some people had already begun to guess that it was his deliberate doing.

And such matters of calculation are considered miscellaneous affairs of no consequence in the hearts of cultivators, simply a waste of lifespan compared to seeking the Immortal path.

But no one used this to mock him, because until now, everyone still couldn't accurately know why Fang Fang Jincheng was imprisoned, why Peng Yu withdrew from the Academy, and why the noble families returned from Shengjing without success.

And after replying to the letter from Fengzhou, Ji You came to the tea pavilion under the green pine, currently continuously exhaling and inhaling the spirit energy between heaven and earth.

Those spirit energies were now flowing into his body along his broken spirit yuan, being mixed into the burning spirit fire.

The raging fire flowed continuously within his body, surging and magnificent with the traction of his breath, calcining his body from the inside out.

The hot aura also caused his body temperature to rise continuously in an instant, so once the drifting snowflakes approached him, they would be scalded into a burst of white smoke with a sizzling sound, drifting and rising into the sky.

The four women from the Wei family's villa were standing under the eaves of the backyard, quietly watching this scene.

Yuan Yuan Caiwei's expression was somewhat surprised, her red lips slightly parted.

Whether the Pill Sect knew about the matter of the Dongping Mountain Range, no one knew, but Yuan Yuan Caiwei didn't know.

So she didn't know that Ji You had killed Bu Bu Qirong of the Responding to Heaven Realm in an encirclement, nor did she know that he had slashed Elder Fang of the Boundless Realm, causing him internal injuries.

When the noble families gathered in Shengjing to question Ji You through the Heavenly Academy, Yuan Yuan Caiwei had actually worried for a whole night, only to hear later that the matter was left unsettled and many large families went to the Northern Border to retrieve spirit stones themselves.

She was naturally happy in her heart, but she also had the same doubts as others, and it was only at this moment that she vaguely understood some things.

She is not a cultivator, but she could also feel the pressure that made her heart tremble.

This sense of oppression was the same as the one her Xiao Jianzhu sister emitted when she was jealous, but the feeling was not exactly the same.

The pressure of the Little Xiao Jianzhu of Lingjian Mountain was from top to bottom, from inside to outside, as if Mount Tai were pressing down, but Ji You's pressure was born from the bottom of the heart, as if it were a kind of instinctive fear.

Also feeling surprised were Ding Yao and Zhuo Zhuo Wanqiu.

They had seen Ji You kill the Bu family with his sword, but they had always been unclear about where Ji You's combat power, which far exceeded his realm, came from. This was the first time they had seen him cultivate.

"What kind of cultivation method is this for the Young Master?"

"Constant dim illumination, to calcine one's own body."

Yan Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi whispered as she looked at Ji You, her slender, curled eyelashes trembling slightly.

She had seen this strange cultivation method of Ji You's early on and had her own judgment in her heart.

The Lower Three Realms are for body refinement and foundation establishment, and after the Lower Three Realms are completed, the spirit yuan is formed. The main cultivation for cultivators is to comprehend the Heavenly Dao.

But Ji You seems to be able to continuously perform the cultivation method of the Lower Three Realms without losing his close connection with his physical body because of the formation of the spirit yuan.

It seems he had been repeating this process since entering the Holy Land of the Sages, which is why his comprehension realm had stayed at Profound Understanding, but his physical combat power was comparable to the Boundless Realm.

At this moment, a painful cry came from Ji You's mouth, and his body began to tremble continuously.

And with this trembling, the aura within his body caused all his muscles to subconsciously tense, gradually supporting the lines of his clothing.

The parts covered by his clothes couldn't be seen, but his exposed forearms revealed a strength like a full-moon heavy bow, making the expressions of Yuan Yuan Caiwei and Yan Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi gradually become solemn, and even Ding Yao clenched her fists.