After the excitement, everyone collapsed from exhaustion.
Under the protection of Ling Luochen and others, although they were not injured, their spiritual power was completely depleted.
"Happy now?"
"Eldest Miss?"
"Since you're tired, don't talk. Listen to me. I've put some pills in the storage ring. Those who are injured should take the Blood Coagulating Pill, and those whose spiritual power is depleted should take the Spirit Gathering Pill."
Everyone obediently took out the pills and swallowed them, beginning to recover their internal spiritual power.
After an unknown amount of time, everyone gradually woke up.
"I... I broke through!" someone exclaimed, "I'm now a Houtian four-star. I advanced two stars at once."
"I also broke through, Houtian six-star!"
"I also broke through!"
"Me too!"
"Me too!"
...
Everyone looked and saw that all of them had broken through.
"Miss's pills are so powerful!"
"My pills aren't that powerful," Ling Luoyi interrupted. "The reason you broke through is because you depleted your spiritual power, and your meridians and dantian were extremely resilient, so you absorbed more spiritual power. With more spiritual power, you naturally advanced. My pills just accelerated your absorption."
"So we broke through because of ourselves?"
"Yes, cultivating when your body is fatigued is much faster than cultivating in the manor."
Seeing them immersed in joy, Ling Luoyi said, "Aren't we leaving yet? I've already closed the barrier. The smell of blood will dissipate soon, and I can't guarantee what will be attracted then."
"Let's go quickly," Ling Luochen led everyone away.
Ling Luoyi followed beside them.
In the evening, the Ling family members rested by the river, lit a bonfire, and prepared to eat.
Watching them each take out dry rations, Ling Luoyi asked in confusion, "You're only eating these?"
"We're out on a trial. Those snacks spoil quickly, only these can last longer. Luo'er, are you hungry? Third Brother has more food, here you go," Ling Luoyu said.
"Just because you're out on a trial doesn't mean you have to suffer. Why don't you roast the beasts you killed today? Why didn't you bring them?" Ling Luoyi said without taking the food.
"Luo'er, you don't know, the meat of those beasts isn't tasty when roasted, it's not as good as this."
"That's because you don't know how to cook. Wait."
As Ling Luoyi spoke, she quickly left.
A quarter of an hour later, Ling Luoyi returned.
She threw out dead beasts from her storage ring, then took out a pile of pots, pans, and even chopsticks, and began to process them skillfully.
Everyone watched her series of actions in shock.
Ling Luoyi was very fast. She finished processing in a quarter of an hour, then took out some bottles and jars and started roasting the meat.
Soon, the aroma of roasted meat spread. They looked at the meat in Ling Luoyi's hands and then at their own dry rations, and felt they couldn't swallow them.
"Luo'er, Eldest Brother will help you." Ling Luochen was the first to react. He took a piece of skewered meat from the basin and started roasting it, imitating Ling Luoyi's movements.
"Big Brother, you're so cunning! Luo'er, Third Brother will help you!" Ling Luoyu also moved closer to roast meat.
The others also moved closer.
Watching Ling Luoyi pick up bottles and jars and sprinkle them on the meat, Ling Luoyu asked, "Luo'er, what are these bottles and jars filled with?"
"Seasonings," Ling Luoyi said, picking up another bottle and sprinkling it on the meat.
"You brought seasonings on a trial!"
Ling Luoyi said speechlessly, "Third Brother, you don't have to be so excited."
"Luo'er, who brings seasonings on a trial?"
"I do," Ling Luoyi said seriously. "Third Brother, a trial doesn't mean suffering. A trial is already hard enough, so of course, we should make up for it with food."
Ling Luoyu's mouth twitched. He looked at Ling Luoyi speechlessly. It was the first time he had heard such a statement.
"Alright," Ling Luoyi picked up a piece of roasted meat and placed it on a plate. "Ran'er, this one is for you."
