My best friend asked me if I was still doing system tasks.

When Luo Hanying woke up, she was lying on her head, her head resting on clothes folded into squares, and she was wearing an outer robe.

Her gaze shifted and she saw Ruan Chayan resting with her eyes closed against the broken stone wall.

"Ruan Chayan is asleep, don't make any noise." Xuan Ge greeted her politely. "How was your rest?"

Luo Hanying sat up and rubbed her forehead, saying, "My head is spinning, and I feel uncomfortable all over."

What's going on now? I only remember hearing the mission completion notification sound, and then nothing else.

Xian Ge recounted what happened after she fainted.

Qin Fansheng was kind-hearted. He took out some medicine to treat Ruan Chayan and Luo Hanying's injuries. After their condition stabilized and they recovered to some extent, he said goodbye and left.

Seeing that Luo Hanying was still unconscious, Ruan Chayan carried her to the spirit pool by the Heavenly Gate to rest, following Xiange's instructions.

Xian Ge reminded Ruan Chayan to use the concealment array, otherwise, if some rogue cultivators heard the commotion and came here, seeing that the two of them had survived this massacre, who knows what negative effects it might trigger.

After relaxing, Ruan Chayan fell into a coma and slept with Luo Hanying for two days. Now that Luo Hanying has woken up, it seems that she still needs some time.

Xian Ge said, "The meridians and spiritual roots you're using are all quite ordinary. Since you're awake, come over here and soak in this spiritual pool. I'll use the benefits from the newbie gift pack to help you cleanse your meridians and refine your marrow."

Luo Hanying's eyes lit up: "A newbie gift pack? What good stuff is in it?"

Peerless martial arts technique or a heaven-defying divine pet? An astonishing treasure or an unparalleled divine artifact?

"Do you want me to put it in there?" Xiange was too lazy to pay attention to the unserious Luo Hanying.

Luo Hanying: LOL, of course I don't want that.

"Hmm...?" Ruan Chayan was startled when she saw Luo Hanying stand up, all her sleepiness vanished. "Xiaoxue! You're all better?!"

She stood up, pulled Ruan Chayan up and down, and breathed a sigh of relief. "You look perfectly fine! You scared me to death! Do you know how cold your body was when you fainted!"

As Ruan Chayan spoke, she couldn't help but choke up.

Luo Hanying didn't expect Ruan Chayan to be so frightened by her. She hurriedly said, "Oh my god, don't cry, don't cry, I'm fine. Look, I'm perfectly fine now, aren't I?"

Oh dear, it was my fault. I was thinking that Huaiwei was highly skilled and that he was willing to talk to us about this because he was in a good mood. I was afraid that if I said I was not feeling well, he would think I was being difficult and wouldn't want to wait.

The mission only has a four-hour deadline; who knows when the healing will be complete?

Seeing that Ruan Chayan was getting more and more upset the more Luo Hanying comforted her, she decided to turn the tables: "And you're the one talking! Aren't you also covered in injuries and forcing yourself to be strong? Xiange just told me that you and I were unconscious for two days!"

Ruan Chayan choked: "No, I slept for two days?"

The two chatted for a while.

Urged on by the stringed instrument, Ruan Chayan took the lead and entered the spirit pool.

Under the control of the stringed instrument, she sat cross-legged, her hands forming a yin-yang symbol and placed in front of her dantian. An array shot out from beneath her, its patterns gradually lighting up.

"You circulate your spiritual energy to cleanse your meridians."

Ruan Chayan silently recited the lengthy scriptures. She had the knowledge transmitted into her mind by the String Song, and after staying in the cultivator's body for a month, she was already familiar with how to circulate spiritual energy, and naturally fulfilled the String Song's requirements.

"Now I'm going to perform the most basic cleansing and marrow-refining on you. I'll lower my pain threshold and you'll have to endure it for a while."

The pain level was indeed lowered, but the pain seemed to be transmitted from the bones. If Xiange hadn't controlled Ruan Chayan's body, Ruan Chayan would probably have collapsed and convulsed in the spirit pool.

