Chapter 37: Little Sister Returns

  Ran Li thoroughly absorbed the demonic crystal within the Dust Spirit Pill, taking a whole hour. And it was this small pill that caused Ran Li, who had just entered the eighth level not long ago, to raise his internal energy to the peak of this level.

  Yue Yu withdrew his hand from Ran Li's back, but there was no excessive joy on his face.

  "It seems that's a bit too optimistic. At this speed, if it were me personally, being able to complete the transformation in half a year would be pretty good—"

  Muttering to herself, Yue Yu fell into deep thought once again.

  Ran Li's own yuanqi was abundant, and the speed at which he converted these demonic true essences was naturally faster. This caused Yue Yu to curse the heavens for their injustice once again.

  According to Yue Yu's own estimate, he should be able to enter the sixth layer of the Great Chaos True Qi with the help of the Five Elements Spirit Pill today. However, in terms of transformation speed, even with the assistance of the intelligent system, it can only reach half of Ran Li's at most. The huge gap is really speechless.

  This is somewhat at odds with Yue Yu's goal of increasing her strength as quickly as possible, but thinking about it also makes sense. If the transformation could be completed in a short period of time, then this secret wouldn't have gone unnoticed until now.

  However, if he wants to raise his cultivation to the realm of a martial artist before Jin Xu makes his move, then he will still need to find another way. Perhaps, he'll have to take some risks.

  Ran Li didn't know that at this moment, his little master's heart was filled with complex emotions. He hastily finished the task, and in his heart, he felt both joy and worry. The joy came from the fact that his internal energy had made a leap forward. The worry was that taking this spiritual pill would bring about endless troubles in the future.

  Although Yue Yu's words were flowery, Ran Li was clear that there was a large amount of deception in them. When he opened his eyes and saw Yue Yu's ugly expression, his heart suddenly skipped a beat.

  "Master, did it work out in the end?"

  "Remember later, use it once every three months at most! If you mess around yourself and something goes wrong, don't blame me!"

  Yue Yu let out a cold hum and also took out a Wu Xing Ling pill, stuffing it into his own mouth.

  Actually, by taking the Ling Dan, the risk has already been minimized by Yue Yu. He deliberately divided a dose of the Ling Dan into three portions. This amount of demonic energy, let alone Ran Li's, even if it were his own, would have an extremely small chance of being affected after absorption. However, if the human body is truly unable to transform the demonic energy into true yuan, then he can still use his own Da Hunyuan True Qi to force out the foreign true yuan from Ran Li with the assistance of the auxiliary intelligent system. Nevertheless, for his own body's true qi, he coincidentally cannot do it himself, which is why he needs Ran Li to be the white mouse.

  The Wu Xing Ling pill entered his body and quickly transformed into a demonic energy similar to the Da Hunyuan True Energy, entering Yue Yu's meridians. However, even just one-third of the demonic power crystal left behind by a second-level superior demon beast was still too massive for Yue Yu. As soon as it entered his body, it began to churn and surge, rushing in all directions. What Yue Yu had to do now was to tame it with his own true energy and then merge it into the Hunyuan True Energy. With his current fifth-level internal energy, the difficulty was relatively high. Fortunately, it had been divided into three parts; otherwise, just this one pill would have been enough to keep him busy until nightfall.

  Yue Yu entered a state of concentration, ignoring everything outside. And so he didn't see Ran Li at this time, who was almost jumping with excitement. ——No one doesn't like their strength to be enhanced.

  For Rong Li, who is determined to make achievements in martial arts, being able to greatly improve his cultivation without any future troubles is a huge surprise.

  Rong Li's gaze turned to the bronze tripod again, where the red and yellow pills still had one left. He was now eager to swallow this little thing immediately, but he barely held back, remembering what Yue Yu said earlier. He now trusted Yue Yu extremely, saying that the time limit for taking the Pei Yuan pill was three days, and even trying to shorten it by an hour wouldn't work. Apparently, these words were not spoken lightly by Yue Yu, but had a certain basis.

