In the Beast Taming Garden of the Falling Immortal Sect, Xiao Li was holding a handful of spiritual grass to feed the horses.
Under his meticulous care, the captive spiritual horses had glossy coats and robust bodies.
The manager hurried in through the door with an anxious look. When he saw Xiao Li, his eyes lit up. He walked over quickly and greeted him with a very polite tone.
"Xiao Li, feeding the horses, are we?"
Xiao Li didn't even lift his head. He gave a faint sound of acknowledgment and asked, "Do you need something, Manager?"
The manager rubbed his hands together, his face showing a hint of embarrassed awkwardness. "Well, it's nothing major. I just wanted to ask if you have any more of that medicinal powder you gave me last time?"
"A new batch of spiritual beasts just arrived over there, and they are not very obedient, so I thought I'd come over and ask you for some more."
Two months ago, the manager would never have imagined that he would be begging Xiao Li so humbly today.
Because back then, Xiao Li was just an ordinary disciple in the Beast Taming Garden whom he could crush at will!
But now, the black mark on this guy's face had disappeared. Not only was he backed by the guest elder of the Medicine Cloud Peak, but he had also won the favor of the Fifth Elder of the Beast Taming Garden!
Word had it that Elder Wu even intended to arrange a marriage between Xiao Li and his precious granddaughter!
Moreover, Wei Bao and Cao Ning, who had made trouble for Xiao Li before, had died inexplicably some time ago.
No one knew which master had taken them out!
Not only that, but Xiao Li himself was also quite capable. Those untamable spiritual beasts in the garden quickly became docile under his hands.
He seemed to possess a natural affinity for spiritual beasts.
Today's Xiao Li could already be considered one of the top beast tamers in the Beast Taming Garden!
No matter how blind the manager was, he knew that the current Xiao Li was no longer someone he could casually push around.
Furthermore, he was now the one asking for a favor!
Xiao Li didn't speak, just unhurriedly fed the fodder in his hand to the spiritual horses bit by bit.
The manager didn't dare to rush him and just stood quietly to the side waiting. It wasn't until the fodder was completely fed that Xiao Li turned around.
"Come with me."
"Ah, okay!" the manager quickly responded, hurrying to follow Xiao Li's footsteps into the room.
Xiao Li took down a head-sized clay pot from the curio shelf in the room, then used a spoon to scoop out a few spoonfuls, wrapped the powder in paper, and handed it to the manager.
The manager thanked him repeatedly. "Thank you, Xiao Li. Our Beast Taming Garden really owes you a lot. Otherwise, I really wouldn't know what to do with those stubborn spiritual beasts!"
"You're too polite, Manager. It's what I should do." Xiao Li casually took out a handkerchief to wipe away the medicinal powder that had touched his fingertips, the corners of his lips curling into a faint smile.
Watching the manager leave, the smile on Xiao Li's face faded, and his gaze fell back onto the clay pot.
"It's being used so fast, it's almost gone."
He murmured slowly, his right hand suddenly forming a very complex hand seal in front of him.
Wisps of dark gray energy suddenly seeped from his fingertips, gathering together and slowly forming into something solid.
The energy grew brighter, yet darker. When it reached a certain point, Xiao Li suddenly clenched his hand.
The dark gray energy abruptly transformed into countless black-gray powder particles, rustling as they fell into the clay pot.
He then went to the nearby storage room to fetch a bottle of ordinary crushed dry spiritual grass, poured it into the clay pot, and shook it evenly.
The miraculous medicine that the manager praised to the skies was made just like that.
"This should last for a while. I wonder if the Falling Immortal Sect can even hold out until it's finished. I probably won't need to make a third pot."
After muttering to himself, he put down the clay pot and walked into the courtyard, casually leaning back on a lounge chair.
A small, snow-white bird circled in the air twice before obediently landing on Xiao Li's raised finger.
The little bird clutched a recording stone in its claws. The spiritual energy fluctuations on it were obvious, clearly indicating it had just been used.
Xiao Li took the recording stone and casually poured spiritual energy into it.
Soon, the recorded images within the stone were projected into the air.
A woman in a fiery red dress, with stunningly beautiful features and a commanding presence, pulled Yao Qianci, the Peak Master of Medicine Cloud Peak, into the bamboo forest.
Then, she pinned him against a bamboo stalk behind him and began kissing him as if no one else were around.
Xiao Li's eyes widened slightly, watching unblinking, his Adam's apple bobbing slightly.
It wasn't until the two people in the projection parted, panting slightly, that he gave a cold snort.
"A two-hundred-year-old man actually hooking up with a young girl. How shameless!"
With that, he waved his hand, dispersing the projection.
He then took out a porcelain bottle from his pocket, holding it in his hand and gently rubbing it.
Upon closer inspection, this was the very bottle of Bone Dissolving Water that Yuan Shu had casually gifted him back in the Falling Immortal Sect's dining hall.
The bottle was entirely pitch-black, with faint golden patterns printed on it, restrained yet dangerous.
Because it was frequently rubbed, the patterns at the bottom of the bottle had already worn down somewhat.
Xiao Li sighed softly, leaning back into the lounge chair, hugging the porcelain bottle and closing his eyes.
Yuan Shu's beautiful little face suddenly surfaced in his mind.
Thinking back to the scene in the recording stone just now.
His Adam's apple bobbed, and his tongue couldn't help but move against his lips.
If... if the person in front of Miss Yuan had been him, would she have liked it?
As if imagining certain scenes, Xiao Li's raised Adam's apple bobbed wildly, and a low groan uncontrollably escaped his lips.
"Mmh."
...
Divine Fire Space.
When Yao Qianci's divine sense emerged from the blankets, his gentle eyes were brimming with light.
Looking at Yuan Shu in front of him, her face flushed and her eyes hazy, he was overcome with passion and lowered his head to kiss her lips.
A faint pear blossom scent, mixed with Yuan Shu's unique aura, spread between their lips and teeth, enough to arouse them both.
But at the critical moment, Yuan Shu stopped him.
"Peak Master Yao, my spiritual fire just told me that there's an anomaly with the fire elements over by the Crimson Sun Fire. I'm afraid you need to go take a look."
Yao Qianci held Yuan Shu in his arms, lowering his head to peck her lips lightly.
Hearing this, he nodded. "Alright, I understand."
The Crimson Sun Fire was very important to Medicine Cloud Peak; he indeed needed to go check on it.
Yuan Shu got dressed again. Yao Qianci hugged her and lowered his head to kiss her lips once more.
Lowering his voice, he whispered ambiguously in her ear, "Shushu, did you really like it just now?"
Yuan Shu's body tensed. Just now...
It was her first time realizing that even after being rejected by her, Yao Qianci would still do such a thing for her.
She reached out and gently pinched Yao Qianci's chin, a smile curving her lips.
"The dignified Peak Master of Medicine Cloud Peak, willingly diving under the covers for me and serving me so attentively, how could I not like it?"
Just as he thought!
Yao Qianci's eyes lit up. He held Yuan Shu tightly in his arms, unable to resist kissing her again.
"Wait until I'm done with my business, and I'll come find you again. However long you want it, I'll give it to you."
Yuan Shu's lips curled up; her heart fluttered!
Subsequently, she wrapped her arms around his neck and tilted her head up to kiss his lips, as a reward and encouragement.
Yao Qianci quickly and forcefully kissed her back.
After exiting the Divine Fire Space with Yao Qianci, Yuan Shu bid him farewell and headed to the underground spiritual vein.
Now that the Frost Glass Origin Suppressing Pill was fully prepared, it was time to absorb the Origin Power of the underground spiritual vein.