"Now we need to reshape your spiritual roots. Focus on absorbing spiritual energy."

Ruan Chayan felt a burning sensation in her lower abdomen, along with a burning and bloating feeling.

Several hours later, Ruan Chayan opened her eyes. While washing away the impurities from her body, she said, "Xiaoxue, the 'Marrow Cleansing' process is just like in the novels. It's extremely painful. I almost fainted from the pain. Be prepared."

Upon hearing this, Luo Hanying said with a bitter face, "No way, why is the road to success always full of thorns?"

Ruan Chayan turned her back to the shore, took off her tattered old clothes, held up her water- and fire-resistant robes with both arms, and made a hand seal: "A gentleman is composed, with beautiful clothes at his side."

Respect my gaze, straighten my clothes.

Luo Hanying helped the neatly dressed Ruan Chayan ashore and exclaimed, "Cultivating immortality is so much better! Not only do you stop menstruating, but you also don't need to eat or go to the toilet, and your clothes will automatically appear on your body."

"Haha~" Ruan Chayan couldn't help but laugh, "You can even dry your hair with spiritual energy."

Xian Ge intended to have a conversation between the two of them: "Let's both keep quiet. It's your turn. Once you're both done, you can say whatever you want."

Luo Hanying asked another question: "By the way, is the pain from the cleansing of the meridians and marrow more painful, or from the beating a few days ago?"

Ruan Chayan: "Uh... we're about the same, both are deadly."

Despite her fear, Luo Hanying quickly stepped into the spirit pool.

Ruan Chayan and Luo Hanying spent almost an entire day just doing this one thing.

If it weren't for the help of the "string song" cheat, the two of them wouldn't have been able to complete it in just a few days and nights, and they might not have been able to withstand the pain of cleansing their meridians and marrow.

Luo Hanying held the set of hair accessories between her fingers and tried to style her hair in a fully automatic updo: "The breeze combs my hair, the sky adorns it."

The hairpin flew brightly, leaving behind my cloud-like hair.

Luo Hanying skipped and jumped towards Ruan Chayan: "Oh my, this is so interesting! I love the cultivation world, it's a blessing for lazy people!"

Tea~

"Alright, alright, you two, stop being so lovey-dovey. Can't you project your divine sense to observe the surroundings?" Xuan Ge held a bamboo shoot made of code in one hand and pointed to the horizon with the other, saying, "Someone's coming over there. Do you two want to talk to them for a bit?"

Luo Hanying asked, "Why do we need to talk to them?"

Xian Ge remained silent: "This is just a small suggestion of mine. I hope you can integrate into this world as soon as possible. If you don't want to talk to people, I won't force you. Just make sure it doesn't interfere with completing the mission."

After a moment's thought, Ruan Chayan turned around and put away the concealment array plate.

"The main quest tells us to investigate the cause of the spiritual energy dissipation in the Canghai Realm, and the first main quest also tells us to inquire about the destruction of the Kaitianmen sect. That means the destruction of the Kaitianmen sect is related to the dissipation of the spiritual energy in the Canghai Realm."

Ruan Chayan pulled Luo Hanying toward the main hall of the Heavenly Gate, pretending that they were also rogue cultivators who had come to investigate the situation.

Luo Hanying barely kept up with Ruan Chayan's train of thought: "You mean the matter of opening the Heavenly Gate and destroying the clan is not so simple? What Huaiwei told us is not the original truth, and what Huaiwei thought was the truth is just a facade?"

"So now we need to figure out the connection between the opening of the Heavenly Gate, the destruction of the sect, and the Vast Ocean Realm?"

"Yes." Ruan Chayan nodded. "Such a major event as the collapse of spiritual energy in the Canghai Realm should be known to the cultivators of the Canglan Realm. We should ask the cultivators of the Canglan Realm about their understanding of this matter."

Luo Hanying turned around and looked at the three women and two men who had landed in the distance. She and Ruan Chayan stopped and waited for them to come closer.