"Ruomei, you..."
"Brother Chengsi, Yushen, can you let Senior Brother Jin and Brother Jiang accompany us?"
Before Yu Shen could ask, Jiang Ruomei interrupted him. Hearing Jiang Ruomei's intention, his face turned red with anger, and he looked at Jiang Ruomei in disbelief.
Has Jiang Ruomei gone mad! Doesn't she really know what kind of person Jin Lingyun is?
Seeing that Yu Shen disagreed, Jiang Ruomei said weakly, "Yushen, just agree. My brother and Senior Brother Jin are very powerful."
"Whatever you want!" Yu Shen's face turned sour, and he sat aside grumpily. If she wanted to be with that pervert, so be it. If anything happened, she deserved it!
Bai Chengsi was gentle. Although he disliked Jin Lingyun, he didn't want to offend the royal family of Jinque Kingdom because of it. Moreover, Jiang Ruomei was looking at him expectantly, so he naturally had no objections. Du Zhong adored Jiang Ruomei and would only agree. The others did not object.
Thus, their group gained two more members: Jin Lingyun and Jiang Ye.
Along the way, Jin Lingyun was very friendly to Bai Chengsi. After some time, he proposed, "Junior Brother Chengsi, after the trial ends, would you mind if I visited your manor?"
"Wow! That's great! We can go play together!" Before Bai Chengsi could say anything, Jiang Ruomei exclaimed, "Senior Brother Jin, let me tell you, some places in our capital are very interesting..."
Bai Chengsi had lost the best opportunity to refuse and could only agree.
Before leaving the Dongyue Jungle, Bai Shengyi found a place to go into a short seclusion, intending to consolidate her recent gains.
She poured the cultivation resources she had extorted from Jiang Ye onto the ground and counted them one by one, her heart filled with joy.
"Twenty medium-grade spirit stones, three third-tier herbs, one second-tier herb. Tsk tsk, Jiang Ye is truly generous." Bai Shengyi stroked her chin and said, "In comparison, Jin Lingyun is much stingier."
In the Divine Revelation Continent, the common currency for cultivators that can be used for cultivation is spirit stones, divided into four grades: low, medium, high, and top-grade, with an exchange ratio of one to one thousand.
The most common are low-grade spirit stones. Medium-grade and high-grade spirit stones are mostly held by various great families and the royal family. As for top-grade spirit stones, they are extremely rare throughout the entire continent.
As for spirit herbs, third-tier spirit herbs are usually guarded by third-tier spirit beasts comparable to early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators. Without the strength of Foundation Establishment, they cannot be obtained, so they are considered quite rare.
Overall, Bai Shengyi was very satisfied with these resources.
She first absorbed all the medium-grade spirit stones. As expected, the medium-grade spirit stones were indeed powerful, actually allowing her to advance again!
Qi Refining Layer Four!
Bai Shengyi circulated the spiritual power in her body and found that not only was her spiritual power more condensed, but her perception of the wood element in nature had also become easier.
She waved her hand, and the Nine Revolutions Reincarnation Brush appeared in mid-air. The green brush handle was smooth and straight, feeling very comfortable and perfectly fitting her original habits. It was just that she still hadn't fully figured out the purpose of this brush.
After putting away the brush, she practiced spirit manifestation again.
The green spiritual power in her palm was continuously compressed and refined. The moment it landed on the ground, it rooted and sprouted like magic, quickly growing into a vibrant Jade Vine.
"It's a pity I can only do this one move."
Bai Shengyi was not satisfied with this progress. Moreover, this move was something she had learned from the guard who used spirit skills. If that guard hadn't demonstrated it, she wouldn't even have known what spirit skills were.
"It would be great if I could systematically learn the cultivation methods of this world."
Although she had a good foundation in cultivating mental strength, and her acceptance of cultivation was good, they were still two different systems, and there were many differences.
However, unlike cultivation resources, which were held by the royal family and great families, systematic cultivation methods were only available at the Divine Revelation Academy.
It was rumored that the most powerful cultivators were all trained by the Divine Revelation Academy.
"Should I enter the Divine Revelation Academy?"
Bai Shengyi couldn't help but ask herself.
This question remained unanswered until Bai Shengyi returned to the capital.
Unbeknownst to her, as soon as she returned to the capital, someone reported her whereabouts to Qin Zhao. Soon after, she was intercepted by Qin Zhao.
"Ayi, where did you go?" Qin Zhao complained, "Didn't I tell you before that the Empress's birthday is on the twelfth of this month, and you were supposed to accompany me to the palace to pay our respects?"
Bai Shengyi recalled that there was such a thing, but Qin Zhao's intention wasn't just to take Bai Shengyi to pay respects, was it?
She put on a professional fake smile. "Your Highness, on the street that day, the Grand Princess's guard was chasing me. Didn't you see? I was fleeing for my life."
Only Bai Shengyi could say "fleeing for my life" so righteously.
Qin Si choked, feeling a little guilty, and immediately retorted, "What guard? I don't know. Besides, the Grand Princess's mansion is no longer pursuing your fault." He had left early, so Bai Shengyi wouldn't have seen him.
"Really?" Bai Shengyi asked with feigned surprise. Who would believe that?
Qin Si said affectionately, "I like you so much, I will definitely intercede with my aunt for you, my little fool."
Bai Shengyi: ...A miscalculation. She was disgusted again.
Seeing that she didn't react, Qin Si thought she was too touched and continued on his own, "Let's not talk about this. Ayi, what birthday gift did you prepare for the Empress?"
Here it comes.
Bai Shengyi thought to herself, as expected, this scumbag came to her just to fleece her!
It was the same in the past. Every time the Emperor and Empress had a birthday, Qin Zhao would ask the original owner to prepare gifts, under the guise of letting the original owner personally express filial piety to the Emperor and Empress. In the end, after the original owner prepared them, he would present them himself, as if they were his gifts, without mentioning the original owner at all.
But he always had excuses to appease the original owner. The original owner truly loved him, and under his various honeyed words, she couldn't resist and had to accept it.
"Ayi when he needs something, Bai Shengyi when he doesn't need anything," this phrase perfectly described Qin Zhao!
Bai Shengyi sneered inwardly, but outwardly she put on a distressed expression, "Do I still need to bring a gift? Your Highness, I don't have anything..."
"How can you not have anything?" Qin Zhao interrupted Bai Shengyi, his tone somewhat impatient. "Ayi, didn't you say before that you could give the Immortal Jade to the Empress?"
The Immortal Jade was rumored to be comparable to a fifth-tier spirit grass and could be directly used to refine fifth-tier pills for longevity, extending life.
As a pharmaceutical family, the Bai family naturally had a few remarkable heirlooms, and the Immortal Jade was the most important among them, as well as the token of the Bai family heir.
Bai Shengyi had already learned from the memories how Qin Si had sweet-talked and tricked Bai Shengyi into pitying him, and how she had promised the Immortal Jade to prove her love for him. Her heart burned with anger.
"Bai Shengyi, are you going back on your word?" Qin Zhao, seeing Bai Shengyi's expression change several times and that she was no longer fawning over him like before, felt annoyed.
"Don't forget, the Grand Princess's mansion still resents you. If I hadn't gone to apologize and mediate for you, do you think you, a useless blind person, would still be able to stand here properly?"
"How have you become like this, selfish, ignorant, and not at all obedient and well-behaved as before? You even say you love me, is your love like this, breaking promises? Bai Shengyi! I am truly too disappointed in you now!"