The protagonist stole my spiritual root? Hey, heroine, give birth to me!

"Damn it! I already said I would compensate you for what I projected, what else do you want me to do?" Li Jingyi gritted her teeth.

Chen Xuan smiled, pointed to the stone bench opposite him, and gestured for Li Jingyi to sit down as well.

Li Jingyi hesitated for a moment, but finally walked to the stone bench and sat down.

Because confronting Chen Xuan would only lead to her own predicament, and she was able to rise from humble beginnings, she must have her own way of surviving.

"Yes, that's more like it. Actually, this matter can be big or small, and it's quite beneficial to your cultivation."

"It's even beneficial to me? Could it be the power of life?"

"That's right, it is the power of life, but the way to obtain it is slightly different and requires your effort."

Upon hearing this, Li Jingyi remained silent for a moment, then gritted her teeth and nodded.

“Okay, I agree. But if you deceive me, lack life force, or try to harm me, I will make you pay the price,” Li Jingyi said firmly, looking at Chen Xuan.

Chen Xuan smiled and nodded, seemingly very satisfied with Li Jingyi's answer. Then, he stood up, walked to Li Jingyi, and extended his right hand, making a "join, do" gesture.

"Look, this is a local specialty from our hometown, called Cola!"

"The function of this cola is really not that complicated. Its only outstanding feature is that it contains an extremely vast life force."

If you just muster the courage to boldly "try" it out, the rewards that await you will be beyond your wildest imagination! What do you say?

Upon hearing this, Li Jingyi, who had been calm, suddenly brightened up: "Really? Show it to me!"

"Hey, what's the rush? It's really inconvenient to just display such a priceless treasure so easily."

Moreover, this bottle of cola has another tricky problem: its cap is unusually difficult to open and requires external assistance.

So, I'll have to trouble you to help me unscrew it! Chen Xuan smiled strangely.

'What kind of strange and wonderful treasure is this, making it all so mysterious? But since I can get it for free, I might as well go and see for myself. Anyway, if things don't go well, I can always find a way to escape. Besides… getting kissed by this handsome silver-blue guy isn't such a bad deal!'

Thinking of this, Li Jingyi readily agreed, "Okay, then let's not dawdle and come with me. My room is over there, and it's also a secret room specifically for cultivation."

Before she finished speaking, she had already taken a step forward, with Chen Xuan following closely behind.

Silent all night.

The next morning, Chen Xuan and Li Jingyi walked out of the cultivation room one after the other.

Chen Xuan smiled broadly, while Li Jingyi looked on with a look of utter despair and hatred as she stared at Chen Xuan.

Only the readers know what she went through.

"No, why don't you wash your face first thing in the morning? Look at your face, it's covered in tear stains!" Chen Xuan said with a smile, looking at the girl behind him with a blank look in her eyes.

"You still know I cried?! Then how could you... Ahhhhhh I'm going to kill you!" Li Jingyi said, then pounced on Chen Xuan and bit him with her little tiger teeth.

She did more than just try Coke last night.

"Alright, stop acting innocent after getting the benefit. You're already at the fifth level of the Human Immortal realm, isn't that enough?"

"I'd rather not have this cultivation! I've come through countless hardships from our world for the supreme path, not for you now...!"

“Same here, same here. I’m also pursuing the Great Way. We each have a bright future. But I must say, your splits are really impressive.”

"You... hum!"

"Alright, alright, it's time. You should go to work now. Let me see what other experts we have in the mine," Chen Xuan urged.

"You? Mr. Lan, you're an outsider. We all work under a real-name system. How are you going to the mine?"

"Of course it is..."

As Chen Xuan spoke, he flicked his finger and planted another seed in the flowerpot. The seed quickly took root and sprouted, growing into a small, silvery-blue grass.

The next moment, Chen Xuan's figure changed, transforming into a silver-blue hairpin that was inserted into Li Jingyi's hair.

Seeing this, Li Jingyi didn't say anything. After washing up, she went out with Chen Xuan.

"By the way, didn't I tell you my name? Why do you still call me 'Lord Lan' all the time? You always do that?"

"Because your true form is a small blue-silver grass, the other two characters are not suitable to call you 'husband'!"

"I see. I didn't expect you to accept me so quickly."

"Pah! I just... I just wanted to add a little... not to acknowledge you, I hate you for life! Humph!" Li Jingyi said viciously.

At this moment, she really didn't like Chen Xuan, who had tricked her into losing "everything of herself."

……

Soon, the two arrived at the mine where Li Jingyi worked. Apart from her, the woman whose destiny had been taken, there were only Liu Aotian and others, whom Chen Xuan had initially detected as the child of destiny.

"Hey, big brother's back? How come you're back after only two months? Did you absorb everything over there?"

Chen Teng's own cultivation level was rising extremely rapidly every day, so he didn't believe that Chen Xuan hadn't plundered others, or rather... assisted someone with a higher cultivation level.

"Hmm, you're quick-witted, and you did a good job. I'll reward you with a tech product later!" Chen Xuan transmitted his voice.

"Really?! Thank you, brother! Thank you, brother!" Chen Teng was overjoyed.

But when Li Jingyi saw Chen Teng, who seemed to have gone mad, she didn't say a word, quickened her pace, and walked forward on her own.

After all, she had stolen Chen Teng's things and was still feeling very guilty. So she didn't dare to face Chen Teng at all, afraid that he would catch her one day.

"You damned Blue Husband, look what trouble you've caused! You changed your hairpin, but you had to make it the color of silver-blue grass. Now people can recognize it, and you've driven them crazy!"

Li Jingyi angrily pinched the hairpin in her hair.

"Alright, just wait here. Chen Teng is one of us, and he's not crazy, so you don't need to worry about anything," Chen Xuan transmitted his voice.

Chen Teng is, after all, his immortal spirit, so the two of them naturally have a unique way of communicating, which is normal because Li Jingyi can't hear him.