Ling Luoran took it and said sweetly, "Thank you, Big Sister."
Ling Luoyi roasted five pieces at once, keeping two for herself and distributing the rest to two younger girls from the collateral branches.
"Roast whatever you want to eat yourselves. You've been watching for so long, you should know how by now. All that meat is for you. Remember to wash the basins clean."
Ling Luoyi carried the meat to the side and, under everyone's shocked gaze, took out a small table and two chairs and began to eat with relish.
Ling Luoran also sat beside her, eating and saying, "Big Sister, this is so delicious! How do you know how to roast meat?"
Ling Luoyi said indifferently, "If I didn't know these things, I would have starved to death long ago."
Hearing this, everyone looked at her with pity.
"Big Sister, did you have a hard time before?"
"It was okay, it's all in the past."
"Big Sister..."
"Eat up, everyone. What are you looking at me for? Rest after you eat, we have to continue tomorrow."
After finishing her meal, Ling Luoyi returned to her tent.
After everyone finished eating, they also returned to their tents.
The night passed peacefully.
The next day, after everyone had packed up, Ling Luoyi said, "You all just arrived yesterday and needed to adapt, so I didn't let you hunt demonic beasts. Starting from today, each team must obtain ten first-order demonic cores."
After yesterday's events, everyone's confidence had been ignited, so they vowed, "Okay!"
"Then let's go."
For the next two days, the Ling family disciples fought against first-order demonic beasts. After each battle, they took pills to recover their spiritual power.
Ling Luoyi watched them from their initial clumsiness to their current proficiency, watched their strength improve little by little, watched them discover problems and solve them.
During this time, Ling Luoyi also had them wear the sandbags tied to her hands.
On the fifth day, they had entered the middle area of the Falling Sunset Forest.
As everyone continued on their way, Ling Luoyi suddenly sensed an aura that did not belong to this continent.
Ling Luoyi whispered to Ling Luochen, "Big Brother, you take them and continue. I'll be gone for a while."
Ling Luochen was stunned but didn't ask further. "Be careful."
"I know, you too."
Ling Luoyi left silently, and no one else noticed.
"Master, to the left," Guan Yue directed.
"I know."
Ling Luoyi only stopped at the foot of a cliff in the inner area and released her divine sense.
About two miles away from Ling Luoyi, two people were searching for something.
Others might not recognize them, but Ling Luoyi knew them very well. They were the people Ah Su had mentioned who came to the Ancient Spirit Continent to find something.
One Asura and one demon, it seemed they didn't fully trust each other.
But what exactly were they looking for?
What were Chao Yan and the Demon King plotting?
As the Asura clan's Prince Yan, did the Asura King know about the matters Chao Yan was plotting with the Demon King?
Ling Luoyi waited until the two left before going over to investigate, but found nothing.
Ling Luoyi left her divine sense imprint there before returning.
*
On the other side, the Ling family disciples continued to advance under Ling Luochen's leadership.
After crossing a river, they stopped to rest.
While they were resting, a person suddenly appeared in the nearby river.
The Ling family disciples fished the person out. This person was severely injured, with their left arm bitten off at the shoulder and their right leg fractured. They had already fallen unconscious.
"Young Master."
Ling Luochen walked over. "This person is severely injured. Judging by the wounds, it should be the work of a demonic beast. Does anyone recognize him?"
Someone said uncertainly, "He looks like someone from the Song family."
"The Song family? Which Song family?"
"It seems to be the family of Miss Gu's husband – the Song family."
"This person must have drifted down from upstream. Let's take him and go up to see."
"Big Brother, Big Sister hasn't returned yet."
"She'll catch up. Let's go first."
The crowd rushed upstream along the river.
Within the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, they found the Song family members.
The Song family members were fighting a fourth-order Illusion Beast. At that moment, the beast's claws were reaching for the person in the lead.
Ling Luochen recognized the person in the lead and suddenly shouted, "Uncle!"