Female lead: No, it's me again??

Compared to what the predecessors described, this stone is really too ordinary.

She probed inside with her spiritual sense, but found only the ordinary internal structure of the stone, and nothing else.

Feng Siyue was a little worried. What should she do?

She took out the dagger Xuan Li had given her and tried to make a cut on the stone. As soon as the dagger touched the stone, it broke into two pieces.

Feng Siyue: "..."

She couldn't help but doubt herself: was the stone too hard, or the dagger too brittle?

After a period of research, Feng Siyue still hadn't figured anything out by dawn, so she had to give up for the time being.

Xuan Li went to bed too late last night and is still not awake. She went out for a walk by herself. After taking the Healing Bone Pill last night, the injury on her chest was almost healed by this morning, and she can go out by herself without any problem.

At noon, Xuan Li woke up to a strange smell.

The moment she opened her eyes, the swirling smoke around the bed curtains almost made her think she had entered some kind of secret realm.

"Feng Siyue, what are you doing?"

Beside the window, Feng Siyue was carefully burning firewood, and something seemed to be cooking in the black stove, making a bubbling sound.

Seeing that she was awake, he explained, "I was trying to make a potion. I can't externalize my spiritual energy yet, so there's a lot of smoke. Please bear with me, Ali!"

Externalizing spiritual energy is a skill only a great spiritual master can possess; she's still too weak for that.

"Aren't you afraid that other people will come up and cause trouble for you? Can't you practice in the wild later?"

Xuan Li coughed twice and quickly covered his nose.

The taste is getting weirder and weirder!

"makes sense."

After thinking it over, Feng Siyue felt that Xuan Li was right, and endured the pain to extinguish the firewood.

She felt a little regretful; the whole pot of medicine had been ruined.

After the two packed their things and left the city, Xuan Li asked her,

"Where do we go next?"

Feng Siyue pulled out the map her senior had given her. "The second item the senior mentioned is called the Three-Leaf Ice Soul Lotus, but I don't have any information about it yet."

"How many kinds of medicinal herbs do you need to refine the Breakthrough Pill?"

Xuan Li was somewhat curious.

Feng Siyue skillfully released the Gale Bird.

"Haoshen Stone, Three-Leaf Ice Soul Lotus, Seven-Colored Scale Insect, Innate Spirit Marrow Stone, and Purple Divine Bamboo Leaf are the five main ingredients. I have no news about the latter four, but the Innate Spirit Marrow Stone may be found in large spirit stone mines."

"The existing spirit stone mines on the Illusionary Universe Continent have probably already been acquired by the major families. How are you going to find them?"

Feng Siyue had also thought about this problem. "It's either an undiscovered mineral vein or a rare and blessed land. We can only inquire while we cultivate."

"However, cultivation is still the most important thing right now. Without strength and spirit stones, it's difficult to even ask someone for a favor."

Xuan Li wholeheartedly agreed, "That's right."

Feng Siyue asked her, "How about we go to the Jingyao Forest in Qinghe Luozhou?"

"The Thorn Demon Forest? Where is it?"

"South of Qinghe Luozhou lies the largest primeval forest on the Huanyu Continent. It is not only rich in medicinal herbs and spiritual plants, but also has an extremely wide variety of magical beasts and spirit beasts. Whether it is practical combat or learning alchemy, it can greatly improve one's skills."

Unaware of the dangers of the Thorn Demon Forest, Xuan Li agreed without fully understanding the situation.

"Great! Aren't there lots of delicious foods in Qinghe and Luozhou?"

Feng Siyue felt a little embarrassed; at this moment, she was still thinking about food.

"There are many. The most famous restaurant in Qinghe and Luozhou is Haotian Restaurant. Their cuisine is almost unparalleled. I'll take you there to try it sometime."

The woman's peach blossom eyes brightened instantly.

"it is good!"

The two reached an agreement.

Feng Siyue spent five days crossing the border of Xuejing Prefecture and officially entering Qingheluo Prefecture.

The climate in Qinghe Luozhou is pleasant, which is much better for ordinary people like Xuan Li who need external things to maintain their temperature. Feng Siyue can use spiritual power to regulate her own temperature, which is also very convenient.

For the past five days, Feng Siyue did nothing but cultivate and read.

With nothing to disturb her, her cultivation progressed smoothly, and she successfully advanced to the third level of Spirit Master.

Recently, she also found that her cultivation speed was accelerating. The power accumulated in her spiritual veins and dantian was enough for her to break through to the fourth level of the Spirit Master, but she still compressed and precipitated her spiritual power to solidify herself.

It took them almost two more days to reach the Thorn Demon Forest.

The Thorn Demon Forest, located in the south-central part of the Illusionary Universe Continent, is the largest and most mysterious region.

Far from the town, as far as the eye can see...

Atop pale blue jade leaves, wisps of smoke and clouds swirl.

Ancient, deep, dense forests and vegetation grow wildly; sunlight falls in, as if a deer has lost its way home and is seeking shelter in this mortal world.

Legend has it that the Thorn Demon Forest is the manifestation of a deity's body after death, and it holds the final opportunity for descendants to achieve godhood. At the heart of the Thorn Demon Forest lies the burial place of a deity who perished thousands of years ago.

However, no one has ever successfully verified whether it is true or not.

Or rather, they're all dead.

As time passed, the Thorn Demon Forest gradually became an excellent training ground for disciples of sects and families on the Illusionary Universe Continent.

Today is Feng Siyue's first day on the outskirts of the Thorn Demon Forest. On her way here, she had already planned out her goals for each day.