"Gift successfully given!"
"The gift is the Five Elents Cave token."
"Processing feedback…"
"Thirty tis feedback…"
"Detected that the gift given by the host is extrely important to the recipient and exceeded their expectations, causing a significant emotional reaction. Critical reward triggered!"
"Reward: Improved version of the Five Elents Pill recipe."
"The improved version of the Five Elents Pill recipe, using current-world herbs, can produce a pill with the sa effects as the original, without any side effects…"
The system's feedback made Ye Chen smile uncontrollably.
Originally, Ye Chen had been wondering if the system would provide him with a personal Five Elents Cave or perhaps dozens of premium Five Elents Pills. But to his surprise, it directly gave him a new recipe. The value of this was beyond asure.
After all, the Five Elents Cave gathered and transford spirit Qi for an entire year, and its effects were said to be roughly equivalent to two low-grade Five Elents Pills. It was effective, but not by much.
Ye Chen had read in ancient texts that during the ancient tis, cultivators had to use hundreds of Five Elents Pills to fully expand their dantian. In comparison, the sect's Five Elents Cave could only provide fifty years' worth of spirit Qi for one person to use.
Now, Ye Chen had directly obtained the recipe. He could spend a few days making dozens of batches of pills, equivalent to fifty years of the sect's Five Elents Cave accumulation. With ease, he could fully open his dantian.
Most importantly, Five Elents Pills were an essential item for any cultivator. If Ye Chen ever decided to establish his own sect, he could train a batch of alchemists to produce Five Elents Pills daily, which would support the entire sect. The profits would be astronomical.
In short, Ye Chen's gaze toward Yao Xi beca even more intense. With thirty tis the feedback and a critical hit, the reward was absolutely ridiculous. Yao Xi truly was a massive treasure.
Yao Xi felt Ye Chen's intense gaze and, in that mont, the awkwardness and discomfort she had felt earlier completely disappeared. Instead, she chuckled softly and said, "Junior Brother, if by the ti I turn thirty I haven't broken through to Foundation Establishnt, then I will agree to beco your Dao partner. I'm already twenty-five, just five years left. If I do break through to Foundation Establishnt, the difference in our lifespans will be too great, and we will no longer be suitable as Dao partners. By then, I will naturally protect you and your descendants for life."
Yao Xi's words carried a clear tone of finality.
The reason Green Cloud Sect had rules requiring disciples to leave or beco elders if they hadn't broken through to Foundation Establishnt by thirty wasn't because it was impossible after thirty, but rather that the probability of success drastically decreased.
Before thirty, the chance of breaking through to Foundation Establishnt was one in a thousand. After thirty, the chance dropped to one in ten thousand. Moreover, the resources required to break through after thirty were exponentially greater, and many cultivators found their combat abilities significantly weakened, even if they succeeded.
For a sect like Green Cloud Sect, where resources were valuable, a disciple who hadn't reached Foundation Establishnt by thirty was seen as a wasted resource. This was why there was a saying in the cultivation world: "No Foundation Establishnt by thirty ans basically no chance."
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Upon hearing Yao Xi's words, Ye Chen's face broke into a smile. Out of everyone in the sect, aside from his master, Yao Xi had the highest potential. Now she had given him such a huge surprise. His master seed to have no desires or needs, so whether or not he could "serve" her after breaking through to Foundation Establishnt was still uncertain.
But Yao Xi was definitely going to reach Foundation Establishnt. Otherwise, once he reached Foundation Establishnt and Yao Xi remained in Qi Refining, the gifts he could offer her—gifts ant for Foundation Establishnt—would be useless to her. The system would never recognize them. That would severely delay his cultivation progress.
Therefore, even if it ant going all out, he had to help Yao Xi break through to Foundation Establishnt. Moreover, his ultimate goal was the vast and boundless stars and seas, a path of endless growth. A thirty-fold reward wasn't enough to make her his Dao partner. It would only slow his progress. Yao Xi had so lofty ideas if she thought things could be that simple.
