Chapter 095

Chapter 95: High Grade Treasure Soul Nurturing Bead

Only when everyone knows we are not easy to bully will they stop trying. [Ye Wan Wan’s new summary.]

Make a name across the world.

Li Wan Zhi turned those four words over in his mind. Before, he never thought they had anything to do with him. But now that Ye Wan Wan said it, he would work so they would.

His eyes steadied and he said: “I’ll work hard.”

Ye Wan Wan smiled and said: “Together.”

She rested two more days. The spiritual energy she had overdrawn recovered, thanks to the Spirit Spring in Star Marsh Lake, which worked fast on restoring qi. Because of that, Ye Wan Wan drew out several jars, filled a few gourds, and shared some with Bai Jian and the others. Good things should be shared.

But the Primordial Spirit Power she had overdrawn did not recover much. Even with the Rainbow Stone Bai Jian brought back, the stone focused on cultivation, so the recovery stayed slow.

From this, Ye Wan Wan discovered something else: although time in the Spirit Market flowed five times faster than the outside world for qi cultivation, it seemed to be the same as outside for Primordial Spirit recovery.

That surprised her.

“Primordial Spirit…” She sat in the courtyard, looking at the yellow, sand-filled sky above the Spirit Market, and fell into thought.

Illusory Dream Elder floated out of the Spirit Bead and said: “Rules.”

“This Spatial Realm still relies on the rules of the human world. Time can change, but the source cannot. The Primordial Spirit is a person’s root. So time can be changed, but the root cannot.”

Ye Wan Wan whispered: “I kind of get it, but I kind of don’t.”

Illusory Dream Elder sighed and said: “This involves too much. Maybe when you find the source of this Spirit Market, you will understand.”

She shook her head and said: “No more thinking. At least now I know this: to train the Primordial Spirit, I have to go step by step.” She looked at his weak form and said: “Starting tomorrow, teach me Alchemy.”

Illusory Dream Elder was shocked and asked: “Really?”

Ye Wan Wan nodded and said: “After tomorrow I’ll enter the Spirit Market and go into seclusion for a month. Then we’ll start Alchemy.”

This injury reminded her that recovery pills were also very useful.

Illusory Dream Elder answered quickly: “Good.”

She said: “Tell me what I need to prepare. I’ll get it ready.”

He said: “No need. You cleared out Cloud Mountain Cave’s treasure room. Everything you need is there. I also prepared Alchemy furnaces. And you took basic materials from Sheep’s Head Valley.” He paused, remembering she had sold things, then added: “Then buy some basic herbs. Mystic Spirit Grass will do.”

She asked: “Mystic Spirit Grass?”

He said: “Yes. Mystic Spirit Pill is also a basic pill. We’ll start with First Grade Mystic Spirit Pills.”

She said: “Okay.”

Ye Wan Wan left the Spirit Market, returned to Disciples’ Peak, and found Yan Ju to say she was heading back to Snow Mountain. The Mystic Spirit Grass was all in the Purple Spirit Cave Abode, and after so many days away, she needed to return.

Yan Ju was practicing his sword. He stopped when he heard her and said: “You should go back. If not, the night cold at Disciples’ Peak will freeze Li Wan Zhi silly.”

Lately the foolish disciple was so diligent it made him uneasy. It almost made Yan Ju think something was wrong with him.

Ye Wan Wan: “…”

She asked at once: “Master came by?”

Yan Ju said blandly: “I didn’t say that.”

Ye Wan Wan bowed and said: “Thank you, Young Senior Uncle. I’ll head back now. If Third Senior Brother and Fourth Senior Brother ask, please tell them I returned to Snow Mountain first.”

“Alright, but…” Yan Ju looked at her and asked: “What about your Fifth Senior Brother? Won’t you tell him?”

“I forgot.” Ye Wan Wan tapped her forehead, remembering she still had to ask Shen Nan Zhou about Ye Yi Ran. She said: “I’ll tell him myself.”

“Go, then.”

Yan Ju watched her leave and meant to go back to practice, but stopped again as soon as she left. [Wait. Why pass messages to Fang He An and Li Wan Zhi, but tell Shen Nan Zhou in person?] He pictured Shen Nan Zhou’s face next to Li Wan Zhi’s and fell silent. [Looks really do help.]

Ye Wan Wan went to Shen Nan Zhou’s room, found it empty, left a note on the table, and then returned to Snow Mountain.

On the way up, she thought about how to explain her plan to her master. She thought the whole way and still didn’t find a good answer. [Forget it. I’ll play it by ear.]

She Sword Riding back to Snow Mountain and, the moment she landed, looked toward the stone platform. “Master,” she began, but the platform was empty.

Not here?

Her heart clenched. She looked toward the cave behind her. The abode was hidden in an illusion, but Pei Xuan had already taught her how to open it. She raised a hand and broke the illusion, then rushed into the ice palace.

“Master!”

As she neared, the doors opened by themselves. She ran in without hindrance. Inside, the cold stabbed to the bone, even colder than last time.

[Did the Woodfire Spirit fail? Is Master’s fire poison out of control?]

She was about to search room by room when snowflakes drifted in, and a silver-haired man who seemed part of ice and snow walked out from the white.

“What is it?” His voice was as calm as always. He stood there perfectly fine.

Ye Wan Wan opened her mouth but didn’t know what to say. “I…”

Pei Xuan frowned and asked: “Who bullied you?”

Looking at him, she felt the scene was unreal. She walked toward him step by step and suddenly reached out to grab his sleeve. “[It’s… real.]”

Pei Xuan froze. He had never let anyone come this close. If she wasn’t his disciple, he would have sent her flying. Even now, he didn’t understand.

“What is real or not?” he asked.

Ye Wan Wan only brushed his palm with her fingertips, then stepped back. That was already the boldest she dared to be. She said honestly: “I’m sorry. I thought you were fake, something I imagined.”

“I was… afraid it was a dream,” she whispered, “[because it was too good.]”

Pei Xuan stayed silent. Seeing the little miss so lost, he couldn’t scold her. He raised a hand, patted her head, and said: “Come with me.”

Ye Wan Wan followed obediently. When Pei Xuan glanced back, she looked like a small cub afraid of being left behind, her eyes careful and wary. He slowed his pace. She slowed too. They kept a certain distance.

Pei Xuan: “…”

When they finally reached a stone room, Ye Wan Wan looked up at it. Pei Xuan said: “This is my Artifact Refining room.”

She hesitated. An Artifact Refiner’s workroom was a forbidden place. Normal people could not enter at will.

Pei Xuan said: “Come in.”

She stepped inside. The heat was the opposite of the ice palace’s cold. Pei Xuan didn’t let her go too far in. He waved his hand and opened the largest Artifact Refining furnace at the center.

A crystal blue bead floated out and stopped in front of Ye Wan Wan.

That clear blue light and the familiar warm aura told her at once what it was. She breathed the name: “Azure Sea Soulstone.”

It was a treasure that could nurture the Primordial Spirit.