  He reluctantly shifted his gaze, and Ruan Li scratched his head in frustration. He suddenly remembered that there was only one pill left, which meant he would run out of them in three months?

  At this thought, Ruan Li's face involuntarily turned into a bitter melon face. He wanted to urge Yue Yu to run out of the valley after a while and go hunting for a few more demon beasts. But thinking about the danger that day, and then the expression of Yue Zhangshi who almost went crazy, his heart felt a wave of emptiness.

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  When they returned to the city at night, the two found that the number of clan warriors and servants in the city was much smaller than it had been in the morning. Yue Yu guessed that this was probably because a large number of people from the clan had been dispatched to search for Hei Yun Shan, and that the demons in that direction would be affected by the fishing and suffer unintended disasters.

  In addition, the level of alertness has also increased. Many people entering the city are being searched one by one. Of course, Yue Yu and Ruan Li'er were no exception, but they were able to pass through the gate's checkpoint smoothly after simply showing their identity as members of a noble family.

  And this time when he arrived home, he found that the servants in his own courtyard were all smiling. Originally, Yue Yu didn't pay attention to it, but since the pharmacy opened and business was booming, the crisis of having their fields confiscated had been lifted, and the mental state of these dozen or so servants had improved a lot.

  Until his wife's personal maid, a girl named Cui'er, rushed to his front with a joyful expression, Yue Yu didn't realize that the atmosphere was not right today.

  "Has my sister come back?"

  As soon as Xiao Cui finished speaking, Yue Yu's spirit suddenly became somewhat dazed, thinking that he would finally have to face this crisis. Then Yue Yu thought of the news he had specifically inquired about earlier.

  "How can it be so early? Didn't they say there were still more than 20 days left? I remember that the training at Bucyoudou should have ended at the end of October, right?"

  Next to him, Rong Li rolled his eyes: "Young Master, have you forgotten? Miss is a girl and will eventually get married. In our clan, only males will be in Wangcheng Mountain until the end of October."

  The so-called Wang Cheng Shan is a small mountain peak about twenty miles away from Hu Ling. Because it is directly opposite to Yue Jia Cheng, people with good eyesight can see each other, hence the name Wang Cheng Shan.

  That's where the clan raises second-rate or lower demon beasts. The Bu Yun Tang and Wang Xue Tang within the clan almost every five years, will organize a collective training on that side to temper the juniors' actual combat ability when fighting against demon beasts. And why it's not done every year is because of consideration for the growth cycle of the demon beasts.

  At this time, Yue Yu finally remembered that within the clan, high-level martial skills were traditionally passed down from father to son or servant, but not to daughters. The people of Dongsheng Continent had already begun to understand the bitter consequences of close relatives marrying each other. Therefore, although the clan was short-handed, there were few examples of intermarriage within the clan.

  Since it's ultimately water that's being splashed out, there's no need to deliberately train them. So in the last twenty days of intensive training, all the girls from the clan will be sent back ahead of time, and the true essence of martial arts will only be taught during this period.

  Of course, there are two exceptions. One is to marry a qualified servant within the clan, and the other is that one's own talent is extremely high, making it unbearable for the clan to give up. However, this little sister Yue Yu doesn't fit into either of these categories. As the daughter of the eldest house, she has enormous potential value in terms of marriage alliances. The clan will not let her go no matter what.

  He suddenly knocked his head, and Yue Yu was remorseful for his mistake. However, in an instant, his face turned into a joyful color, and he walked quickly towards the main house opposite him. Before he even approached, Yue Yu heard the sound of laughter coming from Yue Zhangshi.

  This made Yue Yu slightly surprised, it was the first time he heard Yue Zhangshi express his joy so unrestrainedly. Even when he took over those prescriptions from him, even when he knew that his inner breath cultivation had reached level 5 that day, there had never been such a bright and cheerful laughter.

  Yue Yu couldn't help but smile wryly in his heart, it seemed that this little sister was even more important to Yue Zhangshi than himself. Just as he was about to step over the threshold of the main house with his right foot, he suddenly felt a wave of trepidation.