40: Trade speed for sound!

"If I can succeed once, then I can succeed a second time, a third time!"

Meanwhile, Li Ning霜, despite her exhaustion and the emotional toll of refining the Profound Fiend Pill, felt her mood plummet to an icy low.

But with Xu Xi's grand movements and the intense medicinal properties of the Profound Yang energy, how could Li Ning霜 not notice?

Filled with a strong desire to win, Li Ning霜 didn't even consider the embarrassing implications.

Instead, she thought Xu Xi was provoking her.

Anger flared in her heart, and then, she increased the output of her spiritual energy, making Li Ning霜's already strained face even paler, as if she had been drained.

However, Li Ning霜's actions did not make her alchemy process smoother; instead, they added several more obstacles.

Because the spiritual energy transmission was unstable, during the alchemy process, the pill fire in Li Ning霜's cauldron flickered erratically, directly damaging the medicinal properties of the Yin Fiend Vine.

Subsequently, it gradually became unstable, and its aura began to leak out, contaminating Xu Xi's Profound Yang Qi nearby.

And it was at this very moment.

As if thunder had ignited a ground fire, once the Yin and Yang energies met, they became unstoppable.

Inside Xu Xi's pill cauldron, the Profound Yang Qi was actually lured out by the Profound Yin Qi, slowly merging together.

It was like a man on the street seduced by a beautiful woman, utterly lacking in resistance.

"Damn it!"

"Crazy woman, what are you doing? Can't you even control your own pill cauldron anymore?"

"Is this the level of a Purple Cloud Sect disciple?"

Xu Xi was concentrating on refining pills, and such an anomaly was beyond his expectations.

Xu Xi truly hadn't expected that a favored son of the Purple Cloud Sect would be unable to control her pill cauldron.

The current situation clearly indicated an impending cauldron explosion.

And it would affect Xu Xi as well.

But Xu Xi hadn't considered that this anomaly was also caused by him, just not according to his expectations.

The interaction of Yin and Yang is a most natural phenomenon.

"Alright, my bad, but I didn't expect you to lose so completely..."

Shaking his head helplessly, Xu Xi sighed, then quickly mobilized the spiritual energy throughout his body, actually managing to forcefully separate the two streams of Yin and Yang energy that were about to merge!

"Indeed, at critical moments, I'm the one to rely on."

Having resolved the crisis, Xu Xi breathed a sigh of relief, letting go of the worry in his heart.

He looked at Li Ning霜, his expression tinged with disdain, a blatant mockery.

"I..."

Li Ning霜 looked at Xu Xi, her face flushed with shame, and noticed his strong disdain, but she had nothing to say.

Even in her most skilled area, alchemy, she had been completely crushed by him; she no longer had any reason to be proud.

"Ding! Li Ning霜's favorability has reached 100. Combat can commence!"

The system's prompt arrived as expected. After the alchemy completely failed, Xu Xi successfully 'conquered' Li Ning霜, awaiting their union.

"Ah—"

Suddenly, a scream erupted. Li Ning霜, her face pale, abruptly collapsed to the ground, clutching her abdomen in extreme pain.

"Ning Shuang!"

"I told you not to push yourself. The Profound Fiend Pill is not something you can refine casually."

Elder Tang quickly went to Li Ning霜's side, knelt down, and began to examine Li Ning霜 with a worried expression.

Spiritual energy was poured into Li Ning霜's body, flushing through her repeatedly.

After a long while, Li Ning霜's pained expression eased somewhat.

However, Elder Tang's expression remained as grave as ever; she did not relax even though Li Ning霜's pain had lessened.

"This... the Profound Yin energy still invaded her body."

"You girl, you truly have to suffer before you learn your lesson."

Smiling bitterly and shaking her head, Elder Tang looked at Li Ning霜 lying on the ground, knowing that she wouldn't die, but the physical torment was unavoidable.

"Isn't it my turn to perform now..."

Witnessing Li Ning霜's plight, Xu Xi chuckled. He first took out the pills from his cauldron, placed them into an exquisite jade bottle, then stepped forward, looked at Li Ning霜, and again took out the Hundred Spirit Pill he had just refined.

"Eat it. Use the Profound Yang energy to dissolve the Profound Yin energy. The union of Yin and Yang is the ultimate path."

"You'd be so kind?"

Li Ning霜 took the Hundred Spirit Pill from Xu Xi but hesitated to swallow it, a stubbornness still lingering in her heart.

"What are you pretending for?"

"Don't you know your own body?"

Seeing Li Ning霜 still clinging to her pride, Xu Xi was no longer indulgent.

Anyway, her favorability had already reached 100; no matter what Xu Xi did, it wouldn't decrease.

He snatched the pill back, then forcefully shoved it into Li Ning霜's mouth. Xu Xi then said to Elder Tang, who was observing:

"Elder Tang, you can go down first. I'll give this pampered princess an injection to cure her illness."

"Hmm, then I'll leave it to you."

Hearing Xu Xi's words, Elder Tang did not refuse, nor did she find anything problematic. In her opinion, perhaps Xu Xi's method was very secretive and inconvenient for others to know.

She had never heard the term "injection" on the Profound Origin Continent.

"Ding! Elder Tang's favorability +10."

Xu Xi's actions also earned him Elder Tang's favorability. This time, it wasn't because of Xu Xi's distress, but purely because of his actions.

Helping Li Ning霜 in her difficulty, even though Li Ning霜 had provoked Xu Xi many times, Xu Xi not only didn't hold it against her but generously offered help. In Elder Tang's eyes, this was very rare.

With that, she walked away. But just as Elder Tang walked out and closed the door, she heard a "shh-la" sound.

Inside the alchemy room, the moment Elder Tang left, Xu Xi didn't care whether Elder Tang heard the sound. He simply tore at her clothes.

Li Ning霜's soft fabric covering her body instantly came off, revealing her pure physique, allowing Xu Xi to feast his eyes.

"You bastard, what do you want to do?"

"Are you trying to take advantage of someone in danger?"

Her mind was very clear. After Li Ning霜 ate the pill Xu Xi gave her, the unbearable coldness in her body was completely dispelled.

However, it was replaced by a burning sensation. The Hundred Spirit Pill was very effective, so effective that even after dissolving the Profound Yin energy, its medicinal power still permeated Li Ning霜's body.

And to dissolve such medicinal power, external force was the only way; colloquially, it meant the union of Yin and Yang.

This was also Xu Xi's initial goal. Anyway, with favorability maxed out, it's perfectly normal to add some fun items to stimulate the combat process, right?

The plug aligned with the traffic inlet, data reception was smooth, Xu Xi felt his internet speed soar from 2G to 5G, very happy!

"Taking advantage of someone in danger?"

"No, no, no, I've given you another chance to challenge me."

"If you can win this battle against me, I'll still admire you, but... can you?"

Face to face, Xu Xi's body was incredibly hot, but he didn't back down at all; instead, he sped up the data transmission.

He looked at Li Ning霜 with a mischievous smile, full of provocation.

The faster the speed, the louder the sound—an eternal truth!