The female supporting role is really here to mess things up

On weekdays, Ling Xiao didn't care much about their progress in cultivation. He would only show up once at the beginning of each month, and his eyes would mainly fall on Song Hanyi and Mu Jingxuan. He would just go through the motions with Xuan Yi, and glance at Gu Yuan. As for Lu Qingxi, he wouldn't even glance at her, let alone urge them to cultivate, so that the fellow disciples were not familiar with each other's cultivation habits.

Lu Qingxi read the plot carefully, but she didn't find the pattern of Xuan Yi's alchemy. It seemed that it was not fixed. She had to go to the alchemy room every day, hoping to see him there early. One morning three days later, when she was still some distance away from the alchemy room, she saw purple light shining in that direction, and bursts of fragrance came from it. She was delighted, knowing that the elixir refined in it was definitely not an ordinary thing.

She quickened her pace and walked to the door. Just as she was about to push it open, she hesitated. She asked Xiaoliu if going in at this moment would affect the progress of alchemy. After getting a negative answer, she gently pushed the door open.

Inside the door, Xuan Yi's cold face came into view. He looked at Lu Qingxi with the same indifference as last time, as if she was an insignificant stranger. Lu Qingxi realized that he was asking her why she was here.

She took a deep breath and said bluntly: "The pill you gave me last time doesn't seem to be of much help to me. So, I came to see if there is a better option today." After that, her eyes fell directly on the alchemy furnace in front of Xuan Yi.

Xuan Yi seemed to understand what she meant. He took a step forward and opened the medicine furnace. Instantly, a fragrance that was even stronger than before spread out. Lu Qingxi saw Xuan Yi use his white and slender hands to take out a pill with five star patterns from the medicine furnace. The pill exuded a faint glow, and it was obvious at a glance that it was not an ordinary item.

Lu Qingxi's heart moved, and he quickly rubbed Xiaoliu's head in his arms, signaling it to check whether the pill was useful to him. Xiaoliu immediately took action, and after a moment, its furry little head turned to Lu Qingxi and nodded gently.

Lu Qingxi had a plan in mind, so she said to Xuan Yi, "Just give me one bottle of this furnace of pills." However, Xuan Yi did not agree to her request as readily as before. He stood there, blinked twice, and then said, "No, this furnace of pills has been reserved by someone else. Although I have kept two bottles for myself, I don't plan to refine new ones recently."

After saying that, he turned around and began to put the pills into three purple medicine bottles. His movements were quick and skillful, and he was obviously used to this process. However, his back revealed an air of unwillingness to communicate.

Lu Qingxi was a little discouraged, but she didn't want to give up. She thought about it and decided to try another method: "I can buy it from you." She said. However, Xuan Yi still rejected her proposal: "I have already made plans, and I don't want to disrupt what has been arranged."

Lu Qingxi had no choice but to return to her own courtyard in a huff. She knew that the Sword Tomb Secret Realm was about to be opened, and if she was not adequately prepared, she would be in danger. Thinking of this, she gritted her teeth and decided to secretly buy a few pills from Xuan Yi.

So, the next day, she sneaked into Xuan Yi's yard under the cover of night. She carefully took out a pill from the purple medicine bottle, and then put a medium-grade spirit stone into Xuan Yi's storage bag for spirit stones. She thought she was being careful and cautious and should not be discovered.

However, she did not notice that there were small numbers shining in gold engraved on those pills. So when she came to try the same trick again, she was caught by Xuan Yi.

In fact, Xuan Yi had already noticed Lu Qingxi's actions since the first time. He was meticulous in his work and always engraved numbers on the pills to record whether he had missed or taken too much that day. Today, he pretended to leave in order to lure out the person behind the scenes.

Unexpectedly, the one who secretly bought the elixir was actually his third sister. Seeing that she was caught in the act, Lu Qingxi panicked. But she quickly calmed down and began to confess her original intention: "I will enter the secret realm in a few days. This is my first time entering the secret realm. I am really afraid of something going wrong. My cultivation is not high, and I don't have many friends. If something unexpected happens in the secret realm..."

She couldn't help but feel a little sad when she said this. Thinking of the tragic fate of the original owner, she was even more determined to live. Xuan Yi felt a little moved when he heard her words. He thought that he was also alone in this world, and he couldn't help but feel a little sympathy for Lu Qingxi.

He stepped forward, picked up the purple medicine bottle and handed it to Lu Qingxi: "Take it." Lu Qingxi was moved by this. She quickly took out ten medium-grade spirit stones from her spirit stone bag and placed them on the table: "I won't take your pills for nothing. These should be enough to buy your pills. Thank you, junior brother." After saying that, she turned and left.

Xuan Yi was a little stunned when he looked at the spirit stones on the table. These spirit stones were more than enough to buy four bottles of his own medicine, and Lu Qingxi had always only asked him for medicine and had never given him spirit stones. Why did she suddenly give him so much today? And the feeling she gave him these days seemed to be different from before...

On the eve of the Sword Tomb Secret Realm opening, Ling Xiao Xianzun summoned his disciples as usual. His face, which had been carefully carved over the years, had clear lines, was cold and elegant, and had an otherworldly aura. His eyes were as deep as a cold pond, with a cold blue light, as if he could see through all the falsehoods and lies. He had a high nose bridge and tightly closed thin lips. He had never been seen smiling, as if his world was only cold and aloof.

He was dressed in white, pure as snow, spotless, and out of tune with the hustle and bustle of the world. His straight figure, like a pine tree, was like a towering mountain, intimidating and impossible to ignore.

The voice of Ling Xiao Xian Zun was cold and magnetic, like a spring flowing from an iceberg, cold and pure. There was no emotion in his words, as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him.

"Tomorrow, you will enter the Sword Tomb Secret Realm. This will be your first time entering this secret realm that only opens once every three years. Your master has high hopes for you. I hope you can find your own natal sword and add strength to your path of cultivation."

Although his words were plain, the weight of them was enough to make the disciples present feel pressured. His eyes slowly swept over the crowd, and finally fixed on Song Hanyi and Mu Jingxuan, as if they were the only two people in his eyes.

To Lu Qingxi, Lingxiao Immortal Venerable was just a stranger. His attitude towards the original body was always cold and distant, so she did not take his reaction to heart. She understood that everyone had their own mission and responsibility, and her responsibility was to take care of herself, reach the Golden Core Stage and save her life.

After Ling Xiao Xianzun finished speaking, he waved his hand and asked everyone to leave. He deliberately left Song Hanyi and Mu Jingxuan behind, obviously because he had something important to tell them.

All the disciples knew that Song Hanyi was holding the Holy Spirit Pearl and was regarded as the hope of the cultivation world; and Mu Jingxuan had an extremely yin constitution and was the best candidate to cooperate with Song Hanyi in cultivation. Lingxiao Immortal Venerable kept the two of them, no doubt to give them special instructions and arrangements.

So, everyone took their leave and returned to their own residences to prepare for tomorrow's trip to the secret realm. Lu Qingxi also left the hall silently, feeling a little uneasy and a little inexplicably looking forward to the upcoming secret realm.