Without hesitation, Ye Chen spoke, "I will do everything I can to help Senior Sister break through to Foundation Establishnt."
Hearing this, Yao Xi imdiately smiled. If it were any other man, after hearing her words, they would probably want to take back the Five Elents token to completely prevent her from reaching Foundation Establishnt and potentially becoming his Dao partner.
But Ye Chen? He was unhesitatingly pushing her toward Foundation Establishnt.
Yao Xi knew that Ye Chen's actions weren't because he didn't love her or didn't want to beco her Dao partner. He loved her too much. The reason he said that was because he wanted her to go further, to be free to soar, not confined in a cage.
True love is about letting soone fly freely, not holding them back.
"I love you, and it has nothing to do with you."
These words were the truest reflection of his feelings. However, Yao Xi didn't really expect Ye Chen to be able to help her break through to Foundation Establishnt.
After all, using the Five Elents Cave to expand the dantian only increased the chances of Foundation Establishnt, but it was just a small boost. To her, it would increase her chances by at most 50%. For a higher chance, she would need a Foundation Establishnt Pill and other rare spiritual materials.
Reaching Foundation Establishnt was incredibly difficult and required a vast amount of preparation. Even though Ye Chen was a direct disciple, many of these resources were still out of his reach.
But Yao Xi didn't voice her concerns. Instead, she smiled brightly, the sunlight shining in her eyes. "Then thank you, Junior Brother! If I break through, I'll help Junior Brother find a suitable Dao partner. Surely, she won't be worse than ! Junior Brother should have many children! If I don't end up with you, I won't marry anyone else, but I'll still need soone to carry on your legacy. I will adopt your child that looks the most like you, just as a mory!"
Yao Xi wasn't joking; she was being sincere. After all, what woman, having experienced Ye Chen's deep affection, could ever feel moved by another man? Living through the long life of Foundation Establishnt, nurturing a little Ye Chen would certainly never be lonely.
Ye Chen internally rolled his eyes. First, she asked for a gift, and now she wanted my child? How about I send you a few million of them?
But then, Ye Chen couldn't help but think, if he actually gave Yao Xi a son, would the system consider it a gift? And if it did, what kind of reward would he get? Thirty sons?
The thought made Ye Chen shudder.
Maybe it's best if I handle the "child-making" myself and spare the system the trouble.
After talking with Yao Xi for a while longer, Ye Chen bade her farewell and left.
Yao Xi stood there, watching his figure disappear from her sight before she finally smiled and turned to leave. Now, she held in her hand the Five Elents token that she had long desired. But for so reason, she no longer felt as desperate about reaching Foundation Establishnt as she once had.
However, after walking just a few steps, Yao Xi frowned slightly. Soone had blocked her path. It was Sun Ruoxin.
Sun Ruoxin's eyes were red and swollen, and with her delicate face, she looked utterly pitiable.
Yao Xi couldn't help but feel a twinge of disgust when she thought about how Sun Ruoxin had treated Ye Chen Though most cultivators were selfish, Yao Xi never considered herself a saint. But soone like Sun Ruoxin… was a rare sight.
Yao Xi didn't want to say anything to her, so she tried to walk around Sun Ruoxin and leave. But as they passed each other, Sun Ruoxin reached out and grabbed Yao Xi's sleeve. "Senior Sister, can you give Ye Chen back to , please…"
Yao Xi stopped and forcefully pulled her sleeve back, her voice growing colder. "I've never taken Ye Chen from you. You're the one who lost him."
With that, Yao Xi didn't wait for Sun Ruoxin's response and left, her expression cold.
Sun Ruoxin stood frozen in place. The tears she had just managed to hold back welled up again, blurring her vision.
That's right... Ye Chen had once loved her so deeply, giving her everything. Who could take Ye Chen from her?
It was all her fault. It was because of her constant disappointnts that she had lost him.
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