The day, the m sun bathed the mountain peaks.

  Lin Hao supported his waist as he walked out of the bedroom, notig Han Liyue's ill standing outside.

  The girl's eyes were evasive, uo meet Lin Hao's gaze directly.

  She had kept watch here all night. Though she couldn't see what happened inside, she could hear it.

  Though still a virgin and inexperienced, she had read enough secret manuals to have some uanding of the matters between men and women.

  So she could guess what had transpired inside.

  She wao leave, but the cave dwelling was sealed with a barrier she couldn't break through with her strength. She was trapped.

  She felt wronged.

  Forced to listen all night, it had been a torment.

  "What is your name?" Lin Hao asked casually, rubbing his waist.

  "Ah..." The girl was flustered, replying timidly, "Green Calyx."

  "Green Calyx?" Lin Hao chuckled lightly; it was a niame. He took out a jade bottle from his ste bag.

  "You're only at the sixth level of Qi Refining, right? This bottle of Gathering Qi Pills should suit you."

  The girl's eyes lit up with joy. ing from a humble background with mediocre spiritual roots, she had barely mao join the Xuan Yi, relying on her distant aunt.

  Usually, her resources for cultivation were scarce.

  Her aunt had asked her to make a deal, and though she was relut, she had e along.

  Upoing him, she found this handsome young man to be extraordinarily good-looking.

  And now, he was generous too.

  What girl wouldn't be infatuated?

  She accepted the Gathering Qi Pills and mustered the ce to say, "Young Master Lin, I... I wish to bee your disciple."

  "Bey disciple?" Lin Hao g the girl.

  Her hair, delicate face, clear eyes, and the fresh, natural aura she exuded painted a picture of pure beauty.

  She was indeed a buddiy.

  "Why do you want to bey disciple?"

  Green Calyx bit her lip, her gaze growing resolute. "To follow you, seeking a ce at immortality."

  The girl's straightforward answer surprised Lin Hao. Her ce to face her desires without pretense was worth nurturing.

  "Alright, from now on, you stay by my side as a sword-bearing attendant."

  "Go bad pack your belongings. Move here tomorrow."

  After sending the girl away, Lin Hao didn't return to the cave dwelling but po visit the Scripture Repository.

  Before leaving, he gnced back at the cave dwelling.

  That charming woman could really devour a person!

  At the inner sect's Scripture Repository.

  The guardian elder, sitting at the entrance, lifted his eyelids and said, "Kid, you're here."

  Lin Hao instinctively g the dried corpse hanging from the crooked locust tree, his scalp tingling. "Disciple greets the Supreme Elder."

  "Oh?" A glint fshed in the guardian elder's eyes, his tone indifferent. "How did you know I'm your Supreme Elder?"

  "The first time I came, I was fortuo receive guidance from the Supreme Elder and found a suitable cultivatiohod."

  "You are indeed clever."

  The guardian elder smiled faintly, and then his figure vanished, leaving only an echo in the air.

  "Guarding the repository for sixty years, it's time for a ge!"

  "Kid, cultivate well and don't disgrace the lineage of Great Bamboo Peak!"

  Hey, don't go!

  Lin Hao wao tell the Supreme Elder to wait and help him pick a suitable manual first!

  But the Supreme Elder came a mysteriously, leaving no trace.

  Lin Hao had no choice but to enter on his own, showing his identity token, and a guardian disciple led him inside.

  He wasn't here to look for cultivatiohods this time. The dual cultivatiohod of the Hehua, the Primordial Body Refining Teique, and the Fire Lotus Sword Teique taught by his master were enough for him to practice.

  He came to find the experiences of predecessors in f the Golden Elixir as a reference.

  The vast colle of books in the Scripture Repository was overwhelming. After spending half a day, he still hadn't found anything suitable.

  Feeling a bit disappointed, he was about to leave when a book suddenly fell on his head.

  Pig it up, he discovered it taihe insights of past sect leaders and peak masters of the Xuan Yi on f the Golden Elixir.

  This was a treasure!

  He clutched the book tightly and respectfully bowed to the void.

  "Disciple thanks the Supreme Elder!"

  There was no response.

  But Lin Hao k must be the work of the Supreme Elder.

  Seg the book, he left the Scripture Repository. Wheuro the cave dwelling, the beautiful Han Liyue was dressing up.

  Her already stunning face, after being nourished by the dewdrops, was even more radiant.

  Lin Hao walked over, embrag her from behind, whispering in her ear, "How should we address each other when we meet Jingzhan?"

  He and Wang Jingzhan were both inner disciples and should address each other as senior and junior brothers. But given his retionship with the beautiful woman, calling him junior brother seemed inappropriate.

  Han Liyue didn't expect him to ask such a question, her pretty face immediately flushed with red.

  "Call him however you like."

  "Yue, I'm leaving first. Green Calyx must be anxious by now."

  "o rush. I've taken Green Calyx as a sword-bearing attendant. Let her go bad pack her things. She'll move here tomorrow."

  "Your injuries haven't healed yet. You o treat them quickly."

  Han Liyue rolled her eyes pyfully, scolding, "You're so annoying..."

  Time flew by.

  Seven days ter.

  Lin Hao had read most of the insights on f the Golden Elixir, feeling that his energy, spirit, and essence had reached their peak.

  Feeling the time was right, he prepared to form the Golden Elixir.

  On this day, Shui Ling'er and the irls were all waiting anxiously outside the cave dwelling.

  Inside, Lin Hao sat iation, taking out a pill.

  This pill was the Seven-Life Small Rejuvenation Pill, capable of proteg the heart meridian and stabilizing the soul.

  Just this pill had cost him five thousand middle-grade spirit stones.

  F the Golden Elixir... it wasn't just about cultivation, but also wealth and power.

  He sighed, swallowing the pill.

  Immediately, he felt the medial power dispersing through his flesh and meridians.

  Ohe effects fully maed, he began cirg his cultivation teique!

  In the small cave, the air filled with turbulent Fire Spiritual Energy. Fortunately, he had set up a Gathering Spirit Array in advao guide the Fire Spiritual Energy into his body.

  Boom!

  The spiritual energy entered his body.

  His skin immediately became scorg, as if being roasted by fmes, turning his clothes to ashes!

  His internal ans, flesh, and meridians were all being seared!

  It was far more dangerous than when he had avoided the dual cultivatiohod and practiced forcibly.

  Luckily, his body had been tempered by Fire Spiritual Energy many times, so he was unharmed for the moment.

  Steadying his mind, he quickly circuted his cultivation teique, releasing a pure stream of Fire Spiritual Energy from within to ter the turbulent Fire Spiritual Energy.

  The two forces cshed like generals on a battlefield, her willing to retreat.

  Meanwhile.

  In Lin Hao's dantian, a vortex appeared like a bck hole, voraciously abs his internal energy.

  If Feng gyue were here, he would be shocked.

  When cultivators formed the Golden Elixir, the quality was divided intrades: the lowest was the Green Elixir, which was green; the middle was the inal Elixir, which was red; and the highest was the Golden Elixir, which was entirely golden.

  But this bck... what was it?

  Unheard of, unseen!

  Peerjun