25: Chapter 25 Humanoid Elixir! The Pill-Obsessed Master Pounces!

Shang Ruoni looked at her Disciples' reactions with satisfaction.

Her gaze swept over the five of them, finally coming to rest on Li Zhiyi and Li Jieju.

"Zhiyi, Jieju, you two stay. The other three, now that you've received your Medicinal Pills, go back and properly consolidate the gains from your seclusion and prepare for the Grand Competition."

"Yes, Revered Master!"

The three Disciples bowed again, carefully holding their jade bottles, and respectfully withdrew from the Side Hall.

Now, only Shang Ruoni, Duan Gujin, and the sisters Li Zhiyi and Li Jieju remained in the hall.

Shang Ruoni looked at Li Zhiyi. "Zhiyi, you were the first to recognize the origin of the Medicinal Pill just now; you are both bold and meticulous. This level of insight and decisiveness is excellent."

With a gentle flick of her finger, a white jade bottle flew toward Li Zhiyi.

"These ten additional nine-revolution spirit gathering pills are the reward you deserve."

Li Zhiyi took the bottle in pleasant surprise. "Thank you, Revered Master! This Disciple will certainly not disappoint you!"

"I kept the two of you here because there is another important matter."

Shang Ruoni's gaze moved between Duan Gujin and the sisters.

"Duan Gujin is my Personal Disciple. He previously encountered a mishap, and his cultivation level dropped. Now, he needs to find suitable fellow Disciples to help him recover using the method of Yin and Yang Harmony."

She paused for a moment, looking at Li Zhiyi and Li Jieju. "From today onward, you two sisters will be responsible for auxiliary cultivation to help Junior Brother Duan Gujin restore his cultivation."

"He will provide you with sufficient auxiliary cultivation resources."

"As for the nine-revolution spirit gathering pills you just received, as well as those you will receive every month hereafter, they are all provided by Duan Gujin."

"Yes!" the two sisters agreed happily.

Duan Gujin looked at Li Zhiyi and Li Jieju and said in a calm tone:

"I will be troubling you two Senior Sisters from now on. Starting tomorrow, please come to the Jingya Pavilion at exactly the Third Quarter of the Hour of the Dragon every day to assist me in my cultivation!"

He took out two white jade bottles.

He handed the bottles to the sisters respectively.

"Each bottle contains ten nine-revolution spirit gathering pills. These are my gifts to you!"

According to the System's rules, he could only give a gift to the same target once per day.

Therefore, by giving ten nine-revolution spirit gathering pills all at once this time, he would not receive a rebate from the System.

"Ten pills!" Li Zhiyi's eyes lit up, and she almost leaped to take the jade bottle.

She had already received twenty from her Revered Master just now, which was a pleasant enough surprise.

To think Duan Gujin would give another ten!

These Medicinal Pills were extremely precious to those in the Foundation Establishment Stage like them.

Although Li Jieju had a steady personality, a flash of pleasant surprise also crossed her eyes.

She took the jade bottle with both hands and bowed slightly. "Rest assured, Junior Brother Duan. Since it is Revered Master's order and also our promise, we sisters will certainly arrive on time and do our best to help you restore your Foundation."

She calculated in her head that, including those given by her Revered Master, she had received twenty pills today; these resources were truly abundant.

Duan Gujin nodded. "That is good. We shall end here for today. Senior Sisters, please return."

"Yes, Junior Brother Duan." Li Zhiyi bowed and tugged at Li Jieju, who was still staring at the jade bottle.

Li Jieju snapped back to her senses and hurriedly bowed. "Junior Brother Duan, we will definitely be on time tomorrow morning!"

The sisters took their leave.

Only after they stepped out of the hall did Li Jieju lower her voice and say excitedly to her sister, "Sister, twenty pills! A full twenty nine-revolution spirit gathering pills! I really suspect I'm dreaming!"

"Ow! It hurts! I'm not dreaming!"

Li Zhiyi clutched the jade bottle, a smile also appearing on her face. "It was indeed unexpected. It seems Junior Brother Duan—or rather, the resources behind him—is truly unfathomable."

"Revered Master's arrangement indeed has its profound meaning."

