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From the day Zhang Yan took Mu Anxiao as his disciple, he began researching ways to achieve instant advancement. He always believed that with Mu Anxiao's talent and her speed in increasing spiritual energy, she would soon be able to convert this rapidly gained spiritual energy into stable spiritual energy.
Who would have thought that while imagination was beautiful, reality was so cruel.
Unexpectedly, this rapid spiritual energy, just like some immortals said, came fast and went fast.
At this moment, Zhang Yan felt ashamed to face Mu Anxiao.
Mu Anxiao glanced at Feng Qishi and Zhang Yan, who were both silent, and softly said, "Master, if there's anything you can't say, must you let Shen the Madman say it? You can just tell me. Anyway," she took a breath, "I'm already like this. As long as it's not news of my death, I can accept anything else."
"This... I'm afraid you truly cannot accept it." Zhang Yan finally looked at Mu Anxiao.
Mu Anxiao frowned, "What do you mean by that? Am I going to die?"
"You're not going to die, it's just..." Zhang Yan looked down at the pill in his hand and then said, "You might have to undergo a complete rebirth."
"Master, please be clear." Mu Anxiao said, feeling unwell.
Seeing this, Feng Qishi quickly cast a spell to heal Mu Anxiao and alleviate her pain.
Then, Mu Anxiao gasped and seemed to recover a little.
Zhang Yan's eyes flickered, "Rapid spiritual energy is like instant noodles you eat nowadays; tasty, but unhealthy. You..."
"Master, I don't understand what you're saying." Mu Anxiao interrupted.
Zhang Yan's expression stiffened. He glanced at Feng Qishi and said, "It's just that what I taught you is not orthodox magic. Your spiritual energy is different from his; it looks good but is useless."
"..." Mu Anxiao froze.
Zhang Yan looked at Mu Anxiao's frozen expression, pursed his lips, and said, "At that time, you were in such a state, and you had angered the demon soul. If I hadn't taught you this way, you might not have been able to deal with them. So, I thought of having you achieve instant advancement." He sighed, "In the end, it turned out this method was indeed effective, but not practical. Master is sorry to you." With that, he handed the blue pill to Mu Anxiao again.
Immediately, Mu Anxiao looked down at the pill, hesitated, and said, "Master, what's my situation now?"
"The situation is not good. In other words, only by taking this can you begin to cultivate spiritual energy anew."
"What is this? It's not..." Mu Anxiao said, meeting Zhang Yan's eyes, "another quick-advancement spiritual energy pill, is it? If it is, I don't want it."
She didn't want to experience the feeling of regaining something only to lose it again, then gain it again. Now, she only wanted to progress step by step, even if it was difficult. She felt it would be more grounding.
"This is not a quick-advancement pill; it's a life-extending pill." Zhang Yan said this powerlessly.
Upon hearing this, Mu Anxiao's eyes instantly lost focus, "Master, I'm still going to die?" she choked out.
Feng Qishi's eyes widened.
Zhang Yan: "One year."
"I only have one year left to live?" Mu Anxiao's eyes were vacant, then she inexplicably started to laugh, "There's still a year left, that's good."
"Silly Mu." Feng Qishi was startled by Mu Anxiao's reply.
Mu Anxiao sniffled again, then turned to look at Feng Qishi, "That's good. According to my age, I'm already an old woman, just like the wolf demon said, I'm immortal. To be honest, my life has been quite exciting. If I die, I die. Remember to burn me some paper money when the time comes." As she spoke, she trembled as she raised her hand and patted Feng Qishi's arm.
Feng Qishi's eyes darkened, he intentionally didn't reply to Mu Anxiao's words, and immediately looked at Zhang Yan, "Is that true?"
Zhang Yan looked at Mu Anxiao, who was starting to talk about her 'last words' again, with a speechless expression, and said indifferently, "Disciple, have you forgotten what I just said?"
"Master, you said this pill can only extend my life for a year," Mu Anxiao slowly turned back to look at Zhang Yan, "I know you were just comforting me when you said that. I truly understand your good intentions, thank you for taking care of me." She nodded.
Hearing this, Zhang Yan thought about what he had said to Mu Anxiao and suddenly laughed, "Disciple, your master misspoke. It's not life extension, not life extension." He waved his hand.
"Not life extension, then what... Master, please don't comfort me anymore. I know I'm going to die in a year." Mu Anxiao said, tears streaming down her face.
Seeing this, Zhang Yan continued to smile and reached out to wipe away the tears from Mu Anxiao's eyes, saying, "The life this pill maintains is not your lifespan, but the lifespan of your spiritual energy."
"The lifespan of spiritual energy?" Mu Anxiao was stunned and wiped her face with her dirty hand.
Zhang Yan withdrew his hand and said, "Yes, this pill will force out the spiritual energy in your immortal destiny. That spiritual energy will be your first level of spiritual energy, but that spiritual energy only has a lifespan of one year. You must cultivate your own spiritual energy within this year, and then, in the second year, you will have your own spiritual energy."
"How do I cultivate it?" Mu Anxiao was scared.
Zhang Yan: "Your master will teach you. However, this spiritual energy is not easy to cultivate. If you cultivate half a level in a year, that's considered impressive."
"Master, is the spiritual energy in my immortal destiny Shen Yan's?" Mu Anxiao asked, not forgetting to glance at Feng Qishi again.
Zhang Yan felt a moment of awkwardness, "You impudent girl, I'm giving you a pill to force out the spiritual energy in your immortal destiny, so naturally, that spiritual energy belongs to me. What does it have to do with Shen Yan? Don't drag Shen Yan into everything."
"You're the one who told me that," Mu Anxiao said, feeling wronged.
Zhang Yan: "To tell you the truth, this pill was forged with my own spiritual energy. The spiritual energy in your immortal destiny has long been waste spiritual energy, so it is I who saved you."
Mu Anxiao's spiritual energy in her immortal destiny was still Shen Yan's. That layer of spiritual energy, as Zhang Yan had said, was waste spiritual energy, but once it was assisted by the pill, the waste spiritual energy would be activated.
Therefore, that spiritual energy still belonged to Shen Yan, and had nothing to do with him; he was merely an assistant.
The reason Zhang Yan said this was because the matter of rapid spiritual energy advancement had already caused him to lose face. If he didn't consolidate his position in Mu Anxiao's heart, he feared that in the future, Mu Anxiao would not respect him and might even bring up the rapid spiritual energy advancement.
For his dignity, he had to lie to her.
"Thank you, Master." Mu Anxiao smiled.
Seeing Mu Anxiao smile, Zhang Yan also smiled and handed the pill to Mu Anxiao.
Mu Anxiao took the pill and swallowed it.
On the other side.
Xi'er, following Ouyang Ye's instructions, left with the evil spirits after the blue light dispersed, abandoning the unimportant people.
At this time, Jingye looked at Zhao Meier, who was tied to the opposite tree, and said lightly, "They've left."
Zhao Meier: "Master, may I use my demon arts now?"
After Xi'er had left, Jingye, fearing it was a trap, had not allowed Zhao Meier to use her demon arts to untie herself and had decided to observe.
Now, hearing Zhao Meier's question, he sensed the surrounding demonic energy and let down his guard, responding, "Yes."