Lord Feng Chi watched in a daze for a moment before finally shaking his head. He saw Li Xue retrieve her Five Elements Flying Shuttles. The mangled corpse of the Poison Toad Beast lay nearby, its demon core already extracted by her hand.
"Li Xue, the body of a sixth-rank demon beast is a treasure in its own right," Lord Feng Chi said softly.
"My Lord, you can have this demon core. As for the body... there’s nothing to be done. It was blown to bits," Li Xue said with a helpless shrug. In a life-and-death struggle, one only cared about the result; there was no time to consider the market value of the opponent's remains.
"Haha, keep it for yourself. I didn't expect you to possess a Divine Sense attack treasure. Not bad, not bad at all!" Lord Feng Chi was clearly pleased with her attitude and waved his hand dismissively. He had little use for a sixth-rank demon core, but Li Xue’s strength had caused him to look at her in a new light once again. When Li Xue and her son had killed Tie Yi, he had assumed it was due to the power of the Phantom Slaying Array combined with two cultivators at the late Golden Core stage. He hadn't realized her Divine Sense was powerful enough to drive a specialized treasure. Even with his current cultivation at the late Soul Transformation stage, he could not use Divine Sense treasures with such ease.
"Hehe, then I won't be polite!" Li Xue tucked away the sixth-rank demon core. She was in an excellent mood now that she could independently slay a sixth-rank beast.
Li Xue had consumed seventy percent of her spiritual power in the preceding battle. She took a Spirit-Replenishing Pill and sat cross-legged to regulate her breathing and recover. With Lord Feng Chi guarding her, she felt perfectly secure.
Three hours later, Li Xue had recovered sixty percent of her spiritual power. Lord Feng Chi then led her swiftly toward the depths of the island, soon arriving before a mountain peak. With a wave of his flying sword, he carved a deep chasm into the mountainside.
"These are Water Spirit Stones. You can harvest some. The essence left behind after these stones are washed by seawater is Water Spirit Sand," Lord Feng Chi explained patiently.
Li Xue did not stand on ceremony. She gathered a quantity of Water Spirit Stones and tossed them into her storage ring, then followed Feng Chi to the shore. They quickly found the Water Spirit Sand that had been washed out. There was quite a lot of it, likely because few people ever came here to collect it.
Both Lord Feng Chi and Li Xue unceremoniously cleared out the nearby Water Spirit Sand. Although the uses for this material were specific, it wasn't worth making a dedicated trip to the Sea of Death just for this.
"Eh?" Li Xue turned over a rock and saw a small blue creature staring at her with shimmering blue light.
The aura it emitted felt very familiar to her. What was this scent? Water spiritual energy? No, that wasn't quite right; it was dozens of times more concentrated than the water energy in the Dream Realm. The Dream Realm... right, it was very similar to the aura on Xiao Yin. It had to be Water Essence!
Li Xue’s eyes widened as she drew the little thing into her hand. The creature wasn't afraid of her at all; it even used its tiny mouth to lick her palm. Li Xue was overcome with excitement—this was definitely a spiritual entity.
"Oh? A Spirit of Water?!" Lord Feng Chi exclaimed in surprise when he saw the creature in Li Xue's hand. This was followed by a surge of wild joy. Such spiritual entities, formed by the natural craftsmanship of heaven and earth, were things one could only hope for but never seek out.
Seeing Lord Feng Chi’s expression, Li Xue’s heart skipped a beat. A Spirit of Water was the thing most lacking in the Dream Realm. If Lord Feng Chi wanted it, what should she do?
"My Lord, could you let me have this Spirit of Water? I’ll trade other things for it!" Li Xue looked at him imploringly. She had to take a gamble. If Lord Feng Chi tried to seize it, she would immediately flee into the Dream Realm. Besides, she had been the one to find it first.
