Li Qinghai returned to the Green Bamboo Residence.

The first thing he did was to check the Book of Good Fortune.

The Book recorded:

[You survived an attack from a powerful cultivator. Although the cultivator only used one ten-thousandth of their strength.]

[The main reason you survived is that someone helped you block the fatal attack.]

[This is the effect of your charm, you have gained good fortune, and your charisma is dazzling.]

Another stroke of good fortune.

Although this good fortune didn’t increase his strength and wasn’t very significant, its existence meant that in his next reincarnation, he might be a handsome man.

Anyway, good fortune is always welcome, and Li Qinghai wasn’t picky.

After reading the Book of Good Fortune, Li Qinghai proceeded to check his Storage Bag.

He took out the Storage Bag from his pocket and admired it fondly.

The Storage Bag given by a big shot was different; not only was it edged with gold thread, but it was also engraved with exquisite patterns, clearly high-end and classy.

The Storage Bag was a treasure Li Qinghai had dreamed of.

With this item, anything could be stored away, making it extremely convenient.

Li Qinghai then infused a trace of spiritual energy, along with a bit of mental power, into it.

He immediately saw a pile of glittering spirit stones!

For a small cultivator like Li Qinghai at the Qi Refining stage, this was definitely a fortune.

However, the Storage Bag didn’t just contain spirit stones.

Li Qinghai quickly discovered several books.

"Beast Compendium"

"Complete Guide to Spiritual Plants"

"Insights on Magical Artifacts and Crafting"

"Alchemy and the Properties of Spiritual Herbs"

"Essentials of Talismans and Formations"

…………

Li Qinghai skimmed through them; there were no powerful cultivation manuals, just introductory knowledge books.

However, Li Qinghai knew that for a novice cultivator like him, understanding this knowledge was indeed quite important.

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Li Qinghai remembered that on the mountaintop, the big shot had clearly instructed him not to wander around during this time and to focus on cultivating at home.

Perhaps the big shot intended for him to read more books and only go out after finishing them.

Such a powerful figure was not someone Li Qinghai dared to provoke, so he could only follow the big shot's instructions and read at home.

Otherwise, if the big shot suddenly decided to test his knowledge and he couldn’t answer, he might be sent to the Reflection Cliff to reflect for years...

That would be truly disastrous!

Even though he couldn’t go out and court death, reading was still better than cultivating!

Li Qinghai casually picked up the "Beast Compendium" and began to read.

But in fact, Li Qinghai misunderstood Liu Daoyuan's intentions.

Liu Daoyuan's real intention was to prevent Li Qinghai from constantly seeking death and to have him improve his strength first.

The reason he left so many books was just to let Li Qinghai learn some basic knowledge in his spare time.

Who knew Li Qinghai would completely misinterpret it?

Meanwhile.

Lu Beixue also returned to her Falling Snow Residence.

As soon as she entered the small house, the old lady floated out from the necklace.

Having met the old lady once before, Lu Beixue was relatively calm at this moment.

"Who are you?"

"You can call me Golden Elixir Granny."

"What are your intentions in following me? To seize my body?"

Golden Elixir Granny asked with interest, "If I really wanted to seize your body, how would you respond?"

"There's no way to respond, you're much stronger than me," Lu Beixue said honestly.

"Hehe, you’re quite straightforward, young lady," Golden Elixir Granny said, then added an explanation.

"Rest assured, I won't seize your body. I primarily cultivate fire techniques, excelling in alchemy. And you have a perfect mutated Ice Spiritual Root, this body is not suitable for me."

Perfect mutated Ice Spiritual Root?

Lu Beixue was naturally aware of spiritual roots.

Mundane, low-grade, middle-grade, high-grade, top-grade, perfect.

Perfect mutation could be considered a genius among geniuses.

If she had a perfect mutated Ice Spiritual Root, how could she have been stuck at the third level of Qi Refining after three years of cultivation?

So Lu Beixue shook her head slightly, "You must be mistaken, I only have a low-grade Ice Spiritual Root."

On this issue, Golden Elixir Granny felt a bit embarrassed.

She cleared her throat lightly.

Then said, "I was previously tricked by a villain, causing me to suffer backlash from heavenly fire during alchemy. I used a secret technique to borrow your Ice Spiritual Root to suppress the fire poison. So, the strength of your spiritual root was temporarily reduced to low-grade."

Hearing this, Lu Beixue's eyes widened in anger.

So, she was a favored child of heaven!

But because of Golden Elixir Granny, she had been humiliated for three years.

If not for Li Qinghai saving her, she might have perished.

Let alone having the chance to experience the life of a genius.

Golden Elixir Granny continued, "Actually, according to my original plan, even if you had a low-grade spiritual root, with normal cultivation for a year, I could recover my injuries by absorbing your spiritual energy."

Upon hearing this, Lu Beixue trembled with rage!

So, for three years, she had been stuck at the third level of Qi Refining because Golden Elixir Granny had been stealing her spiritual energy!!

Lu Beixue now wished she could fight Golden Elixir Granny!

Seeing Lu Beixue so furious, Golden Elixir Granny quickly offered some comfort.

"I am now awake, and I promise to make up for the three years you wasted. I can even help you become a powerful figure in the future!"

Although Lu Beixue was very angry, she did not lose her reason.

She knew that since things had already happened, there was no going back.

The only option left was to cooperate with Golden Elixir Granny.

"What do you want me to do in return for helping me become stronger?"

Seeing Lu Beixue calm down so quickly, Golden Elixir Granny nodded slightly in appreciation.

"Your current strength is still too weak. At least wait until you reach the Divine Transformation stage before we talk."

With that, Golden Elixir Granny changed the subject and continued.

"By the way, why has your spiritual energy acquisition been so slow these past few years? If you hadn't found a place with slightly denser spiritual energy today, I wouldn't know when I could wake up."

"The thing is..."

Lu Beixue explained the situation briefly.

She talked about being bullied while cultivating on Morning Cultivation Mountain, resulting in not having a good place to cultivate.

She mentioned her spiritual herbs being deducted, leaving her without enough spirit stones to exchange for elixirs for cultivation.

Basically, she could only exchange for one Qi Condensing Elixir a year, which was very meager.

All along, she had been cultivating in Falling Snow Residence, so her speed was naturally slow.

Golden Elixir Granny, upon hearing this, was so angry that her soul trembled.

"That Ye Fan! Such despicable behavior, making me, Golden Elixir Granny, sleep for two extra years! Men are indeed no good!"

Lu Beixue disagreed and softly retorted, "There are good men..."

Golden Elixir Granny thought of something, "The good man you mentioned, is it the one I met on the mountaintop before?"

Lu Beixue didn’t answer, and Golden Elixir Granny took it as a silent confirmation and continued.

"I see him as just a pretty face, probably only interested in your beauty."

"He's different!" Lu Beixue argued, unable to tolerate Golden Elixir Granny's slander of Li Qinghai.

"I’ve used more spirit stones than you’ve eaten rice. You’re still young and can’t tell the sweet talk of men! Take my advice, cut off your feelings early, and don’t get in too deep!"

Lu Beixue turned her head away, clearly not wanting to engage with Golden Elixir Granny anymore.

Golden Elixir Granny pondered slightly, thinking to herself, this young girl seems deeply infatuated; I must make her see that boy's hypocrisy and intentions soon!

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