"Let's go. With these Medicinal Pills, we must prepare even better. We must not fail Revered Master's expectations, and we must also be worthy of Junior Brother Duan's contribution."

"Mm-hmm!" Li Jieju nodded vigorously, carefully putting away the jade bottle.

The sisters left with light steps, full of anticipation for tomorrow.

Shang Ruoni asked, "Gujin, are we meeting at the same time and place today? Be there or be square?"

"Yes!" Duan Gujin nodded firmly.

It turned out that the two had agreed to Cultivate together in the evening.

Shang Ruoni's face immediately showed wild joy, her previous solemn expression being overwhelmed by intense desire.

Her breathing quickened slightly, and the way she looked at Duan Gujin was as if she were looking at a living, peerless treasure medicine emitting an enticing fragrance!

That gaze was so fervent it was as if she wanted to swallow him whole.

"So nourishing!!!"

These words screamed wildly in her heart.

"Good! Good! Good!" Shang Ruoni said "good" three times, her voice full of excitement.

She tried to maintain her persona as a Revered Master, but the fervor in her eyes could not be hidden.

Duan Gujin immediately took his leave from Shang Ruoni.

He needed to return to his residence to receive Jiang Yuxue's auxiliary cultivation.

Currently, Jiang Yuxue's submission level was at 80, and he had not pushed it any further.

He knew that pushing it further would be very difficult.

Jiang Yuxue was completely different in temperament from Zhang Hongling and Shang Ruoni.

Furthermore, she was Liu Ruyan's Disciple and had been ordered by her to monitor and assist him in his cultivation.

A submission level of 80 was still quite different from one of 100.

He was aware that it was mainly because he had given her so many gifts that she had developed an 80-point favorability toward him.

His current approach was to keep Jiang Yuxue steady.

Of course, he never missed out on the daily gift-giving.

These precious gifts, like water dripping on stone, were slowly prying open her hardened heart.

At this moment, an exquisite Cold Jade box sat in his sleeve.

Inside was a Frost-Condensed Snow Lotus full of spiritual energy that he had just exchanged from the System Mall; it was an excellent auxiliary item for Jiang Yuxue, who cultivated Ice-Attribute Cultivation Techniques.

This gift would, as usual, be naturally handed over to her before the guided cultivation session began.

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After dealing with Jiang Yuxue, he took a brief rest to recover his energy before heading to Danxia Peak.

Holding the Danxia Peak True Disciple Nameplate, he passed through without hindrance and made his way familiarly to Shang Ruoni's core residence behind the main hall.

The Spiritual Qi here was so thick it was almost tangible, and a faint fragrance of Medicinal Pills permeated the air.

Without needing to be announced, he walked straight toward the closed door of the quiet room.

Pushing the door open and entering, he was met with thick, pure Spiritual Qi mixed with the warm fragrance unique to a mature woman.

The room was elegantly decorated, but at this moment, Duan Gujin's gaze was instantly seized by the figure on the couch.

Shang Ruoni reclined on a jade couch covered with soft Cloud Brocade, wearing only a pink Dudou as thin as a cicada's wing.

Large expanses of snowy-white, smooth skin were exposed to the cool air, glistening under the soft light of the indoor luminous pearls.

She had clearly been waiting for a long time; the elegant and majestic demeanor she usually held as a Revered Master was completely gone.

Now, her face wore a look of almost greedy longing.

In her eyes, Duan Gujin was no longer a Disciple, nor even a complete person, but a walking, peerless treasure medicine emitting a fatal temptation!

"Gu... Gujin, quick, come here!"

Duan Gujin's expression remained calm; he was already accustomed to her acting this way.

He closed the door of the quiet room behind him, and a powerful Sound-isolating Restriction immediately activated, completely separating the inside from the outside.

Just as he slowly walked to the bedside, she suddenly pounced, pinning him down onto the bed.

Her face was filled with wild joy and greed as she tightly embraced this Humanoid Great Medicine, as if she wanted to knead Duan Gujin entirely into her bones and blood.

"So nourishing! You're much more nourishing than last time!" she muttered indistinctly, her consciousness seemingly drifting away in this extreme satisfaction.