Lord Feng Chi’s eyes grew dark and profound, emitting a cold, oppressive pressure. The divine ring on Li Xue’s right hand stirred; at the slightest sign of movement from him, she would return to the Dream Realm instantly.
Ultimately, Lord Feng Chi withdrew his aura and gave a faint smile. "It’s a pity it isn't a Spirit of Earth. Put it away."
Only then did Li Xue breathe a massive sigh of relief. Though only a few seconds had passed, it felt as though she had lived through several lifetimes. The pressure of a Soul Transformation cultivator was not easily resisted. Fortunately, Lord Feng Chi had only let his aura leak out rather than directing it at her intentionally.
"A Spirit of Earth? My Lord, are you looking for earth-attribute materials?" Li Xue asked. She had Earth Essence in the Dream Realm, and she didn't mind giving him a few ultra-grade spirit stones. After all, he was the one who had brought her here.
"Yes, my natal treasure is of the earth attribute," Lord Feng Chi replied.
Li Xue sent the Spirit of Water into the Dream Realm and performed a hand seal. Chi Ze appeared before them.
"Master, where are we? Oh, such thick water spiritual energy! Ah, it’s the seaside!" Chi Ze circled around happily.
It was Lord Feng Chi’s first time seeing the Chi Ze Dragon, and his gaze deepened further.
"A-Ze, I need your help with something," Li Xue sent a telepathic message to Chi Ze, asking him to fetch a few ultra-grade Earth Source Stones.
Chi Ze soon returned with five ultra-grade Earth Source Stones, grumbling, "That stingy fellow only gave five. Wouldn't give a single one more!"
"Alright, five is already very good." Li Xue performed another seal to dismiss Chi Ze, then handed the stones to Feng Chi. "My Lord, I don't know if these Earth Source Stones will be of use to you."
Lord Feng Chi had noticed the stones earlier but hadn't thought much of them at first. The moment they touched his hand, a powerful surge of earth spiritual energy radiated out, nearly comparable to Earth Essence. His eyes instantly went wide.
"Haha, excellent! This is exactly the Earth Source Stone I need. I truly didn't expect you to have such fine materials, Li Xue!" Lord Feng Chi took the five stones and placed them in his storage ring. His mood brightened considerably as he added, "It seems my constant concern for you has not been in vain!"
Li Xue grumbled inwardly. *If it weren't for the current situation, how would I have known you needed Earth Source Stones? If I’d known, I would have traded these for the Spirit Heart Furnace back then.*
"Was that transformed spirit beast just now a Chi Ze Dragon?" Lord Feng Chi asked.
"Yes, he is my contracted spirit beast," Li Xue answered.
Lord Feng Chi shook his head and sighed. "With a spirit beast to help you, you wouldn't have had to blow that Poison Toad Beast into a mangled mess."
"True, I didn't think that much of it at the time." Li Xue really hadn't intended to call for help. In fact, if she wanted to summon spirit beasts, she had plenty to choose from; she simply wanted to see if she could prevail using her own strength alone.
Lord Feng Chi was speechless. This woman didn't have a trace of daintiness or dependency in her. He had truly never met a woman so independent.
"In that case, let us wander the vicinity. We can encounter a few more demon beasts and treat it as cultivation practice," Lord Feng Chi suggested. Having found the Water Spirit Sand and obtained the Earth Source Stones, he only needed to find the two remaining materials for the Tribulation Crossing Pill to be all set. He had plenty of time now to accompany the woman he liked on her journey of experience.
Lord Feng Chi set up a defensive array in the area to allow Li Xue to recover her spiritual power, as she had only regained sixty percent earlier. Once she had fully recovered, she inspected her internal condition. Her spiritual power had increased significantly; this was clearly far better than practicing in the Asteroid Zone.
Lord Feng Chi looked at the delighted young woman with a smile and asked tenderly, "Well? This isn't any worse than your time in the Asteroid Zone, is it?"
Li Xue nodded. "Indeed. Thank you, My Lord."
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